Everyone has been anticipating the start of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, considered the second-biggest tournament on the 2026 WSOP schedule (and the biggest prize in all of mixed games). However, this past weekend became the perfect time for 38-year-old pro Calvin Anderson to win his sixth and seveth WSOP bracelets.
Just a few days after Anderson won the $10,000 Razz Championship, the American emerged victorious in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Not only was it Anderson’s second Razz Championship win, but it was also his fourth bracelet win in a $10,000 Championship event, previously having won an eight-game title.
The wins make Anderson just the 18th player to win seven or more bracelets, joining the likes of Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, Billy Baxter, John Hennigan, Men Nguyen, Brian Rast, and Scott Seiver. Anderson is also just the fifth player in WSOP history to ever win a pair of events with a buy-in of at least $10,000, joining Naoya Kihara (also 2026), PPC and Main Event champion Michael Mizrachi (2025), Scott Seiver (2024), and Jason Mercier (2016).
Amazingly, this isn’t the first time Anderson has won two WSOP bracelets in a three-day span, having done so in the September 2023 WSOP Online series.
WSOP $10,000 Limit Razz Championship
In winning the $10,000 Limit Razz Championship, Calvin Anderson became the winningest Razz player in WSOP history, with his $759,280 in career Razz earnings at the flagship series in Las Vegas.
“I have played it a lot. I guess that’s my secret,” he told PokerNews. “I like this game a lot. I played all the games a bit and I think this one just favors my style.
“It’s a really cool thing to win the same thing again. It kind of shows that it’s a testament to the skill set. Most people kind of s*** on Razz a little bit. I mean, almost the whole tournament everybody was like, oh, there’s no skill set in this and just all about getting lucky and all this stuff. That’s what you want people to think, right?”
Anderson denied Eric Rodawig his second-career bracelet, which would have been his first WSOP bracelet since 2011. Instead, the Nebraska-based CFO, who notably played in Steve Albini’s home game, had to settle for his second runner-up finish at his seventh WSOP final table.
Notably, former Germany international footballer and 2022 WSOP Europe bracelet winner, Max Kruse, finished in fifth place.
$10,000 Razz Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Anderson | United States | $357,026 |
| 2 | Eric Rodawig | United States | $237,851 |
| 3 | Todd Dakake | United States | $162,551 |
| 4 | Tobias Leknes | Norway | $114,032 |
| 5 | Max Kruse | Germany | $82,171 |
| 6 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | $60,868 |
| 7 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | $46,385 |
| 8 | Shane Littlefield | United States | $36,395 |
$10,000 Limit H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Calvin Anderson only needed a few more days to claim his seventh-career WSOP bracelet, denying Josh Arieh of his eighth bracelet in the process. Anderson, Arieh, and John Veltri played a marathon three-handed session, which continued for nearly five hours.
However, the long hours hardly meant anything to Anderson, saying that his hand-to-hand mindset, along with his dedication to clean living, helped propel him to victory.
“We did play for a while. I don’t even know how long we played, but, like I was saying, I don’t really think about it. I just play, you know. I wasn’t even really counting my chips that much, either. I’m just like, okay, what’s the best move in that situation? And I’m going to try to do that.
“I’ve done it (eat clean) forever, I guess. I take a good bit of supplements. I don’t drink. I eat pretty clean, so that stuff helps a lot too. Just not doing any of that stuff, that, you know, requires a lot of enzymes to break down and just like, yeah, makes you tired. So I don’t do a lot of that stuff. I think the guy that got third was drinking a little bit, and it kind of wears on you after a while.”
Anderson has now won a bracelet in six different formats (Stud8, Razz, Omaha, Hold’em, 8 Game, H.O.R.S.E.), something that he credits to adapting his game to his opponents’ weaknesses.
“It really comes down to who you’re playing against because certain people have really strong games and then weak games. So I try to veer away from the people in their strong games. Preparing for the final table, I talked to a few friends who know some of these players and what their strong games are.
” I’m just adaptable because I feel like a lot of people were pretty good at Limit Hold’em and Omaha 8, which is like a weird thing. They’re pretty, like, high-variance games. And then I feel like I was shining more in the stud games, so that’s kind of what I was trying to do given the lineup that was at the final table.”
Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Final Table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Anderson | United States | $413,580 |
| 2 | Josh Arieh | United States | $275,620 |
| 3 | John Veltri | United States | $190,150 |
| 4 | Yannick Jobin | Switzerland | $134,350 |
| 5 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | $97,270 |
| 6 | David Bach | United States | $72,200 |
| 7 | Nicolas Milgrom | France | $54,990 |
| 8 | David Lin | United States | $42,990 |
Calvin Anderson WSOP bracelets
Even though Calvin Anderson has earned seven WSOP bracelets, he could have had a lot more by now. He also has four second-place finishes, including a runner-up spot in last year’s $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better tournament ($165,447). He has also finished third in six other bracelet events.
| Year | Tournament | Entries | Prize |
| 2026 | $10,000 Limit H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 189 | $413,580 |
| 2026 | $10,000 Limit Razz Championship | 155 | $357,026 |
| 2024 | $10,000 Eight Game Mix | 189 | $413,446 |
| 2023 (Online) | $5,300 Super High Roller 6-Max | 95 | $141,400 |
| 2023 (Online) | $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max | 195 | $49,782 |
| 2018 | $10,000 Razz Championship | 119 | $309,220 |
| 2014 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 588 | $190,538 |
