Brock Wilson and Shaun Deeb Among Legends to Survive WSOP Main Event Day 6
On a busy day of action in Las Vegas, the WSOP Main Event reached its seventh day after 174 players were reduced to just 62 survivors. Of them, PokerStake players such as Brock Wilson made the cut, while the 2025 WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb is well placed for a deep run too. In Event #90, Jamie Dwan outlasted legends of the game like Bryn Kenney and Daniel Negreanu as he claimed gold in Las Vegas for the first time, dedicating his debut bracelet to his mother.
Colisseum of Dreams Sees Gaston Serve Up Lead
The Main Event was a dramatic one on Day 6 as Tyler Gaston bagged the lead on 21 million chips in Las Vegas, Nevada. A total of 174 players kicked off the 2026 WSOP Main Event on Day 6 and only 62 of them survived, as players like Patrick Leonard, the 2019 world champion Hossein Ensan and Shaun Deeb and PokerStake player Brock Wilson all made Day 7 of the biggest poker tournament in the world.
The stage was set for drama early in Las Vegas, with the Colombian player Farid Jattin winning a key hand to double-up and slamming his hand down on the table in celebration as he won, saying: “We are in the Colosseum!” Jattin eventually busted in 82nd place, winning $90,000, but his excitement was reflective of the day as a whole, with every player who made it through to Day 7 seeming simply delighted to do so.
Top of the chipcounts with 62 players left in the 2026 Main Event is the American player Tyler Gaston, who bagged up 21 million chips as he bids to win his first-ever WSOP bracelet. He’ll have some supreme competition in doing so, with the 2019 world champion Hossein Ensan going into play as the only possible repeat winner and staying in contention as he built a bumper stack of 17,775,000 chips.
Deeb Delivers Again, Wilson the Comeback Kid
The reigning WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb may have temporarily abandoned his quest for playing in as many tournaments as possible but he’s well aware of the implications of making the final table of the Main Event on his chances. Bagging up 8,725,000 at the close of Day 6, Deeb sits tantalisingly close to glory given that 9,208 players entered this year’s Main Event, the fourth largest in poker history.
Another legend to make the chipcounts was the Poker Hall of Famer Todd Brunson. Even higher up the leaderboard on 17 million chips, Brunson is looking to emulate his father Doyle Brunson’s achievements, with ‘Texas Dolly’ winning the world championship in back-to-back years in 1976 and 1977. He’ll be joined in tomorrow’s Day 7 seat draw by Aussie Millions winner Malcolm Trayner (17,200,000), British online legend Patrick Leonard (6,100,000) and PokerStake’s own Brock Wilson. The U.S. poker hero who we spoke with earlier in the year alongside his fellow high roller and life partner Cherish Andrews was one of the shortest stacks in the room when play began but ended the day on 12.65 million chips as he played some brilliant poker to quietly build his way back into real contention for the $10 million top prize.
On a day where many big names reasserted their dominance, others failed to make the cut. TV writer Matt Salsberg busted early on Day 6, and his exit was followed by that of content creator Caitlin Comeskey, high roller regular Sean Winter, Japanese vlogger Masato Yokosawa, poker journalist and WSOP Paradise Super Main Event finalist Terrance Reid, bracelet winner Soheb Porbandarwala, and backgammon grandmaster Zdenek Zizka.
| WSOP 2026 Event #82: $10,000 Main Event Day 6 Top 10 Chipcounts: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Tyler Gaston | United States | 21,000,000 |
| 2nd | Blake Barousse | United States | 19,375,000 |
| 3rd | Zhao Liu | United States | 19,047,000 |
| 4th | Mario Boos | France | 17,950,000 |
| 5th | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 17,775,000 |
| 6th | Rami Hammoud | Canada | 17,400,000 |
| 7th | Junjie Tang | China | 17,300,000 |
| 8th | Malcolm Trayner | Australia | 17,200,000 |
| 9th | Todd Brunson | United States | 17,000,000 |
| 10th | Carlos Chadha Villamarin | United States | 16,825,000 |
Jamie Dwan Seals First Bracelet Win as Negreanu Final Tables
“It was a huge shot to take, and I’ve just won it. It feels like a dream. It doesn’t feel real.”
The British poker legend Jamie Dwan was one of the best players ever to come from the British Isles who had never won a bracelet before last night. Making the late decision to play in the $50,000 High Roller Event #90 turned out to be a fateful one, however, as he won his biggest-ever career prize of $2.2m and his first WSOP bracelet in dramatic fashion.
Early final day eliminations for PokerStake sellers Chris Brewer (13th for $122,526) and the Poker Hall of Famer in Erik Seidel (11th for $146,295) were followed by that of six-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen who bubbled the final table of eight when she ran into pocket kings to win $179,480 in ninth place.
At the final table, there was the earliest exit possible for the eight-time WSOP champion and WSOP package seller Daniel Negreanu who lost with ace-king against the pocket nines of Jamie Dwan. That hand propelled Dwan up the leaderboard and he would later admit that it felt surreal to eliminate Kid Poker, who he credited with inspiring him to play the game.
Daniel Smiljkovic (7th for $292,221), Timur Margolin (6th for $387,298), Josef Schusteritsch (5th for $526,030) and Paulius Vaitekunas (4th for $731,733) departed before Bryn Kenney’s tournament exit in third place for $1,041,908. Dwan went into the final battle with only 20% of the chips in play but used all his heads-up skills to grind his way back then pick off a bluff superbly to take the lead. A swingy final duel went Dwan’s way when he was ahead in chips and had ace-jack all-in pre-flop against the smaller-stacked Daniel Rezaei with ace-ten, and a clean board proclaimed the Brit the champion.
“This is my first-ever $50,000 [event]; it is the most I’ve ever had invested in a tournament,” said Dwan after the action. “It was a huge shot to take, and I’ve just won it. None of this feels real – it feels insane. I was having a winning summer. I was like, I’ll punt it. I’ll have a go at it, you know. It feels like a dream. It doesn’t feel real.”
Dedicating his victory to his sick Mom, Dwan was clearly emotional at having achieved a lifelong poker dream.
“It means so much to me,” he said. “My mum’s not very well, and all I wanted to do this summer was to come back to her with a bracelet. I’ve done it in one of the biggest tournaments of the year. It means so much, so much.”
| WSOP 2026 Event #90: $50,000 NLHE High Roller Final Table Results: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Jamie Dwan | United Kingdom | $2,276,691 |
| 2nd | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | $1,517,782 |
| 3rd | Bryn Kenney | United States | $1,041,908 |
| 4th | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | $731,733 |
| 5th | Josef Schusteritsch | Austria | $526,030 |
| 6th | Timur Margolin | Israel | $387,298 |
| 7th | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | $292,221 |
| 8th | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | $226,086 |