WSOP 2026: Andreas Michelmann leads the DACH players into Day 2

The final starting day of the $1k Mini Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas concluded with 446 players. The most successful player from our region was Andreas Michelmann.The last starting day for the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event (Event #72) at WSOP 2026 was on the schedule. A total of 5,908 more entries were combined. This brings the total entries to 12,560, equating to a prize pool of $1.05 million.Cash began at place 887. Nils Pudel ($1,000), Manuel Fischer ($1,000), Niklas Deimeier ($1,000), Phillip Bruns ($1,000), Alexandra Obrien ($1,000), Hossein Ensan ($1,000), Rolf Weisshaupt ($1,000), Joseph Noujeim ($1,100), Johannes Fischer ($1,100), and Joel Bondioni ($1,248) were among those who made it into the money.The most chips were collected by Czech player Zdenek Zizka (7.2 million). Also advancing were Andreas Michelmann (1.2 million), Leandro Dirlewanger (1.0 million), Philip Morsink (990,000), Amadeus Janotta (985,000), Tom Kunze (760,000), Frederic Durand, Huseyin Fidan (720,000), Matthias Habering (710,000), Marius Gierse (710,000), Claudio Muller (660,000), David Hagmann (495,000), and Philippe Argand (200,000).

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World Series of Poker 2026

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

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 12,560 (2,599/4,053/5,908) Prize Pool: $1,052,800 Paid Places (starting D2+): 935Remaining Players: 935 (194/295/446) Blinds: 20,000/40,000Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B

Top Chip Counts from Day 1C

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Zdenek Zizka	Czechia	7,225,000
2	Manjunath Mulinti	United States	6,450,000
3	Tor Av Skardi		3,740,000
4	Soojo Kim	Republic of Korea	3,585,000
5	Ross Atkinson	United Kingdom	2,965,000
6	Amadeusz Roslik	Poland	2,925,000
7	Matas Kacinskas	Lithuania	2,895,000
8	Sebastien Grax	France	2,800,000
9	Kunal Patni	India	2,645,000
10	Badr Imejjane	United States	2,600,000
11	Truong Nguyen	United States	2,485,000
12	Christopher Audrain	United States	2,365,000
13	Knut Trulsen		2,310,000
14	Pedro Neves	Portugal	2,235,000
15	Dennys Ramos	Brazil	2,185,000
16	Jaehwa Son	Canada	2,165,000
17	Angie Mccranie	United States	2,150,000
18	Viet Vo	United States	2,100,000
19	Shawn Motameni		2,025,000
20	Daniel Trianaruiz	Spain	1,980,000
21	Eric Afriat	Canada	1,820,000
22	Briant Alavez	Mexico	1,760,000
23	Nicholas Schultz		1,745,000
24	Sanjeev Kapoor	United States	1,725,000
25	Parker Drew	United States	1,725,000

For remaining chip counts see the WSOP LIVE App