A raise and call preflop set the stage for the flop of 6♥4♦6♠ between Stoyan Madanzhiev in the small blind and Mathieu His on the button. The chips went in on the flop to put His at risk for approximately 32,500.
Mathieu His: K♠4♠
Stoyan Madanzhiev: A♠K♦
His outflopped Madanzhiev and the turn lengthened his lead when the 4♥ gave him trip fours.
The 9♥ river sealed it in favor of His to award him the double up.
Derek Normand raised to 5,000 from early position before Michael Feldstein three-bet to 13,000 from the hijack. Yukako Hiroi called on the button before Normand four-bet jammed for approximately 110,000.
Feldstein called to put Normand at risk. while Hiroi folded.
Derek Normand: A♣J♥
Michael Feldstein: K♣K♥
Feldstein held on the 6♥4♦6♠4♥9♥ runout to eliminate Normand, who failed to spike his ace to keep in the tournament.
Nariman Yaghmai raised to 5,000 from the cutoff, Louis Le Boisselier called from the button, and Sergei Kislinskii called from the big blind. The flop arrived with Q♣7♥9♦. Kislinskii checked, Yaghmai checked, and Le Boisselier bet 4,000; Kislinskii was the lone caller.
On the turn 6♥, Kislinskii checked again and Le Boisselier bet 15,000. Kislinskii called.
Both players checked the river 10♠, and Kislinskii flipped over Q♥4♠ for a pair of queens, and Le Boisselier mucked.
There are three players left in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship event at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and Michael Mizrachi has all of the chips.
Okay, not literally all of them. But his opponents will need a similar comeback to what the New York Knicks pulled off against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals a few weeks ago.
"The Grinder" will have 80% of all chips in play when the tournament resumes at 3:15 p.m. PT (around 5:45 p.m. on the livestream). He will either join an exclusive club by winning his ninth bracelet, or he'll lose one of the biggest three-handed leads in recent years at the WSOP.
Benjamin Pollak limped from the hijack before Colin Robinson made it 7,000 on the button. Pollak responded with an all-in for 58,500 and was called by Robinson to be at risk as they went to a showdown.
Benjamin Pollak: A♠Q♠
Colin Robinson: A♣9♦
Pollak had Robinson in a bad spot, but the flop did bring some opportunities for a chop when it came 4♣A♥4♥ to give both players two pair.
The standings did not change on the 2♥ turn, as Pollak was ahead with his queen kicker.
Pollak sealed it on the Q♣ river to upgrade to an unnecessary higher two pair to secure the double up.
Upeshka De Silva opened to 5,000 on the button.
Victor Ustimov defended his big blind and sent them to a flop of 6♣K♠A♣ before he checked. De Silva continued for 4,000 and was called.
Both players checked the 3♥ turn and the 5♠ river to go to a showdown.
Ustimov showed 7♥6♦ for a pair of sixes, but it was no good as De Silva revealed K♥Q♥ for a pair of kings to claim the pot.
Chin Wei Lim moved all in from the hijack position for 19,500, and Jeff Platt also moved all in from the small blind with the superior stack.
Chin Wei Lim: 10♦9♦
Jeff Platt: A♥K♦
The board came out with Q♣6♥5♦J♦9♥ and Lim survived with his pair of nines.
The tournament has started, and 372 players are ready to start the day.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Day 2 of Event #73: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em is upon the remaining 348 players as they stare down 10 levels that separate them from advancing to Day 3 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Sergei Kislinksii (936,500) led the field after one day of play, followed by Louis Le Boisselier (730,000) and Ori Elul (565,000).
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Kislinskii | United States | 936,500 | 375 |
| 2 | Louis Le Boisselier | France | 730,000 | 292 |
| 3 | Ori Elul | Israel | 565,000 | 226 |
| 4 | Franz Holzner | Germany | 544,000 | 218 |
| 5 | Bernardo Neves | Portugal | 431,000 | 172 |
| 6 | Daniyal Gheba | United States | 429,000 | 172 |
| 7 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 424,000 | 170 |
| 8 | Ihor Popyk | Ukraine | 404,500 | 162 |
| 9 | Chenxiang Miao | China | 398,500 | 159 |
| 10 | Jun Obara | Japan | 395,500 | 158 |
Kislinksii is chasing his third cash of the summer, with his most recent coming in the $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em event. Kislinksii is in search of the first WSOP bracelet and first six-figure score of his career as he sits down to make progress towards that on Day 2.
Leboisselier is also in search of his third cash of this summer and his first piece of WSOP hardware. Leboisselier most recently cashed just five days ago in the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em event. Leboisselier has made one final table at a WSOP Online event in 2025, but has yet to achieve that feat in a live setting. There are several benchmarks the Frenchman can achieve should he make a deep run in this event.
Unlike the aforementioned players, Bernardo Neves (431,000) and Daniyal Gheba (429,000) already have a WSOP bracelet on their resumes and represent the two players in the top ten heading into Day 2 to have that designation. Neves earned his bracelet at the 2023 WSOP Paradise. Gheba’s gold is much fresher, as he did so by winning it earlier this summer when he took first in the $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event for a smidge over half a million dollars.
Jun Obara, a 25K Fantasy player, is still chasing his first bracelet despite having over $8 million in earnings. Obara has racked up three cashes thus far this summer, with a 17th-place finish coming nearly a month ago in the $25,000 High Roller Six-Handed event. The Triton Poker regular will have an opportunity to keep the pursuit of his first bracelet alive with a strong showing on Day 2.
Poker Hall of Famer John Juanda (132,000) is still in the running as he pursues the sixth bracelet of his storied career. Juanda has been keeping busy this summer with four cashes thus far. Two of his cashes were in other poker variants, while the other two were in no-limit hold’em. Juanda’s highest finish at the 2026 WSOP came in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship when he finished in 16th place.
Other notable players still in the field include Chi Tang (260,000), Jeremy Becker (194,000), Andrew Ostapchenko (185,000), Justin Zaki (171,500), Stephen Song (157,000), Gabriel Andrade (148,000), Dario Sammartino (143,000), Faraz Jaka (142,500), Jeremy Ausmus (122,500), David Peters (109,000), Nick Pupillo (103,500), Anthony Zinno (92,000), and Nicholas Seward (74,000).
Play is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. local time. The schedule calls for 10 levels, with 60 minutes allotted for each, with 15-minute breaks after every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled for approximately 6:30 p.m. local time. The blinds will resume at the 1,000/2,500 level. Registration is open until the end of Level 12 with one reentry permitted per player. Entrants are given a starting stack of 50,000.
Stay tuned here at PokerNews for coverage of Day 2 action of Event #73: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em held at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
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