2026 World Series of Poker

Event #84: $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$5,579,800
Total Entries
1,213
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
20,216,667
Total Chips
60,650,000
Next Payout
Place 3
$281,425
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,213
Players Left
8
Players Left 3 / 1,213
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Merson Scoops a Monster; Closes in on 3 Milly Mark

Myles Phago
Myles Phago
Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

Action folded to Yenhan Chen in the cutoff who raised to 60,000, only for Greg Merson, sat on the button, to three-bet to 190,000.

Action came back around to Chen who four-bet to 400,000. Merson then five-bet all in for 1,260,000 and Chen snap-called to put Merson at risk.

Greg Merson: K♠K♥ All in
Yenhan Chen: Q♦Q♠

Merson was sitting pretty for a monster double up, to soar up the chip counts, and nothing changed on the 6♠A♣2♠ flop.

The 8♦ on the turn was safe as well and left Chen needing to hit a Queen to send Merson to the rail. The A♠ peeled off on the river and Merson was shipped the monster pot whilst Chen was left licking his wounds.

Tags: Greg MersonYenhan Chen