Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jul 02, 2026

Kosugi Makes Light Dimmer With an Eight

David Salituro

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

In a three-bet pot, Wataru Kosugi and Roscoe Light both drew one on the first draw and Kosugi bet from the small blind. Light called in middle position.

Both players again drew one and Kosugi bet. Light called and drew one more, while Kosugi stood pat.

Both players checked, and Kosugi showed 8x7x5x4x2x to win the pot.

Tags: Roscoe Light Wataru Kosugi

Jul 02, 2026

Lorgeree First to Payouts

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Doug Lorgeree raised his button to 20,000. Brian Rast made it 63,000 in the big blind, and Lorgeree quickly moved all in for around 200,000. Rast momentarily eyed his opponent's stack before he called.

Doug Lorgeree: A♦K♠K♦9♦ All in
Brian Rast: A♠Q♥10♥9♠

Rast flopped an open-ender on A♣8♠7♣ and gained even more outs on the 4♠ turn. The 5♠ river completed his flush, sending Lorgeree to the rail as the first person to get paid $20,510.

Tags: Brian Rast Doug Lorgeree

Jul 02, 2026

Atchison, Volpe Chop Up Chen

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David Salituro

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Taylor Atchison: XxXx/7♣K♦2♠A♥/Xx
Paul Volpe: XxXx/8♠J♥3♦5♠/Xx
Huabao Chen: XxXx/8♥3♥9♦A♠/Xx

Huabao Chen bet on fifth street. "With a nine?" Taylor Atchison wondered as he called. Paul Volpe also called.

Atchison then bet on sixth, and both Volpe and Chen called. Atchison then bet on seventh, and both opponents again called.

Volpe showed 6♦6♠5♦ for two pair, while Atchison had a low with 5♥3♣9♠. Chen mucked, and Volpe and Atchison chopped the pot.

Tags: Huabao Chen Paul Volpe Taylor Atchison

Jul 02, 2026

Benny Glaser Bubbles $10k 8-Game Championship

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Benny Glaser: K♠Q♠3♦/Q♥K♣8♦J♠ All in
Ali Eslami: A♥8♣4♣/7♥5♠2♣J♣
Derek Hanauer: A♠5♥2♥/4♥8♥5♦10♥

Derek Hanauer brought in, Benny Glaser completed, and Ali Eslami called. Hanauer also tossed in calling chips, and he and Eslami both called Glaser's bet on fourth street.

Glaser bet all in for 22,000 on fifth street. Eslami raised, and Hanauer called. Sixth street then checked through to seventh street, where Eslami checked again.

Hanauer put in a bet, which Eslami quickly called. Hanauer revealed a flush and an eight-low. Eslami had a better low with a seven, while Glaser's two pair was not enough to claim any part of the pot.

Glaser departed the tournament as the bubble boy, while the 30 remaining players continued playing in the money.

Tags: Ali Eslami Benny Glaser Derek Hanauer

Jul 02, 2026

Chen Puts a Big Cooler on Vengrin

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David Salituro

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Huabao Chen and Matt Vengrin went to the turn on a board of 3♣A♦K♠10♣ when Chen bet from under the gun. Vengrin then raised in the small blind, and Chen reraised. Vengrin made it four bets, and Chen five-bet. Vengrin called to the 6♣ river.

Vengrin checked to Chen, who only had a few chips behind. He decided to check behind and turned over Q♥J♦ for a straight. "How do you have queen-jack there?" Vengrin wondered as he flashed A♥A♠ and mucked.

Tags: Huabao Chen Matt Vengrin

Jul 02, 2026

Johnson Puts Pressure on Tilton

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Marco Johnson raised in the hijack, and James Tilton three-bet in the cutoff. Johnson called to the 4♣9♦7♣ flop, where he check-raised a bet from Tilton.

Tilton called the raise, but he quickly gave up on the 8♦ turn when Johnson added another bet to the pot.

Tags: James Tilton Marco Johnson

Jul 02, 2026

Linde Leaves as Tournament Goes Hand for Hand

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Dylan Linde was unable to spin up his last big bet and was eliminated shortly after his encounter with Dzmitry Urbanovich.

After all other tables had finished play, the floor announced that the $10k 8-Game Championship would proceed hand for hand until one player had busted and the bubble had burst.

Tags: Dylan Linde Dzmitry Urbanovich

Jul 02, 2026

Eslami Gets There on the River to Leave Glaser Short

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David Salituro

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Ali Eslami bet from the cutoff on a flop of 3♦4♥J♦ and Benny Glaser raised in the hijack. Eslami then reraised, and Glaser called.

Eslami continued betting on the 8♥ turn, and Glaser called. Eslami bet again on the 6♦ river, and Glaser called once more.

Eslami showed 10♦9♦ for a rivered flush, and Glaser mucked.

Tags: Ali Eslami Benny Glaser

Jul 02, 2026

Linde Left With One Big Bet

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Frank Visser

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/A♦J♥4♥10♦
Dylan Linde: XxXx/3♥6♠J♣7♠ - folded on sixth street

Dzmitry Urbanovich bet on fifth street, and Dylan Linde called. Urbanovich appeared to slow down on sixth street with a check, but once Linde had bet, Urbanovich raised.

Linde spent a while in the tank as he had left himself just over one big bet behind. Eventually, he mucked his cards, conceding the pot to be left shortest two away from the money.

Tags: Dylan Linde Dzmitry Urbanovich

Jul 02, 2026

Billirakis Hangs On to Double Off Vengrin

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David Salituro

Level 16

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Limit Hold'em

Matt Vengrin raised on the button, Steve Billirakis three-bet in the small blind, and Vengrin called.

The flop came A♠6♥8♥ and Billirakis bet. Vengrin then raised, and Billirakis called all in for 19,000.

Steve Billirakis: A♦10♠ All in
Matt Vengrin: A♥7♥

Both players had flopped top pair, and Billirakis was ahead with his ten-kicker. Vengrin also had a flush draw, but he missed the 2♣ turn and A♣ river and Billirakis doubled up.

Tags: Matt Vengrin Steve Billirakis