Yuri Dzivielevski Wins Sixth World Series Of Poker Bracelet

Yuri Dzivielevski was already Brazil’s all-time World Series of Poker bracelet leader with five wins under his belt heading into the 2026 WSOP. On June 12, the 34-year-old poker pro expanded that lead with the largest triumph of his career. He defeated 115 entries in the $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em eight-max event at the series for his sixth bracelet and a massive $2,841,432 payday.

Dzivielevski is just the 27th player in poker history to have won six or more bracelets.

“It’s unbelievable,” Dzivielevski told Card Player after this monumental victory inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. “I don’t have words to explain.”

“I’m just super, super thankful to God, who gave me the opportunity to be here, who gave me this job that I love so much, and gave me a good heart and is transforming my heart every day. It’s super emotional.”

This was the third seven-figure score of Dzivielevski’s career, with all three coming since the start of last December. He finished third in a $150,000 event at the WSOP Paradise festival for $1.4 million, and then a couple of months later won the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games for another $1.3 million. This latest windfall pushed his career earnings to $15.9 million, the second-highest total of any Brazilian player. He trails only Joao Simao ($19.1 million) on that leaderboard.

In addition to the money and the hardware, Dzivielevski also earned 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his third title and fifth final-table finish so far in 2026. With 2,760 total points, he has climbed to 30th place in the overall rankings presented by CoinPoker.

All five of Dzivielevski’s 2026 cashes have qualified towards the PokerGO Tour points race, with this latest score of 550 growing his total points to 1,484. That was enough to move him into first place in the PGT standings for the time being.

Setting The (Mothership) Stage

The 115-entry field in this tournament created a prize pool of $11,040,000, with only the top 18 cashing. Attendance was up year-over-year by nearly 12 percent, with 103 turning out in 2025.

This year’s bubble burst in brutal fashion when four-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian had pocket aces cracked in two huge hands. He first lost to the K♠Q♠ of Christopher Nguyen, who flopped a flush draw, then hit running two pair to double. Martirosian soon found pocket aces again. He committed the last of his stack preflop and was facing another suited connector in spades. Teun Mulder’s J♠10♠ made a straight on the Q♥8♦6♥6♣9♦ runout to send Martirosian packing empty-handed in 19th place.

Several big names soon joined Martirosian on the rail, including current POY race leader Brandon Wilson (17th), Justin Saliba (16th), Cary Katz (15th), Danny Tang (13th), Sean Winter (12th), and Chris Hunichen (10th).

Just nine players remained when cards got in the air for day 3, with Nguyen out in front and Dzivielevski in second chip position. Martin Kabrhel was the first to fall. The five-time bracelet winner from Czechia ran J♠J♥ into the K♦K♣ of Mulder and the larger pair held to send Kabhrel to the rail in ninth place ($255,491). This latest deep run for Kabrhel saw him grow his career haul to over $18.9 million. More than $12.9 million of that has come from his 91 cashes in WSOP events.

Kabrhel Once Again The Center Of Attention

Kabrhel was involved in plenty of drama during this event. Most notably, he clashed with Sam Soverel late on day 2 of this event over Soverel’s decision to delay scanning his hole cards. The incident took place during the broadcast in a hand between the two players. Kabrhel called for a tournament director when Soverel refused to move his cards over the RFID scanner until the end of the hand. It was eventually agreed that Soverel was allowed to wait.

“So, he has the special treatment?” asked Kabrhel, before asking again for tournament staff to force Soverel to ‘follow the rules.’

“We’re playing for a lot of money,” Soverel said. “I’m not doing that.”

“What if someone in the tournament has been banned for cheating before?” asked Soverel after the discussion continued, with play halted in the meantime.

“Great question. I’ll have to get a higher ruling on that,” said the floor person.

Check out the hand in question via the WSOP’s X account.

RFID Drama in the $100K High Roller!

Tension flares in the WSOP $100K High Roller as Martin Kabrhel and Sam Soverel exchange words over the RFID scanning process, with Soverel preferring to wait until after the hand is completed. pic.twitter.com/OZQrkZcoti

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 12, 2026

Soverel, Ding, And Foxen Soon Sent Packing

Soverel may have outlasted Kabrhel in this event, but not by much. The four-time bracelet winner soon found himself all-in and at risk with 10♦10♣ racing against the A♣K♣ ofDzivielevski. The flop of K♠9♣6♥ gave the Brazilian a massive lead in the hand, which only expanded when the 6♣ rolled off on the turn. The 5♠ on the end locked up the pot for Dzivielevski and ended Soverel’s run in eighth place ($316,234). This score pushed Soverel’s career haul to $33.2 million.

Ding Biao and Alex Foxen were both loft short when Ding opened for the majority of his already short stack with pocket eights and Foxen called for a healthy chunk of his with A-8. Dzivielevski picked up pocket aces in the small blind and three-bet, forcing a fold from both of his opponents.

Biao was soon all-in and at risk for his last few blinds with A♦2♥ facing the A♣7♥ of Mulder. The board came down A♥K♦5♠3♥7♠ and Mulder made aces up to eliminate Ding in seventh place ($401,446). The Chinese high-stakes star now has nearly $23.2 million in career scores to his name.

Alex Foxen

Like Soverel, Foxen was also entangled in several spats with Kabrhel during this event. Early on the final day, Kabrhel took issue with Foxen allegedly moving his sunglasses and demanded a ‘big’ warning.

Foxen was able to navigate his way to the final six after coming into the day as the shortest stack, but eventually was soon all-in with 9♠8♠ facing the A♠8♥ of Dzivielevski. Foxen committed all but a small blind preflop and then put that in after the Q♦6♦3♦ flop. The Q♥ turn and 5♣ river were no help to Foxen, and he was eliminated in sixth place ($522,347). The three-time bracelet winner now has just shy of $60 million in career earnings after this, his 509th recorded in-the-money finish on the circuit. The 400 POY points Foxen earned moved him into eighth place in the overall standings, with four titles and nine final-table finishes so far in 2026.

Dzivielevski Picks Up Steam

While Nguyen started the day as the chip leader, he had slid to the bottom of the counts as the day wore on. The German made his last stand on a board of Q♠J♥6♦5♣ with 10♠9♠ for an open-ended straight draw. He jammed for 2,925,000 and was called by Dzivielevski, who held A♠K♠. The 2♥ on the end kept ace-high best and Nguyen settled for $696,221 as the fifth-place finisher. He now has more than $11.8 million in recorded scores after this latest deep run.

Dzivielevski also scored the next elimination, with the chips getting in on a A♣J♣3♣ flop with his A♠J♠ leading the A♦10♥ of bracelet winner Alexandros Theologis. The 10♣ turn improved the Greek online crusher to two pair to give him some outs, but the Q♦ was not one of them. When that card appeared on the river, Theologis’ tournament came to an end in fourth place ($950,048). This was the second-largest payday yet for the 2021 WSOP Online $25,000 high roller winner.

The knockouts just kept coming for Dzivielevski. Alex Kulev’s final few blinds were wagered after a flop of 7♠4♠3♥. His K♣3♣ was behind against A♣4♥ for Dzivielevski. The 10♠ turn and 8♦ river changed nothing and Kulev’s run ended in third place ($1,326,537). This was the fifth-largest score of the Bulgarian pro’s career. With over $23.5 million in lifetime cashes, he is the runaway leader on his home nation’s earnings leaderboard.

Heads-Up For The Glory

The final showdown for the bracelet began on fairly even footing, but Mulder landed the first big blow. The Dutch pro took nearly a 2:1 lead when he successfully value bet second pair on the river and got called by the fourth pair of Dzivielevski.

Mulder pulled even further ahead before the two squared off in a pivotal all-in confrontation. Dzivielevski’s J♣10♣ outraced pocket deuces to see him double out of the danger zone. Dzivielevski then won a big pot with jacks and deuces, calling a big river bluff from Mulder’s nine high to overtake the lead.

The final hand of the tournament began with a limp for 1,000,000 from Dzivielevski. Mulder raised to 4,800,000 from the big blind with A♠9♠. Dzivielevski limp-shoved with 9♦9♣ and Mulder called. The board came down J♣6♠5♣6♣3♠ to lock up the pot and the title for Dzivielevski. Mulder earned $1,894,282 as the runner-up. This was the second-largest score of his career, trailing only the $1,940,000 he earned for a Triton Cyprus $100,000 high roller title in 2022.

Final Table Results

Photo credits: WSOP / Travis Ball, Miguel Cortes.