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Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The 90 remaining players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$1,723,040
Total Entries
968
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
160
Players Left
12
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Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Alex Alavi limped from middle position and Hannes Jeschka moved in a stack to put Alavi all in for his remaining ~46,000. Alavi called, and the players flipped their cards.
Alex Alavi: Q♦J♣
Hannes Jeschka: K♦8♥
The A♦Q♠J♥ flop saw Alavi pick up two pair, but it wasn't all good as Jeschka had also flopped the broadway straight.
Alavi rightly stood from the table to watch the rest of the runout, as although the 4♥ turn was safe, the 10♣ river saw Jeschka take the pot. It wasn't all bad news as Alavi has just made the $200 payjump, taking home $4,204.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ryan Hiller in the small blind ended up moving all-in for 214,000 and was called by Joshua Faris in the cutoff.
Ryan Hiller: Q♦Q♥
Joshua Faris: A♥K♥
Hiller's queens held on 9♥5♥8♣6♣9♦ and he secured a double up.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of K♦5♦3♣, Michael Newman in the small blind checked and snap-called after Jonathan Tamayo in the big blind bet 10,000
Both players quickly checked the 7♦ turn leading to the 7♥ river where Newman bet 25,000. Tamayo called but Newman immediately flipped over 6♣4♦ for a straight.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Brandon Mueller open jammed for 187,000 from middle position and action folded around to Xiaohu Liu on the button. Liu asked for a count, before making the call and Mueller tabled his big slick.
Liu nodded, to signal the Mueller was good, and a player at the table who wasn't in the hand asked Liu, "Ace-Queen?", Liu flipped over his hand and the player remarked "You gamble too much...".
Brandon Mueller: A♥K♣
Xiaohu Liu: A♠Q♥
Mueller held with very little to sweat on the 2♠6♥4♠10♣A♦ runout, and Liu was left short with just over five big blinds left to play with.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
There are many ways to get lucky deep in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event. For one player on Monday in Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em, that way was by accidentally calling an all-in bet.
A crazy hand ensued on Day of a tournament that had 4,100 entrants and was down to 103 players. The payouts at the time were small, with the next elimination taking home just $1,702. But the top two finishers will receive a six-figure payout, so winning all ins at that point were valuable.
Douglas Cowell, however, ended up losing his stack during the barely-better-than-a-min-cash phase of the tournament, all because of a mistake his opponent, Scott Coyle, made.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Aliaksandr Shylko moved all-in for 44,000 from the button. Kanishka Reddy in the small blind jammed and made the big blind fold.
Aliaksandr Shylko: A♠6♣
Kanishka Reddy: 2♣2♦
An ace appeared as the door card on 9♥J♥A♦6♦3♠ so Shylko doubled up.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Yuefan Wang on the button found himself at risk for 92,000 against Peter Kaemmerlen in the cutoff.
Yuefan Wang: K♦J♥
Peter Kaemmerlen: A♣A♥
Wang managed to hit trips on 4♥K♠2♦K♥6♣ to crack Kaemmerlen's aces and double up.
In the next hand, Peter Yang jammed for 103,000 from middle position and was called by Wang in the cutoff.
Peter Yang: A♥Q♥
Yuefan Wang: K♦K♥
Yang flopped trips, but the aces were hiding a king on a A♠K♣A♦ flop.
The 8♦9♦ runout completed the board, and Wang scooped a second big pot in a row with a full house while Yang was eliminated.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ivan Poroliev opened to 16,000 on the button and Ruoxiao Shi three-bet to 42,000. Poroliev four-bet to 115,000 and Shi five-bet jammed for his entire ~230,000. Poroliev snap called and covered his opponent.
Ruoxiao Shi: J♦J♥
Ivan Poroliev: A♠A♣
Shi needed some help but missed on the 3♥Q♥10♦ flop. There was a sweat of the backdoor open-ended straight draw and heart flush but the 6♦ turn saw that hope come to an end.
A K♣ river wasn't enough to save him, and he hit the rail in 121st place, taking home the minimum cash of $4,004.
