against Marco Johnson’s red Kings. Shortly thereafter, the German was all-in with a short stack holding 
against Johnson’s 
and missed the board. Schulze took home $1,840 for 9th place.About 90 minutes passed before Pyeongkang Kim ($1,780) was eliminated. In a pre-flop race, Marco Johnson with 
faced 
and hit the board 
to collect the Korean’s chips. Before the dinner break, Elliot Smith ($1,390) departed with 
against Kenzo Ishida’s 
.In the seventh blind level, Vamerdino Magsakay ($1,590) was sent packing. His stack went all-in with on the turn 
against Marco Johnson, who hit a flush on the river 
. Not long after, Kenzo Ishida with 
made a full house on the board 
sending Srivinay Irrinki ($1,170) with 
to the rail.Faraz Jaka ($1,210) finished 4th. The American was all-in on the turn 
against Kenzo Ishida, called with 
, but saw Ishida show 
. The river was a blank.Into the ninth blind level, they headed to heads-up. Kenzo Ishida ($1,800) went all-in pre-flop holding against Marco Johnson, who hit the board with for top pair 
.- Marco Johnson, 41,000,000
- Chino Rheem, 13,650,000
- Blinds: 200,000/400,000; BB Ante: 400,000
against . Both hit the board 
and Johnson’s wheel secured him the tournament victory.All participants are required to use the WSOP Live App for all details and updates on the events. Live updates for WSOP 2026 are available at pokernews.com. All livestreams can be found at 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 starting at $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 RulesWSOP Event #49: No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 1,561 Prize Pool: $1,473,225 Paid Places: 235Reports: Day 1 – Day 2Top 100 Payouts
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Johnson | United States | $1,885 |
| 2 | Chino Rheem | United States | $1,970 |
| 3 | Kenzo Ishida | Japan | $1,800 |
| 4 | Faraz Jaka | United States | $1,210 |
| 5 | Srivinay Irrinki | United States | $1,170 |
| 6 | Vamerdino Magsakay | Philippines | $1,590 |
| 7 | Elliot Smith | Canada | $1,390 |
| 8 | Pyeongkang Kim | Korea, Republic of | $1,780 |
| 9 | Sebastian Schulze | Germany | $1,840 |
| 10 | Sebastien Grax | France | $1,230 |
| 11 | Joey Weissman | United States | $1,230 |
| 12 | Yuan Lei | China | $1,050 |
| 13 | Michael Letal | Canada | $1,050 |
| 14 | Michael Lavenburg | United States | $1,610 |
| 15 | Daniel Jackson | United Kingdom | $1,610 |
| 16 | Tom Hall | United Kingdom | $1,610 |
| 17 | James MacMillan | United States | $1,610 |
| 18 | Junfeng Wang | Australia | $1,470 |
| 19 | Shawn Buchanan | Canada | $1,470 |
| 20 | Michael Allen | United Kingdom | $1,470 |
| 21 | Hernan Novick | Uruguay | $1,470 |
| 22 | Yuanzhi Cao | United States | $1,470 |
| 23 | Phillip Hui | United States | $1,470 |
| 24 | John Ypma | United States | $1,470 |
| 25 | Christos Argyriadis | Greece | $1,470 |
| 26 | Gytis Lazauninkas | Lithuania | $1,470 |
| 27 | Timothy Miles | United States | $1,300 |
| 28 | Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | $1,300 |
| 29 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | $1,300 |
| 30 | David Jenkins | United States | $1,300 |
| 31 | Bruno Furth | United States | $1,300 |
| 32 | Gerald Stogner | United States | $1,300 |
| 33 | Konstantin Cugunov | Costa Rica | $1,300 |
| 34 | Aditya Agarwal | India | $1,300 |
| 35 | Rafael Mota | Brazil | $1,300 |
| 36 | Ran Yi | Canada | $1,830 |
| 37 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | $1,830 |
| 38 | Hui Wang | China | $1,830 |
| 39 | Ruslan Zakharchuk | Russian Federation | $1,830 |
| 40 | Sebastian Harasim | Poland | $1,830 |
| 41 | Hao-Shan Huang | Taiwan | $1,830 |
| 42 | Joshua Stewart | United Kingdom | $1,830 |
| 43 | Vincent Moscati | United States | $1,830 |
| 44 | Benoit Fiasson | France | $1,830 |
| 45 | David Peters | United States | $1,920 |
| 46 | Khoi Le Nguyen | Viet Nam | $1,920 |
| 47 | Daniel Escherich | United States | $1,920 |
| 48 | Tyler Patterson | United States | $1,920 |
| 49 | Timothy Hempleman | United States | $1,920 |
| 50 | Yifu He | United States | $1,920 |
| 51 | Adam Walton | United States | $1,920 |
| 52 | Danilo Ragasa | United States | $1,920 |
| 53 | Michael Moffett | United States | $1,920 |
| 54 | Zhi Yang | Canada | $1,420 |
| 55 | Ke Gong | United States | $1,420 |
| 56 | Filipp Khavin | United States | $1,420 |
| 57 | Leo Soma | France | $1,420 |
| 58 | Alexandre Heran | France | $1,420 |
| 59 | Yunlei Lu | United States | $1,420 |
| 60 | Joseph Kuether | United States | $1,420 |
| 61 | Antonios Poziadis | Greece | $1,420 |
| 62 | Corey Hudson | United States | $1,420 |
| 63 | Ian O’Hara | United States | $1,240 |
| 64 | Won Lim | United States | $1,240 |
| 65 | Robert Zend-Gabori | $1,240 | |
| 66 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | $1,240 |
| 67 | Dragos-Florin Anton | Romania | $1,240 |
| 68 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | $1,240 |
| 69 | Anthony Larocca | $1,240 | |
| 70 | Aram Oganyan | United States | $1,240 |
| 71 | Matthias Auer | Austria | $1,240 |
| 72 | Yu Cen | China | $1,310 |
| 73 | Edgard Saliba | Canada | $1,310 |
| 74 | Joe McKeehen | United States | $1,310 |
| 75 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | $1,310 |
| 76 | Anze Smajd | Slovenia | $1,310 |
| 77 | Hayasaki Yoshitaka | Japan | $1,310 |
| 78 | Earl Goodman | United States | $1,310 |
| 79 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | $1,310 |
| 80 | Yohwan Lim | Korea, Republic of | $1,310 |
| 81 | Hyndi Khomutetsky | United States | $1,580 |
| 82 | Tyler Montoya | United States | $1,580 |
| 83 | Paul Muller | United States | $1,580 |
| 84 | Michael Amato | United States | $1,580 |
| 85 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | Japan | $1,580 |
| 86 | Thomas Mccormick | United States | $1,580 |
| 87 | Joshua Manus | United States | $1,580 |
| 88 | James Goldblatt | United States | $1,580 |
| 89 | Joseph Skinner | United States | $1,580 |
| 90 | Hans Phifer | United States | $1,010 |
| 91 | Jordan Schneible | United States | $1,010 |
| 92 | Arthur Thiriart | Belgium | $1,010 |
| 93 | David Short | United States | $1,010 |
| 94 | Michael Persky | United States | $1,010 |
| 95 | Union Lung | United States | $1,010 |
| 96 | Jamey Mckay | United States | $1,010 |
| 97 | Honghao Zhang | United States | $1,010 |
| 98 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | $1,010 |
| 99 | Loris Gauthier | France | $1,570 |
| 100 | Guillermo Sanchez Otero | Spain | $1,570 |