2026 World Series of Poker

Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event Event #73: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Event #76: $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event #79: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Event #80: $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship Show All Events
Day: 1c
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$11,052,800
Total Entries
12,560
Players Left
450
Average Chip Stack
1,674,667
Total Chips
753,600,000
Next Payout
Place 543
$3,300
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
5,908
Players Left
446
Players Left 450 / 12,560
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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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