Matthew Shepsky

Biography

Matthew Shepsky is an American poker player from Illinois best known for winning the $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for $305,000, $20,000 in bounties, and his maiden WSOP bracelet.

Shepsky told PokerNews that he began playing PLO cash games in 2013 and that those games are his bread and butter. Despite his cash game background, Shepsky has more than $1.9 million in live poker tournament earnings, as of July 2026.

Including the $305,000 he won during his bracelet victory, Shepsky has four six-figure scores. He won $227,864 for a victory in a $1,650 No-Limit Hold'em event in September 2015, and $195,367 for a victory in a $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in March 2018. His other big score came from a 29th-place finish in the 2022 WSOP Main Event, which earned him $262,300.

Event	Place	Prize
2026 World Series of Poker Event #87: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha	1^st	$305,000
2026 World Series of Poker Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	82^nd	$2,886
2025 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty	225^th	$1,883
2025 World Series of Poker Event #28: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	295^th	$1,200
2025 World Series of Poker Event #27: $1,500 Big O	135^th	$3,178
2025 World Series of Poker Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot	214^th	$3,027
2024 World Series of Poker Event #97: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	36^th	$9,598
2024 World Series of Poker Event #68: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	119^th	$6,607
2024 World Series of Poker Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)	16^th	$23,667
2023 World Series of Poker Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker	605^th	$4,070
2023 World Series of Poker Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions	2065^th	$1,160
2022 World Series of Poker Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship	29^th	$262,300
2022 World Series of Poker Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	39^th	$40,460
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond $1,700 Main Event	7^th	$44,615
2019 World Series of Poker Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty	60^th	$3,835
2018 World Series of Poker Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK	219^th	$5,885
2018 World Series of Poker Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha	16^th	$7,264
2018 World Series of Poker Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	949^th	$1,157
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino Main Event	46^th	$2,396
2014 World Series of Poker Event #39: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	105^th	$5,145
2014 World Series of Poker Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	33^rd	$12,390
2014 World Series of Poker Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em	345^th	$5,384
2013 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	116^th	$3,537
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond Main Event	10^th	$18,598
2010 World Series of Poker Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em	48^th	$9,064
2010 World Series of Poker Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	247^th	$2,463
2009 World Series of Poker Event 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em	156^th	$3,571
2007 World Series of Poker Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem	325^th	$39,445

Event

Place

Prize

2026 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha

1^st

$305,000

2026 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em

82^nd

$2,886

2025 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty

225^th

$1,883