WSOP 2026: Joseph Liberta wins $1.25 million in the Milly Maker

Joseph Liberta has won the bracelet in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Millionaire Maker at the World Series of Poker 2026. Runner-Up Michael Monroig left the table with $1,000,000 in prize money.Another bracelet was up for grabs at WSOP 2026. Nine players returned for Day 5 of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Millionaire Maker (Event #50) at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas.The finale began with high action. Jacob Gagnon doubled up with against Yifu He . He ($1,068) was eliminated shortly after with against Michael Monroig . In the second blind level, Garry Gurevich ($1,000) went all-in preflop with in a 3-way pot. Bradley Gafford and Alex Kim checked the board through, and Kim took down the pot.Place 7 went to Jacob Gagnon ($1,000), who lost his stack with against to Bradley Gafford. Alex Kim ($1,000) went all-in against Michael Monroig with , and Monroig hit the board with .Still in the third blind level, Joseph Baghdadlian ($1,000) was eliminated holding against Joseph Liberta , and Liberta then collected Halford Fairchild’s ($1,000) chips with against .The heads-up match was reached in the fourth blind level. By the river , a pot built up, and Bradley Gafford ($1,000) went all-in with while Joseph Liberta called with the straight.

• Joseph Liberta, 214,000,000
• Michael Monroig, 80,000,000
• Blinds: 2,000,000/4,000,000; BB Ante: 4,000,000

The direct duel for the bracelet was decided after about an hour. Joseph Liberta kept his opponent at bay. In the final hand, Michael Monroig ($1,000,000) shoved preflop with , Joseph Liberta called with , and hit the board . Joseph Liberta was able to put on his first WSOP Bracelet and left the table with $1.25 million.

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World Series of Poker 2026

Date: May 26 to July 15 / ME FT August 3 – 5 Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas Events: 100 live & 30 online Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online from $1 –> WSOP Bracelet Schedule –> WSOP.com Online Bracelet Schedule –>> Las Vegas Poker  –> Daily Deepstacks Schedule –> WSOP Live Satellites –> 2026 World Series of Poker Official Tournament Rules

WSOP Event #50: No-Limit Hold’em Millionaire Maker

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 11,769 Prize Pool: $1,623,348 Paid Places (D3): 424Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B – Day 1C – Day 1D – Day 2A – Day 2B – Day 2C – Day 2D – Day 3 – Day 4

Top 100 Payouts

Rank	Player	Country	Payout
1	Joseph Liberta	United States	$1,250,000
2	Michael Monroig	United States	$1,000,000
3	Bradley Gafford	United States	$1,000
4	Halford Fairchild	United States	$1,000
5	Joseph Baghdadlian	United States	$1,000
6	Alex Kim	United States	$1,000
7	Jacob Gagnon	United States	$1,000
8	Garry Gurevich	United States	$1,000
9	Yifu He	United States	$1,068
10	Jed Friedman	United States	$1,000
11	Meng Dian Peng	China	$1,000
12	Antony Rubin	United Kingdom	$1,000
13	Ryan Eriquezzo	United States	$1,000
14	A.J. Allee	United States	$1,200
15	Seiji Sasaki	Japan	$1,200
16	Mark Newhouse	United States	$1,200
17	Vincent Moscati	United States	$1,200
18	Joshua Steinberg	United States	$1,600
19	Dean Cimera	Croatia	$1,600
20	Shmuel Hadad	Israel	$1,600
21	Russell Rosenblum	United States	$1,600
22	Karim Ghozlani	Switzerland	$1,600
23	Francisco Trujillo	Spain	$1,600
24	Steven Hinkle	United States	$1,600
25	Dan Hummer	United States	$1,600
26	Maor Zaharagi	Israel	$1,600
27	Jordan Meltzer	United States	$1,200
28	Benoit Fiasson	France	$1,200
29	Yuxi Huang	China	$1,200
30	Alen Fillipi	Brazil	$1,200
31	Scott Stewart	United States	$1,200
32	John Gillis	United States	$1,200
33	Irene Carey	United States	$1,200
34	Min Ji	United Kingdom	$1,200
35	Robert Kuhn	United States	$1,200
36	Brandon Eisen	United States	$1,200
37	Erik Rozhynskyi	United States	$1,200
38	Harrison Gimbel	United States	$1,200
39	Bo Chen	United States	$1,200
40	Michael Comisso	United States	$1,200
41	Akihiro Konishi	Japan	$1,200
42	Amin Hosein	Trinidad and Tobago	$1,200
43	Christos Argyriadis	Greece	$1,200
44	Chisa Matsutani	Japan	$1,200
45	Ignacio Sole	Spain	$1,000
46	Anh Nguyen	United States	$1,000
47	Daniel Drommel	Netherlands	$1,000
48	Kunal Patni	India	$1,000
49	Bruno Desimoni	Brazil	$1,000
50	David Tovar	Spain	$1,000
51	Byungeun Shin	United States	$1,000
52	Miguel Lopes	Portugal	$1,000
53	Alessandro Predaroli	Italy	$1,000
54	Will Givens	United States	$1,300
55	Rafi Elharar	Israel	$1,300
56	Dustin Nelson	United States	$1,300
57	Zachary Levine	United States	$1,300
58	Pierre Mothes	Germany	$1,300
59	Banipal Babana	Australia	$1,300
60	Daniel Mcginnis	United States	$1,300
61	Sebastian Schulze	Germany	$1,300
62	Daniel Tennefos	United States	$1,300
63	Matt Affleck	United States	$1,800
64	William Perpich	United States	$1,800
65	Octavio Borra	Argentina	$1,800
66	Michael Weiss	United States	$1,800
67	Eric Ethans	United States	$1,800
68	Adam Walton	United States	$1,800
69	Sara Dehghani	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	$1,800
70	Tyler Hirschfeld	United States	$1,800
71	Renan Jensen	Brazil	$1,800
72	Alexander Greenblatt	United States	$1,100
73	Warren O’Brien	United States	$1,100
74	Bryan Schultz	United States	$1,100
75	Hajime Watanabe	Japan	$1,100
76	Elanit Hasas	United States	$1,100
77	Frank Stumpf	Germany	$1,100
78	Runch Pornraksamanee	Thailand	$1,100
79	Freddy Caisson	France	$1,100
80	Josh McCully	Australia	$1,100
81	Aaron Gao	United States	$1,200
82	Daniel Craig	United States	$1,200
83	Joshua Rothberg	United States	$1,200
84	Victor Paredes	United States	$1,200
85	Matthew Ernst	United States	$1,200
86	Lukas Pazma	Slovakia	$1,200
87	Jeffery Meuangkhot	United States	$1,200
88	Jinghan Yan	China	$1,200
89	Li Chengbei	China	$1,200
90	David Jackson	United States	$1,800
91	Sebastian Mortelmans		$1,800
92	Nianqing Wang	China	$1,800
93	Matas Kacinskas	Lithuania	$1,800
94	Alecxander Gould	United States	$1,800
95	Zak Delaimy	United States	$1,800
96	Joseph Mcgowan	United States	$1,800
97	Richard Vallario	United States	$1,800
98	Jean‑Louis Santoni		$1,800
99	Kenny Hallaert	Belgium	$1,700
100	Alexander Sokolovsky	Serbia	$1,700

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