The latest action from Las Vegas saw Santhosh Suvarna win his third WSOP bracelet, Chainsaw cut through much of the opposition and Chris Brewer and Brandon Wilson go close to glory in a high roller. The 57^th annual World Series of Poker has thrilled players and fans alike at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos on the Sin City Strip.

Santhosh Suvarna wins third WSOP bracelet

The Indian poker professional Santhosh Suvarna won his third WSOP bracelet yesterday, conquering the $50,000 High Roller Event #29 for $2 million in the Paris Ballroom after beating Chang Lee heads-up. The final six were led by some distance by Anatoly Zlotnikov but having held as many chips with six left as his five opponents, the Russian’s tournament unravelled in the space of a just a few orbits.

Santhosh Suvarna was partly responsible for that plummeting chip-stack of Zlotnikov’s, with the Indian’s pocket eights giving the eventual winner a valuable pot against the only man above him in the counts. Chang Lee doubled up through Zlotnikov, who crashed out in fifth place after PokerStake player Brandon Wilson’s run ended in sixth for $340,905.

Another PokerStake player got close to the top prizes, as long-time seller on the site Chris Brewer busted in fourth for $460,445. If you’re going to lose a flip, then you might as well get beaten by quads, which is what Chris did when his pocket threes were usurped by Lee’s ace-jack which flopped a full house and turned quads.

Suvarna dominated Colin Robinson to defeat in third for $893,225 before he began the heads-up with just 40% of the chips in play. But an inspired hero-call and a valuable flush put Suvarna 4:1 up in chips before his bottom pair of eights caught a full house to overtake Lee’s overpair of kings when the money went in.

Watch Santhosh Suvarna win his third WSOP bracelet in Las Vegas right here:

WSOP 2026 Event #29: $50,000 NLHE High Roller Final Table Chipcounts:
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Santhosh Suvarna	India	$1,992,870
2nd	Chang Lee	South Korea	$1,281,905
3rd	Colin Robinson	United States	$893,225
4th	Chris Brewer	United States	$634,870
5th	Anatoly Zlotnikov	Russia	$460,445
6th	Brandon Wilson	United States	$340,905
7th	Brian Breck	United States	$257,770
8th	Jans Arends	Netherlands	$199,150

Chainsaw Fans Celebrate Early Profit

With less than half of the 2026 WSOP gone, Allen Kessler fans are already celebrating reaching profit in his $125,000 package. The higher end of Allen’s action has seen him take part in some superb events, and as we told you the other day, his run to third place in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship was one that earned him $139,036.

Allen, who led that event three-handed, was very unlucky when James Cheung rivered a straight which overtook Allen’s aces up and the tournament’s eventual winner Naoya Kihara made a full house to eliminate the crowd favorite before the heads-up battle for gold.

Adding to his result in the Stud event, Allen finished 57^th in the PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship for a score of $20,155, meaning that for anyone who invested in him, they now have a return of $160 for every $125 they put down. Over the course of the 2026 WSOP, with several juicy $10,000-entry events still to play, Allen has a real chance of not only winning his maiden bracelet but providing one of the most profitable returns on a PokerStake package yet!

What’s Next in the 2026 World Series?

Stars of the felt such as Cherish Andrews, Jonathan Little, Adam Hendrix and Brock Wilson are ready to fire in forthcoming events, so you could yet have a virtual foot on the winner’s platform yourself. Allen Kessler’s action is selling fast in events such as the $10,000-entry Razz Championhip and 8-Game Mixed event, so make sure you get in quick if you want to grab some of Chainsaw’s action before it sells out, too.

Benny Glaser has been putting himself in strong positions to cash deep in mixed game events, and the British eight-time WSOP bracelet winner is playing in the Limit 2-7 Triple Championship, Big O Championship and Poker Players Championship among other events. The WSOP Player of the Year runner-up for 2025 will be firing hard to put himself in the top three on this year’s leaderboard, especially since there is a reward of $100,000 for each of the podium finishers in 2026.

Whoever you’re investing in this World Series, make sure that you gamble responsibly and stake your champion via the super-safe and secure official PokerStake staking page for the 2026 World Series of Poker. The summer, like profits on Allen Kessler’s WSOP package, is only just heating up!