2026 WSOP Day 37: Negreanu Four Eliminations Away From Eighth Bracelet

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Jul 02, 2026 7 min read

The 37th day of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) saw eight events fill the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on the eve of the $10,000 Main Event. Two events concluded and awarded their bracelets, while a couple more reached their final tables.

One such tournament was the $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller event, where only five players remain. Daniel Negreanu is one of those five finalists. The popular Canadian is now only four eliminations from becoming an eight-time WSOP bracelet winner. Should he come out on top, he will leapfrog Alex Foxen into ninth place in poker's all-time money list.

Markus Gonsalves took down Event #73: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, a result that came with a $979,655 score. Gonsalves now has more than $3.3 million in live poker tournament earnings despite openly admitting he prefers playing cash games.

The second bracelet won on Day 37 of the 2026 WSOP went to Matt Grapenthien, who triumphed in Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. Grapenthien now has a second bracelet to keep the one he won in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship back in 2014.

Chris Frank Leads From Daniel Negreanu in the $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller

Germany's Chris Frank (13,660,000) leads the final five players in Event #76: $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, where a $2,257,718 prize awaits the eventual champion.

Frank already has a similarly-sized score to his name, having banked $2,008,910 when he won a $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Main Event at the 2024 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro festival.

Seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (12,320,000) returns in second place. Last week, Negreanu revealed he was down more than half a million dollars despite having cashed in nine events. He is now guaranteed $516,160 from this event and is four eliminations from soaring into the green and capturing his eighth gold bracelet.

Standing between an impressive victory for Frank and Negreanu are Japan's Yosuke Miki (9,910,000), at $25K Fantasy Draft picks Philip Sternheimer (9,445,000) and Artur Martirosian (4,680,000).

The final day is set to start at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 2 and continue until a worthy champion emerges.

Event #76: $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Final Day Chip Counts

$1,000 Mini Main Event Field Reduced to the Final Nine

Only nine players remain in Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event, and we are guaranteed to see a brand-new bracelet winner because none of the finalists have previously struck WSOP gold.

Amin Mostafavi (162,000,000) is the player who leads the way going into Day 3, with Jeffrey Evans (112,000,000) and Richard Harris (101,000,000) also bagging up more than 100 million chips.

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Daisuke Ogita (92,500,000) has continued the trend of Japanese players going deep in 2026 WSOP events, while Ogita's fellow countryman Akira Ide (43,000,000) brings up the rear.

Each of the nine finalists is guaranteed $100,000 for their efforts, while the eventual champion will not only claim a WSOP bracelet but a massive $1 million first-place prize.

Play resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 2 and continues until only one player has all of the chips in play in their stack.

Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 2 Chip Counts

Danny Tang Bags the Lead on Day 2 of the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball

You may be more used to seeing Danny Tang's name in Super High Roller events, but he is currently the chip leader in Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, where only 18 players remain in contention for the tournament's bracelet and $223,177 top prize.

Tang won a bracelet in 2019 after taking down the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Some may say that a player of Tang's calibre is long overdue a second piece of WSOP hardware.

Hoping to prevent Tang from capturing his second bracelets are a whole host of stars who would be worthy champions. Andrew Kelsall (2,270,000) is the man closest to Tang (2,600,000) in chips, while Eli Elezra (1,585,000) is hunting for his sixth bracelet.

Arthur Morris (1,320,000), Jordan Siegel (845,000), Allen Kessler (830,000), Dylan Smith (750,000), Kevin Choi (685,000), Patrick Stacey (585,000), and Brian Yoon (500,000) also find themselves in the mix going into the final day.

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 2, and a champion will be crowned at some stage.

Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Day 1 of the $600 NLHE Deepstack Championship Attracts 5,177 Entrants

Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em drew in 5,177 entrants, around 10% less than in 2025, but still an impressive turnout. By the close of play, only 556 players had chips requiring bagging and tagging.

Georgios Sotiropoulos (1,025,000), Greece's number-one in the all-time money list, enjoyed a fruitful day at the table, finishing with more than one million chips, according to the WSOP LIVE app. The four-time bracelet winner certainly knows his way around a poker table, and his being armed with a big stack is bad news for his Day 2 opponents.

MD Bikas (1,415,000) is listed on the WSOP LIVE app as the chip leader, but PokerNews believes this count is inaccurate. We shall verify Bikas' stack at the start of Day 2.

Others safely through to Day 2 include two-time bracelet winner Bryan Piccioli (1,004,000), Robert Schulz (647,000), Rick Trigg (316,000), Jeremy Becker (311,000), Aaron Barone (282,000), Dong Meng (252,000), and Martin Kabrhel (233,000).

Cards are back in the air from 11:00 a.m. local time on July 2, with the plan to complete another 10 levels. Those levels will each span 60 minutes, an increase from Day 1's 40-minute levels.

Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Chris Moorman Among the Leaders After Day 1 of the $3,000 NLHE Freezeout

Chris Moorman (1,000,000) bagged one of the largest stacks in the room on Day 1 of Event #79: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em. Moorman, a two-time WSOP bracelet winner, has only managed one cash this summer, stating on one of his vlogs that he's been unable to get anything going so far. Perhaps this is the turning point in the online poker legend's summer?

Israel's Asi Moshe (1,600,000) is looking to get his hands on what would be a fifth bracelet. According to the WSOP LIVE app, Moshe bagged up the largest Day 1 stack and will lead the 226 surviving players on Day 2.

Day 2 starts at 12:00 p.m. local time on July 2 with the plan to complete another 10 levels.

_{Please note: the WSOP LIVE app has not yet updated the end-of-day chip counts. PokerNews will update this recap once that happens}

Event #79: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Clayton Mozdzen Leads an All-Star Cast in the $10,000 8-Game Championship

Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship attracted 156 entrants on Day 1, with 73 of those advancing to Day 2. Canada's Clayton Mozdzen (345,000) bagged the largest stack as he continued his run of hot form.

Mozdzen has two cashes at the 2026 WSOP, and both were final table appearances. The Canadian finished fifth in the $1,500 Dealer's Choice and was the runner-up in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. He now leads a stacked field going into Day 2 of the $10,000 8-Game Championship.

British star Nicholas Marchington (327,000) returns to the action in second place, while Taylor Atchison (297,500) rounds off the podium places. Atchison won the $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo event earlier in the series.

The likes of Christopher Vitch (270,500), Yuval Bronshtein (251,000), Ray Dehkharghani (238,500), Naoya Kihara (233,000), Tomasz Gluszko (230,000), and Bryce Yockey (228,500) finished Day 1 in the top 10.

Also still in the mix are Dzmitry Urbanovich (207,500), Dan Shak (197,000), David Baker (185,000), John Racener (156,500), Marco Johnson (154,500), Brian Rast (134,500), Ben Yu (124,000), Jeremy Ausmus (118,000), Todd Brunson (115,000), Bryn Kenney (105,500), and Joe Hachem (51,500), among others.

Day 2 starts at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 2, with late registration remaining open until the end of the 11th level, around 2:15 p.m. local time.

Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 38 of the 2026 WSOP

July 2, which happens to be Day 38 of the 2026 WSOP, is the day we have all been waiting for since the series' schedule was announced: it is WSOP Main Event Day! Before "The Big Dance" gets underway, let's see what in-play events are continuing.

Day 2 of Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em gets Day 38 underway. Some 556 players return to the tables.

The final day of Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event begins at 12:00 p.m. local time. Two more events resume at the same time. They are the final day of Event #76: $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, and Day 2 of Event #79: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em.

It is a similar story at 1:00 p.m. local time, with a brace of events continuing to whittle their field. Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball will crown its worthy champion, while Day 2 of the star-studded Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship runs.

Three new tournaments start on July 2, starting with Day 1a of Event #81: $800 Summer Celebration No-Limit Hold'em at 10:00 a.m. local time. Giuseppe Zarbo is the reigning champion, having left a trail of 7,077 opponents in his wake as he claimed the $504,180 top prize in 2025.

At 11:00 a.m. local time, Day 1a of Event #82: $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship explodes into action. The tournament that every poker player dreams of taking down is finally here. There's a lot of talk about how many players will enter this year, and we will find out the answer over the next week. Of course, it is Michael Mizrachi who currently holds the title of world champion. Mizrachi topped a 9,735-strong field and scooped $10 million in cash.

The third new tournament shuffles up and deals at 2:00 p.m. local time, Event #83: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double-Board Bomb Pot. This action-packed tournament drew in 1,452 entrants in 2025, and Xixiang Luo outlasted them all. Luo walked away with $290,400.

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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