WSOP 2026: Daniel Perkusic makes his mark in the 5 Card PLO

On Day 1 of the $1.00 Five Card Pot Limit Omaha (#53) at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, the action was intense, and the money spots were already reached. Daniel Perkusic climbed to 6th place in the chip count.The $1,500 5 Card PLO is a new event at the WSOP and has garnered quite a bit of interest. Players began with 25,000 chips and 40 levels, with no re-entry allowed. A whopping 1,319 players participated, creating a pot of $1,750,972. The top 198 places were paid, securing $1,020 in prize money. It got heated, the bubble burst three times, and place 198 was split between Robergio Dasilvamota, Dallas Larson, and Joey Weissman.In total, seven German-speaking players made it into the money, with Daniel Nestola (190th/$1,020), Dominik Paus (127th/$1,170), Matthias Kribben (107th/$1,320), and Markus Anheier (91st/$1,530) already cashing in.After Day 1, 76 players remain, each already guaranteeing $.820. Daniel Perkusic managed to secure 863,000 chips for 6th place, while Max Neugebauer is well positioned at 16th with 574,000 chips. Giuseppe Pantaleo is among the short stacks (67th/142k). As chip leader, Ravi Shankar leads the field into Day 2 with 1,446,000 chips, with the winner set to take home $1,552.50.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #53: Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 1,319 Prize Money: $1,750,972.50 Paid Places: 198Remaining Players: 76 Blinds: 5,000/10,000/10,000

Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Ravi Shankar	USA	1,446,000
2	Garth Paul	USA	980,000
3	Craig Jones	USA	965,000
4	Ghassan El-Hoss		934,000
5	Kai Yang	USA	930,000
6	Daniel Perkusic	Germany	863,000
7	Juha Helppi	Finland	847,000
8	Bouwe Claushuis	Netherlands	841,000
9	Mohamed Kerkeni	France	829,000
10	Miltiadis Kyriakides	Cyprus	819,000
11	David Jenkins	USA	708,000
12	David Thomas	USA	670,000
13	Krzysztof Magott	Poland	641,000
14	Kamel Mokhammad	Ukraine	612,000
15	Erick Mossinger	Brazil	583,000
16	Max Neugebauer	Austria	574,000
17	Matthew Beck	New Zealand	566,000
18	Balint Sebestyen	Hungary	563,000
19	Alan Mehamed	France	550,000
20	David Capon	USA	540,000
21	Brandon Paster	USA	527,000
22	Thomas Brabham	USA	524,000
23	Timothy Garles	USA	499,000
24	Zachary Gruneberg	USA	494,000
25	Mitchell Hynam	United Kingdom	484,000
26	Hok Lee	Hong Kong	465,000
27	Oleksandr Trokhymenko	Ukraine	444,000
28	Nino Pansier	Netherlands	427,000
29	Noah Harthcock	USA	415,000
30	Igor Holdaiy	USA	398,000
31	Robert Renaud	Canada	385,000
32	Miguel Ore Avila	Peru	382,000
33	Sam Soverel	USA	381,000
34	Virgile Turchi	France	379,000
35	Gianluca Cedolia	Canada	372,000
36	Rehman Kassam	United Kingdom	362,000
37	Josei Kamei	United Kingdom	360,000
38	Jose Velador	Mexico	356,000
39	Yin Wu	USA	355,000
40	Jeffrey Vaughn	USA	325,000
41	Lukas Zaskodny	Czech Republic	319,000
42	Khoi Le Nguyen	Vietnam	316,000
43	Germandio Andoni	USA	311,000
44	Christopher Delgrande	USA	305,000
45	Cuba Levenberry	USA	301,000
46	Joshua Ray	USA	300,000
47	Abhijith Cheruku	USA	296,000
48	Eric Pfenning	USA	293,000
49	Dawson Chen		287,000
50	Marc Rivera	Philippines	267,000
51	Eduards Rakuss	Latvia	267,000
52	Kelly Wolfe	USA	234,000
53	George Wolff	USA	227,000
54	Kenneth Douglas	USA	214,000
55	Thomas Morrison	USA	205,000
56	Joseph Skinner	USA	198,000
57	David Carvalho		189,000
58	Igor Zektser	USA	186,000
59	Diego Romero		184,000
60	Justin Tran	USA	177,000
61	Birger Larsen	Norway	172,000
62	Julian Segura	Colombia	170,000
63	Suguru Nakajima		169,800
64	Denis Vladimirov	Russia	158,000
65	Joshua Pedretti	USA	157,000
66	Paul Fisher	USA	155,000
67	Giuseppe Pantaleo	Germany	142,000
68	Rogerio Rabelo	Brazil	128,000
69	Leonardo Daviglus	Argentina	127,000
70	Jinlong Hu	China	126,000
71	Jarred Graham	Australia	123,000
72	Long Tran	USA	118,000
73	Jeremy Halaska	USA	111,000
74	Mark Bixler	USA	96,000
75	Pomjun Cha	USA	77,000
76	Rodrigo Portaleoni	Brazil	27,400

 

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