2026 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $800 Summer Celebration
Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event #81: $800 Summer Celebration Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #83: $1,500 Double Board Bomb Pot Pot-Limit Omaha Event #84: $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Event #85: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$4,762,100
Total Entries
6,803
Players Left
11
Average Chip Stack
24,738,182
Total Chips
272,120,000
Next Payout
Place 11
$39,000
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
2,584
Players Left
124
Players Left 11 / 6,803
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Who is the Most Improbable WSOP Main Event Champion Ever?

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
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The least and most surprising World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion ever is arguably the same person.

Confused? You won't be in a bit. Poker's most prestigious annual event, with the purpose of crowning a 2026 world champion, kicks off today at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Michael Mizrachi, the newest Poker Hall of Famer, won this $10,000 buy-in tournament last summer for $10,000,000.

"The Grinder's" win brought some excitement around the poker community, but it wasn't a huge surprise like some past champs. Mizrachi didn't come out of nowhere before winning the Main Event. He wasn't an accountant who won a cheap online satellite to enter the tournament or some random amateur low-stakes cash game player.

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