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WSOP 2026: Marco Johnson Denies Chino Rheem the First Bracelet

Mark Michael
Marco Johnson claimed his third bracelet at the $1,500 Freezeout of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. Sebastian Schulze from Germany finished in 9th place.The $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout (Event #49) of WSOP 2026 entered Day 3 with 28 players remaining. The preliminary final table was reached during the fourth blind level of the day. Soon after, Sebastien Grax was knocked out as the final table bubble boy ($1,230).Sebastian Schulze started the final as one of the big stacks but lost a massive pot with against Marco Johnson’s red Kings. Shortly thereafter, the German was all-in with a short stack holding against Johnson’s and missed the board. Schulze took home $1,840 for 9th place.About 90 minutes passed before Pyeongkang Kim ($1,780) was eliminated. In a pre-flop race, Marco Johnson with faced and hit the board to collect the Korean’s chips. Before the dinner break, Elliot Smith ($1,390) departed with against Kenzo Ishida’s .In the seventh blind level, Vamerdino Magsakay ($1,590) was sent packing. His stack went all-in with on the turn against Marco Johnson, who hit a flush on the river . Not long after, Kenzo Ishida with made a full house on the board sending Srivinay Irrinki ($1,170) with to the rail.Faraz Jaka ($1,210) finished 4th. The American was all-in on the turn against Kenzo Ishida, called with , but saw Ishida show . The river was a blank.Into the ninth blind level, they headed to heads-up. Kenzo Ishida ($1,800) went all-in pre-flop holding against Marco Johnson, who hit the board with for top pair .
  • Marco Johnson, 41,000,000
  • Chino Rheem, 13,650,000
  • Blinds: 200,000/400,000; BB Ante: 400,000
The duel ended after about half an hour. In the critical hand, Chino Rheem ($1,970) went all-in with against . Both hit the board and Johnson’s wheel secured him the tournament victory.
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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #49: No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 1,561 Prize Pool: $1,473,225 Paid Places: 235Reports: Day 1 – Day 2

Top 100 Payouts

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Marco JohnsonUnited States$1,885
2Chino RheemUnited States$1,970
3Kenzo IshidaJapan$1,800
4Faraz JakaUnited States$1,210
5Srivinay IrrinkiUnited States$1,170
6Vamerdino MagsakayPhilippines$1,590
7Elliot SmithCanada$1,390
8Pyeongkang KimKorea, Republic of$1,780
9Sebastian SchulzeGermany$1,840
10Sebastien GraxFrance$1,230
11Joey WeissmanUnited States$1,230
12Yuan LeiChina$1,050
13Michael LetalCanada$1,050
14Michael LavenburgUnited States$1,610
15Daniel JacksonUnited Kingdom$1,610
16Tom HallUnited Kingdom$1,610
17James MacMillanUnited States$1,610
18Junfeng WangAustralia$1,470
19Shawn BuchananCanada$1,470
20Michael AllenUnited Kingdom$1,470
21Hernan NovickUruguay$1,470
22Yuanzhi CaoUnited States$1,470
23Phillip HuiUnited States$1,470
24John YpmaUnited States$1,470
25Christos ArgyriadisGreece$1,470
26Gytis LazauninkasLithuania$1,470
27Timothy MilesUnited States$1,300
28Brandon SheilsUnited Kingdom$1,300
29Adam OwenUnited Kingdom$1,300
30David JenkinsUnited States$1,300
31Bruno FurthUnited States$1,300
32Gerald StognerUnited States$1,300
33Konstantin CugunovCosta Rica$1,300
34Aditya AgarwalIndia$1,300
35Rafael MotaBrazil$1,300
36Ran YiCanada$1,830
37Adi RajkovicAustria$1,830
38Hui WangChina$1,830
39Ruslan ZakharchukRussian Federation$1,830
40Sebastian HarasimPoland$1,830
41Hao-Shan HuangTaiwan$1,830
42Joshua StewartUnited Kingdom$1,830
43Vincent MoscatiUnited States$1,830
44Benoit FiassonFrance$1,830
45David PetersUnited States$1,920
46Khoi Le NguyenViet Nam$1,920
47Daniel EscherichUnited States$1,920
48Tyler PattersonUnited States$1,920
49Timothy HemplemanUnited States$1,920
50Yifu HeUnited States$1,920
51Adam WaltonUnited States$1,920
52Danilo RagasaUnited States$1,920
53Michael MoffettUnited States$1,920
54Zhi YangCanada$1,420
55Ke GongUnited States$1,420
56Filipp KhavinUnited States$1,420
57Leo SomaFrance$1,420
58Alexandre HeranFrance$1,420
59Yunlei LuUnited States$1,420
60Joseph KuetherUnited States$1,420
61Antonios PoziadisGreece$1,420
62Corey HudsonUnited States$1,420
63Ian O’HaraUnited States$1,240
64Won LimUnited States$1,240
65Robert Zend-Gabori$1,240
66Felipe KetzerBrazil$1,240
67Dragos-Florin AntonRomania$1,240
68Aleks DimitrovBulgaria$1,240
69Anthony Larocca$1,240
70Aram OganyanUnited States$1,240
71Matthias AuerAustria$1,240
72Yu CenChina$1,310
73Edgard SalibaCanada$1,310
74Joe McKeehenUnited States$1,310
75Michael MizrachiUnited States$1,310
76Anze SmajdSlovenia$1,310
77Hayasaki YoshitakaJapan$1,310
78Earl GoodmanUnited States$1,310
79Jonathan TamayoUnited States$1,310
80Yohwan LimKorea, Republic of$1,310
81Hyndi KhomutetskyUnited States$1,580
82Tyler MontoyaUnited States$1,580
83Paul MullerUnited States$1,580
84Michael AmatoUnited States$1,580
85Kazuhiro ShirasawaJapan$1,580
86Thomas MccormickUnited States$1,580
87Joshua ManusUnited States$1,580
88James GoldblattUnited States$1,580
89Joseph SkinnerUnited States$1,580
90Hans PhiferUnited States$1,010
91Jordan SchneibleUnited States$1,010
92Arthur ThiriartBelgium$1,010
93David ShortUnited States$1,010
94Michael PerskyUnited States$1,010
95Union LungUnited States$1,010
96Jamey MckayUnited States$1,010
97Honghao ZhangUnited States$1,010
98Nikolay YosifovBulgaria$1,010
99Loris GauthierFrance$1,570
100Guillermo Sanchez OteroSpain$1,570
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