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Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel came up short in his pursuit of an 11th World Series of Poker bracelet, falling in heads-up play at the final table of Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha.
Seidel entered the unofficial final table with seven players remaining, sitting in the middle of the pack before making a late push. He won a key flop shove against Joshua Wang and later took another sizable pot when Wang folded a combo draw.
The official final table was set after Krasimir Yankov was eliminated in a brutal hand, his flopped set of kings cracked by Wang’s rivered set of aces.
Seidel, who has amassed nearly $49 million in career live earnings, had posted several deep runs earlier this summer without reaching a final table, including a ninth-place finish in the $25,000 6-Max High Roller and an 11th-place result in the $50,000 High Roller event.
This marked his first final table appearance of the 2026 WSOP, where he was joined by five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi and three-time champion Christopher Vitch, among others.
Had he won, Seidel would have joined Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey as the only players with more than ten bracelets. He currently shares the ten-bracelet mark with Johnny Chan and the late Doyle Brunson, having earned his tenth title in 2023 at WSOP Paradise. The event drew 892 entrants for a $2.3 million prize pool, with the winner earning $407,137.
