The 2026 World Series of Poker fundamental occasion is lastly right here, and from the primary beginning session via the crowning of a champion, ESPN shall be on web site to doc all of it.
For the primary time since 2021, the WSOP has reunited with the published community that captured the beginning of the ‘Moneymaker’ period greater than 20 years in the past.
The sports activities broadcasting behemoth celebrated the transfer with a social media submit that includes former NFL stars Payton Manning and Eli Manning. Payton’s Omaha Productions is about to provide this yr’s protection.
THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER IS BACK‼️
Peyton and Eli welcome its return to ESPN and the ESPN App 🍿 pic.twitter.com/KN4XFy4W9c
— ESPN (@espn) July 1, 2026
ESPN will air over 100 hours of protection beginning at 5 p.m. PDT on July 2 on ESPN+. Broadcasts will proceed every day at the moment via July 8, which is day 3. From day 4 via day 8 of the match, when the ultimate desk of 9 is locked in, ESPN+ protection begins at 12 p.m. every day and runs via the tip of every day’s motion.
The last desk delay has returned after a decade with none prolonged break in motion. It gained’t be of the identical scope because the ‘November Nine’ period, which ran from 2008 to 2016. During that span, the ultimate desk was delayed for a number of months earlier than resuming within the fall. This time round, the stoppage will final solely 20 days. During that stretch, ESPN will air edited, narrative-driven episodes on ESPN2. Those exhibits lead straight into the WSOP fundamental occasion last desk broadcast, which performs out from Aug. 3-5.
The first evening of the WSOP fundamental occasion last desk is about for ESPN2, with the ultimate two nights airing on ESPN.
A Tough Act To Follow
Michael Mizrachi Wins The 2025 WSOP Main Event
Whoever is topped the 2026 WSOP fundamental occasion champion may have a tricky act to comply with. A subject of 9,735 gamers turned out for the 2025 WSOP fundamental occasion, and their likelihood at poker immortality. It was the third-largest turnout within the historical past of the match. As a consequence, the prize pool swelled to $90,535,500. The man who emerged because the final participant standing delivered a efficiency that defied historic precedent and solidified his standing as an all-time nice.
Michael Mizrachi gained the 2025 WSOP fundamental occasion for $10 million and his eighth profession WSOP bracelet. That win got here instantly after Mizrachi’s report fourth $50,000 Poker Players Championship victory. While the celebrations performed out on stage, Mizrachi was granted fast entry into the Poker Hall of Fame.
And if all of that wasn’t sufficient, on June 29, Mizrachi gained one other huge title, taking down the $10,000 WSOP pot-limit Omaha championship for a ninth bracelet, and one other seven-figure consequence. The victory got here one yr to the day after his fourth PPC win. The legislation of averages would seemingly make a Mizrachi repeat in the primary occasion an impossibility. But he’s already confirmed that lengthy odds can all the time be crushed.
You’ll have the ability to watch Mizrachi’s title protection, and the journeys of the 1000’s hoping to comply with in his footsteps, on ESPN.
The greatest match in poker is again.
Day 1A of the 2026 WSOP Main Event begins as we speak, marking the beginning of the chase for poker’s most prestigious title.@GGPoker pic.twitter.com/VTiqgIJok2
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 2, 2026
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Photo credit: WSOP / Tyler Abrams, PokerGO / Antonio Abrego.
