NLHE Series – January 7, 2026

This month we played No Limit Hold’em 9 handed to kick off the 2026 season of our NLHE Championship Series.

bonecrusher14 (Marcel Dusyk) battled 7high11 (John Crowell) heads up after defeating the remaining field of 49 players to earn his first NLHE Championship Series title in 2026 (fourth lifetime). This makes 38 total lifetime wins in official Rec.Poker Home Games.

Jonowiseguy (Jonathan Wiseman), fergie56 (Kim Kilroy), appleomyi (Harold Berry), BLUFFSTORINI (Jim Reid), mbabker (Michael Babker), dontchase666 (Joseph Armstrong), and JBach71 (John Bachhuber) rounded out the final table.

bonecrusher14 (Marcel Dusyk) has started with a lead in the 2026 NLHE Championship Series Player of the Year points race with 71 points. Only the top 10 scores counted toward the Player of the Year points race. Be sure to join us in our 2026 NLHE Championship Series.

Check out the NLHE Series page for all the latest stats.

Standings

Results

PokerStars Tournament #3961567625, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: 17000/3000
49 players
Total Prize Pool: 833000
Tournament started 2026/01/07 20:00:00 CT [2026/01/07 21:00:00 ET]
Tournament finished 2026/01/07 23:19:29 CT [2026/01/08 0:19:29 ET]
1: bonecrusher14 (Canada), 291,570 (35.002%)
2: 7high11 (United States), 187,420 (22.499%)
3: Jonowiseguy (Canada), 124,950 (15%)
4: fergie56 (Canada), 83,300 (10%)
5: appleomyi (Canada), 62,470 (7.499%)
6: BLUFFSTORINI (Canada), 45,810 (5.499%)
7: mbabker (United States), 37,480 (4.499%)
8: dontchase666 (United States),
9: JBach71 (United States),
10: Karl0621 (United States),
11: Jadenjewell2 (United States),
12: MrDzzz18 (United States),
13: MikeB172 (United States),
14: zgrt1110 (United States),
15: BruceK54 (United States),
16: PokerGeekMN (United States),
17: FeistyFlopper (United States),
18: Larsensopening (United States),
19: Kili19341 (United States),
20: ABigDeal1992 (United States),
21: LLtahoe (United States),
22: dandresg (United States),
23: jsettem (United States),
24: rabman50 (United States),
25: evilroyca (Canada),
26: McVean (Canada),
27: ahoss3 (United States),
28: fortuneNY (United States),
29: 1JackFlack (United States),
30: eastcoastbidder (Canada),
31: JBTwinCities (United States),
32: kkkk8e (Canada),
33: jdcat32 (United States),
34: isnnma (United States),
35: EANDERSON85 (United States),
36: Waltonjb (United States),
37: SpaceDustOne (United States),
38: Stueyy13 (Canada),
39: shipnfliprec (New Zealand),
40: kellis196220 (United States),
41: kpokerwanabe (Canada),
42: RickTheGoodDog (United States),
43: elvida11 (United States),
44: combinkley (United States),
45: Marky the Shark (United States),
46: cuja187 (United States),
47: Noahhhhh1291 (United States),
48: lespaul99 (United States),
49: the_dood_abides (United States),