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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Here we go, WSOP Day 29: It's another action-packed day in Las Vegas, here's what to expect.
The $1,500 Millionaire Maker will play down to a winner later today. Michael Monroig leads the final nine.
We'll also see a winner crowned in the $1,000 PLO – 23 remain, but only one will claim the bracelet. Daniel Hachem, son of 2005 Main Event winner Joe Hachem, remains in the hunt.
The $50,000 Poker Players Championship won't crown a winner today, but if you're looking for a sweat – this is the tournament to keep an eye on. Both Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth remain in the hunt with 15 players remaining.
Hayley Hochstetler
The $1,000 Super Seniors is down to 103 remaining hopefuls following Day 2 play yesterday. Kelley Slay leads the pack headed into Day 3.
With 34 players remaining, the $2,500 NLH will play down to a winner tonight.
After a slow start to registration, the $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH drew a field of 140 entrants. Only 60 of those remain in the hunt, but registration remains open until Level 12. There's no shortage of notable names in this one and they're all looking up at chip leader Juha Helppi.
We'll also see Day 2 action in the $1,500 Freezeout NLH.
And, last but not least, we've got two events kicking off today – the $1,000 Tag Team NLH and the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Championship.
How many WSOP bracelets do the final 15 players in the PPC have between them?
- Phil Hellmuth: 17
- Phil Ivey: 11
- Benny Glaser: 8
- Josh Arieh: 7
- Jason Mercier: 6
- Nick Guagenti: 3
- Paul Volpe: 3
- Alex Livingstone: 2
- Chris Brewer: 2
- Jesse Lonis: 2
- Kristopher Tong: 1
- Maxx Coleman: 1
- Chris Hunichen: 1
- Maksim Pisarenko: 1
- Roy Thung: 0
We count an incredible 65 bracelets (or 4.3 bracelets per player)!
Could Phil Ivey or Phil Hellmuth take down one of the most prestigious poker tournaments in the world? The $50K Poker Players Championship is down to 15, and could be one to remember.
Who's who at the Milly Maker final table? Find out who has a WSOP bracelet already, and who has a best tournament cash of just $7K.
Benny Glaser tops final 15 in $50K PPC: Three days down, two to go, and the UK's mixed game master is in the driving seat.
Here are the stacks heading into Wednesday's Day 4. All are in the money with at least $102K locked up, while $1.3M awaits the winner.
- Benny Glaser - 4.7M
- Paul Volpe - 4M
- Kristopher Tong - 3.3M
- Nick Guagenti - 2.8M
- Josh Arieh - 2.6M
- Phil Ivey - 2.5M
- Alex Livingston - 2.5M
- Jason Mercier - 2.1M
- Maxx Coleman - 1.7M
- Chris Brewer - 1.5M
- Chris Hunichen - 1.5M
- Roy Thung - 1M
- Jesse Lonis - 840K
- Phil Hellmuth - 545K
- Maksim Pisarenko - 135K
The final table of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker is set: We'll take a deeper dive shortly, but here's who will return on Wednesday to play for the big bucks.
Blinds will be 600K/1.2M with a 1.2M big blind ante.
- Michael Monroig - 73.9M
- Joseph Baghdalian - 52.3M
- Joseph Liberta - 46.4m
- Alex Kim - 32.7M
- Bradley Gafford - 25.5M
- Halford Fairchild - 24.7M
- Yifu He - 15.1M
- Garry Gurevich - 13M
- Jacob Gagnon - 10.6M
Bryce Yockey bubbles the $50K Poker Players Championship: We're in the money with 70 minutes left on the final level of the night. Yockey is out in 18th and all players are now guaranteed at least $100,934.
Maher Achour leads final 34 in $2,500 NLH: But there's mixed news for the remaining fantasy sweats. Martin Kabrhel (below) was eliminated in 38th ($14,036), while Josh Reichard (10th – 1.6M), Aaron Kupin (28th – 880K) and Blaz Zerjav (29th – 720K) all survive, with the field bonus kicking in at 27. Play restarts Wednesday at 12pm.
Hayley Hochstetler
Daniel Negreanu bags in $25K High Roller PLO/NLH: Finnish old-schooler Juha Helppi leads the way, with Naoya Kihara looking for his third braclet of the summer in third.
Chance Kornuth (10th), Jeremy Ausmus (14th), Negreanu (24th), Dan Cates (25th) , Scott Seiver (26th), Maurice Hawkins (32nd), Joao Simao (38th), Nick Schulman (42nd), Stephen Chidwick (47th) and Erik Seidel (53rd) all found a bag as well. Play restarts Wednesday at 12pm and late registration is open until 2:15pm.
Day 2 of $1K PLO in the bag: 23 players will return to play for all the marbles on Wednesday at 12pm. Francois Scapula is the chip leader with 8.5M. Sasha Guerin is second (6.4M), Daniel Hachem is 12th (3M) and Bobby James (below) is 15th (2.1M). Next payouts (16th-23rd) are $18,020 and there's $390,300 up top.
Omar Sader
103 Super Seniors bag for Day 3: Kelley Slay has been slaying and is the only player to bag over 2 million. Kenna James is still in (30th), along with Greg Raymer (72nd) and JJ Liu (80th). Play restarts on Wednesday at 11am.
Top 10 stacks
- Kelley Slay: 2.1M
- Behrouz Keshtavar: 1.8M
- Dean Rutledge: 1.6M
- Barbara Sargent: 1.5M
- Jeffrey Camp: 1.5M
- Istvan Toro: 1.3M
- Mehrdad Yousefzadeh: 1.3M
- Timothy Garner: 1.3M
- Lionel Barracano: 1.3M
- Paul McMullin: 1.2M
This one needs a VAR check:
Dead hand... I call: Patrick Leonard has just posted about a ruling on the bubble of the $2,500 NLH event. In his own words... (Video in next post.)
Benny Glaser new PPC chip leader: The UK pro has broken the 4 million mark and leads the way.
- Benny Glaser: 4.5M
- Kristopher Tong: 3.7M
- Paul Volpe: 3.5M
- Phil Ivey: 2.6M
- Jason Mercier: 2.6M
- Nicholas Guagenti: 2.3M
- Josh Arieh: 2.2M
- Maxx Coleman: 1.9M
- Roy Thung: 1.5M
- Alexander Livingston: 1.5M
- Chris Brewer: 1.2M
- Chris Hunichen: 1.1M
- Jesse Lonis: 1M
- Maksim Pisarenko: 900,000
- Phil Hellmuth: 765K
- Bryce Yockey: 490K
- Dara Taherpour: 410K
- Matt Glantz: 260K
$50K PPC on stone bubble: It's taken a while to lose one but Robert Wells has been eliminated in 19th, meaning the Poker Players Championship is on the stone bubble. The players are now on their final break of the day and will return to carry on hand-for-hand play.
Watch out for the Mark-Up Police: If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Shaun Deeb – "I hope I make the cut": The 8-player 2026 Hall of Fame shortlist will be announced during the WSOP Countdown show tomorrow.
Fantasy sweats still active in $2,500 NLH: The 49 remaining players are back from their last break of the day. They're already in the money but fantasy managers will be hoping to see their horses make the final 27, when the field bonus kicks in. Blinds are currently 20K/40K. These are the fantasy players still in:
- 9th – Martin Kabrhel: 1.5M
- 15th – Blaz Zerjav: 1.4M
- 21st – Josh Reichard: 1.2M
- 25th – Aaron Kupin: 945K
Hayley Hochstetler
Soft bubble in the $50K PPC: 19 players are left and 17 get paid. Phil Ivey has enjoyed a great Day 3 and is currently sitting in second. Phil Hellmuth has rallied and isn't one of the shortest stacks. Kristopher Tong is still in the lead.
$25K High Roller PLO/NLH: The field is up to 129 with late reg open all the way through to 2:15pm tomorrow. Finnish pro Juha Helppi is leading, with Naoya Kihara, Alex Foxen, Nick Schulman and Shaun Deeb all chasing those valuable POY points.
Poker Hall of Fame nominees to be announced on Wednesday: You can find out which eight players are up for the Class of 2026 on the WSOP Countdown show. This man's a lock, right?
Hayley Hochstetler
Two millionaires from 20: We're down to 20 runners in the Millionaire Maker, after the elimination of Russell Rosenblum. His A-T was no good against Mike Monroig's A-K. Monroig stacks up to just over 30 million. The aim is to get down to the final table tonight.
Prashanth Nataraj wins Salute to Warriors ($208,000): Laurance Essak shoved and Nataraj thought for a while before eventually flicking a call in. Essak showed 
and Nataraj flipped 
. "How can he tank there?" Essak asked his rail. The board ran out 
to give Nataraj the win and the bracelet.
Salute to Warriors is heads-up: Laurance Essak started with a big chip lead but has been hauled back in by Prashanth Nataraj.
$50K PPC – Ivey up to 4th on dinner break: 24 players are left and we need seven more eliminations to get into the money. Gus Hansen is the latest player to hit the rail. Kristopher Tong leads and is the only player above 3 million. Benny Glaser is second, Maxx Coleman third and Phil Ivey is still building in fourth.
More cowbell? This was on the Salute to Warriors final table. We're not sure this needs to catch on.
'Poker isn't the greatest environment for women': So said Michelle Chin to us shortly after winning her first WSOP bracelet on Monday night. Let's all try and do better. Start with her emotional interview.
WSOP stream is live: The Countdown show is up first, followed by Day 4 action from the Millionaire Maker.
Sam Altman... seat open in the $1/$3: It's true – just ask Liv Boeree.
Do it like Lexy: Lexy Gavin-Mather knows how to navigate small-stakes tournaments – she's fresh off a final-table finish in the $500 WSOP Salute to Warriors event.
For one week only, you can get 30% off D&B Poker's Tournament Pack, featuring her book Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Tournaments, along with Exploitative Play in Live Poker by Alexander Fitzgerald, and 100 Essential Tips to Master No-Limit Hold'em by Jonathan Little.
Ever had one of those days? Jamie Gold was hoping to win his second bracelet today 20 years after his epic Main Event victory. Instead, the deck did him dirty and he was out in 17th for $9.940.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Kristopher Tong extends lead in $50K PPC: He's up above 3 million now after two levels on Day 3, while Phil Ivey is stacking up nicely – he's more than doubled his starting stack for the day and is now in fifth on 2 million. There are 27 left, 17 get paid.
Hayley Hochstetler
Reports of a disastrous turn out in the $25K High Roller PLO/NLH have bee exaggerated: Before cards were in the air, however, there was indeed just one player registered – and he promptly unregistered. His name? David Benyamine. The field is now up to 84 players, with Naoya Kihara leading.
The $500 Salute to Warriors is going fast: Jamie Gold fell in 17th despite starting the day as the chip leader. Lexy Gavin-Mather made the final table but has just been eliminated in 7th for $33,120. She got it in with K-Q and ran into the kings of Sebastian Crema.
Negreanu isn't the only player vlogging his experience at the WSOP: In his his latest video, PokerOrg Player Advisory Board member Faraz Jaka takes viewers on a ride through the WSOP Monster Stack.
Esther Taylor is BetMGM Poker's newest Ambassador: And she's spreading the good word about the Ladies Mystery Bounty at the Aria Poker Classic.
The markup police continue to hound Phil Hellmuth: This time around, it was Jared Bleznick dressing him down on Day 2 of the $50K PPC.
In his latest vlog, Daniel Negreanu takes on Day 2 $50K Poker Players Championship: It's his favorite event of the year – roll the tape to see how it goes.
The World Series of Poker train isn't stopping anytime soon – here's what to watch for today:
The $1,500 Millionaire Maker rolls on to Day 4 action with 62 players remaining.
After three Day 1 flights, the $1,000 PLO moves on to Day 2 action with 213 players still chasing the bracelet.
The $500 Salute to Warriors enters its final day of play – 2006 Main Event winner Jamie Gold leads the 35 remaining combatants.
Hayley Hochstetler
The $50,000 PPC continues with Day 3 action – with a field chock full of poker's brightest minds.
The remaining players in the $1,000 Super Seniors will battle it out on Day 2 play. As will the 312 remaining players in the $2,500 NLH, all of whom are led by two-time bracelet winner Blaz Zerjav.
And, last but not least, there are three events kicking off today: the $1,000 Mystery Millions, the $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed, and the $1,500 Freezeout NLH.
Millionaire Maker down to 62: Bo Chen leads the way after winning a huge pot against ACR Poker Pro Rob Kuhn right at the end of the night. He bagged 13.3 million, while Kuhn was knocked back to 1.1 million. That will make for a tough night's sleep.
While you're waiting for Day 4 to start at 11am tomorrow, you can watch the Day 3 stream below. The Kuhn hand comes right at the end.
Bags out in the $50K PPC: 39 players are left and just 17 will get paid when the bubble bursts on Tuesday. Two players ended the day on more than 2 million – Kristopher Tong and Benny Glaser. Phil Hellmuth had a successful Day 2 spin-up and ended the night with triple his starting stack. Phil Ivey isn't far behind. Read our full Day 2 report below:
Michelle Chin has won the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 6-Handed for $161,313: She defeated Daniel Strelitz heads-up for the bracelet, and her first tournament win in 11 years. It's the second bracelet won by a woman this summer after Kristen Foxen took down the $25K High Roller.
Going for Gold on Tuesday: Jamie Gold ended the night as chip leader in the $500 Salute to Warriors. 35 players remain, including Lexy Gavin-Mather in 23rd, and will return at 11am tomorrow to play to a winner.
Check out Mike Patrick's report and interview with Gold:
There are no easy tables in the PPC: Just hard, harder and wtf?
Super Seniors off to bed: They started early, so it's only fair they finish early. A total of 3,323 players entered and 836 survived to Day 2, including Greg Raymer with a 63bb stack. Antonio Gheller (below) will sleep well after bagging the biggest stack – and he'll be dreaming of the $355,263 first prize. It's an 11am restart for them tomorrow.
Pimp his ride: When we saw Jack Effel shoot past on Mike Matusow's mobility scooter, we assumed we'd hit that point in the summer. As it turns out, there was method to the madness.
Good as Gold: We have a new chip leader in the $500 Salute to Warriors. Can Jamie Gold win his second bracelet, 20 years on from one of the greatest Main Events on record? There are 57 left from the field of 4,478. Lexy Gavin-Mather is second, Caitlin Comeskey is out.
$50K PPC chips: The players have just started the penultimate level of the day, and Gus Hansen taught Phil Hellmuth how to juggle on the break. Benny Glaser still leads.
It was a good level for Phil Ivey, who's now built his max late reg stack up from 300K to 745K.
It was one to forget for David 'ODB' Baker, who has slipped from second to 29th, and from 1.4M to 499K.
He's getting better every day: And Gus Hansen is successfully juggling nine games in the PPC, with a top-20 stack.
