2026 World Series of Poker

Event #86: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Event #86: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em Show All Events
Day: 1a
1a1b
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$1,871,856
Total Entries
3,714
Players Left
1,154
Average Chip Stack
193,102
Total Chips
222,840,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,366
Players Left
98
Players Left 1,154 / 3,714
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Who is the Most Improbable WSOP Main Event Champion Ever?

Matthew Warburton
Matthew Warburton
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The least and most surprising World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion ever is arguably the same person.

Confused? You won't be in a bit. Poker's most prestigious annual event, with the purpose of crowning a 2026 world champion, kicks off today at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Michael Mizrachi, the newest Poker Hall of Famer, won this $10,000 buy-in tournament last summer for $10,000,000.

"The Grinder's" win brought some excitement around the poker community, but it wasn't a huge surprise like some past champs. Mizrachi didn't come out of nowhere before winning the Main Event. He wasn't an accountant who won a cheap online satellite to enter the tournament or some random amateur low-stakes cash game player.

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