WSOP 2026 Bracelet Winners (Daily Updates)

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WSOP 2026 results

Event #1: $550 Mini Mystery Millions

• 🏆 Winner: Philip Chun
• 💰 Prize: $400,000
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♥ 3♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 20,488
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $9,352,772

Philip Chun captured his first WSOP bracelet and immediately doubled his lifetime live tournament earnings by winning one of the largest-field events of WSOP 2026. Chun is a coach at Chip Leader Coaching, and before the start of play at the final table, he was advised by Kristen Foxen.

Interestingly, Chun finished 571st in the Mini Mystery Millions last year and made the money. Prior to this victory, his biggest WSOP result had come in the Main Event, where he placed 91st in 2018 in a field of nearly 8,000 entries and earned $66,330.

The largest bounty in the Mini Mystery Millions, worth $1 million, was claimed by Andrew Shelton, who finished in 102nd place.

Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Daniyal Gheba
• 💰 Prize: $502,985
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 5♦ 4♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 570
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,622,000

American Daniyal Gheba won his first WSOP gold bracelet and a career-best prize of $502,985. Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em became the first event of the series where a bracelet was awarded on the new WSOP main stage — the Mothership, located inside the Paris Ballroom.

After the victory, Daniyal admitted that the prize money could change his life. At the final table, however, he wasn’t worried about the pay jumps, as any finish already guaranteed him a solid payday.

Thanks to this major win, Gheba’s plans for the near future have changed dramatically — he now intends to play higher buy-in events, including tournaments with a $25,000 buy-in.

Event #3: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em

• 🏆 Winner: Jerome Neppl
• 💰 Prize: $64,083
• ❤️ Winning Hand: J♥ 9♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 906
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $375,990

Event #3: $500 Industry Employees, reserved for poker industry workers, was won by American dealer Jerome Neppl from New Mexico. The victory earned him $64,083. Before this tournament, Neppl had recorded just one career ITM finish worth $613. The event attracted a total of 906 entries.

Jerome came to Las Vegas to deal cards at the WSOP. Now his coworkers are joking: “Wear the bracelet during your shifts — you’ll tilt the players.”

The newly crowned champion is preparing to move from New Mexico to Florida: “This money will change my life and help me get out of debt.”

Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

• 🏆 Winner: Jason Daly
• 💰 Prize: $191,362
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♠ 9♦ 9♣ 8♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 828
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,099,170

Victory in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better earned American Jason Daly his third WSOP gold bracelet and the third-largest payout of his career — $191,362. For Daly, the win was an especially nice way to start the summer: instead of chasing losses as usual, he begins the series well ahead.

Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 🏆 Winner: Yang Wang
• 💰 Prize: $595,388
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♣ 10♣ 9♦ 5♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 716
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,293,600

Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ended with a victory for China’s Yang Wang, who took home his first WSOP bracelet and $595,388. Thanks to this win, his total live tournament earnings surpassed the $6 million mark.

After the victory, Wang admitted that patience was the main factor that helped him get through the field of 716 entries and win the tournament. At the final table, he folded many strong hands while waiting for the right spot. But once play got down to two or three players, he became more aggressive. Wang entered heads-up play against Jesse Lonis with a 5-to-1 chip lead and quickly closed out the match.

Yang Wang has been playing poker for more than 10 years. He already has several major scores to his name, including a runner-up finish in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha WSOP Paradise event, where he earned $1,006,680.

Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

• 🏆 Winner: James Cheung
• 💰 Prize: $103,185
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♦ K♣ 5♥ 2♥ K♠ 6♠ 8♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 359
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $476,572

First place in one of the few Seven Card Stud events at WSOP 2026 was claimed by cash game regular James Cheung. Cheung made his first trip to the World Series of Poker only in 2023 and immediately reached the final table of the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, finishing in fourth place.

This year, Cheung defeated Brian Yoon heads-up, calling him the "final boss." Yoon is a five-time WSOP bracelet winner and captured the Seven Card Stud Championship title in 2023.

Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Dimitar Danchev
• 💰 Prize: $800,000
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♦ 7♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 128
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $3,008,000

A well-known high roller from Bulgaria outlasted 127 opponents in one of the most prestigious WSOP 2026 events. In the final heads-up match, Danchev’s opponent was a young player from Russia, Nikita Kuznetsov, who qualified for the event through a $2,750 satellite. In the decisive hand, Dimitar made a full house on the river, while Nikita held trips.

For Danchev, this is his second World Series of Poker bracelet. He won his first in 2023 in the Heads-Up Championship Online on GGPoker. The live tournament victory also moved Dimitar up to 2nd place on Bulgaria’s All Time Money List.

Event #8: $1,500 Badugi

• 🏆 Winner: Michael Casella
• 💰 Prize: $141,963
• ❤️ Winning Hand: Q♠ 5♦2 ♠A♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 554
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $735,435

Michael Casella first cashed at the WSOP exactly twenty years ago. Until now, the biggest achievement of his World Series career had been a 127th-place finish in the Main Event for $40,288.

In 2026, Michael's perseverance was finally rewarded in the Badugi event. After a three-hour heads-up battle against Nick Schulman, Casella captured his first WSOP bracelet and the second-largest payout of his career ($141,963).

Another renowned poker professional, Scott Seiver, finished in third place. Like Schulman, Seiver is also a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

• 🏆 Winner: Scott Clements
• 💰 Prize: $450,176
• ❤️ Winning Hand: T♣ 6♣ 5♦ 2♥
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 204
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,897,200

The first Championship event on the WSOP 2026 schedule attracted a star-studded field. Phil Hellmuth finished in seventh place, while Todd Brunson took third. The title ultimately went to fellow American Scott Clements, an Omaha specialist and one of the most consistent WSOP grinders. The victory earned Clements his fourth WSOP bracelet, while the $450,176 payday became the second-largest cash of his career.

Since 2005, Clements has recorded more than 80 WSOP cashes and over 30 final-table appearances. Beginning in 2009, he reached the final table of the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship twice. After receiving his bracelet, Scott quickly jumped into the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event, which was still open for late registration.

Event #10: $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Karapet Galstyan
• 💰 Prize: $259,829
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 9♥ 6♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 4,622
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,329,488

Event #10: $600 Deepstack, like many low-buy-in events at the WSOP, became a battleground for lesser-known players outside the United States. The last bracelet winner in the field, Isaac Hagerling, was eliminated in 38th place.

At the final table of the event, the largest stack was only 22 big blinds, so it took just around four hours to determine the winner. In the final stages of the tournament, Karapet Galstyan got quite lucky: he won a three-way all-in with 99, doubled up in heads-up play with J♣7♣ against K♥T♦, and in the decisive hand won with 9♥6♦.

Karapet immediately increased his best cash by five times. Before this victory, his largest payout was $50,000, earned for a 5th-place finish in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions in 2025.

Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

• 🏆 Winner: Stephen Hubbard
• 💰 Prize: $155,819
• ❤️ Winning Hand: 8♦ 7♦ 6♥ 3♠ 3♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 626
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $831,015

Stephen Hubbard considers himself an Omaha specialist, but after finishing fifth in Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, the American decided to test his skills in a 2-7 Lowball Draw tournament and ultimately captured his first WSOP bracelet.

At the end of Day 2, Stephen eliminated David “ODB” Baker, a four-time bracelet winner, and took over the chip lead. From that point on, none of his opponents were able to catch Hubbard in chips, and he maintained his advantage all the way to the title.

Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

• 🏆 Winner: Honghao Zhang
• 💰 Prize: $346,108
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ 5♣
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 1,840
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $2,442,600

A first WSOP cash and a bracelet right away — that is exactly what 26-year-old Georgia Tech graduate student Honghao Zhang accomplished. Prior to this breakthrough, Zhang had spent the last three years primarily playing WSOP Circuit events and cash games.

After his victory, Zhang said: “I’m still a student. Poker is not my full-time job. It’s a hobby, but it’s one that I really enjoy.”

Zhang entered three-handed play as the shortest stack, but managed to survive the pressure and ultimately outlast his more experienced opponents to claim the title.

Event #14: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, "Big O"

• 🏆 Winner: Justin Liberto
• 💰 Prize: $265,297
• ❤️ Winning Hand: A♦ Q♠ 8♣ 2♠ 2♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 1,287
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,708,492

Justin Liberto had to wait 11 years for his second WSOP bracelet. He captured his first title in a No-Limit Hold'em event back in 2015, while at the 2026 WSOP he came out on top in an Omaha mixed-game tournament. During that span, the American reached nine final tables and finished runner-up once.

Among Liberto's opponents at the final table were Brandon Shack-Harris (two WSOP bracelets) and Brad Ruben (five WSOP bracelets). Both players were eliminated by Chris Lee, who would eventually face Liberto heads-up.

The heads-up battle lasted just over an hour. In the decisive hand, Lee got all his chips in with a made straight and a strong low draw, while Liberto had turned the nut flush and also held the better low. The river brought the 10♥, changing nothing and securing the title for Liberto.

Event #15: $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha

• 🏆 Winner: Philip Ardire
• 💰 Prize: $171,589
• ❤️ Winning Hand: K♥ Q♠ T♥ 6♦
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of Entries: 2,636
• 💵 Total Prize Pool: $1,328,544

One of the cheapest events of the 2026 WSOP was won by an unlikely veteran. Before this victory, Philip Ardire had recorded just six WSOP Circuit cashes over a 16-year span, with total live earnings of only $13.6K in WSOPC events.

In recent years, the American has been a professional Omaha cash-game player, which is why he decided to take a shot in this Omaha tournament. Despite entering the final table as the shortest stack and starting heads-up play at a 4-to-1 chip disadvantage, Ardire mounted an impressive comeback and captured his first WSOP bracelet.