WSOP 2026: Mühlöcker chases Rezaei in the $25k High Roller

In the $1k High Roller of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, 24 players survived the first starting day. Daniel Rezaei is leading the field, with Thomas Mühlöcker in 7th place.The $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller (Event #19) of WSOP 2026 allows for one re-entry per flight. Two starting days are scheduled, and players can also re-enter during the first level of Day 2.On Day 1A, there were 81 entries. Among those who did not make it were Bernhard Binder, Samuel Mullur, Hannes Jeschka, as well as Chance Kornuth, Aleks Ponakovs, Artur Martirosian, and Jeremy Ausmus.Eight blind levels were played before wrapping up. Daniel Rezaei (1.18 million chips) broke the million mark and is leading ahead of American Turbo Nguyen (928,000). Thomas Mühlöcker will start Day 2 with 743,000 in chips, coming in at 7th place.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #19: No-Limit Hold’em High Roller

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba (81/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: 24 Blinds: 5,000/10,000; BB Ante: 10,000

Chip Counts from Day 1a

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	1,176,000
2	Turbo Nguyen	United States	928,000
3	Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	Montenegro	877,000
4	Zachary Grech	United States	851,000
5	Galen Hall	United States	789,000
6	Dylan Weisman	United States	758,000
7	Thomas Mühlöcker	Austria	743,000
8	Sean Perry	United States	620,000
9	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	550,000
10	Raoul Kanme	Netherlands	490,000
11	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	485,000
12	Chris Nguyen	Germany	457,000
13	Sergio Aido	Spain	438,000
14	Chahn Jung	United States	362,000
15	Eli Berg	United States	328,000
16	Josh Reichard	United States	269,000
17	Faraz Jaka	United States	227,000
18	Qinghai Pan	United States	216,000
19	Jesse Lonis	United States	205,000
20	Ben Heath	United Kingdom	172,000
21	Jason Koon	United States	156,000
22	Biao Ding	China	149,000
23	David McGowan	United States	141,000
24	Edward Pak	United States	121,000