Cliff Josephy open-jammed for his remaining 1,410,000 and Chad Lipton called from the small blind. Alex Cruz took some time before re-jamming for 11,450,000 and covering Lipton's remaining 7,000,000 stack. Lipton snap called and the players went three-ways to showdown.
Cliff Josephy: 8♣8♥
Chad Lipton: K♠K♣
Alex Cruz: 10♥10♣
Lipton had the advantage and things only improved for him on the K♦7♦8♦ flop. With no player holding a diamond, there was only a few outs that could change the standings for Josephy and Cruz.
A K♥ turn ended Josephy's run in the tournament, and he stood from the table to see the 6♠ river complete the board.
John Racener opened to 480,000 on the button. Cliff Josephy jammed from the small blind and was quickly called by Racener, who put himself at risk for 4,800,000.
John Racener: J♠J♦
Cliff Josephy: 6♣6♥
There was no sweat as the flop came J♣A♦2♦ flop. The 4♥ turn sealed the deal in favor of Racener as the meaningless 8♣ river peeled to complete the board.
The final eight players are set in Event #11: $10,000 GG Million$ High Roller No-Limit Hold’em at the 2026 World Series of Poker after three days of action. The event attracted a total of 628 entries, creating a prize pool of $5,831,100 with some of poker’s biggest names taking their shot at a first-place prize of $1,089,964.
Naseem Salem
Naseem Salem will enter the final day with the most chips after he bagged 14,800,000. Salem is searching for his first WSOP bracelet after falling just shy in second place at the 2024 WSOP in Event #19: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, where he earned a career best $208,919. With a fifth-place or better finish, Salem will surpass his career high in a single event.
Day 4 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Naseem Salem
United States
14,800,000
73
2
Alex Cruz
United States
12,300,000
61
3
Chad Lipton
United States
7,900,000
39
4
Chris Brewer
United States
7,600,000
38
5
Roman Hrabec
Czech Republic
7,100,000
35
6
Cliff Josephy
United States
6,800,000
33
7
John Racener
United States
4,300,000
21
8
Joey Weissman
United States
1,900,000
9
Salem joins Alex Cruz (12,300,000) and Chad Lipton (7,900,000) as the three remaining players searching for their first gold bracelet.
They will face stiff competition from the rest of the table of WSOP champions.
Roman Hrabec
Roman Hrabec (7,100,000) enters the day fifth in chips. Hrabec earned his hardware when he took down the 2024 WSOP Online Event #5: No Limit Hold’em Triple Treys. Hrabec will look to add a live bracelet to his decorated poker career that boasts career earnings well over thirteen million.
Cliff Josephy
Two-time bracelet winners Cliff Josephy (6,800,000) and Chris Brewer (7,600,000) are still in the hunt for bracelet number three.
John Racener
Speaking of three WSOP bracelets, John Racener (4,300,000) will come into the final proceedings with that already on his resume. The 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up's last title came last year when he took the top spot in Event #34: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty.
Bringing up the rear is Joey Weissman (1,900,000). It’s been over a decade since Weissman tasted gold. His bracelet-winning run traces back to the 2012 WSOP when he outran 1,607 entries to win Event #46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$1,089,964
2
$726,598
3
$503,997
4
$355,610
5
$255,306
6
$186,562
7
$138,802
8
$105,178
Day 4 is scheduled to play down to a winner and will begin at 1 p.m. local time in the Paris Ballroom. The blinds will resume at the 120,000/240,000 level. Action will be streamed starting at 3:30 p.m. PDT. The link to the stream can be found on this tournament’s live reporting page.
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