2026 World Series of Poker May 26th - July 15th

2026 World Series of Poker May 26th - July 15th

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25 January 2026 at 08:40 PM
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Wtf at the J7hh hand


by rubixxcube

Wtf at the J7hh hand

was this towards the end of this afternoon's stream (the 3pm to 7pm ET stream)?


nvm found it


Yeah.
Yogosawa off ~780k at 80k BB min raises UTG+1 With J7hh.
Folds to kinishi in BB who defends with 24 off.

Flop AJ9.

K check. Y bets 120k, K raises to 270. Y calls.

Turn 4.
K jams and Y folds leaving himself with 385.


by rubixxcube

Yeah.
Yogosawa off ~780k at 80k BB min raises UTG+1 With J7hh.
Folds to kinishi in BB who defends with 24 off.

Flop AJ9.

K check. Y bets 120k, K raises to 270. Y calls.

Turn 4.
K jams and Y folds leaving himself with 385.

Some people bluff raise the flop then give up, made a misread that BB wouldn't keep going with a bluff on the turn but I understand it.


by ladybruin

Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler came in second place and had the lead for most of the battle. Broke my heart.

Was Kessler even like a “known” player back then?


by NickMPK

Was Kessler even like a “known” player back then?

Allen and I were Atlantic City, NJ advantage player video poker and slot machine buddies back then.


Allen was on the table one podcast on May 9th where he talks about those days, how he got into poker, his job before that etc... was an interesting listen


by DogFace

Zdenek Zizka has been a bright spot for my otherwise mediocre ODB fantasy team. I noticed from sweating him throughout the summer that he seems to run up a stack in almost every NLHE event he plays. It's impressive. He is pretty high in the day three counts with 500k+ chips already. Super long way to go and obviously it doesn't mean anything yet, but that's the dark horse I wil

Made a great run to finish 107th, outlasting 9,101 players while missing the 92 point field bonus in ODB fantasy by 7 spots. 😃

Very on-brand for my tragic fantasy poker team, but impressive all the same.

One to watch for the future, as he makes it look easy to go deep in these huge fields. Every time I turned around he was ITM in something.

14 cashes at this WSOP!


gg godson


GG. That's a crazy run. Probably bittersweet in some ways, but objectively a phenomenal outcome.


tuning in


I'm not seeing the stream that should have started 6pm pst?


by parisron

I'm not seeing the stream that should have started 6pm pst?

if it hasn't popped up for you I had to back out and go back in before it started

Givens table, either you double off him or you're going to send him your stack. With 100 left it's the fun of either yes or being super tilted.


Wow guys, what a run it was. I busted the Main Event in 101st place. My bust out hand is when I 3bet an EP open w/ AKo to 6bb with around a 23bb stack. SB 4bet, original raiser folds (his stack was about my size) and I jam. SB calls and has AA and it held. Absolutely incredible run. Yeah it would have been nice to win or get even top 10, but I am really grateful to have gotten as far as I have since there were so many moments of death that I evaded. I wish they got some of my cooler bluffs on television, but it seems they mostly showed the ones that didn't work or me just folding a bunch. Oh well, I still got to be on TV and that is pretty cool. For a first time entry into the Main Event that is not a bad outcome, because it is even just a 15% chance of even making the money. Well, it is a bit higher than 15% chance for me due to my skill level imo, but even still there is a lot of luck involved.

Thanks for all your support guys for cheering me on in the thread. Ended up with a $65k payout so can't really complain. I was worried about busting first hand of the Main Event, because that would be a bit sad. This was a really great experience and I met so many interesting people along the way.

For Dinner I went to Ramen-Ya again, but this time ordered some pork rice bowl thingy with some seaweed salad on the side and it was absolutely amazing. Will probably see a couple of things in Vegas before booking a flight home. I haven't had much time to explore since on my off days I was drilling my preflop charts for 5bb, 10bb, and 15bb which I actually surprisingly used very seldom in the tournament.

by TiltPocketAces

Masato Yokosawa would actually be huge for the international community if he made it to FT

Yeah he seems like a cool guy. He won a big pot against me in an all-in situation and I couldn't even be mad, because of how happy he was to not have busted.


by TheGodson

This was a really great experience and I met so many interesting people along the way.

GG Godson, I think you played great. Was cool to be able to put a face to your username and thanks for the posts here, was fun to read them and sweat your run.


GG Godson.


Congratulations Godson, an epic run!


Fantastic run, Kyle, and thank you for your updates itt.

by TheGodson

on my off days I was drilling my preflop charts for 5bb, 10bb, and 15bb which I actually surprisingly used very seldom in the tournament

No bigger waste of time in poker than preflop charts imo. I blame HEPFAP.


Congrats Godson


Someone bluffed a side pot earlier today with four high (that player busted not long after) to save Jattin (who would've been eliminated if it got checked down) who is still in and is stalling for pay jumps because when you have millions in career earnings, in poker that just means you're broke.


by TheGodson

Wow guys, what a run it was. I busted the Main Event in 101st place. My bust out hand is when I 3bet an EP open w/ AKo to 6bb with around a 23bb stack. SB 4bet, original raiser folds (his stack was about my size) and I jam. SB calls and has AA and it held. Absolutely incredible run. Yeah it would have been nice to win or get even top 10, but I am really grateful to have gotten

Nice run, buddy. Turn the experience into a building block to future success. Stay out the pits and the clubs that strip. And if it carries a tray, let it walk away!! Blessings to you!!


by wheatrich

Someone bluffed a side pot earlier today with four high (that player busted not long after) to save Jattin (who would've been eliminated if it got checked down) who is still in and is stalling for pay jumps because when you have millions in career earnings, in poker that just means you're broke.

I saw that update on pokernews.

Jattin all in with Kx. 3 players see flop. Qxx checks around. 9 rolls on turn. Dude with 43 airball bets, other guy folds 88. Jattin wins with K high.


Some people ride horses
Some ride dromedaries
Noobs might be shocked
If the winner’s Ralph Perry


Dutch Boyd is officially going to cash for more money than he did in the 2003 WSOP

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