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 #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em 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. 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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Hossein Ensan Making a Serious Run at a Second WSOP Main Event Title

Jon Sofen
Jon Sofen
Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

Winning the WSOP Main Event twice in the post-Moneymaker era is about as unlikely as winning the Main Event and Poker Players Championship in the same year.

The latter improbable scenario actually did happen last summer when Michael Mizrachi won both events. The first scenario just might happen as Hossein Ensan, the 2019 champion, has a big stack on Day 8 with only two tables away from the bracelet.

Johnny Moss (1970, 1971, and 1974) and Stu Ungar (1980, 1981, and 1997) are the only three-time Main Event winners, while Doyle Brunson (1976 and 1977) and Johnny Chan (1987 and 1988) and two-time winners. But those wins all came in an era when fields were a couple hundred players or fewer. The Main Event has cracked 5,000 players every year since 2005, and the likelihood of winning twice these days is barely above 0%.

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