Action was picked up as Craig Mason and Justin Arnwine were all in against Jovan Kenjic. Mason was forced all in from the big blind for 80,000.
Craig Mason: Q♦8♥ 
Justin Arnwine: K♦J♥
Jovan Kenjic: K♠K♣
Kenjic made a full house as the board ran out 7♥8♦9♥9♠9♦ to eliminate Mason and Arnwine at the same time.
Julien Sitbon jammed from the small blind and Alexis Cruz Martinez made the call from the big blind for his stack of 175,000.
Alexis Cruz Martinez: 10♠8♣
Julien Sitbon: 9♦8♦
Martinez had Sitbon dominated with ten-high, and nothing changed after the 4♦A♥J♠A♣2♥ runout, meaning Martinez secured the much-needed double-up.
Kent Stephens raised to 100,000 from under the gun, and Chuahao Zhang went all in for 765,000 from the small blind. The blinds folded and Stephens made the call.
Chuahao Zhang: Q♠Q♥
Kent Stephens: 9♠9♥
Terrible start for Zhang as the flop came 9♣A♣4♣, and Stephens held as the board ran out 10♠ on the turn and the 6♠ on the river to eliminate Zhang.
From early position, Ren Lin raised to 60,000 with A♣2♥, and Oliver Weis came along from the big blind holding K♠4♦.
Both players checked the 6♠8♦5♦ flop, and the 3♣ hit the turn. Weis led out for 125,000, and Lin folded.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
In the 976th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are back at Level 8 Studio in Las Vegas to catch up on all things 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
That includes looking at the big winners and losers from the Million Dollar Cash Game, including big hands by Alan Keating, Texas Mike, and Martin Kabrhel. Speaking of Kabrhel, he got into it with both Daniel Negreanu and Martin Zamani, and it seems the tide may be turning on how a lot of fans and other players feel about him. From there, the crew discusses Jared Bleznick's controversial comments against the Seniors High Roller, the current Player of the Year standings, and bracelet wins by some of the biggest names in the game, including Nick Schulman, Alex Foxen, Yuri Dzivielevski, and Adrian Mateos. Plus, Rich Alsup and Eddie Blumenthal both nabbed WSOP hardware.
Finally, learn who won the Bar Poker Open Championship at the Golden Nugget for a smooth $100,0001
Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
The Foxen family has 10 combined bracelets — two this year. For now.
That number could increase to as many as 12 on Friday as both high rollers — Alex Foxen and Kristen Foxen — were deep and big-stacked in separate events at the time of publishing. Both future Poker Hall of Famers (maybe this year for Kristen?) have already won bracelets at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
But they're looking for more, and to chase the WSOP Player of the Year award.
The WSOP has moved the final four tables to the streamed featured tables area, which means our live reporting will have to be delayed by around 2.5 hours to match the live stream, per the WSOP media guidelines.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
| Number of Bounties | Bounty Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $250,000 | $0 |
| 2 | $100,000 | $200,000 |
| 3 | $50,000 | $150,000 |
| 5 | $25,000 | $125,000 |
| 7 | $10,000 | $70,000 |
| 1 | $9,000 | $9,000 |
| 24 | $5,000 | $120,000 |
| Total Bounties Left | $924,000 |
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