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WSOP 2026: Antonio Vargas wins the U.S. Circuit Championship Bracelet

Mark Michael
The winner of the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Championship (#16) of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas has been decided. It was a marathon day before Antonio Vargas could celebrate victory and $1,605.On Day 3 of the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Championship (Event #16) of the WSOP 2026, 32 remaining players returned. In the fifth blind level, the final redraw took place, and just over an hour later, Donovan Dicken ($1,941) was identified as the official Final Table Bubble Boy.Shortly after, Yannick Capocetti ($1,258) was eliminated holding against Kartik Ved’s . After the dinner break, Michael Plesa hit an Ace and sent Scott Horvath ($1,459) and his pocket Queens to the rails.Shawn Daniels ($1,681) ran into a set from Antonio Vargas with a flopped top pair. Vargas then captured Malcolm Franchi’s stack ($1,561) with against , and hit a straight on the board with against Liubomyr Melnyk ($1,465) holding .Michael Plesa ($1,853) was eliminated with against Kartik Ved’s . By the eleventh blind level, heads-up was reached. Kartik Ved ($1,817) went all-in preflop with Queens, but Antonio Vargas hit an Ace with Ace-Ten on the board.
  • Antonio Vargas, 73,000,000
  • Kai Cohen, 12,500,000
  • Blinds: 400,000/800,000; BB Ante: 800,000
Despite a massive chip lead, the decision took time to unfold. Cohen doubled up initially with Aces against 6s, fell back again, and then doubled up once more with against . When Antonio Vargas pushed his chips into the middle on the board , Kai Cohen considered his options before calling all-in with . Vargas revealed for the straight, securing both the bracelet and the win.WSOP 2026
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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #16: No-Limit Hold’em U.S. WSOP Circuit Championship

Buy-In: $1,700 Entries: 2,148 Prize Pool: $1,231,666 Paid Places: 323Reports: Day 1 – Day 2

Top 100 Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Antonio VargasUnited States$1,605
2Kai CohenUnited States$1,916
3Kartik VedIndia$1,817
4Michael PlesaCanada$1,853
5Liubomyr MelnykUnited States$1,465
6Malcolm FranchiFrance$1,561
7Shawn DanielsUnited States$1,681
8Scott HorvathUnited States$1,459
9Yannick CapocettiArgentina$1,258
10Donovan DickenUnited States$1,941
11Michael BahlsUnited States$1,941
12Qing SunUnited States$1,712
13Daniel MarcusUnited States$1,712
14Pei LiChina$1,712
15Robert KuhnUnited States$1,712
16Manjunath MulintiUnited States$1,004
17Gonzalo RoblesArgentina$1,004
18Casey SandrettoUnited States$1,004
19Peter CrossJapan$1,004
20Martin PerezUnited States$1,004
21Chih FanTaiwan$1,004
22Alexandro TricaricoBelgium$1,004
23Lexy Gavin-MatherUnited States$1,004
24Shayan EshraghiUnited States$1,416
25Balakrishna PaturUnited States$1,416
26Cezar QuiambaoPhilippines$1,416
27Ekrem BozkurtUnited States$1,416
28Briant AlavezMexico$1,416
29Nicolas BetbeseArgentina$1,416
30Carlos PeixotoPortugal$1,416
31Michael WassermanUnited States$1,416
32Erik RozhynskyiUnited States$1,660
33Joseph FieldsUnited States$1,660
34Francisco SanchezSpain$1,660
35Joshua WangChina$1,660
36Simon LevyUnited States$1,660
37Brandon EisenUnited States$1,660
38Victor KiongUnited States$1,660
39Michael WilklowUnited States$1,660
40Jamie DwanUnited Kingdom$1,527
41Taylor CarlatUnited States$1,527
42Preston McEwenUnited States$1,527
43Adam JohnsonUnited States$1,527
44Spencer SimpsonUnited States$1,527
45Jonathan StephensUnited States$1,527
46Lee ChauUnited States$1,527
47Maximiliano Veyga$1,527
48Nathaniel SilverUnited States$1,864
49Lorenzo MunsayacUnited States$1,864
50Angela JordisonUnited States$1,864
51Seunghyun NamUnited States$1,864
52Dan Shahar$1,864
53Christos ArgyriadisGreece$1,864
54Dany GeorgesUnited States$1,864
55Paawan BansalIndia$1,864
56Ying ZhuUnited States$1,559
57Benjamin UnderwoodCanada$1,559
58Andrew RobinsonUnited States$1,559
59Frank DegeorgeUnited States$1,559
60Margaret FoxUnited States$1,559
61David SchneiderUnited States$1,559
62Brandon ZuidemaUnited States$1,559
63Wei ShaoChina$1,559
64Philip AlmondUnited Kingdom$1,529
65Tomas SzwarcbergMexico$1,529
66Bryce AlderUnited States$1,529
67Yurii ZabrodotskyiUkraine$1,529
68Oscar DavidCentral African Republic$1,529
69Joe MckeehenUnited States$1,529
70Jinyoung ParkKorea, Republic of$1,529
71Doo-Sun KimUnited States$1,529
72Bobby SanoubaneUnited States$1,715
73Kevin KentUnited States$1,715
74Ian SteinmanUnited States$1,715
75Gregory BowmanUnited States$1,715
76Matt GlantzUnited States$1,715
77Elliott HayesUnited Kingdom$1,715
78Jiayi YaoChina$1,715
79Mykhailo LendelUnited States$1,715
80Timothy MilesUnited States$1,068
81Antonius SamuelUnited Kingdom$1,068
82Jeremy FelicettiUnited States$1,068
83Fady KhabbazUnited States$1,068
84She WongUnited States$1,068
85Luke Macken$1,068
86Justin DatloffUnited States$1,068
87Matthew CosentinoUnited States$1,068
88Hamid IzadiUnited States$1,068
89Joshua MccullyAustralia$1,068
90Steven JonesUnited States$1,068
91Georgios TsouloftasCyprus$1,068
92David DibernardiUnited States$1,068
93Bobby Jones$1,068
94Nikolaos AngelouGreece$1,068
95Julio SerraoPortugal$1,068
96Mark DarnerUnited States$1,068
97Jonathan TamayoUnited States$1,068
98Wangcheng YuanUnited States$1,068
99Jordan MeltzerUnited States$1,068
100Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom$1,555
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