2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 2
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$9,793,560
Total Entries
3,668
Players Left
71
Average Chip Stack
2,066,479
Total Chips
146,720,000
Next Payout
Place 71
$18,249
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
923
Players Left
167
Players Left 71 / 3,668

"Everything This Year is to Build for Next Year" says WSOP Director Gregory Chochon

Gregory Chochon
Gregory Chochon

For the World Series of Poker, marathon, unedited live streams are out; tight, narrative-driven episodic television is back in.

That's according to WSOP Chief Operating Officer Gregory Chochon, who recently pulled back the curtain on the brand's ambitious blueprint for the future of poker in a featured interview published by Casinos.com.

The WSOP is radically overhauling its media strategy to recapture the attention spans of today's sports fans. How? By aggressively shifting its focus, aiming to build a media powerhouse modeled after sports leagues like the UFC.

With this as their core aim, Chochon and his team are orchestrating a massive shift in how the WSOP and poker as a whole are consumed, branded, and broadcast.