2026 World Series of Poker
Chip Counts
Thomas Eychenne made it 3,500 from the cutoff and Pieter Aerts three-bet the big blind to 16,000. Eychenne decided to call.
Both saw the Q♥4♦J♠ flop and Aerts went for a check. Eychenne bet 9,000, which Aerts called.
A 7♠ dropped on the turn and both checked for the K♠ to complete the board. Aerts bet 35,000, and Eychenne quickly folded.
Joris Ruijs raised to 3,500 from under the gun. Fahredin Mustafov, who was the big blind, masde the call.
The flop came 7♦2♦6♠. Ruijs bet 10,000, Mustafov raised to 37,000.
Ruijs moved all in with just over 100,000 chips. Mustafov quickly called.
Joris Ruijs: 8♦6♦
Fahredin Mustafov: 7♣7♥
Mustafov flopped top set, Ruijs had a flush draw.
The turn brought the 6♣, giving Mustafov a fullhouse and the win. Ruijs river flush from the 5♦ was meaningless.
Heads up to the flop of 2♥7♦5♣ with 7,000 in the pot.
Neil Warren bet out for 4,000 from early position, only to face a raise from Justin Arnwine in late position to 13,000. Warren countered with a re-raise to 42,000, which was met with a re-re-raise all in jam for 140,000 from Arnwine.
Warren went deep into the tank and used one time bank before he tossed in the call to put Arnwine at risk.
Justin Arnwine: 9♣9♠
Neil Warren: 10♦7♠
No help for Warren on the A♣ turn nor the 3♥ river and Arnwine was pushed the pot for a double up whilst Warren was left with a bowl of rice and less than two big blinds.
Vinny Lingham came in for a raise to 4,000 from the button and was immediately three-bet to 18,000 by Shaneil Stokes in the small blind. Lingham called and the flop came 2♣9♠5♣.
Stokes started with a check and Lingham bet 20,000. Stokes called to see the 7♥ hit the turn.
Stokes checked again and Lingham quickly jammed for 95,000. Stokes let it go and Lingham climbed back above the starting stack.
Four-way to the flop of Q♣K♠10♠ with about 12,000 in the middle and it was checked around to Nikita Kuznetsov in the cutoff, who fired out for 3,500.
He found calls from Andrew Ostapchenko on the button, Joe McKeehen in the small blind and Ognyan Dimov in the big blind.
The payers checked down the 5♦ turn and 7♦ river. Kuznetsov tabled K♣2♣ for top pair which was good for the pot when all other players mucked their hands.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
From the cutoff, Ian Matakis opened it up to 2,500 with Pavel Plesuv being the only one to come along from the button.
Matakis and Plesuv were both happy to check the 3♦2♦A♣ flop and the 9♥ landed on the turn. Matakis bet 6,000, which Plesuv called.
Matakis decided to check on the K♥ river, which caused Plesuv to bet 16,000. Matakis folded, giving up the pot to Plesuv.
The hand was picked up with the board reading 7♣A♥K♠9♣3♣, a potential flush having hit on the river, almost 250,000 chips in the pot and the action on Chang Lee.
Lee was in a heads-up against Yaman Nakdali. He studied the situation and moved all-in with his last 108,000.
Nakdali, who was on the button, used two time banks considering his options.
He eventually folded.
"You didn't have an ace?" Lee asked.
"No," said Nakdali.