WSOP 2026: Bryce Yockey wins his third bracelet in the $10k Dealer’s Choice

Bryce Yockey has won the $1,000 Dealer’s Choice at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The American triumphed at a tough final table, securing his third bracelet.With eleven players remaining, Day 3 of the $1,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship began. The final table was reached in the second blind level of the day. It took another blind increase before the first player was eliminated.Owais Ahmed ($1,592) went all-in in Stud with a pair of sevens on 5th Street, while Ryan Miller had overcards but hit runner-runner outs to a straight. Following that, it took almost four hours before Jeremy Ausmus ($1,460) was sent to the rails.The six-time bracelet winner went all-in in NLH with against Chad Eveslage’s but missed the board. Nick Schulman ($1,331) took a hit in Razz. The Poker Hall of Fame member went all-in on 3rd Street against Eveslage. Eveslage made a rough T-9 low, but Schulman couldn’t get past a J-7 low.However, there would be no bracelet for Chad Eveslage either. The four-time WSOP winner was all-in preflop in Omaha 8 with against Ryan Miller and Bryce Yockey. The two played out a side pot, and Yockey also secured the main pot with .In the sixth blind level, heads-up play began. Jake Schwartz ($1,292), short-stacked, was all-in in Stud 8 on 3rd Street with | against Bryce Yockey’s |. Yockey hit on 4th Street to make two pair, and that would hold up.

• Bryce Yockey, 8,700,000
• Ryan Miller, 1,100,000

The heads-up was decided quickly. In Omaha 8, Bryce Yockey secured a major pot and Ryan Miller ($1,152) was extremely short-stacked. The last of his chips went in with on a flop of . Bryce Yockey had hit once again, and neither the turn nor the river changed anything.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #27: Dealer’s Choice Championship

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 163 Prize Pool: $1,515,900 Paid Places: 26Reports: Day 1 – Day 2

Payouts

Rank	Name	Country	Payout
1	Bryce Yockey	United States	$1,664
2	Ryan Miller	United States	$1,152
3	Jake Schwartz	United States	$1,292
4	Chad Eveslage	United States	$1,305
5	Nick Schulman	United States	$1,331
6	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	$1,460
7	Owais Ahmed	United States	$1,592
8	Lawrence Brandt	United States	$1,253
9	Tomasz Gluszko	Poland	$1,253
10	Koji Fujimoto	Japan	$1,922
11	Duane Fontenot	United States	$1,922
12	Brian Tate	USA	$1,659
13	Andrew Kelsall	USA	$1,659
14	Ofir Mor	USA	$1,659
15	Joe Cassidy	USA	$1,659
16	Matt Glantz	USA	$1,659
17	Ryan Hoenig	USA	$1,659
18	Ilkka Heikkila	Finland	$1,884
19	Dario Sammartino	Italy	$1,884
20	Marco Johnson	USA	$1,884
21	Ben Diebold	USA	$1,884
22	Andres Korn	Argentina	$1,884
23	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	$1,884
24	Scott Seiver	USA	$1,248
25	Tyler Meservy	USA	$1,124
26	Masafumi Iijima	Japan	$1,124