There are currently 14 players advancing to the final at the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event #37 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. Philip Sternheimer is the last German in the field.Day 2 started with 171 players for 117 paid spots. Philip Sternheimer and Tobias Hausen were the German representatives in the field, and both made it into the money with ease. The min-cash was $1,040, which was first collected by Allyn Shulman. Throughout the day, Jon Kyte (76th/$1,192) had to leave, and Tobias Hausen finished 35th for $1,975.Philip Sternheimer, however, made it through the day and sits in 10th place with 720,000 chips. Clayton Mozdzen is leading with 3,105,000, along with Mike Wattel (2,130,000), Nick Schulman (1,595,000), and Bart Hanson (1,160,000) also making it to the final.All of them have already secured $1,455; the winner will take home $1,366.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
ME FT 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: $1,500
Entries: 780
Prize Pool: $1,035,450
Paid Spots: 117Remaining Players: 14
Limits: 60,000/120,000Reports:
Day 1Chip Counts from Day 2
| Rank | Name | Nation | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Clayton Mozdzen | Canada | 3,105,000 | 117 | 8 |
| 2 | Ryan Caskey | United States | 2,340,000 | 117 | 1 |
| 3 | Joe Brindle | United Kingdom | 2,225,000 | 117 | 3 |
| 4 | Mike Wattel | United States | 2,130,000 | 117 | 7 |
| 5 | Kent Gugelman | United States | 1,775,000 | 121 | 7 |
| 6 | William Klevitz | United States | 1,760,000 | 121 | 4 |
| 7 | Nick Schulman | United States | 1,595,000 | 117 | 4 |
| 8 | Bart Hanson | United States | 1,160,000 | 121 | 8 |
| 9 | Jonathan Nebbout | France | 810,000 | 121 | 5 |
| 10 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 720,000 | 117 | 2 |
| 11 | Ryan Parsa | United States | 610,000 | 121 | 3 |
| 12 | Matthew Grapenthien | United States | 535,000 | 121 | 1 |
| 13 | Raymond Smego-Barranco | United States | 375,000 | 121 | 6 |
| 14 | Thomas Argyros | United States | 355,000 | 117 | 6 |
Payouts
| Rank | Name | Nation | 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 | | | $1,560 |
| 11 | | | $1,560 |
| 12 | | | $1,479 |
| 13 | | | $1,479 |
| 14 | | | $1,479 |
| 15 | Mitar Kalezic | Canada | $1,479 |
| 16 | Carol Fuchs | United States | $1,950 |
| 17 | Lu Yuan | China | $1,950 |
| 18 | Craig Chait | United States | $1,950 |
| 19 | Joseph Ritzie | United States | $1,950 |
| 20 | Rupesh Pattni | United States | $1,950 |
| 21 | Charles Foehl | United States | $1,950 |
| 22 | Brian Hastings | United States | $1,950 |
| 23 | Martin Staszko | Czechia | $1,950 |
| 24 | Nikhil Gera | United States | $1,817 |
| 25 | Michael Gagliano | United States | $1,817 |
| 26 | Daniel Makowsky | Switzerland | $1,817 |
| 27 | Scott Clements | United States | $1,817 |
| 28 | Albert Luna | United States | $1,817 |
| 29 | Hrair Danielyan | United States | $1,817 |
| 30 | Robert Lauria | United States | $1,817 |
| 31 | Jonathan Breneman | United States | $1,817 |
| 32 | Cole Stewart | United States | $1,975 |
| 33 | Eric Baldwin | United States | $1,975 |
| 34 | Eric Tran | United States | $1,975 |
| 35 | Tobias Hausen | Germany | $1,975 |
| 36 | Charles Cady | United States | $1,975 |
| 37 | Phillip Hui | United States | $1,975 |
| 38 | Ryutaro Suzuki | Japan | $1,975 |
| 39 | David Tarbet | United Kingdom | $1,975 |
| 40 | Divakaran Marella | United States | $1,348 |
| 41 | Fu Wong | United States | $1,348 |
| 42 | Brian Tate | United States | $1,348 |
| 43 | Joseph Villella | United States | $1,348 |
| 44 | Timothy Finne | United States | $1,348 |
| 45 | Remy Biechel | France | $1,348 |
| 46 | Ian Pelz | United States | $1,348 |
| 47 | Ryan Wolfson | United States | $1,348 |
| 48 | Earnest Caviness | United States | $1,887 |
| 49 | Peter Brownstein | United States | $1,887 |
| 50 | Joel Tushnet | United States | $1,887 |
| 51 | Billy Ward | United States | $1,887 |
| 52 | John Monnette | United States | $1,887 |
| 53 | Zachariah Cheatum | United States | $1,887 |
| 54 | Jason Reep | United States | $1,887 |
| 55 | Dale Schmitz | United States | $1,887 |
| 56 | Rafael Concepcion | United States | $1,555 |
| 57 | Jon Turner | United States | $1,555 |
| 58 | Joseph Brodsky | United States | $1,555 |
| 59 | Danny Ho | United States | $1,555 |
| 60 | Daniel Efeturk | United Kingdom | $1,555 |
| 61 | David Bach | United States | $1,555 |
| 62 | William Marsh | United States | $1,555 |
| 63 | Vincent Calicchia | United States | $1,555 |
| 64 | Vaughan Machado | United States | $1,328 |
| 65 | Alfredo Leonidas | | $1,328 |
| 66 | Donald Yucius | United States | $1,328 |
| 67 | Joshua Ray | United States | $1,328 |
| 68 | David Martin | United States | $1,328 |
| 69 | Benjamin Scholl | United States | $1,328 |
| 70 | Steven Shaffer | United States | $1,328 |
| 71 | Eric Prince | United States | $1,328 |
| 72 | Ed Smith | United States | $1,192 |
| 73 | Michael Falk | United States | $1,192 |
| 74 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | $1,192 |
| 75 | Adam Farber | | $1,192 |
| 76 | Jon Kyte | Norway | $1,192 |
| 77 | Cesar Alvarado | United States | $1,192 |
| 78 | Jeffrey Kacir | United States | $1,192 |
| 79 | Hiroki Miyashita | Japan | $1,192 |
| 80 | Stephen Hubbard | United States | $1,040 |
| 81 | Jeffrey Lo | Hong Kong | $1,040 |
| 82 | Marcia Godinez | United States | $1,040 |
| 83 | Timothy Acker | United States | $1,040 |
| 84 | Ilkka Heikkila | Finland | $1,040 |
| 85 | Robert Morelli | United States | $1,040 |
| 86 | Michael Puskarich | United States | $1,040 |
| 87 | Mark Rubbathan | United Kingdom | $1,040 |
| 88 | Peter Dirksen | United States | $1,040 |
| 89 | Richard Tatalovich | United States | $1,040 |
| 90 | Daniel James | United Kingdom | $1,040 |
| 91 | David Thurston | United States | $1,040 |
| 92 | Sokchheka Pho | United States | $1,040 |
| 93 | John Racener | United States | $1,040 |
| 94 | Joris Michl | Netherlands | $1,040 |
| 95 | Jyri Merivirta | Finland | $1,040 |
| 96 | Ronald Schiffman | United States | $1,040 |
| 97 | Marcelo Lanza | Brazil | $1,040 |
| 98 | Bret Winograd | United States | $1,040 |
| 99 | Hal Rotholz | United States | $1,040 |
| 100 | David Kluchman | United States | $1,040 |
| 101 | Jared Rubin | United States | $1,040 |
| 102 | Henry Chow | United States | $1,040 |
| 103 | Jason Gola | United States | $1,040 |
| 104 | Mark Klecan | Canada | $1,040 |
| 105 | Hieu Ma | United States | $1,040 |
| 106 | Richard Bremer | United States | $1,040 |
| 107 | Andrew Barber | United States | $1,040 |
| 108 | Pouria Amiraslani | United States | $1,040 |
| 109 | Wladyslaw Stopka | Poland | $1,040 |
| 110 | Clark Bickford | | $1,040 |
| 111 | Sean Yu | United States | $1,040 |
| 112 | Dennis Maschke | United States | $1,040 |
| 113 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | $1,040 |
| 114 | Mike Matusow | United States | $1,040 |
| 115 | Marcel Vonk | Netherlands | $1,040 |
| 116 | Colton Blomberg | United States | $1,040 |
| 117 | Allyn Shulman | United States | $1,040 |
