Day 1 of the $1,500 Pick Your PLO of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 104 entries. Still in the running are Daniel Novak and Sascha Wilhelm.The WSOP 2026 featured another Dealer’s Choice event with the $1,500 Pick Your PLO (Event #91). Players could choose between PLO 8, Big O, and PLO, along with 5-Card PLO, in either Single or Double Board formats.On the opening day, 15 blind levels were played. During the first nine rounds, players were allowed to register or make up to two re-entries. A prize pool of approximately $1.14 million was generated. Cash payouts began from rank 129.104 players bagged up at the end. Emory Peebles (752,000) leads, followed by Jun Weng (719,000) and Eli Elezra (701,000). Also advancing are Daniel Novak (16th/355,000) and Sascha Wilhelm (74th/92,000).
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 – 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
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Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 857
Prize Pool: $1,137,667
Paid Places: 129Remaining Players: 104
Blinds: 3,000/6,000; BB Ante: 6,000
Payouts
| Position | Payout |
|---|
| 1 | $1,431 |
| 2 | $1,904 |
| 3 | $1,762 |
| 4 | $1,007 |
| 5 | $1,925 |
| 6 | $1,536 |
| 7 | $1,931 |
| 8 | $1,874 |
| 9 | $1,557 |
| 10 – 11 | $1,441 |
| 12 – 15 | $1,167 |
| 16 – 23 | $1,491 |
| 24 – 31 | $1,245 |
| 32 – 39 | $1,314 |
| 40 – 47 | $1,617 |
| 48 – 55 | $1,098 |
| 56 – 63 | $1,718 |
| 64 – 71 | $1,448 |
| 72 – 79 | $1,272 |
| 80 – 87 | $1,179 |
| 88 – 129 | $1,027 |
Chip Counts from Day 1
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Emory Peebles | United States | 752,000 |
| 2 | Jun Weng | China | 719,000 |
| 3 | Eli Elezra | Israel | 701,000 |
| 4 | Samuel Rosen | United States | 673,000 |
| 5 | Scott Abrams | United States | 621,000 |
| 6 | Jeremy Harkin | United States | 586,000 |
| 7 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 558,000 |
| 8 | Brennan Benglis | United States | 558,000 |
| 9 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 558,000 |
| 10 | Yunpeng Bai | China | 537,000 |
| 11 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 532,000 |
| 12 | Luiz Hota Neto | Brazil | 475,000 |
| 13 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 469,000 |
| 14 | Justin Liberto | United States | 468,000 |
| 15 | Hok Lee | Hong Kong | 432,000 |
| 16 | Daniel Novak | Austria | 355,000 |
| 17 | Kieran Walsh | Ireland | 354,000 |
| 18 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 341,000 |
| 19 | Carlos Sanchez | United States | 340,000 |
| 20 | Juan Maceiras Lapido | Spain | 333,000 |
| 21 | Will Berry | United States | 318,000 |
| 22 | Jonathan Krela | Canada | 317,000 |
| 23 | Brian Schwartz | United States | 310,000 |
| 24 | Eemil Tuominen | Finland | 307,000 |
| 25 | Ranjeet Pawar | United States | 290,000 |
| 26 | Jon Turner | United States | 283,000 |
| 27 | Xixiang Luo | China | 263,000 |
| 28 | Benjamin Pockett | Australia | 259,000 |
| 29 | Gerald Reyelts | United States | 247,000 |
| 30 | Zachary Fischer | United States | 238,000 |
| 31 | Roland Jung | | 237,000 |
| 32 | Andrew Ostapchenko | United States | 235,000 |
| 33 | Robert Mather | United States | 227,000 |
| 34 | Edward Jackson-Spivack | United Kingdom | 217,000 |
| 35 | Joseph Ritzie | United States | 211,000 |
| 36 | Frank Brannan | United States | 205,000 |
| 37 | Davis Aalvik | United States | 189,000 |
| 38 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 188,000 |
| 39 | John Racener | United States | 184,000 |
| 40 | Sergio Benso | Italy | 184,000 |
| 41 | Joshua Stewart | United Kingdom | 181,000 |
| 42 | Noah Kelley | United States | 178,000 |
| 43 | Michael Lenz | | 171,000 |
| 44 | James Roullier | United States | 165,000 |
| 45 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 163,000 |
| 46 | Tsz Shing | United States | 158,000 |
| 47 | Tony Hoang | Canada | 156,000 |
| 48 | Julie Marriott | United States | 155,000 |
| 49 | Daniel Carter | United Kingdom | 154,000 |
| 50 | Robert Galbraith | | 151,000 |
| 51 | Brevin Andreadis | United States | 149,000 |
| 52 | Winston Djonli | United States | 148,000 |
| 53 | Hernan Novick | Uruguay | 143,000 |
| 54 | Daniel Brecht-Haddad | United States | 143,000 |
| 55 | Jerry Wong | United States | 142,000 |
| 56 | Igor Dubrovsky | | 140,000 |
| 57 | Lucas Fernandes Tabarin | Argentina | 139,000 |
| 58 | Dara Taherpour | United States | 137,000 |
| 59 | Christian Roberts | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 136,000 |
| 60 | David Wang | Australia | 132,000 |
| 61 | Lonnie Proby | United States | 130,000 |
| 62 | Steven Liu | United States | 129,000 |
| 63 | Christian Harder | United States | 127,000 |
| 64 | Ethan Bennett | United States | 120,000 |
| 65 | Cagdas Ersoy | Turkey | 120,000 |
| 66 | Steven Sarmiento | United States | 115,000 |
| 67 | Donald Fulton | United States | 109,000 |
| 68 | Christopher Amaral | United States | 104,000 |
| 69 | Benjamin Ozer | Israel | 103,000 |
| 70 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 102,000 |
| 71 | John Zaleski | United States | 99,000 |
| 72 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 98,000 |
| 73 | Benjamin Miner | United States | 96,000 |
| 74 | Sascha Wilhelm | Germany | 92,000 |
| 75 | Peter Hernandez | United States | 92,000 |
| 76 | Bart Hanson | United States | 90,000 |
| 77 | Maurice Tan | United States | 90,000 |
| 78 | Ryan Moriarty | United States | 87,000 |
| 79 | Garik Tamasian | Russian Federation | 85,000 |
| 80 | Sen Mu | China | 84,000 |
| 81 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 82,000 |
| 82 | Liam Murphy | United States | 82,000 |
| 83 | Paul Fehlig | United States | 79,000 |
| 84 | Joshua Mullins | United States | 78,000 |
| 85 | Cory Blum | United States | 78,000 |
| 86 | Jordan Polk | United States | 76,000 |
| 87 | Brett Richey | United States | 75,000 |
| 88 | Mike Matusow | United States | 73,000 |
| 89 | Daniel Falus | Hungary | 72,000 |
| 90 | Matthew Beinner | United States | 71,000 |
| 91 | Danny Wong | United States | 69,000 |
| 92 | Steve Billirakis | United States | 59,000 |
| 93 | Ryan Covert | United States | 56,000 |
| 94 | Jeffrey Trudeau | United States | 54,000 |
| 95 | Chase Crouch | United States | 52,000 |
| 96 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 51,000 |
| 97 | James Minghini | United States | 51,000 |
| 98 | Ryan Franklin | United States | 49,000 |
| 99 | Kevin Mcminniman | United States | 47,000 |
| 100 | Bradley Jansen | United States | 46,000 |
| 101 | Anderson Ireland | United States | 43,000 |
| 102 | Christopher Gregg | United States | 36,000 |
| 103 | Alessandr De Fenza | United States | 28,000 |
| 104 | Yishu Yang | United States | 25,000 |
