PokerNews live coverage of this event will begin on Day 2 (June 1). Until then, we will be keeping readers informed with updates on chip counts and core event statistics, including entries and prize pool. Scroll down to see more.
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The Round of 16 brackets are out for $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, and while Daniel Negreanu and Michael Mizrachi won't face each other in the Round of 16, the dream matchup remains very much alive.
The two GGPoker ambassadors landed on the opposite sides of the bracket on Sunday afternoon, meaning they could meet in Monday's semifinals if both can survive a gauntlet of tough opponents.
It would be one of the marquee clashes of the 2026 World Series of Poker. Negreanu is still one of poker's biggest stars and has already generated headlines this week after announcing that he and wife Amanda are expecting their first child.
Mizrachi, meanwhile, arrived in Las Vegas as the hottest name in the game following his historic 2025 WSOP Main Event victory and subsequent induction into the Poker Hall of Fame.
Think you could wear the suit and make the tough calls? In the heat of the WSOP, tournament directors can change the course of a player’s entire summer.
But they're there to enforce the WSOP rules. We've all heard of some crazy rulings and penalties, but here we’ve pulled six scenarios based on the official WSOP rulebook to see if you've got what it takes to be a WSOP tournament director.
Read the scenarios, make your ruling, and check the answers at the bottom of the article.
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Changes to television and livestream coverage have been made for the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Major changes.
But fear not, the biggest event of the year in poker will be easily accessible to fans around the world, for free (well, most of it).
ESPN returns to cover the Main Event this year, but the rest of the 2026 WSOP will be available for livestreaming on the WSOP's official social media channels.
It is an early start for those competing in the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) 10th bracelet event, as the $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em tournament shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. local time on May 31. A field of upwards of 5,000, maybe even 6,000, is expected to descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, yet a champion will emerge in only two days!
Thirty-minute levels throughout will help ensure the action continues at a rapid pace. Whoever the last standing player is will likely take home a prize in the region of $300,000 for their $600 initial investment. No wonder this event is so popular.
Thanks to the expected massive crowd, the $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em event starts at 10 a.m. local time on May 31. Players receive 30,000 chips and play to 30-minute levels from start to finish. Twenty-two levels are scheduled for Day 1, with 20-minute breaks every four levels punctuating the action. After Level 16 (approx. 7 p.m. local time), surviving players will head on a 75-minute dinner break.
Day 2 starts at 11 a.m. local time, on Monday, June 1, and the plan is to play down to a champion. Every four levels, those with chips take a 15-minute break, followed by a 60-minute dinner break after level 34 (approx. 5:30 p.m. local time).
Kenneth Kim is this event's reigning champion. Kim came out on top of a 6,090-strong field to bank $318,842 of the $3,069,360 prize pool in 2025. Kim was methodical in his approach to the tournament due to its sheer size, informing PokerNews, “I didn't think I was going to win this tournament till the end, till the very end, because you just never know. And my approach was to play one level at a time, and try not to think too far ahead.“
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Event #10: $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em
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