Brock Wilson’s red-hot 2026 run exhibits no indicators of slowing down contained in the PokerGO Studio. The 32-year-old skilled has stormed his technique to 5 PGT titles to date this season, establishing himself as one of many high contenders within the high-stakes tour’s seasonal standings.
The newest Wilson win got here in occasion no. 2 of the PGT Sprint collection, a fast-paced competition with seven single-day tournaments. The New York native, now primarily based in Las Vegas, bested a subject of 79 entries within the $5,300 no-limit maintain’em event to earn $110,600. The rating grew his profession haul to over $15.6 million.
This spring, Wilson received two occasions on the PokerGO Cup and one other pair of titles on the U.S. Poker Open. As a results of these triumphs and loads of different deep runs throughout these festivals, he was topped the collection champion at each stops.
All advised, Wilson has collected 16 cashes for over $1.6 million in earnings in PGT occasions this yr. This newest victory got here with 166 PGT factors, bringing his whole on the yr to 1,942. That’s good for second place on the season-long leaderboard, trailing solely Sean Winter (2,223 factors).
Wilson additionally earned 336 Card Player Player of the Year factors, bringing his whole to five,291. The 2025 seventh-place finisher is now positioned inside the highest 15 within the 2026 POY rankings offered by CoinPoker.
Wilson Wins, Again
Heading into this occasion, Wilson was tied with Sam Soverel and up to date Poker Masters purple jacket winner Adrian Mateos for probably the most PGT titles on the season with 4.
It took only a single session for him to interrupt that tie. Wilson survived to the ultimate desk in the course of the pack, outlasting a number of massive names who made the cash however fell in need of the final seven. Among the notables to hit the rail after the bubble burst had been Josh Arieh (twelfth), Jeremy Becker (eleventh), Matthew Wantman (ninth), and CoinPoker ambassador Jeremy Ausmus (eighth), who received his tenth PGT title throughout the Poker Masters.
The last seven took a seat round 9:30 PM native time, with two-time bracelet winner Martin Zamani within the result in begin. Wilson scored an early double-up to kick off his climb up the chip counts. Then, after three-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis’ pocket queens busted Adam Owen (seventh – $15,800), Wilson landed his first knockout of the ultimate desk. Pocket jacks beat out the A-10 suited of Andrew Lichtenberger to ship him packing in sixth place ($19,750) simply in the future faraway from his runner-up displaying within the kickoff occasion of the competition.
Jamie Dwan, who received his first bracelet for practically $2.3 million this summer season, positioned fifth ($27,650) on this occasion after working pocket sixes into the pocket eights of Lonis.
Four To One
Wilson recorded one other key double-up throughout four-handed play, with pocket jacks holding towards the pocket threes of Zamani. Then, his A-4 bested the Ok-4 of 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe McKeehen in a battle of the blinds, giving Wilson a bit extra respiratory room.
Zamani quickly took the remainder of McKeehen’s stack, with A♣Q♦ being outrun by 10♦9♠. The flop of A♠10♠2♥ saved McKeehen in entrance, however the 10♣ flip gave Zamani journeys and an enormous lead within the conflict. The 4♠ on the top marked the top of McKeehen’s event. The three-time bracelet winner is approaching $22.9 million in lifetime cashes after including $37,525 with this efficiency.
It regarded, for some time, like Zamani would possibly run away with the title. He was approach out in entrance going into three-handed play, and expanded the hole between him and the closest competitors even additional when his 10-9 outran A-4 to get rid of Lonis in third ($51,350). Lonis grew his lifetime earnings to just about $35.2 million, whereas Zamani took larger than a 5:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Wilson.
Wilson started his comeback when his sevens filled with threes bested Zamani’s threes full on a double-paired board. Then, his A♣7♣ warded off J♥9♦ on an ace-high runout to see Wilson double once more. With that, the stacks had all however leveled out.
Wilson had edged into the lead in time for the decisive hand of the match. Zamani limped from the button with A♠3♠ and Wilson raised with A♣Ok♠. Zamani limp-shoved and acquired a fast name. The last runout got here down Ok♣9♥8♣10♥Q♦ to provide Wilson high pair for the title. Zamani secured $71,100 because the runner-up, ticking his lifetime event earnings whole previous $9.6 million.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Brock Wilson | $110,600 | 336 | 166 |
| 2 | Martin Zamani | $71,100 | 280 | 107 |
| 3 | Jesse Lonis | $51,350 | 224 | 77 |
| 4 | Joe McKeehen | $37,525 | 168 | 56 |
| 5 | Jamie Dwan | $27,650 | 140 | 41 |
| 6 | Andrew Lichtenberger | $19,750 | 112 | 30 |
| 7 | Adam Owen | $15,800 | 84 | 24 |
Photo credit: PGT / Antonio Abrego.
