The small blind, Steve Jelinek, was forced all in, and Alex Foxen opened the action from middle position with a raise to 60,000 before it folded to Scott Stinson in the cutoff, who three-bet all in for 710,000.
It folded back to Foxen, who gave it a quick thought before mucking, to leave the players heads-up, with Stinson at risk.
Scott Stinson: 9♠9♦
Steve Jelinek: J♦J♣
Stinson woke up with a big hand after being forced all in but was still crushed by the jacks of Jelinek. The board ran out Q♣5♠3♣6♣Q♦ to knock out Stinson.
Alex Foxen in middle position was still stacking his chips when he opened for 75,000. Travis Macmillan to his left called, and Bailey Nelson in the big blind followed suit.
The flop came 7♥6♦7♣ and all three players checked.
The 6♠ fell on the turn, and Nelson led out with 80,000, which was enough to take down the pot.
Action folded to Mykolas Zvilius, who limped in on the button, before Alena Karunets potted, leaving just a few chips behind. It folded back to Zvilius, who made the call.
After the flop came 4♦5♠9♣, Karunets moved all in, and Zvilius quickly made the call to put her at risk.
Alena Karunets: A♦K♥10♥3♠
Mykolas Zvilius: A♥J♠8♥2♦
Neither player had a pair after the flop, with Karunets slightly ahead. But when the board ran out Q♦10♣, Zvilius made a queen-high straight to take the pot and knock out Karunets.
Action folded around to Brian Rast in the small blind, who raised to 90,000, and Aleksandr Chepuriaev called in the big blind.
The flop came K♥2♣A♦, Rast continued with a bet of 75,000, and Chepuriaev made it 225,000 to go. Rast made the call.
On the 8♠ turn, Rast check-folded when Chepuriaev fired out a bet of 275,000. Chepuriaev showed just one pair and a gutshot draw with Q♣8♦5♣4♠, and the pot was pushed his way.
Action continues at the 2026 World Series of Poker with Day 2 of Event #28: $600 Deepstack Mixed No-Limit Hold'em & Pot-Limit Omaha kicking off at 11 a.m. local time inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Only 132 players are returning from a massive field that started with 3,332 entries, all of whom have their eyes set on the first-place prize of $204,140, as well as the coveted gold bracelet. The event generated a prize pool of $1,679,328, with all remaining competitors already locking up a cash of at least $1,815.
A slew of heavy-hitters make up the top ten, including Hall of Famers Brian Rast (2,535,000) and Daniel Negreanu (2,320,000), who sit in second and fourth place, respectively.
Not far behind are Alex Foxen (2,185,000), who hopes to replicate his wife Kristen's performance in the $25,000 High Roller just a couple of days ago, and Jason Daly (1,715,000), who continues to ride the momentum from his win in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo earlier in the series.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Darryll Fish
United States
4,020,000
134
2
Brian Rast
United States
2,535,000
85
3
Clyde Maliauka
United States
2,330,000
78
4
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
2,320,000
77
5
Travis MacMillan
Canada
2,285,000
76
6
Alex Foxen
United States
2,185,000
73
7
John Holley
United States
2,015,000
67
8
Robert Nehorayan
United States
1,985,000
66
9
Will Berry
United States
1,870,000
62
10
Jason Daly
United States
1,715,000
57
Other 25K Fantasy draftees still in the mix include Josh Reichard (1,340,000), Calvin Anderson (1,185,000), Piotr Krupa (1,015,000), Matt Vengrin (890,000), Jon Kyte (630,000), Max Neugebauer (580,000), and Alex Livingston (535,000).
Jon Kyte
Day 2 action gets underway today at 11 a.m., and from there the event is scheduled to play down to a winner. The tournament will resume in Level 23 with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante. Players will get a 15-minute break every four levels, with a dinner break to be determined.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$204,140
16 -23
$9,244
2
$135,864
24 -31
$7,425
3
$99,831
32 -39
$6,020
4
$73,984
40 -47
$4,927
5
$55,305
48 -55
$4,071
6
$41,703
56 -63
$3,397
7
$31,724
64 -71
$2,862
8
$24,347
72 -79
$2,434
9
$18,854
80 -99
$2,092
10 -11
$14,732
100 -132
$1,815
12 -15
$11,617
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