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WSOP 2026: Prashanth Nataraj wins gold and $208,800 Salute To Warriors

Mark Michael
Prashanth Nataraj has won the $1 Salute To Warriors event of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The American secured his first bracelet along with $1,800 in prize money.With 34 players left, the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Salute To Warriors (Event #59) of the WSOP 2026 progressed to its final stages. Lukas Hafner and Stefan Bittger finished in 25th and 24th place, earning each $1,030.
  • Seat 1: Julien Duveau, 15,000,000
  • Seat 2: Prashanth Nataraj, 26,000,000
  • Seat 3: Holly Foley, 21,000,000
  • Seat 4: Robert Brobyn, 19,000,000
  • Seat 5: Lexy Gavin-Mather, 18,000,000
  • Seat 6: Jeevan Lobo, 48,000,000
  • Seat 7: Sebastian Crema, 11,000,000
  • Seat 8: Daniel Wirgau, 8,500,000
  • Seat 9: Samuel Rannou, 9,000,000
  • Seat 10: Laurance Essak, 45,000,000
  • Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000; BB Ante: 1,000,000
In the fifth blind level, the unofficial final table was reached. Just over an hour later, Samuel Rannou ($1,660) became the official final table bubble boy. Following that, Laurance Essak hit the board and sent Julien Duveau ($1,930) to the rail. Essak then also hit a with , which was enough to send Daniel Wirgau ($1,570) to the rail.In the eighth blind level, Lexy Gavin-Mather ($1,120) ran into Sebastian Crema’s kings with . Robert Brobyn ($1,260) gave his stack to Jeevan Lobo with against .Holly Foley ($1,020) was eliminated with against Jeevan Lobo, who hit the board . Lobo then hit a queen with and sent Sebastian Crema ($1,800) to the rail.The heads-up was reached in the tenth blind level. Jeevan Lobo ($1,600) went all-in with and ran into Prashanth Nataraj’s queens.
  • Prashanth Nataraj, 152,000,000
  • Laurance Essak, 76,000,000
  • Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000; BB Ante: 4,000,000
The duel ended after about 30 minutes. In the decisive hand, Laurance Essak ($1,370) was all-in with against . The board came , and Prashanth Nataraj was the winner.
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WSOP Event #59: No-Limit Hold’em Salute To Warriors

Buy-In: $1 Entries: 4,478 Prize Pool: $1,835,980 Paid Places: 672Reports: Day 1 – Day 2

Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Prashanth NatarajUnited States$1,800
2Laurance EssakUnited States$1,370
3Jeevan LoboIndia$1,600
4Sebastian CremaCanada$1,800
5Holly FoleyUnited States$1,020
6Robert BrobynUnited States$1,260
7Lexy Gavin-MatherUnited States$1,120
8Daniel WirgauUnited States$1,570
9Julien DuveauFrance$1,930
10Samuel RannouFrance$1,660
11Sho ShiratoriJapan$1,660
12Sachino YoshiiJapan$1,420
13Allen LanierUnited States$1,420
14Humberto ValdezUnited States$1,940
15Justin RappeUnited States$1,940
16James MihokovichUnited States$1,940
17Jamie GoldUnited States$1,940
18Joseph AldersonUnited States$1,030
19Keegan WestoverUnited States$1,030
20Wesley ChenTaiwan$1,030
21Fady KhabbazUnited States$1,030
22Alessandro BertonciniUnited States$1,030
23Christopher ArrigoUnited States$1,030
24Stefan BittgerGermany$1,030
25Lukas HafnerAustria$1,030
26Shaojun ShenChina$1,030
27Hao ZhangUnited States$1,540
28Mario FaucegliaUnited States$1,540
29Kao Chieng SaechaoUnited States$1,540
30Rafael CalimanBrazil$1,540
31Joseph RusinkoUnited States$1,540
32Santhosh AmingadIndia$1,540
33Danielle McCauleyUnited States$1,540
34Shandy WongNetherlands$1,540
35Kaidi YanUnited States$1,540
36Eduardo NunesBrazil$1,380
37Jason VelascoUnited States$1,380
38Paulina LoeligerAustria$1,380
39Ryan StinerUnited States$1,380
40Sandy SanchezUnited States$1,380
41Matthew PerezUnited States$1,380
42Caleb PideritUnited States$1,380
43Michael HelanderUnited States$1,380
44Akash HotwaniUnited States$1,380
45Brandon PickettUnited States$1,470
46Nolan RequedazFrance$1,470
47Jeanluc VoyerFrance$1,470
48Nicholas TaylorUnited States$1,470
49Marc MonllaoSpain$1,470
50Takashi ShimadaJapan$1,470
51Roman Tsoyi$1,470
52Zhixiong LingUnited States$1,470
53Leonardo Camera AlvesBrazil$1,470
54Jason PasinskiUnited States$1,740
55Luigi ScarpeccioArgentina$1,740
56Christopher Walach$1,740
57Nirath ReanUnited States$1,740
58William HawkUnited States$1,740
59Sandrine PhanFrance$1,740
60Christian WongUnited States$1,740
61Advait AbrolSingapore$1,740
62Jose MasciotraItaly$1,740
63Jennifer SolowayUnited States$1,170
64Tsolmon JargalsaikhanUnited States$1,170
65Hiroto NishijmaJapan$1,170
66Navid NasseriUnited Kingdom$1,170
67Siwei Yu$1,170
68Shogo AzumaJapan$1,170
69Dorian RiosVenezuela$1,170
70John CapitanoUnited States$1,170
71Alan HelfensteinBrazil$1,170
72Kenneth CramCanada$1,710
73Caitlin ComeskeyUnited States$1,710
74Philippe Schmuz$1,710
75Sanjay PatelUnited Kingdom$1,710
76Philip CooleyUnited States$1,710
77Brett HortonUnited States$1,710
78Yusheng LinTaiwan$1,710
79Mikhail Zaitsev$1,710
80Adam DuongUnited States$1,710
81Eyyal AltarUnited States$1,330
82Michael WilklowUnited States$1,330
83Sean AnUnited States$1,330
84Franco Gasparini$1,330
85Zelin WangChina$1,330
86Fernando BritoPortugal$1,330
87Jeremy KocherUnited States$1,330
88Billy SettlemireUnited States$1,330
89Christopher KayUnited States$1,330
90Robert Rush$1,030
91Maurice PaolaUnited States$1,030
92Jeffrey JacksonUnited States$1,030
93Richard LarsonUnited States$1,030
94Giovanny Rodriguez OcampoColombia$1,030
95Kevin Gebhard$1,030
96Richard AliUnited States$1,030
97Fabien GuichardFrance$1,030
98Chakib BennaniMorocco$1,030
99Benjamin HorganUnited States$1,790
100Armen MinasyanArmenia$1,790
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