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Tyler Hancock, founder of the StakeKings poker staking platform, made his second deep run in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

The Arizona high-stakes poker player and entrepreneur had a memorable Day 6 exit from the 2016 WSOP Main Event. He didn't make it quite that far this year, but he did advance to late on Day 4 before being eliminated easily in the money.

Hancock, who spoke to PokerNewson a Day 4 break, said his run to the money went differently than nine years ago.

"Day 4 in 2016, I know I didn't have as many chips as I do now," Hancock said. "Easier run this year. I got lucky in 2016, I didn't know what I was doing compared to what I do now."

Nearly Busted the 2016 Main Event Champ

Qui Nguyen became a household name upon winning poker's World Championship event for $8,005,310 in 2016. But he'd have been long forgotten had Hancock held on to win one of the most crucial pots in the tournament.

Hancock was all in with AxKxagainst the eventual champ's JxJx. The flop came out Jx5xQx, giving Nguyen a set. The straight came through on the 10xturn card. But the board paired with the Qxon the river, sending the future founder of StakeKings out in 63rd place for $116,963. Had he won the race, he would have been among the chip leaders, and Nguyen would have been down to around 10 big blinds. It was the hand that started Nguyen's rise to the top.

He took another shot at a deep run this year, but fell in 865th place out of 9,735 players for $20,000. Hancock, who is mostly a cash game player, doesn't play many tournaments, although he does have six cashes at the 2025 WSOP and reached the final table in December at the ClubWPT Gold $5 million freeroll, taking sixth place out of 1,457 players for $40,000.

"When I do get to focus on tournaments, I'm dialed in," Hancock said. "I only play a few a year, so I'm probably trying harder than people who are playing hundreds of tournaments a year."

Hancock has a passion for poker and is an avid player. But he can't play as often as many players given his main priority is to continue growing the StakeKings platform he created. StakeKings gives poker players a safe and secure way to stake and be staked. The WSOP is the busiest time of year for the staking site, as so many players are looking to buy and sell action at the WSOP and other tournaments.

The poker-playing entrepreneur said he came up with the idea for StakeKings after realizing how difficult it is to collect from those who buy action. StakeKings makes the process much easier than chasing buyers around for their stake.

"It's an automated process. Players don't have to do anything except post their package and then money comes through the site and makes the tax process extremely simple," Hancock explained.

Hancock fell short of Day 5, which begins at noon PT on Thursday. So, he won't be able to sport his StakeKings gear at the final table next week. But he can say he's made multiple deep runs in poker's most prestigious tournament, something only a small-percentage of the poker community can claim.

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