Wild WSOP Main Event Hand: Set vs. Straight vs. Two Pair Showdown

The 2026 World Series of Poker main event has seen 1,810 entries so far, with 772 on day 1A and 1,038 on day 1B. A notable hand occurred during the final level of day 1B, growing to 115,600 in chips. With blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600, Diego Margalef raised to 1,400 with 9♥8♥ from middle position. Niklas Deitmer called with Q♠9♠ in the cutoff. Sarah Jackman, known by her stage name Katie Morgan, came along from the button with K♣J♣. Boris Vaynberg opted to flat with 10♠10♣ in the small blind. Greg Raymer called with 4♥3♠ from the big blind.

The Q♣10♥9♦ flop connected with three players in a major way. Vaynberg checked his middle set, and it checked through to Deitmer, who bet 3,000 with queens and nines. Jackman called with her flopped king-high straight and Vaynberg hung around with his set. Raymer and Margalef folded, leaving it with three players to the turn. The 9♣ paired the board on the turn, giving two of the remaining contenders full boats. Vaynberg led out for 8,000 and was called by both opponents. The K♦ completed the board and Vaynberg fired out a hefty value bet of 25,000 with his tens full of nines. Deitmer called with his nines full of queens. Jackman also came along with her straight.

Vaynberg bagged up 148,400 for a top-100 stack. Jackman finished with 104,900 to end the night inside the top 200. Deitmer fared less well, finishing with just shy of a half a starting stack, but is still in contention to become this year’s world champion.