Strong finale in the $1k High Roller of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. Daniel Rezaei leads over Daniel Smiljkovic. Also competing for the bracelet are Bryn Kenney, Daniel Negreanu, as well as Josef Schusteritsch and Sebastian Gähl.The $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller (Event #90) of WSOP 2026 started day 2 with 51 players. However, registration and re-entry were still possible for two blind levels, bringing the total number of entries to 202.The $1.6 million in prize money was distributed across 31 places. Before the money, Martin Kabrhel, Ren Lin, Isai Scheinberg, Sam Soverel, Liv Boeree, Brian Rast, Phil Hellmuth, and Leonard Maue, Yannick Schumacher, Igor Kurganov, Samuel Mullur, Manuel Fritz, Christopher Pütz, and Dietrich Fast were eliminated.The bubble boy was Santhosh Suvarna. The three-time bracelet winner ran pocket tens into Sebastian Gähl’s kings. Tom Fuchs (23rd/$1,497) and Hannes Jeschka (17th/$1,522) secured a cash.At the end, 13 players remained. The best chances for the title are Daniel Rezaei (7.35 million) and Daniel Smiljkovic (6.61 million; photo). Bryn Kenney is in 3rd place with 6.25 million in chips. Finalists include Erik Seidel (5th/5.24 million), Kristen Foxen (7th/4.75 million), Josef Schusteritsch (10th/3.97 million), and Sebastian Gähl (12th/2.65 million). The winner awaits $1.28 million and the bracelet.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
Main Event FT August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online starting at $1
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Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: 202
Prize Pool: $1,595,000
Paid Places: 31Remaining Players: 13
Blinds: 60,000/120,000; BB Ante: 120,000Reports:
Day 1Chip Counts from Day 2
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 7,345,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 6,605,000 |
| 3 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 6,250,000 |
| 4 | Eric Yanovsky | United States | 6,095,000 |
| 5 | Erik Seidel | United States | 5,235,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 4,845,000 |
| 7 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | 4,750,000 |
| 8 | Timur Margolin | Israel | 4,444,000 |
| 9 | Jamie Dwan | United Kingdom | 4,100,000 |
| 10 | Josef Schusteritsch | Austria | 3,965,000 |
| 11 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 3,350,000 |
| 12 | Sebastian Gaehl | Germany | 2,650,000 |
| 13 | Chris Brewer | United States | 1,090,000 |
Payouts
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize Money |
|---|
| 1 | | | $1,276,691 |
| 2 | | | $1,517,782 |
| 3 | | | $1,041,908 |
| 4 | | | $1,733 |
| 5 | | | $1,030 |
| 6 | | | $1,298 |
| 7 | | | $1,221 |
| 8 | | | $1,086 |
| 9 | | | $1,480 |
| 10 | | | $1,295 |
| 11 | | | $1,295 |
| 12 | | | $1,526 |
| 13 | | | $1,526 |
| 14 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | $1,526 |
| 15 | Jon Vallinas | Spain | $1,526 |
| 16 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $1,522 |
| 17 | Hannes Jeschka | Austria | $1,522 |
| 18 | Seth Davies | United States | $1,522 |
| 19 | Michael Macchia | United States | $1,522 |
| 20 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | $1,522 |
| 21 | Faraz Jaka | United States | $1,497 |
| 22 | Istvan Birizdo | Hungary | $1,497 |
| 23 | Tom Fuchs | Germany | $1,497 |
| 24 | Gustavo Ortega | United States | $1,497 |
| 25 | Zachary Grech | United States | $1,497 |
| 26 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $1,497 |
| 27 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | $1,497 |
| 28 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova, Republic of | $1,497 |
| 29 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $1,497 |
| 30 | Sean Perry | United States | $1,497 |
| 31 | Byron Kaverman | United States | $1,497 |
