2026 World Series of Poker

Event #86: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #86: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em Event #87: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Event #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 1c
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$4,035,528
Total Entries
8,007
Players Left
603
Average Chip Stack
796,716
Total Chips
480,420,000
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
4,217
Players Left
321
Players Left 603 / 8,007
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Who is the Most Improbable WSOP Main Event Champion Ever?

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
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The least and most surprising World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion ever is arguably the same person.

Confused? You won't be in a bit. Poker's most prestigious annual event, with the purpose of crowning a 2026 world champion, kicks off today at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Michael Mizrachi, the newest Poker Hall of Famer, won this $10,000 buy-in tournament last summer for $10,000,000.

"The Grinder's" win brought some excitement around the poker community, but it wasn't a huge surprise like some past champs. Mizrachi didn't come out of nowhere before winning the Main Event. He wasn't an accountant who won a cheap online satellite to enter the tournament or some random amateur low-stakes cash game player.

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