2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 3
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
799a4q3
Prize
$183,366
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,035,450
Total Entries
780
Level Info
Level
33
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
14
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 780
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Level: 27

Limit Flop: 40,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Stud Games: 20,000-80,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits, 20,000 Ante

Sternheimer Squeezes Out a Flush

Level 26
Philip Sternheimer
Philip Sternheimer

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo

Philip Sternheimer: 1083/4KQK
Ryan Caskey: A32/2J3J

Philip Sternheimer completed and Ryan Caskey defended his bring-in.

Caskey check-raised a bet from Sternheimer on fouth street and Sternheimer called.

On fifth street, Sternheimer called a bet from Caskey and then both players checked down on sixth and seventh.

Caskey turned over his cards for jacks and threes, and Sternheimer slowly squeezed his final card before turning over three spades for a flush to claim the pot.

Tags: Philip SternheimerRyan Caskey

Smego-Barranco Staying Alive

Level 26
Raymond Smego-Barranco
Raymond Smego-Barranco

Omaha Hi-Lo

William Klevitz raised in the cutoff, and Raymond Smego-Barranco called in the small blind.

The 56K flop saw Smego-Barranco take the lead, placing a bet that Klevitz called.

Smego-Barranco then moved all in on the 4 turn, and Klevitz called.

Raymond Smego-Barranco: 9632 All in
William Klevitz: AKJ7

Smego-Barranco had turned a six-high straight, good for both high and low, and when the J completed the board, Smego-Barranco scooped in a double-up.

Tags: Raymond Smego-BarrancoWilliam Klevitz

Nebbout Back Over One Milly

Level 26

Omaha Hi-Lo

William Klevitz raised on the button, and Jonathan Nebbout called in the small blind.

Nebbout checked on the J87 flop, and Klevitz continued with a bet. Nebbout then check-raised, and Klevitz called.

The 5 turn saw Nebbout bet again, and, after a lengthy deliberation, Klevitz folded.

Nebbout then tabled A2, showing he had the nut-low.

Tags: Jonathan NebboutWilliam Klevitz

Smego-Barranco Getting Short; Grapenthien Gets Some Back

Level 26

Limit Hold’em

Jonathan Nebbout raised on the button and was called by Raymond Smego-Barranco in the small blind.

Smego-Barranco check-called a bet from Nebbout on the 9J6 flop, but check-folded facing another barrel from Nebbout on the A turn to slip to just 300,000 in chips.

Omaha Hi-Lo

A bit later on, Matthew Grapenthien raised from the small blind after chipping down a bit and was called by Ryan Parsa in the big blind.

Parsa called a bet from Grapenthien on the 296 flop, but folded after Grapenthien bet again on the Q turn.

Tags: Jonathan NebboutMatthew GrapenthienRaymond Smego-BarrancoRyan Parsa

Jacks at Showdown

Level 26

Limit Hold'Em

William Klevitz raised from under the gun, which both Bart Hanson and Matthew Grapenthien called from the button and small blind.

When the action checked to him, Klevitz bet again on the 554 flop, and both Hanson and Grapenthien called.

The action checked through on both the K turn and the 6 river.

Grapenthien tabled JJ, and pulled in the pot when both his opponents mucked.

Tags: Bart HansonMatthew GrapenthienWilliam Klevitz

Thomas Argyros Eliminated in 14th Place ($8,479)

Level 26
Thomas Argyros
Thomas Argyros

Omaha Hi-Lo

Thomas Argyros raised from middle position and was three-bet by Philip Sternheimer. Action folded back to Argyros, who made it four bets to go. Sternheimer called.

Sternheimer then led out for a bet on the AA9 flop and Argyros moved all in for his remaining chips. Sternheimer called and hands were revealed.

Thomas Argyros: A743All in
Philip Sternheimer: AK65

Both players had flopped trips, but Sternheimer held the best kicker.

Neither the 6 turn nor 10 river changed anything — eliminating Argyros in 14th place.

Tags: Philip SternheimerThomas Argyros

Chop to Start the Day

Level 26

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo

Matthew Grapenthien: 254/8A9J
Kent Gugelman: 49J/102810

Picking the action up on fourth street, Matthew Grapenthien bet, and Kent Gugelman called. It was the same story on fifth street, as once again Grapenthien bet and Gugelman called.

Gugelman then took the lead on sixth, putting a bet out, which Grapenthien called before the action checked through on seventh street.

Grapenthien announced he had the low, an 8-5, as he flipped his cards over, and Gugelman took the high with his pair of tens.

Tags: Kent GugelmanMatthew Grapenthien

Only Six Players Stand in the Way of Chip Leader JRB and a WSOP Bracelet

Level 26
Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert Bellande

Longtime popular high-stakes grinder Jean-Robert Bellande, who once dubbed himself the "Bill Laimbeer of Poker," needs to bust just six players to win his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

The cash game specialist who has appeared countless times on televised shows such as High Stakes Poker has a big chip lead at the final table of Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Action will resume with Day 4 at 1 p.m. PT and will be live reported right here at PokerNews.