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2026 World Series of Poker
Four-way on a flop of A♦Q♣6♦, Robert Cowen in the small blind, Naoya Kihara in the big blind, Venkat Chivukula under the gun and Youness Barakat in the cutoff checked.
After the blinds checked the 2♦ turn, Cowen bet 180,000 with J♦9♠6♣2♠ and Chivukula with A♠A♥K♥9♥ was the only one to call.
Cowen checked the 9♣ river, Chivukula bet 250,000 and Cowen folded.
Joao Simao raised to 350,000 from the cutoff, Dylan Weisman in the big blind three-bet to 1,100,000, Joao Simao four-bet for more than Weisman's stack and Weisman called, being the player at risk for 2,410,000.
Dylan Weisman: A♣K♥Q♣10♦
Joao Simao: A♠A♦10♥6♣
Weisman ran into aces and the situation remained unchanged on K♠6♦3♥7♣8♥ so he was sent to the rail.
Naoya Kihara raised under the gun with K♣Q♣J♥4♠ and picked up two callers, Venkat Chivukula in the cutoff with A♣8♠8♥4♣ and Robert Cowen in the big blind with 8♦6♥6♦5♣.
The J♣3♦3♣ flop and 2♣ turn were checked through by all three players.
On the K♠ river, Cowen checked, Kihara bet 800,000, and Chivukula made the call. Cowen folded, and Chivukula took down the pot with the nut flush, while Kihara was left with the second-nut flush.
Robert Cowen under the gun raised to 350,000 with 7♠7♥5♥3♠ and was called by Venkat Chivukula on the button. Youness Barakat in the small blind three-bet to 1,500,000, Cowen folded and Chivukula called to be at risk for 1,270,000.
Venkat Chivukula: K♥K♣8♦8♣
Youness Barakat: A♥A♦9♠2♠
Chivukula managed to hit a flush on the river on Q♣J♣J♥6♥10♣ to crack aces and double up.
On the 5♣4♥4♠ flop, Joao Simao bet 130,000 into a 400,000 pot holding Q♠Q♣9♠8♦, and Dylan Weisman called with K♣Q♥Q♦5♥.
Simao continued for 260,000 on the 6♦ turn, which was enough to force Weisman to fold.
Venkat Chivukula limped in on the button with J♣9♠9♣3♠, before Youness Barakat completed from the small blind with K♣8♥7♥4♣. Yuri Dzivielevski checked his option holding K♣8♥7♥4♣ in the big blind.
The 3♣A♣8♠ flop was checked through by all three players.
On the 8♣ turn, Barakat checked again, Dzivielevski bet 150,000, and Chivukula quickly called. Barakat then raised to 425,000, prompting Dzivielevski to call while Chivukula folded.
The 5♥ river was checked by Dzivielevski, and Barakat revealed the nut flush to take down the pot.
Action folded to Santhosh Suvarna on the button, who limped with K♥Q♥8♥8♣. In the big blind, Carlo van Ravenswoud raised to 400,000 with A♠A♣9♣4♥, and Suvarna called.
On the J♦4♠3♠ flop, van Ravenswoud continued for 600,000, and the pressure was enough to force Suvarna to fold.
Level: 21
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000