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WSOP 2026: James Cheung Takes the Stud Bracelet to the United Kingdom

Mark Michael
James Cheung has won the $1,500 Stud at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The Brit leaves the table with $1,185 and a bracelet.Six remaining players returned for the $1,500 Seven Card Stud (Event #6) of WSOP 2026. Jonathan Glendinning ($1,017) started the final with a big bet. The American was able to double up immediately, but could not improve his placement. His end came against Thomas Savitsky. The last chips were in the middle on the 4th Street, with Glendinning holding split tens, but Savitsky had paired his jack by the 7th Street.In the second blind level, Bradley Jansen ($1,141) was eliminated. The American went all-in on the 5th Street with | against James Cheung |. Cheung hit a flush with on the 6th Street, while Jansen made two queens for a better but ultimately worthless two pair.In the following blind level, Thomas Savitsky ($1,380) was next to go. Savitsky was all-in with | against Brian Yoon |. Yoon hit the for a straight and then got the for a flush, while Thomas Savitsky could not get past ace-high.At the end of the fourth blind level, it was heads-up. Gregory Josephson ($1,570) was all-in by the 5th Street with |. James Cheung had buried queens |, hit another ace, and Josephson missed his outs.
  • James Cheung, 7,200,000
  • Brian Yoon, 1,800,000
After that, the limits were raised to 150,000/300,000 and the bracelet was awarded. Brian Yoon ($1,771) made a play on the 6th Street with and James Cheung raised. Yoon was torn, commenting that he might already be beaten.The three-time bracelet winner went all-in and was called. Brian Yoon showed and James Cheung turned over for a set. The river cards were irrelevant. Cheung collected $1,185 and got to strap on his first bracelet.
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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #6: Seven Card Stud

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 359 Prize Pool: $1,573 Paid Places: 54Reports: Day 1 – Day 2James Cheung, $1,500 Seven Card Stud WSOP 2026

The Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1James CheungUnited Kingdom$1,185
2Brian YoonUnited States$1,771
3Gregory JosephsonUnited States$1,570
4Thomas SavitskyUnited States$1,380
5Bradley JansenUnited States$1,141
6Jonathan GlendinningUnited States$1,017
7Korey SimeoneUnited States$1,888
8Karle WilsonUnited States$1,058
9Hal RotholzUnited States$1,090
10Ilkka HeikkilaFinland$1,706
11Christopher VioxUnited States$1,706
12Yun Lam Kevin ChoiHong Kong$1,726
13Jeremy BeckerUnited States$1,726
14Christopher ChungUnited States$1,726
15Jeffrey MitseffUnited States$1,726
16Parth JhaIndia$1,030
17Christopher ClaassenUnited States$1,030
18Will BerryUnited States$1,030
19Scott AdaskaUnited States$1,030
20Christian RobertsVenezuela$1,030
21Todd BrunsonUnited States$1,030
22Kyle HinnerichsUnited States$1,030
23Pawel AndrzejewskiUnited States$1,030
24Scott SeiverUnited States$1,542
25Chris HunichenUnited States$1,542
26Jason KluskaUnited States$1,542
27Todd BarlowUnited States$1,542
28Alan MorganUnited States$1,542
29Justin SmithUnited States$1,542
30Michael BellantoniUnited States$1,542
31Ryutaro SuzukiJapan$1,542
32Brian McKainUnited States$1,212
33Martin ZamaniUnited States$1,212
34Robert StevanovskiUnited States$1,212
35Clifford BrownUnited States$1,212
36Adrienne ZoiaUnited States$1,212
37Kazuhiro ShirasawaJapan$1,212
38Yueqi ZhuChina$1,212
39Oxana CummingsUnited States$1,212
40Vasu AmarapuUnited States$1,059
41Dzmitry UrbanovichPoland$1,059
42Andreas KrauseGermany$1,059
43Christopher KayUnited States$1,059
44Phillip HayesUnited States$1,059
45Hasan KuralUnited States$1,059
46Alfred PolsonUnited States$1,059
47Jorge UfanoSpain$1,059
48Scott BrooksUnited States$1,059
49Casey SandrettoUnited States$1,059
50David BachUnited States$1,059
51Jeremiah KeeneyUnited States$1,059
52Eric VarnadoUnited States$1,059
53Michael KrescankoUnited States$1,059
54Dale PhillipsUnited States$1,059
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