2026 World Series of Poker

Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em Event #92: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. Event #93: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event #95: $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold'em Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Show All Events
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,431,045
Total Entries
1,078
Players Left
129
Average Chip Stack
417,829
Total Chips
53,900,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,078
Players Left
129
Players Left 129 / 1,078
New Updates

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

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
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.

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