2026 World Series of Poker
Young Phan moved all in from late position for 360,000, and Chad Lipton called from the big blind.
Young Phan: A♣K♣
Chad Lipton: A♥K♦
Phan called for clubs, but the board dropped 10♦4♥Q♣J♣Q♠, resulting in a chopped pot.
Phan queried, "How do you wake up with ace-king in the big blind?"
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Three-way on a flop of 6♦2♠10♦, Tara Dunn in the hijack bet 225,000, and she was called by both Wilbert Chun in the cutoff and Henning Bundschuh in the big blind.
All three of them checked the 2♥ turn, leading to the J♠ river, which saw Dunn move all in for 900,000. Chun called, then Bundschuh went deep into the tank before folding.
"I have quads," Dunn said, as she revealed 2♣2♦. Chun rivered top pair with A♥J♣ but doubled Dunn.
Karen Sarkisyan raised to 315,000 from late position, and Xiaohan Liang moved all in for 475,000 from the small blind.
Xiaohan Liang: A♦J♠
Karen Sarkisyan: K♠9♠
The board brought nada for either player with 3♦Q♠10♦6♦8♥, and Liang's ace-high won the match.
Marco Silva opened to 125,000 from under the gun. Gerald Esposito in the hijack raised all-in for 900,000, then Jason Faircloth in the small blind jammed for 685,000. Gabriel Abusada in the big blind asked for both counts but folded, as did Silva.
Jason Faircloth: K♠K♣
Gerald Esposito: A♣K♦
Faircloth was on his way to double up on J♠2♣J♦7♠, but the A♠ river paired Esposito's ace and Faircloth was eliminated.
John Howard moved all in from the hijack for 695,000, and Eric Lisle was the lone caller from the cutoff with the superior stack.
John Howard: 9♦9♥
Eric Lisle: A♥K♦
Jeff quickly spread out 6♣A♣3♠9♠5♣, and a set of nines won Howard a juicy pot.
Aaron Augusten moved all in for 575,000 from early position, and Ming Chen was the lone caller from middle position.
Aaron Augusten: 10♣10♠
Ming Chen: A♥A♣
The dealer gave a piece to both players with 10♥A♦2♥8♥7♣, but Chen held the best hand with a set of aces.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
As Krishna Hari was talking about his red turtle card protector, Erez Klein in the small blind went deep in the tank, hoping to survive long enough to reach the next pay jump. The clock was called, and he moved all in for 175,000. Hamid Izadi in the big blind called.
Erez Klein: K♠Q♥
Hamid Izadi: 6♥5♠
Izadi flopped a pair on 3♣10♠6♣7♣9♦ to take the lead and eliminate Klein.