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Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #61: $1,000 Super Seniors
Day: 3
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Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Poker fans were treated to many exciting hands at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the past week.
But there's always a player involved in one of these juicy hands who doesn't find it as interesting as the rest of us. Take Allen Kessler, for example, who took a cruel Razz bad beat to bust from the $3,000 Nine Game Mix event, a hand you'll read about in just a bit.
"The Chainsaw" isn't the only recipient of a bad beat or on the wrong end of a brutal cooler the past week at the WSOP.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
The 51 remaining players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Susan Murphey decided to go all in with around 210,000 in chips. Only Marie Harrell, next to her, decided to call.
Susan Murphey: A♦3♦ 
Marie Harrell: K♥Q♥
The dealer revealed the board of 6♥7♣4♠4♣2♠, and Murphey's ace was good enough to double up and keep her in the tournament.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Action folded around to Perry Wymore on the button, who moved all in for 105,000 to put himself at risk.
"No shame in folding," said Wymore, before Antonin Teisseire reluctantly called in the big blind.
Perry Wymore: Q♠Q♦
Antonin Teisseire: 4♥2♦
The board ran out 10♥Q♣10♠K♦Q♥, with Wymore improving to quad queens by the river.
"Why can't the rest of you call?" joked Wymore as he pulled in the pot.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
After a bit of a raising war between Mark Forster on the button and Steve Sakakini in the big blind, Sakakini's stack of around 700,000 ended up in the middle with Forster trying to win them all.
Steve Sakakini: A♦A♥
Mark Forster: K♥K♣
It was poker's classic cooler, which Forster was on the wrong end of — preflop.
The 7♠K♦8♣ flop gave Forster a set, cracking Sakakini's aces and leaving him with two outs.
Sakakini was unable to find one of the two remaining aces in the deck on the J♥ turn or 9♦ river, and he became the next Super Seniors casualty.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Glen Clementi limped in from early position and Greg Raymer raised to 120,000 from the cutoff. Clementi called and the flop fell 2♥7♥2♠.
Clementi check-called a continuation-bet of 125,000 from Raymer, and the 5♦ hit the turn, which checked through.
The 6♣ river was also checked, and Clementi won the pot with 4♦4♥ for a pair of fours.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Louis Pito moved all in for 50,000 in the hijack, and was called by Frederic Soria in the small blind and Timothy Garner in the big blind.
Soria and Garner checked it down to the river on a board of K♥7♣J♠10♠7♥, and Pito tabled the winner with K♣10♥ for two pair, kings and tens.
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Salvatore Busacca raised from under the gun and Michael Odeh three-bet to 250,000 from the next seat. When the action got back to Busacca, he instantly jammed. After a brief moment of confusion, Busacca tabled A♥A♣, even though Odeh had yet to make the call.
Odeh asked the dealer for an exact count, as some of the T-100,000 chips were slightly obscured. It would cost him around 700,000 more to call, and Busacca tried to entice him into doing so by saying, "I know you like to gamble."
The table watched as Odeh weighed up the decision for about 30 seconds before eventually flashing Q♦Q♣ and sending them into the muck.
Busacca couldn't resist a final comment, smiling as he said, "Massive mistake, massive mistake."
After the hand, Odeh told PokerNews he had already decided he was folding his pocket queens as Busacca was only shoving aces. But, because Busacca was seated directly to his right and a few of the large denomination chips were hidden from view, he simply wanted to make sure he wasn't being laid the correct price to call.
The fold was correct, as with around 50 players remaining, Odeh is still in the hunt with a healthy stack.
Odeh also said with a smile, "I am the best player here."
After watching him correctly read Busacca for aces, no one at the table disagreed with his comment.
