2026 World Series of Poker

Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event #95: $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold'em Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. Event #98: $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em Event #99: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 8
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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 8
Entries
21
Players Left
9
Players Left 9 / 9,208
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Brutal Bad Beat Sends Todd Brunson Home After Tripling Up in WSOP Main Event

Jon Sofen
Jon Sofen
Level 35 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson

Todd Brunson entered Day 8 of the 2026 WSOP Main Event with under 15 big blinds. He needed to get something going quickly, and that's exactly what happened. But then one bad beat sent him packing.

The Poker Hall of Famer was attempting to win the Main Event 50 years after his dad, Doyle Brunson, won it in 1976. Doyle, a 10-time bracelet winner and the ultimate poker legend, won it again in 1977. Todd, owner of the Roma Deli in Las Vegas, started off Monday's session with a bang when he ran into the dream scenario.

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