Bryn Kenney Closes 2025 as First Poker Player Ever to Reach $80 Million in Cashes

Bryn Kenney doubling his cash within the World Sequence of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) Tremendous Essential Occasion turned out to be a historic min-cash.

The New York native turned a $25,000 buy-in into $50,000 with a 403rd place end in a no-limit maintain’em event that had $72 million within the pot. He received only a fraction of first-place cash. However, with that money, he turned the primary participant in historical past to succeed in $80 million in stay event earnings, in response to The Hendon Mob database — barely.

Kenney will enter 2026 with $80,035,491 in cashes courting again to 2007, however his document might be in jeopardy within the coming 12 months, as one other high-stakes celebrity is not far behind. Or, with an enormous 12 months, he might lengthen his lead.

World Sequence of Poker Cashes Get Kenney to Milestone

Kenney booked three cashes totaling $1.3 million within the Bahamas. That included ninth and fifth-place finishes in excessive curler occasions, and the aforementioned Tremendous Essential Occasion min-cash. He racked up only a few grand below $7 million total in 2025, his lowest output since 2022, the 12 months he stepped other than event play for essentially the most half whereas dealing with some on-line poker dishonest allegations.

Almost 40% of Kenney’s lifetime earnings — $30 million — got here in 2019, the 12 months he received a document $20,563,324 for second place within the £1,050,000 Triton Million for Charity Occasion. Aaron Zang received the event, however obtained a decrease payout — $16,779,491 — because of a heads-up chop association. Even with out that record-breaking money, Kenney would nonetheless rank seventh all-time in stay event earnings.

Kenney’s stranglehold atop The Hendon Mob charts might come to an finish in 2026 if latest tendencies proceed. Stephen Chidwick is simply $4 million off the lead, however he is outpaced Kenney yearly since 2020 and had double the cashes in 2025.

If Chidwick and Kenney each match their 2025 leads to 2026, Chidwick will overtake the lead by round $2 million. Jason Koon is the one different participant with a lot of an opportunity to assert the highest spot by this time subsequent 12 months. The PokerStars ambassador has $70.2 million in cashes, so he is inside placing distance. However he’d possible want a historic 12 months, which is not out of the query given his expertise, to maneuver into first place inside the subsequent 12 months.

Mikita Badziakouski sits in fourth place with $66.4 million in cashes, and will very nicely attain the highest spot someday. Justin Bonomo sat out the complete 12 months and hasn’t been heard from a lot apart from some political posts on social media since he confronted disqualification for sporting Palestinian apparel throughout the 2024 WSOP Paradise Tremendous Essential Occasion. However he is nonetheless in fifth place, lower than $1 million behind Badziakouski.

The leaderboard might look totally different when 2026 involves a detailed. Chidwick is trending in the proper route. However Kenney will not be simple to overhaul.