2026 WSOP Day 13: Brewer Leads the $10K Dealer's Choice as Foxen and Kihara Win Gold

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Jun 08, 2026 8 min read

Day 13 of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was another incredible day at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Two bracelets were won, a pair of $25,000 buy-in events were in-play along side two $10,000 buy-ins, with a $500 Freezeout also running, showing the WSOP has something for everyone, regardless of their bankroll's size.

Easily the biggest news from Day 13 of the 2026 WSOP was Kristen Foxen becoming a six-time bracelet winner after she took down the star-studded Event #19: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. Foxen also banked $1,773,083, a new career-high for the Canadian.

Event #23: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship also crowned its worthy champion. Allen Kessler came agonizingly close to winning his first bracelet, but ultimately had to make do with a third-place finish. Naoya Kihara defeated James Cheung heads-up for the title, the bracelet, and $301,970. This is the second bracelet Kihara has won in the space of three days, both in $10,000 buy-in events!

Chris Brewer Leads an All-Star Cast on Day 1 of the $10K Dealer's Choice Championship

An all-star cast of 135 players bought into Event #27: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship, with 66 of those starters reaching Day 2. Although the Dealer's Choice is usually frequented by the best mixed game specialists in the world, it was two big bet specialists who topped the chip counts at the close of play.

Chris Brewer (347,000) and Jesse Lonis (339,500) are better known for their No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha prowess. However, they showed they know there were around 20 or so poker variants on Day 1. Brewer and Lonis each have two bracelets.

There were bracelet winners and $25K Fantasy Draft picks everywhere you looked in this event, as you would expect from such a prestigious tournament.

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Bryce Yockey (268,000), Matt Glantz (266,000), Owais Ahmed (230,000), Ben Diebold (216,500), Chad Eveslage (213,000), Marco Johnson (209,500), and Ariel Mantel (194,000) all finished Day 1 in the top 10.

Renan Bruschi (185,500), Nick Guagenti (182,000), Lawrence Brandt (177,000), Frank Kassela (147,500), Todd Brunson (139,500), reigning champion Ryan Hoenig (127,000), John Hennigan (111,000), and Eli Elezra (108,000) are just a small selection of elite-level mixed game players who navigated to Day 2.

Cards are back in the air from 1:00 p.m. local time on June 8, with late registration open until the end of the first level. Keep your browsers locked to PokerNews to follow all of the action from this incredibly stacked tournament.

Event #27: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Jason Wheeler Progresses From Monster Stack Day 2d

Day 2d of Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack saw 2,153 players start the day with high hopes, but only 269 progressed to Day 2. Bagging up a top 10 stack at day's end was Jason Wheeler (2,300,000), who is looking for his second WSOP bracelet.

Wheeler won his one and only bracelet in 2021 when he took down the $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack event. He's come close to adding another bracelet since finishing sixth in the Tag Team event in 2024 and sixth in the $1,500 NLHE Shootout last summer.

Joining Wheeler on Day 3 from this flight are such players as chip leader She Wong (3,800,000), Lukas Pazma (2,550,000), Faraz Jaka (1,540,000), Martin Zamani (880,000), and Cherish Andrews (650,000).

Day 3 kicks off at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 8 with the 660 survivors from all four Day 2s combining for the first time. Another 10 levels are on the agenda.

Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 2d Top 10 Chip Counts

Anthony Reategui is the Chip Leader After Day 2 of the $1,500 Big O

It has been 21 years since Anthony Reategui became a WSOP champion, but is now within touching distance of more WSOP hardware after bagging up the chip lead on Day 2 of Event #22: $1,500 Big O.

Reategui returns to the action as one of only two players with more than 100 big blinds, his 5,900,000 stack equivalent to 118 big blinds. Casey Hayes (5,700,000) is the other big blind centurion.

Twenty-eight players stand between Reategui and his second bracelet. They include Thomas Koral (3,700,000), Scott Abrams (2,600,000), and Bruno Furth (2,300,000), who all return in the top 10. Furth is looking to complete a hat trick of Omaha-related bracelets.

The two Day 1 leaders also progressed, but at different ends of the chip counts. Day 1a leader John Holley (1,500,000) built on his early momentum to finish 13th on the night, while $25K Fantasy Draft pick Nicolas Milgrom (175,000) led on Day 1b but brings up the rear when play resumes.

Day 3, the final day, starts at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 8 and continues until only one player remains. The last player standing will receive $387,110 and this event's bracelet.

Event #22: $1,500 Big O Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Sean Winter Leads the Final Seven in the $25K NLHE 6-Handed Event

Only seven players remain in the hunt for a $1,286,285 top prize in Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em after the second of three scheduled days.

All eyes were on 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel as he looked to become only the third player in history to win more than 10 WSOP bracelets. Unfortunately for Seidel and his legion of fans, he fell just short of the final table, busting in ninth place.

Sean Winter (7,950,000) is the man to catch going into the final table, followed by Artur Martirosian (6,545,000) and Pavel Plesuv (5,965,000).

Yosuke Miki (4,605,000) is hoping to make it three bracelets won by Japanese players this summer, while Klemens Roiter (4,530,000) is looking for his second bracelet.

Marius Gierse (3,888,000) and a short-stack Chance Kornuth (835,000) complete the seven superstars at the final table.

The final table action begins at 1:30 p.m. local time. WSOP will stream it with a 2.5-hour delay later in the afternoon, once they get down to six players.

Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Final Day Counts

Huge Crowd Reduced to 162 on Day 1 of the $500 NLHE Freezeout

Freezeout tournaments are something of a rarity these days, so it was no surprise that 4,100 players decided to enter Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em. The 30-minute levels combined with the freezeout format meant only 162 players had chips to bag once 22 levels were done and dusted.

Josh Reichard (1,355,000) was the biggest name who built a big Day 1 stack. The 17-time WSOP Circuit ring winner returns on Day 2 in tenth place, hoping to finally get his hands on a WSOP bracelet.

Only two of the Day 1 survivors have previously won bracelets. Chris Hunichen (700,000) is one of them. "Big Huni" won the $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller in 2024 for $2,838,389, a prize that is over $1.1 million of this events' prize pool! Hunichen sure loves the grind!

Travis Johnson (355,000) is the other bracelet winner. Johnson triumphed in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event back in 2009.

The 162 survivors return to their seats at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 8. The plan is to continue playing until only one players has all of the chips in play.

Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Xuan Liu Bags Big on Day 1 of the $2,000 NLHE

Canada's Xuan Liu (585,000) has done her chances of becoming a WSOP bracelet winner no harm at all by bagging up a top three stack on Day 1 of Event #26: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Some 968 players bought in, with 160 progressing to Day 2, and only Jason Palker (742,000) and Srivinay Irrinki (612,000) bagged and tagged the largest stacks than Liu.

Liu is a popular figure on the live poker circuit. She has more than $3.4 million in live cashes, including an $860,000 haul from a $25,000 buy-in WPT Global Slam event at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro in May.

Others to look out for in PokerNews' live reporting updates on Day 2 include Zdenek Zizka (415,000), Bernhard Binder (206,000, Adam Hendrix (187,000), Shiina Okamoto (180,000), Aaron Kupin (168,000), and Jonathan Tamayo (151,000).

Day 2 of this event starts at 12:00 p.m. local time, and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you our traditional coverage. See you there!

Event #26: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 14 of the 2026 WSOP

Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em is the first in-play event to resume on June 8, doing so at 11:00 a.m. local time. Play will continue until only one player remains, with that player banking $190,066 and a WSOP bracelet.

It is also an 11:00 a.m. local time start for Day 3 of Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack, where 660 players head to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. PokerNews' traditional live reporting from this event starts today, so don't forget to tune in.

Starting at noon is the second day of Event #26: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The plan for Day 2 is to complete another 10 levels, which should mean the final table is within sight once play ends.

Two more events continue from 1:00 p.m. local time. One is the final day of Event #22: $1,500 Big O, and the other is Day 2 of the star-studded Event #27: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship.

Another bracelet will be won on the final day of Event #24: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed, which resumes at 1:30 p.m. local time.

Three new events have their respective Day 1s on June 8. At 10:00 a.m. local time, a big crowd is expected to enter Event #28: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha. At the 2025 WSOP, this event saw 2,775 players buy in and Tyler Brown come out on top. Brown netted $178,126 for his $600 investment.

Poker's elite will gather at 12:00 p.m. local time for Day 1 of Event #29: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. Jason Koon is the reigning champion of this high-stakes event. Koon left 170 opponents in his wake on his way to claiming the $1,968,927 top prize and his second WSOP bracelet.

The final tournament of the day starts at 2:00 p.m. local time. https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/event-30-limit-holdem/https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/event-30-limit-holdem/ should see more than 400 min-bet specialists enter. Last year, Jason Duong topped a 491-strong field and scooped his first bracelet and $130,062.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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