2026 World Series of Poker

Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event #79: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship Event #81: $800 Summer Celebration Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #83: $1,500 Double Board Bomb Pot Pot-Limit Omaha Event #84: $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Event #85: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 1b
1a1b
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$16,833,000
Total Entries
1,810
Players Left
1,303
Average Chip Stack
83,346
Total Chips
108,600,000
Level Info
Level
5
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
600
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,038
Players Left
760
Players Left 1,303 / 1,810
New Updates

Lin Flops the Straight

Laura Fryer
Laura Fryer
Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players were three-ways and on the 6♦7♣8♦ flop with a pot of around 4,500. Mark Watson bet 5,000 on the flop from middle position and Santiago Martinez called from the button. Ping Lin jammed for his remaining 26,100 from the big blind and action went back to Watson.

Watson asked the dealer for a count before taking around 30 seconds to muck his hand. Martinez also went into a small tank before he lifted up a matching stack to call.

Ping Lin: 5♠4♦All in
Santiago Martinez: Q♦9♦

Lin had flopped the straight and was ahead of Martinez's open-ended straight draw and diamond flush draw.

The 6♥ turn didn't change the standings and the chance of a steal from Martinez came to and end as the dealer placed the 2♠ river. Lin left unscathed and got more than a full double-up from the hand.

Tags: Mark WatsonPing LinSantiago Martinez