WSOP 2026: Brunson on Top in Stud – Krause Also Advances to Day 2

With 62 players remaining, the $1,500 Limit Stud of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas enters its next round. Eric Varnado leads ahead of Todd Brunson. Andreas Krause also made the cut.The $1,500 Seven Card Stud (Event #6) at WSOP 2026 attracted 359 players to the tables. The $1,573 prize pool will be distributed to 54 players. The min-cash brings $1,059, and the winner will take home $1,771 along with the bracelet.After 15 blind levels, the field has shrunk down to 62 players. Eric Varnado (745,000) and Todd Brunson (735,000) have established a solid lead. Andreas Krause (70,000) is starting from 50th place heading into Day 2.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #6: Seven Card Stud

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 359 Prize Pool: $1,573 Paid Spots: 54Remaining Players: 62 Limits: 6,000/12,000

Top Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Eric Varnado	United States	745,000
2	Todd Brunson	United States	735,000
3	Bradley Jansen	United States	363,500
4	Brian Yoon	United States	326,500
5	Vasu Amarapu	United States	315,500
6	Scott Adaska	United States	287,500
7	Jonathan Glendinning	United States	273,000
8	Dustin Miller		270,000
9	Parth Jha	India	270,000
10	Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	259,500
11	Christopher Viox	United States	254,500
12	Ilkka Heikkila	Finland	241,000
13	Gregory Josephson	United States	240,000
14	Qibang Cheung	United Kingdom	223,000
15	Clifford Brown		217,000
16	Scott Seiver	United States	211,000
17	Oxana Cummings	United States	210,000
18	Yueqi Zhu	China	209,000
19	Jason Kluska	United States	208,500
20	Hasan Kural	United States	207,500
21	Kazuhiro Shirasawa	Japan	184,500
22	William Berry	United States	172,500
23	Christian Roberts	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	171,500
24	Brian McKain	United States	170,000
25	Martin Zamani	United States	166,500

The Payouts

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