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WSOP 2026: Julian Menhardt as Big Stack in Gladiators of Poker

Day 1C of the $1 Gladiators of Poker at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 103 players. Julian Menhardt is in 2nd place.During the WSOP 2026, Day 1C featured the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Gladiators of Poker (Event #88). An additional 2,934 entries brought the prize pool to $1,764. There was a cash payout starting from 441st place.Yvonne Fuge (429th/$1), Markus Schottes (416th/$1), Sven Meschede (345th/$1), Alexandre Besse (338th/$1), Frank Robotka (167th/$1), and Pierre May (163rd/$1) secured a cash payout.After 22 blind levels, the day concluded. Julian Menhardt (2.8 million) is in 2nd place, with only the American David Kenniston (3.2 million) gathering more chips. Peter Splettstößer (53rd/710,000) also advances to Day 2.
All participants must utilize the WSOP Live App, where they can find all details and updates regarding the events. Live updates for WSOP 2026 are available on pokernews.com. All livestreams can be found at youtube.com/@wsop.

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 –> 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 #88: No-Limit Hold’em Gladiators of Poker

Buy-In: $1 Entries: tba (1,810/2,174/2,934/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: tba (66/65/103/-) Blinds: 25,000/50,000; BB Ante: 50,000Reports: Day 1ADay 1B

Chip Counts from Day 1C

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1David KennistonUnited States3,155,000
2Julian MenhardtAustria2,790,000
3Manuel Luna2,155,000
4Alexander PerezUnited States2,025,000
5Johnny OshanaUnited States2,006,500
6Michael Teifel1,775,000
7Sacha BozouFrance1,760,000
8Kenneth BaimeUnited States1,750,000
9Matthew JohnsonUnited States1,665,000
10Andrew LawUnited Kingdom1,595,000
11Mark WilliamsAustralia1,525,000
12Adrian ChanCanada1,510,000
13Kyle RosnesCanada1,490,000
14Zheng LiUnited States1,415,000
15Nikolaos KontizasGreece1,380,000
16James Rosen1,340,000
17Travis HardingUnited States1,275,000
18Kevan ScottCanada1,260,000
19Wenje Lai1,235,000
20Robert CohenUnited States1,230,000
21Jeffrey SilversteinUnited States1,220,000
22David LauferUnited States1,175,000
23Nathan Torrance1,140,000
24Ohad LubianikerIsrael1,130,000
25Yoav Zvi1,120,000
26Brenton DudaUnited States1,110,000
27Warren FriedmanUnited States1,075,000
28Michael MuffolettoUnited States970,000
29Joanna MileosCanada945,000
30James Deviers925,000
31Elden Lacer920,000
32Cruz Mendiola920,000
33Marek MokrasCzechia900,000
34Xingwei ChenChina890,000
35Curry Scott875,000
36Joseph CookUnited States870,000
37Jay HarwoodUnited Kingdom855,000
38Jeremy Steel850,000
39Rachel GiacopuzziUnited States835,000
40Alexandre Clusiau830,000
41Leonard YungblutCanada805,000
42Duane GerlemanUnited States800,000
43Brian EtheridgeUnited States790,000
44Cody BrinnUnited States785,000
45Ethan DoanUnited States775,000
46Alena KarunetsBelarus765,000
47Stephen WattersUnited States760,000
48Justin Kennard740,000
49Leonardo GiuffridaArgentina725,000
50James TapsonUnited States720,000
51Luke DaintonUnited Kingdom715,000
52Nicklas Klelundborg715,000
53Peter SplettstoesserUnited States710,000
54Thomas BonaCanada705,000
55Douglas SwansonUnited States700,000
56Honghao ShiUnited States695,000
57Jiahe Zhang690,000
58Oren EliasovUnited States680,000
59Michael SandersUnited States680,000
60Rachel GardnerUnited States670,000
61Diana ZhaoUnited States655,000
62Michael MarderUnited States650,000
63Yenhan ChenTaiwan635,000
64Andrew BrinkleyUnited States630,000
65Emin Yurumazu620,000
66Cristian DiazUnited States615,000
67John Chilton600,000
68Donald BrownUnited States575,000
69Jesse KertlandUnited States575,000
70Daniel RybakovFrance570,000
71Iason FilippidisGreece565,000
72Ke XuAustralia520,000
73Joshua Frazer JamesCanada515,000
74Tyler Neufeld510,000
75Susan HauglidUnited States510,000
76Billy KurniawanCanada500,000
77Robert MerickelUnited States495,000
78David KangUnited States490,000
79Marianne Ferroni485,000
80Brett RaduUnited States480,000
81Chaz McgowanUnited States480,000
82Benjamin EctorUnited States465,000
83Christopher RodriguezUnited States440,000
84James MaahsUnited States440,000
85Nicholas DurkanUnited Kingdom440,000
86Long DuongUnited States430,000
87Gregory Eckler400,000
88Jeffrey Gehle400,000
89Danesh LuthraCanada395,000
90Lester HauglidUnited States390,000
91Tri Dao385,000
92Michael Varnava380,000
93Andrew PeragalloUnited States370,000
94George Wickham355,000
95Vahag GevondyanUnited States350,000
96Brian AppellUnited States300,000
97Takanao FukitaJapan290,000
98Mark PetersUnited States280,000
99Kim LamUnited States260,000
100Andrei KrauchukUnited States230,000
101Jackson PekinAustralia145,000
102Gregory RobbinsUnited States143,000
103Mikell MyersUnited States135,000
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