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WSOP 2026: Philip Sternheimer advances to Day 2 in the $10k Stud 8

Mark Michael
75 players made it through Day 1 of the $1,000 Stud Hi-Lo at the World Series of Poker 2026. Matt Grapenthien is in the lead, while Philip Sternheimer is in the midfield.The WSOP 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas kicked off yesterday with the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (Event #75). This freezeout is scheduled over three days. On the starting day, ten blind levels were played. Players can still register until the first level of Day 2 closes. So far, there are 156 entries, with a prize pool of $1.45 million.For Scott Seiver, Allen Kessler, Nacho Barbero, Brian Rast, Patrick Leonard, Jeff Madsen, David Bach, Max Pescatori, Daniel Negreanu, Joao Vieira, Ben Yu, Jennifer Harman, as well as Max Kruse, Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht, and Sebastian Pauli, the bracelet chase ended prematurely.75 players survived the cut. Matt Grapenthien (322,000) from the USA leads, followed closely by his countryman Bryce Yockey (321,500). Calvin Anderson (7th/253,500) managed to make it into the top 10, while Philip Sternheimer (111,000) will start the next round in 38th position.
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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 –> 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 #75: Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: 75 Limits: 4,000/8,000

Chip Counts from Day 1

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Matt GrapenthienUnited States322,000
2Bryce YockeyUnited States321,500
3Andrew BradshawUnited Kingdom307,000
4Patrick MoulderUnited States297,000
5Eric RodawigUnited States286,000
6Mark RubbathanUnited Kingdom281,000
7Calvin AndersonUnited States253,500
8John WasnockUnited States237,000
9Jack GermaineUnited Kingdom231,000
10Allan LeUnited States210,000
11Robert MizrachiUnited States197,000
12Walter ChambersUnited States194,000
13James TiltonUnited States174,500
14Chris HunichenUnited States168,000
15Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom162,500
16Michael EstesUnited States160,500
17Ko GotoJapan160,000
18Chad EveslageUnited States156,500
19Harry ThomasUnited States155,000
20Jerry WongUnited States155,000
21Ali EslamiUnited States155,000
22Nicolas MilgromFrance154,000
23Dzmitry UrbanovichPoland153,500
24Cary KatzUnited States153,000
25Dan SepiolUnited States153,000
26Justin LibertoUnited States151,500
27Bradley JansenUnited States140,500
28Ryan HoenigUnited States137,500
29Jared RubinUnited States135,000
30Eli ElezraIsrael133,000
31Bryan PimlottUnited States132,000
32Nick GuagentiUnited States130,000
33Brian YoonUnited States122,000
34Richard SklarUnited States120,500
35James CheungUnited Kingdom120,000
36Andrey ZhigalovRussian Federation116,500
37Nick SchulmanUnited States113,500
38Philip SternheimerUnited Kingdom111,000
39Joshua ChudnovskyIsrael108,500
40Nicholas MarchingtonUnited Kingdom102,500
41John JuandaIndonesia102,000
42Jose Paz-GutierrezBolivia101,000
43Donny RubinsteinUnited States99,500
44Paul VolpeUnited States97,000
45Matt VengrinUnited States97,000
46Ryutaro SuzukiJapan94,500
47Andres KornArgentina92,500
48Renan BruschiBrazil85,500
49Tyler PhillipsUnited States85,000
50Nikolai FalRussian Federation84,000
51Kevin ChoiHong Kong82,000
52James ObstAustralia79,500
53Suketu PatelUnited Kingdom77,000
54Koji FujimotoJapan76,000
55Hal RotholzUnited States76,000
56William KerkaertUnited States69,000
57Hiroyuki NodaJapan66,000
58Ray FishmanUnited States65,000
59Dan ShakUnited States63,000
60Qinghai PanUnited States62,000
61Ari EngelCanada62,000
62Lawrence BrandtUnited States61,000
63Jonathan GlendinningUnited States60,000
64Robert StevanovskiUnited States55,000
65Ofir MorUnited States50,000
66Brandon Shack-HarrisUnited States48,000
67James DavisUnited States44,500
68Todd BrunsonUnited States41,500
69Clayton MozdzenCanada40,000
70Mark GregorichUnited States36,000
71Phil HuiUnited States36,000
72Norman ChadUnited States33,500
73Timothy FinneUnited States30,500
74David LinUnited States15,000
75Patrick StaceyCanada7,000
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