2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1a
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q7
Prize
$800,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$3,008,000
Total Entries
128
Level Info
Level
64
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
64
Players Left
8
Players Left 1 / 128

Polk Falls to Keating, Mullur Follows to the Exit

Level 8 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 0 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

Following a raise on the button from Doug Polk, Alex Keating responded by moving all in with a covering stack, and Polk called off for roughly 70,000.

Doug Polk: JJ All in
Alex Keating: J8

The 446 flop looked safe for Polk, but the 5 turn provided the obligatory poker sweat. The river was worse yet for Polk, as the 7 improved Keating to a straight.

"I'll be in the parking lot, my favorite place to be," Polk said as he headed to the exit.

On a neighboring table, Christopher Nguyen overcame Samuel Mullur to progress to Round 2.

Tags: Alex KeatingDoug Polk