ESPN to Broadcast 2026 WSOP Main Event Live: Here's How to Watch

The 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will be broadcast live by ESPN, marking a significant return to the network that captured the start of the ‘Moneymaker’ era more than two decades ago. ESPN will air over 100 hours of coverage starting at 5 p.m. PDT on July 2 on ESPN+.

Broadcasts will continue daily at that time through July 8. From day 4 through day 8 of the tournament, when the final table of nine is locked in, ESPN+ coverage starts at 12 p.m. each day and runs through the end of each day’s action. The final table delay has returned after a decade without any extended break in action. It won’t be of the same scope as the ‘November Nine’ era, which ran from 2008 to 2016. During that span, the final table was delayed for several months before resuming in the fall. This time around, the stoppage will last only 20 days.

During that stretch, ESPN will air edited, narrative-driven episodes on ESPN2. Those shows lead directly into the WSOP main event final table broadcast, which plays out from Aug. 3-5. The first night of the WSOP main event final table is set for ESPN2, with the final two nights airing on ESPN. Michael Mizrachi, who won the 2025 WSOP Main Event for $10 million and his eighth career WSOP bracelet, will defend his title. The 2025 WSOP Main Event had a prize pool of $90,535,500 with 9,735 players, making it the third-largest turnout in the history of the tournament.