2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$593,601
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$5,579,800
Total Entries
1,213
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 1 / 1,213

Ajez Bluffs Thiriart off a Monster

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Najeem Ajez
Najeem Ajez

Heads up to the flop of J9K with close to 1,000,000 in the pot.

Najeem Ajez led out from early position for 250,000 and was called by Arthur Thiriart in the cutoff.

The turn brought the 10 and Ajez fired a second bullet of 400,000. Thiriart tanked for a while and made the call.

On the J river, Ajez thought briefly and checked it over to Thiriart, who went into the tank for a good two to three minutes before he fired out a river bet of 675,000. Ajez went back into the tank briefly before he moved all in.

Thiriart went deeper into the tank for nearly eight minutes and the clock was called. Just before it expired, he mucked his hand and Ajez, with much jubilation, slammed down K8 to show the bluff.

In other action, we lost Ehsan Amiri and Yuliyan Kolev on another table,

Tags: Arthur ThiriartEhsan AmiriNajeem AjezYuliyan Kolev