At the $1,000 High Roller of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, 41 players made it through the start day. Brian Beck is leading the field ahead of Christoph Vogelsang and Matthias Eibinger.The WSOP 2026 kicked off yesterday with the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller (Event #29). Players can buy in during the first ten blind levels or take a re-entry. Eight levels were played, with 104 entries in the prize pool so far.Among the 86 starters was also Daniel Negreanu. The Canadian had a rough start. With pocket Aces, DNegs called Batmunkh Unubukh’s bet on the river
, and the Mongolian turned up
.In the second blind level, Negreanu was all-in with
against Boris Angelov, and the Bulgarian hit
on the board
. The second bullet also didn’t pay off, and so after three levels, it was the end of the line for him.Bernhard Binder, Leon Sturm, Philip Sternheimer, Samuel Mullur, as well as Jason Koon, Joey Weissman, Sam Soverel, and Adrian Mateos also had to pack up early. 41 players made the cut.Brian Beck (1.9 million) leads ahead of Christoph Vogelsang (1.4 million) and Matthias Eibinger (1.4 million). Also moving on are Manuel Fritz (920,000), Hannes Jeschka (776,000), Christopher Nguyen (675,000), Fabian Gumz (522,000), Thomas Mühlöcker (475,000), and Daniel Rezaei.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
Final Table August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online starts at $1
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Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: tba
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Blinds: 10,000/15,000; BB Ante: 15,000
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, and the Mongolian turned up 
.In the second blind level, Negreanu was all-in with 
on the board 
. The second bullet also didn’t pay off, and so after three levels, it was the end of the line for him.Bernhard Binder, Leon Sturm, Philip Sternheimer, Samuel Mullur, as well as Jason Koon, Joey Weissman, Sam Soverel, and Adrian Mateos also had to pack up early. 41 players made the cut.Brian Beck (1.9 million) leads ahead of Christoph Vogelsang (1.4 million) and Matthias Eibinger (1.4 million). Also moving on are Manuel Fritz (920,000), Hannes Jeschka (776,000), Christopher Nguyen (675,000), Fabian Gumz (522,000), Thomas Mühlöcker (475,000), and Daniel Rezaei.