Tag Archives: 2026 WPO

Championship: Ye Yao – 21st Place ($5,670)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 419

Ye Yao

With about 250K in the pot and the board reading 9s4c3hTh, Ye Yao checked from middle position and Yan Jiang bet 100,000. Yao check-raised all in for 420,000 and Jiang thought about it for a minute before she called with the bigger stack.

Jiang: Jh9h
Yao: Ah8h

Jiang flopped top pair, both had a heart draw, but Yao’s was superior. He needed that or an ace to stay in the game, but blanked the Td river to exit in 21st place.

Yan Jiang – 1,260,000 (63 bb)
Ye Yao  –  Eliminated in 21st Place ($5,670)

Championship: Sandro Vianna – 27th Place ($4,390)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 419

Sandro Vianna

Chris Dombrowski opened to 40,000 from the button, Sandro Vianna moved all in for 415,000 from the big blind, and Dombrowski called after a short think.

Dombrowski: AhJs
Vianna: 9d9s

It was a flip and Vianna needed his nines to hold to stay in the Championship. Dombrowski made trip aces on the AdAs3s flop and Vianna was eliminated after the 5h turn and 6c river.

Chris Dombrowski – 1,205,000 (60 bb)
Sandro Vianna  –  Eliminated in 27th Place ($4,390)

Championship: Three-Table Redraw

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 419

Zachary Rogalski

Shortly after the color up break, a few of the shorter stacks took their shot to double back in the game but fell short.

Zachary Rogalski, Kumar Kantamaneni, and Bill Soscia hit the payout desk and tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the last three tables.

28th: Zachary Rogalski – $3,980
29th: Kumar Kantamaneni – $3,980
30th: Bill Soscia – $3,980

Kumar Kantamaneni
Bill Soscia