WSOP 2026: Karim Ghozlani leads the Mini Main Event

The second flight of the $1,000 Mini Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas concluded with 295 entrants. Karim Ghozlani is leading the field.On Day 1B of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event (Event #72) of the WSOP 2026, an additional 4,053 entries were recorded. There was a cash starting from place 608. Among those who made the money were Karen Marsh ($1,002), Michael Fohs ($1,002), Tim Nieder ($1,002), Till Kollender ($1,298), Ioannis Nanos ($1,298), and Andreas Staschewski ($1,298).After 22 blind levels, the day concluded. 295 players bagged chips for Day 2. Karim Ghozlani is in the pole position with 3.75 million in chips. Also advancing are Stefan Nemetz (950,000), Wojciech Barzantny (540,000), Tobias Rohe (345,000), and Stepas Tindziulis (320,000).

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WSOP Event #72: No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba (2,599/4,053/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: tba (194/295/-) Blinds: 20,000/40,000Reports: Day 1A

Top Chip Counts from Day 1B

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Karim Ghozlani	Switzerland	3,750,000
2	Mohammad Habib Nia	United States	3,650,000
3	Bartlomiej Kijak	Poland	3,430,000
4	Maksim Petrov	Estonia	3,215,000
5	Bart Lybaert	Belgium	2,600,000
6	Ricky Flora	United States	2,350,000
7	Hyong Kim		2,290,000
8	Kyle Hughes	United States	2,265,000
9	Seiji Sasaki	Japan	2,120,000
10	Guilherme Navascues		1,965,000
11	Taylor Maas	United States	1,930,000
12	Stuart Pfeifer	United States	1,900,000
13	Adrian Garcia Galipienso	Spain	1,900,000
14	Josep Ruiz Mercade	Spain	1,885,000
15	Patrick Truong	United States	1,815,000
16	Aleks Dimitrov	Bulgaria	1,775,000
17	Zheming Zhu	China	1,775,000
18	Noureddine El Moghrabi		1,745,000
19	Yulian Bogdanov	Bulgaria	1,730,000
20	David Swaim		1,685,000
21	Mathew Frankland	United Kingdom	1,670,000
22	Gonzalo Diaz		1,655,000
23	Likai Liu		1,645,000
24	Daniel Jackson	United Kingdom	1,640,000
25	Manuel Fernandez		1,640,000

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