WSOP 2026: Markus Schottes leads the DACH faction at the Summer Saver

Day 1A of the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver at the World Series of Poker 2026 concluded with 192 players.The $1 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver (Event #95) kicked off yesterday at WSOP 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. Two flights are offered, and participants can fire three bullets per starting day.On Day 1A, there were 1,414 entries, resulting in a prize pool of $1,810. A cash payout started from 213th place. Hans-Jürgen Hoch (205th/$1,006) was among those who made the money. After 20 blind levels, the field was reduced to 192 participants.Ryan Stiner from the USA is leading with 1.8 million chips. Markus Schottes (880,000) is in 12th place. Also making it to the final day are Thomas Bitto (550,000), Heinz Schluter (505,000), Alexander Besse (430,000), Christian Schwarz (380,000), Stefan Schwarz (350,000), Andreas Fröhli (300,000), Andreas Putz (255,000), and Daniel Feldmann (100,000).

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World Series of Poker 2026

Date: May 26 to July 15 / ME FT August 3 – 5 Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas Events: 100 live & 30 online Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online from $1 –> WSOP Bracelet Schedule –> WSOP.com Online Bracelet Schedule –> 2026 World Series of Poker Official Tournament Rules –> Las Vegas Poker

WSOP Event #95: No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver

Buy-In: $1 Entries: tba (1,414/-) Prize Pool: tba Paid Places: tbaRemaining Players: tba (192/-) Blinds: 10,000/20,000; BB Ante: 20,000

Top Chip Counts from Day 1A

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Ryan Stiner	United States	1,800,000
2	Garrett Dwire	United States	1,450,000
3	Nikolai Dizon Mollat	United States	1,230,000
4	Martin Kabrhel	Czechia	1,075,000
5	Theodore Doukas	Canada	1,005,000
6	Terence Reid	United States	1,000,020
7	Nathaniel Zoller	United States	940,000
8	Jesus Martinez	United States	935,000
9	Nobuaki Sasaki	Japan	915,000
10	Georgios Sourlas	Greece	895,000
11	Papai Papai	Hungary	885,000
12	Markus Schottes	Germany	880,000
13	Steven Zerda		860,000
14	Timofei Sharipov		850,000
15	Nathaly Faria	Brazil	845,000
16	Gladys Landegger	United States	790,000
17	Dren Ukella	Georgia	745,000
18	Christian Tomren	United States	740,000
19	Laurent Polito	France	735,000
20	James Lee	United States	725,000
21	Richard Mendes	Netherlands	695,000
22	Frank Cucchiara	United States	690,000
23	David Connell	United States	690,000
24	Steven Doyle	Australia	680,000
25	Susan Genard	United States	645,000

For remaining chip counts, see the WSOP LIVE App