2026 World Series of Poker
Chip Counts
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The remaining 94 players are on a 15-minute break. This will be the last break before players bag up for day 3.
Luis Loureiro moved all in from early position for 84,000, and Yifu He called from the cutoff, while everyone else folded.
Luis Loureiro: 8♠8♦
Yifu He: K♥Q♠
The board was 3♦K♦9♥A♠J♣, and He won with a pair of kings.
Heads-up action was picked up with 300,000 in the pot on a 8♥K♦J♠ flop. Pavel Plesuv in the small blind check-called Bin Weng's bet of 110,000 to see the turn.
The dealer peeled 8♦ which both players checked all the way to the river A♣.
Plesuv tabled K♥J♣ for a two pair, but it wasn't enough to beat Weng's A♠10♠, who also made two pair with the board
Action was picked up with Bernard Stoddart, at risk, and Samuel Laskowitz in an all-in showdown.
Bernard Stoddart: K♣Q♣
Samuel Laskowitz: A♠Q♥
Laskowitz was ahead with ace-high and it stayed that way through the board that ran 8♥J♥2♦J♣. The river A♥ sealed Stoddart's fate so he quietly picked up his things and left the tournament floor.
Kanishka Reddy opened for 24,000 in middle position and received an all-in shove from Alexander Sokolovsky in late position. When action folded back to him, Reddy called taking them to showdown.
Alexander Sokolovsky: A♦J♥
Kanishka Reddy: A♥8♥
Sokolovsky had Reddy dominated, but the flop came 9♣10♠J♣ giving Reddy more outs for an upset.
The Q♠ completed Reddy's straight pushing him in the lead.
Sokolovsky fate was sealed when the dealer peeled the 5♥ river. Reddy scooped the pot as Sokolovsky headed to the payout counter.
Daniel Wokoun raised to 26,000 from under the gun. Jose Carlos Brito, in the cutoff, three-bet to 55,000. Action folded back to Wokoun and he called.
Brito fired out a bet of 20,000 when the flop came 7♦3♦4♥. Wokoun called. Both players checked when the 4♣ was dealt on the turn.
Brito decided to move all in for roughly 140,000 when the 3♥ hit the river, Wokoun snap-folded.
In a blind-on-blind scenario, Ali Shahni raised to 36,000 from the small blind, and Matthew McEwan called from the big blind. The flop was 4♠K♣6♦, and Shahni checked, while McEwen bet 40,000.
On the turn 7♦, Shahni checked again, while McEwenn bet 60,000. Shahni quickly moved all in for 180,000 effective, and McEwen called.
Matthew McEwan: K♠9♦
Ali Shahni: K♥5♣
The river was unremarkable with the 4♦, and McEwen won the pot with two pair and the nine kicker.
David Diaz raised to 25,000 in the cutoff. Robert Burlacu, in the small blind, ripped 293,000 chips. Diaz called.
Robert Burlacu: J♦10♦
David Diaz: J♥J♣
Burlacu drawing extremely thin when the board came 3♣4♠A♥, the 9♦ on the turn sent him to the rail. The 7♦ was dealt on the river.