2026 World Series of Poker

Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$85,634,400
Total Entries
9,208
Players Left
42
Average Chip Stack
13,154,286
Total Chips
552,480,000
Next Payout
Place 42
$215,000
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 6
Entries
174
Players Left
62
Players Left 42 / 9,208

"Everything This Year is to Build for Next Year" says WSOP Director Gregory Chochon

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Gregory Chochon
Gregory Chochon

For the World Series of Poker, marathon, unedited live streams are out; tight, narrative-driven episodic television is back in.

That's according to WSOP Chief Operating Officer Gregory Chochon, who recently pulled back the curtain on the brand's ambitious blueprint for the future of poker in a featured interview published by Casinos.com.

The WSOP is radically overhauling its media strategy to recapture the attention spans of today's sports fans. How? By aggressively shifting its focus, aiming to build a media powerhouse modeled after sports leagues like the UFC.

With this as their core aim, Chochon and his team are orchestrating a massive shift in how the WSOP and poker as a whole are consumed, branded, and broadcast.