Many big names attended the $1,000 Mystery Bounty (#51) of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. Day 1 ended with players reaching the money and bounty ranks. Jakob Miegel is in 5th place (885,000). Felix Rabas (694k) also made it into the top 10.The starting conditions were 60,000 chips and 40-minute levels, with the goal of the day being to reach the money and bounty ranks. With 558 entries, this field was smaller than last year, landing $1,515,400 in the pot, including $1,674,000 in bounty prizes. 84 places were paid, thus defining the day’s goal. It took until Level 18 to reach the money.Everyone has secured the min-cash of $1,650, while the chipleader is Todd Ivens with 1,400,000. Jakob Miegel is the best German player in 5th place (885,000), with Felix Rabas (694k) also in the top 10. Samuel Mullur (31/352k), Hannes Jeschka (36/306k), Daniel Rezaei (62/143k), and Oliver Weis (72/94k) are also still in the game.The complete chip counts are still pending and currently only available in the WSOP Live App, we will provide them as soon as possible.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
Main Event Final Table August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online starting at $1
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Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: 558
Prize Pool: $1,515,400 (including $1,674,000 Mystery Bounties)
Paid Places: 84Remaining Players: 84
Blinds: 5k/10k/10k (Level 17)
Payouts
| Rank | Payout |
| 1 | $1,300 |
| 2 | $1,200 |
| 3 | $1,400 |
| 4 | $1,950 |
| 5 | $1,500 |
| 6 | $1,750 |
| 7 | $1,070 |
| 8 | $1,190 |
| 9 | $1,310 |
| 10 – 11 | $1,580 |
| 12 – 15 | $1,750 |
| 16 – 23 | $1,980 |
| 24-31 | $1,690 |
| 32-39 | $1,490 |
| 40-47 | $1,100 |
| 48-55 | $1,330 |
| 56-84 | $1,650 |
Chip Counts from Day 1
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Todd Ivens | USA | 1,400,000 |
| 2 | Alex Anton | USA | 1,390,000 |
| 3 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 979,000 |
| 4 | Julien Sitbon | France | 947,000 |
| 5 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | 865,000 |
| 6 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 815,000 |
| 7 | Martin Zamani | USA | 724,000 |
| 8 | Jordan Glazer | USA | 720,000 |
| 9 | Felix Rabas | Austria | 694,000 |
| 10 | Joshua Reichard | USA | 685,000 |
| 11 | Tomer Daniel | Israel | 633,000 |
| 12 | Justin Arnwine | USA | 605,000 |
| 13 | Brian Rast | USA | 572,000 |
| 14 | Champie Douglas | USA | 569,000 |
| 15 | Chuahao Zhang | – | 554,000 |
| 16 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | 529,000 |
| 17 | Nicholas Pupillo | USA | 509,000 |
| 18 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 482,000 |
| 19 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russia | 473,000 |
| 20 | Jamie Dwan | United Kingdom | 472,000 |
| 21 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 459,000 |
| 22 | Kent Stephens | USA | 455,000 |
| 23 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | 444,000 |
| 24 | Huu Nguyen | Vietnam | 437,000 |
| 25 | Paul Volpe | USA | 413,000 |
| 26 | Daniel Shak | USA | 405,000 |
| 27 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 403,000 |
| 28 | David Coleman | USA | 399,000 |
| 29 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgarian | 387,000 |
| 30 | Tony Lin | China | 375,000 |
| 31 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 352,000 |
| 32 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgarian | 330,000 |
| 33 | Sonny Franco | France | 323,000 |
| 34 | Ethan Yau | USA | 319,000 |
| 35 | Samuel Laskowitz | USA | 313,000 |
| 36 | Hannes Jeschka | Austria | 306,000 |
| 37 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 305,000 |
| 38 | Edward Pak | USA | 303,000 |
| 39 | Zdenek Zizka | Czech Republic | 302,000 |
| 40 | Colby Covington | USA | 298,000 |
| 41 | Luke Cain | – | 293,000 |
| 42 | Edward Leonard | USA | 285,000 |
| 43 | Michael Wilklow | USA | 280,000 |
| 44 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 254,000 |
| 45 | Emilien Pitavy | France | 248,000 |
| 46 | Michel Molenaar | Netherlands | 247,000 |
| 47 | Xuejun Huang | USA | 235,000 |
| 48 | Yang Wang | China | 226,000 |
| 49 | Adrien Delmas | France | 226,000 |
| 50 | Vincent Renzo | USA | 222,000 |
| 51 | Jans Arends | Netherlands | 219,000 |
| 52 | Chih Fan | Taiwan | 217,000 |
| 53 | Scott Eskenazi | USA | 206,000 |
| 54 | Gianluca Marcucci | Italy | 205,000 |
| 55 | Richard Kirsch | USA | 196,000 |
| 56 | Simon Wilson | Ireland | 188,000 |
| 57 | Joshua Mccully | Australia | 171,000 |
| 58 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | USA | 170,000 |
| 59 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 163,000 |
| 60 | Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | Latvia | 162,000 |
| 61 | Jeremy Becker | USA | 152,000 |
| 62 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 143,000 |
| 63 | Yaginuma Yuji | – | 135,000 |
| 64 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 132,000 |
| 65 | Matthew Lambrecht | USA | 132,000 |
| 66 | Chijen Chu | Taiwan | 127,000 |
| 67 | Aaron Steele | USA | 127,000 |
| 68 | Kuanhan Lee | Taiwan | 126,000 |
| 69 | Nikolaos Angelou | Greece | 112,000 |
| 70 | Samuel Stein | USA | 99,000 |
| 71 | Georgi Sandev | Bulgarian | 95,000 |
| 72 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 94,000 |
| 73 | Alexis Cruz Martinez | USA | 93,000 |
| 74 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | 68,500 |
| 75 | Scott Seiver | USA | 67,000 |
| 76 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela | 64,000 |
| 77 | Gabriel Andrade | Ecuador | 64,000 |
| 78 | Taylor Paur | USA | 63,000 |
| 79 | Gregor Sverko | Croatia | 60,000 |
| 80 | Joseph Kuether | USA | 60,000 |
| 81 | Craig Mason | USA | 60,000 |
| 82 | Stephen Zolotow | USA | 60,000 |
| 83 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 55,000 |
| 84 | Chi Tang | USA | 50,500 |
