$240 and a Dream: The WSOP's Best Bargain Is Down to 18

For $240, Felipe Davila is 17 eliminations away from a seat in one of the richest tournaments of the summer — and his entire lifetime earnings are less than what the winner of that tournament will tip the dealer.

Davila, a Peruvian player with $24,089 in recorded lifetime cashes, is among 18 players remaining in Event #110, the $240 Daily NLH Landmark Mega Satellite at the 2026 WSOP. He has zero bracelets, zero rings, and a tournament résumé that fits on a Post-it note. He's playing for a seat that costs more than everything he's ever cashed for — combined.

He has zero bracelets, zero rings, and a tournament résumé that fits on a Post-it note.

The $240 Table

Look at the remaining field. Eric Schroeder has $1,201 in lifetime earnings. Tony Teemer: $1,384. Ethan Hoang: $3,018. Matthew Richards, sitting on 10,000 chips, has $8,154. Not one player left at these two tables has a bracelet or a ring.

This is not the final table of a super high roller. This is a collection of grinders, amateurs, and dreamers — exactly the kind of people the WSOP was built for before it became a content vehicle for seven-figure bankrolls.

The Counter-Take

Some will argue that a $240 satellite cheapens the brand — that the WSOP's prestige depends on buy-ins that filter for skill. Fine. But the entire history of the Main Event is built on satellite winners who had no business being there. Chris Moneymaker's entry cost him $86. Nobody complained about the brand when he shipped it.

The real story here isn't whether $240 is too cheap. It's that poker's most famous series still has a door wide enough for a player from Peru with $24K in lifetime earnings to walk through it. At a time when Triton buy-ins start at $50K and high-roller regs treat the Horseshoe like a layover, Event #110 is proof that accessibility isn't dead.

What It Means

Davila might bust the next hand. Schroeder might never cash again. But right now, on May 27, 18 players with a combined résumé thinner than a single Triton final tablist's are fighting for something that could rewrite their entire poker careers.

Two-forty. Two tables. Seventeen knockouts to go.

That's the WSOP at its best.