The WSOP has locked in two familiar voices for its 2026 coverage: Nick Schulman is returning to call the Main Event on ESPN, and Ali Nejad is also back for a summer-long role across the series live streams.
The announcements matter because the WSOP broadcast has become a key entry point for new fans and a daily touchpoint for grinders following results, hand histories, and storylines from Las Vegas. A strong booth can make deep runs and late-night feature tables feel coherent instead of chaotic, especially once the Main Event field balloons and the action shifts from broad coverage to a handful of high-leverage hands.
Nick Schulman is back on the call for the 2026 World Series of Poker!
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Schulman’s return is particularly notable because the WSOP positioned him as a marquee Main Event voice. The post highlighted his recent Hall of Fame induction and framed him as both a top-tier analyst and a communicator who can translate solver-heavy concepts into clean, broadcast-ready explanations.
Ali Nejad is back on the WSOP broadcast team for 2026.
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Nejad’s role sounds broader: a consistent presence across the summer streams, which typically includes a mix of bracelet events, feature-table coverage, and studio segments. For viewers, that continuity helps tie together daily narratives like Player of the Year chases, breakout performances, and the inevitable run-good and run-bad swings that define a long WSOP schedule.
