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Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $800 8-Handed Deepstack No-Limit
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$2,732,100
Total Entries
3,903
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
230
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 3,903
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Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Richard Fang open-jammed from under the gun for 215,000, Sacha Cohen called in middle position, and Mehrdad Vahabi reraised all in from the cutoff to put Cohen at risk, who had about 450,000 behind. Cohen made the call.
Richard Fang: A♥A♣ 
Sacha Cohen: A♦K♦
Mehrdad Vahabi: Q♠Q♣
The board ran out 4♣6♠7♦2♥8♣, giving Fang the triple up. Cohen was sent to the rail and Vahabi earned the side pot.
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Heads up to the 9♦8♠J♥ flop with 150,000 in the pot, Stephen Ma jammed all in from early position for around 300,000. Action was on Xiupu Li in late position, who went into the tank briefly before he made the call to put Ma at risk.
Stephen Ma : J♣3♣
Xiupu Li: 10♥10♠
Ma was looking good for a double-up but had outs to dodge. The 3♦ turn changed nothing, but when the Q♥ peeled off on the river and made Li his straight, Ma was sent to the rail with Li climbing closer to the two million chip mark.
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Xiupu Li opened the action with a raise in the hijack, and Raymond Spiess three-bet-shoved for just under 300,000 in the big blind. Li snap-called.
Raymond Spiess: A♥2♦
Xiupu Li: K♠K♥
There were no aces to be found on the 8♦Q♥Q♠8♠7♣ runout, and Spiess was sent to the payout desk.
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Action folded to Gary Bauer, who open-jammed from the small blind for 295,000. Luis Chiok in the big blind squeezed his cards and called.
Gary Bauer: A♠6♥
Luis Chiok: A♣5♣
Lots of chop possibilities, but the Q♦10♠2♦K♥3♠ runout meant that Bauer's kicker played, and he got the double-up.
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Maryanne Madruga raised to 60,000 in middle position and Todd Saffron three-bet jammed in the cutoff for 180,000 to put himself at risk. Madruga made the call.
Todd Saffron: A♠K♣
Maryanne Madruga: Q♣J♠
The flop came 6♠2♥3♥ with Saffron's big slick still in the lead. He paired his ace on the A♥ turn, and the meaningless 9♦ rolled off on the river.
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event #43: $800 8-Handed Deepstack No-Limit.
Stay tuned for all the action from the floor as it unfolds.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Action continues at the 2026 World Series of Poker with Day 2 of Event #43: $800 8-Handed Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em kicking off at 11 a.m. local time inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Only 230 players are returning from a massive field that started with 3,903 entries, all of whom have their eyes set on the first-place prize of $318,556, as well as the coveted gold bracelet. The event generated a prize pool of $2,732,100, with all remaining competitors already having locked up at least $2,297.
Allen Chang (2,300,000) enters Day 2 as the only player in the field to eclipse the two million chip mark. Chang, a two-time WSOP online bracelet winner, will look to carry his momentum into Day 2 as he hunts for his first live bracelet.
Right on his heels is Cristian Gutierrez (1,950,000), who captured a piece of WSOP gold last year in the $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack, and rounding out the podium is Mehrdad Vahabi with 1,755,000.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Chang | United States | 2,300,000 | 77 |
| 2 | Cristian Gutierrez | United States | 1,950,000 | 65 |
| 3 | Mehrdad Vahabi | United States | 1,755,000 | 59 |
| 4 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 1,745,000 | 58 |
| 5 | Amit Kaushik | India | 1,705,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Navil Desai | United States | 1,670,000 | 56 |
| 7 | Jacob Gruny | United States | 1,670,000 | 56 |
| 8 | Gustavo Mendez Laporta | Italy | 1,640,000 | 55 |
| 9 | Jill Bryant | United States | 1,640,000 | 55 |
| 10 | Shalom Elharar | United States | 1,595,000 | 53 |
Other players to keep an eye on include bracelet winners Lok Chan (1,350,000) and Darren Rabinowitz (1,130,000), 25K Fantasy draftee Chongxian Yang (705,000), 2018 WSOP Ladies Champion Jessica Dawley (515,000), and PLO specialist Pei Li (300,000).
Action will resume at 11 a.m. local time, and the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner. Play will resume in Level 23 with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante, and there will be a 15-minute break every two levels. A one-hour dinner break will take place after Level 34 is completed, at approximately 5:30 p.m.
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