Michael Estes open-potted from early position. Action folded around to big blind Jason Zipfel who stuck in the call. Zipfel then shoved the 7♥4♠J♠ flop and Estes called for his final 575,000.
Michael Estes: K♥J♥10♣6♦ 
Jason Zipfel: 10♦9♠7♣5♥
The board ran out Q♥9♦ giving Estes the nut straight, securing his survival.
Ido Aboudi limped in from the small blind, before Thanhlong Nguyen potted to 450,000 from the big blind.
Aboudi checked the 6♣2♣6♥ flop, and Nguyen fired out another 450,000. Aboudi made the fold.
Jason Zipfel opened to 500,000 from the cutoff, and Will Givens defended his big blind.
Both players checked the 3♠4♦Q♣ flop to bring the 6♥ turn.
Givens led out for 600,000 and was called by Zipfel.
The 2♣ river led to another bet from Givens. This time, to the tune of 1,300,000. Zipfel paused before he made the call.
Givens showed 10♣8♦7♠6♠ for a pair of sixes.
Zipfel revealed J♣10♠10♥3♥ for a pair of tens to take down the pot.
Hokyiu Lee limped from middle position before Jason Zipfel raised to 700,000 on the button. Lee called.
Lee checked the K♣9♦2♥ flop before Zipfel continued for 700,000. Lee check-raised to 3,000,000 in response.
Zipfel shipped it to put Lee to the test.
Lee gave it some thought before he made the fold as Zipfel took down a sizeable pot in the opening minutes of the final table.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jochen Pfeifer | Germany | 8,000,000 | 53 |
| 2 | Phillip Mighall | United Kingdom | 3,125,000 | 20 |
| 3 | Jason Zipfel | United States | 20,200,000 | 134 |
| 4 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 3,750,000 | 25 |
| 5 | Michael Estes | United States | 1,525,000 | 10 |
| 6 | Will Givens | United States | 12,500,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Ido Aboudi | Israel | 3,800,000 | 25 |
| 8 | Thanhlong Nguyen | United States | 3,700,000 | 24 |
| 9 | Hokyiu Lee | Hong Kong | 13,825,000 | 92 |
Play is on pause while they set up the final table.
Every player at the table limped before Michael Estes checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came Q♥2♣9♠ before the table checked it over to Ryan Wince, who went all-in for approximately 650,000. Thanhlong Nguyen called from the small blind. Ido Aboudi called out of the hijack, and Jason Zipfel came along with a call from the cutoff to put Wince at risk.
The table checked the A♥ turn and the 4♦ river.
Zipfel showed Q♠7♠5♥2♥ to claim the pot as Wince was eliminated in 10th place.
Wince earned $31,290 for his finish.
Action was picked up in a limped pot with three players seeing a flop of 4♦J♦10♥. Small blind Sonny Lee led out for 300,000, before big blind Will Givens potted to 1,500,000.
Action folded to Lee, who tanked for quite a while before making the call. He shoved his final 1,150,000 on the Q♥ turn and Givens made the call.
Sonny Lee: A♦Q♣7♦3♠
Will Givens: A♥10♣10♠5♥
Lee was looking for a diamond to scoop, but the A♣ river kept Givens ahead, as he restored his chip lead over the table.
In a special 974th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Mike Holtz and Ben Ludlow come to you from the floor of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and are joined by a special guest in 2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen.
With co-host Chad Holloway away for the week, the three discuss Holtz winning his second bracelet in Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. The two-time WSOP.com POY topped a field of 2,103 entries and defeated heads-up opponent Mei Seow to win a career-best $238,097 and his first live bracelet.
Holtz, who had a rowdy rail that included Ludlow and Madsen, also delivered one of the most epic bracelet win celebrations in recent memory.
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
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