WSOP 2026: Daniel Negreanu in 2nd place in the $50k PLO High Roller

The $1,000 PLO High Roller of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas continues with 30 players remaining. Sean Winter is leading the field ahead of Daniel Negreanu.Yesterday, the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller (Event #55) kicked off at WSOP 2026. Twelve blind levels were played, and participants can take up to two re-entries. A total of 81 entries were recorded, and the prize pool has not yet been announced.Sean Winter accumulated 1.78 million in chips, closely followed by Daniel Negreanu (1.75 million). Also advancing to Day 2 are Philip Sternheimer (21st/500,000), Klemens Roiter (22nd/435,000), and Dennis Weiss (30th/160,000).

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #55: Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: 30 Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Sean Winter	United States	1,775,000
2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	1,750,000
3	David Benyamine	France	1,660,000
4	Carlo van Ravenswoud	Netherlands	1,350,000
5	Jason Koon	United States	1,330,000
6	Dylan Weisman	United States	1,320,000
7	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	1,275,000
8	Sean Rafael	United States	1,135,000
9	Venkat Chivukula	United States	1,115,000
10	Barrett Threadgill	United States	1,105,000
11	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	955,000
12	Artur Martirosian	Russian Federation	950,000
13	Santhosh Suvarna	India	855,000
14	Brian Battistone	United States	775,000
15	Joao Simao	Brazil	760,000
16	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	745,000
17	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	745,000
18	Eelis Parssinen	Finland	605,000
19	Jonathan Depa	United States	525,000
20	Qinghai Pan	United States	505,000
21	Philip Sternheimer	United Kingdom	500,000
22	Klemens Roiter	Austria	435,000
23	Jared Bleznick	United States	420,000
24	Sam Soverel	United States	395,000
25	Bryce Yockey	United States	300,000
26	Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	United Kingdom	270,000
27	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	250,000
28	Chance Kornuth	United States	215,000
29	Gergo Nagy	Hungary	190,000
30	Dennis Weiss	Germany	160,000