2026 World Series of Poker

Event #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event #92: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event #95: $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold'em Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Show All Events
Day: 1d
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$2,751,510
Total Entries
11,185
Players Left
66
Average Chip Stack
5,084,091
Total Chips
335,550,000
Next Payout
Place 67
$3,850
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
4,267
Players Left
147
Players Left 66 / 11,185
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Two Brutal Set-Over-Set Coolers Send High-Stakes Pros Out of WSOP Main Event

Eliot Thomas
Eliot Thomas
Sandvik & Tsai
Sandvik & Tsai

If one set-over-set cooler wasn't painful enough, the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event produced two within moments of each other on different tables. Both were every bit as brutal as the bad beat that kicked off Day 6.

High-stakes pros Espen Sandvik and Andy "Andy Stacks" Tsai both saw deep runs come to heartbreaking ends on Day 6 after flopping or turning sets, only to discover their opponents held even bigger ones.

Tsai is best known for battling in some of the biggest cash games in the world, while Sandvik is no stranger to the high roller circuit either, with numerous cashes in $25,000 buy-in events. Neither could survive one of poker's nastiest coolers.

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