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Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
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Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Action was picked up on a flop between Sean Remz in the small blind, Ryan Bambrick in the big blind, and Joey Couden in the hijack.
The flop rolled out K♦Q♠7♦ and Remz bet 3,000 to see Bambrick call. Couden raised to 16,200 and only Bambrick continued
On the turn 3♥, Bambrick checked over to Couden who sized up to 39,600 and Bambrick folded.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Four ways to a Q♥9♥3♣ flop, it checked to Belarmino De Souza in middle position who bet 8,000. Joey Couden called on the button, Alexander Ivarsson folded in the small blind, and Sean Remz called from under the gun.
On the 6♣ turn, De Souza bet 37,400, leaving himself 500 behind. Couden jammed, Remz folded, and De Souza called off his last 500.
Belarmino De Souza: K♠K♥6♦4♥ 
Joey Couden: A♠A♣Q♣2♠
De Souza had a heart flush draw with kings while Couden held aces and the nut club draw with the nut low draw. The river was the 8♠, and Couden's aces were best, sending De Souza to the rail.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
The clock now reads 200 entries in Level 5 as more players file in.
Last year's edition, which was the first to allow single-reentry, tallied a record-breaking 386 entries. With two re-entries allowed this year, that record is likely to be surpassed with registration open until the start of Level 13 tomorrow.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Josh Arieh raised to 2,000 on the button and Philip Sternheimer called in the small blind. In the big blind, Lawrence Brandt raised to 8,000 and both Arieh and Sternheimer called.
Sternheimer checked the flop of 8♠4♦4♠ over to Brandt who moved all in for 23,700. Arieh called while Sternheimer tossed away his hand.
Lawrence Brandt: A♦K♥6♦2♣
Josh Arieh: A♣8♥4♣2♠
Arieh and Brandt held the same nut low draw with Arieh holding the boat for high. Nothing changed on the runout of Q♥10♥ and Arieh eliminated the 2-time WSOP bracleet winner from the tournament.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Elie Nakache had a three-bet in front of him on the button before Marco Johnson came back over the top from the cutoff as he four-bet pot to 25,400, and Nakache called.
The two saw a flop of 8♥4♦4♣ as Johnson bet and Nakache called all in with a grimace for his final 24,000 or so.
Elie Nakache: A♣9♦5♦3♣
Marco Johnson: A♠A♦9♥6♣
Johnson was ahead with aces but Nakache held the superior low draw with backdoor high potential. However, the board ran out 9♣10♥, and with no low available, Johnson scooped with his aces to send Nakache to the rail.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Josh Arieh opened to 1,800 under the gun and was called by Lawrence Brandt in middle position, Naseem Salem in the hijack, and Aaron Kupin on the button.
On the 9♠5♠3♣ flop, it checked to Salem who potted for 8,700. Kupin folded before Arieh repotted to 34,800. Brandt folded, Salem was all-in for roughly 57,000 and Arieh called.
Naseem Salem: A♠K♥K♦2♥
Josh Arieh: A♦K♠3♠2♦
Both had the nut low draw and Arieh had a flush draw, but Salem was in the lead with kings.
The 8♣ turn completed the low, and the 4♠ river gave Arieh the flush, and he went from one quarter the three quarters.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
On a flop of Q♦7♥3♠, Shota Nakanishi bet 4,500 from under the gun and Thomas Zanot flatted on his left. Next to act, Naoya Kihara potted to 24,900. Nakanishi then jammed for around 87,000, Zanot folded, and Kihara called.
Shota Nakanishi: A♣Q♥8♣2♦
Naoya Kihara: A♥Q♠10♦2♣
Both players had an extremely similar hand as Kihara pleaded with the dealer for no eight. The J♥ turn was clean, but the 8♥ landed on the river, giving Nakanishi two pair while both had the same low, and three-quarters of the pot went to Nakanishi.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Here are some of the biggest stacks in the room as play resumes, according to the WSOP LIVE app.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
