2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
123
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7x6x5x3x2x
Prize
$428,923
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,841,400
Total Entries
198
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
136
Players Left
58
Players Left 1 / 198

Excuse Me, There's Some Backgammon in My Poker Tournament

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Galen Hall, Tobias Leknes, and Shaun Deeb were discussing Hall's appearance in a live-streamed backgammon tournament. Hall stated there's basically no variance in the game, which Leknes and Deeb vehemently disagreed with.

"In hindsight, that was a dumb comment," Hall admitted before he raised his cutoff to 2,800. Leknes called in the big blind and drew one card, with Hall standing pat behind.

Leknes then led with a large bet of 12,500, which Hall swiftly called. Leknes tabled 9x7x5x4x2x for a nine-low.

"Every f*cking time," Deeb exclaimed as Leknes had apparently been winning the majority of pots at the table.

"This game is easy when you don't have to bluff," Leknes laughed in response.

Hall could not beat Leknes' hand and mucked his cards, after which the trio started their backgammon discussion back up.

Tags: Galen HallShaun DeebTobias Leknes