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Poker Player Misclick Jams into Pocket Aces, Takes Chip Lead in WSOP Event
Level 22
Limit Flop: 50,000-100,000 Blinds, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Stud Games: 25,000 Ante, 30,000 Bring-In, 100,000 Completion, 100,000-200,000 Limits
Stud Games: 25,000 Ante, 30,000 Bring-In, 100,000 Completion, 100,000-200,000 Limits
A poker player didn't mean to jam into pocket aces on the last day of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but he sure is glad he did.
Ole Askeland, a Norwegian player with just $91,000 in prior live tournament cashes recorded by The Hendon Mob, had a bit of a misclick fairly deep in the $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em tournament, the 99th bracelet event of the summer. That misclick could end up paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars. The winner in this event, which started on Tuesday with 884 runners, will pay its champion $695,296.
At the time of publishing, the tournament was down to under 30 players, and Askeland was among the chip leaders, thanks mostly to an accident.