2026 World Series of Poker
Chip Counts
Xuming Qi raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and in the big blind, Joshua Abady moved all in for 1,180,000 effective to see Qi call.
Xuming Qi: A♦K♦
Joshua Abady: A♣Q♦
The board ran out J♥10♣5♥5♣K♥ and the river brought Broadway to Abady to rake in the pot while Qi was eliminated from the tournament.
Daniel McGinnis three-bet to 280,000 in the small blind before Marshall Daigle four-bet to 680,000 in the hijack. McGinnis then moved all in, and Daigle snap-called.
Daniel McGinnis: K♠K♣
Marshall Daigle: A♦A♣
McGinnis found himself on the wrong end of the ultimate cooler, and no miracles arrived on the 10♠9♣7♠3♥8♥ board to earn Daigle the massive pot.
The stacks were counted down, and Daigle had McGinnis' remaining 2,400,000 covered to earn the knockout. "I'm done. I've got to go," McGinnis said to his masseuse as he got up from the table.
Second-to-act, Fabian Quoss raised to 80,000, and only Soheb Porbandarwala called in the big blind.
Porbandarwala checked in flow on a 4♠6♥J♣ flop, and Quoss continued with a 40,000 bet. Porbandarwala check-raised to 110,000, which ended the hand as Quoss opted to relinquish his cards.
Brian Roelke raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and was called by Alexander James on the button and Marc Goldman in the big blind for a three-way pot.
Goldman checked to Roelke, who showed little hesitation before sticking in a bet of 200,000 on the Q♥J♠7♣ flop. James folded, but Goldman called.
The 6♥ fell on the turn and Goldman checked again. Roelke quickly pushed a hefty bet of 600,000 into the middle, which got a "Okay Brian" and a fold from Goldman to award Roelke the pot.
James was eliminated shortly after the hand.
With about 450,000 already in the pot on a board of 9♣2♣4♣8♣, Wellington Araujo checked from under the gun and Terry Ketterer checked back on the button.
The 7♥ completed the board, and both players checked once more. Ketterer immediately tabled A♥2♥ for just a pair of deuces, which somehow, to the amazement of everyone at the table, was good enough to win the pot.
Petar Konstantinovic was already all-in and at risk from the big blind for his last 254,000, and he was covered by Michael Banducci in the hijack.
Petar Konstantinovic: A♣10♥
Michael Banducci: K♣K♥
Konstantinovic was behind but the 10♣7♦J♣ flop brought in the ten, and both straight and flush draw outs.
A 9♣ was turned, and it got Konstantinovic a step closer as he sat with the nut flush draw.
He was still behind Banducci's kings until the 7♣ river was peeled, locking him up the double with the club flush.
Phillip Mighall raised to 90,000 under the gun, holding A♦10♦. Allan Sannier called K♣Q♠ on the button, and the two saw a flop of A♥9♥J♠ flop appear, on which Mighall continued for 100,000, and Mighall called.
Mighall put in another 290,000 on the 7♣ turn, but this time Sannier raised to 850,000. Mighall called to the Q♥ river, where he checked it over to Sannier.
Sannier put ultimate pressure on his opponent with an all-in bet. Mighall gave it some thought, but ultimately folded his top pair to leave himself just under 50 big blinds.
Thanh Nguyen raised to 80,000 in early position and DJ Sharma called in the hijack. Antonio Galiana then moved all in for 540,000 in the big blind, and both Nguyen and Sharma called.
The flop came J♦6♦8♦ and Nguyen bet 500,000, chasing Sharma from the pot and leaving himself heads-up with Galiana.
Antonio Valiana: A♦A♣
Thanh Nguyen: K♠K♥
Nguyen found himself with just one out, as Valiana turned over aces with a flush draw. The turn was the 8♠, while the 5♦ river gave Valiana his flush and the triple-up.
Heads up to the 5♦7♣8♥ flop, Christopher Chaudey checked from the big blind to Jared Passanante on the button. Passanante bet 80,000, which Chaudey, with his dog sitting on his lap, raised to 255,000.
After a while in thought, Passanante three-bet jammed for roughly 1,200,000. Chaudey asked for a count but called halfway through.
Jared Passanante: 10♠9♦
Christopher Chaudey: 7♥5♥
The 10♥ gave Passanante a pair, but Chaudey added a flush draw to his two pair. The 2♣ river was a big blank, and Passanante said his goodbyes to the table before heading to the rail.