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WSOP 2026: Surge in the $3k Freezeout

Mark Michael
A strong 1,792 players have been recorded for the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout Event #79 at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, reaching the money spots already. Only 226 players will advance to Day 2, including several players from the DACH region.There were 1,027 entries last year, and this year we have 1,792. This resulted in a pot of $1,784,640 and payouts for the top 269 places. A lot of action happened on Day 1, and in the 17 levels, over 1,500 players had to leave the tournament. A min-cash of $1,010 was already secured by some, including Manig Loeser (ranked 260) and Wojciech Barzantny (231).No official counts yet – Updates via WSOP Live AppAsi Moshe leads with a commanding 1,600,000 chips, and Chris Moorman (1,000,000) is also among the big stacks. Some German-speaking players survived the cut, but currently, none are in the top ranks. The best position is held by Felix Kürmayr with 532,000 chips, Klemens Roiter comes back with 471k, and Alexandre Arnold has 423k. Orlando Haas (374k), David Kaufmann (227k), Fabian Scherle (236k), Stanislav Zegal (108k), and Mohamad El Rais (70k) are also still in Day 2.All have already secured the $1,010, and the winner can look forward to $1,830 in prize money.
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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #79: No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 1,792 Prize Pool: $1,784,640 Paid Places: 269Remaining Players: 226 Blinds: 6k/12k/12k

Payouts

RankPayout
1$1,830
2$1,800
3$1,660
4$1,640
5$1,140
6$1,330
7$1,900
8$1,210
9$1,740
 10  – 11$1,750
 12 – 13$1,990
14 -17$1,600
18 -26$1,950
27 -35$1,610
36 -44$1,240
45 -53$1,610
54 -62$1,540
63 -71$1,910
72 -80$1,620
81 -89$1,600
90 -98$1,790
99 -125$1,160
126 -152$1,670
153 -179$1,310
180 -269$1,010

Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank Name Nation Chip Count
1Asi MosheIsrael1,600,000
2Xiang LianChina1,200,000
3David MiscikowskiUnited States1,100,000
4Chris MoormanUnited Kingdom1,000,000
5Alexander IvarssonSweden960,000
6Michael Kamram902,000
7Andrew MorenoUnited States832,000
8Zilong ZhangUnited States804,000
9Brett ShafferUnited States775,000
10Gustavo MoralesArgentina770,000
11Max SteinbergUnited States767,000
12Kenneth SmithUnited States753,000
13John HallUnited States752,000
14Kevin OrdetUnited States705,000
15Jean GuilletteCanada703,000
16Agharazi BabayevAzerbaijan685,000
17Mehdy El FkiTunisia681,000
18Gaurav MakkarBermuda676,000
19Curtis KingUnited States644,000
20Kenny HallaertBelgium635,000
21Igor PopykUkraine627,000
22Evan Lindemann610,000
23Francisco BenitezUruguay603,000
24Ayman QutamiUnited States602,000
25Greg OstranderUnited States585,000
26Manuel SafianArgentina580,000
27Jessica PerezPanama570,000
28Ohad GeigerIsrael568,000
29Franco SpitaleArgentina554,000
30Giuseppe CalioArgentina542,000
31Piotr KrupaUnited States537,000
32Victor ChuUnited States532,000
33Felix Kuemayr532,000
34Dylan KahnUnited States531,000
35Benedict CullenUnited Kingdom525,000
36Garry GurevichUnited States524,000
37Leo SomaFrance509,000
38Laurent PolitoFrance507,000
39Krishna MadhariwarIndia503,000
40Matthew LambrechtUnited States501,000
41Jordan WestmorlandUnited States497,000
42Klemens Roita471,000
43Ahn Ee SukUnited States441,000
44Eli RossUnited States440,000
45Sebastian Isaacs433,000
46Benjamin UnderwoodCanada430,000
47Albert CalderonUnited States429,000
48Alexandre ArnoldAustria423,000
49Axel BayoutFrance421,000
50Duncan HorstUnited States410,000
51Sylvain NaetsBelgium410,000
52Benjamin MorganUnited States410,000
53Hiroki KaratsuJapan408,000
54Matthew HigginsUnited States404,000
55Xoan Miguez Coto397,000
56Dustin MurphyUnited States396,000
57Qing LuUnited States395,000
58Daniel ChanUnited States391,000
59Pascal RidetFrance386,000
60David Cabrera PolopSpain386,000
61John JuandaIndonesia385,000
62Aaron MermelsteinUnited States380,000
63Kharlin SuedUnited States380,000
64Eric RabutFrance374,000
65Orlando Haas374,000
66Radoslav StoyanovBulgaria373,000
67Myles MullalyUnited States370,000
68Alexander RochaUnited States370,000
69Xiaohu LiuChina358,000
70Tristan WadeUnited States353,000
71Joel Menzinou347,000
72Hugo De La FouchardiereFrance347,000
73Julien MontoisFrance343,000
74Clemen DengUnited States341,000
75Jamie FlynnIreland340,000
76Gregory JensenUnited States340,000
77Akash MalikIndia338,000
78Yoko SasakiJapan333,000
79Jonathan Cuevas330,000
80Liam MurphyUnited States315,000
81Rafi Dahan315,000
82Ian O’HaraUnited States313,000
83Anthony ZinnoUnited States308,000
84Henry Strasser304,000
85Evan SandbergUnited States304,000
86Viet VoUnited States303,000
87Jerome HouldUnited States297,000
88Abdullah AkbarpoorTurkey296,000
89Martin JacobsonSweden294,000
90Brian Lesser290,000
91Jonathan StephensUnited States290,000
92Brian BattUnited States288,000
93Jovan KenjicSerbia288,000
94Kenn PluardUnited States286,000
95Dohyeok KimKorea, Republic of286,000
96Anh DoCzechia286,000
97Justin ArnwineUnited States285,000
98Radek JantosCzechia279,000
99Joe KuetherUnited States278,000
100Ghai YapMalaysia276,000
101Philip TomUnited States274,000
102Daniel SepiolUnited States274,000
103Andrew BakerCanada272,000
104Fahredin MustafovBulgaria270,000
105Peter CrossJapan269,000
106Steve WattsUnited Kingdom262,000
107Nicolas JeanFrance258,000
108Yossi EluzIsrael257,000
109Espen OeyeNorway254,000
110Daniel WirgauUnited States253,000
111Fabio De Lima Sanchez252,000
112Nikola GunchevBulgaria250,000
113Charlie ChiuTaiwan249,000
114Tom TalboomNetherlands247,000
115Aaron MasseyUnited States245,000
116Ludovic PeriauxFrance241,000
117Steven RosenUnited States241,000
118Ohad FreundIsrael240,000
119Joshua KaufmanUnited States240,000
120Dillon NajorUnited States239,000
121Toru WakamatsuJapan239,000
122Raymond Lui238,000
123Fabian ScherleSwitzerland236,000
124Antoine SankariCanada231,000
125Kenneth Drewry229,000
126David KaufmannGermany227,000
127Eduoard Sacrispeyre227,000
128Michael LinsterUnited States225,000
129Nick MaimoneUnited States223,000
130Kevin EysterUnited States223,000
131Vadzim LipaukaBelarus222,000
132Alex BerensonUnited States221,000
133Lian SiqiChina216,000
134Dylan WeismanUnited States216,000
135Saar WilfIsrael213,000
136Sergio CastelluccioItaly212,000
137Ian MatakisUnited States209,000
138Rongshan LiChina208,000
139Ana MarquezSpain204,000
140Kuen Jeffrey Lo203,000
141Jonas KlausenDenmark203,000
142Cody WiegmannUnited States203,000
143Paulina LoeligerAustria197,000
144Jeff RiberdyUnited States196,000
145Michael PettinellaUnited States192,000
146Martin SgrillettiArgentina188,000
147Walter TreccarichiItaly186,000
148Rashim CannadUnited States186,000
149Ron FetschUnited States182,000
150Albert LunaUnited States179,000
151Scott SitronUnited States177,000
152Hannes Van WauweBelgium169,000
153Marius KudzmanasLithuania168,000
154Mitchell GarshofskyUnited States166,000
155Stefano SpataroItaly166,000
156Gabriel Karlsson164,000
157Goichi KawasakiUnited States166,000
158Frederic NormandCanada163,000
159Ruoxiao ShiUnited States162,000
160Edward Baryla158,000
161Chris HakCanada158,000
162Sara RalstonUnited States155,000
163Michael Postal154,000
164Jeffrey Hsu152,000
165Qiao DuChina152,000
166John ClancyUnited States150,000
167Joao CoelhoPortugal149,000
168Kamil DoboszPoland148,000
169Rizziero OssoUnited States145,000
170Shunjiro KitaJapan144,000
171Kazushi Yamatabi144,000
172Dimitrios GkatzasGreece143,000
173Takumi Eguchi143,000
174Joris RuijsNetherlands141,000
175Martin KabrhelCzechia137,000
176Walter RipperBrazil132,000
177Alexandre ArantesBrazil128,000
178Aaron OvertonUnited States128,000
179Gregory HimmelbrandUnited States128,000
180Chad LoubeUnited States126,000
181Takanao FukitaJapan125,000
182Surminder SinghUnited States124,000
183Benjamin PockettAustralia123,000
184Simon BraendstroemSweden121,000
185George VigeletteUnited States121,000
186David TovarSpain120,000
187Long NguyenUnited States118,000
188Ignacio Losa118,000
189Galen HallUnited States117,000
190Jordan GrantCanada116,000
191Ryan RiessUnited States116,000
192Russel Banzon115,000
193Lifu ZhangChina114,000
194Liran BetitoIsrael113,000
195Kamran JamalUnited States112,000
196Anthony MerloUnited States112,000
197Stanislav ZegalGermany108,000
198Victor KiongMalaysia103,000
199Jordan GlazerUnited States102,000
200Peter Patricio100,000
201Jorge Rio Garces100,000
202Methavee TaveekitvateeThailand100,000
203Banipal BabanaAustralia99,000
204Karim ChaturCanada98,000
205Artur HamraBrazil97,000
206Harrison DobinUnited States91,000
207Rokas AsipauskasLithuania89,000
208Tien PhamViet Nam88,000
209Khoi NguyenViet Nam87,000
210Davidi KitaiBelgium82,000
211Matan Barkat82,000
212Matthew Rothman79,000
213Benjamin WilliamsUnited States78,000
214Mohamad El-RaisSwitzerland70,000
215Mindaugas KriauciunasLithuania70,000
216Robertson YapPhilippines67,000
217Raphael Gauthier67,000
218Asher ConniffUnited States62,000
219Patrick SacrispeyreFrance61,000
220Ding BiaoChina44,500
221Manuel RuivoPortugal42,500
222Eoghan O’DeaIreland40,000
223Artus Gimenez LeyvaSpain40,000
224Timothy BishopUnited States23,000
225Felix SierraUnited States18,000
226Daisuke GotoJapan8,000
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