Day 6 WSOP Main Event
July 12, 2026
The sixth day of play at the Main Event ended with 62 players remaining in the battle for the World Champion title and $10,000,000 for first place. The tournament chip leader is American Tyler Gaston, who has amassed a stack of 140 BB.
The main storyline of Day 6 is the run of Todd Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, who sits in 9th place with a stack of 113 BB. If Todd wins, he and his father Doyle Brunson would become the first father-and-son pair in history to win the Main Event.
Among those eliminated from the tournament are Wesley Fei, Sean Winter, Kaitlyn Komeski, three-time bracelet winner Dutch Boyd, as well as Daniel Hachem, son of 2005 Main Event champion Joe Hachem.
Among the 62 players who advanced to Day 7:
🟡Hossein Ensan — 119 BB
🟡Shaun Deeb — 58 BB
🟡Igor Soyka — 51 BB
🟡Patrick Leonard — 41 BB
🟡Vladimir Belekhov — 29 BB
The seventh day of play kicks off on Sunday, July 12, at 21:00 MSK.
The main storyline of Day 6 is the run of Todd Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, who sits in 9th place with a stack of 113 BB. If Todd wins, he and his father Doyle Brunson would become the first father-and-son pair in history to win the Main Event.
Among those eliminated from the tournament are Wesley Fei, Sean Winter, Kaitlyn Komeski, three-time bracelet winner Dutch Boyd, as well as Daniel Hachem, son of 2005 Main Event champion Joe Hachem.
Among the 62 players who advanced to Day 7:
🟡Hossein Ensan — 119 BB
🟡Shaun Deeb — 58 BB
🟡Igor Soyka — 51 BB
🟡Patrick Leonard — 41 BB
🟡Vladimir Belekhov — 29 BB
The seventh day of play kicks off on Sunday, July 12, at 21:00 MSK.
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