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WSOP 2026: Zixuan Liu wins the Bracelet – 9th place for Dennis Hotz

Mark Michael
Zixuan Liu has won the $1k NLH at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Las Vegas. The Chinese player took home $1,391 in prize money and his first bracelet. Dennis Hotz from Germany finished in 9th place.On the final day of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Event #85) of the WSOP 2026, 53 remaining players returned to Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The preliminary final table was reached in the seventh blind level. Shortly thereafter, Joseph Block ($1,163) exited as the final table bubble boy.Not much later, it was also the end for Dennis Hotz ($1,292). Daniel Yoshiba opened the betting, Bruce Diamond ($1,852) went all-in with and Hotz called the all-in with . The board gave Yoshiba the straight, clearing two seats.Daniel Yoshiba ($1,410) didn’t go much further. First, Yehuda Yosef hit Ace and King against Yoshiba’s Queens. The short-stacked American lost shortly after with to Tyler Phillips, who hit a flush with .Yehuda Yosef ($1,781) missed with against Jeffery Rozier on the board, which meant 6th place, and Zixuan Liu hit a King, sending Tyler Phillips ($1,149) to the rails.In the twelfth blind level, it went heads-up. Justin Shiao hit on the board and cracked the Aces of Jeffery Rozier ($1,251), while Anthony Lasala ($1,650) was knocked out with against Zixuan Liu .
  • Zixuan Liu, 19,500,000
  • Justin Shiao, 13,000,000
  • Blinds: 200,000/400,000; BB Ante: 400,000
The heads-up was decided quickly. In the decisive hand, a pot built up to the turn with . Zixuan Liu bet, Justin Shiao ($1,167) announced all-in, and Liu called. Shiao revealed the combo draw , Liu showed two pair and hit the river for the full house.
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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #85: No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 1,732 Prize Pool: $1,524,160 Paid Places: 260Reports: Day 1

Top 100 Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPrize Money
1Zixuan LiuChina$1,391
2Justin ShiaoUnited States$1,167
3Anthony LasalaUnited States$1,650
4Jeffery RozierUnited States$1,251
5Tyler PhillipsUnited States$1,149
6Yehuda YosefUnited States$1,781
7Daniel YoshibaUnited States$1,410
8Bruce DiamondUnited States$1,852
9Dennis HotzGermany$1,292
10Joseph BlockUnited States$1,163
11Antonio SubireSpain$1,163
12Yutaro TsugaruJapan$1,068
13Jorge PostigoPeru$1,068
14Manuel MachadoPortugal$1,728
15Takayuki AkamatsuJapan$1,728
16Jose Aguilar GarciaUnited States$1,728
17Fahir HanUnited Kingdom$1,728
18Martin MccloskeyUnited States$1,943
19Edgaras KausinisLithuania$1,943
20Andrew HeidelbergUnited States$1,943
21Roman BersonCanada$1,943
22Ran IlaniIsrael$1,943
23Don BobedaUnited States$1,943
24Anastasios PavlouCyprus$1,943
25Satnam SandhuUnited Kingdom$1,943
26Lukas PazmaSlovakia$1,943
27Merijn van RooijNetherlands$1,571
28Kyohei IkedaUnited States$1,571
29Cameron RezaieUnited States$1,571
30Mukul PahujaUnited States$1,571
31Anthony RubertoUnited States$1,571
32Greg MersonUnited States$1,571
33Billy McBrayerUnited States$1,571
34Ka YeungCanada$1,571
35Jason RichardUnited States$1,571
36Brian FuentesUnited States$1,508
37Ahn Ee SukUnited States$1,508
38Robert FennerSouth Africa$1,508
39Jason VanstromUnited States$1,508
40Sanat MehrotraIndia$1,508
41Dorian RiosVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)$1,508
42Enrique PereiraUnited States$1,508
43Eracles PanayiotouUnited States$1,508
44Fangxiao ZhangChina$1,508
45Samuel GruberUnited States$1,680
46Corey CaetiUnited States$1,680
47Roman NuraevRussian Federation$1,680
48Sachino YoshiiJapan$1,680
49Nicholas TaylorUnited States$1,680
50Jian ChenChina$1,680
51Taylor HartUnited States$1,680
52Samnang SomUnited States$1,680
53Naga ValivetiUnited States$1,680
54Daniel CollinsUnited States$1,030
55Harry LodgeUnited Kingdom$1,030
56Naixuan ShiChina$1,030
57Steven Henroid$1,030
58Casey BrownUnited States$1,030
59Allyn ShulmanUnited States$1,030
60Gary ThompsonIreland$1,030
61Logan HooverUnited States$1,030
62David SheininUnited States$1,030
63Drazen Lenac$1,519
64Florian BordetFrance$1,519
65Ching WuTaiwan$1,519
66Gage TrichelUnited States$1,519
67Tomas SchlesingerUnited States$1,519
68David PoorUnited States$1,519
69Arthur BekkermanUnited States$1,519
70Yunsheng SunChina$1,519
71Pierre CalamusaFrance$1,519
72Felipe QuijanoUnited States$1,116
73Steven ZadelhoffNetherlands$1,116
74Keith Ong XunSingapore$1,116
75Robert HarrisonUnited States$1,116
76Brett ApterUnited States$1,116
77Jianghuai ChenChina$1,116
78John ClementsIreland$1,116
79Gerson Martinez$1,116
80Katayon KhaterzaiUnited States$1,116
81Brandon Taff$1,798
82Venkat ChivukulaUnited States$1,798
83Kelly MahanaUnited States$1,798
84Luis CarboneraBrazil$1,798
85Chengtzu LaiUnited States$1,798
86Mario QuijanoUnited States$1,798
87Tomoyuki YoshimiyaJapan$1,798
88Henry MonnessUnited States$1,798
89Mark Muir$1,798
90Jin Wang$1,549
91Nan Qin$1,549
92Nicholas RomanelloUnited Kingdom$1,549
93Carmen La PorteUnited States$1,549
94Aaron SmithUnited States$1,549
95Joris RuijsNetherlands$1,549
96Steven RitchieUnited States$1,549
97Jie ChenAustralia$1,549
98Terry KimUnited States$1,549
99John Steinbach$1,356
100Rolando SoriaArgentina$1,356
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