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

12 hours 56 minutes ago

Kihara Shows Trips

Calum Grant

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Naoya Kihara raised to 21,000 from the hijack and was called by Paul Fehlig from the cutoff. Lawrence Brandt then came along from the big blind.

Action checked through to showdown, where Kihara's trips with A♠K♣Q♥5♥, was best on the 6♥4♥2♠5♠5♦ board.

Kihara's stack rose to 775,000, but it had fallen back down to 660,000 a few hands later.

Tags: Lawrence Brandt Naoya Kihara Paul Fehlig

12 hours 56 minutes ago

A Noda Pot for Hiroyuki

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Action was picked up just before the third and final draw, with Todd Rodenborn all in and at risk against Hiroyuki Noda. Both players drew one.

Todd Rodenborn: 8x7x6x4x All in
Hiroyuki Noda: 7x6x5x2x

Noda pulled a 10x leaving Rodenborn drawing pretty slim. The Kx he pulled was no good, as his opponent crossed the 800,000 mark, and took the tournament chip lead.

Tags: Hiroyuki Noda Todd Rodenborn

12 hours 59 minutes ago

Noda Couden Be Beat

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

The hand was picked up with Hiroyuki Noda betting 17,000 from the hijack on a flop of 2♦9♠A♣. Joey Couden, who had the button, called.

On the 5♥ turn, Noda fired again, this time a pot-raise for 75,000.

The 6♦ on the river didn't discourage Noda any, as he tried to go all in for 255,000, but there was only 225,000 in the pot.

Couden pondered a call for a minute, and eventually moved a couple of stacks forward to look at Noda's hand. He didn't like what he saw.

Noda tabled 8♠7♦6♠4♦. He had turned a host of straight draws and the nine-high nuts came home via the river.

Tags: Hiroyuki Noda Joey Couden

13 hours 5 minutes ago

Yu Bricks

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Big blind Sean Yu and early position Dylan Smith got it all in on a flop of 9♣7♠J♦ with Smith the covering stack, and looking to score an elimination.

Sean Yu: Q♥8♣6♣3♥ All in
Dylan Smith: A♣A♥8♦5♥

The K♦ meant that Yu needed to hit his straight to survive, but the 6♥ river wasn't enough, as he exited the tournament area.

Tags: Dylan Smith Sean Yu

13 hours 13 minutes ago

Recent Departures

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Calum Grant

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

13 hours 15 minutes ago

Vengrin Puts Tang in the Blender

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Calum Grant

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

Danny Tang opened to 20,000 from the hijack Matt Vengrin called from the cutoff.

Both players drew one, and Tang fired 38,000.

Vengrin asked Tang if he had around 100,000 chips behind, and it was a fair assessment. Vengrin put Tang all-in for his tournament life, and after some time in the tank and a few more peaks of his cards, Tang folded.

Tags: Danny Tang Matt Vengrin

13 hours 17 minutes ago

Action Flop

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Action was picked up on a flop of A♥4♥J♣ with a pot contested three ways. Under the gun player Matthew Beinner checked, as did hijack Julio Belluscio. Ryuta Nakai then bet out for 24,000 from the cutoff, and Beinner thought for quite a while. Eventually, he slid in a check-raise to 80,000.

Belluscio flat called for more than half his stack, and Nakai decided that 80,000 wasn't enough. He upped the price of poker to 185,000 with a three-bet, and Beinner tanked again. He ended up folding, and Belluscio did the same, tabling A♣Q♦ in the process.

Tags: Julio Belluscio Matthew Beinner Ryuta Nakai

13 hours 18 minutes ago

Owen Takes From Pescatori

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Calum Grant

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Single Draw

Brad Owen raised to 13,000 from the button and Max Pescatori called from the big blind.

Both players drew one, and then Pescatori check-called a bet of 15,000.

Owen tabled 10x6x5x4x2x, and Pescatori mucked.

Tags: Brad Owen Max Pescatori

13 hours 27 minutes ago

Deck Slams Yu

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Jerome Solomon

Level 17

PLFCD & 2-7 NL: 4,000-8,000, 12,000 Ante
PLO - PLO 8 - Big O - PLTD: 3,000-6,000, 6,000 Ante
No-Limit Hold’em: 3,000-6,000, 9,000 Ante

No-Limit Hold'em

After Woody Deck limped from the small blind, Sean Yu raised to 18,000.

Deck check-raised to 120,000. Yu came over the top all-in. Deck quickly called, putting all of his 378,000 chips at risk in a battle of the blinds.

Woody Deck: K♥K♠ All in
Sean Yu: 9♥9♦

Deck had the better of it, with the limp have helped setup the shove, and his play was rewarded in a runout of 8♣8♥A♦A♣J♣. The kings took down the huge pot.