Bryce Yockey Wins $10k Dealer’s Choice Championship at 2026 WSOP

Two years ago, Bryce Yockey came agonizingly close to capturing the title he wanted the most, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, after losing to Daniel Negreanu heads-up.

Today, he ensured that no one would deny him the tournament next on his wish list.

Yockey overwhelmed the field at the final table of Event #27: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship, building a massive chip lead and running over the table on his way to his third World Series of Poker bracelet and $371,664 top prize out of the $1,515,900 prize pool.

2026 WSOP Event #27: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship Final Table Results

“I’ve wanted to win this tournament for a really long time,” Yockey said after defeating Ryan Miller in a short heads-up match and prevailing over the 163-player field.

“In terms of, like, mixed game tournaments, this one’s really unique because there’s just a lot of strategy beyond just playing the game that goes into it. People actually try to choose games to target you. Whatever they think you’re bad at, whatever they think they have an advantage at. Part of the game is also just learning to play that game, too, and just avoiding them in those situations when you can. I wanted to win this one for a long time.”

“I’ve wanted to win this tournament for a really long time”

Yockey’s first bracelet came in 2017 when he won the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship. He then won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2024. But his career has been defined as much for its near misses as it was for those accomplishments.

In 2019, he was on the wrong end of one of the most infamous bad beats in televised poker history against Josh Arieh at the final table of the PPC. Then, also in 2024, he waged an epic heads-up duel against Negreanu in the PPC but came up just one spot short.

Yockey was determined not to have another close call today. He entered the seven-handed final table atop the leaderboard and built up such a chip lead that he had nearly 70 percent of the chips in play while there were still six players remaining. He used his big stack to full effect, constantly raising and taking down pots uncontested as his shorter-stacked opponents struggled to survive.

While he took a slight dip at the final table, and even lost the chip lead for one brief moment, Yockey never lost focus and confidence that he would pull through.

“Fun. Really fun. It’s really fun when you can just raise almost every single hand and they just sadly look at their hand and just fold hands they know are better than yours. That’s a really fun experience,” he said, describing his day on the felt.

“I try to remember that all I can do is just play the situation I’m in right now. So, like, I think the me five years ago would’ve struggled a lot more in that situation, where I would have started, like, maybe getting in my head and start thinking about, oh no, this might be going south. But the reality is, if you step back and told me I would have five million chips four-handed, four million chips four-handed, I would’ve been ecstatic.”

“In this tournament, you make people play weird stuff”

Yockey’s triumph today, as well as his deep runs in the PPC, solidify his reputation as one of the top mixed-game players around. He still hasn’t achieved his No. 1 goal, the PPC, but this one is a nice consolation prize.

“It’s kind of a weird tournament because, like, in some ways, it’s not like winning a H.O.R.S.E. tournament. When you play H.O.R.S.E., everyone gets to play the games they know they’re walking into. In this tournament, you make people play weird stuff. So I definitely think it helps, but it’s kind of different than winning, like, the PPC, which is why that’s like my No. 1,” he said.

“I want to win this tournament more than any, other than the PPC and the Main Event. This is my No. 3.”

That concludes PokerNews‘ coverage of the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship. Keep following for more coverage throughout the 2026 WSOP.