Daniel Negreanu won Event #76, the $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, at WSOP 2026 on July 2, 2026. He collected $2,257,718 and his eighth WSOP bracelet from a field of 83 entries and a $7,968,000 prize pool at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The win came alongside Day 1a of the $10,000 WSOP Main Event, with the Grand Ballroom at Paris packed for the occasion. The Poker Hall of Famer and GGPoker ambassador pushed his WSOP earnings past $36 million to widen the gap as the all-time leader in World Series cash totals.

It was Negreanu’s third final table of the summer but his first trophy. He had finished eighth in the $600 Mixed for $24,347 and seventh in the $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed for $152,954, leaving him more than $500,000 in the red for the series before this result.

The victory carries personal weight beyond the bracelet count. Negreanu and his wife Amanda are expecting their first child later this year. He called this summer “the best year of my life in so many ways.”

Runner-up Artur Martirosian, a four-time bracelet winner with three Triton PLO titles and an Aria High Roller, was denied his first WSOP gold in the four-card variant. He collected $1,477,434.

Day-by-Day Progression

Only a single table was running when the cards went in the air. Phillipp Mellon, who had satellited in from a $120 step, was the first player past a million in chips. His run ended in level five when his top two pair fell to the top set of Sergio Martinez Gonzalez.

Day 1 saw Martirosian build his stack through a string of knockouts. He cracked Jason Koon’s double-suited rundown with pocket aces and turned a straight against Lou Garza to cement his overnight lead at 5,815,000.

Negreanu doubled late on Day 1 when his aces turned a straight and rivered a flush in an aces-versus-aces cooler against Jeremy Druckman.

Day 2: 33 Late Entries and Carnage

An additional 33 entries and re-entries pushed the field to its final count of 83 with most players registering at the last minute. What followed was roughly an hour of carnage. Alex Foxen, Phil Ivey, Shaun Deeb, Brian Rast, Josh Arieh, Michael Mizrachi, and Bryn Kenney all fell in that stretch.

Defending champion Deeb, fresh off winning his ninth bracelet in Event #74, was eliminated by Martirosian when the chip leader turned Broadway to beat Deeb’s second-nut straight.

Three-time bracelet winner Naoya Kihara bubbled in 14th when Martirosian rivered trips to crack his flopped top two pair. Sean Winter scored a massive double through Martinez Gonzalez two spots off the money to briefly surge into second place.

Negreanu jumped into contention after the dinner break by flopping top set against Robert Cowen in the first hand back. He held the chip lead briefly during six-handed play before Chris Frank claimed the overnight lead with the elimination of Winter in sixth.

The elimination order from Day 2 (8th through 6th) and Day 3 (5th through the final hand) is covered below.

8th: Jeremy Ausmus ($259,047)

Ausmus opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Frank potted to 1,200,000 from middle position. Ausmus called all in for around 850,000.

Ausmus held :ad: :ks: :qd: :5d: but Frank tabled :kd: :kh: :8d: :7c:. The :10h: :8s: :2c: :3h: :10s: board kept the kings in front.

The six-time bracelet winner collected $259,047 after a turbulent Day 2 that saw him bust and re-enter, double through Moncek, then lose a huge clash with Sternheimer before rebuilding.

7th: Sergio Martinez Gonzalez ($312,233)

Martinez Gonzalez raised to 420,000 from under the gun and was called by Martirosian in the small blind and Miki in the big blind. He bet the full pot of 1,440,000 on the :10h: :6c: :4h: flop with just 135,000 behind.

Martinez Gonzalez: :ah: :qs: :10s: :10c:
Miki: :kh: :9h: :4c: :3c:

The :qd: turn changed nothing, but the :js: river completed the king-high straight for Miki. The Spaniard’s run-bad deep in Omaha High Roller events during the 2026 WSOP continued as he exited with $312,233.

6th: Sean Winter ($393,139)

Winter raised to 700,000 from under the gun, leaving just 440,000 behind. Frank in the big blind debated raising before putting in calling chips. Winter shouted “He rolled a call!” after seeing Frank randomise with a time bank card.

Frank put Winter all in on the :kc: :qd: :2s: flop.

Winter: :ah: :as: :6h: :5c:
Frank: :kd: :qs: :6s: :6d:

Frank had flopped two pair and improved to a full house on the :4s: :qh: runout. The High Roller regular pocketed $393,139 after a rollercoaster day that included a huge pre-bubble double through Martinez Gonzalez.

5th: Yosuke Miki ($516,160)

The Day 3 action opened five-handed with Frank leading on 13,660,000. Negreanu lost half his stack in the first twenty minutes before his wife Amanda arrived on the rail and the momentum shifted.

Miki was the first to fall. Martirosian limped the small blind and Miki checked. The :jh: :6s: :2d: flop was bet and called. The :kd: turn brought another bet and call. On the :5h: river, Martirosian glanced at Miki’s stack and bet 2,400,000. Miki used a time bank, then jammed for around 3,625,000, and was snap-called.

Miki: :kh: :jd: :jc: :3h:
Martirosian: :qs: :js: :4d: :3d:

The flopped set of jacks was beaten by the rivered straight. Miki collected $516,160.

4th: Philip Sternheimer ($705,448)

Sternheimer’s bid for a second bracelet ended in a large clash with Martirosian. Sternheimer led the :8s: :5d: :2h: flop for 1,200,000 and bet pot on the :jc: turn for 3,600,000, leaving around 700,000 behind. Martirosian used two time banks before raising, and Sternheimer committed the rest.

Sternheimer: :6h: :5h: :4h: :3s:
Martirosian: :jh: :9h: :7s: :7d:

Sternheimer’s flopped full wrap failed to connect. Martirosian’s turned pair of jacks held on the :10s: river. Sternheimer collected $705,448.

3rd: Chris Frank ($1,002,107)

Three-handed play saw start-of-day chip leader Frank ground down to fewer than ten big blinds. He doubled through both Negreanu and Martirosian but remained the shortest stack.

Frank raised to 1,400,000 from the button with around 4,500,000 behind. He and Martirosian exchanged raises preflop until Frank was all in.

Frank: :ac: :qd: :jd: :4c:
Martirosian: :kh: :ks: :5d: :4h:

The :8s: :5c: :4d: flop made two pair for Martirosian. The :7h: turn offered no help, and the :5h: river filled Martirosian up. The one-time bracelet winner collected $1,002,107.

Heads-Up: Negreanu vs Martirosian

Martirosian entered heads-up with 30,125,000 to Negreanu’s 19,675,000. The lead changed several times early before Negreanu started pulling away.

A key pot saw Negreanu table :jd: :10h: :9c: :3s: for the nut straight on an :8h: :7s: :3d: :10s: :ad: board to retake the lead. He then called Martirosian’s river bluff correctly with trips treys after asking “eight, where is the eight from?” before snap-calling.

Negreanu later admitted the two biggest pots of the duel were won on pure bluffs. “Oh by the way, the two big pots when I bet the river, I had nothing,” he told the rail. Those non-showdown pots pushed Martirosian below ten big blinds and put Negreanu in command.

Chipped down to around 4,500,000, Martirosian faced Negreanu’s pot-sized open to 1,500,000 from the big blind and pushed all in. Negreanu called as the rail jumped up in anticipation.

“I need diamonds and spades, and he needs to go home,” Negreanu called out. The :ad: :5s: :4d: flop gave him the wheel straight, which he only noticed after a few seconds. The :qc: turn locked it up, and the :9h: river was a formality.

The thunderous applause could be heard throughout the entire Grand Ballroom, overshadowing the entrance of Phil Hellmuth to the Main Event minutes earlier.

“You know, I love PLO so it is always a lot of fun especially when you are making hands. I had chips throughout the tournament, I was never really that short trying to squeak in anywhere so I got to manoeuvre and play.”
Daniel Negreanu

Negreanu called PLO “the greatest game of all” and said it was “designed for my skillset.” He admitted he doesn’t study the game with solvers because it “makes sense to me,” and still held sixteen time bank extensions going into the final day.

“I have a lot of things coming up this fall including a baby and this is shaping up to be the best year of my life in so many ways. We have already sort of evolved past our old life where I am up at six a.m. and my wife is studying to be a PA.”
Daniel Negreanu

The $100,000 High Roller PLO debuted at the 2025 WSOP and has produced two dominant performances in its short history. Deeb led wire-to-wire in the inaugural edition from a field nearly 50% larger than the 2026 field.

Defending champion Deeb entered on Day 2 after winning his ninth bracelet nearby in Event #74 but was eliminated by Martirosian when the chip leader turned Broadway to beat Deeb’s second-nut straight.

The top 13 of 83 entries cashed, with a minimum payout of $204,938. The top three spots all paid seven figures.

Negreanu’s eighth bracelet widened his lead over nine-time winner Mizrachi in all-time WSOP earnings. His best Main Event finishes came in 2001 and 2015, where he was eliminated in 11th place both times. He promised the crowd he would enter the 2026 Main Event riding his current momentum, having cashed in six consecutive events before this win.

The Player of the Year race remains tight with Shaun Deeb leading on 2,816 points and Alex Foxen close behind on 2,721. The $100K High Roller counts toward POY standings and will add to Negreanu’s tally once processed.

The result wrapped up the last Pot-Limit Omaha high-stakes event on the WSOP 2026 schedule. The series continues through July 15, with the $10,000 Main Event now underway.

Every bracelet winner and daily update from the series is tracked on our running WSOP 2026 results page. For the full schedule and qualifying routes, see the complete WSOP 2026 coverage and guide.