The champs are here: We've got 12 former WSOP Main Event Champions still in the hunt as Day 3 nears kick off – check out their stack sizes below.
ICYMI: Day 2D of the Main Event played out yesterday. If you missed out on the livestream coverage on ESPN – check out the highlights below.
Daniel Negreanu's Main Event misery: "I've been playing the Main Event since 1998. This might be the most miserable one," he said in his latest vlog.
Roll the tape to find out why.
WSOP Day 44: Here's what's happening in Las Vegas today.
When play resumes in the WSOP Main Event later today at 11:00am local time, the 3,294 players still in the hunt will converge into a single Day 3 field.
The $600 Ultra Stack NLH begins Day 2 play at 1:00pm local time with 603 players advancing from the three Day 1 starting flights.
Day 1B in the $1,000 Mystery Bounty PLO kicks off at 10:00am local time. On Day 1A, 1,922 players entered, but only 288 put chips in the bag for Day 2.
At the same time, Day 1A of the $300 Gladiators of Poker NLH kicks off – expect a massive field and plenty of carnage.
And, last but not least, we'll see Day 1A action in the $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship NLH.
Before there were PLO solvers, there was 'JNANDEZ'.
Noted Omaha player, coach and author Fernando 'JNANDEZ' Habegger joins us for the latest edition of PokerOrg's The Interview.
Full video + podcast links in the article below.
Is playing the WSOP Main Event on your bucket list? It was for Catherine Scoville, and thanks to a year-long contest with the Ladies Poker Collective at ClubGG, she did it. The price paid for her $10K seat? $550.
Story below.
Who got selected the most times in our WSOP Pick 3 contest? Check our rundown of the top 5 below, as well as how they're each doing so far in the Main Event.
Hint: They're not all still in.
More on this and all the biggest stories from Tuesday in our full Day 2D roundup, below.
Day 2D of the Main Event comes to an end: The stream is still going but the players have bagged. Hold fire for our full report ahead of the field combining for Day 3 tomorrow.
Why did Amit Agarwal keep stepping away from the WSOP Main Event? He watched Obsession twice and played his first session of $4/$8 limit while his stack was blinding away. Why? We had to find out – check out our interview below.
Liv Boeree and Isai Scheinberg eliminated: They both entered today and Boeree built up a bit of a stack before coming unstuck with jacks against kings. Scheinberg has also hit the rail, but there are some other 2026 Hall of Fame nominees still grinding Day 2D.
Shaun Deeb eliminates David Costabile: You might know him as Wags from Billions, but David Costabile's Main Event run has come to an end. Deeb got the better of a flip with 
, improving to beat Costabile's pocket fives. Deeb is up to 245,500.
Here comes the money: The Main Event payouts have been revealed on the WSOP app and announced in the tournament rooms.
The 9,208-entrant field generated a prize pool of $85,634,400 and 1,382 places will be paid a minimum cash of $15,000 – but everyone's chasing the $10,000,000 first-place prize.
For the nine players who make the final table, a seven-figure score awaits – see the exact figures below.
Spin up. Leave. Watch a movie. Play $4/$8 limit. Return: It sounds like an absurdist performance art piece, but Amit Agarwal is tackling the WSOP Main Event in the most unorthodox way imaginable: play like a maniac, build a stack, then head off for a movie and a workout. Strange but true – and we're here for it.
Notable stacks on dinner break:
There have been some notable eliminations too:
Will Kassouf is in the house: He's got 110K at the dinner break, down from a peak of 150K. The WSOP appears to have learned its lesson from last year and is keeping him away from the feature tables – for now, anyway.
It won't be Daniel Negreanu's year either: No set-over-set shenanigans here but the result was the same.
Jonathan Tamayo won't be winning the 2026 Main Event: The 2024 champ flopped a set but his opponent flopped a bigger one.
Alex Foxen, Shaun Deeb and Viktor Blom all on stream: They're not at the same table, unfortunately, but you can watch them all on the WSOP livestream, which starts on ESPN+ in 30 minutes. If you're outside the US, you can watch for free on the WSOP YouTube channel.
2026 WSOP Main Event is fourth-biggest: 9,208 players paid $10,000 to enter the Main Event for a shot at what is likely to be a $10 million first prize. That's well short of the record field set in 2024, but it still ranks as the fourth-biggest of all time.
Phil Ivey has entered the Main Event: He'll have a 50 big blind stack to play with when Level 8 starts.
Day 2D of Main Event on its second break of the day: And that means we're counting down the last 20 minutes of late registration. The field is up to 9,161 and there's still no sign of Phil Ivey. Will he max late reg? We'll find out shortly.
Isai Scheinberg enters the Main Event: The PokerStars founder and 2026 Hall of Fame nominee is in the field and looking for his fourth WSOP cash, 30 years after his first in 1996.
9,000 and counting in the Main Event: There's still almost three hours of late reg left and the Main Event field is now up to 9,007. Gus Hansen, Nick Schulman and Liv Boeree all entered this morning. It was a quick Main Event for Hansen, who's out already.
We've got cards in the air: The WSOP Main Event Day 2D action is underway in Las Vegas – and the registration numbers are climbing as latecomers flock to the tables.
WSOP Main Event Day 2ABC highlights: If you missed last night's livestreamed coverage, check out all the must-see moments below.
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.
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.
Event #87: $1K Mystery Bounty PLO Day 1A starts today at 1pm. There's a second Day 1 flight tomorrow and the field will combine to play to a winner on Thursday.
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.
Liv and Igor are here! Look who's arrived just in time to late reg Day 2D of the WSOP Main Event tomorrow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Rigby on the spin up: It was a tough start to the day for the Main Event maverick – but he's back on the right path now.
Main Event Champs still in it: The 7 WSOP Main Event winners in the Day 2ABC field are all still kicking.
Here's an update on their chip counts (according to the WSOP app) as the second level of the day gets underway:
WSOP Main Event success by first name: PokerGO's Tim Duckworth is bringing us the statistical analysis we didn't know we needed.
For any poker players with a baby on the way, take note.
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.
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.
Here's a look at each of their chip counts, as reported by the WSOP app.
Is someone cutting onions?: These are the Main Event stories we love to report on – even if they're serious tear-jerkers.
Main Event satellite flips still running throughout the day: If you're not in the mix already and you're feeling lucky, this could be your way into the Main Event for just $160.
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.
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.
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:
The WSOP will return on Monday with Day 2ABC.
