The remaining 21 players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The remaining 21 players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Ryan Julius moved all in for 390,000 from the cutoff, and Gael Ruiz shoved his larger stack in the small blind.
Ryan Julius: 4♥4♦
Gael Ruiz: K♠K♥
Both players turned over pocket pairs, and both caught a set on the 5♠K♦6♠7♥4♠ board. That left Ruiz's kings in front, and Julius was sent to the payout desk before break.
Ben Squelch raised to 160,000 on the button, and Ryan Julius committed his last 115,000 in the small blind.
Ryan Julius: A♠A♦
Ben Squelch: A♥7♠
Julius turned over pocket aces, holding through the 9♥K♣Q♣K♥J♠ runout to secure the double-up.
Dylan Foster made it 160,000 to play from the hijack and was looked up by Ryan Julius in the big blind.
The flop came 2♠9♣K♥ and Julius check-called Foster's 125,000 continuation-bet for the dealer to peel off the 4♥ as the turn.
The action went check check and the Q♣ rolled off as the turn. Julius checked it over to Foster who fired off a river bet of 635,000.
Julius went into the tank briefly before he made the call. Foster tabled K♣10♣ and was sent the monster pot when Julius mucked his cards, Julius was left with just over one big blind.
Leonardo Alves raised to 160,000 in early position, and Jan Sanchez made the call on the button. Alves checked the 8♣Q♣8♠ flop, calling after Sanchez fired 225,000 into the middle.
Alves checked again on the 10♦ turn, with Sanchez checking back. One last check from Alves followed the 3♥ river, and Sanchez took a moment before tapping the table.
Alves tabled Q♥Q♦ for a flopped full house, and Sanchez breathed a sigh of relief as he mucked his hand.
Ryan Julius raised to 160,000 from early position and was looked up by Dylan Foster on the button.
Julius continued for 200,000 on the A♣6♥K♥ flop and Foster made the call.
The players checked down the 9♠ turn and 2♣ river with Julius tabling 7♥7♣ but Foster flipped J♥9♥ for a turned better pair.
The 2026 WSOP Ladies Championship gets underway at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today, and that means the entire poker world is asking one question: Can Shiina Okamoto do it again?
It's a question that should feel absurd. In an event once again expected to draw more than 1,000 entrants, the idea that one player could emerge from the riffled din of tournament poker year after year defies logic.
Yet not when it's the WSOP Ladies Championship. And not when it's Okamoto.
2nd. 1st. 1st. That's how the form book reads. Think Secretariat, then make the field 1,200 strong.
Martin Jacobson raised to 160,000 in early position, finding a call from Micheal O'Neill in the big blind.
O'Neill checked the 3♦4♦Q♠ flop, and Jacobson continued for 110,000. The call was made, and O'Neill checked again on the 2♣ turn.
Jacobson took a few minutes before opting to check back, and O'Neill moved all in on the 7♥ river. Jacobson snapped in a call for the rest of his stack, and the hands were turned up.
Martin Jacobson: Q♣10♣
Micheal O'Neill: A♦J♥
Jacobson tabled his top pair to double, while O'Neill could only show his bluff.
Ryan Julius raised to 160,000 in the hijack, and Gael Ruiz made the call on the button. Julius checked the 10♣6♦8♦ flop, with Ruiz checking back.
Julius led out for 150,000 on the 4♦ turn, and Ruiz made the quick call. Both players checked down the A♣ river, and Julius tabled 3♥3♦.
Ruiz showed 5♠5♦ for a better pair, good enough to take down the pot.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000