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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.
Joao Simao Sits Second at Triton Montenegro $50K PLO Final Table
The Brazilian trails chip leader César García by 825,000 as eight players remain in the $50K PLO Mystery Bounty.
Thomas Freese Wins $400 Double Stack Closer, Caps WSOPC Caesars New Orleans
Freese earned his first WSOP Circuit ring in the final event of the Caesars New Orleans stop.
Zouaghi Wins WSOPC Playground High Roller for First Ring
The Montreal Circuit stop closed with Rafik Zouaghi topping the $5,000 Mega Stack High Roller and Younguk Jo taking the $1,000 Mystery Bounty.
Siebert Leads WSOPC Playground Main With $3,856 in Career Earnings
A player with less than $4K in lifetime cashes holds the chip lead at the WSOP Circuit Playground $2,500 Main Event final table.
WSOPC Caesars New Orleans Main Event Down to Final Six
Rusty Moorer leads with 1,000,000 chips as the $1,700 buy-in ring event plays to a winner.
WSOPC Montevideo Main Event Final Table Set — Da Cunha Araujo Leads
Brazil's Fernando Da Cunha Araujo takes 6.55M in chips into the nine-handed finale at Casino Carrasco, with WSOP bracelet winner Evgenii Akimov lurking third in chips.
Bracelet Winner Akimov Leads WSOPC Montevideo Main Event Final Table
Evgenii Akimov tops a nine-handed final table with 1,015,000 chips at the WSOP Circuit stop at Casino Carrasco Montevideo.
Danny Tang Leads Triton Montenegro $100K Main Event Final Table
The Hong Kong high-roller holds 7.05 million chips — nearly 75% more than the next-closest stack — as nine players return for the title.
Live! Cup VII Launches $512 Buy-In, $1M GTD Main Event
Four Day 1 flights spread across two days at Live! Casino give East Coast grinders multiple shots at a seven-figure prize pool.
Three WSOPC Main Events Hit Final Tables Simultaneously
Caesars New Orleans, Casino Carrasco Montevideo, and Playground all reached their Main Event final tables within hours of each other on Thursday.
Zlotnikov Holds 2:1 Chip Lead at $200K Triton Montenegro Final Table
The $200K Invitational drew 137 entries, generating a prize pool in excess of $27 million, and Anatoly Zlotnikov enters the final nine with 12.55 million chips.
Triton Montenegro $50K NLH Final Table: Three Players Separated by 75K Chips
Ye Wang, Kayhan Mokri, and Alexandros Theologis sit nearly dead even atop a nine-handed final table from a 118-entry field.
Griffin Benger Bags Day 1C Chip Lead at WSOPC Playground Colossus
The Canadian pro topped a stacked Day 1C flight with 1,300,500 chips, nearly doubling the next-closest stack.
Two WSOPC Final Tables Running Simultaneously at Casino Carrasco Montevideo
France's Jeremy Noguero Izquierdo leads the $3,000 High Roller while Uruguay's Manuel Rosales Fuentes tops the $500 Mini Main Event at the Montevideo Circuit stop.
Live! Cup VII Brings $1M Guarantee at a $512 Buy-In
Two flights on May 23 give grinders a shot at one of the largest independent guarantees on the East Coast this month.
WSOPC Montevideo's $300 Win The Button Turbo KO Reaches Final Table
Uruguay's Ernesto Aquino is among nine players left chasing a gold ring at Casino Carrasco.
WSOPC Main Event With $500K Guarantee Starts Wednesday
A $1,515 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Circuit Main Event offers two starting flights this week.
Live! Cup VII Opens Tuesday With $1M Guarantee at $512
Six starting flights spread across three days feed the richest sub-$600 NLH tournament on the East Coast this week.