WSOP 2026 Day 50 Recap: Peters, Wang and Dwire Grab Bracelet Wins

Day 50 of the 2026 World Series of Poker was the penultimate day of what has been an incredible series at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas . Although the $10,000 Main Event final table continued enjoying a brief hiatus, there was plenty of action elsewhere.

David Peters became a five-time WSOP bracelet winner with victory in Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship, topping a field of 558 entrants for $1,001,391.

Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha also crowned its champion, with Joshua Wang taking the tournament down. Wang, a recreational player, defeated Erik Seidel heads-up to capture $407,137 and his first bracelet, denying Seidel an 11th piece of WSOP hardware.

The third bracelet of the day went to Garrett Dwire, champion of Event #95: $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold’em. Dwire left 4,621 opponents behind, turning a $500 buy-in into his first bracelet and a career-best $210,000.

Event #99: $5,000 8-Handed NLHE - Norvock Leads 884-Strong Field

A star-studded field of 884 competed on Day 1 of Event #99: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, the penultimate event of the 2026 WSOP. After 20 levels, just 72 players remained with chips to bag.

Josh Norvock (1,530,000) leads the way, with a $695,256 payday and his first bracelet waiting if he can close it out. Adam Hendrix (1,285,000) returns in third as he chases what would be his first WSOP bracelet, having racked up more than $10.5 million in live tournament earnings.

Others still in include Cliff Josephy (1,100,000), Nick Guagenti (1,100,000), Joseph Cheong (1,090,000), Leo Margets (850,000), Artur Martirosian (815,000), Brian Rast (785,000), David Peters (765,000), Jennifer Harman (187,000), and 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (165,000).

The 72 survivors return at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 15 and play down to a champion.

Event #99: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. - Sitbon Leads, 16 Remain

Frenchman Julien Sitbon (3,800,000) is the man to catch in Event #97, where only 16 players remain in contention for the $872,052 top prize. Sitbon won his bracelet in an online event in 2023 and came close to a second this summer, busting in second place in the $10,000 Mystery Bounty NLHE event.

Russia’s Alexander Kostritsyn (3,205,000) is Sitbon’s closest rival, with a sizable gap back to third-placed Ali Eslami (1,990,000).
In a twist for the WSOP Player of the Year race, Naoya Kihara (1,060,000), Alex Foxen (930,000), and Shaun Deeb (550,000), all in contention for the award, are sitting next to each other when Day 3 begins.

Others to watch include Ari Engel (1,860,000), Maxx Coleman (900,000), Josh Arieh (315,000), and Qinghai Pan (235,000).
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 15, with a champion set to be crowned.

Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Event #98: $800 Deepstack NLHE - Ryuta Nakai Bags Big on Day 1

Only 129 of the 2,036 starters in Event #98: $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em remain after 22 levels of fast-paced action. Japanese star and $25K Fantasy Draft pick Ryuta Nakai (1,295,000) was among the stars to advance, doing so with a top 10 stack. Nakai finished third in the $25,000 NLHE Heads-Up Championship earlier this summer, the second time he has finished third in a bracelet event this year.

Israel’s Kfir Nahum (2,030,000) is the chip leader and the only returning player past two million chips. Jonathan Little (1,280,000), Jason Wheeler (1,200,000), Ryan Laplante (845,000), Lara Eisenberg (620,000), John Riordan (575,000), Stoyan Madanzhiev (475,000), and Simeon Spasov (385,000) are among the other well-known names still in.

Cards are back in the air from 11:00 a.m. local time on July 15.

Event #98: $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

What’s Coming on Day 51 of WSOP 2026

July 15 marks the 51st and final day of the 2026 WSOP. Once this day is out of the way, there’s still the small matter of the Main Event final table in early August, but for all intents and purposes, this WSOP concludes here.

Three events resume while one fresh event gets underway, and all four will wrap up on July 15, meaning four bracelets will be awarded.
Event #98: $800 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em restarts at 11:00 a.m. local time with 129 players returning to play down to a champion. At 1:00 p.m., Event #99: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em continues whittling its field down, and it’s also the final day of Event #97: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E., where Julien Sitbon is the man to catch.

The last bracelet event of the summer is Event #100: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em, a one-day event with 20-minute blinds. Mitchell Hynam is the reigning champion, having left 1,934 opponents behind last year to capture his first bracelet and a $237,924 payday.

All figures and data courtesy of PokerNews and the WSOP.