Only eight players still have a shot at the bracelet in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. Among them is Dennis Weiss from Germany.105 remaining participants returned for Day 2 in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em (Event #30) of WSOP 2026. Sven Gericke (54th/$1,034) was knocked out in the third blind level. The German went all-in preflop with
against Michael Solheim
, Robert Linchesky
, and Yuri Dzivielevski
. The trio checked through the board
and Dzivielevski along with Linchesky split the pot.At the end, eight players made it through. Vo Ngo (2.66 million) from the USA is leading ahead of Ronnie Bardah (1.18 million) and Patrick Leonard (2.10 million). Dennis Weiss goes into the final decision with 1.8 million in chips. The blinds on the final day start at 60,000/120,000.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Vo Ngo | United States | 2,660,000 |
| 2 | Ronnie Bardah | United States | 2,175,000 |
| 3 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 2,100,000 |
| 4 | Dennis Weiss | Germany | 1,800,000 |
| 5 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 1,530,000 |
| 6 | Omar Mehmood | United States | 1,170,000 |
| 7 | Thomas Miressi | United States | 805,000 |
| 8 | Joseph Salorio | United States | 530,000 |
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
ME FT August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online starting at $1
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Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 510
Prize Pool: $1,025
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Day 1Payouts
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|
| 1 | | | $1,704 |
| 2 | | | $1,053 |
| 3 | | | $1,247 |
| 4 | | | $1,732 |
| 5 | | | $1,626 |
| 6 | | | $1,576 |
| 7 | | | $1,134 |
| 8 | | | $1,396 |
| 9 | Michael Bellantoni | United States | $1,396 |
| 10 | Paul Lenkeit | United States | $1,791 |
| 11 | Gregory Sessler | United States | $1,791 |
| 12 | Michael Lipner | United States | $1,951 |
| 13 | Michael Solheim | United States | $1,951 |
| 14 | Ni Hansen | United States | $1,951 |
| 15 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | $1,638 |
| 16 | Tsz Liu | United States | $1,638 |
| 17 | David Bach | United States | $1,638 |
| 18 | Dara Taherpour | United States | $1,638 |
| 19 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | $1,638 |
| 20 | Terricita Milgrom | United States | $1,638 |
| 21 | Randy Larson | United States | $1,693 |
| 22 | Christopher Adams | United States | $1,693 |
| 23 | Yuxi Huang | China | $1,693 |
| 24 | Evan Melgaard | United States | $1,693 |
| 25 | Benjamin Marciano | United States | $1,693 |
| 26 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | $1,693 |
| 27 | Edward Yam | Hong Kong | $1,693 |
| 28 | Marvin Li | Canada | $1,012 |
| 29 | Somasekhar Sanampuri | India | $1,012 |
| 30 | Zachary Zaret | Canada | $1,012 |
| 31 | Paul Hoch | United States | $1,012 |
| 32 | Arthur Cole | United States | $1,012 |
| 33 | Ryan Lawrence | United States | $1,012 |
| 34 | Peter Rho | United States | $1,012 |
| 35 | Philip Rhee | United States | $1,525 |
| 36 | Eric Stangel | United States | $1,525 |
| 37 | Louis Werman | United States | $1,525 |
| 38 | Gary Furness | United States | $1,525 |
| 39 | Robert Linchesky | United States | $1,525 |
| 40 | Bradley Jansen | United States | $1,525 |
| 41 | Maxx Coleman | United States | $1,525 |
| 42 | Zheming Zhu | China | $1,186 |
| 43 | Dennis Maschke | United States | $1,186 |
| 44 | Darin Yee | United States | $1,186 |
| 45 | Laura Wolkoff | United States | $1,186 |
| 46 | Jason Gola | United States | $1,186 |
| 47 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $1,186 |
| 48 | Joshua Mitchell | United States | $1,186 |
| 49 | Philip Tom | United States | $1,034 |
| 50 | Nick Cipiti | United States | $1,034 |
| 51 | Robert Albrecht | United States | $1,034 |
| 52 | Dong Chen | China | $1,034 |
| 53 | Tom McCormick | United States | $1,034 |
| 54 | Sven Gericke | Germany | $1,034 |
| 55 | Yongjae Lee | Korea, Republic of | $1,034 |
| 56 | Nicholas Goedert | United States | $1,034 |
| 57 | Kristan Lord | United States | $1,034 |
| 58 | Kane Kalas | United States | $1,034 |
| 59 | Benjamin Scholl | United States | $1,034 |
| 60 | Justin Frank | | $1,034 |
| 61 | Srivatsa Shankam | United States | $1,034 |
| 62 | Robert Rowland | United States | $1,034 |
| 63 | Jose Iniguez | United States | $1,034 |
| 64 | Daniel Makowsky | United States | $1,034 |
| 65 | Oliver Tot | Slovakia | $1,034 |
| 66 | Robert Hover | United States | $1,034 |
| 67 | David Gee (US) | United States | $1,034 |
| 68 | Ronald Benedetti | United States | $1,034 |
| 69 | David Lunde | | $1,034 |
| 70 | Constantino Araneta | United States | $1,034 |
| 71 | Bhargav Kachhadia | United States | $1,034 |
| 72 | Lucas Wagner | United States | $1,034 |
| 73 | Chang Yu Chung | Taiwan | $1,034 |
| 74 | Jon Turner | United States | $1,034 |
| 75 | Fernando Jimenez | Spain | $1,034 |
| 76 | Greg Mascio | United States | $1,034 |
| 77 | Miles Nagel | United States | $1,517 |
| 78 | Matthew Sterling | United States | $1,517 |
against Michael Solheim 
, Robert Linchesky 
, and Yuri Dzivielevski 
. The trio checked through the board 
and Dzivielevski along with Linchesky split the pot.At the end, eight players made it through. Vo Ngo (2.66 million) from the USA is leading ahead of Ronnie Bardah (1.18 million) and Patrick Leonard (2.10 million). Dennis Weiss goes into the final decision with 1.8 million in chips. The blinds on the final day start at 60,000/120,000.