2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,880,000
Total Entries
80
Players Left
75
Average Chip Stack
160,000
Total Chips
12,000,000
Level Info
Level
5
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
80
Players Left
75
Players Left 75 / 80

Eslami Over Two Starting Stacks

Level 3
Ali Eslami
Ali Eslami

Stud Hi-Lo

Action picked up on fourth street three-ways between Ali Eslami, Yehuda Buchalter, and Patrick Stacey after each player contributed one bet on third.

Ali Eslami: XxXx / AJJ7 / Xx
Yehuda Buchalter: XxXx / 68J - folded on fifth street
Patrick Stacey: XxXx / 765K / Xx - folded on seventh street

Eslami checked to Buchalter on fourth, who bet, and both opponents called. It then checked to Stacey on fifth, who bet. Eslami raised, Buchalter folded, and Stacey called.

Eslami led on sixth, getting a call. On seventh, he fired a final bet, and Stacey let his hand go after a small tank, conceding to Eslami without showdown.

Seven Card Stud

Eslami was moved tables and his very first hand at the new table was the following.

Hiroyuki Noda completed, Eslami called, Allen Kessler called with the Q, and Chris Hunichen raised from the bring-in. Noda called, Eslami then made it three bets, Kessler folded, and both Hunichen and Noda called.

Ali Eslami: XxXx / 556K / Xx
Chris Hunichen: XxXx / 2A5Q / Xx
Hiroyuki Noda: XxXx / 57Q6 - folded on sixth street

Eslami led fourth with open fives and both opponents called. The same action occurred on fifth street.

On sixth, Eslami bet again and only Hunichen called this time. He fired a final bet on seventh, which Hunichen reluctantly called. Eslami tabled 884 in the hole, and his two pair, eights and fives, were the winner as he crossed the two-starting-stack threshold.

Tags: Ali EslamiAllen KesslerChris HunichenHiroyuki NodaPatrick StaceyYehuda Buchalter