2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,225,000
Total Entries
110
Players Left
15
Average Chip Stack
2,200,000
Total Chips
33,000,000
Next Payout
Place 15
$102,800
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
81
Players Left
30
Players Left 15 / 110

Soverel Flops the World to Bust Lonis

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jared Bleznick raised to 15,000 under the gun and was called by Christopher Frank in the hijack and Sam Soverel in the cutoff. Jesse Lonis then potted to 81,000 in the small blind, and all three opponents called.

"Are we all on freerolls? Is that what we're doing? Blez is going to bust us then buy us back in," Soverel said as they saw a flop of 933.

"This might be the toughest tournament in the world," Bleznick added.

Lonis then moved all in for 210,000 and Bleznick and Frank folded, but Soverel snap-called.

Jesse Lonis: AA52 All in
Sam Soverel: QQ33

Lonis turned over two aces, but he was already drawing incredibly thin as Soverel had flopped quads. The board ran out 8J, and Lonis was sent to the rail.

"Is that one of the best hands of your life?" Bleznick asked Soverel.

"It's up there," Soverel replied.

Tags: Christopher FrankJared BleznickJesse LonisSam Soverel