The 2026 WSOP Main Event champion is a 22-year-old from Spokane, Washington. After a brief but brilliant heads-up match against the 40-year-old Finnish player Lauri Saaskilahti in Las Vegas, American player Lucas Jumalon achieved his dreams in going wire-to-wire in the World Championship at the final table to win the gold WSOP Main Event bracelet… Continue reading Lucas Jumalon Wins 2026 WSOP Main Event for $10m in Las Vegas

Three days will separate the greats from one poker immortal in Las Vegas, as the final nine play down to a winner in the 2026 WSOP Main Event. Over the course of the first of those days of poker action, just two players dropped out of the running as a dramatic opening session saw one… Continue reading Two Depart on First Day of WSOP Main Event Finale in Las Vegas

Over the past two months, thousands of players descended on Las Vegas to take part in the 57th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). With just three more tournament days to go until the Main Event concludes next week, 51 tournament days are in the bag and the numbers are in from a phenomenal series.

On August 3, the WSOP Main Event final table will begin and the nine players who made the cut will play down to a winner. Across three days of action, a new world champion will be found and a top prize of $10,000,000 will be awarded, along with the WSOP bracelet that every player wants… Continue reading Who are the WSOP Main Event Finalists of 2026?

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.… Continue reading Brock Wilson and Shaun Deeb Among Legends to Survive WSOP Main Event Day 6

The 2026 WSOP Main Event reached Day 4 in Las Vegas last night as the money bubble burst in the World Championship. With 1,389 players starting the day, just 533 remained at the close of play, with the reigning champion and GGPoker Global Ambassador Michael Mizrachi still in contention to become the first back-to-back winner… Continue reading Main Event Drama as Moneymaker Bubbles the Money and Mizrachi Survives Cut

The most exciting day of action yet in the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event played out on Wednesday, as Day 3 of the World Championship ended with PokerStake seller Sasha Liu top of the chipcounts. With a host of other PokerStake sellers high on the leaderboard too, the chances of our players… Continue reading Sasha Liu on Top in WSOP Main Event as PokerStake Stars Shine on Day 3

Every poker player will, at one point or another, face a decision for their poker tournament life on their way to victory. Down to 15 bigs, that player will either push their chips over the line or pull them back. Our 15 Bigs are designed to put players to the test in exactly the same… Continue reading 15 Bigs: French King of Tournaments Bruno Fitoussi Takes on Our Testing Teasers

The British mixed games specialist Benny Glaser has been attending the World Series of Poker for many years. In 2025, he finished second in the WSOP Player of the Year race and won three bracelets in the 100-event series, the best of any player who took part.

Over the course of the last 12 months, so many huge events have shaped poker that is hard to imagine what will happen in 2026. From Michael Mizrachi’s incredible Las Vegas summer to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event breaking attendance records outside the World Championship, 2025 was epic. So what do the next 12… Continue reading In with the New – What’s in Store for PokerStake Players in 2026

PokerStake’s Josh Arieh claimed his seventh World Series of Poker title last night as, after returning from a break to his home in Las Vegas, got online and crushed souls in the latest WSOP Online Series bracelet event. As we discovered, winning the top prize wasn’t important, but the seventh WSOP bracelet of his career… Continue reading Josh Arieh Wins Seventh WSOP Title After Online Series Victory

The PokerStake player Jeremy Ausmus is on the brink of yet another title, leading the way into tonight’s PokerGO Venetian Las Vegas Classic final table in search of the $250,000 top prize. Just seven players remain, so with six people standing between Ausmus and the 22nd ranking poker title of his career, where would it… Continue reading Jeremy Ausmus on the Brink of Venetian Vegas Title… But Where Would Win Rank?

In every poker tournament, players will eventually face an all-in or fold that could change the course of their event. It could be the difference between winning six figures or going home without any return on their buy-in. One player who knows all about the vagaries of tournament poker is Belgian former tournament director and… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Kenny Hallaert Answers Our Questions and Faces Difficult Decisions

In the modern poker era, very few have made it to the final table of the WSOP Main Event twice. One such player is the Belgian great Kenny Hallaert, who finished fourth in the World Championship this summer for $3 million after previously winning $1.64m in sixth place just nine years ago. After an exhausting… Continue reading Kenny Hallaert on Will Kassouf, The Grinder and Growing the Game

Over the past year, Adam Hendrix has won well over $3 million playing live tournament poker. Despite this, the 2025 WSOP Main Event finalist continues to play events that included $400 and $1,000 entries. Is he the most committed poker player on planet Earth right now? The PokerStake player’s recent results suggest exactly that.