Daniel Negreanu's Day Off: We've got a rare off-the-table vlog from Negreanu today. It might not be as exciting or action-packed as previous episodes, but everyone needs a day off here or there. 

It starts with a trip to the spa – off-camera, thankfully – before a stop for a sandwich and then lots of hanging on the couch at home. Plus, a little look back on one of the key hands he played during Day 1 of the Main Event. 

Negreanu returns to action later today in Day 2D of the Main Event – so we can expect a big one tomorrow.

WSOP Day 43: We're getting down to the wire here, but the best has yet to come. 

The WSOP Main Event rolls on today. 3,638 survivors from Day 1D will return for Day 2D action at 11:00am local time. It's last call for any stragglers as late registration will officially close at the start of Level 8. The late registrants are already piling in – so expect that overall entrant tally to climb over the first four hours of play. 

Taylor von Kriegenbergh holds the chip lead to start after bagging up 312.8K (391 BBs) – but it's a long day ahead. 

Taylor von Kriegenbergh.

[Matthew Berglund]

If you put together a team for our Main Event Pick 3 competition, now's the time to start paying attention. We'll bring you all the big news from the Main Event as soon as cards are in the air. 

And elsewhere in the Paris and Horseshoe ballrooms, players will take their seats for Day 1C of the $600 Ultra Stack. 

Day 2ABC of the Main Event in the bags: Phil Hellmuth stole the spotlight on the feature table, Mike Matusow picked up a one-orbit penalty, and Michael Mizrachi is threatening to go back-to-back. Read our full report.

Hellmuth bites, Matusow gets one-orbit penalty as Main Event goes old school Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow rolled back the years on Day 2ABC of the WSOP Main Event, with table drama, a one-orbit penalty and more.

Dave Woods / July 7, 2026

Nicholas Rigby eliminated: He had his time on the feature table today but he couldn't get anything going – and not for want of trying. The Main Event will miss him. 

Hayley Hochstetler

Old school vs. new school: Phil Hellmuth was regaling his table with a story about his son Nick, who's sharing a table with old-school legend Freddy Deeb.

"Who's Freddy Deeb?" asked a player on his table. "Shaun's brother or son or something?"

Hellmuth also revealed he got 25 minutes of REM sleep during the dinner break and is feeling good.

Freddy Deeb. (Not Shaun's brother or son.)

Martin Kabrhel on the Countdown Show: If you want to know what was going on in that video of him eating... now's your chance. Kabrhel also talks about his critics and how he and Daniel Negreanu are after exchanging words during the $250K Super High Roller.

Michael Mizrachi doubles up: The 2026 champion was all-in and at risk against Alexander Queen. Mizrachi had the best of it with kings against jacks and held to double up. "First all-in of the tournament," Mizrachi said with a smile as he stacked his newly won 143,400-chip stack.

Michael Mizrachi.

Omar Sader

Main Event on dinner break: 1,823 players remain and will return after dinner to play two more levels today. Notable Day 2ABC eliminations include Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Koon and Faraz Jaka.

Antonio Esfandiari.

Late registration closed on Day 2ABC: 312 players have entered today to bring the total field to 8,482 – including 93 players who have already registered for Day 2D. That means we're almost certainly looking at a drop from last year's 9,735 entries, though the field still looks set to surpass 9,000 players.

Vamos Espana: Earlier today in Dallas, Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup – defeating neighboring Portugal in a 1-0 nail biter. 

Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, Spanish footballing legend and poker enthusiast Gerard Pique is battling it out on Day 2ABC of the Main Event. 

While his countrymen were winning on the pitch, the former Barcelona defender was dragging pots at the poker table – and chipping up nicely to take his stack to 145K (120 BBs). 

Gerard Pique.

Day 2ABC reaches second break, late registration nears close: With the end of play in Level 7, the 2,162 remaining players are off for the break – and late registration will close when they return to the table. 

Main Event Champs still in it: The 7 WSOP Main Event winners in the Day 2ABC field are all still kicking. 

Michael Mizrachi.

Omar Sader

Here's an update on their chip counts (according to the WSOP app) as the second level of the day gets underway: 

• Mizrachi: 145.3K (145 BBs)
• Cada: 133.6K (133 BBs)
• Raymer: 231.0K (231 BBs)
• Merson: 97.0K (97 BBs)
• Weinman: 62.0K (62 BBs)
• Hellmuth: 153.3K (153 BBs)
• Salas: 92.7K (92 BBs)

How big is the 2026 Main Event going to get? 8,077 players have entered across all the Day 1 flights. Late reg is open until the end of Level 7 today (around 3:45pm) and again on Day 2D tomorrow. Last year, 1,041 players entered across the two Day 2s – 265 on Day 2ABC and 776 on day 2D. After just 30 minutes of play today, we've already had 194 players join the fray. 

Hayley Hochstetler

7 Main Event Champions are in the mix on Day 2ABC: We've got a host of poker royalty in today's Main Event field – including Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cada, Greg Raymer, Greg Merson, Daniel Weinman, Phil Hellmuth, and Damian Salas. 

Phil Hellmuth.

Hayley Hochstetler

Here's a look at each of their chip counts, as reported by the WSOP app. 

• Mizrachi: 94.3K (117 BBs)
• Cada: 133.6K (167 BBs)
• Raymer: 122.3K (152 BBs)
• Merson: 81.2K (101 BBs)
• Weinman: 79.3K (66 BBs)
• Hellmuth: 60K (75 BBs)
• Salas: 54.8K (68 BBs)

Is someone cutting onions?: These are the Main Event stories we love to report on – even if they're serious tear-jerkers. 

Fallen friend's final wish sends home game winner to WSOP Main Event Nason Weller is honoring a fallen friend's wish with a ticket to the $10,000 Main Event.

Mike Patrick / July 6, 2026

Negreanu in the Main: It was a long and slow road for 'Kid Poker' on Day 1D of the Main Event – but he bagged up chips and that's all that matters. Roll the tape below to see how it went. 

After a day off today, Negreanu will return to battle it out on Day 2D on Tuesday. 

ACR Poker is 25 years old: To celebrate the milestone there's $15M GTD across two Venom tournaments this summer, PLO and NLH, including $12M in the hold'em event alone.

Both are mystery bounty tourneys with some juicy goodies in there. The starting gun fires on August 13 - more below.

ACR Poker celebrates 25th anniversary with $15M GTD Venom ACR Poker marks its quarter-centenary with the biggest Venom tournaments yet.

Adam Hampton / July 6, 2026

WSOP Day 42: Here's a quick rundown of what's on the docket for today as the summer series approaches its end. 

Following a massive turnout on Day 1D, the Main Event now rolls on to action in Day 2ABC. With late registration still open, the entry numbers should continue to rise over the next two days. We'll bring you all the latest as soon as cards are in the air at 11:00am local time. 

While everyone's focus is on the Main Event – rightfully so – the $600 Ultra Stack NLH also continues today with action in Day 1B, starting at 10:00am local time. 

Sorted your free Pick 3 team for the WSOP Main Event? Make sure you save your team by 11am PT on Monday! You could win a $5K trip to play the Moneymaker Poker Tour in Aruba this September.

Need some last minute tips? Here are 5 players from Day 1D who not only have the skills to go all the way, but also the chips.

Last call for our WSOP Pick 3 contest! 5 hot prospects from Day 1D The final starting flight of the WSOP Main Event has seen some more big names advance to Day 2. Who should you add to your Pick 3 team?

Adam Hampton / July 6, 2026

Curtains for Day 1D. It was a big one. A very big one. And this one had it all. Negreanu, Deeb, and more than 4,600 players. 

Our story:

Pocket aces boost Negreanu late on giant Day 1D at WSOP Main Event Daniel Negreanu and Shaun Deeb led a double feature of livestream tables on Day 1D of the 2026 WSOP Main Event.

Matt Hansen / July 6, 2026

The WSOP will return on Monday with Day 2ABC. 

One level more. Another day, another destiny. Day 1D of the WSOP Main Event is about to walk off on its final break of the night. There are 4,648 entries on the tournament clock, and around 3,964 players remain. 

Spotted near the top of the counts? Chris 'Big Huni' Hunichen with around 235K. 

Day 1D in 4K. The fourth and final flight of the WSOP Main Event crossed the 4,000-player mark prior to the second break of the day. We'll play three more two-hour levels before it's all done. 

Keep an eye out for our guy Lefty:

‘Like I’m playing a $200 nightly’ – 'Lefty' gets hot early in the WSOP ME PokerOrg's own Chis 'Lefty' Land discusses how to get off to a good start in the Main Event.

Mike Patrick / July 5, 2026

Day 1D swelling. The first level of the day clicked by and more than 1,000 people added themselves to the Main Event in that two-hour stretch. 

The breaktime total peaked above 3,440, and it will grow all day. 

Negreanu in for Main Event Day 1D from the start: There aren't many tournaments that Negreanu is in his seat from the very first shuffle – the Main Event is one of them. We're expecting a very busy day today and 2,596 players are already registered, with 15 minutes on the clock. How big will it get?

Shuffle up and deal. Day 1D is big. Very big. It's going to fill every corner of Paris and Horseshoe, so bring your patience. 0% chance you end up in an old bowling alley. 

2,444 players were set to go when the countdown clock struck 00:00, and it's going to get a lot bigger than that. 

Playing Day 1 of the Main? Here's some timely advice from some top pros on how to make Day 2.

Ask the pros: How to survive Day 1 of the WSOP Main Event We wanted to know how to survive day one of the WSOP Main Event, so we asked the pros.

Craig Tapscott / July 5, 2026

New rules? Forget Dua Lipa; Justin Hammer and the Tournament Directors Association have been busy working through the nuts and bolts of poker tournaments at the TDA Summit.

And a few things are changing, like:

• Chips must be stacked in piles of 20.
• All-in? Put in all your chips or none, nothing in between.
• Passive action out-of-turn can't become aggressive if action changes.
• Smart glasses likely to be banned.

Justin breaks it all down for you, below.

Everything the TDA Summit changed (and the one new rule I hate) Tournament Director Justin Hammer reviews the changes and edits to the tournament rules at the recent TDA Summit in Las Vegas during the WSOP.

Justin Hammer / July 5, 2026

Telling a poker player to 'work on your mindset' is like telling an athlete, 'get fitter'. Vague, generic and impractical.

Instead, as psychologist Paul Gibbons writes in the latest edition of 'The Modern Psychology of Poker', you should be identifying which areas of your mental game need work, and focusing up.

Full article below.

The Modern Psychology of Poker: ‘Mindset’ is for fish 'Work on your mindset' is advice that's too broad to be useful, says psychologist Paul Gibbons. Instead, break your mental game into components and fix what's actually broken.

Paul Gibbons / July 5, 2026

One more Day 1 to go in the Main: Sunday is Day 1D of the WSOP $10K Main Event and your last chance to get in on the ground floor.

Registration stays open until the end of level 7 in Day 2, though. With Day 2s running on both Monday and Tuesday, that means the latest possible moment to enter should be around 3:40pm PT on Tuesday afternoon.

If you do, you'll start with a stack of 60,000 and blinds of 600/1200 with a 1200 big blind ante.

Still, plenty of time to shake off any July 4 hangovers.

Here's what's taking place at the WSOP on Sunday, July 5.

• 10am: $600 Ultra Stack NLH Day 1A
• 11am: $1,000 NLH final day
• 11am: $10,000 Main Event Day 1D

Justin Fawcett closes out the $1,500 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot: In a late finish on Saturday night, Fawcett defeated Abdul Amer heads-up to win the $322,564 first prize.

1. Justin Fawcett: $322,564
2. Abdul Amer: $214,946
3. Hok Lee: $153,802
4. Julio Trimmer: $111,414
5. Antoine Labat: $81,720
6. Daniel Walmsley: $60,701
7. Paul Fehlig: $45,669
8. Jesse Lonis: $34,806

Justin Fawcett.

Omar Sader

How do you have a great Main Event when you've been running bad all summer?

There's no magic bullet, but psychologist Alan Longo has some ideas that can help.

Variance doesn't care that it's the Main Event Having a bad series? You might be focusing on the wrong things, says psychologist Alan Longo.

Alan Longo / July 5, 2026

Toby Price wins $800 Summer Celebration ($500,000): Deniz Oeney couldn't find a way back to parity heads-up and Price has won his first WSOP bracelet.  

53 players survive Day 1 of $1K NLH: Former Main Event champ Greg Merson will come back tomorrow to play for the bracelet and $219,391 first prize. 

$800 Summer Celebration – Michael Moncek eliminated in 3rd ($240,000): Winning $240K from an $800 buy-in would be the stuff of celebration for almost everyone, but Texas Mike will have had his heart set on the bracelet here. Toby Price is now the big chip leader heads-up vs. Deniz Oeney. 

Michael Moncek.

Hayley Hochstetler

Dinner break on Day 1C of the Main Event: The field is up to 1,530, with 1,389 still playing. The players will return at 6:45pm to play the final two levels of the night. Chris Brewer has broken the six-figure mark with 102K.

Chris Brewer.

Monique Marestein

Unofficial final table set in $1,500 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot: Timothy Frazin was eliminated in 10th ($21,033).

1. Abdul Amer: 10.4M
2. Julio Trimmer: 8M
3. Paul Fehlig: 5.3M
4. Daniel Walmsley: 5.3M 
5. Hok Lee: 4.3M 
6. Antoine Labat: 2.9M
7. Justin Fawcett: 2.6M
8. Jesse Lonis: 1.4M
9. Jean-Marc Thomas: 650K

Myles Mullaly wins $5K Super Turbo Bounty: It didn't take long but it didn't go the way we thought it would. Mullaly came back from a huge chip deficit heads-up to claim his first gold bracelet and $593,601. Pete Chen is second for $395,664. 

Myles Mullaly.

Heads-up in the $5K Super Turbo Bounty: Pete Chen has a monster chip lead, with 52.2 million against Myles Mullaly's 8.5 million. Blinds are 500K/1M so this may not last long. 

ESPN stream starts at 5pm: Action from Day 1C of the Main Event starts in 20 minutes. If you're outside of the US you can watch in certain locations (including UK and Canada) on the WSOP YouTube channel for free.

Hayley Hochstetler

Registration closed in Event 85, $1,000 NLH: There are 582 players left from a total field of 1,735, with a total prize pool of $1,526,800. Antonio Subire is the chip leader. 

Nicholas Palma going deep in BetMGM Championship: Over at Aria, Nicky P is currently fourth with just 18 left and $801,000 up top. Get all the live updates on Instant Live . 

Nick Palma.

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