TUESDAY, JULY 14

Day 50 of Daniel Negreanu's WSOP vlog is up now. Yep, that's 50. At around 25 mins a pop that's around 20 hours of DNegs' video content over the past couple of months.

You can give the latest episode a watch below.

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We're not done here: The WSOP Main Event may be on hold for now, but Tuesday, July 14 sees 6 more tournaments running across Paris and Horseshoe.

That includes an unscheduled Day 4 in the $10K 6-Handed Championship, details still to-be-confirmed, as well as the following.

  • 10am: $800 Deepstack Day 1
  • 12pm: $500 Summer Saver Final Day
  • 1pm: $3,000 6-Handed PLO Final Day
  • 1pm: $25,000 HORSE High Roller Day 2
  • 2pm: $5,000 8-Handed NLH Day 1

Appointment viewing: Here are the times and dates for ESPN's coverage of the WSOP Main Event final table, coming up in a couple of weeks.

  • August 3: 9pm ET
  • August 4: 9pm ET
  • August 5: 10:30pm ET

For a reminder of how you can watch the big one play down to a winner live, wherever you are, check the article below.

'Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya...'

Results are in for our free WSOP Main Event Pick 3 contest. The top 10 teams on our leaderboard have bagged some prizes, with the overall winner off to play the Moneymaker Poker Tour Main Event in Aruba this September.

Did your picks make the top 10? Check the final standings below.

Chino Rheem heads the HORSE: A $25K limit mixed game tournament isn't for everyone, but for those looking to squeeze every drop from the last week of the WSOP, the HORSE High Roller is one last chance to play a big ticket event.

Monday's Day 1 chopped the 109-strong field down to just 64, led by Chino Rheem. A glance down the chipcounts reveals a plethora of stars looking for another shot at glory, from Alex Foxen to Shaun Deeb, Naoya Kihara, Daniel Negreanu and Benny Glaser.

Basically, every contender for WSOP Player of the Year is taking a tilt at this one.

It should be a good watch when play resumes at 1pm on Tuesday - let's hope it gets some screen time on the stream.

Chino Rheem David 'Chino' Rheem.
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They think it's all over: It's not.

The WSOP $10K 6-Handed Championship was due to end on Monday night, but you know what they say about 'best laid plans'.

Action was paused at the end of Monday with 4 players still in the fight. They'll be back for an unscheduled Day 4 on Tuesday, details still TBA, when blinds will be at the 100K/200K (200K) level.

Stacks are still deep enough that everyone has a shot. Here's what they look like heading into the bonus day:

  1. Fahredin Mustafov: 11,375,000
  2. David Peters: 9,025,000
  3. Calvin Anderson: 7,275,000
  4. Dominykas Mikolaitis: 6,050,000
David Peters This is David Peters' deepest run of the 2026 World Series.
Hayley Hochstetler

The $1,500 Closer is closed: Israel's Ori Hasson has defeated Korea's Kevin Song in the 93rd event on the 100-strong WSOP summer schedule.

The bracelet win is Hasson's second but his first at a live table, following victory in an online event in 2022.

Here are the final table payouts:

  1. Ori Hasson: $582,800
  2. Kevin Song: $388,550
  3. Maurice Tan: $290,000
  4. Dragos Anton: $217,500
  5. Yita Choong: $164,600
  6. Safwane Bahri: $125,550
  7. Todd Lewis: $96,550
  8. Arturas Astraukas: $75,000
  9. Stephen Drecker: $58,500
Ori Hasson. Ori Hasson.

The final nine. Malcolm Trayner's elimination has put an end to Day 8 with the final nine players all set to go for the final table in August. They'll be back on ESPN from August 2-4. 

In the meantime, check out our full story from Day 8:

Malcolm Trayner eliminated in 10th place ($750,000): The flop was and Malcolm Trayner moved all in for his last three million. 

  • Malcolm Trayner:
  • Lucas Jumalon:

Trayner was ahead but the turn and river counterfeited his two pair and sent him out in 10th. 

Malcom Trayner Malcolm Trayner
Hayley Hochstetler

Tolga Karakaya eliminated in 11th place ($750,000): Tolga Karakaya got the last of his dwindling stack in, but he had to beat jacks. 

  • Jamie Shaevel:
  • Tolga Karakaya:

The board ran out and the jacks held, sending Karakaya off in 11th place to set up the unofficial final table of ten. 

Tolga Karakaya Tolga Karakaya
Hayley Hochstetler

Antonio Galiana eliminated in 12th place ($510,000): Antonio Galiana bet half his stack before Michael Gagliano put him all in with the lead. 

  • Antonio Galiana:
  • Michael Gagliano:

The board fanned out and Big Slick held on to send Galiana off in 12th. 

Antonio Galiana Antonio Galiana
Hayley Hochstetler

Yanting Jiang wins $3K Mid-Stakes Championship ($1,159,182): She came in today as chip leader and left with the bracelet, defeating the likes of Roberto Romanello, Punnat Punsri and Maurice Hawkins along the way. 

Yanting Jiang. Yanting Jiang.
Lennart Hennig

$3K Mid-Stakes Championship – Maurice Hawkins eliminated in third ($432,875): The answer to the previous post is, 'No'. Hawkins leaves Chahnhoon Jung, Yanting Jiang and Yoon Choi to play for the bracelet. 

Is Maurice Hawkins about to win his first bracelet in the $3K Mid-Stakes Championship? He was down to one big blind earlier today but survived, and has now built his stack up to 20 big blinds to sit bang in the middle of the five remaining players. Punnat Punsri was eliminated in 6th for $250,110. Roberto Romanello exited in 8th for $149,093. 

Maurice Hawkins Maurice Hawkins.
Omar Sader

Hossein Ensan eliminated in 13th ($510,000): Winning the Main Event twice in the modern era is said to be unthinkable. Ensan has fallen agonizingly short. He jammed over an open with and ran into the kings of Michael Gagliano in the big blind in a 55.8 million pot. 

Hossein Ensan. Hossein Ensan.

Daniel Savas eliminated in 14th place ($410,475): Savas ripped through most of his 39 million stack by four-betting tens and getting called by Lauri Saaskilahti, who had jacks. And Saaskilahti got his remaining 3.9 million the next hand when A-9 beat 9-6. Saaskilahti is up to 79,300,000.

Shaun Deeb eliminated in 15th ($410,475): A win here would almost certainly have guaranteed him back-to-back Player of the Year titles. As it is, Deeb will have to go in search of points elsewhere. 

And he wasted no time, doing his bustout interview, jumping into the $500 Summer Saver, busting that, and registering for the $25K HORSE. 

Deeb's Main Event exit came when he shoved his last 13.6 million with on a flop. Rami Hammoud called with and Deeb couldn't find any help on the runout. 

Johnny Oshana wins $300 Gladiators of Poker ($250,000): Can you think of another way to turn $300 into a quarter of a million in a few days without getting lucky on a memecoin? Oshana beat Kenneth Baime heads-up to claim the cash and his first WSOP bracelet. 

Johnny Ashana. Johnny Ashana.

Go right for his f-in heart: The young Lucas Jumalon has a big rail here at the WSOP Main Event feature table, but his support extends beyond that. 

Today Jumalon received a good luck message from none other than Amit Algawar, the same guy who abandoned his Main Event stack several times on Day 1 to go watch the film 'Obsession.'

Algawar's advice to Jumalon? Go after the Aussie and go right for his f-in heart.

MONDAY, JULY 13

Brock Wilson eliminated in 16th ($410,475): Wilson went for it with , and Daniel Savas called with

The board? . Wilson out in 16th place. 

Brock Wilson Brock Wilson
Hayley Hochstetler

Romain Lewis eliminated in 17th ($410,475): Lewis shipped it with the second-best hand, but Greg Mueller was on a power play. 

  • Romain Lewis:
  • Greg Mueller:

No king. Lewis out in 17th. Mueller up to 30.1 million. 

Romain Lewis Romain Lewis
Hayley Hochstetler

Thomas Clack eliminated in 18th ($325,000): Clack is out after a clash with Hossein Ensan. 

Clack had aces and fives, but Ensan had aces and sevens. So it goes. 

Meanwhile, just before that, Ensan was paid out for a nut flush to jump up the leaderboard to the second-biggest stack. 

Hossein Ensan - 66.6M

Final two tables. Their chips (in millions):

  1. Daniel Savas - 28.5
  2. Thomas Clack - 20.3
  3. Shaun Deeb - 14.6
  4. Brock Wilson - 18.8
  5. Hossein Ensan - 34.9
  6. Michael Gagliano - 19.1
  7. Romain Lewis - 11.3
  8. Rami Hammoud - 56.6
  9. Greg Mueller - 17.4
  1. Jamie Shaevel - 16.8
  2. Luke Jumalon - 59.2
  3. Han Feng - 19.8
  4. Lauri Saaskilahti - 22.8
  5. Malcolm Trayner - 73.8
  6. Mario Boos - 25
  7. Tolga Karakaya - 32.5
  8. Antonio Galiana - 33.19.    
  9. Evagoras Evagorou - 48.5

Will Givens eliminated in 19th ($325,000). Givens has come and gone as he pleased at the 2026 Main Event. Now he will leave for good after taking his shot with and around 3.6M. 

Unfortunately, Luke Jumalon had . The runout had outs,  but Givens couldn't find any of them. 

Will Givens. Will Givens

Todd Brunson eliminated in 20th ($325,0000). Brunson had against the of Malcolm Trayner. 

The chips went in on the turn after Trayner called a big shove, but a on the river ended Brunson's magical run. 

Todd Brunson Todd Brunson
Hayley Hochstetler

Givens on the ropes. Luke Jumalon just got it in with against Will Givens and his

A in the window was followed by another on the flop, and Givens was left with just two million. 

Luke Jumalon - 56 million

Dylan Smith eliminated in 21st ($325,000). It was a 7.4 shot with against Luke Jumalon's , but a flushy runout of sent Smith to the rail. 

Brunson is so back. Todd was all in against Brock Wilson and Malcolm Trayner with a chance to triple up. 

  • Brunson:
  • Wilson:
  • Trayner:

It ran out and the river ace did it. Wilson ended up right back where he started. 

Trayner - 47 million

Brunson - 24 million

Wilson - 15 million

We're on the air. The ESPN telecast is now live with Joe Stapleton, David Williams, and Maria Ho on the call. 

Cards are in the air on TV, and Will Givens isn't here yet. Lock in. 

Day 8 of the 2026 WSOP Main Event is underway: We're in for some thrilling action as we find out who will make the final table in August. Join us for all the big moments direct from the floor at Paris Las Vegas. All updates will be in line with the ESPN+ stream, which starts at 12pm. 

 

Heaps of POY points available for Deeb in the Main Event: He's currently 415 points behind Alex Foxen at the top of the leaderboard. 

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Main Event Final Table POY points below. Deeb has about 355 right now, not noted in his score. https://t.co/Hzhv3TQnGP

Coming up on Monday at the WSOP: It's Day 8 of the Main Event, which should end with the final 9 players, but that's not all that's taking place.

Here's what's happening on Monday, July 13 at Paris and Horseshoe.

  • 10am: $500 Summer Saver Day 1B
  • 11am: $10,000 Main Event Day 8
  • 11am: $300 Gladiator Final Day
  • 12pm: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Final Day
  • 12pm: $1,500 The Closer Final Day
  • 1pm: $10,000 6-Handed NLH Championship Final Day
  • 1pm: $3,000 6-Handed PLO Day 2
  • 2pm: $25,000 HORSE Day 1

Yes, like that: Martin Kabrhel has bagged a top 5 stack in Day 1A of the $500 Summer Saver event.

192 players have advanced from the first starting flight. Day 1B starts at 10am on Monday, with the field combining to play to a winner on Tuesday.

Martin Kabrhel Martin Kabrhel.
Omar Sader

WSOP $10K 6-Max NLH Championship has more bracelets in the field than players: The 33 survivors of Day 2 have 35 bracelets between them.

Two-time bracelet-winner Fahredin Mustafov leads the pack, which still includes Justin Liberto (2 WSOP bracelets), Calvin Anderson (7), David Peters (3), John Racener (3) and Asi Moshe (5).

They'll be back to play it out at 1pm on Monday.

As in the World Cup, Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr drew a blank in the $10K 6-Max. As in the World Cup, Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr drew a blank in the $10K 6-Max.
Hayley Hochstetler

The $3K Mid-Stakes Championship has a runaway leader: Yanting Jiang has almost 31M chips, while her nearest challenger Chahn Jung has 16.5M.

Just 16 players remain from the 3,668 who entered, chasing a top prize of $1.1M. They include the likes of Maurice Hawkins (below), Punnat Punsri and Mark Newhouse.

They'll return to play down to a winner at noon.

Maurice Hawkins Maurice Hawkins.
Hayley Hochstetler

$300 Gladiator event is down to a dirty dozen: 11,185 entries are down to just 12 survivors.

Luis Genel of the USA has a healthy lead and will be the only player to start Monday's final day with over 50bb. Blinds will be 600K/1.2M with a 1.2M big blind ante when play resumes at 11am.

The overnight top 5 looks like this:

  1. Luis Genel: 61.8M
  2. Johnny Oshana: 51.6M
  3. Kenneth Baime: 40.5M
  4. Gianluigi Zaniboni: 36.6M
  5. Ryan Hull: 32.9M

Sterling Lopez defeats Jesse Lonis in $3K TORSE event: Alaska's Lopez has secured his first WSOP bracelet and $247K after beating high-stakes pro Lonis to the final punch.

Here's how the final table ended up:

  1. Sterling Lopez: $247,842
  2. Jesse Lonis: $160,862
  3. Gary Bolden: $106,912
  4. Alex Livingston: $72,791
  5. David Bach: $50,801
  6. Qinghai Pan: $36,363
Sterling Lopez. Sterling Lopez.
Travis P Ball

This is easy for Shaun Deeb: His aim is to final table the Main tomorrow and then jump straight into the $25K HORSE. Does anyone love it more?

shaun deeb @shaundeeb
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I’m getting more sleep than any other time of Wsop I’ve been on this schedule for a 50 days these days are shorter than regular tourneys it’s easy for me

$3k TORSE is heads-up: Jesse Lonis is looking for his third WSOP bracelet but Sterling Lopez has the majority of the chip heads-up, with a near 5:1 lead.

Jesse Lonis Jesse Lonis.
Hayley Hochstetler
 

21 players progress to Day 8 of the Main Event: Play restarts at 11am on Monday and will end when there are nine players left. We'll see you then for what's set to be a very exciting day of action.

  1. Malcolm Trayner: 63,200,000
  2. Rami Hammoud: 41,500,000
  3. Lucas Jumalon: 40,800,000
  4. Evagoras Evagorou: 38,200,000
  5. Will Givens: 31,700,000
  6. Shaun Deeb: 31,300,000
  7. Tolga Karakaya: 30,000,000
  8. Hossein Ensan: 29,700,000
  9. Thomas Clack: 27,500,000
  10. Antonio Galiana: 27,200,000
  11. Mario Boos: 24,300,000
  12. Han Feng: 24,000,000
  13. Daniel Savas: 21,300,000
  14. Michael Gagliano: 19,300,000
  15. Jamie Shaevel: 17,100,000
  16. Romain Lewis: 15,800,000
  17. Lauri Saaskilahti: 15,600,000
  18. Brock Wilson: 13,600,000
  19. Greg Mueller: 13,200,000
  20. Dylan Smith: 9,600,000 
  21. Todd Brunson: 7,800,000

Zhao Liu eliminated in 22nd ($325,000): He had a monster stack earlier today, but he's been trending downwards and hit rock bottom when he shoved and got looked up by Lucas Jumalon with . Any hope was wiped when two aces dropped on the flop. 

Zhao Liu. Zhao Liu.

Will Givens is walking early: He's got a stack of 32,800,000 and he's not waiting for the official end of the night. Why? "I have my reasons," is all he was willing to say. "It takes so much mental power, takes so much stamina, takes so much out of you, so you gotta pace yourself." We'll see him tomorrow, at some point. 

Will Givens. Will Givens.

16 left in $3K Mid-Stakes Championship: Yanting Jiang is the big chip leader and looking to become the third woman to win a bracelet at the 2026 WSOP after Michelle Chin and Skye Chen. Some big names are lurking too, including Punnat Punsri (4th), Roberto Romanello (5th), Maurice Hawkins (6th) and Mark Newhouse (8th). Th restart is Monday at 12pm.

Roberto Romanello Roberto Romanello.
Jess Beck

Kyosuke Nagami eliminated in 23rd ($325,000): The Main Event field is getting thinner by the minute. Nagami got it in bad with jacks against the queens of Daniel Savas, but had to suffer the agony of flopping a jack, only to see Savas turn a queen. 

Kyosuke Nagami. Kyosuke Nagami.

Berkeley Yuan eliminated in 24th ($325,000): He was ahead preflop with , but he didn't stay ahead of Romain Lewis' after a jack hit the flop. 

Giuseppe Pantaleo eliminated in 25th ($325,000): Tolga Karakaya found a near triple-up in the same hand with queens. Zhao Liu had and Pantaleo hit the rail with

Giuseppe Pantaleo. Giuseppe Pantaleo.

Mark Tropp eliminated in 26th ($325,000): Will Givens continues to fly in the Main Event. He just took out Tropp, with 10s coming out best over . Givens is up to 35,250,000.