WSOP 2026: Andreas Fröhli and Sandro Carucci on top in the Colossus

Day 1A of the $1 Colossus at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas concluded with 501 players remaining. Andreas Fröhli and Sandro Carucci made their way into the top 25.The first starting day of the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Colossus (Event #34) was on the schedule at the WSOP 2026. A total of four flights are scheduled. Players can pull a re-entry during the first twelve blind levels.At the start, 2,684 entries were recorded, which already amounts to $1.11 million for the prize pool. After 15 rounds, players packed up for the day. Joseph Ozimok (1.1 million) leads a field of 501 players into the next round.Andreas Fröhli sits in 7th place with 735,000 in chips, while Sandro Carucci (644,000) finished in 17th place. Also advancing to Day 2 are Gerhard Ludwig (531,000), Sebastian Molka (449,000), Christian Burger (262,000), Giovanni Maccagni (197,000), Stefan Butterfass (174,000), Robert Bukala (162,000), Joseph Noujeim (120,000), and Lutz Zill (99,000).

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #34: No-Limit Hold’em Colossus

Buy-In: $1 Entries: tba (2,684/-/-/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: tba (501/-/-/-) Blinds: 4,000/8,000; BB Ante: 8,000

Top Chip Counts from Day 1A

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Joseph Ozimok	United States	1,100,000
2	John Hardie	United States	1,000,000
3	Arash Vaziri	United States	996,000
4	Giuseppe Lomuscio	United States	852,000
5	Xingwei Chen	China	808,000
6	Serhii Koreniev	United States	782,000
7	Andreas Frohli	Austria	735,000
8	Michael Byers	United States	730,000
9	Brandon Simonsen	United States	725,000
10	Anthony Flanagan	United States	710,000
11	Michael Sabini	United States	700,000
12	Karl Pineault	Canada	699,000
13	Evan Muschetto	United States	683,000
14	Ivar Walstra	Netherlands	668,000
15	Angelo Perera	United States	665,000
16	Luke Manifavas	Australia	661,000
17	Sandro Carucci	Switzerland	644,000
18	Grant O’Leary	United States	644,000
19	Roberto Gonzalez	Argentina	624,000
20	Gregory Geiger	United States	623,000
21	Andrew Heidelberg	United States	616,000
22	James Sander	United States	613,000
23	Justin Arwine	United States	612,000
24	Ashraf Chehata	United States	604,000

See the WSOP LIVE App for remaining chip counts.