2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$5,280,000
Total Entries
55
Players Left
20
Average Chip Stack
1,530,000
Total Chips
30,600,000
Level Info
Level
12
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
50
Players Left
19
Players Left 20 / 55
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Martirosian Leads the Field after the Break (full)

Level 9 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Updated chip counts according to the WSOP live app.

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Level: 9

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Klezys Weathers the Winter Storm

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Sean Winter
Sean Winter

Youness Barakat opened to 12,000 from early position and Kasparas Klezys called from the cutoff. Sean Winter raised to 67,000 on the button, and both players called behind.

The 76J flop prompted Barakat to check, Klezys to bet 200,000 and Winter to move all in covering both remaining players. Barakat quickly mucked, and Klezys called.

Kasparas Klezys: JJ96All in
Sean Winter: AAK8

Klezys had flopped a set which had Winters aces beat. There was a sweat on the Q turn as it brought in straight draw outs for Winter, but the 7 river was safe and Klezys got a full double-up.

Tags: Kasparas KlezysSean WinterYouness Barakat

Chidwick Doubles Through Suvarna

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The next all-in showdown unfolded just before the end of the level and Stephen Chidwick was all-in for 222,000 against Santhosh Suvarna with all of the chips going in preflop.

Stephen Chidwick: KJ106 All in
Santhosh Suvarna: AxKK7

Thanks to a board of 98710Q, Chidwick improved to a flush and took a chunk out of Suvarna's stack on the second bullet.

Tags: Santhosh SuvarnaStephen Chidwick

Parssinen Buys Back In

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Eelis Pärssinen
Eelis Pärssinen

Eelis Parssinen was in the small blind and on a 3J5 flop with a pot of 138,000. He was in the pot three-ways with Jason Koon sitting to his direct left, and Artur Martirosian in the cutoff.

Parssinen bet 138,000 and Koon mucked. Martirosian re-raised, Parssinen moved all in and Martirosian snap called.

Eelis Parssinen: 9644All in
Artur Martirosian: KK73

Parssinen was sitting with fours, a flush draw and the open-ended straight draw, but faced Martirosian's pocket kings and bigger flush draw.

The 10 turn and Q river didn't change the standings and Parssinen was eliminated from the tournament. However, he was seen just moments later with a fresh 600,000 stack, having rebought back into the tournament.

Winter Doubles Through Foxen

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Alex Foxen was able to increase his stack when he bet the 8726 turn for 128,000 and picked up a call by Youness Barakat. He then jammed the 5 river and Barakat folded.

Soon after, Jonathan Depa was all-in for 410,000 against Foxen on the 1095 flop.

Jonathan Depa: 101076 All in
Alex Foxen: AKQ3

The 2 turn gave Foxen a wheel draw that was no good, and the 8 river confirmed Depa's double.

Tags: Alex FoxenJonathan DepaYouness Barakat

Cowen Bops Morris

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Robert Cowen
Robert Cowen

This hand was picked up with about 150,000 in the middle on a flop that read J94.

Robert Cowen bet 120,000 from the small blind. Arthur Morris called from the big blind position, and Youness Barakat also called on the button.

The 2 led to more fireworks after Cowen bet 380,000. Morris went all in for 462,000. Barakat folded, but Cowen called to put Morris at risk.

The 4 river completed the board, and Cowen showed KKJJ for a flopped top set that turned into a full house on the river. Morris could not top it and was sent to the rail.

Tags: Arthur MorrisRobert CowenYouness Barakat

Kihara Eliminated by Depa

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

Jonathan Depa squeezed to 200,000 out of the big blind and Naoya Kihara called from under the gun. On the 1096 flop, Depa pushed all in and Kihara called after brief consideration.

Naoya Kihara: AKJ8 All in
Jonathan Depa: Q1095

The 3 turn and 4 river kept Depa ahead and both stacks were counted. Kihara's 375,000 were covered by a few blinds only and that spelled the end for him.

Tags: Jonathan DepaNaoya Kihara

Suvarna Busts Then Buys Back In

Level 8 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Santhosh Suvarna
Santhosh Suvarna

Santhosh Suvarna went all in for his remaining 36,000 before Nino Pansier made the call on the button, and Dylan Weisman called from the big blind.

Weisman and Pansier checked the board of 86636 to go to a showdown.

Suvarna tabled QJ107, but it was no good as Weisman showed K755 for a full house, as Pansier was unable to top it to award the pot and the knockout to Weisman.

Survarna wasted no time getting back into the fray as he is now seated with a fresh stack of 600,000.

Tags: Dylan WeismanNino PansierSanthosh Suvarna