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With about 480,000 in the pot on a flop of 4♣A♠Q♠, Venkat Chivukula checked from the small blind and Philip Sternheimer checked from the big blind with 20,000 left in his stack. Yuri Dzivielevski knuckled it back from the button, and the 6♣ joined on the turn.
Chivukula bet the minimum of 25,000, and Sternheimer called for the last of his chips. Dzivielevski raised it to 350,000, which got Chivukula to fold.
Philip Sternheimer: A♦Q♦9♥2♥ 
Yuri Dzivielevski: A♥6♥4♦3♦
Sternheimer had Dzivielevski in rough shape with the higher two-pair, and nothing changed when the 3♥ completed the board, meaning Sternheimer survived and tripled up.
Sean Winter raised to 55,000 from the button and Eelis Parssinen jammed from the small blind for 115,000. Winter called when the action got back to him.
Eelis Parssinen: Q♣10♥7♣Xx
Sean Winter: A♣A♥K♠3♥
Winter had aces, but Parssinen took the lead with trips on the 5♦Q♥Q♠ flop. Parssinen improved to a full house by the river as the rest of the board ran out 2♠7♦, and he doubled through Winter.
Unfortunately for Parssinen, he was unable to spin up his short stack and was eliminated shortly afterward.
Philip Sternheimer raised to 85,000 from under the gun, Venkat Chivukula called in the big blind.
The flop came 4♠8♥6♠, and both players checked. Chivukula led for 75,000 when the 4♦ came on the turn, and Sternheimer made the call.
Chivukula did not slow down on the 10♥ river and he put Sternheimer all in for roughly 200,000. Sternheimer went deep into the tank and eventually folded.
Chivukula was kind enough to table his hand of 10♠10♣8♣4♥ which pleased Sternheimer.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 85,000 in middle position, Santhosh Suvarna flatted in the hijack, and Jeremy Trojand three-bet to 375,000 in the cutoff. Negreanu got out of the way and Suvarna reraised to put Trojand all in, who had 25,000 back. Trojand made the call.
Jeremy Trojand: A♣J♠J♦10♣
Santhosh Suvarna: K♣K♦10♦5♠
Suvarna improved to a set of kings on the K♥2♣3♠ flop. The 4♥ turn and 2♠ river offered no help to Trojand, and he was sent to the rail.
Eelis Parssinen raised to 85,000 from middle position, Brian Rast three-bet to 315,000 from the cutoff, and Daniel Negreanu four-bet to 1,075,000. Parssinen went deep into the tank before he decided to lay his hand down; Rast also was thinking over his options for a while before he moved all in for roughly 800,000, and Negreanu called.
Brian Rast: K♣K♠6♠3♣
Daniel Negreanu: A♣A♥5♣4♣
Rast had less than 5% equity as the flop came 7♣A♠J♣, then he was eliminated when the 2♣ hit the turn, and the 9♥ completed the board.
As Rast was collecting his bag, Parssinen picked up his kings and shook his head, and at this point Negreanu said, "You have the other kings?" and Parssinen nodded his head.
Shaun Deeb came up one spot short yet again for a 2026 World Series of Poker bracelet, falling to Joey Couden in Event #52: $3,000 Nine Game Mix after a grueling three-and-a-half-hour heads-up battle. The defeat was Deeb's ninth in a bracelet match and dropped his all-time heads-up record to 8-9.
The latest near miss added to a frustrating run of runner-up finishes for the eight-time bracelet winner. Deeb had already finished second twice at WSOP Europe earlier this year to take an early lead in the Player of the Year race, but after arriving in Las Vegas with just one cash through the opening weeks of the series, another silver medal may prove crucial as he chases back-to-back POY titles.
As painful as Deeb's 8-9 record may be, it doesn't rank among the unluckiest in WSOP history. Several poker crushers have reached heads-up for a bracelet time and again, only to walk away empty-handed. Here are the players with the most WSOP runner-up finishes without ever sealing the deal.
Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 85,000 on the button and Venkat Chivukula called in the small blind.
The flop came Q♠6♦3♣ and both players checked to the 5♠ turn, where Chivukula check-called a bet of 85,000.
On the 4♦ river, Chivukula check-folded when Dzivielevski fired out a bet of 250,000.
There were roughly 340,000 chips in the pot on a board of 3♥4♥A♠3♠.
Veselin Karakitukov checked from the big blind, and Sean Winter checked his option from under the gun. Daniel Negreanu checked from middle position before Santhosh Suvarna checked behind in the cutoff, sending the action four ways to the river card.
The 7♠ on the river saw Winter bet 255,000, Negreanu confidently call, and both Suvarna and Karakitukov fold.
Winter tabled a full house with A♦10♠4♠4♦ (fours full of aces). At this point Negreanu chuckled, then showed A♣3♣ for threes full of aces — an inferior full house.
Event #55: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha generated a prize pool of $5,225,000, with $1,368,720 going to the eventual winner.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,368,720 |
| 2 | $912,420 |
| 3 | $628,510 |
| 4 | $445,440 |
| 5 | $325,080 |
| 6 | $244,510 |
| 7 | $189,720 |
| 8 | $152,020 |
| 9 | $125,920 |
| 10-11 | $107,940 |
| 12-17 | $102,800 |
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