2026 World Series of Poker

Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em
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: 2
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$9,793,560
Total Entries
3,668
Players Left
72
Average Chip Stack
2,037,778
Total Chips
146,720,000
Next Payout
Place 72
$15,491
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
923
Players Left
167
Players Left 72 / 3,668
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Two Brutal Set-Over-Set Coolers Send High-Stakes Pros Out of WSOP Main Event

Eliot Thomas
Eliot Thomas
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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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