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Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The following players have all taken advantage of the max late-reg option and have just taken their seats.
There has also been a full table redraw due to the large number of new players.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 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 9
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break after which late registration will officially be closed.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
In a blind-on-blind action, Klemens Roiter completed from the small blind, and Justin Saliba checked his option in the big blind.
On the 10♠9♦K♠ flop, Roiter led out for 12,000, and Saliba made the call.
The A♦ made an appearance on the turn, and after tanking for a short while, Roiter fired out a second bullet of 54,000. This sent Saliba into the tank, being charged one time extension, before he made the call.
On the 3♥ river, Roiter bet out for 150,000, which was enough to put Saliba all in. He went deep into the tank and was charged two time extensions before he tossed in the call for his tournament life. Saliba tabled 9♠6♠ for fourth pair, which was good, as he had picked off Roiter bluffing with 4♠2♠ for total air.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
In a heads-up pot on a board of A♥3♥8♠, Sachin Joshi checked from the hijack and Alex Foxen bet 31,000 on the button. Joshi called.
Joshi checked again on the J♠ turn and Foxen sized up to 90,000. Joshi called. Joshi checked once more on the 6♠ river and Foxen put him to the test with a bet of 300,000. Joshi used a time bank and then folded.
"Show the bluff," someone said.
"It's bad for the game," replied Sean Winter.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
David Stamm raised with a short stack from under the gun to 20,000, and Daniyal Gheba called from the big blind. The flop arrived with 5♣A♥K♣, and Gheba checked, while Stamm bet out 15,000. Gheba called.
Both players checked the turn A♣ and the river 2♣. Gheba turned over K♠3♣ for a baby flush, and Stamm mucked.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Brock Wilson raised to 20,000 from under the gun, only to face a three-bet all-in from Andrew Lichtenberger for about 130,000. Action was then on Cary Katz, who four-bet all in, and had both players covered. Wilson exited stage left faster than a cheetah on caffeine.
Andrew Lichtenberger: Q♥K♥ 
Cary Katz: 10♦10♠
It was not the flop Lichtenberger was looking for, 10♣2♣A♦, and when the 2♥ peeled off on the turn to fill Katz up, Lichtenberger was drawing dead. The irrelevant 3♣ came on the river to seal the deal, and Lichtenberger was sent to the rail.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Leo Soma played a heads-up pot from the big blind against Daniyal Gheba in early position. With the board reading 8♦6♦7♠5♥10♦ and around 200,000 already in the middle, Soma moved all in to put Gheba to the test for his remaining stack of 350,000.
Gheba went deep into the tank, using five time banks and peeling his cards multiple times before eventually folding.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Sachin Joshi made it 21,000 to play from under the gun and was looked up by Marius Gierse in the big blind.
On the 3♥2♠2♥ flop, Gierse check-called Joshi's 13,000 continuation-bet for the players to see the A♣ come on the turn.
The action went check, check, and the dealer flipped over the 4♣ as the river. Gierse led out for 10,000, and Joshi made the call but mucked his cards on seeing Gierse table A♦9♥ for two pair.
Level 9
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Sean Winter raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and Chang Lee defended from the big blind. The flop was a dynamic J♠5♣A♠, and both players checked.
On the turn A♦, Lee took a swing for 15,000, and Winter called.
Both players checked the river 9♠ and flipped their cards.
Lee queried, "You would call the river right?"
Winter replied, "Well ya I improved."
Lee showed Q♣7♦ and Winter showed K♦9♦ for two pair and the win.
