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1,500 CHF Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein
1,500 CHF Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
127
Players Left
24
Players Left 1 / 827
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Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Day 2 of the CHF1,500 Main Event at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein played out inside the Grand Casino Liechtenstein, with 125 players returning to their seats already guaranteed a payout and looking to take another step toward the WSOP Circuit ring.
By the time bags came out again late in the evening, just 24 players remained, who will return on Monday, March 9, for Day 3. The tournament surpassed its CHF1,000,000 guarantee, with the prize pool reaching CHF1,071,792, and everyone still in the hunt for the CHF190,392 top prize.
Sitting comfortably at the top is Switzerland’s own Angelo Arossi, who built a stack of 4,525,000, good for 113 big blinds and is the only player to have breached the four million mark. Italy’s Eros Calderone sits second with 3,290,000, while Germany’s David Wintersberger rounds out the top three with 3,045,000.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Arossi | Switzerland | 4,525,000 | 113 |
| 2 | Eros Calderone | Italy | 3,290,000 | 82 |
| 3 | David Wintersberger | Germany | 3,045,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Flynn Meichtry | Portugal | 2,705,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Florian Gehbauer | Germany | 2,605,000 | 65 |
| 6 | Samuel Klocker | Austria | 2,355,000 | 59 |
| 7 | Florian Geiger | Germany | 2,040,000 | 51 |
| 8 | Mathias Muehlebach | Switzerland | 2,000,000 | 50 |
| 9 | Kilian Kramer | Germany | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 10 | Benjamin Hammann | France | 1,790,000 | 45 |
Day 2 Action
The start of Day 2 couldn’t have gone much better for Frédéric Delval, who immediately picked up aces against Mateusz Kaniowski's cowboys. Lulei Hu began the day with the chip lead but quickly lost a chunk after Gerald Karlic made trip nines.
Bracelet winners Gabi Livshitz and Weiran Pu were among the early casualties. Pu lost most of his stack with second pair and a flush draw against top pair and couldn’t recover. Despite Karlic’s promising start, things soon turned the other way. A failed triple-barrel bluff against Calderone left him short, and he was out not long after.
The Day 1a chip leader, Samuel Klocker, made a great call in a three-way pot with second pair against Flynn Meichtry, which helped him stay near the top of the counts throughout the day. David Wintersberger also showed good instincts, hero-calling Pascal Brechot on the river with queen-high.
Later, with four tables remaining, Wintersberger won a huge three-way all-in holding pocket nines against the overcards of Brechot and Semih Retzep. Brechot hit the rail in the hand, while Retzep was left with less than a big blind. Wintersberger finished him off a few hands later, helping lock up his place near the top of the leaderboard by the end of the night.
Arossi had Calderone on the brink of elimination in the penultimate level of the night when Calderone moved all in with queen-jack and ran straight into Arossi’s ace-queen. It looked all over, but Calderone drilled a straight on the turn to stay alive, and that double helped him build some momentum heading into the final level.
Vivian Saliba ducked and weaved her way through the day, often nursing a short stack and facing plenty of tough spots. Just after dinner, she made a hero call with two pair to double through Brechot, which helped keep her afloat for a few more levels. She later doubled again with king-high, but her run eventually came to an end in 25th place when her ace-ten could not improve against the ace-jack of Mihai Andrei-Munteanu.
Almost at the same moment as Saliba’s exit, Dieter Pichler became the final elimination of Day 2. After an open from Arossi and a call from Calderone, Pichler squeezed all in with ace-five. Arossi got out of the way, but Calderone made the call with ace-jack and held to send Pichler to the rail, bringing the day to a close and securing his spot second in the counts heading into the penultimate day.
Some other notables who couldn’t make it through the day included bracelet winner Ivo Donev (111th), Oskar Bonifacio (106th), Lorenzo Arduini (96th), Kevin Abecassis (95th), and recent WSOPC ring winner David Carvell (86th). Also hitting the rail were Lukas Pazma (78th), brothers Dinesh Alt (66th) and Chandru Alt (41st), while Mihai Tabac (34th) and Hu (30th) both fell short of advancing.
Play resumes at 1 p.m, with 33 minutes remaining in Level 22, where blinds are 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. The plan for Day 3 is to continue until the final table of eight players is reached. Everyone is guaranteed CHF5,800, although they will surely have their sights set on the bigger prizes awaiting them should they make it to the final day.
Starting tomorrow and running through the end of the tournament, a live stream featuring cards-up action will be broadcast on a 30-minute delay.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHF190,392 | 10-11 | CHF10,600 |
| 2 | CHF121,300 | 12-15 | CHF8,500 |
| 3 | CHF84,500 | 16-23 | CHF7,000 |
| 4 | CHF60,200 | 24 | CHF5,800 |
| 5 | CHF43,000 | ||
| 6 | CHF31,100 | ||
| 7 | CHF23,100 | ||
| 8 | CHF17,500 | ||
| 9 | CHF13,500 |
Stay locked into PokerNews for continued coverage of the Main Event as the final 24 players return for the penultimate day of the series, and the race toward the WSOP Circuit ring and the CHF190,392 top prize continues.
Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,525,000 | |
|
||
|
3,290,000 | |
|
3,045,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
|
2,705,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
2,605,000
1,505,000
|
1,505,000 |
|
2,355,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
||
|
2,040,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
2,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
1,900,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
1,790,000
1,135,000
|
1,135,000 |
|
1,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,640,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
1,640,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
1,410,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
1,385,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
1,350,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,115,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
885,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
880,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
825,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
705,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
650,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
455,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
350,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
The final 24 players have bagged up their chips and will return for Day 3 at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 9.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a full recap of the day's action.
Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Angelo Arossi raised from under the gun and Eros Calderone called on the button. Dieter Pichler squeezed all in from the big blind for around 500,000, forcing Arossi to fold. Calderone called, and the players went to a showdown.
Dieter Pichler: A♠5♣ 
Eros Calderone: A♦J♥
Pichler had made a move with a small ace and was in rough shape against the ace-jack of Calderone.
Both players hit top pair on the A♣9♠7♠ flop, although Calderone was still ahead with the higher kicker.
Pichler picked up a flush draw on the 4♠ turn, but the A♥ on the river meant Calderone won the pot, and Pichler hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,525,000
1,725,000
|
1,725,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,290,000
1,490,000
|
1,490,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Vivian Saliba just hit the rail in 26th place after shoving with Ax10x, only to be dominated by the AxJx of Mihai Andrei-Munteanu.
Saliba was unable to improve to the winner on the runout, which meant she was out and the players were just one more elimination away from bagging for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
A three-way all-in just went down between Semih Retzep, David Wintersberger, and Pascal Brechot. Retzep had the chance the bust two players as he held just two big blinds more than Wintersberger.
Pascal Brechot: A♦Q♣
David Wintersberger: 9♠9♦
Semih Retzep: A♠K♦
Brechot and Retzep had a few each other's outs covered going to the low 3♥3♣7♦ flop that kept Wintersberger's pair of nines ahead.
The rest of the board came 8♥8♣, which meant Brechot was out, Wintersberger was up to around 3,200,000, and Retzep was left with just over a big blind.
A few hands later, Wintersberger finished Retzep off when his ace-king bested the ten-eight of Retzep.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 22
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Claudio Di Giacomo min-raised to 80,000 from middle position and Florian Geiger called from the big blind.
Geiger check-called a bet of 60,000 from Di Giacomo on the Q♣5♦K♠ flop.
A 5♣ rolled off on the turn and Geiger check-called a second bet from Di Giacomo, this time for 110,000.
The 7♠ completed the board, and Geiger check-called one last time when Di Giacomo fired a third barrel of 280,000.
Di Giacomo showed K♣Q♦ for top two pair to win the pot as Geiger mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
