WSOP 2026: Frank Robotka advances to Day 2

Day 1D of the $1 Gladiators of Poker (Event #88) at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 147 players, including Frank Robotka from Germany.The last starting day of the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Gladiators of Poker brought in 4,267 additional entries. This resulted in a total prize pool of $1.75 million.641 entrants finished in the money, including Christian Wyss (613th/$1), Björn-Gunnar Flückiger (556th/$1), Johannes Heldens (430th/$1), Jan Wagner (291st/$1), Michael Mikulasch (260th/$1), Andreas Staschewski (219th/$1), Luc Ramos (213th/$1), Rene Majed (205th/$1), David Feichter (200th/$1), and Alessandro Laubinger (150th/$1,025).147 participants survived the cut. Brazilian Marcos Da Silva (3.03 million) amassed the most chips. Frank Robotka (116th/415,000) also advances to Day 2. In total, 381 players have qualified for the second round.

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #88: No-Limit Hold’em Gladiators of Poker

Buy-In: $1 Entries: 11,185 (1,810/2,174/2,934/4,267) Prize Money: $1,751,510 Paid Places (D2+): 381Remaining Players: 381 (66/65/103/147) Blinds: 25,000/50,000; BB Ante: 50,000Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B – Day 1C

Chip Counts from Day 1D

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Marcos Da Silva	Brazil	3,030,000
2	Valentin Farkas	Croatia	2,700,000
3	Suketu Vaidya	United States	2,530,000
4	Erez Klein	United States	2,330,000
5	Isa Mammadov		2,230,000
6	Gary McCoy	Ireland	2,203,000
7	Mason Vieth	United States	1,960,000
8	Justin Houser		1,956,000
9	Nicholas French	United States	1,900,000
10	Kanyalak Pholnadee		1,776,500
11	Aaron Thivyanathan	United States	1,775,000
12	Robert Vasquez	United States	1,760,000
13	Goonjan Mall	India	1,750,000
14	Baebae Liu	United States	1,725,000
15	Nianqing Wang	China	1,700,000
16	Fabian Rodriguez		1,665,000
17	Dante Collier		1,585,000
18	Ozren Cvijanovic	Serbia	1,560,000
19	Alan Grinvalds		1,550,000
20	Mike Chau	United States	1,425,000
21	Hunter Payne	United States	1,380,000
22	Matthew Peng	United States	1,310,000
23	Andrew Walker		1,310,000
24	Tommy Trinh	United States	1,300,000
25	Andrei Galimeev		1,285,000
26	Terry Fleischer	United States	1,265,000
27	Hannah Tildesley	United Kingdom	1,265,000
28	Erik Siuta	United States	1,260,000
29	Dennis Grizzle 2nd		1,250,000
30	Yuan Ting	United States	1,235,000
31	Tyler Dietz	United States	1,230,000
32	Jose Salazar Rios		1,225,000
33	An Tran	Vietnam	1,215,000
34	Guy Perkins		1,205,000
35	Steven Matson	Australia	1,200,000
36	Brett Murray	United States	1,190,000
37	Donald Cherry		1,180,000
38	Bryce Allen	United States	1,165,000
39	Brennan Hall		1,120,000
40	Samuel Sonego	United States	1,100,000
41	Joel Blaeser	United States	1,065,000
42	Vanna Tea	United States	1,065,000
43	Charles Giffon	United States	1,010,000
44	George Gamboa		1,010,000
45	Daniel Romero	Spain	1,005,000
46	James Morgan	Canada	1,000,000
47	Pietro Lo Giudice	Canada	975,000
48	Peter Johnson	United States	955,000
49	Randy Dang		950,000
50	Cedric Campagnari		950,000
51	Scott Christensen	United States	930,000
52	Andrew Eis		910,000
53	waheed Feda	United States	900,000
54	Gianluigi Zaniboni	Italy	840,000
55	Adam Capellan	United States	840,000
56	Byron Yip		840,000
57	Bradley Coultas	United States	835,000
58	Christopher Smith	United States	815,000
59	Guillermo Marquez	Colombia	790,000
60	Andrew Jackson	United States	785,000
61	Marcus Villarreal	United States	785,000
62	Tyler Cage		780,000
63	Yueqi Wang	United States	775,000
64	Noah Piderit		770,000
65	Vicente Sanchez Benitez	United States	765,000
66	Kaden Becker		765,000
67	Eric Ohrn		765,000
68	Nagi Ando		750,000
69	Yeonhwa Sakamoto		730,000
70	Gustavo Fioravanti	Argentina	710,000
71	Hung Nguyen	United States	700,000
72	Jason Beatty		700,000
73	Abraham Colby	United States	700,000
74	Craig Boyett	United States	695,000
75	Nathan Carrillo	United States	690,000
76	Joshua Hanners		690,000
77	Diena Liu	United States	665,000
78	Ryan Coughlin		650,000
79	Alex Rodriguez	United States	650,000
80	Matthew Simmons		645,000
81	Jaclyn Hawley		645,000
82	Vu Tran		640,000
83	Luis Rios		610,000
84	Yaroslav Korolev		610,000
85	Yachi Chen		600,000
86	Said El Harrak	United States	595,000
87	Brandon Jones	United States	585,000
88	Ryan Hull		584,000
89	David Hirst	Australia	580,000
90	John Liberto		560,000
91	Barbara Enright	United States	560,000
92	Min So	United States	555,000
93	Jeremiah Camachoborrego	United States	535,000
94	Dmitri Shevelev		535,000
95	David Boyer	Canada	520,000
96	Blain Ovind	United States	515,000
97	Michael Delaney	Ireland	510,000
98	Eric Yates	United States	490,000
99	Michael Comisso	United States	490,000
100	Yingxin Yang		490,000
101	Lizhen Chen	China	490,000
102	Allen Richardson		485,000
103	Zdzislau Kouchyk		485,000
104	Nizare Mamodegaston	France	480,000
105	Michael Callahan	United States	475,000
106	Thomas Ponczko		470,000
107	Cody Chung	United States	460,000
108	Jacques Alvernhe		460,000
109	Benjamin Dalton	United States	455,000
110	Rex Jensen	United States	450,000
111	Evgeny Kharchenko	United States	445,000
112	Abhishek Paul	Canada	440,000
113	Kyle Yu	United States	430,000
114	Robert Hatchett		420,000
115	Jason Hamm		420,000
116	Frank Robotka	Germany	415,000
117	Erwin Kerol	United States	405,000
118	Mauro Suriano	Italy	400,000
119	Andre Bof		390,000
120	Joshua Nowakowski		377,000
121	John Hannon	United States	375,000
122	Liina Vark	United States	370,000
123	Alexander Purdy		370,000
124	Brian Brackett	United States	360,000
125	Bryan Arnold	United States	355,000
126	Casey Bateman	United States	355,000
127	Victoria Volynsky	United States	340,000
128	Matthew Zeller		340,000
129	Deshan Woods	United States	335,000
130	Toshimitsu Kobashigawa		328,000
131	Alex Darko		320,000
132	Joey Couden	United States	310,000
133	Moshe Gavrieli	United States	310,000
134	Richard Broomes		310,000
135	Evan Acker	United States	310,000
136	Alexander Vayner	United States	300,000
137	Daichi Ueki		285,000
138	Don Berry		275,000
139	Franck Jacon	France	250,000
140	Yan Poudrier	Canada	235,000
141	Bhasker Ravikanti	United States	200,000
142	James Madrid		160,000
143	Jesus Aguirrecampanna		153,000
144	Scott Sundheim		100,000
145	Karia Yeung		82,000
146	Richard Schattel		75,000