The $1,500 Badugi of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas is going to the final with ten players. Scott Seiver and Nick Schulman are starting from second and fourth place, respectively, in the finale.Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Badugi (Event #8) of WSOP 2026 started with 99 remaining players. From 84th place onwards, there was a payout, so the paid spots were already in sight. The money bubble burst in the second blind level.Andrew Park was automatically all-in from the big blind. Before the first draw, Ryan Ko and Jorge Ufano played to the cap but then checked through to the showdown. Ko held a pat 8-7 Badugi, and both Park and Ufano could not make it past a 3-card Badugi.Sebastian Schulz (49th/$1,149) and Hanh Tran (40th/$1,662) secured a payout. Max Neugebauer was the longest in with a finish at the eighth blind level. The Austrian cashed $1,762 for 19th place.Ten players packed up at the end. Michael Casella (4.07 million) is in the lead ahead of the seven-time bracelet winner Scott Seiver (2.12 million). Also competing for Bracelet #8 is Nick Schulman, who is in fourth place with 1.99 million chips.
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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: $1,500
Entries: 554
Prize Pool: $1,435
Paid Places: 84Remaining Players: 10
Limits: 50,000/100,000Reports:
Day 1Chip Counts from Day 2
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Michael Casella | United States | 4,065,000 |
| 2 | Scott Seiver | United States | 2,120,000 |
| 3 | Gary Benson | Australia | 2,045,000 |
| 4 | Nick Schulman | United States | 1,985,000 |
| 5 | Stephan Nussrallah | United States | 1,385,000 |
| 6 | Kyle Arora | United States | 905,000 |
| 7 | Walter Chambers | United States | 685,000 |
| 8 | Jon Turner | United States | 300,000 |
| 9 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 295,000 |
| 10 | Brant Hale | United States | 115,000 |
The Payouts
| Rank | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|
| 1 | | | $1,963 |
| 2 | | | $1,607 |
| 3 | | | $1,920 |
| 4 | | | $1,815 |
| 5 | | | $1,824 |
| 6 | | | $1,279 |
| 7 | | | $1,560 |
| 8 | | | $1,668 |
| 9 | | | $1,668 |
| 10 | | | $1,979 |
| 11 | Antoine Chuzeville | France | $1,979 |
| 12 | Chris Moneymaker | United States | $1,095 |
| 13 | Casey Hayes | United States | $1,095 |
| 14 | Raju Jampana | United States | $1,095 |
| 15 | William Nichols | United States | $1,095 |
| 16 | Frank Muir | United States | $1,095 |
| 17 | Nitesh Rawtani | United States | $1,095 |
| 18 | Jonathan Park | United States | $1,762 |
| 19 | Max Neugebauer | Austria | $1,762 |
| 20 | Kevin Xu | United States | $1,762 |
| 21 | Ben Yu | United States | $1,762 |
| 22 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | $1,762 |
| 23 | Jaris Kaido | United States | $1,762 |
| 24 | Hasan Kural | United States | $1,812 |
| 25 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | $1,812 |
| 26 | Clinton Wolcyn | United States | $1,812 |
| 27 | Ryan Riess | United States | $1,812 |
| 28 | Nick Guagenti | United States | $1,812 |
| 29 | David Prociak | United States | $1,812 |
| 30 | Alexander Bitsakis | Canada | $1,136 |
| 31 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | $1,136 |
| 32 | Jonathan Krela | Canada | $1,136 |
| 33 | Alan Myerson | United States | $1,136 |
| 34 | Venkata Tayi | United States | $1,136 |
| 35 | Jody Garaventa | United States | $1,136 |
| 36 | Heather Alcorn | United States | $1,662 |
| 37 | James Woods | United States | $1,662 |
| 38 | Thomas Fuller | United States | $1,662 |
| 39 | Jeffrey Stephaniuk | | $1,662 |
| 40 | Hanh Tran | Austria | $1,662 |
| 41 | Dominick Sarle | United States | $1,662 |
| 42 | Vladimir Peck | United States | $1,343 |
| 43 | Carl Vaillancourt | United States | $1,343 |
| 44 | Lorenzo Veloz | Ecuador | $1,343 |
| 45 | Matthew Wantman | United States | $1,343 |
| 46 | Brian Tate | United States | $1,343 |
| 47 | Daryl Jendraszkiewicz | United States | $1,343 |
| 48 | Satoshi Tanaka | United States | $1,149 |
| 49 | Sebastian Schulz | Austria | $1,149 |
| 50 | David “ODB” Baker | United States | $1,149 |
| 51 | Johnson Phanyaseng | United States | $1,149 |
| 52 | Lok Chan | Hong Kong | $1,149 |
| 53 | Jason Gola | United States | $1,149 |
| 54 | Stan Kriventsov | | $1,074 |
| 55 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | $1,074 |
| 56 | Patrick Quealy | United States | $1,074 |
| 57 | Aron Dermer | United States | $1,074 |
| 58 | Chino Rheem | United States | $1,074 |
| 59 | Ryan Ko | United States | $1,074 |
| 60 | Ian Chan | Canada | $1,999 |
| 61 | Travis Erdman | United States | $1,999 |
| 62 | Andrew Barber | United States | $1,999 |
| 63 | Abdel Hamid | United States | $1,999 |
| 64 | Steven Girouard | United States | $1,999 |
| 65 | Steven Tharrington | United States | $1,999 |
| 66 | Ray Henson | United States | $1,999 |
| 67 | James Tilton | United States | $1,999 |
| 68 | Edward Konarske | United States | $1,999 |
| 69 | Jordan Siegel | United States | $1,999 |
| 70 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | $1,999 |
| 71 | Robert Rosengarten | United States | $1,999 |
| 72 | Troy Gallo | | $1,999 |
| 73 | Leyla Rogers | United States | $1,999 |
| 74 | Yuki Hamada | United States | $1,999 |
| 75 | Christopher Johnson | United States | $1,999 |
| 76 | Martin Staszko | Czechia | $1,999 |
| 77 | Fat Wong | Canada | $1,999 |
| 78 | Jerry Wong | United States | $1,999 |
| 79 | Tom Mccormick | United States | $1,999 |
| 80 | Matthew Vengrin | United States | $1,999 |
| 81 | Eran Gold | United States | $1,999 |
| 82 | Scott Abrams | United States | $1,999 |
| 83 | Sergei Tolkachov | United States | $1,999 |
| 84 | Brandon Smith | United States | $1,999 |
