WSOP 2026: Philip Sternheimer is in the mix at the small HORSE tournament

Philip Sternheimer advanced to 5th place after Day 1 of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event #37 at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, and Tobias Hausen also moved on to Day 2.The small HORSE event attracted 780 entries this year, leading to a pot of $1,035,450, and the first 117 places will be paid. As always, many of the usual suspects sought their luck in the mixed game. Tobias Hausen (36/172,000) sailed confidently into Day 2, and Philip Sternheimer is in the mix with 274,000 chips, starting from 5th position.171 players successfully completed Day 1, with Daniel Makowsky in the lead with 390,000 chips. Scott Clements made it into the top 10, while Jon Kyte sits in 11th place with 215,500 chips. Many well-known names like John Racener, Jon Turner, Mike Matusow, and actor James Woods also survived the cut.The first goal on Day 2 is to secure one of the 117 paid spots, guaranteeing a min-cash of $1,040. The winner can look forward to a prize of $1,366.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #37: $H.O.R.S.E.

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 780 Prize Pool: $1,035,450 Paid Positions: 117Remaining Players: 171 Blinds: 3k/6k/6k

Payouts

Position	Payout
1	$1,366
2	$1,206
3	$1,397
4	$1,324
5	$1,455
6	$1,944
7	$1,978
8	$1,390
9	$1,418
10  – 11	$1,560
12 – 15	$1,479
16 – 23	$1,950
24 – 31	$1,817
32 – 39	$1,975
40 – 47	$1,348
48 – 55	$1,887
56 – 63	$1,555
64 – 71	$1,328
72 – 79	$1,192
80 – 117	$1,040

Chip Counts from Day 1

Position	Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
1	Daniel Makowsky	390,000	150	6
2	Clayton Mozdzen	383,000	131	3
3	Stephen Hubbard	312,500	141	8
4	Jonathan Nebbout	285,500	134	2
5	Philip Sternheimer	274,000	142	7
6	Daniel James	247,500	135	6
7	Eric Tran	245,500	140	7
8	Scott Clements	232,000	143	4
9	Cesar Alvarado	226,500	151	1
10	Thomas Argyros	217,500	149	5
11	Jon Kyte	215,500	134	3
12	Jeffrey Kacir	212,500	141	7
13	Donald Yucius	211,000	148	5
14	Kent Gugelman	206,000	136	4
15	David Bach	204,500	132	5
16	Mark Klecan	202,500	138	1
17	Charles Cady	201,000	152	2
18	Eric Baldwin	199,500	142	4
19	Dale Schmitz	197,000	135	4
20	Miles Nagel	196,500	146	1
21	Bart Hanson	195,500	133	3
22	Rupesh Pattni	192,000	131	1
23	Sokchheka Pho	190,000	142	5
24	Jonathan Breneman	189,000	150	5
25	Hrair Danielyan	183,500	152	7
26	Ryan Caskey	183,000	146	7
27	Ian Pelz	182,000	140	5
28	Jay Kerbel	182,000	141	6
29	Lawrence Brandt	180,500	149	3
30	Jared Rubin	180,000	136	7
31	Joshua Ray	180,000	150	4
32	Mitar Kalezic	178,500	144	8
33	Albert Luna	178,500	148	1
34	Daniel Efeturk	176,500	143	7
35	Hal Rotholz	176,000	142	1
36	Tobias Hausen	172,000	141	1
37	Billy Ward	172,000	148	4
38	Elias Hourani	170,000	134	7
39	Henry Chow	169,500	141	2
40	Fu Wong	166,000	133	8
41	Jyri Merivirta	160,000	150	8
42	Brian Hastings	158,500	152	8
43	Joseph Brodsky	158,000	134	1
44	Rafael Concepcion	158,000	137	8
45	Earnest Caviness	158,000	153	2
46	Craig Chait	153,000	151	5
47	Joel Tushnet	152,500	137	5
48	Donald Coakley	145,000	134	5
49	Ryan Wolfson	144,000	135	7
50	Ashish Gupta	143,500	136	8
51	Dennis Maschke	143,000	144	2
52	Ed Smith	142,500	147	8
53	Phillip Hui	142,000	142	2
54	Adam Kievman	141,500	132	2
55	Jamie McCarrall	141,000	138	8
56	Nick Schulman	133,000	134	8
57	Michael Falk	132,000	145	8
58	Robert Lauria	131,500	141	4
59	William Klevitz	131,000	136	3
60	Ryutaro Suzuki	131,000	140	3
61	Jason Gola	130,500	140	2
62	Joseph Villella	130,000	148	6
63	Allyn Shulman	129,000	138	6
64	Eric Prince	128,500	144	3
65	Danny Ho	121,500	143	3
66	David Kluchman	121,000	146	8
67	Hiroki Miyashita	119,500	143	6
68	Pouria Amiraslani	116,500	137	2
69	Vaughan Machado	109,500	142	8
70	David Thurston	109,000	133	7
71	Benjamin Scholl	108,000	134	4
72	Remy Biechel	107,000	134	6
73	Gregory Mascio	106,000	152	4
74	Ilkka Heikkila	105,500	135	8
75	Timothy Frazin	104,500	140	6
76	Raymond Smego-Barranco	103,000	132	6
77	Michael Hurey	103,000	148	3
78	Carol Fuchs	102,000	148	7
79	Kuen Jeffrey Lo	101,000	147	6
80	Lee Markholt	98,500	149	4
81	Ryan Parsa	96,000	138	7
82	Cole Stewart	96,000	144	5
83	Richard Tatalovich	95,000	131	6
84	Richard Bremer	95,000	132	7
85	Peter Brownstein	95,000	133	4
86	Joe Brindle	95,000	137	1
87	Jason Papastavrou	94,300	150	3
88	Vincent Calicchia	89,500	142	6
89	Charles Foehl	89,000	147	3
90	Michael Wattel	89,000	153	6
91	Robert Morelli	88,000	132	3
92	Christopher Vitch	87,500	153	5
93	David Martin	86,000	143	1
94	Antonios Onoufriou	85,500	146	3
95	William Marsh	84,000	138	5
96	Colton Blomberg	84,000	147	5
97	Jonathan Turner	83,500	131	2
98	John Monnette	83,000	149	2
99	Brian Tate	81,000	136	6
100	James Obst	80,000	131	4
101	Timothy Finne	80,000	145	3
102	Joseph Ritzie	79,500	132	1
103	Joseph Carlson	79,000	146	2
104	Zachariah Cheatum	79,000	146	4
105	Joris Michl	78,500	146	6
106	Harvey Goldstein	77,000	137	6
107	Jeroen Choinier	76,500	141	5
108	Nikhil Gera	76,000	138	4
109	John Racener	76,000	140	8
110	Michael Puskarich	75,000	145	7
111	Marcelo Lanza	74,500	152	5
112	Daisuke Someya	73,000	133	5
113	David Bagheri	73,000	149	1
114	Andrew Barber	72,500	135	3
115	Mike Matusow	70,000	148	8
116	Rodrigo Portaleoni	69,500	153	7
117	Justin Hott	69,000	136	2
118	Adam Farber	69,000	153	8
119	James Woods	66,000	150	2
120	Frank Menendez	65,000	145	5
121	Michael Gagliano	65,000	148	2
122	Andrew Becker	64,500	143	8
123	Peter Dirksen	64,000	153	3
124	Timothy Acker	62,000	151	7
125	Aaron Pinson	61,000	147	1
126	Matthew Grapenthien	60,000	135	2
127	Stephanie Anderson	59,500	144	6
128	Divakaran Marella	58,500	135	5
129	Sean Yu	58,000	140	4
130	Mengqi Chen	58,000	143	5
131	Fabian Sanchez	58,000	151	8
132	Brent Boyd	57,000	142	3
133	Steven Shaffer	53,400	132	8
134	Eric Osborn	52,000	131	5
135	Alfredo Leonidas	52,000	132	4
136	Jason Reep	52,000	152	1
137	Jarred Graham	50,000	137	4
138	Nicolas Lacroix	49,500	151	4
139	Adam Kipnis	46,000	136	1
140	Javier Francort	42,000	144	7
141	Konstantin Puchkov	41,000	153	4
142	Seiko Kudo	40,000	133	6
143	Ronald Schiffman	38,500	138	3
144	Mark Pieroni	38,500	140	1
145	Navin Kamal	38,000	149	7
146	Todd Brunson	38,000	150	7
147	Mark Rubbathan	38,000	151	2
148	Bret Winograd	36,500	149	6
149	Hieu Ma	35,500	145	4
150	Robert Quiring	34,900	136	5
151	Ronan Nally	34,500	137	3
152	Martin Staszko	34,000	144	1
153	Kevin Cote	34,000	145	1
154	Marcel Vonk	32,500	143	2
155	Ahmed Mohamed	32,500	147	2
156	Edward Walker	32,000	147	7
157	Scott Abrams	32,000	149	8
158	Thomas Koral	29,000	151	6
159	Clark Bickford	28,500	135	1
160	Adam Rymer	25,500	133	1
161	Wladyslaw Stopka	21,000	152	6
162	Richard Mirin	19,000	137	7
163	Antoine Delorme	18,000	133	2
164	David Tarbet	16,000	141	3
165	Anthony Miziko	15,000	131	7
166	Adam Saven	15,000	150	1
167	Marcia Godinez	13,650	145	2
168	Meikle Partin	13,500	144	4
169	Steven Porcelli	12,000	151	3
170	Lu Yuan	9,700	153	1
171	Andy Poon	7,500	152	3