2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq822
Prize
$265,297
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,708,492
Total Entries
1,287
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
273
Players Left
24
Players Left 1 / 1,287

Balas Leaves Shlez Vulnerable

Level 25

Big O

Brandon Cantu opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 65,000. Dekel Balas flatted in the cutoff, before Vadim Shlez made a pot-sized raise to 285,000 from the small blind. Only Balas made the call. Shlez potted the JQ4 flop and Balas called all in.

Dekel Balas: AJ1084 All in
Vadim Shlez: AQ842

Balas needed to get lucky, and get lucky he did as the J turn boated him up, leaving Shlez with just two outs. He couldn't find one on the 7 river, as he doubled his opponent and was left extremely short. Shlez busted a few hands later.

Tags: Brandon CantuDekel BalasVadim Shlez