Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event | 2026 World Series of Poker

17 hours 54 minutes ago

No Fuchs Given

Connor Richards

Level 13

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500-3,000, 4,500 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000-2,500, 3,500 Ante

Big O

In a three-way pot on a board of 4♥3♥3♦8♥5♥, Carol Fuchs checked from the big blind and Robert Lofaso moved all in for about 50,000 from early position.

Jeff Madsen folded from the next seat and Fuchs called. Lofaso showed A♠A♣J♦6♦2♥ for the nut low as Fuchs announced a flush and showed K♥Q♠10♥5♦2♦ to chop up the pot.

Tags: Big O Carol Fuchs Jeff Madsen Robert Lofaso

17 hours 56 minutes ago

Rezaei Wheels Kornuth Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 13

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500-3,000, 4,500 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000-2,500, 3,500 Ante

Big O

The hand was picked up with Chance Kornuth already all-in in the cutoff with his 13,500 chips. Anderson Ireland had called from the small blind.

Then Daniel Rezaei moved all in with 42,000 from the big blind. Ireland called and covered him.

Chance Kornuth: K♦K♥9♠7♦7♣ All in
Daniel Rezaei: A♠Q♣Q♥6♣5♥ All in
Anderson Ireland: A♦Q♠10♦4♠3♦

The runout hit 4♣8♠2♦7♥3♣, and Kornuth was shouting for the board to pair after he hit a set of sevens on the turn, but Rezaei got a gutshot on the river instead for the scoop with a wheel.

Tags: Anderson Ireland Big O Chance Kornuth Daniel Rezaei

18 hours 9 minutes ago

Shuffle Up & Deal

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Connor Richards

Level 13

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500-3,000, 4,500 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000-2,500, 3,500 Ante

Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 2 of Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event.

Level: 13

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 1,500-3,000, 4,500 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 1,000-2,500, 2,500 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 1,000-2,500, 3,500 Ante

18 hours 11 minutes ago

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$182,591	10-11	$11,789
2	$118,647	12-14	$9,456
3	$78,984	15-20	$7,814
4	$53,889	21-27	$6,657
5	$37,706	28-34	$5,854
6	$27,075	35-41	$5,318
7	$19,964	42-58	$5,065
8-9	$15,128

Nacho Barbero Among Big Stacks Heading Into Day 2 of $2,500 Mixed Big Bet

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Jacob Wilson

As Day 2 Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet at the 2026 World Series of Poker gets underway in Horsehoe and Paris, Las Vegas, just 99 players will be returning for a second day of action, from the 388 total entries during Day 1, which generated a prize pool of $858,850.

Antonio Seremet (528,500) leads the way for the second day of action, with Julio Belluscio (480,000) in second and recent bracelet winner Joey Couden rounding out the top three.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Antonio Seremet	Australia	528,500	176
2	Julio Belluscio	Argentina	480,000	160
3	Joey Couden	United States	365,500	122
4	Hanh Tran	Austria	355,000	118
5	Matthew Schreiber	United States	272,000	91
6	Benjamin Miner	United States	270,500	90
7	Paul Fehlig	United States	266,000	89
8	Michael Kuney	United States	257,500	86
9	Travis Pearson	United States	247,500	83
10	Nacho Barbero	Argentina	244,500	82

Other notables who found a bag further down the chip counts include Robert Mizrachi (196,500), Scott Abrams (195,500), Chi Tang (192,500), Naoya Kihara (183,500), Ryan Hoenig (178,000), James Obst (96,500), Brad Owen (60,000), Cary Katz (52,500), and Patrick Leonard (35,000).

These survivors will return at 1 p.m., local time to play another ten levels of big bet action. The blinds will start at 1,500/3,000 with a 4,500 ante for the draw games, 1,000/2,500 for the flop games with big blind antes of 2,500 and 3,500 for Omaha and hold'em, respectively.

Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all the action from the second day of play.

Tags: Antonio Seremet Benjamin Miner Brad Owen Cary Katz Chi Tang Hanh Tran James Obst Joey Couden Julio Belluscio Matthew Schreiber Michael Kuney Nacho Barbero Naoya Kihara Patrick Leonard Paul Fehlig Robert Mizrachi Ryan Hoenig Scott Abrams Travis Pearson

19 hours 9 minutes ago

Seat Draw For Day 2

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Jon Pill

According to the WSOP LIVE App

Table	Seat	Player	Chip count	Big Blinds
98	1	Kyle Miholich	41,000	14
98	2	Thomas Evans Zanot	186,500	62
98	3	Julio Belluscio	480,000	160
98	4	Ryuta Nakai	186,000	62
98	5	Toby Lewis	113,500	38
98	6	Jonathan Shoreman	105,000	35
98	7	Christopher Adams	102,000	34

99	1	Dylan Smith	35,000	12
99	2	Hooman Nikzad	79,000	26
99	3	Cary Katz	52,500	18
99	5	Lukas Schwartz	16,500	6
99	6	Sean Yu	90,500	30
99	7	Anthony Cousineau	50,500	17

100	1	Nicolas Julien	13,500	5
100	2	Klinten Griffin	186,000	62
100	3	Biao Ding	49,500	17
100	4	Jacob Hamed	104,000	35
100	5	Schuyler Thornton	49,500	17
100	7	Vadim Shlez	186,500	62

101	1	Yanshing Tsang	176,500	59
101	2	James Obst	96,500	32
101	3	Pomjun Cha	10,800	4
101	4	Massimiliano Pescatori	99,500	33
101	5	Ryan Moriarty	47,000	16
101	6	Joshua Mullins	186,500	62
101	7	Todd Rodenborn	74,000	25

106	1	Patrick Leonard	35,000	12
106	2	Sachin Bhargava	100,000	33
106	3	Michael Moncek	35,000	12
106	4	Hal Rotholz	140,500	47
106	5	Michael Kuney	257,500	86
106	6	Matthew Vengrin	131,500	44
106	7	Mike Matusow	83,000	28

107	1	Steve Billirakis	75,000	25
107	2	Nacho Barbero	244,500	82
107	3	Antonio Seremet	528,500	176
107	4	Ioannis Angelou Konstas	55,000	18
107	5	Hanh Tran	355,000	118
107	6	Aaron Schaff	174,500	58
107	7	Sebastian Mortensen	92,500	31

108	1	Daniel Rezaei	43,500	15
108	2	Scott Abrams	195,500	65
108	3	Anderson Ireland	75,500	25
108	5	Chance Kornuth	13,500	5
108	6	John Racener	118,500	40
108	7	Brian Brunner	84,800	28

109	1	Eric Cloutier	41,000	14
109	2	Austin Srur	118,500	40
109	3	Peter Levine	53,500	18
109	4	Danny Chang	153,000	51
109	5	Woody Deck	72,000	24
109	6	Joseph Couden	365,500	122
109	7	Hye Park	133,500	45

114	1	Chi Tang	192,500	64
114	2	Chase Crouch	36,500	12
114	3	Richard Bai	218,500	73
114	4	Jordan Glazer	170,000	57
114	5	Ariel Mantel	162,000	54
114	6	Takashi Sugo	198,500	66
114	7	Adam Miller	204,000	68

115	1	Dan Smith	105,500	35
115	2	Daniel Blum	29,500	10
115	3	Robert Mizrachi	196,500	66
115	4	Steve Chanthabouasy	157,000	52
115	5	Hiroyuki Noda	209,000	70
115	6	Noah Bronstein	122,000	41
115	7	Jonathan Wirjo	186,500	62

116	1	Lawrence Brandt	149,500	50
116	2	Justin Gardenhire	76,580	26
116	3	Sosuke Hatano	35,000	12
116	4	Naoya Kihara	183,500	61
116	5	Paul Fehlig	266,000	89
116	6	Michael Noori	145,500	49
116	7	Bryce Yockey	151,500	51

118	1	Jonathan Glendinning	42,500	14
118	2	Nicholas Marchington	72,000	24
118	3	Daiki Aoki	61,000	20
118	4	Kevin Ward	60,500	20
118	5	Wataru Kosugi	55,000	18
118	6	Ryan Johnson	35,500	12

119	1	James Minghini	217,500	73
119	2	Ryan Hoenig	179,000	60
119	3	Nitesh Rawtani	62,000	21
119	4	Matthew Beinner	35,000	12
119	6	Yueqi Zhu	142,000	47
119	7	Matthew Schreiber	272,000	91

122	1	Travis Pearson	247,500	83
122	3	Benjamin Miner	270,500	90
122	4	Carol Fuchs	106,000	35
122	5	Robert Lofaso	80,500	27
122	6	Jeffrey Madsen	88,000	29
122	7	Adam Saven	216,500	72

123	1	Philip Sternheimer	54,500	18
123	2	Kenneth Po	15,000	5
123	3	Majid Yahyaei	205,000	68
123	4	Roy Thung	40,000	13
123	5	Calvin Anderson	104,500	35
123	6	Bradley Owen	60,000	20
123	7	Renan Bruschi	178,000	59