There's more than just bracelets on the line today.
USA vs. Australia kicks off in about half an hour, someone say a prayer for Platt.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
High Stakes Live back on the air tonight, live from the WSOP.
It's going to be a big night in Las Vegas.
Daniel Negreanu's latest vlog has just hit YouTube. In this one, Negreanu does battle in the $25K PLO High Roller – but it doesn't exactly go according to plan.
Here's what to expect when today's WSOP livestreams kick off at 6:00PM PT.
The $10,000 Mystery Bounty NLH plays down to a winner today – and that's a lock to feature on the stream.
Hopefully the cameras can bring us action from one of the tables in the $3,000 Nine Game Mix. Shaun Deeb holds a massive chip lead and is looking to improve on an uncharacteristically cold summer.
Hayley Hochstetler
And with only 25 players remaining in the $1,000 Seniors Championship, is it too much to ask for a little coverage of that event? Don't worry, we won't tell Jared Bleznick.
It's another Friday at the WSOP – here's what to expect from the day.
The $1,000 Seniors Championship restarts action with 25 players remaining. Homan Mohammadi leads the chips counts.
The $25,000 PLO High Roller is down to just five remaining players. Eelis Parssinen, the Finnish four-card phenom, leads the pack with $2.1M up top for the eventual winner.
Jess Beck
In the $10,000 Mystery Bounty NLH, Alex Anton leads over a field of nine remaining players, followed closely by WSOP Circuit crusher Josh Reichard.
Is today the day Shaun Deeb breaks free of his curse ? We'll see, but it's looking good for the American as he holds a commanding lead over the remaining 21 players in the $3,000 9-Game Mix headed into the final stretch of play.
We'll see Day 2 action in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. With 69 players remaining, the chip counts read like a who's who list of mixed game masters. Here's a few names still in the mix: Jesse Lonis, Scott Seiver, Patrick Leonard, Viktor Blom, Jennifer Harman, Chris Vitch, Nick Schulman, and Brian Rast.
The $1,500 5-Card PLO rolls on to Day 2 as well. Japan's Suguru Nakajima leads the 76 remaining players.
And last but certainly not least, the $50,000 High Roller PLO kicks off today – expect many familiar faces in the mix there.
And Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow is getting the meltdown party started.
Hey, at least Shaun Deeb got a pass this time.
Who's up next on the meltdown schedule?
According to Josh Arieh, we've reached the point in the summer where the majority of players at the WSOP are buried.
Apparently the meltdowns should follow soon – stay tuned here for any and all Twitter freak-outs.
The WSOP $25K PLO High Roller will crown a winner on Friday.
5 of 451 players are still in with a shot, although Finland's Eelis Pärssinen has more than half the chips in play. Here's a quick guide to who's who on the final table.
Looking to sell some action in the WSOP Main Event?
Aaron Barone might take a piece. The 888Poker Stream Teamer says he's looking to buy from his followers on social media, and is looking for "a lot of 5% ish pieces" rather than taking 1 or 2 players for 50%.
Mocktails FTW?
A Reddit post is heating up that asks the question: What drinks can you order at the table that resemble alcoholic drinks?
If you're not factoring your choice of beverage into your table image, are you costing yourself EV (expected value), or EV (Eristoff Vodka)?
It's Day 25 of the 2026 WSOP. If you're tired, we get it.
But handling fatigue is one of the key skills you're going to have to master. That's why we've got two fresh new articles looking at that very topic, from authors Jason Su (The Joy of Poker) and Alex Fitzgerald (The 100 Biggest Mistakes That Poker Players Make). Perfect bedtime reading.
'Changing the course of poker history'? Eagle-eyed David Lappin spotted that the dealer made a boo-boo in the final hand of the WSOP COLOSSUS.
As most will know, when players are heads-up the first card goes to the player NOT on the button. That error meant the hands were switched, and all the chips went in as 88 met AK. It would prove to be a decisive hand.
Shaun Deeb back on top: He's endured the worst WSOP of his life after being cursed by WWE wrestler Danhausen. Before today, he'd managed just one cash despite firing well over 60 bullets. But he's now bagged by far the biggest stack in the $3K Nine Game Mixed event – 3.5 million, compared to 1.7 million for David Williams in second. There are 21 remaining, and it resumes at 1pm on Friday when they'll play to a winner.
David Baker – one for the good guys.
Homan Mohammadi leads final 25 of the Seniors. It's an early restart for them tomorrow at 11am PT – and it could be an early finish as they don't play to a winner until Saturday.
69 players bag Day 1 of the $10K H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Jason Daly has the biggest stack (460K), Jesse Lonis is third (298K), while Patrick Leonard, Viktor Blom and Jennifer Harman also bag above average stacks. Day 2 starts at 1pm PT on Friday, and late reg shuts after the first level.
Marco Johnson wins the $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em event for $513,885! He beat Chino Rheem heads-up. Hold fire for a full report.
Alex Foxen busts $25K PLO in 7th ($267,993). Matthew Costanzo also hit the rail before play wrapped up, leaving five players battling for the $25K High Roller PLO title on Friday.
- Eelis Paerssinen – 36,725,000
- Levon Khachatryan – 20,100,000
- Aaron Mermelstein – 5,300,000
- Sergio Martinez – 4,225,000
- Jeremy Druckman – 2,850,000
$10K Mystery Bounty bags for the night: Could tomorrow be the day Josh Reichard wins his first WSOP bracelet? Expect a big rail for this one. Play resumes at 3:30pm PT, with the livestream starting at 6pm.
- Alex Anton – 6,600,000
- Josh Reichard – 6,555,000
- Kent Stephens – 5,490,000
- Jovan Kenjic – 5,300,000
- Vadzim Lipauka – 2,540,000
- Julien Sitbon – 2,140,000
- Champie Douglas – 1,950,000
- Jakob Miegel – 1,865,000
- Gregor Sverko – 1,050,000
Josh Arieh just wants to be the escrow.
Igor Kurganov sees things differently.
The Hellmuth debate rumbles on. Is 1.4 crazy? Is Hellmuth less ambassadorial because of it?
$2,500 Freezeout: Faraz Jaka eliminated in 4th ($180,210). Marco Johnson has the lead, with Kezno Ishida in second and Chino Rheem playing the short stack. There's $513,885 and a bracelet waiting for the winner.
$25K PLO down to the final table. And the nine players have been moved to the TV stage, which means all reporting is now delayed by two-and-a-half hours. Here's the lineup:
- Eelis Parssinen – 15,200,000
- Levon Khachatryan – 10,405,000
- Alex Foxen – 9,420,000
- Sergio Martinez – 8,805,000
- Matthew Costanzo – 8,730,000
- Aaron Mermelstein – 4,370,000
- Jeremy Druckman – 4,345,000
- Richard Gryko – 3,825,000
- Brevin Andreadis– 2,560,000
$10K Mystery Bounty Day 2 now on the livestream. Ren Lin, Adrian Mateos and Kristen Foxen are still in with a shot at the $678,300 first prize. But not the jackpot $250K bounty – that's been pulled by Croatian Gregor Sverko.
Maria Ho is here! This is your 10-minute countdown to the Countdown show.
Have you been following PokerOrg's Dealer Diary series ? Christopher Keem's firsthand account of life as a dealer at the WSOP makes for great reading and offers a perspective most poker fans and players take for granted. Photographer Jess Beck has also captured some great shots of our man in action.
Huge bet confirmed for Main Event: Phil Hellmuth is taking his son's action in a bet vs. Shaun Deeb and Jason Mo. If his son doesn't cash in the Main Event, Hellmuth owes Deeb and Mo $14,000. If he cashes, they owe how much he cashes for. First prize is likely to be $10 million. Which side would you want to be on?
JRB on the WSOP Countdown show: You can watch him answer the important questions at 6:30pm PT, ahead of the $10K Mystery Bounty stream.
Down to 10 in the $2,500 Freezeout NLH. And all the players are on the same table for the first time. Faraz Jaka doesn't have the chip lead any more, but he does have the balloons.
- Kenzo Ishida – 10.3M
- Marco Johnson – 8.8M
- Sebastian Schulze – 8.4M
- Chino Rheem – 6.9M
- Pyeongkang Kim – 5.3M
- Srivinay Irrinki – 4.2M
- Faraz Jaka – 3.8M
- Sebastien Grax – 3.1M
- Vamerdino Magsakay – 2.4M
- Elliot Smith – 1.6M
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
Can Foxen win all the cash too? It might depend on how deep he goes in the $25K PLO – set to end tomorrow – but Alex Foxen is currently headlining the High Stakes Live cash stream at the WSOP on Friday night, along with Nik Airball, Rampage and Santhosh Suvarna. Set your alarm for 9pm PT.
The $10K Mystery Bounty is your WSOP livestream today. Play is already underway, and the remaining players will be moved to the TV stage within the hour. With the delayed broadcast in effect, the stream starts at 7pm PT.
Foxen breaks 10M barrier: Alex Foxen is the first player into eight figures in the $25K PLO after eliminating fellow Chip Leader Coaching coach and co-founder Chance Kornuth. 20 left.
Big bounties in play today: How big and how many? Kevmath has the answer.
A huge hand played out at the end of the $2,500 Freezeout last night. Faraz Jaka got it in good and held through a pretty wild runout to bag the overnight chip lead. The $2,500 Freezeout NLH is back underway.
Narrator: Daniel Negreanu didn’t go all the way: He’s just been eliminated from the $25K PLO by his 2026 WSOP nemesis Alex Foxen. Full story to follow.
Irish Open Sydney schedule released: The Irish Open is going Down Under August 31 to September 14, with more than 40 tournaments across 15 days of action. Check out the full schedule here.
Win your seat in the 2026 WSOP Main Event: You'll need to subscribe to the WSOP YouTube channel to enter.
More details from Loni Hui: The auto shuffler incident was in the $10K Mystery Bounty event.
Daniel Negreanu promises to go "all the way" in $25k PLO: Watch his recap of Day 2 in the new vlog. "20 big blinds is heaps in PLO," Negreanu says. "They're not going to get these chips from me. We're going to be okay, we're going to go all the way."
One answer to the auto shuffler incident at the WSOP.
Fantasy Freeroll scores updated! And there's a new team on top , courtesy of Alex Foxen and Calvin Anderson's bracelet in the $10K Razz Championship last night.
Mike Patrick was covering that historic win in Las Vegas – read more below.
More on the automatic shuffler controversy at the WSOP: Loni Hui backs up the Sammartino post.
Faraz Jaka looking for his second bracelet today. He's bagged the chip lead with 28 left in Event #49: $2,500 Freezeout NLH. They'll play down to a winner today.
WSOP controversy incoming? The 2026 WSOP has been light on drama so far, but Dario Sammartino has posted details of a potential issue with an automatic shuffler (via David Lappin) that is already raising eyebrows.
Alex Foxen leads $25K High Roller 8-Handed PLO: He's top of the WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard, and he's got piles of chips here – 6.3 million compared to 4.3 million for Chenxiang Miao in second. Just 31 remain and they'll play to the final table tonight.
Foxen isn't the only big name still in the hunt, with plenty of fantasy players chasing big scores. Read Matt Hansen's full Day 2 recap for all the action.
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