button in SafariPoker Player Bluffs Off Entire Stack with Six-High Early in WSOP Main Event
It's happened again. Four straight days of immediate Day 1 eliminations — 300 blinds deep — in the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event, but this one was different.
Day 1d, which began at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, had over 2,700 players registered when the UFC's "Suga" Sean O'Malley announced "shuffle up and deal." One of those players — Patrick Lander — was gone less than a half hour after the first hand was dealt, with six-high.
Poker Player Attempts a Wild Bluff
Day 1a saw a player gamble with ace-king and bust early when running into pocket aces. A player on Day 1b then lost a runner-runner bad beat to aces after flopping a set. And the Day 1c first elimination followed a river bet when the losing player called it off with a straight only to also lose to pocket aces, which turned into a full house.
Lander went out in a different manner. He didn't have a big hand. In fact, he had six-high — unsuited 6x5x, to be exact. As PokerNews live reporter Dan O'Hair learned from the table, Nicolas Vayssieres made it 500 from under the gun and was called by Bryan Buonocore, who had 8x8x, in the small blind. Lander then went for a three-bet to 1,500 and both opponents called.
The flop came out 9x8x4x, and action checked to Lander, who made a continuation bet of 2,000 with a gutshot straight draw. Both players called to see the Ax on the turn. Buonocore again checked his set, while Lander again semi-bluffed for 2,000, forcing Vayssieres to fold. Buonocore, this time around, went for a check-raise to 7,000, which wasn't enough to convince his drawing opponent to fold.
The river Kx didn't improve either hand. Buonocore led out for 12,000, and for some reason Lander either didn't want to be there or didn't believe he was up against a strong hand. So, he moved all in for around 45,000. Buonocore tank-called for a full double-up, while Lander was out the door as the first player eliminated from the Day 1d session. He went down swinging, at the very least.
