Six more players have joined the 2026 WSOP bracelet list at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with wins spread across no-limit hold’em, mystery bounty, pot-limit Omaha, mixed Omaha, and no-limit 2-7 lowball draw.

Event #1 $550 Mini Mystery Millions

Philip Chun won his first WSOP bracelet in the $550 Mini Mystery Millions, beating a huge field of 20,488 entries for $400,000. Andrew Shelton took the largest single payday from the event after pulling the $1,000,000 bounty envelope.

Chun started the final 13 in the middle of the counts, then built late. Kartik Ved and Jalil Houssain did much of the early damage, but Chun removed Axel Bayout, then beat Ved in third. Heads-up play lasted only two hands before Chun had A-Q hold against Houssain and locked up the title.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Payout
1	Philip Chun	$400,000
2	Jalil Houssain	$265,000
3	Kartik Ved	$200,000
4	David Prociak	$155,000
5	Axel Bayout	$115,000
6	Joseph Trezzo	$90,000
7	Alexander Kaviani	$72,000
8	Rocco Iati	$43,000
9	Jurgen Pirgu	$43,000

Event #10 $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em

Karapet Galstyan winning his first live bracelet. Photo Credits: WSOP

Karapet Galstyan added a second bracelet and his first live WSOP title in the $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em. The Armenia-born California resident beat 4,622 entries and earned $259,829, the largest live score of his career.

Galstyan reached the last 37 as the only bracelet winner still in. He took the lead after busting Michael Destephen in 10th, then used pocket aces to send out Michael Wagner. A key three-way all-in with pocket nines helped clear the path, and Galstyan later beat Joshua Lusby-Angvick heads-up after making a full house on the final hand.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Payout
1	Karapet Galstyan	$259,829
2	Joshua Lusby-Angvick	$173,067
3	Russell Giordano	$128,446
4	Joseph Sia	$96,106
5	Kenneth Baime	$72,500
6	Luis Yepez	$55,145
7	Michael Wagner	$42,295
8	Nelson Chew	$32,713
9	Omri Zaidman	$25,517

Event #12 $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Stephen Hubbard won his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw, one year after finishing eighth in the same event. The Texas player topped 626 entries and earned $155,819.

Hubbard began the final day with the lead and made it count. He knocked out Anthony Lamps in a major pot, then hit a key draw to send Dylan Smith out in third. Gabriel Paul briefly took control heads-up, but Hubbard doubled with a pat jack and finished the event when both players paired on the last draw.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Payout
1	Stephen Hubbard	$155,819
2	Gabriel Paul	$102,957
3	Dylan Smith	$69,456
4	Timothy Wang	$47,846
5	Anthony Lamps	$33,672
6	Philip Jaffe	$24,219
7	Per Hildebrand	$17,814

Event #13 $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

Honghao Zhang turned his first WSOP cash into a bracelet in Event #13, the $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. The Georgia Tech PhD student beat 1,840 entries for $346,108, just short of his $355,110 runner-up score at the 2025 WPT World Championship festival.

Zhang said poker is still a hobby for him while he studies. He said:

“I’m still a student. Poker isn’t full-time for me. It’s a hobby, but I like it.”

Zhang started the final day fourth in chips and waited until three-handed play for his first knockout. He made a big flush against David Rees, then pulled ahead of Harlan Karnofsky heads-up. The final hand came down to A-5 against A-4, and Zhang won with the better kicker.

Place	Player	Payout
1	Honghao Zhang	$346,108
2	Harlan Karnofsky	$230,626
3	David Rees	$163,172
4	Thai Van Dinh	$116,951
5	Daniel Hill	$84,929
6	Julien Duveau	$62,501

Event #14 $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 Or Better Omaha Hi-Lo 8 Or Better Big O

Justin Liberto won his second WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event, adding $265,297 to a career record that now sits above $7.7 million. His first bracelet came nearly 11 years earlier in the 2015 $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max.

Chris Lee drove much of the final table action, eliminating Naween Fernando, Brad Ruben, Brandon Shack-Harris, and Jean Laurent. Liberto still entered heads-up play ahead, then regained control with sevens full. On the final Big O hand, Liberto made the nut flush and nut low against Lee, who finished second for $176,809.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Payout
1	Justin Liberto	$265,297
2	Chris Lee	$176,809
3	Jean Laurent	$125,476
4	Brandon Shack-Harris	$90,249
5	Bradley Ruben	$65,801
6	Naween Fernando	$48,642
7	Joseph Weinberger	$36,464
8	Edward Spivack	$27,725

Event #15 $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha

Philip Ardire won his first bracelet in Event #15, the $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha, after jumping into an event he had not planned to play. He beat 2,636 entries and earned $171,589, the first six-figure tournament score of his career.

Randy Jacks entered heads-up play ahead after several late knockouts, but Ardire flipped the match. His flopped two pair held against aces in one key pot, and the title came when his flopped Broadway straight faded Jacks, who had a set of queens and chop outs.

Place	Player	Payout
1	Philip Ardire	$171,589
2	Randy Jacks	$114,200
3	Francisco Baruffi	$82,928
4	David Avina	$60,837
5	Daniel Haywood	$45,092
6	Cole Gauthier	$33,771
7	Daniel Carter	$25,560
8	Grantel Gibbs	$19,552
9	Matt Newcombe	$15,117

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