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 #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. Event #98: $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em Event #99: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Event #100: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♥6♥
Prize
$1,159,182
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$9,793,560
Total Entries
3,668
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
923
Players Left
167
Players Left 1 / 3,668

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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