Calvin Anderson Seizes Seventh World Series Of Poker Bracelet

It was déjà vu another time on the 2026 World Series of Poker on Saturday, June 20.

Just 4 days after taking down the $10,000 razz championship, 38-year-old professional Calvin Anderson emerged victorious from one other elite discipline within the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E., which was the very subsequent combined sport championship occasion provided.

These back-to-back triumphs raised Anderson’s bracelet depend to seven, with 4 of these wins coming in $10,000-buy-in championships. He has taken down the razz championship twice, the eight-game combine championship, and now this basic mixed-game rotation.

Anderson first broke by on the 2014 WSOP, profitable a $1,500 stud eight-or-better title. He additionally has two on-line bracelet triumphs from 2023: one within the $5,300 six-max no-limit maintain’em and the opposite in a $1,000 pot-limit Omaha six-max occasion.

This win made Anderson simply the 18th participant in poker historical past to have earned seven or extra bracelets. He is now in an eight-way tie for the sixth-highest title depend, alongside WSOP legends like Daniel Negreanu, Billy Baxter, Scott Seiver, John Hennigan, Brian Rast, Men Nguyen, and the participant he truly defeated heads-up on this match: Josh Arieh.

Anderson scored $413,580 for his newest title run on the collection. With the $357,026 he earned for his razz victory, which made him the winningest WSOP participant in historical past in that sport, Anderson’s general match earnings grew to almost $8.9 million.

Points Races Galore

These two wins contained in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in 2026 made Anderson the second multi-event winner of the summer time, becoming a member of Naoya Kihara with back-to-back championships. As a outcome, each Anderson and Kihara are actually among the many prime contenders within the WSOP Player of the Year race.

“I didn’t come into the series thinking I was going to win Player of the Year or try to win Player of the Year, necessarily. I just play the stuff I think I’m good at, and skipped a lot of tournaments,” Anderson informed PokerInformation stay reporters. “It’s better when you just do what you really feel like doing. So I think just following what you really want to do, and you feel good about. Like Bashar says, ‘Follow your highest excitement.’ Just doing that for anybody… it’s usually going to work out.”

This win additionally got here with 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors, pushing his complete on the 12 months to 1,920. That places Anderson simply exterior of the highest 100 within the year-long standings introduced by CoinPoker.

The 414 PokerGO Tour factors Anderson earned with this victory moved him inside the highest 20 in that high-stakes-centric race.

Thinning The Field

This match drew 189 entries to construct a prize pool of $1,422,900. The bubble burst on day 2, with the highest 29 finishers cashing. Plenty of massive names have been despatched packing inside the cash, together with Rast (twenty fifth), Marco Johnson (twenty second), Matthew Schreiber (twenty first), Sebastian Pauli (twentieth), Jason Daly (nineteenth), Justin Smith (seventeenth), Allen Kessler (sixteenth), Daniel Strelitz (14th), and Maksim Pisarenko (twelfth).

The closing day started with 11 gamers remaining and Anderson within the lead. Five-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon (eleventh – $28,530) was the primary to fall, with John Veltri’s eight-high straight good for a scoop in stud eight-or-better. Not lengthy after that, Ariel Mantel (tenth – $28,530) acquired the final of his quick stack in enjoying the identical sport. David Lin’s pair of threes wound up being the perfect excessive hand, and neither participant made a low.

Two-time bracelet winner Chris Brewer was left on fumes after operating into the nut flush for Veltri in restrict maintain’em. He hung round till razz, at which level he dedicated the final of his stack on third avenue with 7-5-A. David Lin and Josh Arieh battled within the aspect pot, with Lin folding on seventh avenue to depart himself within the hazard zone. Arieh confirmed down 6-5-4-3-2 to win the pot, sending Brewer to the rail. He earned $34,540 for his ninth-place displaying. He already had three final-table finishes this summer time, with seven figures in earnings accrued simply previous the halfway level of the schedule.

Lin managed one double-up, however was quickly all-in and in danger once more in razz. He ran right into a clean seven low for Robert Mizrachi and was eradicated in eighth place ($42,990). This got here simply over two weeks after Lin had completed second within the $10,000 no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball championship for $288,711.

Seven To Three

France’s Nicolas Milgrom was the subsequent to fall, together with his pocket sevens outraced by the A♥10♥ of Veltri. The board got here down 10♠9♥3♣J♣Ok♦ and Milgrom headed to the payout desk to gather $54,990 for his seventh-place displaying.

Robert Mizrachi

Three-time bracelet winner David Bach was eradicated throughout a spherical of razz, with 9-8-5-4-3 as his finest five-card low at showdown. Anderson made a 7-4-3-2-A to attain the knockout blow, ending Bach’s match in sixth place ($72,200). The 2009 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship (since renamed the Poker Players Championship) winner now has greater than $4.7 million in profession scores.

Mizrachi had been sliding down the leaderboard throughout short-handed play. The five-time bracelet winner made his closing stand in a hand of stud, committing the final of his chips on fifth avenue. He made kings and fives on seventh avenue, however Arieh improved to aces and tens to win the pot and slender the sphere to 4. Mizrachi earned $97,270 because the fifth-place finisher. His lifetime match haul is now approaching $9.8 million.

The subsequent elimination additionally noticed Arieh ship a participant to the rail in stud after the chips went in on fifth avenue. Switzerland’s Yannick Jobin began with three suited related playing cards on third and picked up a full-blown gutshot on fourth. Arieh had already made kings and aces by that time, although. He in the end improved to kings full by the top, whereas Jobin might solely produce a pair of deuces. He earned $134,350 for his fourth-place displaying.

Anderson Picks Up Steam Down The Stretch

Arieh was out in entrance initially of three-handed play, with roughly twice as many chips as Anderson and Veltri citing the rear. After a dinner break, although, Anderson strung collectively a couple of massive pots to shut the hole. Then, Veltri received a giant pot off of Arieh in restrict maintain’em to drop him into second.

An enormous stud pot, received by Arieh with a coronary heart flush, noticed him regain the lead. The two prime stacks remained pretty shut for some time. Then, Veltri received a hefty pot with a straight in opposition to Arieh’s journey jacks to shift the dynamic significantly. From there, Anderson started to tug away whereas the remainder of the pack lagged behind.

Veltri moved into second for a bit earlier than in the end hitting the rail in third place. His closing hand got here in stud eight-or-better. He made kings and tens, however Anderson confirmed a seven-high straight and a 6-5-4-3-2 low to scoop. Veltri earned $190,150 because the third-place finisher, his largest match rating but.

Anderson had greater than a 3:1 chip lead when heads-up play started. Arieh started to fall additional and additional behind, and was quickly left with simply a few massive bets after folding on seventh avenue in an enormous stud pot.

Arieh discovered a double-up to chop Anderson’s chip benefit to roughly 7:1, however he was quickly all-in and in danger once more.

The closing hand got here in stud eight-or-better. The chips went in on the top with Arieh having made a king-high straight. Anderson confirmed down a queen-high flush, although. With neither participant having a qualifying low, Arieh was eradicated in second place ($275,620). The 2004 WSOP principal occasion third-place finisher now has simply shy of $15.6 million in profession cashes to his identify after this newest deep run. It was his third final-table end of the collection.

Final Table Results

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