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WSOP 2026: Michael Casella defeats Nick Schulman in the Badugi event

Mark Michael
Michael Casella has won the $1,500 Badugi event of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The American player earned his first bracelet. For runner-up Nick Schulman, it would have been his eighth WSOP title.Day 3 of the $1,500 Limit Badugi (Event #8) at WSOP 2026 began with ten remaining players. A redraw for the final table occurred in the first blind level. At that time, Michael Casella was leading with 42 big bets ahead of Scott Seiver (32 big bets).Just over an hour of play went by before the next player was eliminated. Walter Chambers ($1,560) went all-in in the first betting round with a 3-card Badugi against Stephan Nussrallah. Chambers drew three times and lost with to Nussrallah’s pat J-5 Badugi.Another two hours passed before Stephan Nussrallah ($1,279) was eliminated. Nussrallah went all-in before the draws against Scott Seiver and his pat Q-10. Nussrallah drew two cards once and one card twice, but couldn’t improve past . A half hour later, Seiver also sent Brant Hale ($1,824) to the rails with against .Gary Benson had a similar exit, finishing in fourth place ($1,815). The Australian went all-in in the first draw round, drew four new cards, and hit . The pot, however, was won by Nick Schulman, who did not fold his Q-8.In the fifth blind level, it moved to heads-up. Scott Seiver ($1,920) went all-in by the third betting round with a 3-card Badugi. The seven-time bracelet winner missed his draw, showing and lost to Schulman’s pat 8-7.
  • Michael Casella, 10,655,000
  • Nick Schulman, 3,195,000
  • Limits: 120,000/240,000
The head-to-head battle for the bracelet lasted over three hours. Nick Schulman managed to take the lead at one point, but Michael Casella fought back and kept the seven-time bracelet winner at bay from that point onward.Nick Schulman did not go down easily and made several comebacks. The decision came in the eighth blind level. In the final hand, Schulman went all-in after the second draw round. Casella called, and both drew one more card.Neither made a Badugi, but Michael Casella’s was good enough to beat Nick Schulman’s . Casella took home $1,963 in prize money and earned his first bracelet. Poker Hall of Fame member Nick Schulman left the table with $1,607.
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WSOP Event #8: Badugi

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 554 Prize Pool: $1,435 Paid Places: 84Reports: Day 1 – Day 2Michael Casella, $1,500 Badugi WSOP 2026

The Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPrize Money
1Michael CasellaUnited States$1,963
2Nick SchulmanUnited States$1,607
3Scott SeiverUnited States$1,920
4Gary BensonAustralia$1,815
5Brant HaleUnited States$1,824
6Stephan NussrallahUnited States$1,279
7Walter ChambersUnited States$1,560
8Kyle AroraUnited States$1,668
9Jon TurnerUnited States$1,668
10Yuri DzivielevskiBrazil$1,979
11Antoine ChuzevilleFrance$1,979
12Chris MoneymakerUnited States$1,095
13Casey HayesUnited States$1,095
14Raju JampanaUnited States$1,095
15William NicholsUnited States$1,095
16Frank MuirUnited States$1,095
17Nitesh RawtaniUnited States$1,095
18Jonathan ParkUnited States$1,762
19Max NeugebauerAustria$1,762
20Kevin XuUnited States$1,762
21Ben YuUnited States$1,762
22Ryan HoenigUnited States$1,762
23Jaris KaidoUnited States$1,762
24Hasan KuralUnited States$1,812
25Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom$1,812
26Clinton WolcynUnited States$1,812
27Ryan RiessUnited States$1,812
28Nick GuagentiUnited States$1,812
29David ProciakUnited States$1,812
30Alexander BitsakisCanada$1,136
31Jean-Robert BellandeUnited States$1,136
32Jonathan KrelaCanada$1,136
33Alan MyersonUnited States$1,136
34Venkata TayiUnited States$1,136
35Jody GaraventaUnited States$1,136
36Heather AlcornUnited States$1,662
37James WoodsUnited States$1,662
38Thomas FullerUnited States$1,662
39Jeffrey Stephaniuk$1,662
40Hanh TranAustria$1,662
41Dominick SarleUnited States$1,662
42Vladimir PeckUnited States$1,343
43Carl VaillancourtUnited States$1,343
44Lorenzo VelozEcuador$1,343
45Matthew WantmanUnited States$1,343
46Brian TateUnited States$1,343
47Daryl JendraszkiewiczUnited States$1,343
48Satoshi TanakaUnited States$1,149
49Sebastian SchulzAustria$1,149
50David “ODB” BakerUnited States$1,149
51Johnson PhanyasengUnited States$1,149
52Lok ChanHong Kong$1,149
53Jason GolaUnited States$1,149
54Stan Kriventsov$1,074
55Jorge UfanoSpain$1,074
56Patrick QuealyUnited States$1,074
57Aron DermerUnited States$1,074
58Chino RheemUnited States$1,074
59Ryan KoUnited States$1,074
60Ian ChanCanada$1,999
61Travis ErdmanUnited States$1,999
62Andrew BarberUnited States$1,999
63Abdel HamidUnited States$1,999
64Steven GirouardUnited States$1,999
65Steven TharringtonUnited States$1,999
66Ray HensonUnited States$1,999
67James TiltonUnited States$1,999
68Edward KonarskeUnited States$1,999
69Jordan SiegelUnited States$1,999
70Naoya KiharaJapan$1,999
71Robert RosengartenUnited States$1,999
72Troy Gallo$1,999
73Leyla RogersUnited States$1,999
74Yuki HamadaUnited States$1,999
75Christopher JohnsonUnited States$1,999
76Martin StaszkoCzechia$1,999
77Fat WongCanada$1,999
78Jerry WongUnited States$1,999
79Tom MccormickUnited States$1,999
80Matthew VengrinUnited States$1,999
81Eran GoldUnited States$1,999
82Scott AbramsUnited States$1,999
83Sergei TolkachovUnited States$1,999
84Brandon SmithUnited States$1,999
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