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WSOP 2026: Matthew Higgins Becomes a Poker Millionaire

Mark Michael
Matthew Higgins has claimed the $1,000 Mystery Millions of the World Series of Poker 2026. The American secured $1,000,000 in prize money and his first bracelet.On Day 3 of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Millions (Event #63) of WSOP 2026, 24 remaining players returned to Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The last redraw occurred during the fourth blind level of the day.
  • Seat 1: David “ODB” Baker, 32,000,000
  • Seat 2: Vinay Boob, 99,000,000
  • Seat 3: Dominik Panka, 175,000,000
  • Seat 4: Brian Smith, 75,000,000
  • Seat 5: Thomas Hall, 67,500,000
  • Seat 6: Joey Weissman, 35,000,000
  • Seat 7: Matthew Higgins, 198,000,000
  • Seat 8: Edward Pak, 60,000,000
  • Seat 9: Imre Makranyi, 105,000,000
  • Seat 10: Leo Lombardozzi, 72,000,000
  • Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000; BB Ante: 4,000,000
Shortly thereafter, Joey Weissman ($1,200) exited as the official bubble boy of the final table. During the fifth blind level, Edward Pak ($1,003) ran his into the kings of Dominik Panka.One level later, Imre Makranyi ($1,000) was eliminated with against Matthew Higgins’ . Dominik Panka flopped a jack with sending David “ODB” Baker ($1,000) to the rails. Then, Vinay Boob ($1,000) relinquished his chips to Thomas Hall with against . Before the break, Brian Smith ($1,000) departed with against Panka’s .In the eighth blind level, the heads-up began. Dominik Panka hit the flush with on the board , cracking Thomas Hall’s aces ($1,000). With pocket tens, Matthew Higgins eliminated the Frenchman Leo Lombardozzi ($1,000).
  • Matthew Higgins, 547,000,000
  • Dominik Panka, 366,000,000
  • Blinds: 5M/10M; BB Ante: 10M
The duel ended after about half an hour. In the final hand, Matthew Higgins went all-in with a 3-bet on the flop . Dominik Panka ($1,000) called with and found shown. The turn gave Higgins the set, and the river was no help for Panka.
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WSOP Event #63: No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Millions

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 22,811 Prize Pool: $1,230,380 + $1,843,300 Bounties Paid Places (D2+): 1,236Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B – Day 1C – Day 1D – Day 1E/F – Day 2

Top 100 Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Matthew HigginsUnited States$1,000,000
2Dominik PankaPoland$1,000
3Leo LombardozziFrance$1,000
4Thomas HallUnited Kingdom$1,000
5Brian SmithUnited States$1,000
6Vinay BoobIndia$1,000
7David “ODB” BakerUnited States$1,000
8Imre MakranyiUnited States$1,000
9Edward PakUnited States$1,003
10Joey WeissmanUnited States$1,200
11Christopher BasileUnited States$1,200
12Vincent LavolleeFrance$1,000
13Wanda HallmanUnited States$1,000
14David CraftiAustralia$1,800
15Abdullah AkbarpoorTurkey$1,800
16James GilbertUnited States$1,800
17Lucas LewArgentina$1,800
18Fausto ValdezUnited States$1,200
19Narcis NedelcuRomania$1,200
20Dustin HarrelsonUnited States$1,200
21Nathan TuthillUnited States$1,200
22Coltrane MendelsohnUnited States$1,200
23Ren LinChina$1,200
24Aaron GeorgelosUnited States$1,200
25Michael MonacoUnited States$1,200
26Slimane MamecheFrance$1,200
27Avenes RastomyanArmenia$1,750
28Adam WagnerCzechia$1,750
29Lucas TabarinBrazil$1,750
30Tyler GentryUnited States$1,750
31Kfir NahumIsrael$1,750
32Darrell BeanUnited States$1,750
33Jacky LeeUnited States$1,750
34Michael HorchoffUnited States$1,750
35Ian AlcoranUnited States$1,750
36Robert ReedUnited States$1,000
37Joaquin ChavezMexico$1,000
38Nenad CvetkovicUnited States$1,000
39Yenhan ChenTaiwan$1,000
40Noah WorkmanUnited States$1,000
41Eun JooUnited States$1,000
42Shawn SternUnited States$1,000
43Joseph RayUnited States$1,000
44Edward RibeiroUnited States$1,000
45Franco ScacciaItaly$1,650
46Gal BrismanUnited States$1,650
47Yanting JiangUnited States$1,650
48Brennen NagenUnited States$1,650
49Alexander FuerteUnited States$1,650
50Brad SailorUnited States$1,650
51Alejandro PeinadoSpain$1,650
52Libby WilsonUnited States$1,650
53Marco JohnsonUnited States$1,650
54Kevin TheodoreUnited States$1,350
55Ezequiel RodrigoUnited States$1,350
56Mitchell HynamUnited Kingdom$1,350
57Brett MurrayUnited States$1,350
58Derek StaibUnited States$1,350
59Antoine SaoutFrance$1,350
60Omer RotmanIsrael$1,350
61Mohamed AissaniFrance$1,350
62Lucas CortijoArgentina$1,350
63Arin YoussefianUnited States$1,900
64Joseph EbanksUnited States$1,900
65Rhett VanleeuwenUnited States$1,900
66Renta KrisgatosGreece$1,900
67Emmanouil ChalkiotisGreece$1,900
68Yuan DingUnited States$1,900
69Ryan JuliusUnited States$1,900
70Matias RubioloUnited States$1,900
71Anthony MaioranoUnited States$1,900
72Grant YarbroughUnited States$1,150
73Neng LeeUnited States$1,150
74Ivan BlankUnited States$1,150
75Michael CasellaUnited States$1,150
76Xiang ZouUnited States$1,150
77Ryan FearUnited Kingdom$1,150
78Kimura NaoJapan$1,150
79Juan GiambartolomeiArgentina$1,150
80Terry WheelerUnited States$1,150
81Alexander HolmesUnited States$1,900
82Guy CruickshanksCanada$1,900
83John Kokolakis$1,900
84Zdzislau Kouchyk$1,900
85Joshua McDougallUnited States$1,900
86Laksh SinghIndia$1,900
87Jared GrienerUnited States$1,900
88Nicholas AlbinUnited States$1,900
89Brandon SunshineUnited States$1,900
90Eron Kareev$1,050
91Valentino KonakchievBulgaria$1,050
92Xuejun Huang (US)$1,050
93Natasha MercierLebanon$1,050
94John MerchantUnited States$1,050
95Daniel DefreitasBrazil$1,050
96Shumian ZhangUnited States$1,050
97Thomas LavianoUnited States$1,050
98Tommaso BriottiItaly$1,050
99Timothy MilesUnited States$1,550
100Chelsea PettittUnited States$1,550
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