button in SafariDay 8 of the 2026 WSOP Starts With the $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha Event
If you think that Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments get crazy, wait until you see Event #15: $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The affordable price usually attracts about 3,000 entrants to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, yet it only takes two days for a champion to emerge from the field!
Day 1 commences at 10:00 a.m. local time on June 2, and you should expect a steady stream of eliminations from start to finish.
📌 Event Snapshot
- Event: #14: $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha
- Date(s): June 2-3, 2026
- Time: 2:00 p.m. local time on Day 1
- Buy-In: $600
- Format: Pot-Limit Omaha
- Late Registration: Open for nine levels (approx. 8:45 p.m. local time)
- Starting Stack: 30,000 chips
- Levels: 30 minutes throughout
- 2025 Winner: Cristian Gutierrez ($193,780)
- 2025 Field Size: 3,110
- 2025 Prize Pool: $1,567,440
Structure and Schedule
It is a 10:00 a.m. local time start on June 2 for players sitting down at the start of Day 1 of the $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em event. Players start their quest for glory with 30,000 chips, with two re-entries allowed during late registration. Late registration closes after 12 levels, approximately 5:00 p.m. local time.
Day 1 ends after 22 levels, with 20-minute breaks every four levels. Reach the end of Level 16 (approx. 7:00 p.m. local time), and you'll be sent on a 75-minute dinner break.
Anyone reaching Day 2 must be back in their seats by 11:00 a.m. local time on June 3. Play continues until a champion is crowned, with 15-minute breaks every four levels. The tournament staff will decide during play whether or not a dinner break is required.
Past Champions & History
Colombia's Cristian Gutierrez is this event's reigning champion, having bulldozed his way through 3,109 opponents in 2025. Gutierrez banked a career-best $193,780 and his first gold bracelet for his efforts. Gutierrez only started playing Omaha 12 months before his bracelet win, and only began learning the game because he was running bad in his Hold'em games.
“I started playing Omaha last year at Borgata, and I liked it. Hold'em, I started the series playing the series, and I struggled. I started putting a lot of time into mixed games. My first ten buy-ins when I started the series here, and when I went to Golden Nugget, I lost all the flips on Hold’em. I took a break, the day before this started, I said to myself, ‘I’m playing the Omaha event. I didn’t want to just play hold'em, I needed a break. You know, sometimes you’re just running bad. I was running bad on hold'em. I started playing, and I felt confident from the first moment I sat down. I was playing great, making some moves and making some hands as well."
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