Daniel Negreanu takes us on a journey through the $25K High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed in today's vlog: And shares his honest take on the 2026 Poker Hall of Fame nominee list.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Here we go, WSOP Day 31: It's a big one.
The $50,000 Poker Players Championship will play down to a winner later today. The UK's Benny Glaser leads the final 6 six players and is in search of his 9th WSOP bracelet.
The $1,000 Super Seniors is down to 15 remaining players and will crown a winner today. Timothy Garner leads the pack chasing the $355,263 top prize. 2004 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Raymer is still in the hunt as well – and he's got chips to play with.
Reigning champion Lou Garza bagged up a monster stack in the $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed. With only 14 players remaining, Garza has a title defense in his sights. He'll have to battle through a stacked field to earn it. Daniel Negreanu is still in the mix, nursing a short stack.
Hayley Hochstetler
Valentin Oberhauser leads the 33 remaining hopefuls in the $1,500 Freezeout NLH. Will he lift the bracelet later today?
The $1,000 Tag Team NLH resumes with Day 2 action today. Team Chen, comprised of Andy Chen and Jie Chen, leads the way.
Brian Tate will lead the 57 remaining players into Day 2 play in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Championship.
And, last but certainly not least, the $1,000 Ladies NLH Championship and the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better both kick off today. Will Japan's Shiina Okamoto pull off the three-peat?
Omar Sader
Final six bag in $50K Poker Players Championship: The plan was to get to five or play five full levels. The levels won and six will return tomorrow to play for one of the summer's most prestigious bracelets. Benny Glaser is the chip leader. Phil Ivey is in midfield. Play resumes at 1:30pm on Thursday.
- Benny Glaser: 8.6M
- Maxx Coleman: 5.6M
- Josh Arieh: 5.3M
- Phil Ivey: 5.1M
- Kristopher Tong: 5.1M
- Paul Volpe: 2.7M
Mike Matusow found a late double in the Tag Team: Can they make a run tomorrow?
14 return for final day of $25K PLO/NLH: Daniel Negreanu bagged but he'll come back with the shortest of the stacks tomorrow at 1pm. Maurice Hawkins and Naoya Kihara busted late on.
- Juha Helppi: 6.4M
- Lou Garza: 5.4M
- Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: 2.8M
- Edward Leonard: 2.7M
- Eelis Parssinen: 2.4M
- Sean Winter: 2.4M
- Yang Wang: 2.2M
- Dylan Weisman: 1.7M
- Dylan Linde: 1.5M
- Dominykas Karmazinas: 1.1M
- Amit Benyacov: 780K
- David Wang: 770K
- Jordan Glazer: 765K
- Daniel Negreanu: 435K
Jeff Platt – Every hand of the PPC will be streamed on Thursday: There's been criticism that the $50K Poker Players Championship has been overlooked on the livestream. Platt promises that will change tomorrow, and that next year will bring a "more customizable viewing experience".
Josh Reichard wins his first bracelet in the $2,500 NLH: He's done it! Reichard beat Caleb Harris heads-up to finally claim gold and win $555,198 – and 92 points for his fantasy teams.
Hayley Hochstetler
Tag Team event bagged for the night: 269 teams have made it through to Day 2 of one of the most fun tournaments of the summer. Team Chen lead the way, while Team Kitai bagged 193.5K, good for 26th on the leaderboard. Tags restart at 12pm.
Brian Tate takes overnight lead in $10K Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship: Viktor Blom sits just outside the top 10. Scott Seiver, Gus Hansen, Alex Foxen and Eli Elezra all bagged under 100K, with 57 players left. Play restarts on Thursday at 1pm when late reg shuts at 2:15pm.
Top 10 stacks
- Brian Tate: 367K
- Andrew Yeh: 327K
- Hanh Tran: 306K
- Robert Wells: 281K
- Pierre Lewandowski: 280K
- Ryan Hoenig: 260K
- Jon Turner: 253K
- Patrick Stacey: 236K
- Michael Rodrigues: 235K
- Oscar Johansson: 225K
Harry Rubin wins $1K PLO ($390,300): He beat Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu heads-up for his first WSOP bracelet.
15 Super Seniors bag for the night: They'll return at 11am on Thursday to play for the bracelet and the $355,263 first prize.
- Timothy Garner: 8M
- Glen Clementi: 7.2M
- Michael Dokell: 6.5M
- Paul McMullin: 6.1M
- Greg Raymer: 5.5M
- Kevin Song: 5M
- Lionel Barracano: 4.4M
- Donald Briggs: 4.2M
- Istvan Toro: 4M
- Alexander Dovzhenko: 3.9M
- Nancy Birnbaum: 3M
- Marc Levy: 2.9M
- Dhesikan Ananchaperumal: 2.4M
- Susan Murphey: 1.9M
- Curtis Freeze: 1.7M
Joe Liberta wins Millionaire Maker for $1,250,000: Michael Monroig shoved his short stack with 
and Liberta decided to give him a spin with 
. Liberta was dominated but he went to his rail and said, "The worst hand normally wins anyway." Sure enough, he hit trips on the 
flop and the 
runout confirmed his first WSOP bracelet.
$50K PPC – Jason Mercier eliminated in 7th ($176,732): An incredible run from one of the all-time greats. The aim is to play down to the final five tonight.
The $1K Ladies Championship starts tomorrow: And Hayley Hanna is predicting big things.
Greg Raymer putting together a run: 18 left in the $1K Super Seniors and the 2004 Main Event winner is rolling back the years in third. Timothy Garner leads, Kenna James was eliminated in 23rd for $14,392.
Jeremy Ausmus – Surprised not to be nominated: Ausmus made the shortlist in 2025 but misses out on the Hall of Fame in 2026.
Justin Bonomo sends HOF thanks: In a later post he added, "It's an extremely accomplished class and I'm honored to even be considered with these juggernauts."
Reichard on brink of first bracelet? He's got the chip lead three-handed and could be set to finally claim his first gold at the WSOP. The three players are on a break.
- Josh Reichard: 26.4M
- Spyridon Apartoglou: 21.2M
- Caleb Harris: 13.2M
Late reg is closed in the Tag Team event: And with a field of 1,375, we got two more teams than last year. Here are some images from the floor with 379 remaining.
Hayley Hochstetler
$50K PPC final table stacks: Kristopher Tong leads the magnificent seven.
- Kristopher Tong: 9.7M
- Josh Arieh: 6.7M
- Paul Volpe: 4.6M
- Maxx Coleman: 5.8M
- Phil Ivey: 3M
- Benny Glaser: 2.9M
- Jason Mercier: 295K
$50K PPC – Nick Guagenti eliminated in 8th ($144,054): The final table is now set after Guagenti ran into Maxx Coleman's aces in a hand of PLO. Updated chip counts coming up.
Martin Kabrhel clears up controversy: The WSOP released a video showing a dispute over the size of Kabrhel's raise in a hand with Nick Schulman in the $25K PLO/NLH event. Kabrhel insisted he had verbally declared a raise to 8,000 before sliding in two 5K chips – but no one heard him. Now he's produced the proof.
$50K PPC – Alex Livingston eliminated in 9th ($144,054): Benny Glaser has taken a hit as well. Here are the updated chip counts as the players get set to return from their dinner break.
- Kristopher Tong: 9.7M
- Josh Arieh: 6.7M
- Paul Volpe: 4.3M
- Maxx Coleman: 4M
- Phil Ivey: 3M
- Benny Glaser: 2.9M
- Jason Mercier: 1.4M
- Nicholas Guagenti: 455K
Caleb Harris leads final table of $2,500 NLH: Josh Reichard is in his slipstream and on the hunt for his first WSOP bracelet.
- Caleb Harris: 15.7M
- Josh Reichard: 13.6M
- John Ciccarelli: 10.5M
- Spyridon Apartoglou: 7.3M
- Orson Young: 5M
- Myles Mullaly: 3.3M
- Maher Achour: 2.8M
- Robert Bull: 1.3M
More on the crazy ruling involving Patrick Leonard: Pads has said he has "no problem at all" with the player whose hand was ruled dead, only for the floor to then allow him to call. We'll have our resident TD, Justin Hammer, deliver his verdict on the incident tomorrow.
David 'ODB' Baker – Josh Arieh and Jeremy Ausmus should be Hall of Fame nominees: Neither made it to the eight-strong shortlist announced today. Ausmus did make the 2025 shortlist but wasn't inducted.
Team Koon down in Tag Tag: Sugar Sean O'Malley and Jason Koon teamed up at the WSOP only to see their hopes dashed on the river. There are 20 minutes of late reg left here.
WSOP Super Circuit Montreal schedule released: It runs at Playground August 26 to September 12, with a CAD$10,000,000 guaranteed Main Event. Daniel Negreanu has said that he plans to be there.
Old-schoolers go deep in Super Seniors: We're down to 24 players and both Greg Raymer and Kenna James are still in. Both are getting short with 1.5 million stacks each, or around 18 big blinds.
Jeese Lonis eliminated from $50K PPC In 10th ($122,709): Benny Glaser leads the final nine with a stack of 7 million.
Hayley Hochstetler
Millionaire Maker final table is live: Two players will win a million tonight? You can watch it play out below.
2026 Hall of Fame shortlist announced: Could this finally be the year for Mike Matusow and Isai Scheinberg?
- Justin Bonomo
- Shaun Deeb
- Isaac Haxton
- Jason Koon
- Mike Matusow
- Isai Scheinberg
- Chris Moorman
- Scott Seiver
Hayley Hochstetler
(Unofficial) final table set in $1K PLO: There's $390,300 up top, with all nine players now guaranteed $36,542. Christopher Hannel was eliminated in 10th ($28,610).
- Harry Rubin: 29M
- James Sedlacek: 13M
- Roussos Koliakoudakis: 7.7M
- Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu: 7.3M
- Francois Scapula: 6.8M
- Toby Joyce: 4M
- Tony Cousineau: 3.8M
- Sasha Guerin: 2.2M
- Dechang Zhang: 1.7M
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
$50K PPC down to final 10: After the break, the final 10 players will move onto the TV stage. All updates will now be delayed by two-and-a-half hours. Chris Brewer (12th) and Chris Hunichen (11th) were the last two players eliminated. Benny Glaser has now got a huge chip lead.
Chip counts
- Benny Glaser: 7.1M
- Paul Volpe: 3.9M
- Phil Ivey: 3.7M
- Nicholas Guagenti: 2.9M
- Kristopher Tong: 2.9M
- Jason Mercier: 2.5M
- Alexander Livingston: 2.1M
- Maxx Coleman: 1.7M
- Jesse Lonis: 1.6M
- Josh Arieh: 1.2M
Hellmuth talks after $50K PPC exit: He's back in his apartment and he's got a message for his fans.
$10K Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw open for business: 59 players have entered this freezeout so far, including Viktor Blom, Luke Schwartz, Calvin Anderson and Allen Kessler. Late reg is open until the end of Level 11 tomorrow afternoon.
Late reg closes in $25K High Roller PLO/NLH: 214 entries created a total prizepool of $5,029,000 and a first prize of $1,172,296. 33 players will get paid a minimum of $50,000. Juha Helppi (below) is still leading, Daniel Negreanu is up to 13th.
Hayley Hochstetler
Phil Hellmuth eliminated from $50K PPC: Maksim Pisarekno was first out today and he's been followed by Hellmuth, who cashes for $109,459 in 14th.
Josh Reichard hits 17-point field bonus in $2,500 NLH: He lost half his stack earlier on, but Reichard has hunkered down and is still in with 25 left. Aaron Kupin (28th) and Blaz Zerjav (33rd) were eliminated before the field bonus kicked in.
Hayley Hochstetler
Phil Ivey sets PPC record, looks for first win: Ivey has cashed in the $50K PPC a record 6 times, but his best finish in the event is still his third place in 2006 when it was played as a $50K H.O.R.S.E. He finished 7th in 2024 and 6th in 2023. Could this be his year?
Tag Team names – who's your captain? Cards are in the air in the Tag Team event, and if you're wondering how your team is named, Kevmath (who else) has the answer.
Big day for the WSOP stream: All killer and no filler today, so make sure you tune in, starting with the nominees for the Hall of Fame on the Countdown show at 5:30pm and then full coverage of the Millionaire Maker final table. The PPC is finally going to get some love, too.
Daniel Negreanu chasing fantasy points: Negreanu's $25K Fantasy team is doing well and he's on the hunt for points in the $1K PLO. Check out how he gets on in his latest vlog.
2026 WSOP Main Event streaming on ESPN: The Main Event starts next week and it's going to be live on ESPN. Production will move back to a standard delay so stream times will be more suited to the US. But it's on ESPN+ until the final table, so you'll need to subscribe to watch.
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
