Asi Moshe, Daisuke Ogita Enjoy World Series of Poker Milestones

The 2026 World Series of Poker primary occasion is in full swing, however there are nonetheless many milestones being achieved past that signature $10,000 buy-in occasion.

Asi Moshe navigated a tricky last desk to safe his fifth profession WSOP bracelet. Daisuke Ogita continued a banner yr for Japanese gamers on the 2026 WSOP, turning into a poker millionaire in his mini primary occasion victory.

And at some point after Canada Day, which falls on July 1, Canadian Patrick Stacey had quite a bit to have a good time as he took down his first-ever bracelet in a $2,500 combined triple draw occasion.

Before everything of the poker world’s consideration turns in direction of the WSOP primary occasion, every of these gamers has earned their very own particular person second to shine.

Five Times A Champion, As Asi Moshe Conquers $3,000 Freezeout

Asi Moshe gained his first profession WSOP bracelet again in 2014, and set a excessive bar for himself with a $582,321 first-place prize in that occasion. He narrowly beat that lead to an enormous subject one yr later, however for the primary time in additional than a decade, Moshe set a brand new excessive rating.

Moshe took down this yr’s $3,000 no-limit maintain’em freezeout, outlasting a subject of 1,792 entrants to say the biggest share of a $4,784,640 prize pool. He collected a career-best money of $683,830, and the fifth bracelet of his profession, essentially the most of any participant from Israel. In Moshe’s first qualifying outcome of 2026, he earned 1,620 Card Player Player of the Year factors, ok to crack the highest 200 of the yearlong leaderboard offered by CoinPoker with this victory alone.

A scorching begin within the event did wonders for Moshe, who was the chip chief after day 1. Improbably, David Miscikowski, Chris Moorman, and Andrew Moreno additionally bagged prime 10 stacks headed into day 2 with 226 gamers left, and all 4 managed to make the ultimate desk.

A Dominant Finish

Moshe sat in second place behind Moreno coming into the third and last day of the event, with 14 gamers left. 2014 WSOP primary occasion champion Martin Jacobson was among the many early day 3 casualties, ending in thirteenth place ($37,990).

Moshe constructed a giant chip lead heading into the ultimate desk, after which prolonged it when his pocket queens beat Moreno’s pocket jacks to knock the latter out in eighth place ($78,210). Moshe additionally dispatched Moorman, with Okay♠Q♣ in opposition to Moorman’s A♥4♠, knocking the 2026 Poker Hall of Fame nominee out in seventh place ($101,900). By the time he eradicated Miscikowski in sixth place ($134,330), there was seemingly no stopping Moshe.

At no level from the time the ultimate desk was set, by the ultimate hand dealt, did Moshe concede the chip lead. Qiao Du of China battled laborious and managed one double-up. But on the ultimate hand, Du’s stay Q♥10♥ failed to enhance, leaving Moshe’s A♥Okay♦ finest, and bringing the event to an in depth.

This bracelet win joins Moshe’s Las Vegas bracelets from 2014 and 2019, and his WSOP Europe victories in 2018 and 2019.

Final Table Results – $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

Daisuke Ogita Wins $1 Million In WSOP Mini Main Event

Poker in Japan has exploded over the previous decade and a half, and 2026 has been essentially the most spectacular yr but. Naoya Kihara, who was the primary Japanese participant to ever win a WSOP bracelet in 2012, kicked off the 2026 WSOP by profitable his second profession bracelet, adopted shortly thereafter by his third. Kihara made three extra deep runs from there, together with a seventh-place end within the $10,000 deuce-to-seven triple draw championship gained by his Japanese countryman, Koji Fujimoto.

But the most important win of all for a Japanese participant this summer time was nonetheless to come back. Daisuke Ogita captured the fourth Japanese bracelet of 2026, together with the most important prize by far, along with his victory within the $1,000 buy-in mini primary occasion. Ogita, an achieved event participant with wins on the Asian Poker Tour, the European Poker Tour, and on the Aria Poker Classic, greater than doubled his career-best outcome, pocketing $1 million for his debut victory on the WSOP.

Ogita earned 1,440 Card Player POY factors for his win, placing him simply exterior the highest 200.

The miniaturized model of the WSOP primary occasion drew an astounding 12,560 entries over three beginning flights, producing an $11,052,800 prize pool. Ogita was amongst 205 gamers who bagged chips on day 1a of the event, giving him a pair of days to organize for the remainder of his run.

Surviving, And Then Thriving

There have been 934 gamers to start out day 2 as all three starting-flight survivors mixed right into a singular subject. By the shut of a protracted day of poker, Ogita was one of simply 9 gamers to outlive. With the elimination of Canadian Jason James in sixteenth place, a first-time bracelet winner was assured.

Ogita began the ultimate desk in fifth place, as one of two Japanese gamers nonetheless within the hunt. He picked his spots properly, and by the point the sphere was down to 5 gamers, Ogita had taken the lead. Jaehwa Son earned the second double elimination of the ultimate desk to cut back the sphere from 5 to a few, and go Ogita for the chip lead.

With the blinds reaching a strain level, Ogita picked up his first elimination of the ultimate desk, knocking out Jeffrey Evans in third place ($475,000). That pot gave Ogita a lead of greater than 4:1 over Son going into heads-up play.

On the ultimate hand, Ogita’s A♠10♠ battled Son’s Okay♥J♦ and located an A♥ on the flop to lock up the bracelet.

Final Table Results – $1,000 Mini Main Event

Patrick Stacey Navigates Veteran Final Table To Win Mixed Triple Draw Bracelet

Almost all of the eye in Las Vegas is understandably centered across the July 4 weekend and the semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But July 1 represented one other vacation elsewhere in North America, as Canada Day was celebrated. The Canadian males’s nationwide soccer group is about to play the most important World Cup match within the nation’s historical past on July 4, and one other Canadian-born received to take pleasure in his personal second of consideration on the 2026 WSOP.

Patrick Stacey gained his first profession WSOP bracelet in a $2,500 combined triple draw occasion. The event, which noticed a rotation of deuce-to-seven triple draw, ace-to-five triple draw, and badugi, drew 508 entrants and a $1,130,300 prize pool. The winner’s share was price $223,177,  the primary six-figure stay event outcome of Stacey’s profession.

The path to victory was not straightforward. Stacey defeated six-time Triton champion and bracelet winner Danny Tang heads-up to seal his victory. Mixed recreation event veterans Mark Gregorich (third – $96,888) and Allen Kessler (4th – $66,103), lengthy in search of their very own first WSOP bracelets, additionally reached the ultimate desk. Andrew Kelsall, a 2020 bracelet winner at his second WSOP last desk of the week, completed in fifth place ($46,191).

A Path To Victory

Stacey had a comparatively robust begin to the event, ending day 1 in twenty fifth amongst 151 survivors. Day 2 was rather less variety, as Stacey sat 15/18 heading into the ultimate day. He remained one of the shortest stacks as the ultimate desk drew close to, however a key badugi hand earned him an important double-up by Poker Hall of Famer Eli Elezra with 11 gamers left.

Stacey was within the center of the pack with seven gamers remaining. Tang jumped out to a substantial chip lead, however the swings from six-handed play gave a number of gamers time on prime. Stacey eradicated Arthur Morris in sixth place, and although it wouldn’t be a straight line to victory, Stacey claimed the final 5 eliminations of the event on his technique to hoisting the bracelet.

Tang opened up an early lead heads-up, however Stacey got here roaring again and blitzed his technique to the win. The event led to ace-to-five triple draw, as Stacey’s 8-4-3-A low draw made a king-low, sufficient to defeat Tang’s 7-6-5-A low draw when Tang paired his ace.

For his win on this occasion, Stacey earned 1,260 Card Player POY factors. He has 1,520 for the yr up to now, putting Stacey simply exterior the highest 200 on the general leaderboard. Tang, who acquired 1,050 POY factors for second place, is fourth within the standings, trailing solely Alex Foxen, Brandon Wilson, and Eelis Parssinen. This was Tang’s eleventh POY-qualified last desk of the yr, with one title and greater than $6.9 million in POY earnings accrued alongside the best way.

Final Table Results – $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw

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