2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$7,932,500
Total Entries
167
Players Left
28
Average Chip Stack
1,789,286
Total Chips
50,100,000
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
104
Players Left
41
Players Left 28 / 167
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By

Lichtenberger Takes from Chidwick

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 11,000 in early position, which Brandon Wilson called in the cutoff. Stephen Chidwick then three-bet to 55,000 in the small blind, which saw Lichtenberger respond with a four-bet shove for 232,500. Wilson folded, but Chidwick snap-called.

Andrew Lichtenberger: JJ All in
Stephen Chidwick: 99

There was little for Lichtenberger to sweat on the Q47410 runout, seeing him double through the chip leader.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerBrandon WilsonStephen Chidwick

Lin (Nearly) Ships it on Breck

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ren Lin
Ren Lin

Jason Koon opened to 11,000 from early position and was called by Ren Lin in the hijack, Brian Breck in the small blind, and Yaman Nakdali in the big blind.

Action checked to Lin, who bet 20,000 on the 3105 flop. Breck called, but both Koon and Nakdali got out of the way.

Breck check-called a 55,000 bet from Lin on the Q turn, but check-folded after Lin bet all but a single t-1000 denomination chip on the J river.

"Show the five of spades!" Koon goaded Lin.

"No five. Lady Gaga!" Lin replied.

Tags: Brian BreckJason KoonRen LinYaman Nakdali

Miao Falls To Kaverman

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Chenxiang Miao raised to 11,000 from the hijack and called the three-bet to 30,000 from Kaverman on the button.

The flop rolled out J96 and Kaverman bet 18,000 after Miao checked over to him. Miao raised to 80,000 and Kaverman jammed for 173,000 effective to see Miao call.

Chenxiang Miao: K10 All in
Byron Kaverman: AK

No help came to Miao on the runout of 92 and Kaverman raked in the pot.

Tags: Byron KavermanChenxiang Miao

Chidwick Joins the Chip Leaders

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened to 10,000 on the button, which both Vinny Lingham and Emilien Pitavy called in the blinds.

The action checked through on the 28K flop, which Lingham took as the green light to take a stab. His bet of 10,000 managed to remove Pitavy, but Chidwick elected to raise to 30,000, which received a quick fold from Lingham.

Tags: Emilien PitavyStephen ChidwickVinny Lingham

Laina Flushes Parssinen Out

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Eelis Parssinen was already all in against James Laina and Christoph Vogelsang heading to the flop, which came 88Q.

Laina and Vogelsang checked on the flop and A turn, but Vogelsang check-folded facing a 14,000 bet from Laina on the 4 river.

Parssinen turend over A10 for aces-up, but it was no good against Laina's 75 for a flush to send Parssinen to the rail.

Tags: Christoph VogelsangEelis ParssinenJames Laina

Hrabec Doubles Through Mateos

Level 4 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

With 40,000 in the pot and a 6J6 flop on the felt, Roman Hrabec bet 10,000 from the small blind, and Adrian Mateos called in the big blind.

Hrabec continued for 25,000 on the 9 turn, but this time Mateos slid a tower of chips into the middle, asking for the rest of Hrabec's stack. Hrabec wasted no time calling, putting the rest of his 90,500 into the middle

Roman Hrabec: QQ All in
Adrian Mateos: J5

The 10 river offered no help to Mateos, and Hrabec doubled up.

Tags: Adrian MateosRoman Hrabec

Level: 4

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Kisacikoglu Runs Into Kolev's Aces

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up in a pot between Orpen Kisacikoglu in the big blind and Boris Kolev on the button with each player having put 60,000 in the center.

The flop rolled out 532 and Kisacikoglu check-called a bet of 26,000 from Kolev.

Kisacikoglu checked the turn Q over to Kolev who bet 35,000. Kisacikoglu moved all in for 145,000 and Kolev called.

Orpen Kisacikoglu: AQ All in
Boris Kolev: AA

Nothing changed on the river 2 and the WSOP bracelet winner exited the tournament.

Tags: Boris KolevOrpen Kisacikoglu

Lee Flips Wisbrod Out to Land Among the Chip Leaders

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Chang Lee
Chang Lee

Barak Wisbrod was already all in for approximately 300,000 from the big blind against Chang Lee, who had Wisbrod covered from under the gun.

Barak Wisbrod: AKAll in
Chang Lee: 1010

The JJ838 runout kept Lee's tens best — eliminating Wisbrod shortly after he had entered.

Tags: Barak WisbrodChang Lee

Weissman Folds Out Sternheimer

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After facing a raise to 9,000 and a call from another player in front of him, Joey Weissman raised to 36,000 on the button. In the small blind, Philip Sternheimer four-bet to 86,000 and only Weissman called.

The flop rolled out Q65 and Sternheimer burned a time extension before checking, with Weissman checking behind.

Sternheimer burned another time extension on the turn 7 before checking and he folded to a 50,000 bet from Weissman.

Tags: Joey WeissmanPhilip Sternheimer

Prev 15678911 Next