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July 21, 2026
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Matthew Blagg sends Troy McLean to the rail to cross 3 million

Level 20 - 10,000/20,000/20,000 - 51 Remain

Troy McLean opened to 40,000 on the button, and Matthew Blagg defended his big blind. 

The flop fell and Blagg checked. McLean continued for 25,000, and after double-checking his cards, Blagg raised to 90,000. 

McLean moved all in for roughly 630,000, and Blagg snap-called with a covering stack. 

  • Blagg -
  • McLean -

"This would be a sick beat for you," Blagg said as the cards were tabled, and before he could get the sentence out of his mouth, the materialized on the turn, giving him a pair to take the lead. 

The river landed the , giving McLean the superior pair, but it also gave Blagg the flush to send him to the rail in 52nd place for $5,120.

Matthew Blagg - 3,460,000 

Main Event down to 57

Michael Setera Michael Setera
Omar Sader
Chris Moorman Chris Moorman
Omar Sader

Level 20 - 10,000/20,000/20,000 - 57 Remain

About a dozen players have fallen over the first ten minutes of Level 20, and the tournament field has been reduced to 57 entrants. 

Among those that hit the rail were 18-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Michael Setera (64th for $4,170) and two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Christopher Moorman (67th for $4,170).

  • 58th: Oscar Romero Cobos - $4,570
  • 59th: Jiyang Gan - $4,570
  • 60th: Thida Lin - $4,570
  • 61st: Jesse Whittmore - $4,570
  • 62nd: Adam Kharman - $4,570
  • 63rd: Daniel Jones - $4,170
  • 64th: Michael Setera - $4,170
  • 65th: William Eissler - $4,170
  • 66th: Tyler Gentry - $4,170
  • 67th: Christopher Moorman - $4,170
  • 68th: Yuxi Huang - $4,170
  • 69th: Kuang-Hung Lee - $4,170
  • 70th: Bin Duan - $4,170
  • 71st: Sang Sim - $4,170
  • 72nd: Tal Herzog - $3,870
  • 73rd: Pei Li - $3,870
  • 74th: Bryan Saltzman - $3,870
  • 75th: Yansong Kou - $3,870
  • 76th: Ronald Stubbs - $3,870 

Level 20 begins (67 Remain)

Weiran Pu Weiran Pu

The first break of the day is in the books, and the remaining 67 players have returned to their seats for the start of Level 20 with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/20,000. 

Currently leading the way is Weiran Pu with 1,600,000, but hot on his heels, at the same table, is Oliver Bosch with 1,510,000. 

Top Ten Chip Counts entering Level 20: 

  1. Weiran Pu - 1,600,000
  2. Oliver Bosch - 1,510,000
  3. Matthew Blagg - 1,500,000
  4. Giuseppe Pantaleo - 1,400,000
  5. Justin Lapka - 1,300,000
  6. Eric Thompkins - 1,200,000
  7. Michael Holtz - 1,100,000
  8. Shawn Daniels - 1,165,000
  9. Eric Yanovsky - 1,150,000
  10. Ying Zhu - 1,100,000

Matthew Wantman finds the triple

Level 19 - 10,000/15,000/15,000 - 67 Remain

Matthew Wantman moved all-in for roughly 100,000 from the hi-jack and Guilherme Bandeira called next to act. 

Michael Zulker was in the blinds and called, thinking he was heads up with Wantman, having missed the call from Bandeira. 

The flop fell , and Zulker checked. Bandeira bet 40,000, prompting Wantman to say, "Look at this guy milking Michael when he knows he's got two eights." 

Zulker eventually sent his hand into the muck, and Bandeira tabled

Wantman tabled for a flopped set, and when the board ran out , he secured the double. 

"Well, at least I saved my stack, because if I had seen the call, I was shoving," Zulker said after the hand was over. 

"I knew you had two eights!" Wantman replied, which got a sheepish laugh from Zulker. 

  • Guilherme Bandeira - 820,000
  • Matthew Wantman - 324,000
  • Michael Zulker - 207,000