2026 World Series of Poker

Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Event #63: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em Event #68: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event #70: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event Event #73: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Event #74: $1,500 8-Game Mixed Show All Events
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,287,120
Total Entries
2,599
Players Left
194
Average Chip Stack
803,814
Total Chips
155,940,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
2,599
Players Left
194
Players Left 194 / 2,599
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Did Adrian Mateos Just Prove He’s the Best Player in Tournament Poker?

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
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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