Day 1 of the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Employees Event (Event #3) at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 136 remaining players. Lennart Hennig from Germany finished in 10th place.The $1 No-Limit Hold’em Employees (Event #3) of the WSOP 2026 is scheduled over two days. A total of 906 entries contributed to a prize pool of $1,990, which will be distributed among 136 participants. The field has been reduced to 15%, and 136 players are packing up for the final day.Jerome Neppl (758,000) from the USA is leading ahead of Japan’s Yutaka Morishima (517,000). A German, Lennart Hennig, is also in the finals. The videographer finishes the day with 394,000, which means 10th place. The blinds are at 3,000/6,000 (BB Ante: 6,000), and the winner will receive $1,083 as well as the bracelet.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
Main Event Final Table August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online from $1
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Buy-In: $1
Entries: 906
Prize Pool: $1,990
Paid Places: 136Remaining Players: TBA
Blinds: 3,000/6,000 (BB Ante: 6,000)
The Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|
| 1 | $1,083 |
| 2 | $1,680 |
| 3 | $1,678 |
| 4 | $1,988 |
| 5 | $1,098 |
| 6 | $1,052 |
| 7 | $1,235 |
| 8 | $1,247 |
| 9 | $1,828 |
| 10-11 | $1,801 |
| 12-13 | $1,050 |
| 14-17 | $1,496 |
| 18-26 | $1,083 |
| 27-35 | $1,774 |
| 36-44 | $1,543 |
| 45-53 | $1,370 |
| 54-62 | $1,243 |
| 63-71 | $1,153 |
| 72-80 | $1,094 |
| 81-89 | $1,062 |
| 90-136 | $1,011 |
Chip Counts from Day 1
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|
| 1 | Jerome Neppl | United States | 758,000 |
| 2 | Yutaka Morishima | United States | 517,000 |
| 3 | Ronan Woolman | United States | 491,000 |
| 4 | Skyler Halama | United States | 489,000 |
| 5 | Brian Baron | United States | 487,000 |
| 6 | Larry Serebryany | United States | 482,000 |
| 7 | Michael Schlittler | United States | 460,000 |
| 8 | Timothy Dugan | United States | 457,000 |
| 9 | Bobby Sanchez | United States | 404,000 |
| 10 | Lennart Hennig | Germany | 394,000 |
| 11 | Brett Slezak | United States | 383,000 |
| 12 | Armando Viramontes Serna | United States | 380,000 |
| 13 | Corey Brass | United States | 369,000 |
| 14 | Tianle Wang | China | 359,000 |
| 15 | Yorick Hazelzet | Netherlands | 358,000 |
| 16 | Jeremy Yeado | United States | 353,000 |
| 17 | Tanya Bushre | United States | 350,000 |
| 18 | Terrell Cheatham | United States | 341,000 |
| 19 | Antony Diep | China | 325,000 |
| 20 | Scott Ervin | – | 323,000 |
| 21 | Benjamin Cross | United States | 322,000 |
| 22 | Hunter Payne | – | 318,000 |
| 23 | YoshiDang | – | 315,000 |
| 24 | Brian Hernandez | – | 303,000 |
