WSOP 2026: Franz Holzner on top in the $5k NHL 6-Max

348 players survived the starting day of the $1,000 NLH 6-Max at the World Series of Poker 2026. Franz Holzner enters the next round from 4th place.The WSOP 2026 kicked off yesterday at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas with the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed (Event #73). The tournament is scheduled for four days. During the first twelve blind levels, players can register or take an optional re-entry.Ten levels were played on the first day. A total of 1,018 entries were made, building a prize pool of $1.69 million. Sergei Kislinskii from the USA leads with 936,500 in chips. Franz Holzner is also in a strong position with 544,000.Also making it to Day 2 are Dietrich Fast (254,000), Matt Bode (253,500), Hannes Jeschka (237,000), Mohamad El-Rais (210,000), Oliver Weis (202,000), Akin Tuna (197,000), Erik Eisen (174,000), Stanislav Zegal (157,500), Stefan Nemetz (144,500), Siegfried Friedl (143,000), Tom Fuchs (135,500), Bruno Gmur (118,000), Daniel Rezaei (75,000), Frederik Thiemer (50,000), David Kaufmann (48,500), and Timo Kamphues (25,000).

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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 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 Rules

WSOP Event #73: No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: 348 Blinds: 1,000/2,500; BB Ante: 2,500

Top Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Sergei Kislinskii	United States	936,500
2	Louis Leboisselier	France	730,000
3	Ori Elul	Israel	565,000
4	Franz Holzner	Germany	544,000
5	Bernardo Neves	Portugal	431,000
6	Daniyal Gheba	United States	429,000
7	Nazar Buhaiov	Ukraine	424,000
8	Ihor Popyk	Ukraine	404,500
9	Chenxiang Miao	China	398,500
10	Jun Obara	Japan	395,500
11	Roy Thung	United States	386,000
12	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	384,000
13	Andrey Pateychuk	Russian Federation	380,000
14	Christos Argyriadis	Greece	370,000
15	Michael Feldstein	United States	347,500
16	Mathieu His	France	329,000
17	Martin Sgrilletti	Argentina	320,000
18	Adrian Buckley	United States	317,000
19	Quentin Guivarch	France	314,500
20	Shai Arbel	Israel	306,000
21	Damian Salas	Argentina	301,000
22	Maor Zaharagi	Israel	300,500
23	Jeremy Dan	United States	300,000
24	Maxim Lykov	Russian Federation	300,000
25	Hugo Dela Fouchardiere	France	298,500

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