Yuri Dzivielevski was already Brazil’s all-time World Series of Poker bracelet chief with 5 wins below his belt heading into the 2026 WSOP. On June 12, the 34-year-old poker professional expanded that lead with the most important triumph of his profession. He defeated 115 entries within the $100,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em eight-max occasion on the collection for his sixth bracelet and a large $2,841,432 payday.
Dzivielevski is simply the twenty seventh participant in poker historical past to have received six or extra bracelets.
“It’s unbelievable,” Dzivielevski advised Card Player after this monumental victory contained in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. “I don’t have words to explain.”
“I’m just super, super thankful to God, who gave me the opportunity to be here, who gave me this job that I love so much, and gave me a good heart and is transforming my heart every day. It’s super emotional.”
This was the third seven-figure rating of Dzivielevski’s profession, with all three coming because the begin of final December. He completed third in a $150,000 occasion on the WSOP Paradise pageant for $1.4 million, after which a few months later received the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games for an additional $1.3 million. This newest windfall pushed his profession earnings to $15.9 million, the second-highest complete of any Brazilian participant. He trails solely Joao Simao ($19.1 million) on that leaderboard.
In addition to the cash and the {hardware}, Dzivielevski additionally earned 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his third title and fifth final-table end up to now in 2026. With 2,760 complete factors, he has climbed to thirtieth place within the total rankings offered by CoinPoker.
All 5 of Dzivielevski’s 2026 cashes have certified in direction of the PokerGO Tour factors race, with this newest rating of 550 rising his complete factors to 1,484. That was sufficient to maneuver him into first place within the PGT standings in the meanwhile.
Setting The (Mothership) Stage
The 115-entry area on this event created a prize pool of $11,040,000, with solely the highest 18 cashing. Attendance was up year-over-year by almost 12 %, with 103 turning out in 2025.
This yr’s bubble burst in brutal trend when four-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian had pocket aces cracked in two enormous arms. He first misplaced to the Okay♠Q♠ of Christopher Nguyen, who flopped a flush draw, then hit working two pair to double. Martirosian quickly discovered pocket aces once more. He dedicated the final of his stack preflop and was going through one other suited connector in spades. Teun Mulder’s J♠10♠ made a straight on the Q♥8♦6♥6♣9♦ runout to ship Martirosian packing empty-handed in nineteenth place.
Several massive names quickly joined Martirosian on the rail, together with present POY race chief Brandon Wilson (seventeenth), Justin Saliba (sixteenth), Cary Katz (fifteenth), Danny Tang (thirteenth), Sean Winter (twelfth), and Chris Hunichen (tenth).
Just 9 gamers remained when playing cards bought within the air for day 3, with Nguyen out in entrance and Dzivielevski in second chip place. Martin Kabrhel was the primary to fall. The five-time bracelet winner from Czechia ran J♠J♥ into the Okay♦Okay♣ of Mulder and the bigger pair held to ship Kabhrel to the rail in ninth place ($255,491). This newest deep run for Kabrhel noticed him develop his profession haul to over $18.9 million. More than $12.9 million of that has come from his 91 cashes in WSOP occasions.
Kabrhel Once Again The Center Of Attention
Kabrhel was concerned in loads of drama throughout this occasion. Most notably, he clashed with Sam Soverel late on day 2 of this occasion over Soverel’s determination to delay scanning his gap playing cards. The incident happened through the broadcast in a hand between the 2 gamers. Kabrhel referred to as for a event director when Soverel refused to maneuver his playing cards over the RFID scanner till the tip of the hand. It was finally agreed that Soverel was allowed to attend.
“So, he has the special treatment?” requested Kabrhel, earlier than asking once more for event workers to power Soverel to ‘follow the rules.’
“We’re playing for a lot of money,” Soverel stated. “I’m not doing that.”
“What if someone in the tournament has been banned for cheating before?” requested Soverel after the dialogue continued, with play halted within the meantime.
“Great question. I’ll have to get a higher ruling on that,” stated the ground individual.
Check out the hand in query by way of the WSOP’s X account.
RFID Drama within the $100K High Roller!
Tension flares within the WSOP $100K High Roller as Martin Kabrhel and Sam Soverel trade phrases over the RFID scanning course of, with Soverel preferring to attend till after the hand is accomplished. pic.twitter.com/OZQrkZcoti
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 12, 2026
Soverel, Ding, And Foxen Soon Sent Packing
Soverel could have outlasted Kabrhel on this occasion, however not by a lot. The four-time bracelet winner quickly discovered himself all-in and in danger with 10♦10♣ racing in opposition to the A♣Okay♣ ofDzivielevski. The flop of Okay♠9♣6♥ gave the Brazilian a large lead within the hand, which solely expanded when the 6♣ rolled off on the flip. The 5♠ on the tip locked up the pot for Dzivielevski and ended Soverel’s run in eighth place ($316,234). This rating pushed Soverel’s profession haul to $33.2 million.
Ding Biao and Alex Foxen had been each loft brief when Ding opened for almost all of his already brief stack with pocket eights and Foxen referred to as for a wholesome chunk of his with A-8. Dzivielevski picked up pocket aces within the small blind and three-bet, forcing a fold from each of his opponents.
Biao was quickly all-in and in danger for his previous few blinds with A♦2♥ going through the A♣7♥ of Mulder. The board got here down A♥Okay♦5♠3♥7♠ and Mulder made aces as much as remove Ding in seventh place ($401,446). The Chinese high-stakes star now has almost $23.2 million in profession scores to his identify.
Alex Foxen
Like Soverel, Foxen was additionally entangled in a number of spats with Kabrhel throughout this occasion. Early on the ultimate day, Kabrhel took issue with Foxen allegedly moving his sunglasses and demanded a ‘big’ warning.
Foxen was in a position to navigate his technique to the ultimate six after coming into the day because the shortest stack, however finally was quickly all-in with 9♠8♠ going through the A♠8♥ of Dzivielevski. Foxen dedicated all however a small blind preflop after which put that in after the Q♦6♦3♦ flop. The Q♥ flip and 5♣ river had been no assist to Foxen, and he was eradicated in sixth place ($522,347). The three-time bracelet winner now has simply shy of $60 million in profession earnings after this, his 509th recorded in-the-money end on the circuit. The 400 POY factors Foxen earned moved him into eighth place within the total standings, with 4 titles and 9 final-table finishes up to now in 2026.
Dzivielevski Picks Up Steam
While Nguyen began the day because the chip chief, he had slid to the underside of the counts because the day wore on. The German made his final stand on a board of Q♠J♥6♦5♣ with 10♠9♠ for an open-ended straight draw. He jammed for two,925,000 and was referred to as by Dzivielevski, who held A♠Okay♠. The 2♥ on the tip saved ace-high greatest and Nguyen settled for $696,221 because the fifth-place finisher. He now has greater than $11.8 million in recorded scores after this newest deep run.
Dzivielevski additionally scored the following elimination, with the chips getting in on a A♣J♣3♣ flop along with his A♠J♠ main the A♦10♥ of bracelet winner Alexandros Theologis. The 10♣ flip improved the Greek on-line crusher to 2 pair to offer him some outs, however the Q♦ was not considered one of them. When that card appeared on the river, Theologis’ event got here to an finish in fourth place ($950,048). This was the second-largest payday but for the 2021 WSOP Online $25,000 excessive curler winner.
The knockouts simply saved coming for Dzivielevski. Alex Kulev’s remaining few blinds had been wagered after a flop of 7♠4♠3♥. His Okay♣3♣ was behind in opposition to A♣4♥ for Dzivielevski. The 10♠ flip and 8♦ river modified nothing and Kulev’s run led to third place ($1,326,537). This was the fifth-largest rating of the Bulgarian professional’s profession. With over $23.5 million in lifetime cashes, he’s the runaway chief on his house nation’s earnings leaderboard.
Heads-Up For The Glory
The remaining showdown for the bracelet started on pretty even footing, however Mulder landed the primary massive blow. The Dutch professional took almost a 2:1 lead when he efficiently worth guess second pair on the river and bought referred to as by the fourth pair of Dzivielevski.
Mulder pulled even additional forward earlier than the 2 squared off in a pivotal all-in confrontation. Dzivielevski’s J♣10♣ outraced pocket deuces to see him double out of the hazard zone. Dzivielevski then received a giant pot with jacks and deuces, calling a giant river bluff from Mulder’s 9 excessive to overhaul the lead.
The remaining hand of the event started with a limp for 1,000,000 from Dzivielevski. Mulder raised to 4,800,000 from the large blind with A♠9♠. Dzivielevski limp-shoved with 9♦9♣ and Mulder referred to as. The board got here down J♣6♠5♣6♣3♠ to lock up the pot and the title for Dzivielevski. Mulder earned $1,894,282 because the runner-up. This was the second-largest rating of his profession, trailing solely the $1,940,000 he earned for a Triton Cyprus $100,000 excessive curler title in 2022.
This was Dzivielevski’s first no-limit maintain’em bracelet. He first received on the collection in a combined Omaha eight-or-better and stud eight-or-better occasion in 2019. In 2020, he took down a $400 on-line PLO bracelet for his first big-bet occasion win. In 2023, he triumphed within the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. in Las Vegas, then later received the $10,000 PLO championship on-line to deliver his complete to 4. Dzivielevski’s fifth bracelet noticed him take down a mixture of restrict and big-bet video games within the $3,000 nine-game event.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | $2,841,432 | 1,200 | 550 |
| 2 | Teun Mulder | $1,894,282 | 1000 | 450 |
| 3 | Alex Kulev | $1,326,537 | 800 | 400 |
| 4 | Alexandros Theologis | $950,048 | 600 | 285 |
| 5 | Christopher Nguyen | $696,221 | 500 | 209 |
| 6 | Alex Foxen | $522,347 | 400 | 157 |
| 7 | Biao Ding | $401,446 | 300 | 120 |
| 8 | Sam Soverel | $316,234 | 200 | 95 |
Photo credit: WSOP / Travis Ball, Miguel Cortes.
