2026 World Series of Poker
Chip Counts
Byungeun Shin was in an early position and in a huge pot with Michael Cannon, who was sitting in the small blind. The pair were already on the 9♠8♥5♦ flop with a pot of around 20,000.
Cannon checked Shin bet 6,000 and Cannon made the call to see the 8♦ turn.
Cannon checked, Shin opted to jam for his remaining 25,000, and Cannon called for his tournament life, sitting just short of Shin.
Michael Cannon: K♦K♥
Byungeun Shin: K♣K♠
The pair were destined for a chop once the cards were flipped, with no way of differentiating their pocket kings, so the river was irrelevant.
Anthony Bogard opened to 600 from the hijack and was called by David Urban in the cutoff, Tom Koral on the button, and Dudley Hallaway in the big blind.
Action checked through on the Q♣J♠7♣ flop and J♦ turn, but Bogard bet 700 after being checked to on the 5♠ river. Urban folded, but both Koral and Hallaway called.
Bogard showed 6♠6♣ and Hallaway tabled 8♠7♦ for a pair of sevens. Koral mucked and Hallaway was sent the pot.
Alban Juen raised to 600 on the button, and Joseph Molitor three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind. Juen called.
The flop came down 5♣A♣3♥, and Molitor fired a continuation-bet of 1,800. Juen raised to 7,500, and Molitor came along with a call.
Molitor checked the 2♠ turn, and Juen fired again, this time for 16,000. Molitor called once more.
Molitor checked for a final time when the board-pairing 5♦ completed the runout, and after a few moments, Juen bet 20,000. Molitor went deep into the tank, knowing that if he called and was wrong, he would be left with around a fifth of the starting stack. In the end, he settled on a call.
Juen tabled 4♥4♣ for a wheel, and Molitor was forced to muck, leaving himself with just 13,000 in chips.
Benjamin McKevitt raised to 400 under the gun, and Jeremy Dan called in the big blind.
Dan check-called a bet of 600 on a 2♥5♦8♣ flop, but chose to lead out for 1,400 on the 6♠ turn, which McKevitt called.
The J♣ completed the board, and Dan bet again, this time 6,000. McKevitt flicked in a call, and, after Dan tabled Q♥5♥ for one pair, McKevitt flipped over two pair with 8♥6♥.
In four-way action to the 6♣6♥3♦2♠ turn with more than 12,000 in the middle, Jacob Gagnon bet 8,000 and forced three folds including by the early chip leader Susan Murphey on this very table.
Justin Young sat between Murphey and Gagnon during that hand to then get into a heavy preflop raising war that ended up with all of the chips in the middle between Young and Benjamin Purser.
Benjamin Purser: Q♠Q♥
Justin Young: A♦A♠
The K♥J♦2♦3♠7♣ board changed nothing and Purser became the fourth player to bust on Day 1b.
Jan Badiola was in middle position and in a hand with Connor Rash on the button. The pair were looking at a 2♥7♦Q♠ board and had accumulated a 6,000 pot.
Badiola had just checked his action on the flop and Rash made a 1,500 bet. Badiola called, and they were dealt the 10♦ turn.
Both checked to the 5♦ and Badiola bet out 5,000. Rash took a short pause before calling and tabling his Q♦J♠ for top pair. Badiola showed his K♥J♥ for king high and then quickly put his cards into the muck.
Jeremy Dan bet 3,600 on the river of a A♦6♣7♥A♠10♥ board from under the gun; Benjamin McKevitt was considering his response one seat to his left.
After a few moments passed, McKevitt called, and Dan rolled over his A♥J♣. McKevitt mucked his cards, and Dan pulled in another pot.
Philippe Bouchard raised to 500 from early position and was called by Robert Bickley in middle position. Greg Raymer squeezed to 2,000 from the cutoff, and both Bouchard and Bickley called.
The flop came J♠9♣6♠, and it was checked to Raymer, who continued for 3,300. Bouchard called and Bickley folded.
Bouchard then check-called a 6,000 bet from Raymer on the 6♦ turn and a 12,000 bet from Raymer on the 2♣ river after a bit of thought.
"Queens," Raymer announced as he tabled Q♣Q♥.
Queens were good, as Bouchard sent his cards into the muck, and the 2004 Main Event Champion dragged a nice pot early.
Chad Moore raised to 500 from under the gun, Michael Mizrachi called in middle position, and Shea McKeever defended from the big blind.
The action checked to Mizrachi on the 7♠7♦8♥ flop, and he fired for 800. McKeever called, and Moore folded.
The J♥ came on the turn, and McKeever check-called a bet of 1,200 from Mizrachi.
A final check came from McKeever on the 6♠ river, and Mizrachi quickly fired for 2,000. McKeever called, and Mizrachi tabled J♣10♣ for a pair of jacks. McKeever showed the J♦ for a pair of jacks himself, but Mizrachi's ten-kicker played, earning him the pot.