This year, Shaun Deeb is still chasing the bracelet, but in the $1,000 Nine Game (#52) at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, he is now on track.With 164 players remaining for 71 paid spots, Day 2 kicked off yesterday, with Dennis Weiss and Andreas Fröhli being the two German-speaking representatives in the field. Dennis Weiss was eliminated on the bubble when he lost with 10-6-6-5-2 against Kazuhiro Shirasawa’s 10-9-6-3-A in NL 2-7 Single Draw.Andreas Fröhli made it into the money but had to settle for a min-cash of $1,060.Shaun Deeb, on the other hand, had an ideal day, securing the clear chip lead with 3,500,000 chips among the last 21 players. David Williams is in second place with 1,742,000, and the veteran Eli Elezra is also well positioned with 901,000 chips. Jeff Madsen is also still in the running (16th with 318k).Everyone is guaranteed $1,040, and the winner will take home $1,470.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
Main Event Final Table 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: $1,000
Entries: 472
Prize Pool: $1,260,240
Paid Spots: 71Remaining Players: 21
Blinds: 10k/20k (Limit 40k/80k)Reports:
Day 1Chip Counts from Day 2
| Rank | Name | Nation | Chip Count |
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,500,000 |
| 2 | David Williams | USA | 1,742,000 |
| 3 | Richard Freitas | Brazil | 1,565,000 |
| 4 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | 1,474,000 |
| 5 | Danny Noam | USA | 1,323,000 |
| 6 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 930,000 |
| 7 | Eli Elezra | Israel | 901,000 |
| 8 | Mike Gorodinsky | USA | 832,000 |
| 9 | Maximilian Schindler | USA | 795,000 |
| 10 | Allan Le | USA | 780,000 |
| 11 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | Japan | 743,000 |
| 12 | Noah Bronstein | USA | 734,000 |
| 13 | Joey Couden | USA | 672,000 |
| 14 | Yu Li | China | 538,000 |
| 15 | Nicholas Julia | USA | 498,000 |
| 16 | Jeff Madsen | USA | 318,000 |
| 17 | Ruiko Mamiya | Japan | 294,000 |
| 18 | Omar Mehmood | USA | 227,000 |
| 19 | James Tilton | USA | 175,000 |
| 20 | Donny Rubinstein | USA | 77,000 |
| 21 | William Kerkaert | USA | 74,000 |
Payouts
| Rank | Name | Nation | Payout |
| 1 | | | $1,470 |
| 2 | | | $1,540 |
| 3 | | | $1,610 |
| 4 | | | $1,510 |
| 5 | | | $1,680 |
| 6 | | | $1,560 |
| 7 | | | $1,390 |
| 8 | | | $1,420 |
| 9 | | | $1,420 |
| 10 | | | $1,590 |
| 11 | | | $1,590 |
| 12 | | | $1,180 |
| 13 | | | $1,180 |
| 14 | | | $1,180 |
| 15 | | | $1,760 |
| 16 | | | $1,760 |
| 17 | | | $1,760 |
| 18 | | | $1,760 |
| 19 | | | $1,760 |
| 20 | | | $1,760 |
| 21 | | | $1,040 |
| 22 | Oscar Johansson | Sweden | $1,040 |
| 23 | Ari Rabin-Havt | USA | $1,040 |
| 24 | Ray Fishman | USA | $1,040 |
| 25 | Barbara Schindler | USA | $1,040 |
| 26 | Yosif Nawabi | USA | $1,040 |
| 27 | Jeffrey Taylor | | $1,040 |
| 28 | Thomas Zanot | USA | $1,800 |
| 29 | Mike Leah | Canada | $1,800 |
| 30 | John Monnette | USA | $1,800 |
| 31 | Eric Baldwin | USA | $1,800 |
| 32 | Ryan Moriarty | USA | $1,800 |
| 33 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | $1,800 |
| 34 | Ben Yu | USA | $1,800 |
| 35 | Brayden Gazlay | USA | $1,940 |
| 36 | Julius Reiner | USA | $1,940 |
| 37 | Matthew Schreiber | USA | $1,940 |
| 38 | Yujian Zhou | Australia | $1,940 |
| 39 | Ray Henson | USA | $1,940 |
| 40 | Thomas Keller | USA | $1,940 |
| 41 | Andres Korn | Argentina | $1,940 |
| 42 | Dan Matsuzuki | USA | $1,360 |
| 43 | Allen Kessler | USA | $1,360 |
| 44 | Brad Ruben | USA | $1,360 |
| 45 | Greg Mueller | Canada | $1,360 |
| 46 | Matt Vengrin | USA | $1,360 |
| 47 | Keisuke Kinura | Japan | $1,360 |
| 48 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | $1,360 |
| 49 | Robert Williamson | USA | $1,060 |
| 50 | David Lin | USA | $1,060 |
| 51 | Fu Wong | USA | $1,060 |
| 52 | Nitesh Rawtani | USA | $1,060 |
| 53 | Ian Pelz | USA | $1,060 |
| 54 | Michael Noori | USA | $1,060 |
| 55 | Todd Brunson | USA | $1,060 |
| 56 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | $1,060 |
| 57 | Justin Fawcett | USA | $1,060 |
| 58 | Leighton Cumber | United Kingdom | $1,060 |
| 59 | Michael Chung | South Korea | $1,060 |
| 60 | David Prociak | USA | $1,060 |
| 61 | Valentin Vornicu | USA | $1,060 |
| 62 | Patrick Moulder | USA | $1,060 |
| 63 | Michael Taylor | USA | $1,060 |
| 64 | John Centeno | USA | $1,060 |
| 65 | Bruno Portaro | Australia | $1,060 |
| 66 | Andreas Frohli | Austria | $1,060 |
| 67 | Jason Szymanowski | USA | $1,060 |
| 68 | Xixiang Luo | China | $1,060 |
| 69 | Bin Yuan | China | $1,060 |
| 70 | Daniel Blum | USA | $1,060 |
| 71 | Davin Anderson | USA | $1,060 |
