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WSOP 2026: Max Kruse on top in the $10k Razz

Mark Michael
In the $1k Razz of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, 54 players advance to Day 2. Max Kruse finished Day 1 in 10th place. Sebastian Pauli, Dennis Weiss, and Philip Sternheimer also move on.The $1,000 Razz Championship (Event #48) of WSOP 2026 is a freezeout. On the first day, 118 players participated. Dario Sammartino, Daniel Negreanu, Joao Vieira, Brian Rast, and Shaun Deeb were among the players who had to leave early. After ten blind levels, the day ended, but registration is still open for the first round of Day 2.54 participants bagged chips. Calvin Anderson (343,500) leads the field. Well positioned is Max Kruse (180,000), who ended the first day in 10th place. Also moving on are Sebastian Pauli (41st/89,000), Dennis Weiss (47th/54,000), and Philip Sternheimer (53rd/15,000).
All participants must use the WSOP Live App for details and updates on the events. Live updates for WSOP 2026 can be found on pokernews.com. All livestreams are available on youtube.com/@wsop.

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 –> WSOP Bracelet Schedule –> WSOP.com Online Bracelet Schedule –>> Las Vegas Poker  –> Daily Deepstacks Schedule –> WSOP Live Satellites –> 2026 World Series of Poker Official Tournament Rules

WSOP Event #48: Razz Championship

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: TBA Prize Pool: TBA Paid Places: TBARemaining Players: 54 Limits: 4,000/8,000

Chip Counts from Day 1

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Calvin AndersonUnited States343,500
2Maximilian SchindlerUnited States281,000
3Jay KwonUnited States269,000
4Josh AriehUnited States240,000
5Yuri DzivielevskiBrazil239,000
6Ray HensonUnited States203,500
7Owais AhmedUnited States202,000
8Matt GrapenthienUnited States181,500
9Mark EpsteinUnited States180,000
10Max KruseGermany180,000
11Jon TurnerUnited States175,500
12Vladas TamasauskasLithuania166,000
13Chris BrewerUnited States162,000
14Adam OwenUnited Kingdom159,000
15Ding BiaoChina155,000
16John MonnetteUnited States153,000
17Jesse LonisUnited States148,000
18Kai CohenUnited States148,000
19Chad EveslageUnited States145,000
20Dara TaherpourUnited States145,000
21Nikolay PonomarevUnited Kingdom143,000
22Jason DalyUnited States138,000
23Chris HunichenUnited States131,500
24Thomas KellerUnited States128,000
25Ray FishmanUnited States124,500
26Hunter McClellandUnited States120,000
27Tobias LeknesNorway118,000
28Allen KesslerUnited States117,500
29Ryuta NakaiJapan113,000
30Frank KasselaUnited States112,000
31Jason FroelichUnited States112,000
32Tal KalifIsrael110,000
33Yarron BendorUnited States103,000
34Eli ElezraIsrael98,500
35Todd DakakeUnited States98,000
36James TiltonUnited States98,000
37Tomasz GluszkoPoland97,000
38Scott SeiverUnited States96,000
39Eric LembergUnited States95,500
40Shane LittlefieldUnited States94,000
41Sebastian PauliGermany89,000
42Donny RubinsteinUnited States81,500
43Alex LivingstonCanada77,000
44Andrey ZhigalovRussian Federation71,000
45Renan BruschiBrazil69,500
46Ben YuUnited States60,000
47Dennis WeissGermany54,000
48Andrew KelsallUnited States46,000
49Hiroyuki NodaJapan33,500
50Aaron KlausmanUnited States29,000
51Robert MizrachiUnited States27,000
52Yuval BronshteinIsrael24,000
53Philip SternheimerUnited Kingdom15,000
54Bradley JansenUnited States8,000
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