Event #1 of the 2026 WSOP, the $550 Mini Mystery Millions, became the eighth WSOP event to break 20,000 entries.
Day 1F, the final opening flight, started at 6pm on Saturday evening and ended with 3,459 entries. That brought the total field to 20,488, making it the seventh-largest live poker tournament ever held.
Day 2 of the Mini Mystery Millions starts on Sunday, when the top bounty prize of $1 million will be up for grabs.
Notables already through to Day 2 include Gabriel Andrade, Roberto Romanello, Chad Eveslage, Jeremy Becker and Erick Lindgren. Martin Kabrhel, ousted from the $25K Heads-Up Championship, is currently building a stack in Day 1F.
Titans of poker
The biggest live poker tournament of all time is still the WSOP's Big 50 event from 2019, which was a $500 buy-in with a guaranteed prize pool of $5 million.
It ended with an astonishing 28,371 entries, which created a total prize pool of $13,509,435. Femi Fashakin won the bracelet and the $1,147,499 first prize.
Last year's $300 Gladiators of Poker event got 24,629 entries, and was won by Ian Pelz who took home $420,680.
In the last three years, the Mystery Millions at the WSOP has been a $1,000 buy-in.
The 2025 edition was the largest, attracting 19,654 entries, but the reduction in buy-in to $550 helped the 2026 tournament comfortably surpass that mark.
$1K Mystery Millions numbers
- 2025 – 19,654
- 2024 – 18,409
- 2023 – 18,188
Day 2 of the $550 Mini Mystery Millions starts at 1pm on Sunday, when the $1 million bounty will be in play.
Images courtesy of the WSOP.
