Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2026 World Series of Poker

16 hours 49 minutes ago

Cruel Sammartino

Connor Richards

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Dario Sammartino opened to 9,000 on the button and Walter Chambers called in the small blind. Bryce Yockey then three-bet to 34,000 in the big blind and both opponents called.

Chambers checked on the flop of 3♠2♦10♠ and Yockey continued for 50,000. Both opponents folded.

Tags: Bryce Yockey Dario Sammartino Walter Chambers

16 hours 53 minutes ago

Negreanu Scoops Rast

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Frank Visser

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Daniel Negreanu: J♠9♠3♠/A♦4♦A♣J♥
Brian Rast: XxXx/8♥4♥6♠J♦/Xx

Daniel Negreanu completed on third street, finding Brian Rast as the only caller. Both players then checked fourth street, and Negreanu checked his open pair of aces on fifth street.

Rast fired a bet into the pot, which Negreanu just called. Negreanu then led out on sixth street, and Rast called to seventh street. There, the players checked it to showdown.

Negreanu announced aces-up and showed aces and jacks to prove it. Rast scooped up his cards and mucked them, sending the entire pot Negreanu's way.

Tags: Brian Rast Daniel Negreanu

16 hours 53 minutes ago

Everybody Loves a Split Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a flop of J♦4♦3♠, Kristopher Tong check-called a bet of 8,000 by Maxx Coleman and they checked the 8♥ on the turn. Tong check-called another 20,000 on the A♣ river and Coleman tabled the A♦J♥10♣6♣ for aces and jacks, which chopped with Tong's A♥J♠5♣4♥.

Dan Cates limped the small blind and called a raise to 8,500 by Naoya Kihara in the big blind. Cates check-called the 10♣8♣2♦ flop for 11,000 and the 7♦ turn was checked. Cates bet the 6♦ river for 15,000 and once called, tabled his Q♦9♠8♠2♣. Kihara had the same straight with the A♠10♥9♥8♦.

Tags: Dan Cates Kristopher Tong Maxx Coleman Naoya Kihara

16 hours 59 minutes ago

Zerjav Under Six Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds

Razz

Ariel Mantel: XxXx/3x8xKx4x
Blaz Zerjav: XxXx/7xKx9xKx

Ariel Mantel completed on third street, and Blaz Zerjav called. Mantel tossed in bets on fourth and fifth street, both of which Zerjav called as well.

Zerjav made a pair of kings on sixth street, forcing him to fold to Mantel's next bet.

Tags: Ariel Mantel Blaz Zerjav

17 hours 1 minute ago

Chip Count Update

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Brett Slezak

Level 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds

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Level: 4

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,500/3,500 Ante, 1,000-2,500 Blinds

17 hours 23 minutes ago

Another Break

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Frank Visser

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,000-4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000-2,000 Blinds

The 70 remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

17 hours 24 minutes ago

Angelou Konstas Chips Up Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,000-4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000-2,000 Blinds

Razz

Ioannis Angelou Konstas: XxXx / 5x10xAx3x
James Obst: XxXx / 6xKx folded on fourth street
Danny Tang: XxXx / 3x7xJx3x folded on sixth street

Ioannis Angelou Konstas limped in and James Obst completed, Danny Tang called and Angelou Konstas came along. Tang bet on fourth street and Angelou Konstas raised, Obst folded and Tang called. Angelou Konstas had a bet called on fifth and then bet again sixth after which Tang folded when he paired up.

Ioannis Angelou Konstas: XxXx / 6x7xJx
Aaron Kupin: XxXx / 7xKxQx folded on fifth street

Angelou Konstas completed and called a raise by Aaron Kupin. He bet fourth to get called and bet fifth to force a fold from Kupin.

Tags: Aaron Kupin Danny Tang Ioannis Angelou Konstas James Obst

17 hours 24 minutes ago

Glantz Takes it on the River

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Brett Slezak

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,000-4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000-2,000 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Matt Glantz raised under the gun, Calvin Anderson three-bet from the hijack, Jesse Lonis made it four bets in the small blind, and both opponents called.

On the J♦10♦4♠ flop, Lonis bet, Glantz raised, and both Anderson and Lonis called.

The turn was the 4♦ as Lonis checked to Glantz who bet, Anderson raised, Lonis cold-called, and Glantz called.

On the 3♠ river, Lonis led again, Glantz raised, Anderson folded, and Lonis folded after some deliberation, flashing A♥A♦6♦3♥ before he mucked his hand, and Glantz won without showdown.

Tags: Calvin Anderson Jesse Lonis Matt Glantz

17 hours 25 minutes ago

Schulman, Arieh, Mercier Hopping in Before Break

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Frank Visser

Level 3

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,000-4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 2,000/3,000 Ante, 1,000-2,000 Blinds