Sometimes, the jokes write themselves at the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Adult film star Sarah Jackman, better known by her stage name Katie Morgan, was involved in a wild three-way pot on Day 1B of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship on Friday.
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
The hand took place during the final level of play and was part of the ESPN stream. Jackman held king-jack and flopped the nut straight on a queen-10-nine board. Boris Vaynberg made middle set with pocket 10s, and Niklas Deitmer of Germany had two-pair with queen-nine.
Action checked to Deitmer following the flop, and he bet 3,000 chips. Jackman and Vaynberg both elected to call.
The nine of clubs on the turn was the money card, giving Vaynberg and Deitmer each a full house while Jackman’s straight was no longer the best hand.
Vaynberg, who held the superior full house, led out for 8,000 chips and was just called by Deitmer. Jackman seemed to know she was behind in the hand and self-censored herself by saying “F it, declared” before she tossed in chips to make the call.
The king of diamonds on the river didn’t change much, and Vaynberg put his opponents to the test with a 25,000-chip bet. Deitmer thought for a few moments before making the call, and Jackman quickly called as well. Vaynberg showed the winning hand and was pushed a pot worth 115,600 chips.
“Nice pot,” Jackman told Vaynberg.
Vaynberg ended the day inside the top 100 with 148,800 chips. Jackman was able to recover from the misstep and bagged 104,900 chips, nearly double her starting stack, while Deitmer was left short with 27,500 chips at the end of the night.
The Main Event continues with Day 1C on Saturday at Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
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