2026 World Series of Poker

Event #63: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em
Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Event #61: $1,000 Super Seniors Event #63: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em Event #64: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed Event #65: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Event #66: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Championship Event #68: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Show All Events
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,010,280
Total Entries
3,921
Players Left
201
Average Chip Stack
780,299
Total Chips
156,840,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
2,278
Players Left
125
Players Left 201 / 3,921
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Did Adrian Mateos Just Prove He’s the Best Player in Tournament Poker?

Matt O'Halloran
Matt O'Halloran
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

When Adrian Mateos won 2026's WSOP $250k Super High Roller, he became the youngest player in history to reach six WSOP bracelets at just 31 years old.

His $4.33 million score was the second-largest cash of the Spaniard's career. The first? It came less than a month ago at Triton Montenegro, where he banked $6.37 million in the $200k Invitational, meaning Mateos has won a scarcely believable $10.7 million in just 28 days.

With Mateos climbing from ninth to fifth on poker's all-time money list in the last six months alone, and after defeating one of the most stacked final tables in WSOP history (featuring Phil Ivey, Bryn Kenney, Jason Koon et al), it sparked a debate around the PokerNews water cooler: Are we watching the best player in tournament poker right now?

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