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888poker’s Aaron Barone Accomplishes His Career-Best in the 2026 WSOP Main Event

Barone outlasted well over 9,000 players in the Main Event to finish in 65th place for his career-best live score of $125,000.

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Todd Brunson in a huge spot in the Main Event.

It’s a big cooler on Day 8 of the Main Event for Todd. Can he find the card he needs to stay around?

WSOP Main Event live stream is up for the Day 8 action!

With only 21 players remaining, the 2026 Main Event is entering its final stage. Today, we’ll find out the names of the nine players who’ll come back to play the final table in early August. Tune in right now to watch the nail-biting action unfold!

If you missed the WSOP Main Event Day 7 action, here’s a free way to catch up.

Looking for the WSOP 2026 Main Event Day 7 highlights but don’t have ESPN or ESPN+? WSOP has uploaded the official highlights, and they’re available to watch for everyone, including viewers in the US.

Watch and catch up on all the key moments.

If you’re following the WSOP Main Event Day 8, here’s the latest ICM value breakdown.

Here’s the WSOP Main Event Day 8 ICM value based on the current stack sizes.

Also, give Derek Wolters a follow; he’s been doing a brilliant job calculating and sharing the ICM values throughout the Main Event. As a bonus, he believes his stack counts are more accurate than those shown in the WSOP Live app.

This may be old news, but Michelle Chin’s historic bracelet win deserves more attention.

Women still represent only a small fraction of the tournament field. While it’s already uncommon to see a woman win a WSOP bracelet in an open event (with Kristen Foxen being a notable recent exception), it’s even rarer to see one take down a non-NLHE variant, especially Triple Draw.

Late last month, Michelle Chin won the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw. According to PokerNews, she became the first woman in 11 years to win a mixed-games bracelet. She earned just over $160,000 from the $872,167 prize pool and became only the second woman this year to win an open-event bracelet.

Ironically, this comes during a year that has seen record participation from women at the WSOP. Pokerfuse exclusively reported that 431 women entered this year’s Main Event, the highest number on record, following a record-breaking Ladies Championship earlier in the series.

Despite those encouraging milestones, Chin’s achievement received surprisingly little attention, even though it marked the first time in more than a decade that a woman won an open mixed-games bracelet.

Well done, Michelle Chin.

Daniel Negreanu shares his thoughts on shot clocks in the Main Event & plays another PLO event.

With all the drama surrounding the introduction of shot clocks in the Main Event, it’s no surprise that Daniel’s latest vlog covers this topic in detail. After that, it’s back to the grind in another PLO event, chasing one more big score before the summer is over.

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Content is King, IF you can FIND it.

The WSOP top brass on how they hope to return poker to prime time viewing whilst growing audiences. I love the sentiment, but it seems there is a long way to go, as everyone is struggling to find the WSOP content they want, with or without ESPN.

Michael Mizrachi’s fifth day at the WSOP wasn’t just another slow grind. According to the official coverage, the day was a whirlwind of wild hands, unexpected calls, and more than a few close shaves.

The video shows Mizrachi navigating a minefield of tricky spots. He gets involved in big pots, finds himself on the wrong end of some tough calls, and still somehow claws his way through.

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July Brings the Summer Heat and $16 Million in Rewards at GGPoker

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