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Day 4 of the 2026 World Series of Poker saw the series hit its stride with seven events in play. Two of these events awarded bracelets, the second and third of the year.
Daniyal Gheba won his first bracelet, taking down Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em for $502,985 in the first event played in the new WSOP Mothership Arena.
Meanwhile, Jason Daly won his third bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event.
The day also saw huge names clash as Phil Hellmuth and Michael Mizrachi had a knock-down, drag-out battle in the $25,000 Heads Up event.
Mizrachi, Negreanu, and Saliba Reach Final Of $25k
Event #7: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship is always a highlight of the WSOP, and this year’s event has already given poker fans some all-time match-ups just on Day 1a.
There was had Michael Mizrachi v. Shannon Shorr in round 1, Daniel Negreanu v. Brock Wilson and Alex Foxen v. Alex Keating in round 2, and a Main Event champion match up of Phil Hellmuth v. Michael Mizrachi in round 3.
Day 1a saw three rounds played in a 64-player bracket, with eight players advancing. Day 1b’s bracket of 64 players will start at noon local time, with round 2 starting at 5:00 p.m. and round 3 at 10:00 p.m.
Day 1a Bracket Results
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The $550 Mini Mystery Millions passes 10k entries on Day 1d
Day 1d of Event #1: $550 Mini Mystery Millions got 4,579 entries to the event, bringing the total number of entries up to 10,226. There are still two more flights to go so this number has plenty of room to grow.
Paul Interrante (2,100,000) led the field at the close of play. However, Day 1b chip leader Tal Avivi remains in first place overall for now with 2,800,000 in chips.
Among those who survived Day 1d with chips in front of them are notables like Jason Wheeler (1,000,000), Maxx Coleman (860,000), Roberto Romanello (775,000), Kevin Song (505,000), and Tom Hall (315,000)
There were 178 survivors from the day’s field, which brings the total to 382 survivors in the Day 2 field. They will return on May 31, after Day 1e and Day 1f play out tomorrow.
Day 1e starts at 10:00 a.m. local time and Day 1f follows at 6:00 p.m..
Event #1: $550 Mini Mystery Millions Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Interrante | United States | 2,100,000 | 53 |
| 2 | Leeroy Francisco | United States | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| — | Rama Chanchali | United States | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| — | Matthew Stout | United States | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Joshua Sherman | – | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Stanley Lee | United States | 1,600,000 | 40 |
| — | Brownie Garrett | United States | 1,600,000 | 40 |
| — | Joe Foote | United States | 1,600,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Soichiro Hayashi | Japan | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| — | Cristiano Ferrari | United States | 1,500,000 | 38 |
Thirty-One Bracelet Winners Make Day 2 of Badugi Event
The Event #8: $1,500 Badugi attracted 554 players on its first day. This put $735,435 in the event’s prize pool. At the close of play, 84 survivors were still in contention, 31 of whom already have at least one bracelet.
In second place, Lok Chan (348,000) is the bracelet winner with the biggest stack. He is solidly behind Brian Tate, the event’s current chip leader, who is sitting pretty with 428,000 in his bag.
Two Main Event winners Chris Moneymaker (162,000) and Max Neugbauer (140,000) have made it to Day 2. They will be joined on by other bracelet winners including Ryan Hoenig(297,000), Matthew Wantman (292,000), Chino Rheem (197,000), Ryan Reiss (193,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (169,000), and Nick Schulman (104,000).
Event #8: $1,500 Badugi returns for Day 2 on May 30 at 1:00 p.m. local time.
Event #8: $1,500 Badugi Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Tate | United States | 428,000 | 86 |
| 2 | Lok Chan | Hong Kong | 348,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Satoshi Tanaka | United States | 329,000 | 66 |
| 4 | Kevin Xu | United States | 307,000 | 61 |
| 5 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | 297,000 | 59 |
| 6 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 292,000 | 58 |
| 7 | Dominick Sarle | United States | 285,000 | 57 |
| 8 | Frank Muir | United States | 277,000 | 55 |
| 9 | Alexander Bitsakis | Canada | 275,000 | 55 |
| 10 | Jampana Appalaraju | United States | 255,000 | 51 |
Jesse Lonis Has Half The Chips At $5,000 PLO 8-Handed Final Table
Day 2 of the Event #5 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-handed started with 120 players remaining from an initial field of 716. By the end of Day 2, just seven remain.
Jesse Lonis leads the field with an enormous stack of 17,610,000. This is more than three times Stephen Hubbard‘s second-place stack of 4,980,000.
Lonis’s stack represents close to half the chips in play, putting him in an excellent position to win the $595,388 first-place prize culled from a prize pool of $3,293,600.
Lonis will be up against some tough players at this final table including Stephen Hubbard (5,000,000), Evan Krentzman (4,200,000), and Dylan Weisman (2,800,000).
They will return at 12 p.m. local time with blinds at 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.
Event #5: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 17,610,000 | 294 |
| 2 | Stephen Hubbard | United States | 4,980,000 | 83 |
| 3 | Evan Krentzman | United States | 4,200,000 | 70 |
| 4 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 2,775,000 | 46 |
| 5 | Jarred Graham | Australia | 2,420,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Yang Wang | United States | 1,650,000 | 28 |
| 7 | Justin Scott | United States | 1,400,000 | 23 |
First Stud Event of the Series Reaches Final Table
Thomas Savitsky (3,000,000) led the hunt as Day 2 of Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud came to an end. Just seven players remain from a field of 359 entries.
Sixty-two of those players returned today, not all of whom made it to the end. Some players who cashed out in the course of the day include David Bach (50th – $3,059), Chris Hunichen (25th – $3,542), Scott Seiver (24th – $3,542), and Todd Brunson (21st – $4,030).
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. on May 30 with limits of 60,000/120,000.
Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Savitsky | United States | 3,000,000 | 25 |
| 2 | James Cheung | United Kingdom | 2,400,000 | 20 |
| 3 | Gregory Josephson | United States | 1,900,000 | 16 |
| 4 | Brian Yoon | United States | 1,200,000 | 10 |
| 5 | Bradley Jansen | United States | 375,000 | 3 |
| 6 | Jonathan Glendinning | United States | 135,000 | 1 |
What to Expect on Day 4 of the 2026 WSOP
May 30 is Day 5 of the 2026 WSOP. There will be one new event kicking off, Event#9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (7-Handed), which will begin at 2:00 p.m. local time.
Plus, two events are expected to crown winners. Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud and Event #5 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-handed will both finish up their final tables. The Omaha event kicks off at noon and the stud follows an hour later at 1:00 p.m.
The rest of the action will be continuing events, including Day 1b of the $10,000 Heads Up event, which begins at noon local time.
The biggest event tomorrow in terms of turnout is likely to be Event #1: $550 Mini Mystery Millions, which sees its last two Day 1 flights start at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., respectively.
The $1,500 Badugi event will be playing through its Day 2 starting from 1:00 p.m. local time with Brian Tate in the chip lead.
You can follow all the action in these events right here on PokerNews.
