2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1d
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$2,751,510
Total Entries
11,185
Players Left
66
Average Chip Stack
5,084,091
Total Chips
335,550,000
Next Payout
Place 67
$3,850
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
240,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
4,267
Players Left
147
Players Left 66 / 11,185

"Everything This Year is to Build for Next Year" says WSOP Director Gregory Chochon

Gregory Chochon
Gregory Chochon

For the World Series of Poker, marathon, unedited live streams are out; tight, narrative-driven episodic television is back in.

That's according to WSOP Chief Operating Officer Gregory Chochon, who recently pulled back the curtain on the brand's ambitious blueprint for the future of poker in a featured interview published by Casinos.com.

The WSOP is radically overhauling its media strategy to recapture the attention spans of today's sports fans. How? By aggressively shifting its focus, aiming to build a media powerhouse modeled after sports leagues like the UFC.

With this as their core aim, Chochon and his team are orchestrating a massive shift in how the WSOP and poker as a whole are consumed, branded, and broadcast.