2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 3
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$6,449,200
Total Entries
1,402
Players Left
7
Average Chip Stack
10,014,286
Total Chips
70,100,000
Next Payout
Place 7
$130,287
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
60
Players Left
7
Players Left 7 / 1,402
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Ace-High Takes It for Vaitiekunas

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action picked up on the flop of K83 in a hand between Bruno Lopes in the hijack and Paulius Vaitiekunas in the big blind.

Vaitiekunas check-called a bet of 45,000, bringing the 4 turn, where both players checked.

The river fell the 9, Vaitiekunas checked again, and Lopes checked back.

Vaitiekunas tabled A10 for ace-high, prompting Lopes to muck his hand.

Tags: Bruno LopesPaulius Vaitiekunas

Lhuillier and Arieh Pick Up Pots

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jean Lhuillier completed from the small blind, and Kyle Montgomery checked his option in the big blind.

Lhuillier bet the minimum of 30,000 on the 910J flop, and Montgomery called.

The 3 turn brought a much larger bet of around 225,000 from Lhuillier. Montgomery tossed his cards into the muck, and Lhuillier dragged in the pot.

At a neighboring table, Josh Arieh checked from the big blind on the A57 flop, and Bruno Lopes bet 35,000 from under the gun. Arieh called.

Arieh checked for a second time when the 3 hit the turn, and Lopes bet roughly 80,000. Arieh called once more.

Both players checked the 6 river, and Arieh tabled QQ for a pair of queens to win the pot.

Tags: Bruno LopesJean LhuillierJosh AriehKyle Montgomery

Tens Good for Izquierdo

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Erwann Pecheux raised to 60,000 from under the gun, Jeremy Izquierdo flatted in the cutoff, and Facundo Trigueiro three-bet to 180,000 in the big blind. Pecheux got out of the way and Izquierdo called.

The flop came 596 and Trigueiro check-called a bet of 125,000 from Izquierdo, bringing the Q turn, where both players checked.

Both players checked again on the 2 river, and Izquierdo tabled the winner with 1010.

Tags: Erwann PecheuxFacundo TrigueiroJeremy Izquierdo

Lichtenberger Sits Down At New Table and Flushes Saout

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Andrew Lichtenberger
Andrew Lichtenberger

Andrew Lichtenberger just sat down at his new table and raised from the hijack to 60,000. Antoine Saout was in the cutoff and three-bet to 300,000. Lichtenberger moved all in for 200,000 effective. It was on the cusp of another pay jump, so Saout took all the time he could before calling.

Antoine Saout: 77 All in
Andrew Lichtenberger: AK

The board ran out with 562A8, and Lichtenberger hit the higher flush for the win.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerAntoine Saout

Mary Bloodied, Knocked Out

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Matthieu Mary
Matthieu Mary

The hand was picked up with Matthieu Mary and Ori Elul all in with almost identical stacks.

Matthieu Mary: 6x6xAll in
Ori Elul: QQ

Elul's queens held through a runout of 8J210A, leaving Mary with just 45,000 in chips.

On the next hand, Mary went all in, Elul raised to 60,000 in the cutoff. Daniel Smiljkovic made the call from the big blind.

When the flop hit 9102, Elul reached for chips to bet and Smiljkovic folded.

Matthieu Mary: 65All in
Ori Elul: A10

The turn Q and river 4 gave Mary nothing and he was eliminated.

Tags: Daniel SmiljkovicMatthieu MaryOri Elul

Rich's River Bet Gets Lopes Out

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Bruno Lopes raised to 60,000 from under the gun and only Angelina Rich called on the button.

Lopes and Rich checked the Q8J45 board all the way to the river. After Lopes checked for a final time, Rich bet 125,000.

Lopes gave it plenty of thought before folding, and Rich dragged in the pot.

Tags: Angelina RichBruno Lopes

Mikolaitis On the Rise

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action picked up on the flop of QAK in a hand between Paulius Vaitiekunas in the hijack and Dominykas Mikolaitis in the big blind.

Mikolaitis check-called a bet of 55,000, bringing the 5 turn, where he check-called again, this time for 210,000.

Mikolaitis checked for a third time on the 8 river, and Vaitiekunas opted to check back. Mikolaitis tabled AQ for two pair, aces and queens, to claim the pot.

Tags: Dominykas MikolaitisPaulius Vaitiekunas

Ma Scoops a Nice Pot

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

There were roughly 400,000 chips in the pot on A79.

Roeland Peeks, who was under the gun, checked to Xiaoyao Ma on his direct left, and he fired out a bet of 50,000. Peeks decided to raise to 190,000, and Ma called.

The 6 on the turn saw Peeks fire out another bet of 450,000, which Ma called.

Both players checked on the Q river, and Peeks tabled 88, but could not beat Ma's hand as he tabled K9.

Tags: Roeland PeeksXiaoyao Ma

Schutten Survives With Cowboys; Galinec Joins the Rail

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Brek Schutten
Brek Schutten

Gabriel Andrade raised to 65,000 from under the gun and Joseph Tatarski three-bet to 160,000 from the next seat. Brek Schutten four-bet ripped it to 675,000, and only Tatarski called.

Brek Schutten: KK All in
Joseph Tatarski: AK

Schutten picked up cowboys at the perfect time and only needed to fade an ace to propel his stack into seven-figure territory.

Tatarski found no help on the 82392 runout, and he had to send a sizeable chunk of his stack across the table to Schutten.

At the same time, Ivan Galinec was another casualty of the tournament.

Tags: Brek SchuttenGabriel AndradeJoseph Tatarski

Bayout Scores a Double Knockout

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Axel Bayout
Axel Bayout

Andrey Pateychuk open-shoved in the cutoff for about 350,000 and Axel Bayout called in the small blind. Boris Angelov then reraised all in from the big blind for about 900,000 total, and Bayout quickly called with the covering stack.

Andrey Pateychuk: 55 All in
Boris Angelov: QQ All in
Axel Bayout: KK

Bayout pulled ahead further on the K68 flop, improving to a set of kings. He filled up on the river as the board ran out 9, 8, sending both of his opponents to the rail.

Tags: Andrey PateychukAxel BayoutBoris Angelov