WSOP Day 46: It's crunch time, folks – here's what we're keeping an eye on today in Las Vegas. 

The Main Event train rolls on to Day 5 play with 533 players still in the hunt. Russia's Artur Martirosian is amongst those with the biggest stacks. When play resumes at 11:00am local time, we'll bring you updates with all the key moments as players battle through another five blind levels. 

Artur Martirosian

Hayley Hochstetler

The $1,000 Mystery Bounty PLO was scheduled to end yesterday on Day 2, but with such a large turnout tournament organizers have been forced to extend play into Day 3. When play resumes at 1:00pm local time, the 34 remaining players will battle down to a winner. 

The $300 Gladiators of Poker continues with action in Day 1C – as does the $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship. 

The $50K High Roller NLH drew a field of 131 entries on Day 1, of which only 51 will return for Day 2 play later today at 1:00pm local time. 

And, last but not least, the $1,500 Pick Your PLO – a brand-new tournament offering on this year's schedule – enters Day 2 play. 

Main Event Day 4 is in the bag: Michael Mizrachi survived an all-action day to end with 440,000. 

“I’ve been in worse situations," he told us after he bagged. "I was here with two blinds when I won the tournament last year. We got 22, we got plenty.”

Read our full Day 4 report, below.

Michael Mizrachi's title defence rolls on into WSOP Main Event Day 5 Michael Mizrachi survives another big test as the 2026 WSOP Main Event reaches Day 5, with 533 players still chasing the title.

Dave Woods / July 10, 2026

Eric Weber wins $600 Ultra Stack ($400,000): He beat Henry Benamram after a heads-up battle that lasted almost three hours. 

Eric Weber.

Tyler Abrams

Main Event players back from final break: 655 players are left and we've got a new chip leader – Dan Stavila, with 3,826,000. 

Main Event champions still in the field: It's not just Mizrachi who's looking to win it again.

• Hossein Ensan: 2.2M
• Michael Mizrachi: 709K
• Ryan Riess: 710K 
• John Cynn: 447K
• Greg Raymer: 328K
• Scott Blumstein: 220K 

Hossein Ensan.

Michael Mizrachi still riding the rollercoaster: The 2025 champ just found aces and got a double up through Brian Nguyen to get his Main Event stack back up to 684,000. 

Hayley Hochstetler

Shaun Deeb heading to the Main Event feature table: He's got a stack of 2.2 million, which puts him near the chip leaders. You can see him on the stream in about an hour. 

Hayley Hochstetler

Heads-up in the $600 Ultra Stack: It's France's Henry Benamram vs. the USA's Eric Weber for the gold and the $400,000 first prize, after Mikko Torkki was eliminated in third. 

Henry Benamram.

Tyler Abrams

Livestream on break: It will be back at 6pm to see Day 4 through to the end. 

Main Event bubble highlights: Watch the chaos unfold from earlier today.

Main Event on extended 70-minute break: There are 887 players left and unofficial counts still have Sasha Liu on top with a stack of 2.8 million. 

Sasha Liu.

Hayley Hochstetler

Isai Scheinberg enters the $50K High Roller: The PokerStars founder and 2026 Hall of Fame nominee is in the field of 54. Adrian Mateos, Andrew Lichtenberger, Joao Simao and Brandon Wilson are also playing. Late reg is tomorrow at 3:15pm. 

Isai Scheinberg.

Huge Main Event pot: Dylan Smith and Alex Foxen just played a 925K pot with all the chips going into the middle preflop. 

After Foxen raised with , Smith three-bet to 80K with , Foxen four-bet, Smith five-bet jammed and Foxen called. Smith was at risk.

The runout was safe for Smith and Foxen was cut down to just 225K or 22.5 big blinds. 

Recent eliminations from the Main Event: All of these players get the min-cash of $15,000.

• Jon Turner
• Kathy Liebert
• Eric Mizrachi
• Chris Vitch 
• Loni Harwood
• Justin Arwine

Justin Arnwine.

$600 Ultra Stack – Michael Moncek eliminated in 9th ($40,071):  He came third in the $800 Sumer Celebration with 6,803 runners earlier in the summer. He's just been eliminated from the the Ultra Stack final table from a field of 8,007. Amazing.

Michael Moncek.

Hayley Hochstetler

Hellmuth down: Nick Hellmuth coaxed his short stack over the line to save his dad money in the bet with Shaun Deeb. But he's now been eliminated for a min-cash of $15,000.

Nick Hellmuth.

Hayley Hochstetler

Kristen Foxen eliminated from Main Event ($15,000): After the madness of the bubble we've lost another 284 players – Kristen is one of them. She's jumped straight into the $50K High Roller. 

Kristen Foxen.

Hayley Hochstetler

Sasha Liu stacks up: It's the first break of the day in the Main Event and the start of day chip leader has added another 500K+ to her stack.

Daniel Negreanu addresses POY controversy: Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth have argued that anyone who loses money should be ineligible for Player of the Year. Negreanu delivers his verdict in his latest vlog.

First three payouts in 2026 Main Event: The consolation for Chris Moneymaker is that with three players eliminated on the bubble, all three split the first two $15K payouts and get their money back. 

• Chris Moneymaker: $10,000
• Stoyan Madanzhiev: $10,000
• Zhaken Seitbekov: $10,000
  

There's no bubble like a Main Event bubble: Here's what it was like to be in the middle of it.

Zhaken Seitbekov wins 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event seat: Seitbekov was the third player eliminated on the bubble, and he's just won the blind flip for the WSOP Super Main Event seat with king high!

ESPN+ stream is now live: Michael Mizrachi is on the feature table again – and you can relive all the bubble madness. 

Stream times today are 12pm–4pm and 6pm to the end of Day 4. If you're outside the US, the stream is free on the WSOP YouTube channel. 

Chris Moneymaker bubbles the 2026 Main Event: Here's the photo you'll be seeing a lot of over the next 24 hours.

Johan 'YoH ViraL' Guilbert all-in: With six all-ins on that last round of hands, Guilbert was one of the short-stacks who survived, doubling and getting some great content for his vlog. What a result. 

Chris Moneymaker out on Main Event bubble: We actually lost three players – Stoyan Madanzhiev (see video below), Moneymaker and another player as yet unconfirmed. All three players will now play a blind flip to see who wins the bubble prize – a $25K WSOP Super Main Event seat.  

We spoke with Moneymaker after he was eliminated and he confirmed that he miscounted his chips but added, "I'm here to win the tournament, not to cash. I can go back to my Guest Editor job on PokerOrg now."

Moneymaker's board: We're waiting for the hands to be revealed but this is the board that Chris Moneymaker is looking at. 

Chris Moneymaker all-in and at risk: We're waiting for other all-in hands to appear, but we're waiting at Moneymaker's table because he's all-in and not looking too happy. In fact, he's packing his stuff up. 

Where's Effel? The vice president of the WSOP, Jack Effel, is in this picture somewhere – your job is to find him. His job is to wade through the media scrum to call the action for the all-in hands. 

All-in and call: If you haven't experienced the Main Event bubble, it's quite a thing.

We're now on the stone bubble: Just one more elimination and the remaining 1,382 players will be in the money. 

Hand-for-hand: "All Main Event dealers, finish the hand you're on then hold up and stand up." The announcement has gone out and we're now just three players away from the money. 

We're not playing hand-for-hand yet: And about every five seconds, there is a floor call for stalling. 

Are you ready for bubble madness? Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event kicks off in five minutes and we need to lose seven players to get to the money. How long do you think it will take? We'll set the line at one hour. 

Bubble time in the Main Event!

As the summer series enters the home stretch - aside from the Main Event final table, which will end in August - there are seven different tournaments running today including a few Day 1s. So if you've bounced out of the Main Event and are looking for some action, you've got options.

Expect the live coverage to focus on the Main Event, especially given the state of play when play resumes. 7 players will leave today with nothing but memories, while the other 1,382 will have at least $15,000 to soften the blow.

That's right, it's about to be bubble time in the WSOP Main Event!

• 10am: $300 Gladiator Day 1B
• 11am: $10,000 Main Event Day 4
• 12pm: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Day 1
• 1pm: $600 Ultra Stack Day 3
• 1pm: $1,000 PLO Mystery Bounty Final Day
• $50,000 High Roller Day 1
• 2pm: $1,500 Pick Your PLO Day 1

It's bubble time!

A new feature at GGPoker let's you choose real voices to announce your actions. Among the options to choose from are Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Kevin Martin and the late Doyle Brunson.

More on the new 'Action Voice' feature here.

GGPoker launches new feature with the voices of Doyle Brunson, Negreanu and more Would you like Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu or Michael Mizrachi to announce your actions at the poker table? GGPoker's new features allows just that.

Adam Hampton / July 9, 2026

WSOP Main Event breaks just 7 short of the money bubble. Sleep well, shortstacks.

Full Day 3 recap below.

Mizrachi's WSOP title defense ramps up on Day 3 as money bubble nears Michael Mizrachi is among several former champs still alive for Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event.

Matt Hansen / July 9, 2026

The ultimate cooler? How on Earth did Amarender Puri not go broke in the Main Event with a turned full house against a straight flush? Some seriously impressive discipline on display here.

Seen the AI-powered 'bluff detector' on ESPN's Main Event coverage? Creator of the tech, Luke Geel, explains how it all came together in his 'AI Insider' column for PokerOrg.

AI Insider: Can your poker tells be hacked? Can artificial intelligence spot poker tells better than humans can? AI engineer Luke Geel is working on a tool to prove that's the case, but would using it be cheating, or simply good preparation?

Luke Geel / April 16, 2026

Notable stacks from Day 3 of the Main Event: We'll have a full report shortly. 

• Sasha Liu: 2,364,000
• Martin Zamani: 1,963,000
• Zdenek Zizka: 1,576,000
• Hossein Ensan: 1,280,000
• Ryuta Nakai: 1,203,000
• Masato Yokosawa: 1,135,000
• Artur Martirosian: 1,063,000
• Chris Hunichen: 1,055,000
• Shaun Deeb: 960,000
• John Cynn: 927,000
• Alex Foxen: 839,000
• Terrance Reid: 744,000
• Ren Lin: 704,000
• Michael Mizrachi: 615,000
• Stephen Chidwick: 599,000
• Josh Arieh: 302,000
• Chris Moneymaker: 221,000

Masato Yokosawa.

Sasha Liu's Main Event heater continues: Liu entered on Day 2 and ran up 10 stacks in the first two levels of play. She's just bagged the Day 3 chip lead. Read how her tournament got off to a fast start below. 

Sasha Liu runs up 10 starting stacks in two levels of the WSOP Main Event Sasha Liu went on an insane heater to start her WSOP Main Event, accumulating 600,000 chips in just two levels

Mike Patrick / July 7, 2026

Main Event play concludes on the bubble: 1,389 players bagged – all but seven will get the min-cash of $15,000 when play resumes on Thursday at 11am. We'll be on the floor to bring you all the action, along with details of the unlucky player who bubbles the 2026 WSOP Main Event.