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Four more bracelets changed hands in Las Vegas over the weekend, with Calvin Anderson making the loudest noise. He won again only four days after his razz title, while Joao Simao, Abhishek Mhatre, and Zachary Gruneberg also added major wins at the 2026 World Series of Poker.
Good to know
- Calvin Anderson won Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship for $413,580, giving him seven WSOP bracelets.
- Joao Simao won Event #55: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha for $1,368,700 and his fourth bracelet.
- Abhishek Mhatre won Event #56: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em for $492,050 and his first bracelet.
- Zachary Gruneberg won Event #53: $1,500 Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha for $271,552 and his first live WSOP bracelet.
Anderson Wins Again And Joins Seven Bracelet Club
Calvin Anderson is having the type of WSOP run that changes a resume fast. Four days after winning the $10,000 Razz Championship, he came back and won Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
The win pushed Anderson to seven career bracelets. Four came in $10,000 championship events: two in razz, one in eight game mix, and now one in H.O.R.S.E. He became only the 18th player in WSOP history to reach seven bracelets and now sits level with names such as Daniel Negreanu, Billy Baxter, Scott Seiver, John Hennigan, Brian Rast, Men Nguyen, and Josh Arieh.
Arieh was also the player Anderson beat heads up for the title.
“I didn’t come into the series thinking I was going to win Player of the Year or try to win Player of the Year, necessarily. I just play the stuff I think I’m good at, and skipped a lot of tournaments,” Anderson told PokerNews live reporters. “It’s better when you just do what you really feel like doing. So I think just following what you really want to do, and you feel good about. Like Bashar says, ‘Follow your highest excitement.’ Just doing that for anybody… it’s usually going to work out.”
Event #54 drew 189 entries and created a $1,422,900 prize pool. The final day started with 11 players left and Anderson leading. Chris Brewer, David Lin, David Bach, Robert Mizrachi, and Yannick Jobin all fell before the final three formed.
Arieh had the lead three handed, but Anderson took control after dinner. John Veltri later exited in third when Anderson scooped him in stud eight or better with a straight and a low. Heads up started with Anderson holding a big lead, and he finished Arieh in another stud eight or better hand when a queen high flush beat Arieh king high straight.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Calvin Anderson | $413,580 |
| 2 | Josh Arieh | $275,620 |
| 3 | John Veltri | $190,150 |
| 4 | Yannick Jobin | $134,350 |
| 5 | Robert Mizrachi | $97,270 |
| 6 | David Bach | $72,200 |
| 7 | Nicolas Milgrom | $54,990 |
| 8 | David Lin | $42,990 |
Simao Claims Fourth Bracelet In $50000 PLO
Joao Simao gave Brazil another big WSOP result in Event #55: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. He beat 110 entries for $1,368,700, his fourth bracelet, and more than $20.5 million in career live earnings.
The win also kept Simao clearly ahead as Brazil all time tournament money leader.
“When Brazil won the World Cup the fourth time, we used to call out ‘tetra, tetra.’ That means the fourth title. So it’s big, famous in Brazil to scream ‘tetra’ every time you make four times something. Fourth title for anything, fourth time you have anything,” Simao told PokerNews live reporters after coming out on top. “It’s very special for Brazilian people. So this means a lot for me.”
Simao had already won bracelets in 2021, 2022, and at WSOP Paradise in 2025. The latest title came through a final table stacked with PLO names, including Santhosh Suvarna, Robert Cowen, Yuri Dzivielevski, Naoya Kihara, and Veselin Karakitukov.
Suvarna survived from a short stack and later held a 4 to 1 heads up lead. Simao doubled back, won a key pot with a set of sevens against Suvarna trips, and then closed the event when pocket aces held against pocket tens after more than half the chips went in before the flop.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Joao Simao | $1,368,700 |
| 2 | Santhosh Suvarna | $912,420 |
| 3 | Robert Cowen | $628,510 |
| 4 | Venkat Chivukula | $445,440 |
| 5 | Carlo van Ravenswoud | $325,080 |
| 6 | Yuri Dzivielevski | $244,510 |
| 7 | Naoya Kihara | $189,720 |
| 8 | Veselin Karakitukov | $152,020 |
Mhatre Beats Jacobson For First Bracelet
Abhishek Mhatre had only two recorded live results before Event #56: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. By the end, the Canadian had beaten a 1,150 entry field, won $492,050, and defeated 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson heads up.
The event built a $3,075,500 prize pool and returned only 53 players for the final day. Mhatre started near the top and stayed close to the lead when the final table formed, but he had to recover after his pocket queens ran into Paulina Loeliger pocket aces.
Mhatre doubled twice, then hit back by flopping a set of eights against Loeliger pocket queens. From there, he took over. He eliminated the final four players, including Loeliger in fourth and Jacobson in second.
The final hand came with Mhatre holding ten nine against Jacobson jack ten. A favorable board gave Mhatre the pot and ended Jacobson shot at another bracelet.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Abhishek Mhatre | $492,050 |
| 2 | Martin Jacobson | $327,370 |
| 3 | Naseem Salem | $226,350 |
| 4 | Paulina Loeliger | $159,050 |
| 5 | Kevin Rand | $113,620 |
| 6 | Christopher Vitch | $82,530 |
Gruneberg Wins First Live Bracelet In Five Card PLO
Zachary Gruneberg already had two online WSOP bracelets from Pennsylvania. Event #53: $1,500 Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha gave him a first live bracelet and $271,552.
The event was new to the WSOP live bracelet schedule. Big O had already given five card Omaha a place in Las Vegas, but 2026 brought the high only version into the series as a stand alone bracelet event.
Gruneberg beat 1,319 entries and took the largest share of a $1,750,973 prize pool. The win also pushed his live tournament earnings past $2.9 million.
The path was not easy. Gruneberg returned for day 3 as the shortest stack among seven players, while the chip leader had more than six times his stack. He worked back into contention, reached heads up against Hong Kong bracelet winner Hokyiu Lee, and ended it by turning a wheel. Lee had a big wrap draw and a diamond flush draw, but Gruneberg dodged the river to win the inaugural title.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Zachary Gruneberg | $271,552 |
| 2 | Hokyiu Lee | $180,230 |
| 3 | Erick Mossinger | $127,560 |
| 4 | Kamel Mokhammad | $91,530 |
| 5 | Gianluca Cedolia | $66,610 |
| 6 | Ravi Shankar | $49,160 |
| 7 | Bouwe Claushuis | $36,810 |
| 8 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | $27,970 |
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