2026 World Series of Poker

Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
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Day: 1d
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$85,634,400
Total Entries
9,208
Players Left
9
Average Chip Stack
61,386,667
Total Chips
552,480,000
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,000,000
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
4,694
Players Left
3,638
Players Left 9 / 9,208
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Doug Polk is Having an Insane Roller Coaster WSOP Main Event Day 1 Start

Jon Sofen
Jon Sofen
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

Doug Polk can't seem to catch a break recently at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), especially in the Main Event.

The three-time bracelet winner had an insane roller coaster start to his 2026 WSOP Main Event on Day 1d, which began at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday. Polk took a bad beat, doubled up, then lost 90% of his stack in a brutal cooler ... all within the first hour of poker's World Championship event.

More than 3,300 players registered for the final Day 1 starting session at the time of publishing. Polk was among that group of players, and he was hoping for a better outcome than last year's bad beat exit.

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