2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$5,029,000
Total Entries
214
Players Left
14
Average Chip Stack
2,292,857
Total Chips
32,100,000
Next Payout
Place 14
$61,964
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
134
Players Left
14
Players Left 14 / 214

Helppi Takes the Chip Lead, Leaving Smith On Life Support

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Juha Helppi
Juha Helppi

Pot-Limit Omaha

The action was joined with a board dealt to a 68A9 turn, and roughly 350,000 in the pot.

Through a series of bets, Juha Helppi manoeuvred his entire 2,075,000 stack into the middle from under the gun, and was at risk versus Dan Smith on the button.

Juha Helppi: A1087 All in
Dan Smith: AQ98

Helppi had turned the nuts, and when Smith found no help on the 4 river, he moved his stack into the middle to be sent across the table.

It was not immediately clear which player had which covered, but once the stacks were checked, Helppi had a full double up, and Smith was left with just a handful of big blinds.

Dan Smith
Dan Smith

Tags: Dan SmithJuha Helppi