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WSOP 2026: Tom Kunze as Big Stack in the Mid-Stakes Championship continues

Mark Michael
Day 1B of the $1,000 Mid-Stakes Championship of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 263 players remaining.At WSOP, Day 1B of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mid-Stakes Championship (Event #89) was on the schedule. A total of 951 additional entries came in. Ten blind levels were completed before wrapping up.Luis Pinho De Faria from Portugal (431,000) amassed the most chips. Tom Kunze (6th/367,000) from Germany is also in a strong position. Alexandre Arnold (21st/299,000), Lars Kamphues (40th/238,500), Florian Bock (137th/120,000), Jessica Vierling (184th/88,500), Paul Hammerschmied (190th/85,500), and Samuel Ju (244th/40,000) are also moving on to Day 2.
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WSOP Event #89: No-Limit Hold’em Mid-Stakes Championship

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: tba (498/951/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: tba (140/263/-) Blinds: 1,000/2,500; BB Ante: 2,500Reports: Day 1A

Top Chip Counts from Day 1B

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Luis Pinho De FariaPortugal431,000
2Agustin NaranjaArgentina413,000
3Yuxi HuangChina399,500
4James SileoUnited States387,500
5Daemon RichardsonUnited States387,000
6Tom KunzeGermany367,000
7Maher AchourTunisia355,500
8Robert Nemeskeri-KissUnited States344,500
9Lucas CortijoArgentina343,000
10Laith SheenaUnited Kingdom342,000
11Vijay RamaniUnited States330,500
12Daria KrashennikovaRussian Federation329,000
13Peter CrossJapan325,000
14Rohit KwatraUnited States322,500
15Jason RaberUnited States320,500
16Cedric SchwaederleFrance312,500
17He ZhouChina308,000
18Colton BlombergUnited States305,000
19Amit KaushikIndia303,500
20Gino FedeleArgentina299,500
21Alexandre ArnoldAustria299,000
22Maria KonnikovaUnited States298,000
23Mikhail ZavolokaRussian Federation291,500
24Chun KwanIreland287,500
25Paulina LoeligerUnited States282,500
For remaining chip counts, see WSOP LIVE App
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