2026 WSOP Day 15: Suvarna Leads the $50K NLH as Four Bracelets Awarded

Braxton Dunaway became a two-time bracelet winner after coming out on top in Event #26: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Dunaway won the $1,500 Monster Stack in 2023 and finished third in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. He is now a member of the two-bracelet club.

Event #27: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship also concluded on Day 15, and it was Bryce Yockey who will forever be known as its champion. Yockey left an all-star cast in his wake as he got his hands on $371,664 and his third bracelet. Each of Yockey’s bracelets has come in different variants: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship, and now the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice.

Despite the final table of Event #28: $600 Deepstack Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha featuring some of the world’s best players, it was the relatively unknown Brent Gregory who came out on top. Daniel Negreanu, Alex Foxen, Josh Reichard, and Maurice Hawkins were all present and correct, with the latter falling at the final hurdle.

Gregory finished second in the Tournament of Champions at the 2023 WSOP, and has now made amends for that bridesmaid finish with a career-best $204,140 prize and his first WSOP bracelet.

There were celebrations among the PokerNews team when the champion of Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em emerged because that winner was none other than PokerNews Podcast co-host Mike Holtz!

Holtz won an online bracelet in 2022 and reached the final tables of two live bracelet events in 2022 and 2023. His third live WSOP final table resulted in a victory worth $238,097 plus his second gold bracelet.

$50K NLHE High Roller Reaches Day 3; Santhosh Survana Leads the Way

The star-studded Event #29: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em whittled its field down to only 12 players, with India’s Santhosh Suvarna (7,700,000) bagging up the largest stack of the final dozen.

Suvarna already has a bracelet for each wrist, having won the €50,000 Diamond High Roller at the 2023 WSOP Europe festival for €650,000 and then the $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller at the 2024 WSOP for a massive $5,415,152. The Indian star is now in pole position to win this event’s bracelet and the $1,922,870 top prize.

Five others are hoping to add to their bracelet collection when this event resumes for its final day. Chang Lee (5,900,000) returns in second place, while Chris Brewer (5,100,000) has the fourth-largest stack at the start of Day 3.

Colin Robinson (4,700,000), Sergio Aido (3,600,000), and Ben Heath (2,300,000) are the other players who already own some WSOP hardware.

The final day starts at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 10, and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you all of the action. However, the WSOP is likely streaming this event’s final table, which means our reporting will follow the stream on a 2.5-hour delay once the final table is reached.

Event #29: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em Final Day Chip Counts

Kevin Eyster Leads the Final Eight in the $1,500 Monster Stack

The original plan for the penultimate day of Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack was to reduce the field to the final five. As it happens, the field was trimmed, but only to what we shall call the Elite Eight.

Kevin Eyster (126,700,000) is the chip lead going into the final day’s action. Eyster is one of two bracelet winners still in this event. He won his bracelet in 2014 when he took down the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event for $622,998.

Richard Alsup (52,300,000) is the other bracelet winner left in this event. Alsup captured some WSOP gold in 2022 after emerging victoriously from the $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack event, which came with $272,065.

Each of the eight returning players is guaranteed at least $190,000 for their efforts. Reaching the top four locks in a prize of more than half a million dollars, with the eventual champion receiving $1,302,125.

The final day starts at 3:30 p.m. local time on June 10, with the action streamed by the WSOP. This means PokerNews‘ written updates will follow the stream’s action with a 2.5-hour delay to avoid spoilers.

Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack Final Day Chip Counts

Only Eight Remain in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em; Bardah Second in Chips

There were only eight players remaining in Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 7-Handed at the end of Day 2, and fixed limit specialist Ronnie Bardah (2,175,000) is among them.

Bardah always seems to shine in events that have a fixed limit betting structure, and he is now seven eliminations away from adding a second bracelet to his poker accomplishments. What did his first bracelet come in? That would be the $2,500 Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event in 2012.

Vo Ngo (2,660,000) was the only player to bag up more chips than Bardah as the curtain came down on Day 2’s proceedings.

That duo will be joined on Day 3 by the likes of Patrick Leonard (2,100,000) and two-time bracelet winner Dennis Weiss (1,800,000), who occupy third and fourth place, respectively.

Cards are back in the air from 1:00 p.m. local time on June 10, with PokerNews‘ live reporting team bringing you all the min-bet action you can handle.

Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 7-Handed Top 10 Chip Counts

$3,000 NLHE Event Attracts 979 Players; Niall Farrell Among the Early Leaders

Day 1 of Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em saw 979 players begin their quest for WSOP glory, with 295 progressing to Day 2. Among those surviving players were dozens of bracelet winners and $25K Fantasy Draft picks.

Niall Farrell (409,500) bagged up a top 10 stack on Day 1 as he attempts to become a two-time WSOP champion. Farrell won his bracelet at the 2017 WSOP Europe festival, taking down the €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller, completing poker’s Triple Crown, having previously won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Malta Main Event in 2015 and the World Poker Tour (WPT) Punta Cana in 2016.

Three other bracelet winners finished Day 1 in the top 10: Dong Chen (460,000), Antonio Vargas (442,500), and Jean-Robert Bellande (422,000).

Lower down the counts but still more than in with a legitimate shot at glory are such luminaries as Bradley Jansen (368,500), Nick Pupillo (274,500), Jason Wheeler (221,000), Brian Yoon (179,000), Chance Kornuth (167,000), Joao Simao (149,000), Maria Konnikova (111,000), Chris Moorman (60,600), and David Peters (50,000).

Two WSOP Main Event champions also made it through to this event’s second day, both with decent stacks. Bulgaria’s Stoyan Madanzhiev (259,000) and Joe McKeehen (214,500) are both nicely poised for yet another deep run in a bracelet-awarding tournament.

Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 10, with late registration remaining open until the end of the day’s first level. Join PokerNews‘ live reporting team from Day 2 onward, and see who comes out on top in this mid-stakes event.

Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Marco Johnson Bags a Big Stack on Day 1 of the $10,000 PLO8 Championship

Marco Johnson (461,500) missed out on being the Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 chip leader by a mere 1,000 chips, narrowly missing out to Christopher Carlson (462,500).

A total of 268 entrants bought in on Day 1, with 104 navigating through the shark-infested waters to take their seats on Day 2. Both of those numbers will almost certainly increase because late registration remains open for the first two levels of Day 2.

While Carlson and Johnson finished neck-and-neck at the chip counts’ summit, such luminaries as Dylan Weisman (365,000), Dylan Smith (346,500), and Josh Arieh (313,500) bagged and tagged top 10 stacks.

Poker veteran Rob Hollink (301,000), Ren Lin (291,500), Blaz Zerjav (256,500), Patrick Stacey (245,500), Benny Glaser (228,500), Mike Gorodinsky (228,000), and Scott Clements (223,000) all finished Day 1 in the top 20.

Also through are mixed game specialists Allen Kessler (219,500), Jason Mercier (216,000), Daniel Negreanu (207,000), Jeff Madsen (180,500), reigning champion Philip Sternheimer (161,500), and Yuri Dzivielevski (115,000), among others.

Day 2 kicks off at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 10 with late registration open for the first two hour-long levels. Ten levels are on the agenda.

Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 16 of the 2026 WSOP

June 10 is the 16th day of the 2026 WSOP, and it looks set to be yet another busy day at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Another three events will crown their worthy champions, and another four new events will shuffle up for the first time, alongside two other in-play events; where are they going to put all these players?

12:00 p.m. local time is when the first in-play tournament resumes, it is the final day of the star-studded Event #29: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed, where someone will bank an impressive $1,922,870.

As the $50K shuffles up and deals, so does Day 2 of Event #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em. PokerNews‘ industry-leading live reporting coverage of this event starts today, so don’t forget to tune in.

At 1:00 p.m. local time, PokerNews will cover the final day of Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 7-Handed and Day 2 of Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. Both are stacked with top-tier players.

At 3:30 p.m. local time, Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack resumes with only eight players in contention for the $1,302,125 top prize. The action is being live-streamed, so PokerNews‘s updates will be delayed by 2.5 hours to match the stream.

The first of four Day 1s of Event #34: $500 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em explodes into action from 10:00 a.m. local time. This tournament should see a massive field over the next few days, hence its name. It follows a similar structure to Monster Stack in that the survivors from each Day 1 lock horns with each other the following day in a Day 2. The field combines for the first time on Day 3, which is when our traditional live coverage begins.

Courtenay Williams is this event’s reigning champion. He came out on top of a 16,301-strong field in 2025 and took home his first bracelet and a cool $542,540 for his efforts.

Another new event starts at 12:00 p.m. local time, Day 1a of Event #35: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed. Last year, this event saw 1,564 players buy in, creating a $2,076,210 prize pool. Matt Vengrin scooped the lion’s share of that pot, namely $306,791, and his first WSOP bracelet.

If you want to catch a glimpse of your favorite high-stakes player, Event #36: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em could be where you’ll see them. This event begins at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 10, and it doesn’t take a genius to work out that the field will be compact but ridiculously stacked.

Joao Vieira triumphed in this event at the 2025 WSOP, outlasting 102 opponents and collecting $2,649,158 of the $9,939,500 prize pool. With this victory, Vieira became a four-time WSOP champion.

Finally, Event #37: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. also begins at 1:00 p.m. local time. The first H.O.R.S.E. event of the series is sure to be popular. Expect to see reigning champion Andrey Zhigalov in the field. He won this event in 2025 for $197,923 and his second bracelet seven years after winning the exact same tournament. He couldn’t win it again, could he?

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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