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Michael Gagliano

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Biography

Michael Gagliano is an accomplished East Coast poker professional and BetMGM Ambassador. He has won four WSOP bracelets, and in 2026, he reached the final table of the WSOP Main Event.

Michael Gagliano Poker Background

With over $2.2 million in lifetime earnings, Gagliano is a respected veteran in the poker industry and already knows what it feels like to capture WSOP gold.

He has won four WSOP bracelets, his first coming in 2016 when he defeated a 1,045-player field to win $448,463 in Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em.

Two subsequent online bracelets came in 2022 and 2023.

Michael Gagliano WSOP Bracelets

Year	Event	Payout
2016	Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	$448,463
2022 (O)	Event #18: $1,000 Turbo Deepstack	$62,756
2023 (O)	Event #89: $500 6-Max	$54,042

_{Editor's note: Details of Gagliano's fourth online WSOP bracelet are unavailable}

Michael Gagliano 2026 WSOP Main Event

Heading into the highly anticipated final table, the Rockaway, New Jersey native has navigated the massive, grueling field to secure a middle-of-the-pack stack of 46,500,000 chips.

For Gagliano, reaching the final nine brought a profound sense of relief.

“I’ve been saying for many days that it feels like Groundhog Day. Like, the more people that bust, it just feels like the number just doesn’t go down. And my friend asked me, I think there were like 100 or 80 people left, ‘When are you going to be happy?’ And I said, well, when there’s nine left. I feel like it’s finally done,” he said.

Day	Chip Count	Position
1b	93,000	250/759
2abc	135,000	683/1,260
3	736,000	189/1,389
4	300,000	489/533
5	5,215,000	29/174
6	11,675,000	19/62
7	19,300,000	14/21
8	46,500,000	5/9

2026 WSOP Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Lucas Jumalon	United States	194,000,000	129
2	Rami Hammoud	Canada	79,000,000	53
3	Jamie Shaevel	United States	56,000,000	37
4	Greg Mueller	Canada	48,500,000	32
5	Michael Gagliano	United States	46,500,000	31
6	Mario Boos	France	44,000,000	29
7	Lauri Saaskilahti	Finland	37,500,000	25
8	Han Feng	United States	25,000,000	17
9	Evagoras Evagorou	Cyprus	22,500,000	15

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2026 World Series of Poker Event #100: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em	139^th	$2,205
2026 World Series of Poker Event #37: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	25^th	$5,817
2025 World Series of Poker Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship	148^th	$70,000
2025 World Series of Poker Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	69^th	$20,184
2024 World Series of Poker Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em	416^th	$4,880
2024 World Series of Poker Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed)	71^st	$3,417
2024 World Series of Poker Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	80^th	$9,964
2023 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,500 Shootout	52^nd	$5,759
2023 World Series of Poker Event #24: $1,500 Razz	41^st	$3,329
2023 World Series of Poker Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	84^th	$5,643
2023 World Series of Poker Event #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	40^th	$13,793
2023 World Series of Poker Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	327^th	$2,400
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)	25^th	$7,400
2022 WSOP Online Event #18: $1,000 NLH Turbo Deepstack	1^st	$62,755
2022 World Series of Poker Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	27^th	$6,000
2022 World Series of Poker Event #32: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	59^th	$3,429
2022 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	104^th	$3,922
2022 World Series of Poker [Online] No-Limit Hold'em BIG $500	195^th	$799
2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania $1,060 Main Event - New Jersey	9^th	$2,310
2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania $1,060 Heads-up Bracket Battle NJ	3^rd	$3,625
2021 World Series of Poker WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $400 NL Hold’em Ultra Deepstack [2x Re-entry]	235^th	$488
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #33: $500 NLH Grand Finale	111^th	$1,400
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #31: $500 NLH Summer Saver	76^th	$949
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #6: $2,000 NLH Deepstack	22^nd	$4,694
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #2: $600 Monster Stack	75^th	$1,177
WPT Online Poker Open on partypoker US WPT Online Poker Open: $30K GTD 8-MAX NLH	7^th	$1,701
partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20) Event #1: Sunday $35K GTD 1/2 Price NLH	16^th	$441
partypoker US Network Online Series (Oct. 11-18) $215 Main Event NLH $75K GTD	10^th	$1,283
partypoker US Network Online Series (July 26-August 2) Phase Multi-Flight $75,000 GTD Main Event	22^nd	$488
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #31: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	83^rd	$3,030
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #26: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Grande Finale	357^th	$788
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #21: $777 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	185^th	$1,048
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout	52^nd	$3,977
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	12^th	$8,681
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #2: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Deepstack	13^th	$7,334
2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series Event #10 High: $10,000 GTD PLO8	7^th	$560
2019 World Series of Poker Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$44,232
2019 World Series of Poker Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	423^rd	$4,577
2019 World Series of Poker Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	19^th	$16,643
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $1,100 Finale	91^st	$3,000
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 Main Event	187^th	$10,300
2018 World Series of Poker Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee	248^th	$3,102
2018 World Series of Poker Event #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	528^th	$1,852
2018 World Series of Poker Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	82^nd	$5,441
2018 World Series of Poker Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	146^th	$1,503
2018 World Series of Poker Event #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em	10^th	$27,208
2018 World Series of Poker Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	79^th	$6,366
2017 World Series of Poker Event #33: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	9^th	$30,063
2017 World Series of Poker Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	3^rd	$210,139
2017 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	697^th	$2,861
2017 World Series of Poker Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	61^st	$5,795
2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey Main Event	2^nd	$28,116
2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey $2,000 NL Hold'em - 6 Handed	1^st	$11,350
2014 World Series of Poker Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	170^th	$3,493
2014 World Series of Poker Event #11: $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	132^nd	$2,913
2013 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	18^th	$16,379
2013 World Series of Poker Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	292^nd	$1,907
2012 World Series of Poker Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	7^th	$83,428
2011 World Series of Poker Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship	27^th	$29,228
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event	138^th	$20,000
2009 World Series of Poker Event 51 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em	68^th	$6,187
2009 World Series of Poker Event 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em	198^th	$3,246