WSOP 2026: Dennis Hotz is at the Final Table of the $1k NLH

The $1,000 NLH at the World Series of Poker 2026 is down to 53 players. Dennis Hotz from Germany can still dream of the Bracelet.Yesterday, the WSOP 2026 kicked off at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas with the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Event #85). The tournament is set to take place over two days, so the structure is quite tight. The blinds increase every 30 minutes, and on the first day, 22 levels were played, during which players could register in the first ten rounds or enter an optional re-entry.More than $1.52 million in prize money was collected, and 260 players made it into the money. Among them were Matthias Kribben (255th/$1,005), Salih Gabrysch (212th/$1,005), Ivo Donev (165th/$1,106), Tobias Matuschek (151st/$1,106), Stefan Widmer (135th/$1,211), and Siegfried Friedl (112th/$1,356).At the end of the day, there were still 53 participants at the tables. Chinese player Zixuan Liu (2.08 million) leads the field. Dennis Hotz from Germany is in 47th place with 250,000 in chips. The finalists are guaranteed $1,680. The winner will receive $1,391 and the Bracelet.

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World Series of Poker 2026

Date: May 26 to July 15 / ME FT August 3-5 Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas Events: 100 live & 30 online Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online from $1 –> WSOP Bracelet Schedule –> WSOP.com Online Bracelet Schedule –>> Las Vegas Poker  –> Daily Deepstacks Schedule –> WSOP Live Satellites –> 2026 World Series of Poker Official Tournament Rules

WSOP Event #85: No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 1,732 Prize Pool: $1,524,160 Paid Places: 260Remaining Players: 53 Blinds: 15,000/30,000; BB Ante: 30,000

Chip Counts from Day 1

Rank	Player	Chip Counts
1	Zixuan Liu	2,075,000
2	Edgaras Kausinis	1,520,000
3	Fahir Han	1,515,000
4	Justin Shiao	1,495,000
5	Andrew Heidelberg	1,255,000
6	Manuel Machado	1,160,000
7	Gregory Merson	1,030,000
8	Don Bobeda	1,015,000
9	Jose Aguilar Garcia	940,000
10	Charles Phillips	900,000
11	Jeffery Rozier	820,000
12	Cameron Rezaie	800,000
13	Ka Yeung	770,000
14	Yutaro Tsugaru	765,000
15	Satnam Sandhu	705,000
16	Samuel Gruber	705,000
17	Sanat Mehrotra	675,000
18	Ran Ilani	675,000
19	Anthony Ruberto	650,000
20	Dorian Rios	640,000
21	Roman Berson	600,000
22	Robert Fenner	585,000
23	Yehuda Yosef	580,000
24	Lukas Pazma	580,000
25	Taylor Hart	580,000
26	Jian Chen	560,000
27	Daniel Yoshiba	560,000
28	Martin Mccloskey	555,000
29	Roman Nuraev	555,000
30	Bruce Diamond	545,000
31	Antonio Subire	525,000
32	Anthony Lasala	485,000
33	Billy Mcbrayer	480,000
34	Takayuki Akamatsu	480,000
35	Ahn Ee Suk	475,000
36	Enrique Questell Pereira	415,000
37	Brian Fuentes	410,000
38	Mukul Pahuja	405,000
39	Sachino Yoshii	385,000
40	Jason Vanstrom	360,000
41	Jorge Postigo	355,000
42	Joseph Block	345,000
43	Nicholas Taylor	340,000
44	Kyohei Ikeda	305,000
45	Jason Richard	288,000
46	Anastasios Pavlou	265,000
47	Dennis Hotz	250,000
48	Eracles Panayiotou	242,000
49	Corey Caeti	215,000
50	Fangxiao Zhang	190,000
51	Samnang Som	185,000
52	Merijn Van Rooij	155,000
53	Naga Valiveti	145,000

Top 100 Payouts

Rank	Player	Country	Prize Money
1			$1,391
2			$1,167
3			$1,650
4			$1,251
5			$1,149
6			$1,781
7			$1,410
8			$1,852
9			$1,292
10			$1,163
11			$1,163
12			$1,068
13			$1,068
14			$1,728
15			$1,728
16			$1,728
17			$1,728
18			$1,943
19			$1,943
20			$1,943
21			$1,943
22			$1,943
23			$1,943
24			$1,943
25			$1,943
26			$1,943
27			$1,571
28			$1,571
29			$1,571
30			$1,571
31			$1,571
32			$1,571
33			$1,571
34			$1,571
35			$1,571
36			$1,508
37			$1,508
38			$1,508
39			$1,508
40			$1,508
41			$1,508
42			$1,508
43			$1,508
44			$1,508
45			$1,680
46			$1,680
47			$1,680
48			$1,680
49			$1,680
50			$1,680
51			$1,680
52			$1,680
53			$1,680
54	Daniel Collins	United States	$1,030
55	Harry Lodge	United Kingdom	$1,030
56	Naixuan Shi	China	$1,030
57	Steven Henroid		$1,030
58	Casey Brown	United States	$1,030
59	Allyn Shulman	United States	$1,030
60	Gary Thompson	Ireland	$1,030
61	Logan Hoover	United States	$1,030
62	David Sheinin	United States	$1,030
63	Drazen Lenac		$1,519
64	Florian Bordet	France	$1,519
65	Ching Wu	Taiwan	$1,519
66	Gage Trichel	United States	$1,519
67	Tomas Schlesinger	United States	$1,519
68	David Poor	United States	$1,519
69	Arthur Bekkerman	United States	$1,519
70	Yunsheng Sun	China	$1,519
71	Pierre Calamusa	France	$1,519
72	Felipe Quijano	United States	$1,116
73	Steven Zadelhoff	Netherlands	$1,116
74	Keith Ong Xun	Singapore	$1,116
75	Robert Harrison	United States	$1,116
76	Brett Apter	United States	$1,116
77	Jianghuai Chen	China	$1,116
78	John Clements	Ireland	$1,116
79	Gerson Martinez		$1,116
80	Katayon Khaterzai	United States	$1,116
81	Brandon Taff		$1,798
82	Venkat Chivukula	United States	$1,798
83	Kelly Mahana	United States	$1,798
84	Luis Carbonera	Brazil	$1,798
85	Chengtzu Lai	United States	$1,798
86	Mario Quijano	United States	$1,798
87	Tomoyuki Yoshimiya	Japan	$1,798
88	Henry Monness	United States	$1,798
89	Mark Muir		$1,798
90	Jin Wang		$1,549
91	Nan Qin		$1,549
92	Nicholas Romanello	United Kingdom	$1,549
93	Carmen La Porte	United States	$1,549
94	Aaron Smith	United States	$1,549
95	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	$1,549
96	Steven Ritchie	United States	$1,549
97	Jie Chen	Australia	$1,549
98	Terry Kim	United States	$1,549
99	John Steinbach		$1,356
100	Rolando Soria	Argentina	$1,356

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