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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Here are the top 20 chip counts currently in the tournament, as per the WSOP LIVE app.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,622,000
Total Entries
570
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
241
Players Left
24
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. Play will resume at the 3,000/6,000 level. A total of 100 players remain, with 86 places set to be paid as the bubble nears.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With the next break looming, Richard Scardina opened to 10,000 in the small blind before calling an all-in of 144,000 by Brian Gates in the big blind.
Brian Gates: J♠J♦ 
Richard Scardina: A♥Q♠
The 4♣9♥7♠2♣5♠ runout was clean for Gates, who earned a full double up.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
After some raising back and forth, Michael Moncek's stack of 200,000 was in the middle preflop from the cutoff, and Maurice Hawkins was trying to bust him from the hijack.
Michael Moncek: K♠K♦
Maurice Hawkins: A♠K♣
It was a brutal cooler for a pot of almost half a million.
Hawkins found the dream flop in the form of A♥4♦6♣, leaving Moncek drawing to just one out.
The rest of the board came 10♠5♠ and Moncek was sent to the rail.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
On a pot of around 30,000 and a J♦9♦4♥ flop, Kamel Mokhammad, under the gun, passed the action to Yong Wang, who fired 13,000.
Both players checked the 2♣ turn. After another check on the river 7♠, Wang took a few seconds to think about his next move, looking at his chips before choosing to check the river as well.
Mokhammad showed Q♥10♥ for a busted straight draw. Wang flipped over Q♦9♥ looking quite happy with his mid-pair.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Noel Eicher raised from under the gun to 8,000, and Jarod Ludermann made the call from the big blind. The board ran out with Q♣6♦Q♦, and Ludermann checked to the preflop raiser, who bet out 8,000. Ludermann called.
Both players checked the turn 10♠ and the river 3♥ saw a bet of 50,000 from Ludermann. Eicher called and said, "Nice hand," as he saw Luderman flip over A♥Q♥ for a trip queens. Eicher mucked.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
This hand was picked up on the 10♣5♥Q♠ flop with approximately 28,000 already in the middle.
Michael Vanier put out a bet of 50,000, and Connor Belcher put in his stack for less to be at risk against Vanier.
Connor Belcher: K♦10♦
Michael Vanier: A♥10♠
Vanier had Belcher out-kicked, but the J♠ turn brought some intrigue as Belcher gained outs to a straight draw.
The 8♦ river did not bring any additional drama as Vanier eliminated Belcher.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Yifu He raised from the hijack to 12,000, and Kamel Mokhammad called from the cutoff, while everyone else moved out of the way.
The flop came out with K♣K♥10♣, and He continued the aggression with a bet of 12,000. Mokhammad called.
The turn 4♠ brought on another bet of 22,000, and Mokhammad made the call again.
Again on the river A♣, He bet out for 27,000, and Mokhammad called.
He flipped over J♣9♣ for the flush, and Mokhammad mucked.
