Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship Day 1 | 2026 World Series of Poker

21 hours 6 minutes ago

Racener Hits the River on Bleznick

David Salituro

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 800 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

John Racener bet from the cutoff on a flop of Q♠K♠Q♥ and Jared Bleznick raised in the big blind. Racener called, and the 3♥ fell on the turn.

Bleznick then bet and Racener called. Bleznick checked to Racener on the 6♠ river, and he bet. Bleznick then raised, and Racener called.

Racener showed A♠A♣J♠4♥ for a rivered flush, and Bleznick flashed A♥A♦ as he mucked.

Tags: Jared Bleznick John Racener

21 hours 5 minutes ago

Update on Entries and Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 800 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

20 hours 59 minutes ago

Couden Takes More From Bleznick

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 800 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

Omaha Hi-Lo

Joey Couden in the big blind bet the K♠7♥4♠6♦ turn, and Jared Bleznick called under the gun. Couden fired another bet into the pot on the J♥ river, which Bleznick called to showdown.

"I've got it," Couden stated as he tabled A♣8♣5♠2♥ for the nut high and the nut low. Bleznick claimed neither part of the pot, mucking his hand instead as he admitted defeat.

Tags: Jared Bleznick Joey Couden

20 hours 48 minutes ago

Hansen Waves Weinman Off

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 800 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Daniel Weinman put in his last 2,100 in the cutoff. Gus Hansen then raised on the button, and Steve Billirakis three-bet in the big blind. Hansen called, and the action went pat, two, three on the first draw.

Billirakis then bet, and Hansen called. Billirakis remained pat, while Weinman and Hansen each drew two cards. After another bet and call, Billirakis still took no cards, while Weinman still wanted two.

Hansen had improved and took one fresh card, and he bet after Billirakis checked. Billirakis quickly called, but he could not beat Hansen's 8x5x4x3x2x and mucked.

Weinman, meanwhile, tabled KxJx6x3x2x as he went to the exit.

Tags: Daniel Weinman Gus Hansen Steve Billirakis

20 hours 47 minutes ago

Hanauer Takes Out Battistone; Miller Has a Long Memory

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David Salituro

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 800 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Brian Battistone: XxXx/4♣10♦9♥A♠/Xx
Derek Hanauer: XxXx/K♦7♣2♣8♣/Xx

Derek Hanauer bet on fourth street and Brian Battistone called.

Hanauer bet again on fifth, and this time Battistone raised. Hanauer called, and they got in Battistone's last chips on seventh.

Battistone ended up with J♦4♠6♠ for a pair of fours, while Hanauer had 7♠Q♦A♥ for sevens to win the pot and send Battistone to the rail.

At the same table, Ryan Miller has built his stack up to around 300,000. "He just beat me," Miller said about Marco Johnson.

"Let it go. We didn't go past fifth," Johnson replied.

"Don't you know Little Shit? He's going to be talking about this hand five years from now," Greg Mueller yelled out from another table.

Tags: Brian Battistone Derek Hanauer Marco Johnson Ryan Miller

20 hours 47 minutes ago

Final Break of Day 1

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Frank Visser

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 800 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

The 90 remaining players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the night.

When they return, they will play two more 60-minute levels before Day 1 wraps up.

Level: 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

20 hours 33 minutes ago

Updated Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

As per the WSOP LIVE app.

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20 hours 28 minutes ago

Sammartino Sent to Exit

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Frank Visser

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Dario Sammartino pushed in his last few blinds in the big blind, and was looked up by initial raiser Dzmitry Urbanovich in the cutoff.

Dario Sammartino: Q♠7♠ All in
Dzmitry Urbanovich: 3♠3♦

Sammartino had found a flip, but he did not improve on the 10♣A♦2♥4♥10♠ runout and was knocked out.

Tags: Dario Sammartino Dzmitry Urbanovich

20 hours 25 minutes ago

Couden Picks Up Aces to Double

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David Salituro

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

John Racener raised to 5,500 on the button and Joey Couden three-bet to 17,500 in the big blind. Racener then moved all in, and Couden called for 27,500.

Joey Couden: A♦A♥K♣6♣ All in
John Racener: A♠K♠7♣6♦

Couden was ahead with his aces as the flop came 10♠5♣3♦. The 8♣ turn gave Racener additional outs to a straight, but Couden then hit the last ace in the deck on the A♣ river to make a set and secure the double-up.

Tags: Joey Couden John Racener