Event #52: $3,000 Nine Game Mix | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 5 hours ago

Danny Noam Eliminated in 12th Place ($13,180)

Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Danny Noam: A♠Q♠/A♦6♦6♠5♥/8♣ All in
Yu Li: XxXx/4♣7♦9♣J♣/Xx - folded on seventh street
Kazuhiro Shirasawa: 8♥2♥2♦/6♥5♠10♠2♣

Yu Li brought in, Kazuhiro Shirasawa called, and Danny Noam completed. Li and Shirasawa both called, after which Noam bet his last 13,000 on fourth street.

Li and Shirasawa tossed in calling chips, then checked through fifth and sixth street. Li checked again on seventh street, but Shirasawa flicked in a bet.

Li reluctantly folded, and Shirasawa showed three deuces. Noam just had two pair, and he did not improve with his seventh card to be eliminated.

Tags: Danny Noam Kazuhiro Shirasawa Yu Li

1 day 5 hours ago

Omar Mehmood Eliminated in 13th Place ($13,180)

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Joey Couden raised on the button and Omar Mehmood called in the big blind.

Both players drew two on the first draw and Mehmood check-called a bet from Couden.

On the second draw, Mehmood drew one and Couden stood pat. Mehmood then check-raised all in after Couden bet and Couden called to put Mehmood at risk.

Both players stood pat on the end, which got a, "That's not good news," from Mehmood, who showed 9x8x6x3x2x for a nine.

Mehmood's fears were confirmed, as Couden fanned out 8x7x4x3x2x for an eight, which was enough to eliminate Mehmood in 13th place.

Tags: Joey Couden Omar Mehmood

1 day 5 hours ago

Noam Left Short; Freitas' Chips Get Chopped

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Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Catching the action on the second draw, Danny Noam drew one card from the big blind, and Thomas Taylor stood pat in middle position.

Noam then check-called a bet by Taylor before drawing one final card. Taylor bet after he had patted, and Noam quickly check-folded.

Stud Hi-Lo

Shaun Deeb: 10♦9♦6♥/7♦9♣J♥8♦
Allan Le: A♣6♠6♦/7♥9♠2♠3♠
Richard Freitas: XxXx/J♠5♣K♠2♥ - folded on seventh street

Over at the other table, Shaun Deeb completed, Allan Le raised, and Richard Freitas called cold. Deeb also called, after which fourth street checked through.

Freitas then fired a bet on fifth street, seeing both opponents call. Sixht street saw Freitas slow down and check, after which Deeb bet. Le raised, folding out Freitas, and Deeb called.

Deeb then bet on seventh street, and Le called to chop the pot with his low against Deeb's straight.

Tags: Allan Le Danny Noam Richard Freitas Shaun Deeb Thomas Taylor

1 day 5 hours ago

Elezra's Nine is Good

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Kazuhiro Shirasawa raised from the small blind and Eli Elezra defended his big blind.

Both players drew two on the first draw and Shirasawa check-called a bet from Elezra.

On the second draw, Shirasawa drew two again and Elezra stood pat. Shirasawa again check-called a bet.

Shirasawa reduced his draw to one on the final draw and Elezra remained pat. Both players checked and Elezra fanned out 9x7x6x5x2x for a nine. Shirasawa showed an Ax and mucked — conceding the pot to Elezra.

Tags: Eli Elezra Kazuhiro Shirasawa

1 day 5 hours ago

Taylor Trending Down

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Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Thomas Taylor: XxXx/A♠J♦K♦3♦ - folded on sixth street
Yu Li: 4x3x/2♦A♣5♣4♣

Thomas Taylor completed, and Yu Li called. Taylor went on to check-call bets by Li on fourth and fifth street, and he checked again on sixth street.

Li bet again with four to a wheel showing, and Taylor quickly mucked his hand. Li showed he had already made the nut low on fifth street as he raked in the pot.

2-7 Triple Draw

The next hand, in a new game, Antonios Onoufriou raised from the small blind, and Thomas Taylor called in the big blind. Antonios Onoufriou took one card on the draw, while Taylor needed two.

Onoufriou then bet, and Taylor called. On the second draw, Onoufriou remained pat, seeing Taylor still draw two.

Onoufriou's next bet was enough to win the hand, as Taylor quickly gave up on the pot with a fold.

Tags: Antonios Onoufriou Thomas Taylor Yu Li

1 day 5 hours ago

Mehmood Doubles Through Le

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

No Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Omar Mehmood moved all in for a bit under 200,000 on the button and was called by Allan Le in the big blind after a bit of a tank to put Mehmood at risk.

Le drew one and Mehmood stood pat.

Omar Mehmood: 10x6x4x3x2x All in
Allan Le: 10x8x4x2x/Xx

Le was already drawing dead with a ten-eight draw and an irrelevant 2x paired his board to award Mehmood the double up.

Tags: Allan Le No Limit Omar Mehmood

1 day 5 hours ago

Jeff Madsen Eliminated in 14th Place ($13,180)

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Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Jeff Madsen open-shoved for 210,000 in middle position. Omar Mehmood called his remaining 63,000 off in the hijack, and Allan Le joined in on the action on the button.

Madsen drew one card, Mehmood remained pat, and Le tossed one card as well.

Omar Mehmood: 9x8x7x3x2x All in
Jeff Madsen: 7x6x4x3x All in
Allan Le: 8x5x3x2x

Madsen paired up with a 6x, and Le did so with a 5x. Mehmood tripled up as his nine-low held, while Madsen was sent to the rail by Le's lower pair.

Tags: Allan Le Jeff Madsen Omar Mehmood

1 day 5 hours ago

Final Two Tables

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
114	1	Thomas Taylor	Canada	1,860,000
114	2	Yu Li	China	1,670,000
114	3	Noah Bronstein	United States	835,000
114	4	Kazuhiro Shirasawa	Japan	615,000
114	5	Eli Elezra	Israel	950,000
114	6	Danny Noam	United States	550,000
114	7	Antonios Onoufriou	Cyrpus	3,750,000

122	1	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	1,110,000
122	2	Jeff Madsen	United States	210,000
122	3	Omar Mehmood	United States	65,000
122	4	Shaun Deeb	United States	3,325,000
122	5	Allan Le	United States	490,000
122	6	Richard Freitas	Brazil	1,970,000
122	7	Joey Couden	United States	1,450,000

1 day 5 hours ago

Julia Misses Final Two Tables

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Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Nicholas Julia raised in the cutoff. Joey Couden accidentally called on the button, wanting to three-bet instead, and big blind Shaun Deeb came along as well.

Julia's remaining 200,000 then flew in on the J♠8♠7♥ flop. Deeb got out of the way, with Julia being at risk against Couden.

Nicholas Julia: K♠J♦ All in
Joey Couden: 8♥8♦

Julia's top pair was no good against Couden's set. The 10♦ turn brought some chop outs, but the 4♣ river remained clean for Couden to secure the knockout.

Tags: Joey Couden Nicholas Julia Shaun Deeb

1 day 5 hours ago

Bronstein Doubles Through Madsen

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 25,000-50,000 Blinds, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 50,000 Completion, 50,000-100,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 24,000/36,000 Ante, 12,000-24,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Omar Mehmood raised to 70,000 from the hijack and was called by Jeff Madsen in the cutoff, Antonios Onoufriou in the small blind, and Noah Bronstein in the big blind for a four-way pot.

The flop came Q♠K♠J♦ and Onoufriou checked to Bronstein, who moved all in. Mehmood folded, Madsen went all in for slightly more, and folded.

Jeff Madsen: A♦10♥9♦8♣ All in
Noah Bronstein: A♥K♣J♣J♥