Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Day 5 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship

Day 5 Completed

10 hours 58 minutes ago

Defending Champion Michael Mizrachi Eliminated on Day 5 of WSOP Main Event; Shaun Deeb Set Up for Deep Run

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Day 5 of the most prestigious poker tournament on earth, Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship of the 2026 World Series of Poker, is in the books.

After five levels of play at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, only 174 players of the original 9,208 remain, and, most notably, defending champion Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is no longer among them.

Mizrachi’s quest to claim the $10,000,000 top prize two years in a row came to an end in 241st place, netting him $50,000. The Grinder was coolered with a flush against a higher flush midway through the day. Although he hung on for quite a while, he ultimately could not recover and ran into 2019 Main Event champion Hossein Ensan’s aces to be eliminated.

On the other side of the coin, Mizrachi’s fellow nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb did survive the ten hours of poker Day 5 had in store. After a rocky start, Deeb doubled in the second level of the day and steadily rose through the ranks afterward. Although he lost a sizable pot during the final hands of the day, he ended with an above-average stack of 4,305,000, good for over 70 big blinds at the start of Day 6 as he eyes the biggest payouts of the gargantuan $85,634,400 prize pool.

Deeb’s stack was not quite enough to propel him into the top ten counts at the end of the night, however. Daewoong Song closes out the elite stacks with 6,565,000 in chips, while the chip lead is in the hands of Zhao Liu. Liu bagged 10,150,000, being the only person to reach eight figures. Notably, Liu has now made two consecutive Day 6s in the Main Event, having finished in 161st place in 2025.

End of Day 5 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Zhao Liu	United States	10,150,000	169
2	DJ Sharma	Canada	9,840,000	164
3	Xingyu Liu	China	9,040,000	151
4	Allan Sannier	France	8,680,000	145
5	Sachin Joshi	United Kingdom	8,385,000	140
6	Mario Boos	France	7,850,000	131
7	Justin Manjares	United States	7,760,000	129
8	Tyler Gaston	United States	7,055,000	118
9	Malcolm Trayner	Australia	6,740,000	112
10	Daewoong Song	Korea, Republic of	6,565,000	109

Deeb's Thoughts

"That was unfortunate," Deeb commented regarding his last hand after he was done bagging his chips. "If I somehow suck out, I have, you know, nine million. But I'm still happy to be over average. I feel bad for everyone who gets thrown on my table the rest of this tournament. I'm just going to try and win every chip that's in the pot that I can."

Adding a Main Event win to his legacy would elevate Deeb's status among the greatest players of all time; it's a place he arguably already holds. However, it is not something Deeb is particularly worried about. "I think my legacy is solidified," he stated. I don't really think, even if I end up winning the Main Event, it really drastically changes the opinion of me as a poker player in most people's eyes."

Deeb is currently third in a tight-knit race for WSOP Player of the Year (PoY), looking to become the first player to capture that prestigious title for the third time. "I'm still conscious of PoY. I know if I somehow final table this, it gives my PoY shots very high, but it's very hard. That's kind of one of the issues I have with this PoY system. I've been in this tournament for really a f**king whole week and missed a bunch of sh*t because of it. I have less points than final table of a turbo that was done in six hours. It's kind of an unfortunate thing, but there's a lot of money up top."

Big Names Rise and Fall

Daniel Hachem (3,895,000) and Todd Brunson (3,690,000) both made it through to Day 6 with good stacks, seeking to follow in their fathers’ footsteps and claim the ultimate poker title by coming out on top in the Main Event. Recent WSOP Paradise fourth-placed finisher Terrance Reid (2,685,000) is looking to repeat his success in Las Vegas and add another seven-figure score to his resume. Wesley Fei (4,580,000), Francisco Fragoso (3,910,000), and Andy Tsai (3,685,000) are all regulars on streamed nosebleed cash games, but are proving their tournament prowess by making a deep run in poker’s most elite event.

Meanwhile, Mizrachi was joined on the rail by fellow Main Event winners Greg Raymer (279th) and Ryan Riess (282nd), who both earned the same sum as their newest colleague, leaving Ensan as the last champion standing as he ended Day 5 with 3,450,000.

Six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings exited in 471st for $35,000. Esteemed super high roller Chris Hunichen (424th) received the same amount, while his peer Stephen Chidwick fell in 394th for $40,000. Alex Foxen departed in 263rd for $50,000 after spending all day at the feature table, while toward the end of the night, Tony Dunst (215th), Artur Martirosian (211th), Sergio Aido (202nd), and Josh Arieh (198th) picked up their payout of $57,500.

The same sum will be awarded to the first elimination of Day 6, with the next pay jump set to happen when 161 contenders remain. Six-figure sums will be handed out to the top 80 players, while the eye-watering million-dollar payouts will have to wait until the final table of nine.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$10,000,000	14-17	$410,475
2	$6,000,000	18-26	$325,000
3	$3,750,000	27-35	$265,000
4	$2,750,000	36-44	$215,000
5	$2,250,000	45-53	$180,000
6	$1,750,000	54-62	$150,000
7	$1,500,000	63-71	$125,000
8	$1,250,000	72-80	$105,000
9	$1,000,000	81-89	$90,000
10-11	$750,000	90-98	$75,000
12-13	$510,000	99-161	$65,000
		162-174	$57,500

The Main Event will continue on July 11 at 11 a.m. local time. Day 6 will restart with blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante. Five additional two-hour levels are scheduled to be played, with a break after every level. An extended 70-minute break takes place after the second level of the day.

PokerNews will continue providing extensive live coverage of the Main Event on Day 6, so make sure to tune back in when the pinnacle of poker resumes.

Tags: Alex Foxen Allan Sannier Andy Tsai Artur Martirosian Brian Hastings Chris Hunichen Daewoong Song Daniel Hachem DJ Sharma Francisco Fragoso Greg Raymer Hossein Ensan Josh Arieh Justin Manjares Malcolm Trayner Mario Boos Michael Mizrachi Ryan Riess Sachin Joshi Sergio Aido Shaun Deeb Stephen Chidwick Terrance Reid Todd Brunson Tony Dunst Tyler Gaston Wesley Fei Xingyu Liu Zhao Liu

10 hours 58 minutes ago

Seat Draw For Day 6

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Jon Pill

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

According to the WSOPLive App

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
81	1	Ori Elul	2,050,000	26
81	2	Boris Kolev	605,000	8
81	3	Darren Rabinowitz	1,390,000	17
81	4	Jason Kornegay	2,730,000	34
81	5	Michael Gagliano	5,215,000	65
81	6	Antonin Hays	5,695,000	71
81	7	Carlos Chadha Villamarin	2,775,000	35
81	8	Rami Hammoud	2,630,000	33
81	9	Will Givens	5,615,000	70

82	1	Martin Gerloff	3,480,000	44
82	2	Siebe den Hartog	1,180,000	15
82	3	Shreesh Hebbar	4,845,000	61
82	4	Pablo Ching	1,275,000	16
82	5	Marc Goldman	1,205,000	15
82	6	Todd Brunson	3,690,000	46
82	7	Lucas Jumalon	4,435,000	55
82	8	Lachezar Petkov	4,315,000	54
82	9	Aaron Pinson	1,215,000	15

83	1	Dutch Boyd	2,845,000	36
83	2	Dan Stavila	5,410,000	68
83	3	Liubomyr Melnyk	2,670,000	33
83	4	Han Feng	6,565,000	82
83	5	Robert Hess	1,425,000	18
83	6	Behnam Patros	2,955,000	37
83	7	Kyosuke Nagami	4,450,000	56
83	8	Matthew Lapossie	2,255,000	28
83	9	Abhishek Goindi	2,210,000	28

84	1	Dennis Carlson	1,500,000	19
84	2	Christopher Chaudey	2,535,000	32
84	3	Mindaugas Jonaitis	1,420,000	18
84	4	Terry Ketterer	1,540,000	19
84	5	Peter Kiem	670,000	8
84	6	Callum Roque	2,125,000	27
84	7	Carlos Saucedo	2,655,000	33
84	8	Marshall Daigle	6,560,000	82
84	9	Ricardo Cermeno	6,270,000	78

85	1	Gregory Brown	5,650,000	71
85	2	Daniel Hachem	3,895,000	49
85	3	Fabio Porcino Rosado Chaves	2,010,000	25
85	4	Ibrahim Naim	735,000	9
85	5	Aaron Van Blarcum	370,000	5
85	6	Ryan Miller	1,310,000	16
85	7	Kevin Rand	595,000	7
85	8	Steven O'Nan	2,310,000	29
85	9	Sarah Lee	1,665,000	21

93	1	Nicholas Sena-Hopkins	2,475,000	31
93	2	Thomas Clack	1,395,000	17
93	3	Arturas Astrauskas	1,175,000	15
93	4	Kurt Watkins	1,225,000	15
93	5	David Shaw	945,000	12
93	6	James Gregg	2,540,000	32
93	7	Evagoras Evagorou	2,260,000	28
93	8	Tyler Gaston	7,055,000	88
93	9	David Paredes	3,780,000	47

94	1	Daewoong Song	6,565,000	82
94	3	Kyle Scott	4,760,000	60
94	4	Kyle Mart	1,765,000	22
94	5	Ryan Grant	3,770,000	47
94	6	Jeremy Hyman	3,155,000	39
94	7	Greg Mueller	4,415,000	55
94	8	Mark Tropp	3,100,000	39
94	9	Kenneth Asher	3,650,000	46

95	1	Jeff Weiss	5,975,000	75
95	2	Michael Renna	3,800,000	48
95	3	Arthur Souza De Campos	1,950,000	24
95	4	Aaron Barone	1,880,000	24
95	5	Elliott Kampen	390,000	5
95	6	Tolga Karakaya	3,335,000	42
95	7	Andrew Yeh	800,000	10
95	8	Terrance Reid	2,685,000	34
95	9	Alex Faynshteyn	1,940,000	24

96	1	Allan Sannier	8,680,000	109
96	2	Chi Chen	2,850,000	36
96	3	Benjamin Morgan	1,230,000	15
96	4	David Urban	4,150,000	52
96	5	Dylan Smith	1,805,000	23
96	6	Nicola Karl	2,800,000	35
96	7	Anthony Lombard	635,000	8
96	8	Christopher George	4,425,000	55
96	9	Francisco Fragoso	3,910,000	49

97	1	Maxime Chilaud	6,420,000	80
97	2	Sean Winter	1,885,000	24
97	3	Ross Tyler	2,140,000	27
97	4	Masato Hattori	3,545,000	44
97	5	Andy Tsai	3,685,000	46
97	6	Tianle Wang	2,465,000	31
97	7	Brian Roelke	2,875,000	36
97	8	Thomas Macdonald	2,095,000	26
97	9	Joseph Mirabile	1,035,000	13

103	1	Vladimir Belekhov	1,145,000	14
103	2	Hugues Girard	1,285,000	16
103	3	Akihiro Konishi	1,470,000	18
103	4	David Kluchman	5,500,000	69
103	5	Masato Yokosawa	3,200,000	40
103	6	Kevin Ordet	1,015,000	13
103	7	Congya Zhang	4,365,000	55
103	8	Gonzalo Almada	2,120,000	27
103	9	Tanner Pray	1,930,000	24

105	1	Loren Klein	2,600,000	33
105	2	Sebastian Isselhard	2,280,000	29
105	3	Vy Nguyen	2,265,000	28
105	4	Justus Marsico	1,975,000	25
105	5	Jose Rodriguez Zurita	3,430,000	43
105	6	Bradley Guan	4,310,000	54
105	7	Matthew Salsberg	1,135,000	14
105	8	John O'Neal	5,295,000	66

110	1	Simon Britton	4,405,000	55
110	2	Giuseppe Pantaleo	3,420,000	43
110	3	Hendrik Terner	3,285,000	41
110	5	Merle Sauvola	4,025,000	50
110	6	Michael Conoran	2,210,000	28
110	7	Brian Deutschmeister	510,000	6
110	8	Junjie Tang	5,975,000	75
110	9	Florian Bordet	2,200,000	28

112	1	Lara Eisenberg	1,855,000	23
112	2	Felix Kuemayr	2,035,000	25
112	3	Kei Sugita	845,000	11
112	4	John Weiss	3,645,000	46
112	6	Peng Shan	1,700,000	21
112	7	Romain Lewis	5,155,000	64
112	8	Sam Sweilem	4,200,000	53
112	9	Brock Wilson	885,000	11

115	1	Stephen Press	960,000	12
115	2	Blake Barousse	3,755,000	47
115	3	Tal Herzog	4,930,000	62
115	4	Bryn Larkman	3,210,000	40
115	5	Mads Wissing	4,146,000	52
115	6	Patrick Hagenlocher	1,200,000	15
115	7	Justin Manjares	7,760,000	97
115	8	Rafael Caiaffa	855,000	11
115	9	Aliaksei Boika	755,000	9

117	2	Noah Bronstein	675,000	8
117	3	Daniel Iachan	6,185,000	77
117	4	Soheb Porbandarwala	3,805,000	48
117	5	Jamie Shaevel	1,900,000	24
117	6	Malcolm Trayner	6,740,000	84
117	7	Caitlin Comeskey	1,420,000	18
117	8	Naixuan Shi	2,415,000	30
117	9	Zdenek Zizka	760,000	10

118	1	Alen Bakovic	1,570,000	20
118	2	Dhiraj Sharma	9,840,000	123
118	3	Erick Mossinger	1,895,000	24
118	4	Hossein Ensan	3,450,000	43
118	5	Michael Nugent	5,545,000	69
118	6	Shaun Deeb	4,305,000	54
118	7	Mario Boos	7,850,000	98
118	8	Joshua Abady	3,450,000	43
118	9	Arash Vaziri	1,860,000	23

120	1	Kilian Pousset	1,095,000	14
120	2	Wesley Fei	4,580,000	57
120	3	Virgile Turchi	2,940,000	37
120	4	Lauri Saaskilahti	4,345,000	54
120	5	Go Kato	3,535,000	44
120	6	Zhao Liu	10,150,000	127
120	7	Bahar Musa	1,755,000	22
120	8	Patrick Leonard	2,860,000	36
120	9	Ali Ayub	2,955,000	37

123	1	Michael Stembera	2,545,000	32
123	2	Ihar Soika	275,000	3
123	3	Jacob Thibodeau	1,650,000	21
123	4	Brian Feck	1,960,000	25
123	5	Antonio Galiana	2,720,000	34
123	6	Berkeley Yuan	5,200,000	65
123	7	Daniel Savas	2,500,000	31
123	8	Sachin Joshi	8,385,000	105
123	9	Xingyu Liu	9,040,000	113

125	2	Espen Sandvik	5,275,000	66
125	3	Ralph Perry	4,635,000	58
125	4	Archimedes Arenas	2,075,000	26
125	5	Farid Jattin	6,375,000	80
125	6	Javier Fernandez	610,000	8
125	7	Edouard Sacrispeyre	1,695,000	21
125	8	Jason Blount	1,830,000	23
125	9	Cade Lautenbacher	5,980,000	75

12 hours 3 minutes ago

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

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12 hours 5 minutes ago

Day 5 Concludes

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Day 5 of the 2026 WSOP Main Event has wrapped up with 174 players bagging and tagging. They will return at 11 a.m. tomorrow for Day 6 of the tournament.

Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day.

12 hours 22 minutes ago

Song Ends the Night on a High Note

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Laura Fryer

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Daewoong Song opened from under the gun and Jason Kornegay called from the hijack. Stephen Press called from the cutoff. Ori Elul defended his big blind.

The 8♠5♠2♦ flop was checked by all to see the 10♥ turn. Action checked to Kornegay who bet 210,000 and Press folded. Elul and Song called to see the 10♠ river and Elul bet out 350,000. Song made a quick call, as did Kornegay, and the players headed to showdown.

Elil tabled his Q♠7♠, but Song showed K♠9♠ for the better flush. Kornegay said, "Is that a flush?... That's disgusting, man, it didn't even make sense" before showing a single card 10♦Xx. The table talk continued with Kornegay saying, "I just never show up with these monsters... It's been like this for five days now!"

Tags: Daewoong Song Jason Kornegay Ori Elul Stephen Press

12 hours 24 minutes ago

Yokosawa Ends the Night With a Check-Raise

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

On the last hand of the night, Masato Yokosawa and Hendrik Terner went heads-up to a flop of 9♠7♦9♦. Terner then bet 125,000 from the button, and Yokosawa raised to 400,000 in the hijack. Terner called.

Yokosawa checked the 4♠ turn, and Terner bet 250,000. Yokosawa check-raised again, making it 750,000 this time, and Terner folded.

Tags: Hendrik Terner Masato Yokosawa

12 hours 26 minutes ago

O'Neal's Kings are Best

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

John O'Neal opened to 100,000 first to act and was called by Farid Jattin in the big blind.

Both players checked on the Q♦8♥4♣ flop and then O'Neal called a 125,000 bet from Jattin on the 2♣ turn,

Jattin sized up for a 480,000 bet after the Q♠ completed the board and O'Neal called after verifying the amount.

Jattin turned over J♣J♥, but it was no good against O'Neal's K♣K♠ to send the pot O'Neal's way.

Tags: Farid Jattin John O'Neal

12 hours 26 minutes ago

Early End For Lewin

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Michael Nugent raised to 115,000 from the hijack and Jaime Lewin jammed for around 700,000 from the cutoff. David Kluchman then four-bet to 2,025,000 from the small blind, forcing Nugent out of the pot.

Jaime Lewin: A♣Q♦ All in
David Kluchman: A♠K♠

Lewin was at risk and needed to find a queen to keep his tournament hopes alive.

The 2♥9♠3♠ flop gave Kluchman a flush draw, taking away one of Lewin's outs.

The 5♥ turn and 9♦ river changed nothing, and Kluchman's Big Slick earned him the pot, eliminating Lewin from the Main Event.

Tags: Big Slick David Kluchman Jaime Lewin Michael Nugent

12 hours 28 minutes ago

Gaston Picks Off a Big Bluff From Tropp

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Tyler Gaston raised to 100,000 in middle position, Mark Tropp three-bet to 325,000 in the hijack, and Gaston called.

The flop came 4♦5♥9♥ and Tropp continued for 300,000. Gaston called, and they both checked the 4♠ turn.

Gaston also checked the K♦ river, and Tropp then bet 975,000. Gaston took a minute before calling, and Tropp showed A♥Q♣ for ace-high. Gaston turned over A♦9♦ for two pair to win the pot.

"That's what he does. He only has one button," tablemate Callum Roque said about Gaston.

Tags: Callum Roque Mark Tropp Tyler Gaston