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Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,526,376
Total Entries
3,724
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
421
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 3,724
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Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
After a calm and smooth ride at the final table, Ori Hasson battled his way through a fast and furious final day in Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em to take home a handsome $582,800 first-place pay slip and claim his first live World Series of Poker bracelet and largest career cash to date.
Event #93 attracted a massive field of 3,724 entries over two starting flights, generating a huge total prize pool of $4,526,376.
421 players returned to battle it out in Day 2 for the title, with Hasson entering heads-up play against Kevin Song with a near 2-1 chip lead, before closing out victory under the lights of the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ori Hasson | Israel | $582,800 |
| 2 | Kevin Song | Korea, Republic of | $388,550 |
| 3 | Maurice Tan | United States | $290,000 |
| 4 | Dragos Anton | Romania | $217,500 |
| 5 | Yita Choong | Australia | $164,600 |
| 6 | Safwane Bahri | France | $125,550 |
| 7 | Todd Lewis | United States | $96,550 |
| 8 | Arturas Astrauskas | Lithuania | $75,000 |
| 9 | Stephen Decker | United States | $58,500 |
Winner's Background
Hasson is no stranger to deep tournament runs and has a plethora of final table appearances to his name, along with numerous first-place finishes. His previous highest recorded live cash before taking down this event was for $460,570 at The Wynn Summer Classic in 2024, according to The Hendon Mob.
Day Two Action
421 players returned for Day 2 after bagging up in one of the event’s two starting flights.
David Yue came into Day 2 as the chip leader and the only player to cross the two million chip mark in either of the opening flights. Yue couldn’t hold on to his chip lead, though, and was eventually sent to the rail in 54th place.
Action was lightning fast from the off, as would be expected with 30-minute levels, and the field was whittled down to under one hundred players before the third break of the day.
A long list of big-time WSOP names bit the dust before the unofficial final table of ten was formed. Anthony Marquez, Nick Guagenti, Brent Gregory, Andrew Kelsall, David "ODB" Baker and Alen Bakovic to name just a few, were all sent packing before the last three tables were reached.
Song came into the final table as the chip leader, with a sizeable lead over his opponents, and only relinquished the lead just before going into heads-up play.
Hasson came into the final table second in chips and stayed away from trouble, biding his time and looking for spots to add to his stack.
Maurice Tan went on a roll at the start of the final table, sending both Stephen Decker and Arturas Astrauskas packing in ninth and eighth places, respectively.
Then it was Yita Choong’s turn to go on a tear. He came to the final table as one of the shorter stacks, but gradually picked his spots to build his stack up nicely. He jumped up into third spot when he sent Todd Lewis to the rail in seventh place. Choong’sre-jam with ace-jack suited flopped a flush to leave Lewis drawing dead.
Hasson got a big boost to his stack when he sent Choong home in sixth place, Choong’s jam with king-six suited getting no help against Hasson’s ace-king.
Hasson’s stack then grew some more when he rivered a straight against Song to pick up yet more chips.
Hasson then took over the chip lead when he spiked the river against Song to hit second pair and get paid off.
Hasson’s chip lead swelled even further to nearly 2-1 when he sent Tan to the rail in third place. Tan’s jam with ace-seven ran into Hasson’s ace-nine and got no help.
Heads-up play was a bit of a lowball affair, with neither player really hitting any high pairs or getting any assistance from low-card flops.
Song never really got anything going, and the final hand occurred when both players flopped a middling pair. All the money went in the middle after Song put in a large raise that left him pot committed. Hasson had hit the higher pair, which turned into two pair on the turn.
This concludes coverage of Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em.
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Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Ori Hasson has won a heads-up battle against veteran Kevin Song to claim his first live WSOP bracelet.
Stay tuned to PokerNews, a recap of the day's action, the exciting play at the final table and celebratory photos of the winner!
Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Ori Hasson raised to 6,000,000 from the button, and Kevin Song made the call from the big blind.
The flop came 2♦8♠4♠ and Song checked to Hasson, who continued for 5,000,000. Song went into the tank before he put in a check-raise to 15,000,000.
This sent Hasson into the tank briefly before he announced that he was all in, and he had Song covered.
Song went back into the tank for a good while and maybe realized that he was beat but also pot committed. He eventually made the call.
Kevin Song: Q♣4♦ 
Ori Hasson: K♦8♣
Both players had flopped a pair, but Hasson had the higher one. The K♥ on the turn took away Song's two pair outs, but he could still hit trips to stay alive.
No such luck for Song on the 6♦ river, and he was sent to the rail as the runner-up.
Level: 43
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Level 42
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Kevin Song folded his button and Maurice Tan open-ripped from the small blind,. He was snapped off by Ori Hasson in the big blind, who had him covered.
Maurice Tan: A♥7♣
Ori Hasson: A♠9♥
A mixed bag of a flop came of 9♠8♠7♥ and gave both players a pair with their kicker. No further help for Tan on the Q♣ turn and J♥ river, and he was sent to the rail in third place.
Level 43
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante
Ori Hasson limped from the small blind and Kevin Song checked.
The flop hit 3♠A♦8♠ and Song bet 3,000,000. Hasson called.
On the 2♣ turn, Song shot a bet of 6,500,000 chips.
Hasson took his time surveying the situation, then fired a raise to some 20,000,000.
Song sighed heavily, shuffled his chips around, and peaked at his cards once again before folding.
Level 42
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Ori Hasson made up from the small blind only for Kevin Song to raise to 7,500,000. Hasson made the call.
The players checked down the 5♠6♥K♣ flop, as they did on the 2♣ turn.
The 8♥ peeled off on the river and Hasson led out for 8,500,000. Song went into the tank for a while before he made the call, only to send his cards into the muck on seeing Hasson table A♦8♠ for a rivered second pair.
Level: 42
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,500,000
Ante: 2,500,000
Level 42
: Blinds 1,000,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante
Maurice Tan raised to 15,000,000 on the button. Kevin Song moved all in from the big blind.
Tan called, putting all of his 28,500,000 chips at risk.
Maurice Tan: A♥6♥
Kevin Song: 7♥7♦
The races turned immediately, as the door card was an ace. After the complete runout 5♣3♠A♣3♣8♣, Tan had doubled up.
