2026 World Series of Poker

Event #98: $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship 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 Event #100: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 1
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$1,425,200
Total Entries
2,036
Players Left
4
Average Chip Stack
20,360,000
Total Chips
81,440,000
Next Payout
Place 4
$69,677
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
2,036
Players Left
129
Players Left 4 / 2,036
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Who is the Most Improbable WSOP Main Event Champion Ever?

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
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The least and most surprising World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion ever is arguably the same person.

Confused? You won't be in a bit. Poker's most prestigious annual event, with the purpose of crowning a 2026 world champion, is underway at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Michael Mizrachi, the newest Poker Hall of Famer, won this $10,000 buy-in tournament last summer for $10,000,000.

"The Grinder's" win brought some excitement around the poker community, but it wasn't a huge surprise like some past champs. Mizrachi didn't come out of nowhere before winning the Main Event. He wasn't an accountant who won a cheap online satellite to enter the tournament or some random amateur low-stakes cash game player.

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