2026 World Series of Poker

Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #85: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event #86: $600 Ultra Stack No-limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 1d
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$75,116,100
Total Entries
8,077
Players Left
6,106
Average Chip Stack
79,368
Total Chips
484,620,000
Level Info
Level
5
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
600
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
4,694
Players Left
3,638
Players Left 6,106 / 8,077
New Updates

Doug Polk is Having an Insane Roller Coaster WSOP Main Event Day 1 Start

Jon Sofen
Jon Sofen
Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Doug Polk
Doug Polk

Doug Polk can't seem to catch a break recently at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), especially in the Main Event.

The three-time bracelet winner had an insane roller coaster start to his 2026 WSOP Main Event on Day 1d, which began at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday. Polk took a bad beat, doubled up, then lost 90% of his stack in a brutal cooler ... all within the first hour of poker's World Championship event.

More than 3,300 players registered for the final Day 1 starting session at the time of publishing. Polk was among that group of players, and he was hoping for a better outcome than last year's bad beat exit.

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