WSOP 2026: Andreas Staschewski and Roland Müller leading in the Milly Maker

At the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, the $1,500 Millionaire Maker has launched. 460 participants survived the first starting day. Andreas Staschewski and Roland Müller are among the Big Stacks.Yesterday featured the first of four flights in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Millionaire Maker (Event #50) at WSOP 2026. Ten blind levels were played. In the first eight rounds, players could buy in or do a re-entry.A total of 1,752 entries were recorded, resulting in a prize pool of about $1.33 million. In the end, 460 players bagged up. Will Givens (374,500) from the USA is leading the field. Andreas Staschewski (238,500) and Roland Müller (223,000) are in the top 25.Also well positioned for Day 2A are Jendrik Faulhaber (177,000), Jonas Lauck (175,500), Florian Gaugusch (147,500), Claudio Müller (136,000), Pierre Mothes (125,000), Michael Mikulasch (101,500), Ismael Bojang (82,500), and Stefan Kiwisch (80,000).

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #50: No-Limit Hold’em Millionaire Maker

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: TBD (1,752/-/-/-) Prize Pool: TBD Paid Places: TBDRemaining Players: TBD (460/-/-/-) Blinds: 1,000/2,000; BB Ante: 2,000

Top Chip Counts from Day 1A

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Will Givens	United States	374,500
2	Alex Kim	United States	345,000
3	Mark Newhouse	United States	308,500
4	Thomas Goldsborough	United States	301,000
5	John Herring	United States	289,000
6	Jaime Kaplan	United States	284,000
7	Ronald West	United States	280,000
8	Stanislav Koleno	Slovakia	274,500
9	Lucy Lamperouge	United States	262,000
10	Gael Ruiz	France	241,000
11	Paul Berger	United States	239,500
12	Emmanouil Chalkiotis	Greece	239,000
13	Omer Nagar	Israel	239,000
14	Andreas Staschewski	Austria	238,500
15	Thomas Cazayous	France	236,000
16	Manuel Machado	Portugal	234,000
17	Alan Gilmore	Ireland	227,000
18	Chisa Matsutani		225,500
19	Kunal Patni	India	224,000
20	Roland Muller	Germany	223,000
21	Arthur Abrantes		221,000
22	Julien Mariani	France	216,000
23	Russell Rosenblum	United States	214,000
24	Gustavoadolf Vaccarovallejos		211,000
25	Tomohiro Suzuki	Japan	210,500

See remaining chip counts in the WSOP LIVE App