WSOP 2026: Dominik Krezo leads the DACH faction into the second round

Day 1C of the $1 Ultra Stack at the World Series of Poker 2026 ended with 321 participants. The most successful DACH player was Dominik Krezo.At the WSOP 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, Day 1C of the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Stack (Event #86) was on the agenda. A total of 4,217 additional entries brought the total prize pool to $1.04 million.633 participants made it into the money. These included Alexander Arent (596th/$1,200), Robert Forster (595th/$1,200), Philippe Argand (585th/$1,200), Axel Steiner (570th/$1,200), Helma Weber (555th/$1,200), Marco Petrusch (509th/$1,200), Sandro Carucci (440th/$1,200), Frank Reichel (407th/$1,260), Samir Al-Massri (355th/$1,367), Calvin Steiner (340th/$1,367), and Stefan Nemetz (330th/$1,367).321 players survived the last flight, making a total of 603 participants for Day 2. From our regions, Dominik Krezo (1.65 million), Sven Meschede (1.10 million), Florian Bock (985,000), Andreas Mages (830,000), Filippo Malgioglio (785,000), Till Kollender (400,000), and Lisa Terrettaz (280,000) are moving on to the next round.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #86: No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Stack

Buy-In: $1 Entries: 8,007 (1,366/2,424/4,217) Prize Pool: $1,035,528 Paid Places (D2+): 603Remaining Players: 603 (98/184/321) Blinds: 20,000/40,000Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B

Top Chip Counts from Day 1C

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Ron Arnon	Israel	2,495,000
2	Bernat Carreras Moragrega	France	2,205,000
3	David Prociak	United States	2,150,000
4	Robert Michel	United States	2,150,000
5	Mike Parekh	United States	2,150,000
6	Chris Da Silva	United Kingdom	2,100,000
7	Konstantin Shukhman	Canada	2,075,000
8	Johnny Oshana	United States	1,935,000
9	David Porter	United States	1,895,000
10	Andrea Hizer	United States	1,890,000
11	Daehyung Lee	Korea, Republic of	1,885,000
12	Amit Kaushik	India	1,850,000
13	Jeremy Joseph	United States	1,840,000
14	Joseph Creekmore	United States	1,810,000
15	Santiago Moises	Argentina	1,790,000
16	Stephen Decker		1,740,000
17	Muhammad Abdel Rahim	United States	1,730,000
18	John Meola	United States	1,710,000
19	Phillip Hui	United States	1,700,000
20	Donald Nimneh	United States	1,700,000
21	Alexander Savchenko	Russian Federation	1,650,000
22	Dominik Krezo	Germany	1,645,000
23	Avneesh Munjal	India	1,615,000
24	Stavros Petychakis	Greece	1,585,000
25	Matt Stout		1,570,000

For remaining chip counts see the WSOP LIVE App