Hand no. 141 on the 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 predominant occasion remaining desk had every part: monster pocket pairs, an enormous laydown, and a brutal unhealthy beat that price Han Feng tens of millions of {dollars} in anticipated worth.
Just 5 gamers remained from a subject of 9,208 entries when this hand was dealt. Feng, who had almost been knocked out in eighth place on the primary evening of ultimate desk motion, bounced again from one of many shortest stacks to enter day 10 in second chip place. The 27-year-old poker professional from Houston, Texas had not fared in addition to the sphere was trimmed from seven to 5, and was nearly tied with Michael Gagliano on the backside of the leaderboard when he was dealt A♦A♣ beneath the gun.
The Action
Feng min-raised to six,000,000 and Lauri Saaskilahti seemed down at 9♠9♥ on the button. The 39-year-old Finn was in the course of the pack on the time, with simply shy of 20 huge blinds. He opted to three-bet to 50,000,000 along with his pocket pair, sending three-time bracelet winner Greg Mueller into the blender.
Mueller had been dealt J♦J♣ within the huge blind. The Canadian, who had Saaskilahti lined by simply a few huge blinds, went deep into the tank. The former hockey professional appeared genuinely pained by the spot.
When requested in regards to the measurement of the three-bet, Saaskilahti confirmed it was fifty million and mentioned, “Let’s gamble.”
“Do you want me to call?” Mueller requested his opponent.
Eventually, he accurately laid down his pocket jacks, and Feng rapidly known as all-in for his 25,000,000 stack.
The Runout
The flop got here down 10♦8♦3♦ to place Feng manner out in entrance. With his overpair of aces and the nut flush draw, he was simply shy of a 93 p.c favourite to win the hand in accordance with Card Player’s poker odds calculator.
The J♥ flip injected much more drama, as Saaskilahti added an open-ended straight draw to go along with his outs to a set of nines. This card additionally would have given Mueller a set and the lead, had he not gotten away preflop. As it was, although, Feng was anticipated to win the pot greater than 84 p.c of the time.
Unfortunately for him, the Q♠ on the tip accomplished Saaskilahti’s straight.
“Oh my god… so brutal,” mentioned Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman from the ESPN broadcast sales space as Saaskilahti roared in pleasure as his rail erupted in cheers.
With that, Feng’s aces had been cracked and his match was led to fifth place.
The Cost
Had he held on this spot, Feng’s stack of 57,500,000 would have been value greater than $4.5 million in ICM worth. Instead, he settled for a career-best rating of $2,250,000. That means this unhealthy beat price Feng over $2.2 million in EV.
Feng’s lifetime earnings now sit at $4.1 million after his deep run on this, the fourth-largest predominant occasion ever held.
Mueller went on to complete third for $3,750,000, whereas Saaskilahti is heads-up towards 22-year-old American poker professional Lucas Jumalon for the championship bracelet and the highest prize of $10,000,000.
The remaining battle for the title might be broadcast on ESPN beginning at 7:30 PM PT. Jumalon has 328,000,000 (109 huge blinds) to Saaskilahti’s 225,000,000 (75 huge blinds). Both gamers are assured a minimum of $6,000,000.
- Photo by WSOP / Miguel Cortes.
