Obrestad Returns as Main Event Action Heats Up at WSOP 2026

Several notable players bagged six-figure stacks, including high-stakes pro Dylan Smith ($205,500), Brian Hastings ($178,100), Jerry Wong ($158,000), and Brian Rast ($119,100).

New Yorker Myles Mullaly claimed the biggest payday of his career and a gold bracelet by winning the $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, after surviving countless all-ins.

Meanwhile, 21-year-old Adriaan Jacobs captured his first WSOP gold bracelet and the $282,817 top prize in the $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em.

It was an attritional victory for the South African as he steadily climbed the leaderboard across the four-day event. Entering the final day with a sizable lead, he still had to hold off fierce competition from Paul Merlette and Seong Han.

Day 1C also marked the return of Annette Obrestad. The Norwegian was playing her first Main Event after an eight-year absence from the WSOP.

Her only Main Event cash, an 89th-place finish, came 13 years ago. She advanced to Day 2 with 44,200 chips after starting with the standard 60,000-chip stack.

”It feels great to be back. It feels like nothing has changed, yet at the same time, so much has changed. The Main Event is still unlike any other tournament. I’m looking forward to what’s next,” she said after bagging her chips.

Toby Price claimed the $800 Summer Celebration and, like Jacobs, claimed his first gold bracelet. Price defeated Deniz Oeney in heads-up play, taking home $500,000 for his win, after he conquered a field of 6,803.

Action in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em will return to play tomorrow with 53 still capable of securing the gold bracelet.

Ahead of tomorrow, Andrew Heidelberg and Fahir Han are leading the field with Zixuan Liu not far behind to put pressure on the American and British players.