Heads-up to the turn on a board of 4♠Q♥7♦2♣, David Peters had a pot-sized bet of 190,000 out in front of him from the hijack, and Justin Liberto raised to 475,000 from the big blind. Peters took a few moments before making the call.
Liberto checked the 10♥ river, and Peters fired 280,000. Liberto snap-folded, sending the pot to Peters.
At a nearby table, Jeffrey Trudeau was seen leaving his seat after being eliminated from the tournament.
There were roughly 170,000 chips in the pot on Q♣8♦6♣10♥.
Banipal Babana on the button fired out a bet of 90,000 and Alexander Sokolovsky who was under the gun made the call. The 9♥ on the river saw Sokolovsky check and Babana put him all in for roughly 225,000, and Sokolovsky snap-folded.
Armin Rezaei raised to 40,000 from the button, and Kully Sidhu three-bet to 130,000 from the big blind. Rezaei ripped it in for around 450,000, and Sidhu made the call.
Armin Rezaei: A♥2♥
Kully Sidhu: A♦Q♦
Sidhu had the goods with ace-queen and just needed to fade a deuce or some hearts.
Neither player improved on the 10♦7♣6♣4♦10♣ runout, and Rezaei became one of the first eliminations of the day.
Welcome back to the 2026 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, where just 33 players remain in Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship. A total of 558 entries created a prize pool of $5,189,400, with the top 84 players reaching the money. All remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,360, but their sights will be set on the WSOP gold bracelet and the $1,001,391 first-place prize.
Fahredin Mustafov returns as the chip leader with 2,800,000, followed by Justin Liberto in second place (2,100,000) and Jamie O'Connor in third place(1,935,000).
Justin Liberto
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Fahredin Mustafov
Bulgaria
2,800,000
140
2
Justin Liberto
United States
2,100,000
105
3
Jamie O'Connor
United Kingdom
1,935,000
97
4
Kully Sidhu
United Kingdom
1,850,000
93
5
Calvin Anderson
United States
1,700,000
85
6
Aliaksandr Shylko
Belarus
1,630,000
82
7
David Peters
United States
1,625,000
81
8
Aliaksei Boika
Belarus
1,585,000
79
9
Loic Debregeas
France
1,415,000
71
10
Sergi Reixach
Spain
1,365,000
68
Several bracelet winners remain in contention, including Calvin Anderson, David Peters, and John Racener, while Dario Sammartino returns among the short stacks with fewer than ten big blinds.
David Peters
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$1,001,391
8-9
$85,340
2
$660,933
10-11
$65,643
3
$445,268
12-17
$51,713
4
$306,313
18-23
$41,750
5
$215,270
24-29
$34,563
6
$154,625
30-33
$29,360
7
$113,570
Cards will be back in the air at 1 p.m. local time with Level 20 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. The schedule calls for play down to a winner, though that remains subject to change depending on how the day unfolds.
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