Fumihiro Yasoshima: XxXx / Q♣8♣2♥8♥ / Xx
Ian Cohen: XxXx / 2♣7♠9♠K♦ / Xx
Justin Liberto: XxXx / 10♠8♠4♦3♥ / Xx
Liberto completed and Sean Yu called with the 3♠, and Yasoshima called. From the bring-in, Cohen raised, Liberto made it three bets, Yu folded, Yasoshima called, Cohen four-bet, and both Liberto and Yasoshima called.
It checked to Liberto on fourth who bet, and both opponents called. The same occurred on fifth.
Sixth street checked through. On seventh, Yasoshima checked to Cohen who bet, and both Liberto and Yasoshima called.
Cohen mucked his hand, saying that he was bluffing. Liberto tabled A♥10♦6♣ in the hole for a pair of tens and an eight-six low. Yasoshima had A♣Q♦J♣ in the hole, and his queens-up was enough for the high, leaving Cohen on a short stack.
Eddie Blumenthal raised from early position, and Jun Weng defended his big blind.
Weng then check-called bets on both the 6♣A♠2♣ flop as well as the 10♣ turn.
The 8♥ hit the river, and Weng opted to lead, moving all in for less than a big bet. Blumenthal called, and tabled 7♣6♠4♠2♠ for two pair and a seven low. Weng's A♦K♦Q♣3♥ was no good, as he became the first elimination of Day 3.
Another mixed game bracelet will be awarded at the 2026 World Series of Poker today as we play down to a winner in Event #45: Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. From a starting field of 587 entries, just 24 hopefuls remain in contention for the first-place prize of $248,545, the lion's share of the $1,306,075 total prize pool.
A diverse cast of mixed game crushers will battle it out at 1 p.m. today in the Paris Gold Section. At the top of the leaderboard is Andrew Yeh, who is looking to make his first cash of the summer one to remember.
Andrew Yeh
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Andrew Yeh
United States
1,720,000
2
Eddie Blumenthal
United States
1,410,000
3
Nikolai Fal
Russian Federation
1,295,000
4
Danny Chang
United States
1,175,000
5
Jonathan Nebbout
France
1,135,000
6
Frederic Moss
Canada
1,080,000
7
Fumihiro Yasoshima
Japan
920,000
8
Donovan Bates
United States
910,000
9
Dekel Balas
Israel
895,000
10
Justin Liberto
United States
885,000
Outside the top ten, other notables returning for Day 3 include Tyler Phillips (875,000), Sean Yu (840,000), Yueqi Zhu (655,000), and 25K Fantasy selection Jun Weng (285,000) on the short stack.
Tyler Phillips
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$248,545
2
$165,530
3
$114,310
4
$80,340
5
$57,490
6
$41,900
7
$31,100
8
$23,540
9
$18,160
10-11
$14,280
12-15
$11,470
16-23
$9,390
24
$7,860
Play resumes at 1 p.m. in Level 23 with limits of 40,000/80,000 and an average stack of 856,000.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates from the floor as we play down to a winner in Event #45: Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better here at the 2026 World Series of Poker.
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