Event #52: $3,000 Nine Game Mix Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 12 hours ago

Taylor Takes Out Vengrin

Frank Visser

Level 19

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Matt Vengrin: K♦J♠/J♣10♦K♣4♣/6♥ All in
Antonios Onoufriou: XxXx/2♣K♥7♥ - folded on fifth street
Thomas Taylor: 8♠8♣/8♦5♥5♠Q♠/J♦

Picking up the action on fifth street, Thomas Taylor bet with an open pair of fives. Matt Vengrin raised, folding out Antonios Onoufriou, and Taylor called.

Taylor then checked sixth street over to Vengrin. Vengrin fired a bet, and Taylor raised his opponent all in. Vengrin took some time to count his remaining chips, but eventually deemed the price too good and called.

Taylor tabled a full house, leaving Vengrin looking for a king or a jack. He did not find one on seventh street, and walked off to pick up his payout.

Tags: Antonios Onoufriou Matt Vengrin Thomas Taylor

1 day 13 hours ago

Ruben Wins Three Way All in; Noori Eliminated

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Allan Le raised from the cutoff and was three-bet by Brad Ruben. Michael Noori called cold in the small blind and Le called as well for a bloated three-way pot.

Noori led out for a bet on the K♥3♣6♦ flop and Le raised. Ruben made it three bets to go and Noori moved all in for slightly more. Lee called and Ruben called all in for a three-way showdown.

Brad Ruben: A♣K♠Q♠4♦ All in
Michael Noori: A♦7♣4♣2♠ All in
Allan Le: A♥9♥6♠2♥

Noori was rooting for a five, but the Q♦K♣ runout left Ruben best with a full house for the main pot, while Le took the side with his six to eliminate Noori from contention.

Tags: Allan Le Brad Ruben Michael Noori

1 day 13 hours ago

King Leaves Kessler Short

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Frank Visser

Level 19

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 4,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Allen Kessler raised in the hijack, and Eli Elezra defended his big blind. Elezra took two on the first draw, while Kessler just needed one.

Elezra then check-called a bet by Kessler before he drew one card. Kessler followed suit, and he saw Elezra lead out after the draw.

Kessler called to the final draw, where Elezra remained pat, and Kessler still drew one. The action checked to showdown, where Elezra tabled 8x7x5x3x2x.

Kessler just flashed a Kx as he mucked his other cards, leaving him with less than three big bets in his stack.

Tags: Allen Kessler Eli Elezra

1 day 14 hours ago

Schindler Scoops to Send Out Moulder

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000 Blinds, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Patrick Moulder: 10♦10♣/J♣9♦3♣K♠/9♠ All in
Julius Reiner: XxXx/2♥3♦6♥9♥/Xx
Maximilian Schindler: 6♠4♠2♦/A♥4♥4♣J♥

Patrick Moulder was all in on third street, and Julius Reiner and Maximilian Schindler had built a pot on the side.

Schindler then bet all streets up until seventh street, and Reiner called him to showdown.

Schindler tabled three fours, which neither opponent could beat. The sizable pot was added to Schindler's monstrous stack, and he sent Moulder to the rail.

Meanwhile, at an adjacent table, David Williams sent Valentin Vornicu packing, while David Prociak lost his last 80,000 at Schindler's table not much later.

Tags: David Prociak David Williams Julius Reiner Maximilian Schindler Patrick Moulder Valentin Vornicu

1 day 15 hours ago

Fawcett Forgets Game's Rules, Still Doubles

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000 Blinds, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Thomas Zanot open-raised on the button, and Justin Fawcett three-bet in the small blind. Zanot then put his opponent all in with a fourth bet, and Fawcet called.

"Oh shit, I made a mistake," Fawcett claimed as he looked at his cards. "I forgot aces are bad."

He then drew three cards, seeing Zanot draw one in response. Fawcett improved to a one-draw on the second draw, and Zanot followed suit.

Fawcett then remained pat on the final draw. Zanot still needed one card, and the players showed down.

Justin Fawcett: 9x8x5x3x2x All in
Thomas Zanot: 7x6x5x3x

Zanot peeled a 5x as his last card, pairing him up to double Fawcett.

Tags: Justin Fawcett Thomas Zanot

1 day 15 hours ago

Dennis Weiss Bubbles $3,000 Nine Game Mix

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000 Blinds, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

No Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Action folded around to Dennis Weiss, who moved all in for his last 35,500 from the small blind. Kazuhiro Shirasawa called in the big blind to put Weiss at risk.

Both players drew one and hands were revealed.

Dennis Weiss: 10x6x5x2x All in
Kazuhiro Shirasawa: 10x9x6x3x

Weiss held the best draw and was drawing very much live to a double after Shirasawa turned over an Ax.

It wasn't Weiss's day, however, as he peeled a 6x — pairing his board to be eliminated just one spot shy of the money.

Tags: Dennis Weiss Kazuhiro Shirasawa No Limit

1 day 15 hours ago

Epstein Exits; Hand for Hand Begins

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000 Blinds, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Mark Epstein was automatically all in from the big blind. It folded to Blaz Zerjav in the small blind, who did not even have to call to put his opponent at risk.

Mark Epstein: K♦Q♦4♦3♥ All in
Blaz Zerjav: 8♠8♣6♣4♣

Zerjav's eights remained best on the A♦J♠4♥9♣5♦ runout, sending Epstein to the rail in 73rd place.

The remaining 72 players were left one elimination away from the money, and the start of hand-for-hand play was announced immediately after Epstein's elimination.

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Mark Epstein

1 day 15 hours ago

Matsuzuki Triples on Bubble

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Frank Visser

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000 Blinds, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Razz

Dan Matsuzuki: 5x3xAx/6x7xJx9x All in
Bruno Portaro: XxXx/6x4xKxQx/Xx - folded on seventh street
Nicholas Julia: XxXx/JxKx - folded on fourth street
Robert Williamson: XxXx/6x7xJx9x/Xx

Nicholas Julia brought in, Robert Williamson completed, and Dan Matsuzuki and Bruno Portaro called. Julia also came along to fourth street, where Portaro and Julia checked before Williamson bet.

Matsuzuki and Portaro called, while Julia had seen enough and mucked. Williamson kept firing bets on fifth and sixth street, with both Matsuzuki and Portaro check-calling both times.

Williamson tossed in a final bet on seventh street. This time, only Matsuzuki called, and he did so putting his entire stack at risk. Portaro folded, and Matsuzuki tabled a seven-low for the winning hand.

Tags: Bruno Portaro Dan Matsuzuki Nicholas Julia Robert Williamson

1 day 15 hours ago

Kerkaert Wins Battle of the Blind Bets

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Dan O'Hair

Level 17

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000 Blinds, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/7,500 Ante, 2,500-5,000 Blinds

Limit Hold’em

William Kerkaert raised first to act and called a three-bet from Greg Mueller.

Kerkaert checked blind and Mueller bet blind before the 2♥6♦7♦ flop came. Kerkaert then check-raised and Mueller called.

Kerkaert bet blind and was called by Mueller on both the 4♠ turn and J♣ river and Kerkaert turned over 6♥6♠ for a flopped set.

"Wow," Mueller said as he tossed his hand into the muck.

"I'm having a lucky run!" Kerkaert replied as he collected the pot.

Tags: Greg Mueller William Kerkaert

1 day 16 hours ago

Sued Sent to Exit

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Frank Visser

Level 17

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000 Blinds, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/7,500 Ante, 2,500-5,000 Blinds

Razz

Kharlin Sued: 2xAx/Kx9x9x8x/Xx All in
Mike Leah: XxXx/Qx7x10xAx - folded on sixth street
Danny Noam: Jx4x/10x6x2x4x/3x

Kharlin Sued went all in on fourth street, with Mike Leah and Danny Noam looking him up. Noam then bet fifth street, seeing Leah call.

Noam fired again on sixth street, this time folding out Leah. Noam made a ten-low on seventh street,meaning Sued needed to catch any card between a seven and a three to stay alive.

"How about f**king paint instead?" he said as he peeled his final card.

He scooped up his hand and tossed it into the muck before exiting the tournament area a few spots away from the money.

Tags: Danny Noam Kharlin Sued Mike Leah