2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k932
Prize
$2,257,718
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$7,968,000
Total Entries
83
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
50
Players Left
19
Players Left 1 / 83

Cowen Takes From Barakat

Level 3 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a turn of Q742, Youness Barakat checked and then called a bet of 90,000 by Robert Cowen for the vast majority of the pot size. They headed to the 9 river on which Barakat checked again.

Cowen bet 125,000, and that sent Barakat deep into the tank. He took off his glasses, put them on top of his head to carefully look at his opponent and the board. Two time bank extensions expired before Barakat opted to fold.

After the hand was over, Naoya Kihara joined the same table.

Tags: Naoya KiharaRobert CowenYouness Barakat