WSOP 2026: Wilson and Brewer Pushing for Glory in $50,000 High Roller Event
Two PokerStake greats are still in the running for the $50,000-entry High Roller title in Event #29 at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Both Brandon Wilson and Chris Brewer survived to the final day of the event, which has a $1,922,870 top prize with just a dozen players still in the running to win it.
Bumper Late Registration on Day 2
After Day 1 produced a total field of 104 entries, hopes were high that at least 150 would register for a seat by the end of late registration. In the end, numbers were even higher, with a total of 167 entries making a prize pool of $7,932,500. The top prize of $1,922,870 will inspire all the dozen remaining players to shoot for gold on Day 3, with hopes high that either PokerStake player Brandon Wilson or Chris Brewer will take the title.
The bubble burst on Day 2, with the chip leader Santosh Suvarna from India surging just as others fell. Kristen Foxen (69th below), Shaun Deeb (64th), Phil Hellmuth (63rd), Artur Martirosian (53rd), Bryn Kenney (34th), Dylan Linde (32nd), Stanley Tang (30th) and Leon Sturm (28th) all lost their tournament lives before the money bubble itself, with the Austrian 2025 WSOP Super Main Event winner Bernhard Binder the unlucky player to miss out on cash at the last.
Comforted at least by the knowledge that he won $10m in that infamous event in The Bahamas, Binder’s departure prompted a spate of all-ins that were met with calls. Austrian poker legend Matthias Eibinger (26th), Cary Katz (24th), Orpen Kisacikoglu (23rd), Andrew Lichtenberger (22nd), and Adrian Mateos (18th) all won $100,000. Tyler Moncek (17th) and Biao Ding (15th) both left for $105,000 before the exits of Aleks Ponakovs (14th) and Johannes Straver (13th) for the same amounts set the pieces in place for the final day.
Suvarna at the Top of Leaderboard
Having burst the bubble by eliminating Binder, Santhosh Suvarna went on a sun-run to pick up the lead in Event #29. $50,000 High Roller. Bagging up 7,700,000 chips, Suvarna is some way clear of his nearest challenger, with the South Korean player Chang Lee (5,900,000) ahead of Brandon Wilson (5,200,000) inside the top three places. Chris Brewer is just a short distance behind on 5,100,000 chips.
Behind the leaders, Dutch player Jans Arends and Colin Robinson both ended the day with 4,700,000 chips, with the Russian player Anatoly Zlotnikov (4,200,000) and Belgium’s Pieter Aerts (3,800,000) following closely along with Sergio Aido (3,600,000).
The British player Ben Heath was the toast of many players and fans when he dominated Martin Kabrhel to a pre-money bubble defeat and ended the day with 2,300,000 chips. The last two to make the counts were Brian Breck (1,600,000) and Turbo Nguyen, who finished Day 2 with the shortest stack in the room, with his stack of 1,400,000 the equivalent of nine big blinds.
What Will the Winner Take Home?
Whoever wins the $50,000 High Roller Event #29 will claim a WSOP bracelet and the biggest top prize of the 2026 WSOP so far, a massive $1,922,870. With the next player to go busting for $105,000 in 12th place and anyone reaching the final nine guaranteed $157,280, everyone will be looking to win one of the two seven-figure scores up for grabs. That’s because the runner-up will also win over a million dollars, scoring $1,281,905 for their efforts.
With the action underway in the Paris Ballroom at high noon, could Brandon Wilson win his first WSOP bracelet? The PokerStake player is certainly well-positioned to do so, and having won $15.2 million in his career, could win the second-biggest score of his career after the $ 2,241,000 he took home when winning the Triton Jeju Main Event in March of this year.
Here’s how the remaining dozen players line up in the biggest final day of the 2026 World Series of Poker so far, the $50,000 High Roller Event #29.
| WSOP 2026 Event #29: $50,000 NLHE High Roller Final Table Chipcounts: | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 7,700,000 |
| 2nd | Chang Lee | South Korea | 5,900,000 |
| 3rd | Brandon Wilson | United States | 5,200,000 |
| 4th | Chris Brewer | United States | 5,100,000 |
| 5th | Jans Arends | Netherlands | 4,700,000 |
| 6th | Colin Robinson | United States | 4,700,000 |
| 7th | Anatoly Zlotnikov | Russia | 4,200,000 |
| 8th | Pieter Aerts | Belgium | 3,800,000 |
| 9th | Sergio Aido | Spain | 3,600,000 |
| 10th | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 2,300,000 |
| 11th | Brian Breck | United States | 1,600,000 |
| 12th | Turbo Nguyen | United States | 1,400,000 |