Pocket Aces Cracked: Han Feng's Brutal Bad Beat at WSOP Main Event

Han Feng, a 27-year-old poker pro from Houston, Texas, found himself in a brutal bad beat situation at the 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 main event final table. With just five players remaining from a field of 9,208 entries, Feng was dealt A♦A♣ under the gun at hand no. 141. He min-raised to 6,000,000, and Lauri Saaskilahti, who was dealt 9♠9♥ on the button, three-bet to 50,000,000. Greg Mueller, in the big blind with J♦J♣, eventually laid down his pocket jacks after a lengthy tank.

The flop came down 10♦8♦3♦, giving Feng an overpair of aces and the nut flush draw. The J♥ turn injected more drama, as Saaskilahti added an open-ended straight draw to go with his outs to a set of nines. Unfortunately for Feng, the Q♠ on the end completed Saaskilahti’s straight, cracking Feng’s aces and ending his tournament in fifth place.

Had Feng held in this spot, his stack of 57,500,000 would have been worth more than $4.5 million in ICM value. Instead, he settled for a career-best score of $2,250,000, bringing his lifetime earnings to $4.1 million after his deep run in this, the fourth-largest main event ever held.