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Negreanu's Fantasy Team Jumps from 6.3% to 98.8% Win Probability
Three rival teams — including former leader Team Banana — crashed to zero in a single update cycle on 25kfantasy.com.
WSOP Event #99: Seiver, Zinno Among 91 Remaining in $5K 8-Handed
Five players with a combined 13 bracelets and over $33M in lifetime earnings dot the leaderboard as the $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em field narrows on Day 1.
$25K High Roller H.O.R.S.E. Down to 18 — Arieh Leads With Seven Bracelets on the Line
Joshua Arieh tops the chip counts as WSOP Event #97 reaches two tables on Day 2.
WSOP $500 Summer Saver Final Table Set — With a Five-Bracelet Crasher
Martin Kabrhel busted 12th, John Esposito 13th, and the remaining nine players at Event #95 are chasing their first gold.
WSOPC Horseshoe Las Vegas Opens With $400 Mini Main, 18 Survive Day 1A
A WSOP Circuit stop is running inside the same building as the main summer series — and its first event just played down to two tables.
WSOP $25K High Roller H.O.R.S.E. Down to 53 on Day 2
Andrew Yeh leads a bracelet-heavy field as the summer's most expensive mixed-game event enters its second day.
$520 Deep Stack Kickoff Carries a $1M Guarantee on July 16
A $520 buy-in NLH tournament becomes the cheapest million-dollar guarantee currently on the board.
Kevin Song Leads The Closer Final Table With 33.4M Chips
WSOP Event #93, the $1,500 Closer, is down to its final nine at the Horseshoe — and the biggest stack belongs to a bracelet winner with $2.4M in career earnings.
Robert Mizrachi Leads WSOP $3,000 6-Handed PLO with 23 Left
The five-time bracelet winner holds 1,080,000 chips as Event #96 nears the final stretch on Day 2.
Minjoo Cho Leads The Closer With 24 Left
The South Korean grinder with $39,518 in lifetime cashes holds a commanding 13.975 million chips as WSOP Event #93 pushes toward a final table.
$3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Reaches Final Table at the WSOP
Four-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Luis Yepez Carmona is among nine players vying for a bracelet in Event #89.
Rizzo Leads The Closer With 52 Left at the Horseshoe
Brazil's Leonardo Mendonca Rizzo holds 5.3 million chips as WSOP Event #93 grinds toward a final table.
Nine Deep for $10/$20 Omaha Hi-Lo in Dayton, Ohio — Zero Tables Running
Mad River Poker Club posted the highest waitlist-to-table ratio in American poker overnight, and the game never even seated.
Calvin Anderson Leads $10K 6-Handed Championship With 18 Left
The seven-time bracelet winner holds 4.6 million chips as Event #94 reaches its final two tables at the Horseshoe.
WSOP Main Event Down to 18: Malcolm Trayner Leads with 75 Million
A one-bracelet pro from Great Britain holds nearly twice the chips of the next-closest stack as the $10,000 Main Event reaches its final two tables.
Two $1M-Guarantee MSPT Events Headline DCPS 2026 Schedule
Event #87 at $1,100 and Event #91 at $1,600 each carry seven-figure guarantees — the largest mid-stakes fields running outside the Horseshoe.
WSOP Event #499 Final Five: Combined Careers Wouldn't Cover a High Roller Buy-In
The $250 Daily Deepstack at the Horseshoe is down to five players with a combined $14,687 in lifetime tournament earnings.
WSOP Main Event Down to 54 on Day 7
The $10,000 World Championship field continues to shrink at the Horseshoe with no dominant chip leader separating from the pack.
WSOP Main Event Down to 100 on Day 6
Jason Kornegay leads the remaining field at the Horseshoe as the $10,000 championship enters its final stretch.
Three WSOP Events Still Live Past Midnight at the Horseshoe
A PLO Mystery Bounty nears its final table, a Pick Your PLO field grinds toward Day 3, and a $240 Mega Satellite battles for Main Event seats — all under the same roof after midnight on July 11.
DCPS Stacks Four $1M Guarantees in Nine Days
The Deepstack Championship Poker Series posts its densest stretch of seven-figure guarantees between July 10 and July 18 — all at buy-ins of $1,600 or less.
Four WSOP Events Grind Past Sunrise on July 8
A $400 Deepstack, $250 Deepstack, $200 Deepstack, and $135 Mega Satellite all reached final-table range overnight at the Horseshoe.
Three WSOP Events Still Grinding Past 6 AM on July 7
A $400 Deepstack is down to 19 players, a $250 Deepstack has 48 left, and a $2,200 Mega Satellite is battling with 36 — all at the Horseshoe past sunrise.
Overnight at the Horseshoe: Three Mega Sats, 82 Left in the Deepstack, 20-Deep PLO Wait at the Wynn
A batch of Landmark Mega Satellites hit their final tables between 1 and 4 a.m., the $400 Daily Deepstack ground down to 82 players, and the Wynn's PLO room posted the summer's deepest overnight waitlist.
WSOP Event #71: $1,600 Mystery Bounty With $2M Guarantee Opens July 4
The largest non-Main Event bounty tournament on the 2026 WSOP schedule kicks off Day 1A at 6 PM PT on Independence Day.
25 Tournaments, $16.5M in Guarantees: The July 4th Weekend Slate
Three separate $2M-plus guarantees headline the densest holiday poker weekend Las Vegas has seen in years.
Two Seven-Figure PLO Events Hit Vegas This Weekend
WSOP Event #65's $2M guaranteed PLO Mystery Bounty resumes for Day 2 on July 4, with a separate $1M guaranteed PLO Championship launching the next day.
BetMGM Championship Fires $4M Guarantee on the Strip
A $3,200 buy-in NLH event with two Day 1 flights offers the largest non-WSOP guarantee in Las Vegas during bracelet season.
Three WSOP Final Tables Set Overnight, Two $2M Guarantees on Deck
Events #364, #366, and #368 all reached their final nine at the Horseshoe, and two mystery bounty bracelet events carrying $2M guarantees launch in the days ahead.
Five WSOP Events Still Grinding Past 4 AM at the Horseshoe
A bracelet event, two dailies, and two satellites all pushed into sunrise on June 29.
WSOP Late Wire: Ladies Championship at 26, Satellites Grinding Past Midnight
Aubrey Williams leads the $1,000 Ladies Championship with 2.74 million chips as three other WSOP events push deep into the night at the Horseshoe.
$5M in Guarantees Land in One WSOP Week: July 5–9
Three events across a five-day window make early July the heaviest guarantee stretch of the summer.
Brunson Leads $10K 2-7 Draw; Seniors and High Roller Finals Set
Three WSOP events reach late stages overnight at the Horseshoe, with Todd Brunson holding the chip lead in a championship draw event.
Daniel Hachem Among Final 14 in WSOP $1,000 PLO
The son of 2005 Main Event champion Joe Hachem was eliminated just short of the final two tables in Event #57 at the Horseshoe.
Gruneberg Leads 17 Left in WSOP Event #62 ($2,500 NLHE)
The two-time bracelet winner holds 1.5 million chips as the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event reaches its final two tables at the Horseshoe.
Grand Poker Series Main Event: $508 Buy-In, $500K Guarantee
The Golden Nugget's flagship tournament offers the cheapest path to a six-figure score on the Las Vegas summer schedule.
$3K PLO Mystery Bounty Brings $2M Guarantee to WSOP Schedule
Event #65, scheduled for July 2, is the first PLO bounty event in WSOP history to carry a seven-figure guarantee.
Tong Leads $50K Poker Players Championship Final Table
The hardest bracelet event on the WSOP schedule is down to its last players, headlined by a stacked final table featuring $33M in combined lifetime earnings.
Zak Delaimy Leads Millionaire Maker Final Table With 2.3M Chips
WSOP Event #50's $1,500 Millionaire Maker has set its final table after four starting flights, with Zak Delaimy holding a commanding chip lead.
Weissman, Spinella Among 18 Left in WSOP $3K 6-Handed
Two bracelet holders headline the final two tables of Event #56 as the $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em returns for its conclusion.
Richard Ashby Reaches Final Table of $625 Satellite to $50K PPC
The two-time bracelet winner from Great Britain is nine-handed for a seat into poker's most prestigious mixed-game event.
Seniors Championship Down to 11 on Day 4 at the Horseshoe
Manfred Anton Wolf leads with 12.1 million chips as the $1,000 WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship reaches its final two tables.
$2K Mystery Bounty Carries $1M Guarantee on June 19
The largest non-WSOP single-day guarantee on the Las Vegas summer schedule fires at 6 PM PT.
Teeuwen Leads Final Eight in $1,100 Mega Satellite for Landmark Seat
The Canadian grinder with 19 career WSOP final tables is one win away from a bracelet-event entry.
WSOP Colossus Final Table Set: Chip Leader Has $5,542 to His Name
Justin Smith leads nine players into the $500 Colossus final table with 107 million chips and almost no tournament résumé.
$250K Super High Roller Down to 18 — Stanley Tang Among Survivors
A player whose lifetime earnings wouldn't cover the buy-in is still alive in WSOP Event #41.
$6.75M in Guarantees Across Four Events on June 13
WSOP Event #29 fires its third flight, the DCPS Seniors opens at $1M guaranteed, and BetMGM launches a $250K PLO — all tomorrow in Las Vegas.
Overnight at the Horseshoe: Three Events Hit Final Stages
A French ring winner leads Limit Hold'em, a relative unknown from China tops the $200 Daily Deepstack, and the $10K PLO Hi-Lo Championship is down to 27.
Overnight at the Horseshoe: Three Bracelet Events Hit Final Stages
Andrew Moreno leads the Monster Stack final nine, Patrick Leonard is alive in Limit Hold'em, and a relative unknown tops the $50K High Roller at 17 remaining.
Overnight at the Horseshoe: Stevens Leads $250 Deepstack, Grise Alive in $5,300 Satellite
Three events ground through the early morning hours at the 2026 WSOP, with 40 players still in action across two deepstacks and a high-roller mega satellite.
Anderson Takes $165K in PLO Hi-Lo; Two $25K Events in Motion
Calvin Anderson finishes runner-up in Event #21, while Event #19's $25K High Roller sets its final table and Event #24 fires Day 1 at the 2026 WSOP.
DCPS 2026 Puts a $1M Guarantee on a $1,100 Seniors Event
Event #44 of the D.C. Poker Series posts one of the largest seniors guarantees in U.S. tournament history, with Day 2 firing June 14.
WSOP Overnight: Three Deepstacks Grind to Final Tables
Event #165 is down to six players, Event #160 and #163 are at two tables each, and a $1.5M GTD final table fires on June 5.
Event #13 Final Table Set — First 2026 Bracelet on the Line
David Rees leads six players returning for the $1,500 6-Handed NLH finale, while Event #14 grinds toward Day 2 and overnight satellites crown their last winners.
DCPS Posts Two $1M-Guarantee NLH Events for June
The Durango Championship Poker Series is scheduling a pair of $1,100 buy-in tournaments with seven-figure guarantees during the heart of the WSOP summer grind.
Brian Tate Leads $1,500 Badugi Final Table at 2026 WSOP
The seven-time WSOP final tablist holds 428,000 chips in Event #8 as he chases his first bracelet against a stacked field that includes three prior bracelet winners.
Buckley Andrews Wins $135 Landmark Mega Satellite at the WSOP
A player with zero recorded lifetime earnings turned a $135 buy-in into a seat in the WSOP Landmark event.
WSOP Overnight: Two Final Tables Set, Livschitz Wins Heads-Up Satellite
Event #2 ($5K 8-Handed) and Event #116 ($250 Seniors) reached their final tables while Victoria Livschitz punched her ticket in the $2,750 Heads-Up Mega Satellite.
Yuri Dzivielevski Wins WSOP Event #2 for Second Career Bracelet
The Brazilian star takes down the $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, the first premium event of the 2026 WSOP summer series.
César García Leads Triton Montenegro $50K PLO Mystery Bounty Final Table
Eight players remain in the $50,000 buy-in PLO event, with García holding a commanding 2.32 million chip stack over a stacked final table.