2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1b
1a1b1c
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$37,739,400
Total Entries
3,297
Players Left
2,715
Average Chip Stack
72,862
Total Chips
197,820,000
Level Info
Level
3
Blinds
200 / 400
Ante
400
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,038
Players Left
760
Players Left 2,715 / 3,297

Big Pots Passed

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Martin Gerloff
Martin Gerloff

Martin Gerloff was in the small blind and already in a huge 50,000 pot against Jacob Steede who was sitting in late position.

The pair were looking at a 636106 board and Gerloff had bet out 40,000. Steede tanked for over a minute before moving all in for his remaining 84,000. Garloff sat back in his chair to contemplate his decision before opting to give up his hand.

On a table just across there was a similar situation brewing as there was a pot of around 30,000 that had accumulated to get Mark Watson and Glenn Becker to the river.

The pair were looking at the A69109 board and Becker had bet 17,000 on the river and action was on Watson to either call or fold. Watson went into the tank but found a call and tabled his AJ for two pair. It wasn't enough as Becker showed his 66 for the boat.

Tags: Glenn BeckerJacob SteedeMark WatsonMartin Gerloff