How Much Money Did the Pros Really Make at the 2026 WSOP?

A bracelet, runner-up finish, and a few other cashes didn’t lead to massive profits for one top pro at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

But another poker legend who is still in the WSOP Player of the Year race won big. Shaun Deeb and Daniel Negreanu were among a host of pros who shared their summer wins and losses, while others only revealed times they cashed and bullets fired.

The series, save for the Main Event final table next month, concluded on Wednesday. There were many big winners over the summer. Some left Las Vegas with life-changing money. Others are probably spending their post-WSOP time on Indeed. But how did the series really go for those who grinded a full schedule while playing across all stakes? The answer is a bit complicated.

Mixed Results Summer for Deeb

Deeb entered the summer as the WSOP Player of the Year favorite and left Las Vegas in the lead, but only a few points ahead of Alex Foxen and Naoya Kihara. It was an all-or-nothing summer for Deeb. He didn’t rack up a bunch of min-cashes like in year’s past, and only cashed six times. But he made the most out of those cashes.

The likely 2026 Poker Hall of Fame inductee won his ninth bracelet, finished runner-up in another event, ran deep in the Main Event, and reached two other final tables. In total, he cashed for $956,086 with bounties included. He did turn a profit, but it might not have been as significant as some may have expected given the big scores. Deeb, who revelealed his results on X, profited $89,286 at the 2026, good for a 10.3% return on investment (ROI), minus his summer expenses.

Deeb played as many events as anyone and fired 122 bullets, only six leading to cashes. He also said that he ate 62 chicken tenders during the series. No word on how many of them came from Raising Cane’s.

Negreanu finished his summer sixth in the Player of the Year race, which won’t end until after the WSOP Paradise series in December. He’ll likely need to win a bracelet in the Bahamas to have a shot at winning. But he had a better summer than Deeb from a financial standpoint.

Negreanu won his eighth bracelet, finished in the money nine times, and wrapped his series with $1,693,518 in profits, according to his final WSOP vlog. The GGPoker ambassador also won the 25k Fantasy League for the first time for another $250,000. Not a bad summer for the 51-year-old “Kid Poker.”

How Others Performed at the 2026 WSOP

Deeb tweeting out his results inspired others to do the same, although most left overall profits and losses out of the equation. Jeremy Ausmus, a six-time bracelet winner, had a solid summer with nine cashes across 44 entries, he wrote. That led to $842,961 in cashes. It’s unclear the total profits or losses, but given he mostly played $10,000 and above tournaments, it likely wasn’t a significant amount either way.

Josh Arieh, just ahead of Negreanu on the Player of the Year leaderboard, had a strong summer. He tweeted that he entered 42 events, fired 69 bullets, and cashed 15 times. Arieh also didn’t reveal his profits and losses, but it’s safe to assume it was a profitable summer for the new Las Vegas resident, thanks in large part to the $895,837 score for second place to Benny Glaser in the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Not only that, he took second for $275,620 in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship and had a third six-figure score.

Darren Rabinowitz, who spoiled Phil Hellmuth’s quest for an 18th bracelet on the final day of the series, cashed seven times in 38 events and fired 69 bullets. He tweeted that he was in for $105,220 in buy-ins, but cashed for $792,551. The now two-time bracelet winner turned a $687,331 profit, meaning he was down a few thousand before the final day when he won the $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em bracelet for $695,256. That’s the ultimate summer saver.

Jamie Dwan played 47 events, firing 71 bullets, and cashed 10 times, he thinks. He was only in for $185,000 in buy-ins, but clocked out with $2.59 million in cashes, mostly due to the $2,276,691 score for winning the $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em event last week, one of a few summer-saving cashes to wrap the 2026 World Series of Poker.