The 2026 World Series of Poker main event is well underway, with two of the four starting flights now in the books. A total of 1,810 entries have been made so far, with 772 on day 1A and another 1,038 for day 1B.
The latter flight, held on Friday, July 3, played host to a wild hand at one of the featured tables of the ESPN broadcast.
The pot took place in the final level of the day, and ballooned to 115,600 by the end. That amounts to nearly two full starting stacks of 60,000. 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. Former adult film star Sarah Jackman (stage name Katie Morgan) came along from the button with K♣J♣. Boris Vaynberg opted to flat as well with 10♠10♣ in the small blind. 2004 WSOP main event champ Greg Raymer called with 4♥3♠ from the big blind.
Set vs. Straight vs. Two Pair On The Flop
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, who also starred in Kevin Smith’s comedy Zack and Miri Make A Porno, 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.
Check out the wild hand below via a social media post from the official WSOP account.
Three Monster Hands Collide in the WSOP Main Event
The flop couldn’t have been much better or much worse for the players involved in this unbelievable WSOP Main Event hand pic.twitter.com/LbjvGxcdGv
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 4, 2026
Photo credits: WSOP / Monique Marestein, Lennart Hennig.
