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Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,293,600
Total Entries
716
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
6
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 716
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Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Yang Wang navigated his way through an exciting final day in Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha to take home $595,388 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet.
The result takes his recorded lifetime earnings, as per The Hendon Mob, across the $6,000,000 mark.
Event #5 attracted a field of 716 runners generating a total prize pool of $3,293,600.
Just seven players returned to fight it out in Day 3 for the title, with Wang entering heads-up play against two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jesse Lonis with a more than 5:1 chip lead, before closing out victory under the lights of the Horseshoe Las Vegas
$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Wang | China | $595,388 |
| 2 | Jesse Lonis | United States | $396,892 |
| 3 | Evan Krentzman | United States | $277,537 |
| 4 | Justin Scott | United States | $197,139 |
| 5 | Stephen Hubbard | United States | $142,279 |
| 6 | Dylan Weisman | United States | $104,359 |
| 7 | Jarred Graham | Australia | $77,815 |
| 8 | Zackary Estes | United States | $59,001 |
| 9 | Edward Leonard | United States | $45,502 |
Winner's Background
Wang has been playing poker for over 10 years and has been competing at the highest-level buy-in Omaha events for the last few years.
This is Wang’s fourth-largest career cash to date, with his previous best coming with a second place in the 2024 $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha WSOP Paradise event for $1,006,680.
He had previously made two WSOP final tables: the 2024 WSOP $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and in the Triton $100,000 Main Event at WSOP Paradise last year - both six-figure scores.
Winner’s Reaction
This is, however, Wang’s first major title. "I’m feeling happy very very happy," were his first words when speaking to PokerNews after claiming the title.
"I feel way more confident right now and feel that the tournaments later on I will win again."
When asked what might have been the biggest factor for his success in the big field and tough final table, Wang responded, "Patience, always patience. I folded a lot of big hands at the final table and just waited and waited until the right spot came along."
"When it was seven-handed, I was patient and waited for the right spot, but with two or three left I was more aggressive."
Wang said there were several big spots that helped him through the final table.
"With seven left, I folded a big hand that left me with just about ten big blinds and feel that was the biggest decision, as if I had called, I would have busted."
Wang also said he was thinking about his mother during the last hand, when he finally realized he'd be walking away with the bracelet.
"As this is my first bracelet, I will remember the whole journey."
Day Three Final Table Play
Just seven players returned for Day 3 after a Day 2 starting field of 120 was whittled down to the final seven in just ten levels of play.
It was the Lonis show on Day 2, and it looked like a forgone conclusion that Lonis would soon be claiming his third WSOP bracelet.
However, the Poker Gods thought differently, and after starting the day as the second shortest stack Wang picked up chips early with a double up through Evan Krentzman.
With Lonis bleeding chips and doubling up multiple players, Wang told PokerNews he knew that if he picked his spots correctly, he could ladder up the prize pool table.
He left himself extremely short at one point but never gave up the fight, picking up back-to-back double ups to put himself back in the hunt.
With his newly captured chips Wang put the pressure on Dylan Weisman in a crucial hand, which left Weisman on fumes and added to Wang’s increasing stack. Weisman was eliminated in sixth place just moments after the hand.
Stephen Hubbard was then eliminated in fifth, followed in relatively quick fashion by Justin Scott in fourth, and the final table entered a consolidation period.
Three-handed play went on for over four hours with chips flying backwards and forwards between the three players constantly and not much movement in the chip standings.
After taking the chip lead from Lonis, Wang continued to push on and built a healthy 2:1 chip lead over his two opponents after pushing Lonis off a huge pot.
The road was still not smooth and had its ups and downs, but Wang managed to keep the chip lead and, after knocking out Krentzman in third place took a commanding chip lead into the heads-up battle with Lonis.
Heads-up play was brief, with Wang entering the match at a significant 5:1 advantage. Lonis never got any momentum, and the final hand saw Wang’s Q♣10♣9♦5♦ outdraw Lonis’ A♠K♠Q♦9♠ to give him the title and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
This concludes coverage of Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha .
Stay tuned to PokerNews for more from the 2026 World Series of Poker.
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
After three days of action, Yang Wang was the last player standing from the field of 716 entrants to claim his first WSOP bracelet and a $595,338 payday.
Stay tuned for a full winner's recap.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Wang | China | $595,388 |
| 2 | Jesse Lonis | United States | $396,892 |
| 3 | Evan Krentzman | United States | $277,537 |
| 4 | Justin Scott | United States | $197,139 |
| 5 | Stephen Hubbard | United States | $142,279 |
| 6 | Dylan Weisman | United States | $104,359 |
| 7 | Jarred Graham | Australia | $77,815 |
| 8 | Zackary Estes | United States | $59,001 |
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Action was picked up as Jesse Lonis was all in against Yang Wang.
Jesse Lonis: A♠K♠Q♦9♠ 
Yang Wang: Q♣10♣9♦5♦
The board ran out 8♠A♥5♠10♦10♠, and Lonis was eliminated in second place.
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Yang Wang made it 900,000 to play from the button and Jesse Lonis called from the big blind.
On the 10♣A♦8♣ flop, Lonis check-called Wang's 1,500,000 continuation bet for the dealer to peel off the 3♥ as the turn.
Both players checked to see the 10♦ peel off on the river. It went check check again, Wang tabled K♦J♣3♣2♦ and was shipped the pot as Lonis tabled K♣9♦4♠2♣ for a missed flush draw.
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Jesse Lonis called 300,000 in the small blind, Yang Wang raised to 900,000, and Lonis called.
The flop came Q♠4♦A♥, and Wang fired out a bet of 825,000. Lonis called.
Both players checked on the 6♣ turn. Wang bet 2,200,000 on the 10♥ river.
Lonis went deep into the tank before he eventually folded.
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Yang Wang limped from the button and Evan Krentzman made up from the small blind. Jesse Lonis checked his option in the big blind.
On the 7♦9♦4♥ flop, Krentzman led out for 1,200,000, only for Wang to raise pot which was enough to put Krentzman all-in who snap-called.
Evan Krentzman: 10♠8♥7♣3♠
Yang Wang: 10♦8♦6♣5♦
Krentzman was ahead with his ten high but that didn't last long when the dealer flipped over the J♦ which gave Yang a flush and left Krentzman drawing dead. The irrelevant 2♦ came on the river to seal the deal and Krentzman was sent to the rail in third place.
Level 31
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The players have returned from their dinner break and action is back underway.
Stay tuned for all the drama as it unfolds from the floor.
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The final three players are on a one hour dinner break. Play is expected to resume at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.
