2026 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 7-Handed
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♥8♠
Prize
$133,704
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$677,025
Total Entries
510
Level Info
Level
32
Limits
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
8
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 510

Who is the High Roller Newcomer Crushing the WSOP $50K Final Table?

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 29 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Anatoly Zlotnikov
Anatoly Zlotnikov

As players gathered around the feature table for the restart of the $50,000 High Roller final table, Anatoly Zlotnikov had one last item on his pre-game checklist.

A few minutes before cards went in the air, the Russian wandered over to Phil Hellmuth and asked the WSOP's all-time bracelet winner for a good-luck fist bump.

Given the heater he's been on lately, it's hard to imagine Zlotnikov needing any extra luck.

The 32-year-old returns to the final six with more than half the chips in play and nearly three times as many as his closest challenger, Santhosh Suvarna. Yet despite sitting in one of the most commanding positions of the summer, plenty of poker fans are still asking the same question:

Who exactly is Anatoly Zlotnikov?

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