WSOP 2026 Bracelet Winners (Daily Updates)

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WSOP 2026 results

Event #1: $550 Mini Mystery Millions

• 🏆 Winner: Philip Chun
• 💰 Prize: $400,000
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♥ 3♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 20,488
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $9,352,772

Philip Chun captured his first WSOP bracelet and immediately doubled his lifetime live tournament earnings by winning one of the largest-field events of WSOP 2026. Chun is a coach at Chip Leader Coaching, and before the start of play at the final table, he was advised by Kristen Foxen.

Interestingly, Chun finished 571st in the Mini Mystery Millions last year and made the money. Prior to this victory, his biggest WSOP result had come in the Main Event, where he placed 91st in 2018 in a field of nearly 8,000 entries and earned $66,330.

The largest bounty in the Mini Mystery Millions, worth $1 million, was claimed by Andrew Shelton, who finished in 102nd place.

Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Daniyal Gheba
• 💰 Prize: $502,985
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 5♦ 4♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 570
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,622,000

American Daniyal Gheba won his first WSOP gold bracelet and a career-best prize of $502,985. Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em became the first event of the series where a bracelet was awarded on the new WSOP main stage — the Mothership, located inside the Paris Ballroom.

After the victory, Daniyal admitted that the prize money could change his life. At the final table, however, he wasn’t worried about the pay jumps, as any finish already guaranteed him a solid payday.

Thanks to this major win, Gheba’s plans for the near future have changed dramatically — he now intends to play higher buy-in events, including tournaments with a $25,000 buy-in.

Event #3: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Jerome Neppl
• 💰 Prize: $64,083
• ❤️ Winning Hand: J♥ 9♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 906
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $375,990

Event #3: $500 Industry Employees, reserved for poker industry workers, was won by American dealer Jerome Neppl from New Mexico. The victory earned him $64,083. Before this tournament, Neppl had recorded just one career ITM finish worth $613. The event attracted a total of 906 entries.

Jerome came to Las Vegas to deal cards at the WSOP. Now his coworkers are joking: “Wear the bracelet during your shifts — you’ll tilt the players.”

The newly crowned champion is preparing to move from New Mexico to Florida: “This money will change my life and help me get out of debt.”

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

• 🏆 Winner: Jason Daly
• 💰 Prize: $191,362
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ 9♦ 9♣ 8♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 828
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,099,170

Victory in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better earned American Jason Daly his third WSOP gold bracelet and the third-largest payout of his career — $191,362. For Daly, the win was an especially nice way to start the summer: instead of chasing losses as usual, he begins the series well ahead.

Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 🏆 Winner: Yang Wang
• 💰 Prize: $595,388
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♣ 10♣ 9♦ 5♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 716
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,293,600

Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ended with a victory for China’s Yang Wang, who took home his first WSOP bracelet and $595,388. Thanks to this win, his total live tournament earnings surpassed the $6 million mark.

After the victory, Wang admitted that patience was the main factor that helped him get through the field of 716 entries and win the tournament. At the final table, he folded many strong hands while waiting for the right spot. But once play got down to two or three players, he became more aggressive. Wang entered heads-up play against Jesse Lonis with a 5-to-1 chip lead and quickly closed out the match.

Yang Wang has been playing poker for more than 10 years. He already has several major scores to his name, including a runner-up finish in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha WSOP Paradise event, where he earned $1,006,680.

Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

• 🏆 Winner: James Cheung
• 💰 Prize: $103,185
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♦ K♣ 5♥ 2♥ K♠ 6♠ 8♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 359
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $476,572

First place in one of the few Seven Card Stud events at WSOP 2026 was claimed by cash game regular James Cheung. Cheung made his first trip to the World Series of Poker only in 2023 and immediately reached the final table of the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, finishing in fourth place.

This year, Cheung defeated Brian Yoon heads-up, calling him the "final boss." Yoon is a five-time WSOP bracelet winner and captured the Seven Card Stud Championship title in 2023.

Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Dimitar Danchev
• 💰 Prize: $800,000
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♦ 7♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 128
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,008,000

A well-known high roller from Bulgaria outlasted 127 opponents in one of the most prestigious WSOP 2026 events. In the final heads-up match, Danchev’s opponent was a young player from Russia, Nikita Kuznetsov, who qualified for the event through a $2,750 satellite. In the decisive hand, Dimitar made a full house on the river, while Nikita held trips.

For Danchev, this is his second World Series of Poker bracelet. He won his first in 2023 in the Heads-Up Championship Online on GGPoker. The live tournament victory also moved Dimitar up to 2nd place on Bulgaria’s All Time Money List.

Event #8: $1,500 Badugi

• 🏆 Winner: Michael Casella
• 💰 Prize: $141,963
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♠ 5♦2 ♠A♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 554
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $735,435

Michael Casella first cashed at the WSOP exactly twenty years ago. Until now, the biggest achievement of his World Series career had been a 127th-place finish in the Main Event for $40,288.

In 2026, Michael's perseverance was finally rewarded in the Badugi event. After a three-hour heads-up battle against Nick Schulman, Casella captured his first WSOP bracelet and the second-largest payout of his career ($141,963).

Another renowned poker professional, Scott Seiver, finished in third place. Like Schulman, Seiver is also a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Scott Clements
• 💰 Prize: $450,176
• ❤️ Winning Hand: T♣ 6♣ 5♦ 2♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 204
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,897,200

The first Championship event on the WSOP 2026 schedule attracted a star-studded field. Phil Hellmuth finished in seventh place, while Todd Brunson took third. The title ultimately went to fellow American Scott Clements, an Omaha specialist and one of the most consistent WSOP grinders. The victory earned Clements his fourth WSOP bracelet, while the $450,176 payday became the second-largest cash of his career.

Since 2005, Clements has recorded more than 80 WSOP cashes and over 30 final-table appearances. Beginning in 2009, he reached the final table of the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship twice. After receiving his bracelet, Scott quickly jumped into the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event, which was still open for late registration.

Event #10: $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Karapet Galstyan
• 💰 Prize: $259,829
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 9♥ 6♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 4,622
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,329,488

Event #10: $600 Deepstack, like many low-buy-in events at the WSOP, became a battleground for lesser-known players outside the United States. The last bracelet winner in the field, Isaac Hagerling, was eliminated in 38th place.

At the final table of the event, the largest stack was only 22 big blinds, so it took just around four hours to determine the winner. In the final stages of the tournament, Karapet Galstyan got quite lucky: he won a three-way all-in with 99, doubled up in heads-up play with J♣7♣ against K♥T♦, and in the decisive hand won with 9♥6♦.

Karapet immediately increased his best cash by five times. Before this victory, his largest payout was $50,000, earned for a 5th-place finish in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions in 2025.

Event #11: $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Naseem Salem
• 💰 Prize: $1,089,964
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ Q♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 627
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $5,831,100

Another WSOP event has been won by a cash game specialist. Naseem Salem was introduced to poker during his college years, but he always preferred high-stakes mixed-game cash tables. He rarely played tournaments, and his biggest result prior to this victory was a $208,919 payout for a runner-up finish in the Poker Hall of Fame Bounty event at WSOP 2024.

Salem started the final table as the chip leader. However, Chad Lipton quickly eliminated three opponents and then won a massive pot against Nazim with A♥Q♠ versus J♦J♣ to take over the lead. Three-handed, Chad lost a huge pot after an unsuccessful bluff against Alexis Cruz, and shortly afterward Salem knocked Lipton out with 7♥7♦ against A♦J♣.

The heads-up match lasted an hour and a half. The pivotal hand came when Salem, holding T♥6♣, flopped two pair on a 6♦T♣3♦ board, while his opponent made top pair with Q♦T♥. Another ten on the river

improved both players' hands, after which Cruz committed nearly his entire stack.
In the final all-in, Salem's A♦Q♠ improved to a pair of queens on the turn against Cruz's pocket jacks.

Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

• 🏆 Winner: Stephen Hubbard
• 💰 Prize: $155,819
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 8♦ 7♦ 6♥ 3♠ 3♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 626
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $831,015

Stephen Hubbard considers himself an Omaha specialist, but after finishing fifth in Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, the American decided to test his skills in a 2-7 Lowball Draw tournament and ultimately captured his first WSOP bracelet.

At the end of Day 2, Stephen eliminated David “ODB” Baker, a four-time bracelet winner, and took over the chip lead. From that point on, none of his opponents were able to catch Hubbard in chips, and he maintained his advantage all the way to the title.

Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Honghao Zhang
• 💰 Prize: $346,108
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ 5♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 1,840
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,442,600

A first WSOP cash and a bracelet right away — that is exactly what 26-year-old Georgia Tech graduate student Honghao Zhang accomplished. Prior to this breakthrough, Zhang had spent the last three years primarily playing WSOP Circuit events and cash games.

After his victory, Zhang said: “I’m still a student. Poker is not my full-time job. It’s a hobby, but it’s one that I really enjoy.”

Zhang entered three-handed play as the shortest stack, but managed to survive the pressure and ultimately outlast his more experienced opponents to claim the title.

Event #14: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, "Big O"

• 🏆 Winner: Justin Liberto
• 💰 Prize: $265,297
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ Q♠ 8♣ 2♠ 2♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 1,287
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,708,492

Justin Liberto had to wait 11 years for his second WSOP bracelet. He captured his first title in a No-Limit Hold'em event back in 2015, while at the 2026 WSOP he came out on top in an Omaha mixed-game tournament. During that span, the American reached nine final tables and finished runner-up once.

Among Liberto's opponents at the final table were Brandon Shack-Harris (two WSOP bracelets) and Brad Ruben (five WSOP bracelets). Both players were eliminated by Chris Lee, who would eventually face Liberto heads-up.

The heads-up battle lasted just over an hour. In the decisive hand, Lee got all his chips in with a made straight and a strong low draw, while Liberto had turned the nut flush and also held the better low. The river brought the 10♥, changing nothing and securing the title for Liberto.

Event #15: $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha

• 🏆 Winner: Philip Ardire
• 💰 Prize: $171,589
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♥ Q♠ T♥ 6♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 2,636
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,328,544

One of the cheapest events of the 2026 WSOP was won by an unlikely veteran. Before this victory, Philip Ardire had recorded just six WSOP Circuit cashes over a 16-year span, with total live earnings of only $13.6K in WSOPC events.

In recent years, the American has been a professional Omaha cash-game player, which is why he decided to take a shot in this Omaha tournament. Despite entering the final table as the shortest stack and starting heads-up play at a 4-to-1 chip disadvantage, Ardire mounted an impressive comeback and captured his first WSOP bracelet.

Event #16: $1,700 U.S. Circuit Championship No-Limit Holdem

• 🏆 Winner: Antonio Vargas
• 💰 Prize: $439,605
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♣ 9♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 2,148
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,231,666

Not the first player at the 2026 WSOP to credit a coach for their victory, Antonio Vargas was coached by Faraz Jaka ahead of the U.S. Circuit Championship final table. However, after winning the first bracelet of his career, Vargas described his victory as "just a lot of luck and good fortune."

Vargas spent most of the final table among the chip leaders and entered heads-up play against Kai Cohen with a 3-to-1 chip advantage. Cohen managed to double up once, but the tournament ended just a few minutes later. Vargas turned a straight, while his opponent's flush draw failed to complete. Even so, Cohen called an all-in with top pair and a three kicker, bringing the event to a close.

Event #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Naoya Kihara
• 💰 Prize: $428,923
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 2♣ 3♥ 5♥ 6♠ 7♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 198
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,841,400

Naoya Kihara won Japan's first WSOP bracelet in 2012, and his second victory came only 14 years later. The Lowball Championship attracted a strong field. Among the players who finished in the top 20 were Daniel Negreanu, Alex Foxen, Phil Hellmuth, and Shaun Deeb.

After the tournament, Naoya Kihara said:

"I'm 44 years old now, and I had been considering retiring from tournament poker. But thanks to this victory, I've decided to keep playing tournaments for at least another two or three years."

Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Richard Alsup
• 💰 Prize: $1,302,125
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♣ 7♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 11,933
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $15,841,057

One of the largest WSOP 2026 events lasted five days. The title was won by Minnesota-based live grinder Richard Alsup. With the first seven-figure payday of his career, he moved up to second place in the rankings of the best players from his home state.

This is Richard’s second bracelet: his first WSOP victory came in 2022 in an $800 Deep Stack event with nearly 3K entries.

“I just stayed positive and had a feeling I was going to win. Even in the final hand, when I went all-in with A♣7♥ against A♠K♣, I felt like things would go my way,” Alsup said after his victory.

It’s worth noting that Alsup ran well throughout the heads-up against Salvatore Dicarlo, who started the duel with 75% of the tournament chips in play.

Event #19: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Kristen Foxen
• 💰 Prize: $1,773,083
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♥ A♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 345
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $5,804,500

Kristen Foxen captured her sixth WSOP bracelet. Interestingly, her previous three bracelet victories came online, and exactly ten years had passed since her last live WSOP win in Las Vegas.

Foxen and Galen Hall entered the final day of the High Roller event as the chip leaders. After methodically eliminating the remaining competitors, they faced off in a heads-up match that began with nearly even stacks.

Speaking about the one-on-one battle, Foxen said:

“Heads-up matches are always intense. At first, things were going his way, then they swung in my favor, then back to him again. In the end, two brutal coolers went my way.”

Those two decisive hands were a straight-over-straight situation, followed immediately by an all-in confrontation with A♥ A♦ against A♣4♦ in the very next hand. Foxen was already receiving congratulations from Hall by the turn, and just a few minutes later, her husband Alex presented her with her brand-new bracelet.

Event #20: $1,500 Dealers Choice

• 🏆 Winner: Jeff Madsen
• 💰 Prize: $161,057
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♣ Q♥ Q♦ Q♣ 2♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 656
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $870,850

After Naoya Kihara and Justin Liberto, another player managed to win a WSOP bracelet after a very long drought. Jeff Madsen captured his previous, fourth career bracelet back in 2015. Two of his titles came in 2006, the year he became the youngest player ever to win the WSOP Player of the Year award.

At the Dealers Choice final table, Jeff was the most accomplished player in the field, but he entered six-handed play with only the fourth-largest stack. It took Madsen just one hour and three major pots to move into the chip lead. Starting from the final five, he went on to eliminate three opponents from the tournament one after another.

Entering heads-up play against Philip Wess, Madsen held a 10-to-1 chip advantage, and the duel lasted only about half an hour. The final hand was played during a round of Pot-Limit Double Draw High. After the series of draws, Madsen improved to trip queens in an all-in pot, securing both the hand and the tournament victory.

Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

• 🏆 Winner: Frederic Normand
• 💰 Prize: $235,377
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ K♣ T♣ 5♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 1,093
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,450,957

Frederic Normand won a WSOP bracelet in his first-ever PLO Hi-Lo tournament. The Canadian has more than $3 million in live tournament earnings and finished runner-up at the WSOP last year. On that occasion, he lost the heads-up battle in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event to Antonio Galiana.

Normand described his victory as nothing short of a miracle:

“I was playing an Omaha tournament at Aria until 6 a.m. and ended up winning it. Then I came here to support my fantasy team. Somehow, I made it through to Day 2, and thanks to even more unbelievable magic, I ended up winning this tournament!”

Remarkably, the heads-up match in Event #21: PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better lasted just a single hand. Michael Rodrigues moved all-in on the flop with a set of nines, but by the turn, Normand had completed a straight, which proved enough to secure him the victory.

Event #22: $1,500 Big O

• 🏆 Winner: Christopher Alcindor
• 💰 Prize: $387,110
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 9♠ 9♣ 6♥ 3♠ 3♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 2,150
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,802,785

Big O champion Christopher Alcindor usually plays in his native Canada, but for the past three years he has traveled to Las Vegas as a representative of KKPoker. Prior to this victory, his best WSOP result was a 499th-place finish in the Main Event.

Entering four-handed play in Event #22, Alcindor eliminated all of his remaining opponents in just 10 minutes. The $387,110 payday immediately doubled his lifetime live tournament earnings.

Event #23: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Naoya Kihara
• 💰 Prize: $301,970
• ❤️ Winning Hand: J♣ T♣ 5♣ T♥ 2♦ K♠ J♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 130
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,209,000

It took just three days for Naoya Kihara to win another WSOP tournament, making him the first two-time champion of the series this year. This time, the Japanese player conquered the Stud event. Before Kihara, only five players in the entire history of the series had won two consecutive Championships: Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Greg Merson, George Danzer, and Jason Mercier.

After the tournament, Naoya said: “I need at least one more bracelet.”

Interestingly, no matter who won the heads-up of the event, we would still have seen the first WSOP 2026 player to secure two bracelets. In the heads-up against Kihara was Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud champion James Cheung.

Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Artur Martirosian
• 💰 Prize: $1,286,285
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 4♠ 4♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 242
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $5,687,000

As expected for a high roller event, Event #24 attracted a stacked field of talented players. The final table featured competitors from five different countries. The most accomplished among them was Chance Kornuth, but he was also the first to exit the final table after losing an all-in confrontation with A♦K♠ against A♣Q♣.

Martirosian eliminated the next two players and eventually reached heads-up play against Pavel Plesuv, whom Artur later described as the toughest opponent at the final table. The Moldovan battled evenly with Martirosian for two hours, but first saw his two pair run into a straight, and in the final hand, his A♥9♣ failed to improve against pocket fours.

This victory marks the fourth WSOP bracelet of Artur Martirosian’s career. Last year, he won the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.

Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem

• 🏆 Winner: Brayden Lou
• 💰 Prize: $196,066
• ❤️ Winning Hand:A♣ A♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 4,100
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,701,500

Event #25: $500 Freezeout became the first tournament of WSOP 2026 to be won by a complete unknown. Brayden Lou recently graduated from college and stopped in Las Vegas with his father on the way to California. In his very first event of the series, Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack, the young player managed to eliminate none other than Michael Mizrachi.

Brayden spent almost the entire $500 Freezeout near the top of the chip counts and entered heads-up play against Jason Hoffman with an eight-to-one chip lead. However, Hoffman managed to double up several times. The decisive hand came when both players made two pair, but Lou's hand was stronger. Shortly afterward, Jason shoved his remaining chips with A♦J♦, only to run into his opponent's pocket aces.

Event #26: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem

• 🏆 Winner: Braxton Dunaway
• 💰 Prize: $288,064
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 4♥ 4♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 968
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,723,040

Braxton Dunaway has been playing live tournaments for almost 20 years, but real success came to him only in recent years. In 2023, he won his first bracelet, and last year he finished in 3rd place in the Main Event.

At the final table of Event #26, Erwann Pecheux and Braxton Dunaway were dominating the action. They were the ones who eliminated all the opponents at the table and met in heads-up play. The decisive hand in the one-on-one battle was a big pot where both players hit a pair of tens, but the American had the better kicker. In the very next hand, Peche called his opponent’s all-in with A♥9♠, and Dunaway’s pocket fours held up.

After the victory, Braxton Dunaway plans to take a couple of days off and then return to playing WSOP over the weekend.

Event #27: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Bryce Yockey
• 💰 Prize: $371,664
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♣ J♦ 9♥ 6♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 163
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,515,900

Bryce Yockey is a well-known Omaha specialist in the United States. He won his first bracelet in 2017 and his second in 2024, when he also finished runner-up in the Poker Players Championship.

In the Dealers Choice Championship, the American had already become the chip leader at the final stage before the final table, even though there was still one player in the tournament who had not yet won a bracelet. With four players left, Chad Eveslage closed the gap on Yockey after knocking out two opponents in a row. However, in the battle of two big stacks, Yockey came out on top, and Chad finished in 4th place.

In heads-up play against Ryan Miller, Yockey had nine times more chips, and within two hands in a Omaha round he secured the victory. “I wanted to win this tournament more than any other, except the PPC and the Main Event. It’s my number 3,” the player said after receiving the bracelet.

Event #28: $600 Deepstack Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha

• 🏆 Winner: Brent Gregory
• 💰 Prize: $204,140
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 7♥ 5♠ 4♥ 4♣ 
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 3,332
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,679,328

Event #28, despite its modest buy-in, featured several big names at the final table. Alex Foxen and Daniel Negreanu finished the tournament in 5th and 8th place, respectively. WSOP Circuit ring record-holder Maurice Hawkins also reached heads-up play.

The winner of the tournament was a low-stakes live tournament regular from Montana, Brent Gregory. The first-place payout marked his biggest cash in 10 years of play. His heads-up opponent, who had eliminated Foxen and Negreanu, started the one-on-one duel with a two-to-one chip lead and came very close to claiming his first WSOP victory. However, Brent took down three major pots in a row, and in the decisive hand, trips on the flop secured him the tournament win.

Event #29: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Santhosh Suvarna
• 💰 Prize: $1,992,870
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 8♥7♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 167
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $7,932,500

India’s top player, businessman, and high roller Santhosh Suvarna has won his third bracelet since 2023. He stated that his only goal in poker is to win the WSOP Main Event, after which he plans to retire from the game.

At the final table of Event #29, Suvarna first doubled up through Chang Lee and then won two major pots against Zlotnikov, sharply shifting the momentum of the final table. The Indian player described these hands as key on his path to victory.

The heads-up against Chang Lee lasted about an hour. Suvarna caught his opponent bluffing and won a significant pot. In the final hand of the tournament, his 8♥7♥ made trips on the river and proved stronger than Lee’s pocket kings.

Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 7-Handed

• 🏆 Winner: Dennis Weiss
• 💰 Prize: $133,704
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 9♥8♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 510
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $677,025

Dennis Weiss is an Omaha specialist. Most of his live earnings and both of his bracelets have come from events in this poker variant. Last year, the German player took first place in a PLO High Roller event, earning $2,292,155.

He entered the final table with the shortest stack, at times down to just 6 big blinds. However, he first picked up pocket aces at the right moment, and later made trips on the flop.

In the end, Dennis eliminated four opponents at the final table and defeated Omar Mehmood in heads-up play.

Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Mike Holtz
• 💰 Prize: $238,097
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♥3♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 2,103
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,791,733

Mike Holtz is an online regular. He has six WSOP Circuit rings and one WSOP bracelet, which he won on WSOP.com. That’s why he was especially happy to take down a live event in the series.

“Looks like most of the people at the final table have never played super turbo or don’t really know how to play a final table. It felt like the final table was pretty easy,” Holtz said after winning the bracelet.

However, as always, luck still played its part. With three players left, Mike eliminated Rute Jin in a preflop all-in: 6♠5♥ vs A♣5♦, hitting a six on the flop.

Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem

• 🏆 Winner: Omar Zazay
• 💰 Prize: $538,158
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ 2♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 1,300
• 💵 Total Prize Pool:  $3,471,000

More than 10 years ago, Omar Zazay stepped away from professional poker to focus on business, but he continued to make annual trips to the WSOP. Prior to this victory, his best result at the series was a 19th-place finish in the $25K PLO event in 2018.

After the win, Zazay said:

“I’m feeling pretty amazing. This tournament was a real roller coaster. I remember being down to just ten big blinds around the middle of Day 3, but I never gave up. I told my wife that I was going to keep fighting because I came here to win a bracelet.”

In the heads-up match of Event #32, Omar defeated well-known high roller Jean-Robert Bellande, who had held the chip lead throughout the final table. In the final hand of the tournament, Zazay’s A♦ 2♥ prevailed over Bellande’s J♠ T♦ in a preflop all-in confrontation.

Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Nathan Gamble
• 💰 Prize: $767,395
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♣ K♦ J♠ 7♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 390
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,627,000

Nathan Gamble became the first player in WSOP history to win three bracelets in PLO8 events. At the same time, he is not primarily a tournament player and is better known as a high-stakes cash game specialist in mixed games.

Event #33 was Gamble's first live tournament of the year. His main opponent at the final table was Justin Liberto, who had already won a WSOP event earlier in the series. Nathan won several large pots from Liberto without showdown and became the new chip leader with four players remaining. The two would later meet in the tournament's heads-up match.

In the final hand of the tournament, Liberto got all his chips in on the flop with an overpair, but Gamble had flopped two pair. The turn and river did not change the outcome, securing the victory for Gamble.

Event #34: $500 COLOSSUS

• 🏆 Winner: Justin Smith
• 💰 Prize: $550,000
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ K♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 16,269
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $6,751,635

Justin Smith has played poker very little over the past few years, and his biggest cashes in his career came between 2009 and 2011. In 2015, he even finished 10th in The Players Championship. In the Colossus, he entered the event for the third time and called it “fun”: “I saw the same people walking around all day and making multiple re-entries.”

Only one player at the final table already had a WSOP bracelet: two-time bracelet winner Eric Baldwin, but he exited in 8th place. Smith entered the final 9 with the fourth-largest stack, and first eliminated short stack Min Ji, who had 5 big blinds, then doubled through Myles German: A♦ K♥ vs A♣ Q♥ with an ace on the flop.

It was against German and Yuefan Wang that Justin played his biggest pots at the final table. He eliminated Wang in 4th place and then faced Myles in heads-up. The one-on-one match did not last long and required only a single preflop all-in. Smith’s A♠ K♥ made a flush against pocket eights.

Event #35: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 🏆 Winner: Jason Zipfel
• 💰 Prize: $441,560
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♥ A♦ J♠ 5♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 2,581
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,426,277

Jason Zipfel cashed in a PLO tournament for the first time and immediately went all the way to victory. The American admitted that he primarily plays in private cash games and only enters a handful of tournaments each year.

In the heads-up match of Event #35, Zipfel faced Hokyiu Lee, who was already a WSOP bracelet winner. In the final hand, Jason's pocket aces held against his opponent's flush draw to secure the title.

Event #36: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Yuri Dzivielevski
• 💰 Prize: $2,841,432
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 9♣ 9♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 115
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $11,040,000

Brazilian regular Yuri Dzivielevski is on a remarkable heater. All three of his seven-figure scores have come since December 2025. This week in Las Vegas, he captured his fifth WSOP bracelet and recorded the biggest cash of his career.

Although many consider Yuri a mixed-games specialist, this time he came out on top in a No-Limit Hold'em event. His opponents at the final table included Martin Kabrhel, Alex Foxen, and Alex Kulev. In heads-up play, Dzivielevski defeated the Netherlands' top player, Teun Mulder.

Unfortunately, the Brazilian will miss the Main Event. His wife is expecting their second child, who is due to be born in July.

Event #37: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

• 🏆 Winner: Nick Schulman
• 💰 Prize: $183,366
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 9♣ 7♠ 9♠ A♠ 4♥ Q♠ 3♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 780
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,035,450

Nick Schulman has now won WSOP events in four consecutive years, bringing his total bracelet count to eight. After his latest victory, the 41-year-old American said:

“I’ve dedicated most of my life to poker, and I feel like I’m only now reaching my peak. I don’t want to be one of those players who cling to past accomplishments, but I genuinely feel like I’m finally starting to realize my full potential.”

In his run to the title, Schulman spent most of the final table among the chip leaders. He eliminated Mike Wattel, Joe Brindle, and Jonathan Nebbout. In heads-up play against Clayton Mozdzen, Nick quickly built his advantage to a 5-to-1 chip lead. The Canadian managed to double up several times, but he was unable to turn the match around. During a round of Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, Schulman completed a flush on seventh street against his opponent’s trips to secure the victory.

Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship 7-Handed

• 🏆 Winner: Dong Chen
• 💰 Prize: $285,200
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ 4♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 121
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,125,300

Stephen Hubbard's example, after winning the Lowball event at the 2026 WSOP, showed that it always pays to try your hand at different poker variants. China's Dong Cheng took that lesson to heart during this year's series, deciding to learn Limit Hold'em and ultimately capturing a bracelet in the discipline. Cheng's first WSOP victory came in 2023, when he won a $10,000 High Roller event at WSOP Paradise.

The final stage of Event #38 featured a star-studded lineup that included Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Benny Glaser, and Jeremy Ausmus. For Cheng, however, the action did not come easy at this point in the tournament. Both at the start of play and later during four-handed action, he found himself at the bottom of the chip counts. However, Chen won several crucial pots against Jeremy Ausmus and Benny Glaser and had taken over the chip lead by the dinner break. The turning point came when he made a flush on the turn to eliminate Ausmus in third place.

Throughout heads-up play against Glaser, the Chinese player controlled the action. The biggest pot of the match saw Glaser lose with a flush against a full house that Chen completed on the river. In the very next hand, the Brit got the rest of his chips in holding T♣8♠ against Chen's A♠4♠. An eight on the flop put Glaser ahead, but the river once again favored Chen, completing his flush draw and securing the championship.

Event #39: $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Juan Rodriguez
• 💰 Prize: $673,011
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♣ 8♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 844
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,882,400

Juan Rodriguez started playing poker after moving to the United States. His biggest cash before the World Series of Poker 2026 was only $47,071. The Seniors High Roller victory instantly doubled his total winnings from a 20-year poker career.

On the tournament bubble, the Peruvian executed one of the most talked-about bluffs of the series. On the board 8♠ K♣ 10♦ 2♠ 7♥, Michael Rein, holding two top pairs, after a long decision folded the best hand to an all-in. Rodriguez showed A♦Q♦.

In heads-up play of Event #39, Juan faced Nariman Yaghmai, trailing in chips. But Rodriguez needed less than an hour to outplay his opponent. In the final hand, Rodriguez’s K♣8♣ was behind A♦3♥, but a king on the river gave him the winning pair and the title.

Event #40: $1,500 Razz

• 🏆 Winner: Sebastian Pauli
• 💰 Prize: $135,564
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ 2♥ 2♦ 3♠ 6♥ 6♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 519
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $688,972

Sebastian Pauli's last major tournament victory had come quite some time ago. Back in 2013, he reached the final table of a WSOP Razz event, but could only manage a fourth-place finish.

In 2026, the tournament attracted nearly twice as many entries as it had 13 years earlier. The most accomplished player at the final table was Dennis Weiss, who already owned three WSOP bracelets, including one won earlier during this year's series.

The heads-up battle between Pauli and Weiss lasted nearly five hours. The German gained a decisive chip advantage after winning a crucial pot with A-3-5-7-9 (nine-seven low). Weiss continued to fight for more than half an hour, but eventually lost his last chips in the final hand when his opponent made A-2-3-4-6 (six-four low), one of the strongest possible hands in Razz.

Event #41: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Adrian Mateos
• 💰 Prize: $4,334,411
• ❤️ Winning Hand: T♣ 2♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 56
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $13,720,000

Spain’s best player won his sixth bracelet, and for the second time Adrian Mateos became the champion of the most expensive event at the World Series of Poker. In 2021, the Super High Roller brought him $3,292,000.

Interestingly, Mateos showed resilience and made a re-entry at the end of the first day of play. At the final table, Adrian eliminated:

• Samuel Mullur (A♣8♣ vs T♣9♦ in the blinds),
• Jason Koon, holding with T♣T♠ against A♠K♥,
• Sean Winter (A♠A♦ vs A♣9♣ in the blinds).

His heads-up opponent, Bryn Kenney, had previously eliminated Phil Ivey in eighth place. The American entered heads-up play with a significant chip lead, but Mateos first won a big pot with a straight, then flopped two pair in the final hand to beat Kenney’s top pair and take the rest of his chips.

At the bracelet ceremony, Adrian said:

“This is my favorite tournament because of the structure and the buy-in. High buy-in events give me extra motivation.”

Event #42: $10,000 Big O Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Daniel Aharoni
• 💰 Prize: $861,287
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ T♠ T♦ 6♠ 4♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 456
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $4,240,800

Daniel Aharoni prefers cash games over tournaments and has not played at the WSOP for the past two years. However, his extensive experience in high-stakes games helped him take first place in the Big O Championship. The event attracted a strong field: in the top 10, only three players did not have bracelets.

Aharoni entered the final table with a massive stack and confidently made his way to heads-up against Aaron Kupin. Kupin managed to cut into the lead several times, but Aharoni quickly reestablished his advantage.

The key moment came when he made quad eights against his opponent’s full house, leaving Kupin short-stacked. In the decisive hand, Aaron got it in with a draw, but Aharoni’s pair of tens and his low combination held up.

Event #43: $800 8-Handed Deepstack No-Limit

• 🏆Winner: Matthew Moss
• 💰 Prize: $318,556
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♣ 9♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 3,903
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,732,100

British professional Matthew Moss has played very little over the past seven years. Last year he recorded a career-best cash of $520,000 in the Onyx Super High Roller Series $100K buy-in event, and now in Las Vegas he finished first in an $800 buy-in event.

Moss entered the final table of Event #43 with the second-largest stack and, over the course of the final table, lost only one major pot. In heads-up play against Daryl Ronconi, Matthew came in with a significant chip advantage. In the decisive hand, the European decided to call a preflop all-in with K♣9♠, while Ronconi held A♦6♦, but the dealer put a nine on the turn and then a king on the river.

Matthew Moss won his first bracelet. Prior to this, his best result at the World Series of Poker was 21st place in the Main Event in 2016.

Event #44: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Alex Foxen
• 💰 Prize: $594,246
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♣ 6♠
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 466
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $4,333,800

After three final tables at the World Series of Poker 2026, Alex Foxen secured his fourth bracelet. That brings the Foxen family total to ten WSOP titles combined. To catch up with the Mizrachi brothers, Alex and Kristen still need three more bracelets.

At the Event #44 final table, Foxen entered as the chip leader and eliminated six of his eight opponents. The most painful bustout in fifth place was Nazar Buhaiov, whose pocket aces ran into 7♣8♣. The American’s straight draw didn’t complete, but an eight on the turn gave him full house.

In heads-up play, Yixi Tang managed to put up a strong fight against the American and doubled up several times, but Foxen first picked off a bluff and then, in the final hand, turned top pair to close out the tournament and secure the victory.

Event #45: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

• 🏆 Winner: Eddie Blumenthal
• 💰 Prize: $248,545
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♥ Q♥ 8♦ 4♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 587
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,306,075

Almost all of Eddie Blumenthal’s tournament earnings throughout his career have come in Hold’em events. For example, his career-best cash of $334,756 came in 2011 when he finished runner-up in a $1,500 WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event. However, he captured his first bracelet in a Mixed Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo tournament.

Blumenthal entered the final nine with the second-largest stack, although the gap between him and two other contenders was minimal. He quickly took over the chip lead and eliminated four opponents in succession. Over the next several hours, however, players were reluctant to bust, and large stacks repeatedly changed hands around the table.

At that point, Nikolai Fal became the key player at the table. He collected the chips of two opponents and pushed the tournament into heads-up play. The final duel was dominated by The final duel was dominated by Blumenthal, who did not lose a single major pot during the half-hour match. In the final hand, he rivered trip queens while also making a qualifying low, scooping the pot to secure the title.

Event #48: $10,000 Razz Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Calvin Anderson
• 💰 Prize: $357,026
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ 4♠ 5♣ 7♠ 8♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 155
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,441,500

Calvin Anderson became the fourth player at WSOP 2026 to win a sixth career bracelet. Interestingly, the American had already won the Razz Championship back in 2018.

The final table of Event #48 lasted more than 11 hours, and Anderson started it as the chip leader. Up to the final four, he did not make a single elimination, but his chip lead kept growing.

Eric Rodawig, a well-known professional player and financial analyst, was unable to win a single major pot against Calvin in heads-up play. In the final hand, a jack on fifth street severely weakened Rodawig’s hand, while his opponent picked up a seven and improved to A♦ 4♠ 5♣ 7♠ 8♥.