WSOP 2026: Fitoussi Leads in the $5k Seniors – Zumkehr Advances as Well

Day 1 of the $1,000 Seniors event at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas concluded with 291 players. Bruno Fitoussi is leading the field, and Gert Zumkehr has also made the cut.The $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors High Roller (Event #39) of WSOP 2026 allows a re-entry within the first twelve blind levels. Ten rounds were played on the opening day, amounting to 791 entries.291 participants have made the cut and will return today for Day 2. Bruno Fitoussi is at the top with 895,000 in chips. Our local player Gert Zumkehr has qualified with 126,000.

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WSOP Event #39: No-Limit Hold’em Seniors High Roller

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: 291 Blinds: 1,000/2,500; BB Ante: 2,500

Top Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Bruno Fitoussi	France	895,000
2	Paul Sokoloff	United Kingdom	755,000
3	Paul Snead	United States	665,000
4	Ruslan Prydryk	Ukraine	642,500
5	Luke Graham	United States	501,000
6	Marc Rivera	Philippines	411,000
7	Anthony Piacquadio	United States	405,000
8	Richard Buckingham	United States	385,500
9	Gary Herstein	United States	365,000
10	Juan Rodriguez	United States	353,500
11	Ghassan El-Hoss		349,000
12	Michael Collins	United States	339,500
13	Scott Buller	United States	336,500
14	Krysta De Lima		334,500
15	Arthur Peacock	United States	315,500
16	Manish Madan	United States	315,000
17	Shannon Peace		314,000
18	Gary Benson	Australia	312,500
19	Uri Kadosh	United States	310,000
20	Christopher Bucceri	United States	306,500
21	Shad Morris	United States	305,000
22	Timothy Little	United States	298,500
23	John Esposito	United States	295,000
24	Alexandre Rabusseau	France	294,000
25	Ayman Qutami	United States	287,000

For remaining chip counts, see the WSOP LIVE App.