The $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo (#69) of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas also delivered good numbers. GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu is in the Top 10, but Max Kruse and Andreas Krause also had a strong start.25,000 chips and 40-minute levels were the starting conditions, with 647 entries generating a prize pool of $1,892. The top 98 spots are paid, with $1,017 waiting as a min-cash. 15 levels were completed on Day 1, and the field has already been cut to a third. Only 148 players remain, led by Will Berry with 605,000 chips. Jon Kyte got off to a good start (4th with 285,500), and Daniel Negreanu is in 10th place with 243,500.
Four German-speaking players made the cut, with Max Kruse leading the list once again with 152,000. Andreas Krause returns with 133,000, Sascha Manns with 71,500, and Swiss player Fabien Gun is short-stacked with 20,000.On Day 2, the first goal is to reach the money spots, and on Day 3, the winner will take home $1,276 and the bracelet.
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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 from $1
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Buy-in: $1,500
Entries: 647
Prize pool: $1,892
Paid spots: 98Remaining players: 146
Limits: 6,000/12,000
Payouts
| Rank | Payout |
| 1 | $1,276 |
| 2 | $1,162 |
| 3 | $1,068 |
| 4 | $1,217 |
| 5 | $1,574 |
| 6 | $1,618 |
| 7 | $1,749 |
| 8 | $1,945 |
| 9 | $1,538 |
| 10 – 11 | $1,093 |
| 12 – 15 | $1,317 |
| 16 -23 | $1,016 |
| 24 -31 | $1,055 |
| 32 -39 | $1,344 |
| 40 -47 | $1,819 |
| 48 -55 | $1,436 |
| 56 -63 | $1,167 |
| 64 -98 | $1,017 |
Chip Counts from Day 1
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Will Berry | United States | 605,000 |
| 2 | Taylor Atchison | United States | 371,500 |
| 3 | David Bach | United States | 297,500 |
| 4 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 285,500 |
| 5 | Dave Stann | United States | 280,000 |
| 6 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 276,500 |
| 7 | Michael Casella | United States | 260,500 |
| 8 | Menikos Panagiotou | Cyprus | 247,000 |
| 9 | David Bagheri | United States | 243,500 |
| 10 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 235,500 |
| 11 | Tara Dunn | Canada | 234,500 |
| 12 | Robert Mitchell | United States | 212,500 |
| 13 | Ilija Savevski | North Macedonia | 198,000 |
| 14 | Christopher Amaral | United States | 195,000 |
| 15 | Federico Ottenio | United States | 191,500 |
| 16 | Matthew Vengrin | United States | 191,000 |
| 17 | Thor Morstoel | Norway | 190,000 |
| 18 | Jiyang Gan | China | 188,500 |
| 19 | Jason Daly | United States | 188,000 |
| 20 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 184,500 |
| 21 | Eric Buchman | United States | 184,500 |
| 22 | Tom Schneider | United States | 184,500 |
| 23 | Travis Erdman | United States | 180,500 |
| 24 | Paul Lenkeit | United States | 177,500 |
| 25 | Charles Thomas | United States | 175,000 |
| 26 | Judah Chambers | United States | 174,500 |
| 27 | Gustavo Campos | | 174,000 |
| 28 | Daniil Fedunov | United States | 173,500 |
| 29 | Anthony Willm | United States | 172,500 |
| 30 | Ben Yu | United States | 170,500 |
| 31 | Mike Matusow | United States | 168,000 |
| 32 | David May | United States | 166,500 |
| 33 | Ronald Kownacki | | 166,500 |
| 34 | Thanhlong Nguyen | United States | 165,500 |
| 35 | Richard Bai | United States | 161,500 |
| 36 | Ryan Buonsante | | 161,000 |
| 37 | Stephen Calhoun | United States | 154,500 |
| 38 | Kao Saechao | United States | 154,500 |
| 39 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 152,000 |
| 40 | Max Kruse | Germany | 152,000 |
| 41 | Steven Earleywine | United States | 152,000 |
| 42 | Hani Awad | United States | 149,000 |
| 43 | Timothy Dalessandro | United States | 148,000 |
| 44 | Walter Treccarichi | Italy | 143,000 |
| 45 | Kristan Lord | United States | 140,500 |
| 46 | Nick Marchington | United Kingdom | 140,500 |
| 47 | Daniel Walmsley | Australia | 140,000 |
| 48 | Mir Gaskari | United States | 138,000 |
| 49 | Nikolay Ponomarev | United Kingdom | 136,500 |
| 50 | Troy Murdough | | 134,000 |
| 51 | Renato Labadan | United States | 134,000 |
| 52 | Andreas Krause | Germany | 133,000 |
| 53 | Darrell Oldfield | United States | 132,000 |
| 54 | Jonathan Brown | United States | 129,000 |
| 55 | Charles Phillips | United States | 127,500 |
| 56 | Wilson Leung | United Kingdom | 127,000 |
| 57 | Patricia Yannuzzi | United States | 126,500 |
| 58 | Jerri Thomas | United States | 123,500 |
| 59 | Andrew Ostapchenko | United States | 121,000 |
| 60 | Pearce Arnold | United States | 120,000 |
| 61 | Scott Niebling | United States | 117,000 |
| 62 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | 116,000 |
| 63 | Hieu Ma | United States | 115,500 |
| 64 | Christopher Kay | United States | 115,000 |
| 65 | Au Ho | United States | 111,500 |
| 66 | Kevin Chance | United States | 108,500 |
| 67 | Joseph Weinberger | United States | 107,000 |
| 68 | Thomas Bessoir | United States | 106,500 |
| 69 | Corey Bierria | United States | 105,000 |
| 70 | Mary Jones | United States | 103,500 |
| 71 | Katherine Baxter | | 103,000 |
| 72 | Daniel Geeng | United States | 101,000 |
| 73 | Nicholas Blumenthal | United States | 98,500 |
| 74 | Gregory Josephson | United States | 98,500 |
| 75 | Phillip Kayden | | 98,500 |
| 76 | Daniel Mcginnis | United States | 97,500 |
| 77 | Liam Jehu | Australia | 97,000 |
| 78 | Alan Ledford | | 95,000 |
| 79 | Steven Davis | United States | 94,500 |
| 80 | George Wang | United States | 91,500 |
| 81 | Frank Athey | United States | 91,500 |
| 82 | Benjamin Miner | United States | 91,000 |
| 83 | Pedro Neves | Portugal | 91,000 |
| 84 | Alfie Adam | United Kingdom | 89,500 |
| 85 | Jeff Myers | United States | 89,000 |
| 86 | Luteng Li | Canada | 85,500 |
| 87 | Kyle Miholich | United States | 85,000 |
| 88 | Ross Mallor | United States | 85,000 |
| 89 | Alan Engel | Canada | 84,000 |
| 90 | Matheus Pereira | Brazil | 84,000 |
| 91 | Yosuke Miki | Japan | 83,500 |
| 92 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 83,000 |
| 93 | Alexander Baek | United States | 83,000 |
| 94 | Kurt Maier | United States | 78,500 |
| 95 | Craig Jones | United States | 78,000 |
| 96 | Gary Booth | United States | 76,000 |
| 97 | Itay Kimhi | Israel | 75,500 |
| 98 | Lonnie Heimowitz | United States | 75,000 |
| 99 | Matthew Moss | United Kingdom | 75,000 |
| 100 | Ryan Bambrick | United States | 72,000 |
| 101 | Sascha Manns | Germany | 71,500 |
| 102 | Joseph Couden | United States | 70,500 |
| 103 | John Esposito | United States | 70,000 |
| 104 | Lance Brukman | | 68,000 |
| 105 | Svjatoslavs Melnikovs | | 67,500 |
| 106 | Jack Trammell | United States | 65,500 |
| 107 | Myagmarsuren Rock | | 65,000 |
| 108 | Daniel Hofer | | 65,000 |
| 109 | Joseph Hertzog | United States | 64,500 |
| 110 | Jacob Irvin | United States | 64,000 |
| 111 | Navid Saberin | Luxembourg | 60,000 |
| 112 | Gregory Shuda | | 55,500 |
| 113 | Christopher Smith | United States | 54,000 |
| 114 | Ronald Kelso | | 54,000 |
| 115 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 53,000 |
| 116 | Danny Noam | United States | 49,500 |
| 117 | Brian Rast | United States | 45,000 |
| 118 | Mami Taira | Japan | 45,000 |
| 119 | Parker Mcdaniel | | 43,000 |
| 120 | James Miller | United States | 42,500 |
| 121 | Salah Levy | United States | 42,000 |
| 122 | Sean Lindsey | United States | 41,500 |
| 123 | Marshall Ragir | United States | 39,500 |
| 124 | Tsz Shing | United States | 39,500 |
| 125 | Derek Mcmaster | United States | 36,500 |
| 126 | Eugene Parenti | United States | 36,500 |
| 127 | Saulo Sabioni | Brazil | 36,000 |
| 128 | Ann Bloom | United States | 35,500 |
| 129 | Lucas Silva Bandeira | Brazil | 32,000 |
| 130 | Karl Tretter | United States | 32,000 |
| 131 | J Rogers | | 31,500 |
| 132 | Michael Candeloro | | 31,500 |
| 133 | Jared Rubin | United States | 30,500 |
| 134 | Kane Kalas | United States | 30,000 |
| 135 | Andrew Smolen | | 27,500 |
| 136 | Howard Mann | United States | 27,000 |
| 137 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 25,000 |
| 138 | Marco Johnson | United States | 25,000 |
| 139 | Alan Myerson | United States | 22,500 |
| 140 | Kenna James | United States | 21,000 |
| 141 | Fabien Gun | Switzerland | 20,000 |
| 142 | Konstantin Puchkov | Russian Federation | 19,000 |
| 143 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 17,500 |
| 144 | Hye Park | United States | 14,000 |
| 145 | Jesse Simonelli | United States | 10,500 |
| 146 | David Danheiser | United States | 5,000 |