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Level 5
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Updated chip counts after the break according to the WSOP live app.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Players Left 25 / 115
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Level: 5
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
As players gathered around the feature table for the restart of the $50,000 High Roller final table, Anatoly Zlotnikov had one last item on his pre-game checklist.
A few minutes before cards went in the air, the Russian wandered over to Phil Hellmuth and asked the WSOP's all-time bracelet winner for a good-luck fist bump.
Given the heater he's been on lately, it's hard to imagine Zlotnikov needing any extra luck.
The 32-year-old returns to the final six with more than half the chips in play and nearly three times as many as his closest challenger, Santhosh Suvarna. Yet despite sitting in one of the most commanding positions of the summer, plenty of poker fans are still asking the same question:
Who exactly is Anatoly Zlotnikov?
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Almost five minutes after the start of the break, Danny Tang in the small blind and Jason Koon in the big blind were still involved in a hand on a board of Q♥9♦6♠8♦Q♦ with approximately 200,000 in the pot.
Tang checked the river, Koon bet 140,000 but Tang check-raised all-in for 445,000.
Koon had to use all six of his time bank cards to make a decision and he eventually folded.
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The 30 players currently in the field take a short 15-minute break. Action is due to resume at 5.35 p.m.
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Heads-up on a board of 5♦7♠2♠J♥Q♥ with 125,000 in the pot, Kristen Foxen in the cutoff bet 123,500, most of her stack. Chris Hunichen in the big blind went into the tank and called.
Foxen flipped over Q♣9♦ for top pair hit on the river. Hunichen looked at his cards and sent them into the muck.
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Cards went on their backs with Artur Martirosian in the hijack all-in and at risk for 570,000 against Leon Sturm in the small blind.
Artur Martirosian: K♣K♦ 
Leon Sturm: A♥K♠
The dealer fanned a board of 8♣4♦J♠7♦3♣ and Martirosian secured a big double up.
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Leon Sturm opened to 11,000 from early position and saw three callers. Ramiro Salinas called from middle position, Nick Petrangelo from the hijack and Gregory Jensen called from the big blind.
The 2♠8♠5♦ flop saw Jensen bet 18,000 with Sturm raising to 60,000. Only Petrangelo called and the pair were taken heads up to the J♥ turn.
Sturm checked, Petrangelo bet 120,000 and Sturm called. A 2♦ completed the board and Sturm checked again. Petrangelo moved all in for 770,500 and Sturm went into the tank. He picked up four time bank cards and spread them in front of him, and the dealer was picking up one at a time as the clock counted down.
Sturm took around a minute before mucking his hand, passing the pot to Petrangelo.
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sean Winter in the hijack raised to 20,000 with only 15,500 behind. Kristen Foxen in the small blind three-bet to 45,000 and Winter snap-called.
Sean Winter: 7♠6♠
Kristen Foxen: A♥J♣
Winter waited until the river to reveal his cards. On 6♣2♦9♦8♠J♦, he flopped a pair and had a straight draw, but Foxen paired her jack on the river to take the pot and eliminate Winter.
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ben Heath opened to 13,500 from the button and Leon Sturm defended from the big blind.
Heath continued for 9,000 on 9♥A♥2♣ and was called, then both players checked the 9♦ turn.
They checked the 7♦ as well so Sturm revealed his K♥4♦. Heath had 3♣3♦ and scooped the pot.
