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Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,500 Big O
Day: 2
Players Left 29 / 2,150
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Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The remaining 101 players are heading to a second 15 minute break of the day. Action resumes at 5:35 p.m. local time.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The last hand played before the end of the level was picked up with Roel Amara already all in preflop.
The board read J♥K♥4♣3♥9♠ and Steve Chanthabouasy was facing an all-in raise by Anthony Reategui, who had him covered.
Chanthabouasy pondered his decision well into the break before making the call.
Roel Amara: A♣A♠Q♥9♥6♦
Steve Chanthabouasy: A♦10♥10♣3♣3♦
Anthony Reategui: A♥J♦7♠6♣2♠
With no low on the board, Amara took the main pot with a queen-high flush.
The sizable side pot of 664,000 went to Chanthabouasy with a set of threes.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The hand was picked up after the flop 10♦2♥3♦ with Andreas Froehli facing elimination after moving all-in with 189,000 chips and getting called by Alejandro Torres.
Andreas Froehli: A♦7♣6♠5♠2♦
Alejandro Torres: A♠Q♣10♥4♥2♠
The turn and river brought the K♣8♣, resulting in Torres getting the scoop with two pair (tens and deuces) and an ace-four for the nut-low.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Action was picked up on a flop of K♥9♥10♣ with a bloated heads-up pot underway, contested between Stanislav Halatenko and Thang Tran from middle and late position respectively. Stanislav Halatenko announced "pot" to put his opponent all in, and Tran thoight for a while before announcing "Let's go!" and calling.
Thang Tran: A♥A♦Q♠8♦4♣
Stanislav Halatenko: A♣8♠7♣5♦3♦
Tran saw the best news possible, as his aces were still in the lead and only had to fade a six or running clubs. The brick 2♦4♠ runout secured him a massive double, as Halatenko's huge stack took a hit.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The hand was picked up with John Anderson in for 159,000, with all of his chips at risk heads-up against Dion Kaba.
John Anderson: A♥K♦10♦9♥2♣
Dion Kaba: A♦A♣J♠8♠8♦
Anderson was all over the runout 2♥2♠9♦10♠5♥. He flopped a full house and turned an even bigger one.
Kaba had outs, but the brick on the river was not one of them.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
With just over 100,000 in the middle on a flop of 9♠K♠10♥, big blind Jacob Connelly led out with a shove for 75,000. Early position raiser Matthew Beinner flatted the shove, before Leonard Talerico announced "pot" on the button, enough to put Beinner all in. He tanked for a short period, before frustratedly showing A♠K♦5♠ and mucking.
Jacob Connelly: A♦Q♠J♠10♦6♥
Leonard Talerico: A♣K♣K♥6♠2♠
Each player had flopped a flush draw, with Beinner mucking the best one, meaning Connelly's flopped straight only had to fade pair outs.
Both players made their flush on the 7♠ turn, much to Beinner's dismay, but the 9♥ river boated Talerico up, as he eliminated Connelly from the tournament.
Level 19
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Allen Kessler, the min-cash extraordinaire, is potentially hours away from, after all these years, winning his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.
"The Chainsaw" called his shot in April, predicting he'd finally get off the schneid this summer and capture a coveted gold bracelet.
Kessler first cashed at the WSOP in 2001, a 16th-place finish for $5,710 in $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split, a tournament won by Poker Hall of Famer Scotty Nguyen. Since then, he's been a mainstay at the Series, racking up cashes left and right. But, on Sunday, he just might get over the hump and finish one of these tournaments as the last player standing.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
