Event #73: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 3 | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 5 hours ago

Lopes Is Cooking

Jerome Solomon

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Just after France scored a goal to take a 2-0 lead over Sweden, Paulius Vaitiekunas was staring at the screen during a hand and someone at the table asked, "Is France winning?"

"Winning the World Cup, winning the World Series (of Poker), winning food," Vaitiekunas said.

"How are they winning food?" Angelina Rich said.

"Uh, French cuisine," replied Vaitiekunas, who is from Lithuania.

Frenchman Bruno Lopes has the biggest stack at the table and is among the chip leaders in the event.

Tags: Angelina Rich Bruno Lopes Paulius Vaitiekunas

1 day 5 hours ago

Tran Hits the Rail

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Nick Becker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

JC Tran raised to 300,000 in the cutoff and was called by Markus Gonsalves in the small blind. The flop came J♦6♦10♥ and Gonsalves bet enough to put Tran all in, who had 110,000 behind. Tran made the call.

JC Tran: K♦10♦ All in
Markus Gonsalves: A♣J♥

Tran had plenty of outs with middle pair and a flush draw, but couldn't get there when the board ran out 7♠, A♥.

Tags: JC Tran Markus Gonsalves

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

1 day 5 hours ago

Lichtenberger Takes a Small One From Eisen

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 90,000 from the button, and Erik Eisen called from the big blind.

Eisen check-called a continuation-bet of 60,000 from Lichtenberger on the 8♣K♠2♦ flop.

Both players checked through the Q♠ turn and A♦ river. Eisen showed J♣8♥ for a pair of eights, but it was second-best to Lichtenberger's Q♥9♣ for a pair of queens.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Erik Eisen

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Rich Doubles Blind Versus Blind

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Nick Becker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action folded around to Angelina Rich in the small blind, who raised to 230,000, leaving herself with 25,000 back. Paulius Vaitiekunas in the big blind moved all in to put Rich at risk, who went into the tank looking for a potential pay jump. Eventually, a player from another table called the clock, prompting Rich to commit the rest of her stack.

Angelina Rich: K♥6♠ All in
Paulius Vaitiekunas: Q♣10♠

The flop came 8♣5♠3♦ with Rich still in the lead with king-high. Vaitiekunas picked up additional outs with a gutshot on the 9♣ turn, but the 8♥ river was safe for Rich's king-high, securing her the double-up.

Tags: Angelina Rich Paulius Vaitiekunas

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Tran Slowly Chipping Back Up

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Markus Gonsalves raised from the hijack to 80,000, and JC Tran moved all in for 460,000 from the big blind. Gonsalves went into the think tank.

Tran stated, "It feels like ace-ten."

Gonsalves folded, stating he had the lowest pocket pair; Tran showed A♣K♣ and scooped the small pot.

Tags: JC Tran Markus Gonsalves

1 day 5 hours ago

Peeks' Pocket Jacks Help Him Double

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Roeland Peeks raised to 120,000 from the small blind, and Xiaoyao Ma shoved from the big blind, covering Peeks. Peeks had around 970,000 in his stack to start the hand and, with the tournament on a pay jump, used plenty of his time banks before making the call.

Roeland Peeks: J♠J♥ All in
Xiaoyao Ma: A♠9♣

Peeks' pocket jacks moved even further in front on the 7♥9♦J♣ flop, improving to top set.

The 10♠ turn gave Ma some chop outs, but none of them materialized on the Q♣ river, and Peeks doubled to over two million chips.

Tags: Roeland Peeks Xiaoyao Ma

1 day 5 hours ago

Trips Good for Eisen

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Nick Becker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Daniel Rezaei raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and was called by Erik Eisen on the button, Jon Kyte in the small blind, and Roeland Peeks in the big blind.

The flop came 5♦8♠7♠ and it checked around to Eisen, who bet 90,000. Kyte called, Peeks folded, and Rezaei decided to stick around.

The turn brought the 8♣ and it checked to Eisen again, who bet 155,000. Kyte and Rezaei called once more.

Action checked through on the Q♥ river and Kyte was the first to table his cards with 7♦6♦. Rezaei mucked and Eisen turned over 9♥8♥ for trip eights.

"Thank God a nine didn't come," said Kyte as the pot was pushed Eisen's way.

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Erik Eisen Jon Kyte Roeland Peeks

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Lichtenberger Picks off Bayout

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Barry Russell

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Axel Bayout raised to 80,000 from under the gun, and Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind called then the big blind folded.

Bayout fired out a bet of 100,000 when the flop came 6♥8♥A♦, and Lichtenberger just called.

Both players checked on the 8♣ turn, then Lichtenberger led for 110,000 when the J♥ completed the runout. After a few moments, Bayout raised to 650,000, then Lichtenberger went deep into the tank and made the call.

Bayout tabled J♦10♥ for jacks-up, then Lichtenberger tabled A♠10♠ for aces-up and scooped the pot.