Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. | 2026 World Series of Poker

14 hours 55 minutes ago

Elezra Quadruples up

Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Limit Hold’em

Brian Rast raised first to act and was three-bet by Naoya Kihara in the hijack. Yehuda Buchalter called cold in the cutoff and Eli Elezra tanked a while in the big blind before deciding to four-bet all in for his last 30,000. Rast called, Kihara capped it at five bets, and both Buchalter and Rast called.

Rast checked to Kihara, who continued for a bet on the 2♦8♦3♦ flop. Buchalter got out of the way and Rast called.

Both players checked on the Q♣ turn, but Rast led out for a bet after the 5♦ river brought four cards to a flush on board.

Kihara tanked, but eventually decided to look up Rast, who turned over A♣10♠ for a bluff. Kihara revealed A♥J♣ for a better ace-high, and Elezra tabled Q♥7♠ for a pair of queens to take the main pot while Kihara was sent the side pot.

Tags: Brian Rast Eli Elezra Naoya Kihara Yehuda Buchalter

14 hours 56 minutes ago

Latest Additions on Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Maksim Pisarenko and Richard Sklar re-entered after bowing out on Day 1 while another three players joined for the first time. David Williams was unable to spin up his severe short stack and busted. There are currently 75 players remaining out of a field of 128 entries but the late registration is still open until the start of level 13.

Tags: David Williams Maksim Pisarenko Richard Sklar

15 hours 2 minutes ago

A Scoop for Smith; Williams on the Ropes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Justin Smith: XxXx / 6♦7♥J♥J♠ / Xx
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx / 10♣8♥3♥9♥ / Xx
David Williams: XxXx / 4♥9♠2♠A♣ / Xx

Justin Smith bet on sixth and seventh street to get called by Yueqi Zhu as well as David Williams. He announced a low and straight turning over the 5♣3♣4♠ and Zhu mucked. Williams flashed the 8♠5♠2♥ and lost a portion of his stack.

Limit Hold'em

Williams then took on Ali Eslami on a board of Q♥5♦2♦3♠J♥ on which the former bet the turn and called a raise, then check-called a bet on the river. Williams tabled A♦J♦ for a missed straight and flush draw that rivered a pair of jacks. However, Eslami had the best of it with K♠Q♠ for top pair to leave Williams on fumes.

No longer in contention for the time being are Jesse Lonis and Dzmitry Urbanovich.

Tags: Ali Eslami David Williams Justin Smith Yueqi Zhu

15 hours 8 minutes ago

Leah's Flush Leaves Elezra Short

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Mike Leah: J♥8♥2♦/6♥2♥Q♥6♣
Eli Elezra: XxXx/K♣10♣5♣J♠/Xx
Daniel Negreanu: XxXx/Q♦4♣6♠ - folded on fifth street

Mike Leah completed and was called Daniel Negreanu. Eli Elezra then raised and both Leah and Negreanu called.

Leah bet after being checked to on fourth street and both Negreanu and Elezra called.

On fifth street, Leah bet again, which got a fold from Negreanu and a call from Elezra.

Elezra called bets from Leah on sixth and seventh and Leah turned over his hole card for a a flush. Elezra couldn't beat it and mucked — leaving himself with just 50,000 to work with.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Eli Elezra Mike Leah

15 hours 10 minutes ago

22-Year-Old Lucas Jumalon Leads WSOP Main Event Final Table

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Kevin Taylor

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

The final nine players in poker's biggest tournament, the WSOP Main Event, have officially been set.

Twenty-two-year-old Lucas Jumalon leads the way after a stunning Day 8 performance saw him build a towering stack of 194,000,000 chips. He will return on August 3 in pole position, just eight eliminations away from becoming poker's newest world champion.

Behind him sit Rami Hammoud and Jamie Shaevel, who round out the top three, while the most decorated players remaining are Canada's Greg Mueller with three bracelets, and America's Michael Gagliano, with four.

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15 hours 18 minutes ago

Re-Entry Needed for Volpe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Paul Volpe: 6♠9♠ / 7♠A♣5♥J♣ / 5♣
Ryutaro Suzuki: 7♦8♣ / 8♥K♣10♣10♥ / 4♥

Paul Volpe was all-in on fifth street with a low and straight draw while Ryutaro Suzuki had a pair of eights. Suzuki improved to tens and eights on sixth while Volpe missed, and seventh street brought no improvement either.

"Now you get to spin up to one fifty," Ali Eslami exclaimed, referring to the one available re-entry.

Tags: Ali Eslami Paul Volpe Ryutaro Suzuki

15 hours 19 minutes ago

Coleman Takes a Chunk Off Wasserson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Maxx Coleman: XxXx / 2♣7♣3♠A♣ / Xx
Eric Wasserson: XxXx / 8♣6♠3♥J♦ / Xx

Maxx Coleman bet sixth and seventh street and Eric Wasserson called albeit reluctantly on the final street.

"I have a full house," Coleman said and tabled his A♦A♥3♣ for aces full of treys without a low. Wasserson could not beat that and tossed his board in the muck.

Tags: Eric Wasserson Maxx Coleman

15 hours 24 minutes ago

Grapenthien Forces a Fold from Keller

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Seven Card Stud

Matt Grapenthien: XxXx/9♣6♠A♥5♠
Thomas Keller: XxXx/9♠2♣10♦4♠ - folded on sixth street
Scott Seiver: XxXx/3♣2♠ - folded on fourth street
Justin Smith: XxXx/9♥J♠ -folded on fourth street

Justin Smith and Matt Grapenthien called the bring-in and Thomas Keller completed. Scott Seiver defended his bring-in and both Smith and Grapenthien called for an inflated four-way pot.

Grapenthien bet after being checked to on fourth street and Keller raised. Both Seiver and Smith folded, but Grapenthien made it three bets to go. Keller called.

Keller called a bet from Grapenthien on fifth street, but folded facing another barrel from Grapenthien on sixth.

Tags: Justin Smith Matt Grapenthien Scott Seiver Thomas Keller

15 hours 26 minutes ago

New Entries and a Bustout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

15 hours 28 minutes ago

Gupta Takes From Elezra

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11

Limit Flop: 4,000-8,000 Blinds, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits

Seven Card Stud

Ashish Gupta: 8♠8♣7♦ / K♥Q♠8♥10♠
Justin Liberto: J♣Q♣6♠5♦ folded on sixth street
Eli Elezra: K♣K♦ / 5♥9♠J♠9♦ / 4♠

On fifth street, Ashish Gupta raised and Justin Liberto called before Eli Elezra called. That brought them to sixth street on which Elezra bet, Gupta raised and Liberto called. Elezra made it three bets including some table talk and Gupta called while Liberto folded.

Seventh street saw Elezra bet and Gupta call for the former to show kings in the hole for kings and nines. However, Gupta had trips eights and won the pot.

Liberto was then moved to another table as Dylan Smith entered with a fresh stack.

Tags: Ashish Gupta Dylan Smith Eli Elezra Justin Liberto