WSOP 2026: Money Bubble Approaches with Notable Players Remaining

The 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew 9,208 entries, making it the fourth-largest in the tournament’s 57-year history. On Wednesday, July 8, 3,294 survivors from the first six days of action took their seats for day 3, marking the first time the entire field played together simultaneously.

The top 1,382 are set to make the money, with $15,000 for a min-cash and $10,000,000 up top from the final prize pool of $85,634,400. Day 3 ended with 1,389 players remaining, which means play will resume with just seven eliminations needed to burst the money bubble.

Sasha Liu leads the field into the bubble with 2,364,000 chips. Other top stacks include Martin Zamani with 1,963,000 chips, Zdenek Zizka with 1,576,000 chips, and Will Givens with 1,540,000 chips. Notable players with over 1 million in chips include Farid Jattin, Masato Yokosawa, Brian Yoon, Artur Martirosian, Chris Hunichen, and Erick Lindgren. Alex Foxen bagged up 839,000 chips as he looks to add to his collection of four bracelets.