Nishant Sharma And She Wong Win First Bracelets On WSOP’s Final Day

The 2026 World Series of Poker is officially in the books, with over $462 million in combined prize money awarded across the 100 live bracelet events, thanks to more than a quarter million in total entries made.

The final night of the festival saw four bracelet events play out. While Darren Rabinowitz defeated Phil Hellmuth heads-up in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em eight max and Alexander Kostritsyn finally broke through in the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E., a pair of first-time winners emerged victorious in two low-stakes no-limit hold’em events at the very close of the series.

India’s Nishant Sharma triumphed in the $800 no-limit hold’em Deepstack, earning $196,659 and his first piece of WSOP hardware. Then, in the early-morning hours of July 16, She Wong sped to the title in the $1,000 super turbo event, securing $216,286 and the last bracelet of the summer.

Here is a closer look at how these final couple of tournaments played out from the 57th-annual WSOP.

Event No. 98 – $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack

The field swelled to 2,036 by the end of registration in the last Deepstack offering of the summer, making for a $1,425,200 prize pool.

The largest chunk of that money was ultimately pocketed by Sharma, who walked away with $196,659 and his debut bracelet as the champion. This was the third-largest score of the Indian crusher’s career, trailing the $1.2 million he earned for winning the 2025 Asian Poker Tour Championship and $230,475 that came with a 34th-place finish in the 2018 WSOP main event.

“I think everybody’s dream is to win a bracelet at the series. You can win in Asia, but to get to the WSOP and win a bracelet is the best feeling, it’s hard to even imagine,” Sharma told PokerNews live reporters.

This score brought his career earnings to nearly $2.5 million, which is good for fifth on India’s all-time money list.

Plenty of big names were among the 306 to cash in this event, including Jonathan Little (87th), Justin Young (62nd), Roman Korenev (57th), Aditya Agarwal (40th), Brett Apter (27th), Ryan Laplante (21st), and John Riordan (15th).

Bracelet winner Jason Wheeler finished third for $95,018, running K♦Q♦ into the A♥A♣ of Sharma to give him the lead going into heads-up play.

Sharma then won with K♣9♠ against A♥10♦ to end Chung-Tang Lin’s run in second place ($131,002).

Final Table Results

Event No. 100 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo

Wong won event no. 100, the final single-day turbo of the series, navigating a 1,699-entry field to come away with the title and the top prize of $216,286. This was a new personal best for Wong, topping the $93,000 he earned for a 13th-place finish in the $1,500 Monster Stack earlier this summer. He also made the money in the main event, finishing 348th for $45,000.

“I’m so happy, and I’m happy I had my friends here to support me,” said Wong after closing out the win in the middle of the night.

There was some star power down the stretch in this event, with World Poker Tour champion Nick Yunis (7th – $31,810) and recent WSOP $10,000 eight-game championship winner Dzmitry Urbanovich (3rd – $104,032) both making the final table.

Japan’s Ryuta Nakai backed up his semi-final showing in the $25,000 heads-up championship with a runner-up finish for $144,101.

Other notables who locked up a piece of the $1,495,120 prize pool in this event included 2013 WSOP main event champion Ryan Riess (29th), Peter Hengsakul (18th), Jon Turner (15th), and Aaron Kupin (13th).

Final Table Results

Photo credits: WSOP / Tyler Abrams, Travis Ball.