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1,500 CHF Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein
1,500 CHF Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
Buy-in
1,500 CHF
Prize Pool
1,071,792 CHF
Total Entries
827
Level
33
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
232
Players Left
36
Players Left 1 / 827
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Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action continued inside the Grand Casino Liechtenstein as Day 1b of the CHF1,500 Main Event at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein drew 188 entries, all chasing a slice of the CHF1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. By the end of the night, the field was trimmed down to 29 players, all of whom bagged up their chips and secured a min-cash heading into Day 2.
Topping the second starting flight is Romania’s Mihai Andrei-Munteanu, who finished with 875,000. The stack not only tops the Day 1b leaderboard, but also moves him into the overall chip lead across the tournament so far. Andrei-Munteanu currently stands as the only player with more than 100 big blinds heading into Day 2.
Next in the counts is Switzerland’s Lukas Schlumpf, who bagged 740,000, while Romania’s Mihai Tabac rounds out the top three with 711,000, after max late registering, and the being the player to burst the bubble on the last hand of the night,
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mihai Andrei-Munteanu | Romania | 875,000 | 109 |
| 2 | Lukas Schlumpf | Switzerland | 740,000 | 93 |
| 3 | Mihai Tabac | Romania | 711,000 | 89 |
| 4 | Marc Sen | Switzerland | 638,000 | 80 |
| 5 | Manuel Lussi | Switzerland | 596,000 | 75 |
| 6 | Nils Mallon | Germany | 536,000 | 67 |
| 7 | Marcel Maurer | Switzerland | 519,000 | 65 |
| 8 | George-Valentin Otomega | Romania | 510,000 | 64 |
| 9 | Neculai Macovei | Romania | 467,000 | 58 |
| 10 | Micha Wildberger | Switzerland | 440,000 | 55 |
On the bubble, Schlumpf tried to burst it earlier, by calling Michael Allgauer’s short stack shove with a suited king, but couldn’t improve against pocket sevens. Tabac entered just before registration closed and quickly doubled with pocket queens, then again with aces when Rishi Karan hero called his river shove with fifth pair. Tabac would eventually be the one to burst the bubble and bring play to a close.
From under the gun, Tabac opened ace-queen and then called the 14 or so big blind shove of Vito Branciforte, who held pocket tens. The window card was a queen, and there was no coming back for Branciforte, who earned the unwanted title of bubble boy. This pot was part of the trio that helped Tabac finish in the top three on the leaderboard.
Some of the other notables to bag up a stack on Day 1b included Neculai Macovei (467,000), who sent to the tournament into the bubble stage when his queens held against the pocket tens of Sascha Messmer. David Wintersberger (293,000) sits just outside the top ten, helped drastically by being on the right side of cooler towards the end of the night.
Also returning to the baize on Sunday is Raphael Groicher (285,000), Italy's Lorenzo Arduini (253,000), Marek Tatar (215,000), and Chandru Alt (170,000). Bracelet winner Ivo Donev (45,000), and Paul-Adrian Covaciu prop up the bottom of the counts, having just crept through with a few big blinds.
Action inside the tournament area is far from over, as Day 1c, the turbo flight, is currently still underway with its faster-paced 20-minute blind structure. A further 44 players entered this flight, with seven advancing into the second stage of the tournament.
Attention will then turn to Saturday, March 7, when the schedule continues with Day 1d starting at 12 p.m., following the same structure as today’s flight with 40-minute blind levels. Players will have one final chance to secure a seat in Day 2 later that evening when the last starting flight, Day 1e, gets underway at 8 p.m with 20-minute levels.
Remaining CHF1,500 Main Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1d | March 7 | 12 p.m. | 40 minutes |
| Day 1e | March 7 | 8 p.m. | 20 minutes |
| Day 2 | March 8 | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes |
| Day 3 | March 9 | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes |
| Final Day | March 10 | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes |
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Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
555,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
|
||
|
495,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
479,000
479,000
|
479,000 |
|
267,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
|
229,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
148,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
28,000 | |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
||
|
740,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
711,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
638,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
596,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
|
536,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
519,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
510,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
467,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
440,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
293,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
289,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
|
285,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
270,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
253,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
232,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
215,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
214,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
210,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
190,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
171,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
|
170,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
126,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
120,000 | |
|
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The remaining 29 players are bagging their stacks and will return for Day 2 on Sunday, March 8.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a full recap of the day's action.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mihai Tabac raised to16,000 under the gun and Vito Branciforte jammed for 114,000 from the big blind. Tabac got an exact count from the dealer before making the call.
Vito Branciforte : 10♠10♥ 
Mihai Tabac: A♣Q♥
Branciforte needed to win this flip to keep his chances of making Day 2 alive. But, the Q♣ appeared in the window followed by the 9♠5♦ to complete the flop, giving Tabac the lead with top pair.
Branciforte turned a straight draw on the 8♦ turn, but the 4♣ river was a complete brick and Branciforte earned the title of the Day 1b bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Lukas Schlumpf raised to 16,000 from middle position before Michael Allgauer jammed for 52,000 from the small blind. Schlumpf called to try and burst the bubble when it got back to him.
Michael Allgauer: 7♣7♥
Lukas Schlumpf: K♣2♣
Allgauer's hockey sticks were ahead, and he just needed to fade some clubs or a king to keep the tournament on the bubble.
Schlumpf whiffed completely on the J♦4♠9♣A♠3♠ runout, and Allgauer was able to double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
419,000
|
419,000 |
|
|
120,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With 30 players remaining and only 29 spots available on Day 2, the tournament has now entered the hand-for-hand stage.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
On a flop of 5♠9♦3♦, Sascha Messmer got his remaining chips into the middle from the big blind, with Neculai Macovei being the one to try and bust him in the cutoff.
Sascha Messmer: 10♠10♣
Neculai Macovei: Q♠Q♥
Both players had overpairs, but Macovei's pair of queens was the higher pair, and Messmer looked likely to soft bubble the Main Event.
The rest of the board ran out J♦8♠, and Messmer was the newest addition to the rail. Day 1b was now on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
In a single raised pot, three players saw the flop come down J♥9♦10♠. Patrick Kneringer checked the small blind, and Eros Calderone knuckled it from the big blind. Alain Ferrari bet around 10,000 from the hijack and was met by a check-raise to 25,000 from Kneringer. Calderone folded and Ferrari called.
A Q♦ arrived on the turn and Kneringer decided to check. Ferrari bet 25,000 and after a long tank, Kneringer tossed his cards away.
Ferrari revealed the nut straight with AxKx as the pot was pushed over to him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
141,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
