Yuri Dzivielevski was already Brazil’s all-time World Collection of Poker bracelet chief with 5 wins below his belt heading into the 2026 WSOP. On June 12, the 34-year-old poker professional expanded that lead with the biggest triumph of his profession. He defeated 115 entries within the $100,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em eight-max occasion on the collection for his sixth bracelet and an enormous $2,841,432 payday.
Dzivielevski is simply the twenty seventh participant in poker historical past to have gained six or extra bracelets.
“It’s unbelievable,” Dzivielevski informed Card Participant after this monumental victory contained in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. “I don’t have phrases to elucidate.”
“I’m simply tremendous, tremendous grateful to God, who gave me the chance to be right here, who gave me this job that I like a lot, and gave me an excellent coronary heart and is remodeling my coronary heart day-after-day. It’s tremendous emotional.”
This was the third seven-figure rating of Dzivielevski’s profession, with all three coming for the reason that begin of final December. He completed third in a $150,000 occasion on the WSOP Paradise competition for $1.4 million, after which a few months later gained the Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Blended Video games for one more $1.3 million. This newest windfall pushed his profession earnings to $15.9 million, the second-highest whole of any Brazilian participant. He trails solely Joao Simao ($19.1 million) on that leaderboard.
Along with the cash and the {hardware}, Dzivielevski additionally earned 1,200 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors for the win. This was his third title and fifth final-table end up to now in 2026. With 2,760 whole factors, he has climbed to thirtieth place within the total rankings offered by CoinPoker.
All 5 of Dzivielevski’s 2026 cashes have certified in direction of the PokerGO Tour factors race, with this newest rating of 550 rising his whole factors to 1,484. That was sufficient to maneuver him into first place within the PGT standings in the meanwhile.
Setting The (Mothership) Stage
The 115-entry area on this match created a prize pool of $11,040,000, with solely the highest 18 cashing. Attendance was up year-over-year by practically 12 p.c, with 103 turning out in 2025.
This 12 months’s bubble burst in brutal vogue when four-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian had pocket aces cracked in two enormous arms. He first misplaced to the Ok♠Q♠ of Christopher Nguyen, who flopped a flush draw, then hit operating two pair to double. Martirosian quickly discovered pocket aces once more. He dedicated the final of his stack preflop and was dealing with one other suited connector in spades. Teun Mulder’s J♠10♠ made a straight on the Q♥8♦6♥6♣9♦ runout to ship Martirosian packing empty-handed in nineteenth place.
A number of massive names quickly joined Martirosian on the rail, together with present POY race chief Brandon Wilson (seventeenth), Justin Saliba (sixteenth), Cary Katz (fifteenth), Danny Tang (thirteenth), Sean Winter (twelfth), and Chris Hunichen (tenth).
Simply 9 gamers remained when playing cards acquired within the air for day 3, with Nguyen out in entrance and Dzivielevski in second chip place. Martin Kabrhel was the primary to fall. The five-time bracelet winner from Czechia ran J♠J♥ into the Ok♦Ok♣ of Mulder and the bigger pair held to ship Kabhrel to the rail in ninth place ($255,491). This newest deep run for Kabrhel noticed him develop his profession haul to over $18.9 million. Greater than $12.9 million of that has come from his 91 cashes in WSOP occasions.
Kabrhel As soon as Once more The Middle Of Consideration
Kabrhel was concerned in loads of drama throughout this occasion. Most notably, he clashed with Sam Soverel late on day 2 of this occasion over Soverel’s choice to delay scanning his gap playing cards. The incident came about in the course of the broadcast in a hand between the 2 gamers. Kabrhel known as for a match director when Soverel refused to maneuver his playing cards over the RFID scanner till the tip of the hand. It was ultimately agreed that Soverel was allowed to attend.
“So, he has the particular therapy?” requested Kabrhel, earlier than asking once more for match workers to power Soverel to ‘observe the foundations.’
“We’re taking part in for some huge cash,” Soverel stated. “I’m not doing that.”
“What if somebody within the match has been banned for dishonest earlier than?” requested Soverel after the dialogue continued, with play halted within the meantime.
“Nice query. I’ll need to get the next ruling on that,” stated the ground individual.
Take a look at the hand in query through the WSOP’s X account.
RFID Drama within the $100K Excessive Curler!
Rigidity flares within the WSOP $100K Excessive Curler as Martin Kabrhel and Sam Soverel alternate phrases over the RFID scanning course of, with Soverel preferring to attend till after the hand is accomplished. pic.twitter.com/OZQrkZcoti
— WSOP – World Collection of Poker (@WSOP) June 12, 2026
Soverel, Ding, And Foxen Quickly Despatched Packing
Soverel could have outlasted Kabrhel on this occasion, however not by a lot. The four-time bracelet winner quickly discovered himself all-in and in danger with 10♦10♣ racing in opposition to the A♣Ok♣ ofDzivielevski. The flop of Ok♠9♣6♥ gave the Brazilian an enormous lead within the hand, which solely expanded when the 6♣ rolled off on the flip. The 5♠ on the tip locked up the pot for Dzivielevski and ended Soverel’s run in eighth place ($316,234). This rating pushed Soverel’s profession haul to $33.2 million.
Ding Biao and Alex Foxen had been each loft brief when Ding opened for almost all of his already brief stack with pocket eights and Foxen known as for a wholesome chunk of his with A-8. Dzivielevski picked up pocket aces within the small blind and three-bet, forcing a fold from each of his opponents.
Biao was quickly all-in and in danger for his previous couple of blinds with A♦2♥ dealing with the A♣7♥ of Mulder. The board got here down A♥Ok♦5♠3♥7♠ and Mulder made aces as much as get rid of Ding in seventh place ($401,446). The Chinese language high-stakes star now has practically $23.2 million in profession scores to his identify.
Alex Foxen
Like Soverel, Foxen was additionally entangled in a number of spats with Kabrhel throughout this occasion. Early on the ultimate day, Kabrhel took situation with Foxen allegedly transferring his sun shades and demanded a ‘massive’ warning.
Foxen was in a position to navigate his option to the ultimate six after coming into the day because the shortest stack, however ultimately was quickly all-in with 9♠8♠ dealing with the A♠8♥ of Dzivielevski. Foxen dedicated all however a small blind preflop after which put that in after the Q♦6♦3♦ flop. The Q♥ flip and 5♣ river had been no assist to Foxen, and he was eradicated in sixth place ($522,347). The three-time bracelet winner now has simply shy of $60 million in profession earnings after this, his 509th recorded in-the-money end on the circuit. The 400 POY factors Foxen earned moved him into eighth place within the total standings, with 4 titles and 9 final-table finishes up to now in 2026.
Dzivielevski Picks Up Steam
Whereas Nguyen began the day because the chip chief, he had slid to the underside of the counts because the day wore on. The German made his final stand on a board of Q♠J♥6♦5♣ with 10♠9♠ for an open-ended straight draw. He jammed for two,925,000 and was known as by Dzivielevski, who held A♠Ok♠. The 2♥ on the tip stored ace-high finest and Nguyen settled for $696,221 because the fifth-place finisher. He now has greater than $11.8 million in recorded scores after this newest deep run.
Dzivielevski additionally scored the following elimination, with the chips getting in on a A♣J♣3♣ flop together with his A♠J♠ main the A♦10♥ of bracelet winner Alexandros Theologis. The 10♣ flip improved the Greek on-line crusher to 2 pair to offer him some outs, however the Q♦ was not one in every of them. When that card appeared on the river, Theologis’ match got here to an finish in fourth place ($950,048). This was the second-largest payday but for the 2021 WSOP On-line $25,000 excessive curler winner.
The knockouts simply stored coming for Dzivielevski. Alex Kulev’s closing few blinds had been wagered after a flop of 7♠4♠3♥. His Ok♣3♣ was behind in opposition to A♣4♥ for Dzivielevski. The 10♠ flip and 8♦ river modified nothing and Kulev’s run resulted in third place ($1,326,537). This was the fifth-largest rating of the Bulgarian professional’s profession. With over $23.5 million in lifetime cashes, he’s the runaway chief on his residence nation’s earnings leaderboard.
Heads-Up For The Glory
The ultimate showdown for the bracelet started on pretty even footing, however Mulder landed the primary massive blow. The Dutch professional took practically a 2:1 lead when he efficiently worth wager second pair on the river and acquired known as by the fourth pair of Dzivielevski.
Mulder pulled even additional forward earlier than the 2 squared off in a pivotal all-in confrontation. Dzivielevski’s J♣10♣ outraced pocket deuces to see him double out of the hazard zone. Dzivielevski then gained a giant pot with jacks and deuces, calling a giant river bluff from Mulder’s 9 excessive to overhaul the lead.
The ultimate hand of the match started with a limp for 1,000,000 from Dzivielevski. Mulder raised to 4,800,000 from the large blind with A♠9♠. Dzivielevski limp-shoved with 9♦9♣ and Mulder known as. The board got here down J♣6♠5♣6♣3♠ to lock up the pot and the title for Dzivielevski. Mulder earned $1,894,282 because the runner-up. This was the second-largest rating of his profession, trailing solely the $1,940,000 he earned for a Triton Cyprus $100,000 excessive curler title in 2022.
This was Dzivielevski’s first no-limit maintain’em bracelet. He first gained on the collection in a blended Omaha eight-or-better and stud eight-or-better occasion in 2019. In 2020, he took down a $400 on-line PLO bracelet for his first big-bet occasion win. In 2023, he triumphed within the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. in Las Vegas, then later gained the $10,000 PLO championship on-line to carry his whole to 4. Dzivielevski’s fifth bracelet noticed him take down a mixture of restrict and big-bet video games within the $3,000 nine-game match.
Closing Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Payout
POY Factors
PGT Factors
1
Yuri Dzivielevski
$2,841,432
1,200
550
2
Teun Mulder
$1,894,282
1000
450
3
Alex Kulev
$1,326,537
800
400
4
Alexandros Theologis
$950,048
600
285
5
Christopher Nguyen
$696,221
500
209
6
Alex Foxen
$522,347
400
157
7
Biao Ding
$401,446
300
120
8
Sam Soverel
$316,234
200
95
Photograph credit: WSOP / Travis Ball, Miguel Cortes.
