WSOP 2026 Week 4 Recap: Dong Chen Takes the $10K Limit Title, Kenney and Ivey Battle in the $250K Super High Roller

# WSOP 2026 Week 4 Recap: Dong Chen Takes the $10K Limit Title, Kenney and Ivey Battle in the $250K Super High Roller

Week 4 of the 2026 World Series of Poker delivered what the first three weeks only hinted at: the most expensive final table of the summer, a limit hold’em championship decided by a rivered flush, and a guy winning $441,000 in only his third PLO tournament.

Through June 14, 37 of 100 bracelets have been awarded across 42 completed events, with 89,963 total entries registered.

## Dong Chen Wins the $10K Limit Hold’em Championship

Event #38, the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship, produced one of the week’s cleanest storylines: a great player beating a great final table and finishing it with a hand worth remembering.

Dong Chen faced a murderer’s row in the final — eight-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser, six-time winner Jeremy Ausmus, and poker boom icon Gus Hansen, among others. He survived all of them to reach heads-up against Glaser.

The final hand: Chen rivered a flush, eliminating Glaser and claiming his second career WSOP bracelet.

“Limit hold’em is a game of precision,” Chen said afterward. “You can’t jam the table. You just keep applying pressure until someone breaks.”

## Jason Zipfel Wins $441,560 in His Third-Ever PLO Tournament

There are first bracelets. And then there’s whatever Jason Zipfel did in Event #35.

The $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event drew 2,581 entries. Zipfel outlasted all of them to win $441,560 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The catch: this was only the third PLO tournament he had ever entered, and his first recorded cash in the format.

“I basically came to try it out,” he said at the winner’s table, still looking slightly confused about what had happened.

He leaves Las Vegas $441,000 less confused than when he arrived.

## The $250,000 Super High Roller: Kenney vs. Ivey at the Most Expensive Table of the Summer

Event #41 is the highest buy-in event of the 2026 WSOP: the $250,000 Super High Roller. Fifty-six players entered, creating a $13,720,000 prize pool with $4,334,411 going to first place.

When nine players returned for the final day, Bryn Kenney — poker’s all-time money leader — sat behind the chip lead with 19,350,000, chasing what would be his third WSOP bracelet.

The table around him reads like a hall of fame ballot:

– **Phil Ivey** — 11 bracelets, widely considered the greatest all-around player alive
– **Adrian Mateos** — 16,900,000 chips, three-time world champion
– **David Einhorn** — 13,400,000, hedge fund manager and one of poker’s highest-profile amateur competitors
– **Jason Koon** — GGPoker ambassador and perennial high roller final table presence

*Final results were not available at press time. We will update this post when a champion is crowned.*

## Event #39: Seniors High Roller Final Day

Event #39, the $5,000 Seniors High Roller (open to players 50+), drew 844 entries to build a $3,882,400 prize pool, with $673,011 going to the winner.

Seven players returned on June 15 at Paris Gold, with Qing Lu holding the chip lead at 9,455,000. Blinds opened at 120,000/240,000 with a 240,000 ante.

## Player of the Year Race: Kihara Leads, Field Closing In

| Rank | Player | Points |
|——|——–|——–|
| 1 | Naoya Kihara | 1,665 |
| 2 | Justin Liberto | 1,646 |
| 5 | Nick Schulman | 1,601 |

Kihara’s back-to-back $10K championships from Week 3 have given him the lead, but the gap is narrow. Liberto climbed to second after winning the PLO Hi-Lo Championship. Schulman, now an eight-time bracelet winner, sits fifth.

Five weeks remain. The POY race is very much alive.

## Other Week 4 Bracelet Winners (Partial)

| Event | Tournament | Champion | Prize |
|——-|————|———-|——-|
| #26 | $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em | Braxton Dunaway (2nd bracelet) | — |
| #27 | $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship | Bryce Yockey (3rd bracelet) | $371,664 |
| #28 | $600 Mixed NLH/PLO | Brent Gregory | $204,140 |
| #31 | $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty | Mike Holtz (2nd bracelet) | $238,097 |

## Where the Series Stands

– **Bracelets awarded:** 37 of 100
– **Events completed:** 42
– **Total entries:** 89,963
– **Series end date:** July 15, 2026

The $250K SHR result and the upcoming $10,000 Main Event will define how this summer is remembered. We’ll have both covered as they unfold.

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*For tournament strategy context, see our guides on [thinking in ranges](https://pokeredgehub.com/range-thinking-beginner-guide-en/) and [pot control in poker](https://pokeredgehub.com/pot-control-strategy-en/).*