2026 WSOP Day 49 Recap: Fahredin Mustafov Leads Final Four in $10K 6-Max

The 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event takes a historic three-week hiatus at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas ahead of its final table, but there's still plenty to fight for in the remaining schedule. Three bracelets were awarded on Day 49, as Johnny Oshana conquered a massive 11,185-entry field in the Gladiators of Poker and Yanting Jiang took down the Mid-Stakes Championship for a cool $1.15 million. Ori Hasson also won his second bracelet in The Closer to round out the day.

Event #94: $10,000 6-Max Championship — Four Left

Fahredin Mustafov will take the chip lead into an unscheduled Day 4 of Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship after 11 hours of six-handed action. The Bulgarian, who also topped the counts at the end of Day 2, worked his way through the 33 returning players before bagging 11,375,000 to finish as overnight chip leader once again. He returns in the best position of the final four, all chasing the bracelet and the $1,001,391 top prize.

David Peters sits second with 9,025,000, while seven-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson returns with 7,275,000 as he looks for his third bracelet of the series. Lithuania's Dominykas Mikolaitis bagged 6,050,000 after winning multiple all-ins during the final level, including the last hand of the night when his ace-jack held against Mustafov's ace-ten.

The remaining players return for an unscheduled Day 4 at 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday, July 14, inside the Horseshoe Events Center.

Event #94: $10,000 6-Max Championship Day 3 Chip Counts

Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed PLO — Vitch Leads

The final straight PLO event of the 2026 WSOP came in the form of Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Just 158 of the initial 892 entrants returned for the hopes of a piece of the $2,381,640 prize pool. After ten levels of play, 18 players remained with any hope of the bracelet and the $407,137 top prize.

Leading the final three tables is three-time WSOP bracelet winner Christopher Vitch (4,710,000), the only player with a stack past four million.
Also near the top of the counts are a trio of $25K Fantasy players: Biao Ding (3,940,000), five-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (3,515,000), and 10-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel (2,860,000). Seidel's bracelet this summer came 34 years after his first title back in 1992.

Players return tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. to play down to a winner.

Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed PLO Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. — Chino Rheem Bags the Lead

A total of 109 entrants took their seats for Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E., the last high roller on the schedule. By the end of Day 1, just 64 players remained, with Chino Rheem leading the way after bagging 641,000.

Rheem, who has over $20 million in tournament earnings, has had several cashes this summer, with his biggest result a runner-up finish in Event #49: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em. He's still chasing his first gold bracelet but currently sits in pole position for another run at a final table. Arthur Morris is hot on his heels with 638,000, with Patrick Stacey rounding out the podium spots with 552,000.

Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Event #95: $500 Summer Saver — David Prociak Bags Big in Day 1b

The second flight of Event #95: $500 Summer Saver saw 3,208 entries, with 434 players bagging for Day 2.

At the head of the pack is Michael Danley. Fresh off cashing the Ultra Stack less than two weeks ago, he pipped Japan's Shion Sakamoto and Poland's Monika Hrabec to the Day 1b chip lead.

Also featuring prominently is three-time WSOP bracelet winner David Prociak, who sits fourth in chips. Day 1b's survivors join those from Day 1a on Tuesday at 12 p.m. for Day 2.

Event #95: $500 Summer Saver Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

WSOP 2026 Schedule: Tuesday, July 14

For the first time since July 1, today's WSOP action will not feature any Main Event play, as that tournament takes an almost three-week break before the final table.

Bracelets are set to be awarded in the Summer Saver, which resumes at 12 p.m., and the $3,000 6-Max PLO, which gets back underway at 1 p.m. Action also continues in the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E., with a winner crowned on Wednesday. With just three more events left on this year's schedule, two of them start on Wednesday. Day 1 of the $800 Deepstack starts at 10 a.m., before the $5,000 NLHE 8-Max starts at 2 p.m.

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