Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 21 hours ago

Bai Drops Two in Stud

David Salituro

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

Seven Card Stud

Alex Foxen: XxXx/9♥7♦A♦
Richard Bai: XxXx/4♠J♣5♥ - folded on fifth street

Richard Bai completed, Alex Foxen raised, and Bai called.

Foxen bet on fourth street and Bai called. Foxen then bet again on fifth, and Bai folded.

A few hands later, Bai was involved in a three-way pot with Dzmitry Urbanovich and Maksim Pisarenko.

Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/A♠2♦4♣4♠/Xx
Richard Bai: XxXx/J♦Q♥3♥5♦/Xx
Maksim Pisarenko: XxXx/3♦J♣ - folded on fourth street

Urbanovich completed and both Bai and Pisarenko called.

Bai bet on fourth, and only Urbanovich called. Both players then checked on fifth.

Urbanovich bet on sixth with his pair, and Bai called. They checked down seventh, and Urbanovich turned over K♥J♥5♣. Bai mucked, and Urbanovich's fours were enough to win him the pot.

Tags: Alex Foxen Dzmitry Urbanovich Maksim Pisarenko Richard Bai

1 day 21 hours ago

Foxen Wins Three-Bet Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Brian Rast made it 80,000 to go in middle position. Richard Bai called in the hijack, enticing Alex Foxen on the button to push in a three-bet to 320,000.

Rast quickly folded, but Bai wanted to see a flop and called. The J♠Q♦5♠ that emerged from the deck was not to his liking, however, and he quickly check-folded to Foxen's bet of 250,000.

Tags: Alex Foxen Brian Rast Richard Bai

1 day 21 hours ago

Rast Picks Up Kings to Double

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David Salituro

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Brian Rast raised to 80,000 in the cutoff before Alex Foxen moved all in from the big blind. Rast snap-called for 830,000.

Brian Rast: K♠K♥ All in
Alex Foxen: A♥J♣

Rast had woken up with two kings, while Foxen was looking for an ace to score the knockout. The 9♠6♥5♦2♥7♣ board was safe for Rast, and he secured the double-up.

Tags: Alex Foxen Brian Rast

1 day 21 hours ago

Rast Shoves on Foxen

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Frank Visser

Level 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Alex Foxen raised to 80,000 in the hijack. It folded to Brian Rast in the big blind, who defended.

After Rast checked, Foxen continued for 70,000 on the 5♠3♣8♠ flop. Rast took some time before he moved in his stack of 530,000, sending Foxen into the tank.

After a minute or two, Foxen let go of his hand, surrendering the pot to the Hall of Famer.

Tags: Alex Foxen Brian Rast

Level: 24

Limit Flop/Draw: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 80,000 Completion, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 40,000/60,000 Ante, 20,000-40,000 Blinds

1 day 22 hours ago

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds

The remaining seven players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 7:30 p.m. local time.

1 day 22 hours ago

Pisarenko Threatens to Raise Blind

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David Salituro

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Richard Bai raised in middle position and Maksim Pisarenko three-bet on the button. Bai called and drew two, while Pisarenko stood pat.

Pisarenko then bet, and Bai folded. Pisarenko showed 8x7x4x3x2x as he took the pot.

"If nobody call I raise blind. I don't give a f**k," Pisarenko said on the next hand, but Alex Foxen opened in the hijack right in front of him.

"He's on my fantasy lineup," Foxen said. Everyone folded, and Foxen took the pot.

Pisarenko then raised in the hijack (after looking at his hand), and Richard Bai three-bet in the big blind. Pisarenko called and drew two, while Bai took one.

Bai then bet, and Pisarenko quickly folded.

Tags: Alex Foxen Maksim Pisarenko Richard Bai

1 day 23 hours ago

Bai Leads as Foxen Bluffs Some Off

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Frank Visser

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Richard Bai: A♠Q♥4♠/4♣7♦J♦Q♣
Derek Hanauer: XxXx/6♣J♠ - folded on fourth street
Alex Foxen: Q♦J♣3♣/K♥4♦10♣8♠
Maksim Pisarenko: XxXx/7♠10♥ - folded on fourth street
Brian Rast: XxXx/7♥2♦10♦ - folded on fifth street

Richard Bai brought in, and Derek Hanauer called. Alex Foxen then completed, being called by Maksim Pisarenko, Brian Rast, Bai, and Hanauer.

It checked to Bai on fourth street. He bet, folding out a frustrated Hanauer. Foxen called before Pisarenko also mucked. Rast wanted to come along to fifth street, so he called.

Foxen led out as fifth street only brought high cards. Rast had seen enough and folded, but Bai still called to sixth street. Foxen kept firing, but Bai kept calling undeterredly.

Foxen tossed in a last barrel on seventh street, quickly being looked up by Bai. Foxen could only show king-high, leaving Bai to scoop the pot with queens-up.

Tags: Alex Foxen Brian Rast Derek Hanauer Maksim Pisarenko Richard Bai

1 day 23 hours ago

Rast Sweats a Potential Scoop

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David Salituro

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Brian Rast: XxXx/3♥9♣6♥7♥/Xx
Alex Foxen: XxXx/8♣3♦K♥8♦/Xx

Brian Rast completed, Alex Foxen raised, and Rast called.

Foxen bet on fourth street and Rast called. Both players then checked on fifth.

Foxen bet again on sixth, and Rast raised. Foxen called, and they got in Rast's last chips on seventh.

Foxen turned over 5♥5♣3♣ for two pair. "This is free information. I need a heart or a five," Rast said as he opened up 4♠2♥ and slowly peeled his last card.

"It's a red queen," he said, eventually turning over the Q♦ as they ended up chopping the pot.

Tags: Alex Foxen Brian Rast

1 day 23 hours ago

Bai Builds Further

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Frank Visser

Level 23

Limit Flop/Draw: 30,000-60,000, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Stud Games: 15,000 Ante, 20,000 Bring-In, 60,000 Completion, 60,000-120,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 30,000/45,000 Ante, 15,000-30,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Maksim Pisarenko: XxXx/9♥2♣ - folded on fourth street
Richard Bai: K♦J♣6♣/K♥Q♦K♠A♦
Derek Hanauer: XxXx/6♥J♦4♥10♦/Xx

Maksim Pisarenko completed, Richard Bai three-bet, and Derek Hanauer called cold. Pisarenko also came along to fourth street, where Bai bet.

Hanauer called, but Pisarenko had seen enough and folded. Bai paired his door card on fifth street and kept firing. Hanauer called, and he did so too when Bai bet on sixth street.

Seventh street checked to showdown, where Bai's trip kings scooped the enitre pot.

Tags: Derek Hanauer Maksim Pisarenko Richard Bai