WSOP 2026: Robin Kleinbeck, Felix Kümayr, and Hossein Ensan as Big Stacks on the Main Event Bubble

Day 3 of the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event at the World Series of Poker 2026 in Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas came to an end on the bubble. Sasha Liu took the lead, and Robin Kleinbeck, Felix Kümayr, and Hossein Ensan are among the big stacks.

3,294 players remained after the starting days and Day 2s. And as always, Day 3 was the day for cleanup. So much so that they almost reached the bubble. More than half of the players left Day 3 empty-handed, including many from the DACH region.Martin Finger was eliminated with against Zdenek Zizka’s Queens. Max Neugebauer, Didi Fast, Andreas Putz, Alessandro Laubinger, Jakob Miegel, Klemens Roiter, Jessica Teusl, Dennis Wilke, Björn Flueckiger, Jens Hesse, Felix Kohl, Felix Rabas, Fabian Gumz, and many others had to exit to the rail. But there were also Joe McKehen, Keven Stammen, Cary Katz, Mustapha Kanit, Brian Rast, Huck Seed, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and even two-thirds of the Hellmuth family who had to bury their hopes. While the son had to leave early, a level later, record bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth also got the axe. With , he check-raised all-in on the flop and faced . The turn brought chop-outs, but the river knocked Phil Hellmuth out as well.With 1,389 players remaining for 1,382 paid spots, Day 3 came to an end. Sasha Liu played big and claimed the lead with 2,364,000 chips, ahead of Martin Zamani. Zdenek Zizka (1,576,000) is also among the big stacks. But it wasn’t all bad news for the DACH players. Robin Kleinbeck managed to make it into the top 5 with 1,600,000 chips, and Felix Kümayer with 1,400,000 chips made the top 10. Hossein Ensan is also in the top 20 with 1,280,000 chips.The rest will show the chip counts ASAP; for the 1,389 players, it’s on to Day 4 on the bubble. Starting from place 1,382, there is a min-cash of $1,000, with blinds at 4k/8k/8k.

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WSOP Event #82: WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Main Event

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 9,208 Prize Pool: $1,634,400 (Payouts) Paid Spots: 1,382Remaining Players: 1,389 Blinds: 4,000/8,000; BB Ante: 8,000Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B – Day 1C – Day 1D – Day 2ABC – Day 2D Chip Counts: D1A – D1B – D1C – D1D – D2ABC – D2D

Chip Counts from Day 3

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