Parallel zum Mini Mystery Millions startete die World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2026 im Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas mit dem $5.000 8-handed NLH (#2) in den ersten Spieltag und hier gab es schon viel Prominenz zu sehen. Auch einige deutschsprachige Spieler waren am Start.

(c)Damiano Nigro
Mit 50.000 Chips ging es in zehn 60 Minuten Levels, wobei die Late Reg bis Ende Level 12 offen ist und ein Re-Entry erlaubt wird. Viele bekannte Namen waren hier bereits im Feld, unter anderem auch Shaun Deeb, Viktor Blom, Anthony Zinno, Scott Seiver, Ryan Riess und so weiter. Auch einige deutschsprachige Spieler waren mit dabei und drei von ihnen konnten am Ende auch eintüten.
415 Entries wurden verbucht, 142 Spieler blieben am Ende übrig. Die Führung holte Yuri Dzivielevski mit 715.000 Chips. Martin Kabrhel verpasste mit 298.000 Chips die Top 10. Fabian Gumz konnte sich mit 232.000 Chips (Rang 27) gut positionieren, auch Samuel Ju (52/156k) und Max Neugebauer (88/98k) kommen zu Tag 2 wieder.
Bei den Blinds 1.000/2.500/2.500 wird in Level 11 fortgesetzt, die Late Reg ist für zwei weitere Levels offen.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Datum: 26. Mai bis 15. Juli / ME FT 3. – 5. August
Ort: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $300 bis $250.000, online ab $215
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WSOP Event #2: No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed
Buy-In: $5.000
Entries: 415 ( tba)
Preisgeld: tba
Bezahlte Plätze: tba
Verbliebene Spieler: 142
Blinds: Level 11 (1.000/2.500/2.500)
Chip Counts aus Tag 1
| Rang | Name | Nation | Chip Count |
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 715.000 |
| 2 | Peter Cross | Japan | 525.000 |
| 3 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 470.500 |
| 4 | Benjamin Williams | United States | 456.000 |
| 5 | Daniel Vicente | Spain | 401.000 |
| 6 | Clemen Deng | United States | 358.500 |
| 7 | Peter Mugar | United States | 342.000 |
| 8 | David Chaput | United States | 335.500 |
| 9 | Fikret Kovac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 320.000 |
| 10 | Ren Lin | China | 316.500 |
| 11 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | 298.000 |
| 12 | Michael Vanier | United States | 279.500 |
| 13 | Yong Wang | China | 273.500 |
| 14 | Renji Mao | China | 270.000 |
| 15 | Maksim Pisarenko | Russian Federation | 268.500 |
| 16 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 263.000 |
| 17 | Matthew Salsberg | United States | 258.500 |
| 18 | Anthony Marquez | United States | 256.500 |
| 19 | Thomas Cazayous | France | 254.000 |
| 20 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 249.500 |
| 21 | Xiaohu Liu | China | 248.000 |
| 22 | Daniel Charlton | United Kingdom | 246.500 |
| 23 | Shawn Daniels | United States | 239.000 |
| 24 | Arthur Peacock | United States | 238.000 |
| 25 | Charles Alex-Barton | United States | 236.500 |
| 26 | Daniel Maor | United States | 236.000 |
| 27 | Fabian Gumz | Austria | 232.000 |
| 28 | Christopher Park | United States | 231.000 |
| 29 | Joseph Spanne | United States | 231.000 |
| 30 | Zi Long Zhang | United States | 229.000 |
| 31 | Michael Daniels | United States | 226.500 |
| 32 | Brian Yoon | United States | 226.000 |
| 33 | Brian Gates | United States | 221.000 |
| 34 | George Tomescu | Romania | 220.000 |
| 35 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 215.500 |
| 36 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 210.500 |
| 37 | Pranav Sarda | United States | 206.000 |
| 38 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 200.500 |
| 39 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 198.500 |
| 40 | Brandon Hamlet | United States | 198.500 |
| 41 | Ryuta Nakai | Japan | 197.500 |
| 42 | Jeremy Wien | United States | 192.000 |
| 43 | Aram Zobian | United States | 191.000 |
| 44 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 189.000 |
| 45 | Ivan Ruban | Russian Federation | 184.500 |
| 46 | Miao Chenxiang | China | 184.000 |
| 47 | Nate Silver | United States | 175.500 |
| 48 | Chihwei Fan | China | 175.000 |
| 49 | Justin Saliba | United States | 174.000 |
| 50 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 171.500 |
| 51 | Michael Troutt | United States | 170.000 |
| 52 | Pedro Garcia | Spain | 169.500 |
| 53 | Nicholas Palma | United States | 168.500 |
| 54 | Xiang Chen | China | 168.000 |
| 55 | Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | 168.000 |
| 56 | Yang Wang | China | 166.000 |
| 57 | Julien Sitbon | France | 164.500 |
| 58 | Bradley Gafford | United States | 164.000 |
| 59 | Kitty Kuo | Taiwan | 163.000 |
| 60 | Jarod Ludermann | United States | 161.000 |
| 61 | Micah Raskin | United States | 158.000 |
| 62 | Samuel Ju | Germany | 156.000 |
| 63 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 155.000 |
| 64 | Alex Anton | United States | 151.000 |
| 65 | Ian O’Hara | United States | 146.000 |
| 66 | Tyler Cornell | United States | 145.000 |
| 67 | Timothy Miles | United States | 142.500 |
| 68 | Hugo Nazar | Argentina | 140.500 |
| 69 | Bryan Piccioli | United States | 140.000 |
| 70 | Kenneth Lemer | United States | 134.000 |
| 71 | Christian Harder | United States | 133.000 |
| 72 | Diego Serrano | Mexico | 131.500 |
| 73 | Josh Arieh | United States | 129.000 |
| 74 | Stephen Song | United States | 127.000 |
| 75 | Robert Burlacu | Romania | 123.000 |
| 76 | Anatoly Nikitin | Russian Federation | 122.000 |
| 77 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 120.000 |
| 78 | Anthony Hu | United States | 119.500 |
| 79 | Alexander Farahi | United States | 118.500 |
| 80 | Kevin Eyster | United States | 118.500 |
| 81 | Sebastian Harasim | Poland | 117.500 |
| 82 | Cary Katz | United States | 114.000 |
| 83 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 114.000 |
| 84 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 111.000 |
| 85 | Giuseppe Calio | United States | 110.000 |
| 86 | Francis Anderson | United States | 100.000 |
| 87 | Frank Brannan | United States | 99.000 |
| 88 | Max Neugebauer | Austria | 98.000 |
| 89 | Yifu He | United States | 98.000 |
| 90 | Aaron Massey | United States | 95.000 |
| 91 | Schuyler Thornton | United States | 93.000 |
| 92 | Matthew Mcewan | United States | 92.500 |
| 93 | Maurice Hawkins | United States | 92.500 |
| 94 | Justin Fawcett | United States | 92.000 |
| 95 | Joshua Manus | United States | 92.000 |
| 96 | Andre Cullins | United States | 90.000 |
| 97 | Jesus Franco | United States | 90.000 |
| 98 | Justin Sternberg | United States | 89.000 |
| 99 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 86.500 |
| 100 | Ilan Boujenah | Israel | 86.000 |
| 101 | Vitor Dzivielevski | Brazil | 83.500 |
| 102 | Jonathan Shoreman | United Kingdom | 83.000 |
| 103 | Hiroyuki Tane | Japan | 82.500 |
| 104 | Sonny Pomroy | 81.000 | |
| 105 | Joey Weissman | United States | 81.000 |
| 106 | Ryan Riess | United States | 80.000 |
| 107 | Hugues Girard | France | 78.500 |
| 108 | Maria Konnikova | United States | 75.000 |
| 109 | Bradley Goodman | 74.000 | |
| 110 | Joshua Remitio | United States | 72.000 |
| 111 | Kent Stephens | United States | 70.500 |
| 112 | Taylor Black | United States | 70.500 |
| 113 | Josh Reichard | United States | 69.000 |
| 114 | Matthew Affleck | United States | 68.000 |
| 115 | Ben Yu | United States | 65.000 |
| 116 | David Lawhead | United States | 65.000 |
| 117 | Tristan Wade | United States | 64.000 |
| 118 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 63.000 |
| 119 | Jesse McVicker | United States | 61.500 |
| 120 | Eric Ethans | United States | 60.500 |
| 121 | Michael Rossitto | United States | 60.000 |
| 122 | Justin Vaysman | United States | 59.000 |
| 123 | Harold Evans | United States | 58.500 |
| 124 | Yannick Capocetti | Argentina | 58.500 |
| 125 | Inigo Naveiro | Spain | 56.000 |
| 126 | Shannon Shorr | United States | 55.000 |
| 127 | Ian Matakis | United States | 53.500 |
| 128 | Keyavash Hemyari | United States | 51.000 |
| 129 | Ravi Shankar | United States | 50.500 |
| 130 | Gary Horn | United States | 43.500 |
| 131 | Michael Giardina | United States | 43.000 |
| 132 | Frederic Normand | Canada | 39.500 |
| 133 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 37.500 |
| 134 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 35.500 |
| 135 | John Wasnock | United States | 32.000 |
| 136 | Ryan Johnson | United States | 32.000 |
| 137 | David Siegel | United States | 32.000 |
| 138 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russian Federation | 17.000 |
| 139 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 14.000 |
| 140 | Mykhailo Lendel | United States | 14.000 |
| 141 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 9.000 |
| 142 | Adam Henrix | Henrix | 8.000 |
