2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1b
1a1b2
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$3,008,000
Total Entries
128
Players Left
16
Average Chip Stack
1,200,000
Total Chips
19,200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
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64
Players Left
8
Players Left 16 / 128
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With limited media access to the new feature tables, PokerNews will provide updates where possible, alongside the results of the match-ups and the updated bracket as players are eliminated. Some matches will be streamed by the World Series of Poker, and our updates will follow the same delay as the live stream.

Some More First Round Results

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 0 ante

Polk Drills the Turn to Stay in the Match

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 0 ante
Doug Polk & Alex Keating
Doug Polk & Alex Keating

Alex Keating raised the button to 5,000 and Doug Polk three-bet from the big blind to 15,000. Keating called to see the dealer fan out the 672 flop.

Polk checked and Keating opted to bet 10,000. Polk check-jammed for around 71,500, which got called by Keating.

Doug Polk: 98 All in
Alex Keating: 107

Keating held top pair against the overcards and straight draw of Polk.

Polk received instant service on the 10 turn by improving to the nuts. Keating still had outs to a full house, but he missed them on the 4 river, meaning Polk secured the double-up.

Tags: Alex KeatingDoug Polk

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 0

Nakai Continues to Erode Reichard's Stack

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

With a pot of 19,000 and a flop of 553, Josh Reichard in the big blind bet 4,000, which Ryuta Nakai called.

The river 2 fell, and Reichard checked. Nakai announced all-in for around 200,000. Reichard, with only 50,000 behind, looked at the flushy board and took his time to consider his action.

After a few seconds, he threw his hand in the muck pile, conceding the pot to Nakai.

Tags: Josh ReichardRyuta Nakai

Green Pressing Muller

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Richard Green called a raise to 4,500 preflop and Samuel Mullur's bet of 5,000 when Q85 hit the board.

The turn J brought checks from both players.

Green picked through his stack and fired 22,000 chips (two 5,000s, 10 1,000s, three 500s and five 100s) when the A landed on the river.

Muller made the call, and mucked when Green tabled 104 for the flush.

Tags: Richard GreenSamuel Mullur

Blom Loses Some to Muehloecker

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom

Thomas Muehloecker raised to 4,500 on the button and Viktor Blom three-bet to 16,000 out of the big blind. Muehloecker called.

Blom quickly bet 10,800 on the 566 flop and Muehloecker called.

Two checks followed the 4 turn for the 7 to complete the board. Blom checked again and Muehloecker fired for 39,000. Blom paused for a while before returning his cards to the dealer and giving up the pot to Muehloecker.

Tags: Thomas MuehloeckerViktor Blom

Sammartino Forces a Fold

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Aliaksei Boika on the button raised to 4,000 and got called by Dario Sammartino to see the flop.

The flop came 6A4 and after a check, Boika continued with 2,500 which Sammartino called once again.

Both players checked the 5 turn and when the 7 river fell, Sammartino led out with 11,000 which was enough to make Boika fold.

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaDario Sammartino

Leonard Sticks Around With Bottom Pair

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Antonio Vargas called from the button and Patrick Leonard checked his option in the big blind.

Leonard check-called a bet of 2,400 from Vargas on the 72Q flop.

The A on the turn saw Leonard check-call a second bet from Vargas, this time for 7,000.

Both checked the 9 river and Leonard's 32 for bottom pair won the pot.

Tags: Antonio VargasPatrick Leonard

Ivey Makes it Through

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Level: 6

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0