The field for the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas has already grown to 8,077 participants. A massive 4,694 players took advantage of the last flight.Of course, most players from the DACH region also chose this start day. Joshua Gebissa, Oliver Weis, Max Kruse, Manig Löser, Martin Finger, David Kaufmann, Alessandro Laubinger, David Wintersberger, Max Neugebauer, Christopher Pütz, Fabian Niederreiter, Samuel Ju, Jonas Lauck, Claas Segebrecht, Tobias Reinkemeier, Hossein Ensan, Marius Gierse, Yannick Schumacher, Manuel Fischer, Dennis Wilke, Sebastian Gähl, Rene Majed, Florian Gaugusch, Octavian Vögele, Alexandre Arnold, Stefan Widmer, Fabian Rolli, Leandro Direlwanger, and Yoann Nigro, among many others, were in attendance.In addition, countless big names showed up, including GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu, Artur Martirosian, John Juanda, Shaun Deeb, Chris Moneymaker, Ryan Riess, Gus Hansen, Ari Engel, Kristen and Alex Foxen, Max Pescatori, Jesse Lonis, Eli Elezra, Chance Kornuth, Davidi Kitai, Martin Kabrhel, Bart Lybaert, Benny Glaser, Anton Wigg, Thomas Boivin, Phil Laak, Todd Brunson, Matt Glantz, Mustapha Kanit, Jeff Madsen, Shannon Shorr, and so on.Overall, however, the numbers are far behind those of previous years, and it remains to be seen how well the late registration will be frequented on the two Day 2s.
| Flight | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Day 1a | 915 | 923 | 772 |
| Day 1b | 831 | 1,096 | 1,038 |
| Day 1c | 2,528 | 1,678 | 1,573 |
| Day 1d | 5,014 | 4,997 | 4,694 |
| Day 2abc | 206 | 265 | |
| Day 2d | 618 | 776 | |
| Total | 10,112 | 9,735 | 8,077 |
The first seat open was rather surprising this time, as there was already significant action in the pot with the board showing
, and Patrick Lander decided to bluff with
. Bryan Buonocore thought for a long time, called with his set of eights, and was pleased with an early double-up.Scotty Nguyen had to say goodbye early (AQ < AK), and Doug Polk was also unsuccessful. He moved all-in with pocket kings against Jason Steinert's flopped full house of jacks and sevens, the river didn’t help, and Doug was done for the day. Also among the bustouts were Tobias Rohe, who lost with
against
and the straight, and Robert Rohr with
against
.The WSOP Live App showed 3,638 remaining players at the end of Level 5, and the chip counts will surely take some time. Many players from DACH have made it through the day; you can find the
counts here
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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 from $1
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Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: TBA (772/1,038/1,573/4,694/2ABC/2C)
Prize Pool: TBA
Paid Places: TBARemaining Players: TBA (543/757/1,166/3,638)
Blinds: 400/800; BB Ante: 800Reports:
Day 1A –
Day 1B –
Day 1C
Chip Counts:
D1A –
D1B –
D1CChip Counts from Day 1D
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Main Event Chip Counts D1d
, and Patrick Lander decided to bluff with 
. Bryan Buonocore thought for a long time, called with his set of eights, and was pleased with an early double-up.Scotty Nguyen had to say goodbye early (AQ < AK), and Doug Polk was also unsuccessful. He moved all-in with pocket kings against Jason Steinert's flopped full house of jacks and sevens, the river didn’t help, and Doug was done for the day. Also among the bustouts were Tobias Rohe, who lost with 
against 
and the straight, and Robert Rohr with 
against 
.The WSOP Live App showed 3,638 remaining players at the end of Level 5, and the chip counts will surely take some time. Many players from DACH have made it through the day; you can find the counts here