Event #14: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, "Big O" Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jun 02, 2026

'Terrible Hand' is Good

Jerome Solomon

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Big O

Before plopping enough green chips down to cover Lawrence Brandt's 111,000-chip all-in, Jean Laurent said, "I have a terrible hand," as if he weren't going to make the call.

"Uh oh," two players at the table said in unison.

They were right.

Lawrence Brandt: A♣8♦6♠4♦2♠ All in
Jean Laurent: A♥Q♣J♠J♦5♥

The runout 4♠10♣10♠8♣2♦ brought bad news for Brandt, as his pair of eights wasn't good enough to top Laurent's jacks, and his low was not low enough.

Tags: Jean Laurent Lawrence Brandt

Jun 02, 2026

80th-99th Place Finishers ($3,392)

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Liam Gannon

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Jun 02, 2026

Newberry Fades the Freeroll

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Big O

Ariel Mantel managed to get his full stack in preflop, facing a big-stacked James Newberry, who was looking to score an elimination.

Ariel Mantel: A♦K♠Q♥6♣2♥ All in
James Newberry: A♠K♣9♦5♥2♦

The preflop matchup was relatively even, but the J♦10♠4♥ flop gave Mantel the advantage as he picked up more straight outs than his opponent. The 4♣ turn confirmed that there would be no low, and Mantel was looking to catch a king or a nine for the full double, unable to be knocked out. The river Q♦ was what Mantel would've hoped for preflop, but it gave both players Broadway, and the pot was split.

Tags: Ariel Mantel James Newberry

Jun 02, 2026

Frederici Hits the River Against Liberto

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Liam Gannon

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Seth Frederici in late position and Justin Liberto in the cutoff with a pot brewing between the two of them.

With a board reading 10♦8♥4♣8♦, Frederici moved his stack all in to put 220,000 infront of him and Liberto sighed before calling with the covering stack.

Seth Frederici: A♥J♦3♠2♠ All in
Justin Liberto: A♣6♦4♦3♥

A J♠ peeled off on the river to give Frederici jacks and eights, eliciting a fist-pump from Frederici as he raked in the pot from the WSOP bracelet winner.

Tags: Justin Liberto Seth Frederici

Jun 02, 2026

Benson Scores Big Double Through Hausen

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was picked up on a flop of 10♠6♥Q♥ with big blind Gary Benson all in and at risk against under the gun player Tobias Hausen.

Gary Benson: Q♣Q♦J♦8♦4♣ All in
Tobias Hausen: A♣A♥J♥6♠2♣

Benson's flopped set improved to a boat on the 10♦ turn, leaving Hausen drawing to just a Greenstein on the river. The needle K♣ did improve him, but Broadway was not enough as he handed over almost 300,000 to his tablemate.

Tags: Gary Benson Tobias Hausen

Jun 02, 2026

Green Takes Out Kelsall

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Jerome Solomon

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Andrew Kelsall raised all of his chips in after the flop of Q♦8♦9♥. Perry Green made the call.

Andrew Kelsall: A♣Q♥3♦2♥ All in
Perry Green: A♦10♦5♣3♣

The river-turn combo of 10♣J♦ delivered a flush and a knockout for Green.

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Perry Green

Jun 02, 2026

Quarters Apiece for Lamprea and Costa

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Big O

Action was picked up on a flop of J♦7♦3♠ with Gebrehiwet Goitom, Marcelo V.R. Costa, and Juan Lamprea tangled in a three-way all in. Goitom was the covering stack.

Juan Lamprea: A♠K♠Q♠J♠2♦ All in
Marcelo V.R. Costa: A♣K♣K♦5♠2♥ All in
Gebrehiwet Goitom: A♥J♣5♦4♥3♣

Goitom locked up the high with a straight on the 6♣ turn, and was freerolling for the low, looking for a deuce to knock out both opponents. The 8♥ river meant that they would stay alive, but would have to settle for just a quarter of the pot with the nut low.

Tags: Gebrehiwet Goitom Juan Lamprea

Level: 21

Limit: 10,000/20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 10,000 Ante, 5,000/10,000 Blinds, 20,000-35,000 Pot Limit Raise

Jun 02, 2026

Bradford Hanging In

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20

Limit: 8,000/15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 8,000 Ante, 4,000/8,000 Blinds, 16,000-28,000 Pot Limit Raise

Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Corey Bradford survived back-to-back all-ins to keep his seat for a while.

First, Bradford split a pot with Phillip Hui.

Corey Bradford: K♣J♣6♠5♠ All in
Phillip Hui: A♠Q♠8♥2♠

After Hui ran off the rest of the table on the flop, Bradford got a runner-runner flush to take the high and split with Hui's nut-low on a board of 10♠5♥Q♣7♣8♣.

In the next hand, Bradford was all-in against Jean Laurent and Robert Tahirovic preflop.

After the flop hit 6♦J♣2♠, Laurent bet 75,000 chips. Tahirovic took quite a while to deliberate, before sliding his cards across the table to the dealer.

Corey Bradford: A♥K♣7♣3♠ All in
Jean Laurent: A♠Q♦J♠4♦

Bradfor'd nut-low draw came on the turn of the 7♠. After the 8♦ river, Laurent's pair of jacks was still good enough for the high.

Tags: Corey Bradford Jean Laurent

Jun 02, 2026

Vladimirov Quarters Harder and Wood

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Liam Gannon

Level 20

Limit: 8,000/15,000 Blinds, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 8,000 Ante, 4,000/8,000 Blinds, 16,000-28,000 Pot Limit Raise

Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was picked up on the flop in a four-way pot between Tanner Martinelli in the big blind, Sergej Vladimirov in first position, Christian Harder in late position, and Gregory Wood in the cutoff.

The flop rolled out K♣8♣4♦ and Martinelli checked over to Vladmirov who bet to see Harder raise all in for 29,000. Wood raised to see Martinelli fold and Vladmirov put in an additional bet to see Wood match it.

Vladmirov check-called the bet from Wood on the turn 5♥ to the river 7♦ where action checked through.

Christian Harder: A♠J♣10♣2♥ All in
Gregory Wood: A♦K♠J♠2♦
Sergej Vladimirov: A♣Q♣6♥3♠