WSOP 2026: Caroline Schallock ahead of Max Kurse in Closer Final

Day 1B of the $1,500 Closer at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 292 players. Caroline Schallock leads the DACH contingent into the final.The second flight in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em The Closer (Event #93) of WSOP 2026 brought in another 2,646 entries. The total prize pool for this tournament is $1.94 million. Cash was awarded starting from 397th place. Pierre May (345th/$1,022) and Jessica Vierling (314th/$1,022) made it into the money.292 participants survived the cut. Greek player Iason Filippidis (1.83 million) amassed the most chips. Also making it to the final day are Caroline Schallock (760,000), Max Kruse (660,000), Timo Kamphues (630,000), Yannick Schumacher (580,000), Enrico Rudelitz (510,000), Mohammad Farahmandi (440,000), and Alain Thetaz (190,000).

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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 –> 2026 World Series of Poker Official Tournament Rules –> Las Vegas Poker

WSOP Event #93: No-Limit Hold’em The Closer

Buy-In: $1,500 Entries: 3,724 (1,078/2,646) Prize Pool: $1,943,610 Paid Places (Day 2): 421Remaining Players: 421 (129/292) Blinds: 10,000/20,000; BB Ante: 20,000Reports: Day 1A

Top Chip Counts from Day 1B

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Iason Filippidis	Greece	1,825,000
2	Alexandre Moreau	France	1,605,000
3	Zi Long Zhang	United States	1,445,000
4	Nick Guagenti	United States	1,400,000
5	Anthony Marquez	United States	1,390,000
6	Arturas Astrauskas	Lithuania	1,345,000
7	Rute Jin	United States	1,155,000
8	Dan Au	United States	1,150,000
9	Gaspar Fernandez	Argentina	1,125,000
10	Gregory Fabiao	Brazil	1,115,000
11	Weston Pring	Canada	1,080,000
12	Alen Bakovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,070,000
13	Jose Escalona Gaona	Mexico	1,070,000
14	David Baker	United States	1,065,000
15	Yannick Capocetti	Argentina	1,055,000
16	Brian Felder	United States	1,015,000
17	Kenneth Gregory	United States	1,000,065
18	Uri Kadosh	United States	955,000
19	Jordan Schneible	United States	930,000
20	Ori Hasson	Israel	930,000
21	Youngjin Shin		885,000
22	Vasken Demlakian	Australia	880,000
23	John Pannucci	United States	865,000
24	Leonardo Mendonca Rizzo		850,000
25	Jonathan Greenberg		845,000

Remaining chip counts can be found in the WSOP LIVE App