Joshua Arieh Leads the PLO Hi-Lo Final Table, Chasing Bracelet No. 7

Joshua Arieh has six gold bracelets, $11.6 million in lifetime earnings, and 3.31 million chips at the Event #21 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo final table. He's been here 36 times before.

That's 36 career WSOP final tables. Not cashes. Not deep runs. Final tables. And now Arieh is sitting down for No. 37, hunting a seventh bracelet in the $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2026 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

A seventh bracelet would put Arieh in genuinely rare air. Only a handful of players in WSOP history have reached that number, and doing it in a split-pot Omaha variant would only add to the résumé of a player whose range across formats is already one of the widest in the game.

Only a handful of players in WSOP history have reached seven bracelets, and doing it in a split-pot Omaha variant would only add to the résumé.

The Table He Has to Beat

Arieh isn't the chip leader. That distinction belongs to Frederic Normand, a Canadian pro with 3.915 million chips, $1.76 million in lifetime earnings, and nine career final tables. Normand has never won a bracelet, but his stack and his experience at this stage make him the most dangerous obstacle between Arieh and No. 7.

Right behind Normand sits Tobias Hausen of Germany, who holds 3.885 million. Hausen's lifetime earnings of roughly $375,000 suggest a player operating below the radar, but his stack tells a different story. He's virtually tied for the chip lead and will have plenty of leverage when play resumes.

Then there's Dennis Weiss, another German, sitting on 2.525 million chips. Weiss already owns one bracelet and has $2.43 million in career earnings. He knows what it takes to close.

Robert Nehorayan rounds out the known stacks at 1.535 million. He's a one-bracelet winner with $402,000 in lifetime cashes, and this is just his second career final table. Short-stacked and relatively inexperienced at this stage, Nehorayan will need to pick his spots carefully in a format where scooping pots changes the math in a hurry.

What Makes This Hunt Different

PLO Hi-Lo rewards a particular kind of patience. Unlike No-Limit Hold'em, where a single preflop shove can define a final table, Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo builds pots in layers. The split-pot dynamic means that winning half the pot while your opponent scoops the other half can bleed you slowly, even when your stack looks healthy.

Arieh, at 3.31 million, trails both Normand and Hausen. He's not in a position to sit back and wait for premium hands. But trailing at a PLO Hi-Lo final table is different from trailing at a Hold'em final table. The gap between 3.31 million and 3.91 million can close in a single scooped pot, and Arieh has sat in this chair more often than anyone else at the table.

Thirty-six final tables is not a stat you accumulate by running hot in one summer. It's a career's worth of navigating exactly these situations: reading opponents, managing a stack that isn't the biggest, finding the right moment to build a pot and the right moment to release.

Normand has the chips. Hausen has the position. Weiss has the hardware.

Arieh has done this 36 times.