It has been a very unbelievable week on the 2026 World Series of Poker, with 4 gamers close to the very high of the all-time bracelet leaderboard including to their legacies with large wins in Sin City.
Hot on the heels of Benny Glaser, Michael Mizrachi, and Shaun Deeb all securing their ninth profession bracelets, Daniel Negreanu managed one of many largest titles of his profession to maintain tempo. The 51-year-old Canadian legend of the sport defeated a stacked area of 83 entries within the $100,000 pot-limit Omaha excessive curler to earn his eighth bracelet and the first-place prize of $2,257,718.
This was the fourth-largest payday of the Poker Hall of Famer’s profession. The two-time World Poker Tour primary occasion winner’s lifetime earnings now sit at $59,697,774, placing him again inside the highest ten on poker’s all-time cash listing. He additionally prolonged his benefit on the WSOP earnings leaderboard. Earlier this collection, he turned the primary participant to surpass $25 million in bracelet-event cashes. Now, he has over $27.7 million because of this marquee victory inside Paris Las Vegas.
Negreanu is simply the eleventh participant in poker historical past to have gained eight or extra bracelets. He’s now tied with Nick Schulman, who was one spot shy of incomes his ninth lower than every week in the past. Like his victory within the 2024 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship, Negreanu gained this title whereas filming his popular WSOP vlog, which options every day protection of his ups and downs from the collection. He has practically 940,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, all of whom can have an opportunity to see behind-the-scenes protection of his historic win on this occasion.
Daniel Negreanu’s Eight Bracelets
| Year | Tournament | Prize |
| 1998 | $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em | $169,460 |
| 2003 | $2,000 S.H.O.E. | $100,440 |
| 2004 | $2,000 Limit Hold’em | $169,100 |
| 2008 | $2,000 Limit Hold’em | $204,874 |
| 2013 APAC | $10,000 AUD No-Limit Hold’em Main Event | $1,087,160 |
| 2013 Europe | €25,600 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller | $783,061 |
| 2024 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | $1,178,703 |
| 2026 | $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | $2,257,718 |
Rankings Points Abound
Daniel Negreanu wins bracelet no. 8
In addition to the {hardware} and the cash, Negreanu additionally secured a bevy of rating factors with this triumph. The 960 Card Player Player of the Year factors moved him inside the highest 250 within the POY standings. This was the third POY-qualified rating of 2026 for Negreanu, all coming from final-table finishes on the WSOP.
The two-time POY-award winner (2004, 2013) is rounding into kind as he seems for a 3rd win on this prestigious factors race.
He additionally secured 500 PokerGO Tour factors for this win. That strikes him inside the highest 40 within the total PGT standings.
Thinning An Elite Field
The 83-entry turnout for this occasion made for a prize pool of $7,968,000, with solely the highest 13 finishers making the cash. The six-figure bubble burst on day 2, with three-time bracelet winner Naoya Kihara being the final to be despatched to the rail empty-handed. He was quickly joined by four-time bracelet winner Joao Simao (thirteenth), Jonathan Depa (twelfth), Lautauro Guerra (eleventh), and Gergo Nagy (tenth), who all earned $204,938 for his or her efforts.
Two-time bracelet winner Robert Cowen then bowed out in ninth place ($224,962) along with his overpair of kings and flush draw dropping out to the flopped set of queens of Negreanu. Six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus was left on fumes when his personal pair of kings and flush draw bumped into the pocket aces of Philip Sternheimer. Ausmus ultimately settled for $259,047 because the eighth-place finisher.
Yosuke Miki’s flush draw became a rivered straight to finest the flopped set of tens of Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, ending the Spaniard’s run in seventh place ($312,233). The last knockout of day 2 pitted the A♠A♥6♥5♣ of Sean Winter towards Okay♦Q♠6♠6♦ for Chris Frank. The chips went in after the flop of Okay♣Q♦2♠. The 4♠ flip and Q♥ river made it a full home for Frank, and sixth place for Winter ($393,139). This was his fourth final-table end of the collection, having positioned third in each the $25,000 six-max no-limit maintain’em and $25,000 PLO/NLH combine, in addition to fourth within the $250,000 tremendous excessive curler.
Negreanu, Martirosian Surge Early On Final Day
The third and last day started with 5 gamers remaining and Frank within the lead. Negreanu was second in chips when playing cards obtained within the air. Negreanu quickly overtook the highest spot, although, after he gained a hefty pot towards Frank within the early going.
Yosuke Miki was the primary to fall, getting the final of his stack in with a set of jacks towards the nut straight of Artur Martirosian. The Japanese participant earned $516,160 for his fifth-place exhibiting, the second-largest rating of his event profession.
Martirosian’s surge up the leaderboard continued after he eradicated bracelet winner Philip Sternheimer in fourth place ($705,448). The chips obtained in on the flip with 8♦5♦2♥J♣ exhibiting. Martirosian had J♥9♥7♠7♦ and was up towards 6♥5♥4♥3♠. The 10♠ on the tip was no assist to Sternheimer, and the UK resident headed to the rail to gather the fourth-largest rating of his profession. He now boasts practically $10 million in lifetime cashes.
Even with these two knockouts, Negreanu remained forward going into three-handed play. Martirosian pulled shut, then forward, solely to offer the lead up once more.
He leapfrogged Negreanu once more because of the subsequent huge confrontation. Frank opened on the button with A♣Q♦J♦4♣ and Martirosian raised to get it in towards Frank’s quick stack with Okay♠Okay♥5♦4♥. The board ran out 8♠5♣4♦7♥5♥ and Martirosian’s facet playing cards made fives full to earn him the pot and the knockout. Frank earned $1,002,107 because the third-place finisher. This was the German professional’s second seven-figure rating, with the sooner additionally coming in a $100,000 PLO occasion. He gained the 2024 Triton Montenegro model for simply over $2 million.
Heads-Up For Glory
With that, Martirosian took roughly a 3:2 chip lead into the ultimate battle, the place he was seeking to rating his fifth profession bracelet after profitable his fourth earlier this summer season within the $25,000 no-limit maintain’em six-max occasion.
The Russian professional expanded that benefit early, solely to have Negreanu bounce again by profitable an enormous pot with out showdown, shoving the river to pressure his opponent out of the hand. He then made the nut straight in one other sizable conflict to maneuver in entrance.
Not lengthy after that, Negreanu made an enormous name that every one however sealed the victory. The hand started with Martirosian limping on the button with J♥9♥4♥2♣. Negreanu checked his possibility with J♣10♠4♠3♦ and the flop got here down A♠8♠3♣. Negreanu check-called 500,000 along with his flush draw and backside pair and the flip introduced the 3♥. He checked along with his newfound journeys and Martirosian fired 1,500,000. Negreanu known as and the river introduced the 8♣. After one other verify from Negreanu, Martirosian minimize out a wager of 4,000,000 and slid it into the pot. Negreanu thought it over briefly earlier than making the decision along with his journeys, choosing off the bluff to take a large lead within the match.
Martirosian was right down to 13 huge blinds after that loss. He managed one double-up, however was quickly again down close to the hazard zone.
Martirosian’s Last Stand
In the ultimate hand of the event, Martirosian three-bet shoved over Negreanu’s button pot with A♣9♦8♦8♥. Negreanu known as with Okay♦9♠3♦2♠. The A♦5♠4♦ flop gave Negreanu the wheel and the nut-flush redraw, leaving Martirosian in robust form. The Q♣ flip formally locked up the pot for Negreanu, rendering the 9♥ river a mere formality.
DNegs All In for $2,200,000!@RealKidPoker is all-in with the masking stack towards Artur Martirosian within the $100k High Roller PLO, can Kid Poker shut it out?@GGPoker pic.twitter.com/vC8i4vZaUk
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 3, 2026
Martirosian earned $1,477,434 because the runner-up, rising his profession haul to just about $41.8 million. He now sits in tenth place within the POY race standings introduced by CoinPoker, having made 11 last tables and gained three titles to this point in 2026.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Daniel Negreanu | $2,257,718 | 960 | 500 |
| 2 | Artur Martirosian | $1,477,434 | 800 | 400 |
| 3 | Christopher Frank | $1,002,107 | 640 | 400 |
| 4 | Philip Sternheimer | $705,448 | 480 | 212 |
| 5 | Yosuke Miki | $516,160 | 400 | 155 |
| 6 | Sean Winter | $393,139 | 320 | 118 |
| 7 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | $312,233 | 240 | 94 |
| 8 | Jeremy Ausmus | $259,047 | 160 | 78 |
Photo credit score: WSOP / Travis Ball
