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WEEK OF JULY 6–12, 2026 · LFGPOKER.APP
MAIN EVENT UNDERWAY · 84 OF 100 BRACELETS AWARDED · THE NUMBER: 73
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Big Stories
WSOP Main Event Draws 8,077 and Climbing, $75M+ on the Line
The $10,000 World Championship is underway at Horseshoe and Paris, and the numbers are already enormous: 8,077 entries through the four Day 1 flights, a prize pool north of $75 million, and late registration still open into Day 2. Sunday's Day 1D was the biggest starting flight of the week at 4,694 players. Last year's Main finished at 9,735, so with Day 2 entries still to come, another 9,000-plus field is well within reach. The winner is crowned at the ESPN final table, August 3 through 5.
The 2026 WSOP Is Running at Record Pace
With the Main Event still playing out, the series has already awarded 84 of its 100 bracelets across 85 events, drawing a combined 202,385 entries. The 57th World Series wraps July 15, and it is on track for another record year of total participation. If you have ever wanted to say you played a bracelet event, the back half of the schedule and a wave of online qualifiers are still open.
Results of Note
$800 Summer Celebration, Toby Price, $500,000
Price turned an $800 buy-in into a half-million and his first bracelet, topping a massive 6,803-entry field and a $4.76 million prize pool.
$600 Deepstack Championship, Adriaan Jacobs, $282,817
The 21-year-old South African won his first bracelet out of 5,177 entries, beating Paul Merlette heads-up.
$1,500 2-7 Triple Draw, Michelle Chin, $161,313
Chin became the first woman to win a mixed-game bracelet event since Carol Fuchs in 2015, a genuine piece of WSOP history.
$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, Josh Reichard, $555,198
First career bracelet after 73 prior WSOP final tables without a win. See The Number.
$1,000 Ladies Championship, Skye Chen, $194,630
In the first live poker tournament she has ever played, Chen entered and won it.
The Number
73
WSOP final tables Josh Reichard reached before finally winning his first bracelet this week. Fifteen years of near-misses, one breakthrough.
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Worth Knowing
- WSOP Main Event runs July 2 through 13. Day 1 flights are done, late registration stays open into Day 2, and the field pools into one on Day 3 (Wednesday).
- Palm Beach Kennel Club $300 July Monster ($100,000 guaranteed) starts Thursday, July 9. Five flights July 9 through 11, Day 2 Sunday, with $65 satellites running Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evening.
- Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Signature Series features a $2,500 Championship with $500,000 guaranteed, July 15 through 28.
- TGT Poker in Tampa hosts its $100,000 Summer Heat, $320 buy-in, flights July 29 through August 2.
This Week's Top Tournaments · Nationwide Highlights
WSOP $10,000 Main EventWSOP BRACELET
Horseshoe/Paris, Las Vegas, NV | July 2–13 | $10,000 | 60,000 chips | Single Entry
Venetian $1,100 Seniors (50+)$1,000,000 GTD
Venetian, Las Vegas, NV | July 7–10 | $1,100 | 40,000 chips | Unlimited Re-Entry
Venetian $1,600 MSPT Heart Championship$1,000,000 GTD
Venetian, Las Vegas, NV | July 15–18 | $1,600 | 40,000 chips | Unlimited Re-Entry
PBKC $300 July Monster$100,000 GTD
Palm Beach Kennel Club, FL | July 9–12 | $300 | 40,000 chips | Unlimited Re-Entry
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa $2,500 Signature Championship$500,000 GTD
Seminole Hard Rock, Tampa, FL | July 15–28 | $2,500 | Unlimited Re-Entry
TGT $320 Summer Heat$100,000 GTD
TGT Poker & Racebook, Tampa, FL | July 29–Aug 2 | $320 | 100,000 chips | Multiple Flights
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Busy week for the database. We loaded full July schedules for Club 52 Melbourne and One Eyed Jacks in Sarasota, rolled the Orleans recurring schedule forward through month's end, and added TGT Poker's entire July, including the $100,000 Summer Heat series. We also mapped out Palm Beach Kennel Club's $300 July Monster week in full, right down to the nightly $65 satellite paths into the $100K Main. Filter and explore it all at lfgpoker.app.
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Q: In a multi-flight event, does it matter which Day 1 I play?
Less than most people assume. On the big multi-flights, the numbers show median starting stacks vary only about 10 percent from flight to flight, so there is no real chip-accumulation edge to any single day. Two small but real effects remain: larger flights, usually the weekend and evening ones, tend to advance a slightly higher percentage of players, while the earliest weekday flight often skews pro-heavy because the regulars are already in town, making it a touch tougher. The practical takeaway from the people who have studied it: pick your flight by logistics and comfort, not theory. Whichever you play, the goal is the same, bag a healthy stack, because that is the only thing that actually carries into Day 2.
Source: PokerNews data study on Main Event starting days. Ace is live at lfgpoker.app.