WSOP 2026: Dennis Weiss and Sven Gericke continuing in Limit Hold’em

The $1,500 Limit Hold’em Event #30 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas attracted 510 entries, with 105 players, including Dennis Weiss and Sven Gericke, advancing to Day 2.$1,025 is in the pot, with the top 77 spots getting paid. $1,034 awaits as the minimum payout, while the winner will take home $1,704. As always with Limit Hold’em events, the field is heavily populated by American players, which is reflected in the chip count for Day 2. After 15 levels, 105 players remained, with Laura Wokoff in the lead with 312,000 chips. Dennis Weiss is in 26th place with 157k, while Sven Gericke starts with 81,000 in 69th place.

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#30: Limit Hold’em

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 510 Prize Pool: $1,025 Paid Places: 77Remaining Players: 105 Limits: 6,000/12,000

Payouts

Place	Payout
1	$1,704
2	$1,053
3	$1,247
4	$1,732
5	$1,626
6	$1,576
7	$1,134
8-9	$1,396
10-11	$1,791
12-14	$1,951
15-20	$1,638
21-27	$1,693
28-34	$1,012
35-41	$1,525
42-48	$1,186
49-77	$1,034

Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Laura Wolkoff	USA	312,000
2	Ronnie Bardah	USA	296,000
3	Yuxi Huang	China	295,000
4	Gregory Sessler	USA	287,000
5	Ni Hansen	USA	270,000
6	Michael Solheim	USA	266,000
7	Bradley Jansen	USA	254,000
8	Robert Albrecht	USA	254,000
9	Ryan Lawrence	USA	240,000
10	Robert Rowland	USA	230,000
11	Michael Lipner	USA	230,000
12	Paul Lenkeit	USA	226,000
13	David Gee	United Kingdom	213,000
14	David Bach	USA	211,000
15	Dong Chen	China	209,000
16	Joseph Salorio	USA	201,000
17	Louis Werman	USA	187,000
18	Robert Como	USA	182,000
19	Zheming Zhu	China	181,000
20	Fernando Jimenez	Spain	177,000
21	Jason Gola	USA	171,000
22	Yongjae Lee	South Korea	169,000
23	Dara Taherpour	USA	165,000
24	Christian Roberts	Venezuela	163,000
25	Edward Yam	Hong Kong	163,000
26	Dennis Weiss	Germany	157,000
27	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	154,000
28	Kane Kalas	USA	150,000
29	Philip Rhee		150,000
30	Zachary Zaret	Canada	149,000
31	Sonny Coccera		149,000
32	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	142,000
33	Jorge Ufano	Spain	140,000
34	Robert Linchesky	USA	139,000
35	Robert Hover	USA	138,000
36	Darin Yee		136,000
37	Dennis Maschke	USA	135,000
38	Paul Hoch	USA	126,000
39	Joshua Mitchell		125,000
40	Jose Iniguez	USA	124,000
41	Kristan Lord	USA	123,000
42	Tsz Liu	USA	123,000
43	Michael Bellantoni	USA	123,000
44	Miles Nagel		123,000
45	Christopher Adams	USA	120,000
46	Benjamin Marciano		118,000
47	Young Ko	USA	117,000
48	Thanh Cao	USA	115,000
49	Robert Grainger		114,000
50	Eli Elezra	Israel	109,000
51	Matthew Sterling	USA	108,000
52	Thomas Miressi		108,000
53	Ronald Benedetti		107,000
54	Srivatsa Shankam	USA	105,000
55	Jon Turner	USA	104,000
56	Philip Tom	USA	101,000
57	Somasekhar Sanampuri	India	101,000
58	Gregory Mascio		98,000
59	Bhargav Kachhadia		98,000
60	Omar Mehmood	USA	95,000
61	Constantino Araneta		93,000
62	Benjamin Scholl	USA	93,000
63	James Leonard	USA	92,000
64	Doo-Sun Kim	USA	91,000
65	Daniel Makowsky	USA	89,000
66	Nicholas Goedert	USA	86,000
67	Eric Stangel	USA	85,000
68	Brian Chike		84,000
69	Sven Gericke	Germany	81,000
70	Maxx Coleman	USA	78,000
71	David Lunde		78,000
72	Terricita Milgrom		75,000
73	Todd Witteles	USA	75,000
74	Steve Chanthabouasy	USA	67,000
75	Peter Rho	USA	67,000
76	Lawrence Robinson	USA	64,000
77	Chang Yu Chung	Taiwan	63,000
78	Ian Johns	USA	61,000
79	Andrew Kerstine		59,000
80	Gale Bonottoaragon		57,500
81	Sorawit Suriyakarn	Thailand	57,000
82	Christopher Khosantos	USA	57,000
83	Justin Frank		57,000
84	Randy Larson	USA	54,000
85	Evan Melgaard		54,000
86	Dylan Lambe	USA	53,000
87	Robert Mizrachi	USA	52,000
88	Oliver Tot	Slovakia	48,000
89	Marvin Li	Canada	48,000
90	Gary Furness	USA	46,000
91	Kevin Choi	Hong Kong	44,000
92	Tom McCormick	USA	42,500
93	Francisco Garzon		41,000
94	Lucas Wagner	USA	38,000
95	Adam Walton	USA	37,000
96	Anthony Wheeler	USA	36,000
97	Pedro Martinez		35,500
98	Daniel Rossi	USA	34,000
99	Arthur Cole	USA	31,000
100	Steven Dubin	USA	30,000
101	Vo Ngo		29,500
102	Andrew Miller	USA	28,100
103	Nick Cipiti	USA	27,000
104	Bryan Pimlott	USA	25,000
105	Kaiwen Wei	USA	9,500