Event #92: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 1 hour ago

Wang Falls; Hellmuth Left Short

Liam Gannon

Level 13

Limit Flop: 2,000-4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

Razz

Action was picked up on fifth street in a multi-way pot between Phil Hellmuth, Yong Wang, and Chase Crouch.

Yong Wang: 6x4x/Jx8xJx5x/Xx All in
Chase Crouch: 3x2x/Ax7xKxJx/5x All in
Phil Hellmuth: Ax3x/Qx7x4x10x/Ax

Hellmuth bet on fifth street for Wang to raise all in for 13,500. Crouch raised once more and he and Hellmuth raised until Crouch was all-in for five bets effective.

Crouch peeled a seven-five on the river to win the pot and eliminate Wang while Crouch raked in the rest of the pot.

Tags: Chase Crouch Phil Hellmuth Yong Wang

Level: 13

Limit Flop: 2,000-4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

1 day 2 hours ago

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Liam Gannon

The players have taken their seats and the cards are in the air.

First game will be Razz.

1 day 2 hours ago

Crazy Bad Beat Kicks Off Day 6 of WSOP Main Event

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Calum Grant

It didn't take long for Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event to produce its first jaw-dropping hand.

Just a few minutes into Saturday's action, one of the most brutal coolers of the tournament sent Go Kato to the rail in a hand that looked destined to end in a chop. Instead, Lauri Saaskilahti found the only possible way to win the pot, delivering a beat that would make anyone barf up their breakfast, lunch or dinner.

If this isn't the sickest elimination of Day 6, it'll take something special to top it.

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1 day 3 hours ago

"Everything This Year is to Build for Next Year" says WSOP Director Gregory Chochon

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Calum Grant

For the World Series of Poker, marathon, unedited live streams are out; tight, narrative-driven episodic television is back in.

That's according to WSOP Chief Operating Officer Gregory Chochon, who recently pulled back the curtain on the brand's ambitious blueprint for the future of poker in a featured interview published by Casinos.com.

The WSOP is radically overhauling its media strategy to recapture the attention spans of today's sports fans. How? By aggressively shifting its focus, aiming to build a media powerhouse modeled after sports leagues like the UFC.

With this as their core aim, Chochon and his team are orchestrating a massive shift in how the WSOP and poker as a whole are consumed, branded, and broadcast.

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1 day 4 hours ago

Hunichen, Guagenti, and Kessler Among The Big Stacks in Day 2 of $3,000 T.O.R.S.E.

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Liam Gannon

The penultimate mixed-game event of the 2026 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas has reached its second day of play. Event #92: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. drew out a total of 457 entrants to generate a prize pool of $1,220,190 that the final 69 players will all earn a piece of. Only 157 players remain in contention for the WSOP bracelet and the $247,842 yet to be awarded to first place.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Chris Hunichen	United States	432,500
2	Menikos Panagiotou	Cyprus	310,000
3	Nick Guagenti	United States	273,000
4	Richard Bai	United States	268,000
5	Andrei Zhigalov	Russian Federation	252,000
6	Christina Hill	United States	249,500
7	Koji Fujimoto	Japan	240,500
8	Allen Kessler	United States	239,000
9	Bryce Yockey	United States	237,000
10	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	235,000

WSOP bracelet winner Chris Hunichen (432,500) leads the pack, with Menikos Panagiotou (273,000) and WSOP bracelet winner Nick Guagenti rounding out the top three. Others that bagged up big in this event include Allen Kessler (239,000), Bryce Yockey (237,000), and Brandon Shack-Harris (235,000). 25K Fantasy players abound in this event among the players remaining, with not many other opportunities for teams to get points.

Players will return to play at 1 p.m. in Paris Green at Level 16. Antes during the stud round will be 1,000 with a 1,000 bring-in, while blinds will be 2,000/4,000 with 4,000/8,000 limits. Levels will last one hour each, with ten levels of play slated for today.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the exciting updates on the ground at the 2026 WSOP.

Tags: Allen Kessler Andrei Zhigalov Brandon Shack-Harris Bryce Yockey Chris Hunichen Christina Hill Koji Fujimoto Menikos Panagiotou Nick Guagenti Richard Bai

1 day 4 hours ago

Seat Draw For Day 2

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Liam Gannon

According to the WSOPLive App.

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Bets
42	1	Gary Bolden Ii	122,000	15
42	2	Bari Sklar	183,000	23
42	3	Sterling Lopez	40,000	5
42	4	Yuval Bronshtein	124,000	16
42	5	Song Wang	65,000	8
42	6	Brian Borst	40,000	5

43	1	Kenneth Aldridge	155,000	19
43	2	Walter Chambers	142,000	18
43	3	Christopher Claassen	221,500	28
43	4	Thomas Taylor	148,500	19
43	5	Michael Leah	17,000	2
43	6	Joshua Wang	77,000	10

44	1	Christina Hill	249,500	31
44	2	Ryan Moriarty	158,000	20
44	3	Thomas Rawles	128,000	16
44	4	Michael Wattel	116,000	15
44	5	Justin Fawcett	114,000	14
44	6	James Obst	40,000	5

50	1	Omar Mehmood	126,500	16
50	3	John Lombardo	80,500	10
50	4	Robert Mizrachi	115,500	14
50	5	Venkata Tayi	157,000	20
50	6	Zachary Reinbold	195,500	24

51	1	Yu Li	109,500	14
51	2	Kristan Lord	89,000	11
51	3	Sokchheka Pho	155,000	19
51	4	Steven Winsell	90,000	11
51	6	James Tilton	116,000	15

52	1	Christopher Hunichen	432,500	54
52	2	Matthew Vengrin	128,500	16
52	3	Qinghai Pan	194,500	24
52	4	Bryce Yockey	237,000	30
52	5	Yanshing Tsang	71,500	9
52	6	Yik Chiu	76,000	10

53	1	Richard Bremer	84,500	11
53	2	Kimberly Sullivan	198,000	25
53	3	Ronald Ware	185,000	23
53	4	Alan Engel	61,500	8
53	5	Jonathan Wirjo	26,000	3
53	6	Jordan Siegel	58,000	7

54	1	Nicolas Milgrom	143,500	18
54	2	Long Tran	130,000	16
54	3	Susan Kane	70,000	9
54	4	Daniel Blum	206,500	26
54	5	Marco Johnson	193,500	24
54	6	Allan Le	90,000	11

55	1	Hayato Kitajima	103,000	13
55	2	Nikolai Fal	48,000	6
55	3	Daniel Walmsley	41,500	5
55	4	Roberto Najera	129,500	16
55	5	Menikos Panagiotou	310,000	39
55	6	Brian Rast	59,000	7

56	1	Jared Hyman	108,500	14
56	2	William Mical	79,500	10
56	3	Jason Bigelow	47,500	6
56	4	Angelo Mancini	82,000	10
56	5	Ray Fishman	179,000	22
56	6	Matthew Wantman	8,500	1

57	1	Anderson Ireland	126,000	16
57	2	Thomas Mccormick	31,500	4
57	3	David Bach	153,000	19
57	4	Navin Kamal	133,000	17
57	5	Joseph Bowers	121,500	15
57	6	Lucas Silva Bandeira	64,500	8

58	2	Richard Bai	268,000	34
58	3	Sebastian Pauli	81,500	10
58	4	Joseph Couden	81,000	10
58	5	Jeanne David	139,500	17
58	6	Adam Hutchinson	18,000	2

59	1	Jonathan Tamayo	8,000	1
59	2	Benny Glaser	90,500	11
59	3	Alan Myerson	67,000	8
59	4	Ryuta Nakai	222,000	28
59	5	Joshua Chudnovsky	66,000	8
59	6	Chi Tang	40,000	5

60	1	Tam Hang	90,000	11
60	2	Michael Krescanko	159,000	20
60	3	Mark Gregorich	99,000	12
60	4	Michael Reed	132,500	17
60	5	Konstantin Puchkov	72,000	9
60	6	Kevin Gerhart	137,000	17

61	1	Laith Sheena	160,000	20
61	2	Paul Campbell	120,500	15
61	3	Derek Mcmaster	143,500	18
61	4	Max Kruse	128,500	16
61	5	Xixiang Luo	80,000	10
61	6	Viktor Blom	117,000	15

62	1	Dominick Sarle	153,000	19
62	2	Daniel Strelitz	198,500	25
62	3	John Prather	145,000	18
62	4	Alexander Livingston	202,000	25
62	5	Orson Young	82,000	10
62	6	Tony Phan	165,000	21

63	1	Aaron Kupin	50,000	6
63	2	Hans Bosman	30,000	4
63	3	Enrique Ibarra	72,000	9
63	4	Martin Masar	56,500	7
63	5	David Levi	38,500	5

64	1	Lucas Zwingmanngocht	184,500	23
64	2	Grant Oen	135,000	17
64	3	Timothy Frazin	203,500	25
64	4	Matthew Beinner	134,500	17
64	6	Timothy Finne	72,300	9

65	1	Daniel Stern	56,000	7
65	2	Grant Hansen	43,300	5
65	3	Robert Wells	94,000	12
65	4	Brandon Shack-Harris	235,000	29
65	5	Stephen Zolotow	113,500	14
65	6	Steve Chanthabouasy	12,500	2

66	1	Sandy Sanchez	147,500	18
66	2	Brian Nichols	81,000	10
66	3	Naseem Salem	160,000	20
66	4	Wooram Cho	35,500	4
66	5	Eduards Rakuss	134,000	17
66	6	Michael Krescanko Jr	71,800	9

67	1	Larry Tull	134,500	17
67	2	Bruno Portaro	98,500	12
67	3	Jiang Pu	53,000	7
67	4	Jake Schwartz	86,500	11
67	5	Stephen Decker	34,500	4
67	6	Raymond Henson	54,500	7

68	1	George Rechnitzer	87,000	11
68	2	Frank Brannan	148,000	19
68	3	Kazuhiro Shirasawa	49,500	6
68	4	Kevin Song	178,500	22
68	5	Sean Yu	115,500	14
68	6	Brett Richey	171,000	21

69	1	Michael Matusow	67,000	8
69	2	Joshua Ray	18,000	2
69	3	Gregory Sharp	25,000	3
69	4	Amnon Filippi	90,000	11
69	5	Thomas Koral	102,500	13
69	6	Phuong Tran	58,000	7

70	1	Benjamin Miner	57,500	7
70	2	Nicholas Guagenti	273,000	34
70	3	Dean Joe	31,000	4
70	4	Simeon Tsonev	127,000	16
70	5	Damjan Radanov	56,700	7
70	6	Valentin Vornicu	36,000	5

71	1	Yannick Jobin	128,000	16
71	2	Randall Holland	81,500	10
71	3	Dylan Weisman	53,600	7
71	4	Andrew Kelsall	52,000	7
71	5	Naoya Kihara	225,000	28
71	6	Huckleberry Seed	86,000	11

72	1	Mir Gaskari	20,000	3
72	2	Eoghan Odea	189,500	24
72	3	Allen Kessler	239,000	30
72	4	Andrei Zhigalov	252,000	32
72	5	Jesse Lonis	176,000	22
72	6	Koji Fujimoto	240,500	30

73	1	Ethan Bennett	118,000	15
73	2	Phil Hellmuth	63,300	8
73	3	Yong Wang	10,000	1
73	4	Chase Crouch	56,500	7
73	5	Renan Bruschi	214,500	27
73	6	Marcel Vonk	182,500	23

Event #92: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E.

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