The final of the $1,000 8-Game Mixed Championship (#80) at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas promises to be a high-profile finale. Brian Rast has secured the chip lead over Alex Foxen.The late registration brought in more players to the tables, with 199 entries for a prize pool of $1,850,708 and 30 paid spots. About two-thirds of the field on Day 2 would go empty-handed before everyone had secured a min cash of $1,510.Max Kruse was eliminated in this tournament, just like Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht and Hanh Tran. It was a strong field, and many big names such as Patrick Leonard, Alex Livingston, Greg Mueller, Mike Matusow, Steve Zolotow, Chino Rheem, Phil Hellmuth, Brad Owen, Brandon Shack-Harris, and many more appeared on the bustout list.The bubble boy was also a well-known player – Benny Glaser. He had just won the $1k Poker Players Championship, but now he had to bow out on the bubble in a 3-way pot against Ali Eslami and Derek Hanauer in Stud Hi-Lo.The last open seat of the day was Todd Brunson in the 2-7 Triple Draw, who mucked against Nicholas Marchington’s 8-7-6-4-2 low.Twelve players remain, with Brian Rast holding a dominant lead with 2,465,000 chips over Alex Foxen (1,995,000). Bryn Kenney is still in, while David “ODB” Baker is the short stack. Everyone has secured $1,080, with the winner taking home $1,260.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
Main Event Final Table August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online starting from $1
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Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: 199
Prize Pool: $1,850,708
Paid Spots: 30Remaining Players: 12
Blinds: 10k/20k (Limit 40k/80k)Reports:
Day 1Chip Counts from Day 2
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Brian Rast | United States | 2,465,000 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,955,000 |
| 3 | Richard Bai | United States | 1,120,000 |
| 4 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 1,030,000 |
| 5 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 835,000 |
| 6 | Taylor Atchison | United States | 810,000 |
| 7 | Nicholas Marchington | United Kingdom | 765,000 |
| 8 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 745,000 |
| 9 | Derek Hanauer | United States | 735,000 |
| 10 | Maksim Pisarenko | Russian Federation | 610,000 |
| 11 | Ryan Miller | United States | 550,000 |
| 12 | David Baker | United States | 345,000 |
Payouts
| Rank | Name | Country | Payout |
| 1 | | | $1,260 |
| 2 | | | $1,660 |
| 3 | | | $1,570 |
| 4 | | | $1,880 |
| 5 | | | $1,730 |
| 6 | | | $1,460 |
| 7 | | | $1,430 |
| 8 | | | $1,780 |
| 9 | | | $1,780 |
| 10 | | | $1,710 |
| 11 | | | $1,710 |
| 12 | | | $1,080 |
| 13 | Todd Brunson | United States | $1,080 |
| 14 | Wataru Kosugi | Japan | $1,080 |
| 15 | John Racener | United States | $1,080 |
| 16 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | $1,080 |
| 17 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | $1,080 |
| 18 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | $1,170 |
| 19 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | $1,170 |
| 20 | Marco Johnson | United States | $1,170 |
| 21 | Jyri Merivirta | Finland | $1,170 |
| 22 | Ali Eslami | United States | $1,170 |
| 23 | Clayton Mozdzen | Canada | $1,170 |
| 24 | Jerry Wong | United States | $1,170 |
| 25 | Roscoe Light | United States | $1,510 |
| 26 | James Tilton | United States | $1,510 |
| 27 | Paul Volpe | United States | $1,510 |
| 28 | Steve Billirakis | United States | $1,510 |
| 29 | Huabao Chen | United States | $1,510 |
| 30 | Doug Lorgeree | United States | $1,510 |
