1,500 CHF Main Event Day 2 | 2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein

03-08-2026 14:51 UTC+2

Some of the Early Exits

Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	Busted

Kevin Naegelen	Busted
Marc Klinger	Busted
Leandro Dirlewanger	Busted
Tim Beyer	Busted
Manuel Borges	Busted
Oskar Bonifacio	Busted
Maksym Mamon	Busted
Yurii Serhiienko	Busted
Oliver Horn	Busted
Andreas Eugster	Busted
Ivo Donev	Busted

Raphael Groicher	Busted
Luana Bosch	Busted
Tarik Keast	Busted
Antonio Chiafala	Busted
Mo Xu	Busted
Gabi Livshitz	Busted

Fabian Marrer	Busted
Daniel Faessler	Busted
Johan Gunzinger	Busted
Mateusz Kaniowski	Busted
Rishi Karan	Busted
Raphael Cudina	Busted
Jorge Ufano	Busted

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Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

03-08-2026 14:40 UTC+2

Ellenbroek Dodges the River to Double

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Heads-up to the A♦5♥J♣ flop with about 70,000 already in the pot. Weiran Pu was first to act from the big blind and checked the action over to Thomas Ellenbroek on the button, who bet 15,000. Pu called.

A 2♥ hit the turn, prompting a second check from Pu. Ellenbroek bet 40,000, and after a few moments, Pu check-jammed, covering Ellenbroek. Ellenbroek called for his stack of 101,000 and the cards were shown.

Thomas Ellenbroek: A♠Q♣ All in
Weiran Pu: J♥8♥

Ellenbroek took the lead by pairing his ace on the turn, although Pu had a lot of outs with one card to come.

The dealer burned a card then put out the 2♦ on the river, which was safe for Ellenbroek and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wintersberger	900,000 607,000	607,000

Thomas Ellenbroek	300,000 129,000	129,000
Weiran Pu	100,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Thomas Ellenbroek Weiran Pu

03-08-2026 14:25 UTC+2

Karlic Gets Paid Off by Hu

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Lulei Hu opened it up to 16,000 in the hijack and Gerald Karlic defended from the big blind.

Karlic started with a check on the A♣9♣5♠ flop, and Hu continued with a bet of 15,000. Karlic check-raised to 60,000, which Hu called.

Two checks followed the 8♥ turn to see the 9♥ arrive on the river. Karlic meticulously gathered up 225,000 chips and placed them across the betting line. Hu instantly called.

Karlic showed trips with 10♠9♦ to win the pot as Hu mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Karlic	890,000 335,000	335,000

Lulei Hu	850,000 312,000	312,000

Tags: Lulei Hu Gerald Karlic

03-08-2026 14:13 UTC+2

Dream Start For Delval; Nightmare For Kaniowski

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On one of the first hands of the day, Mateusz Kaniowski and Frédéric Delval got all in preflop after some back-and-forth raising, and it was Kaniowski at risk.

Mateusz Kaniowski: K♦K♥ All in
Frédéric Delval: A♦A♠

It was the start Delval had been dreaming of as he was on the right side of the cooler with aces versus kings. However, for Kaniowski, it was a nightmare.

Delval's bullets faced no sweat on the 7♠9♥7♣9♠4♣ runout, and all of Kaniowski's chips headed over to Delval.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frédéric Delval	500,000 231,000	231,000
Mateusz Kaniowski	Busted

Tags: Frédéric Delval Mateusz Kaniowski

03-08-2026 14:05 UTC+2

Prize Pool & Payouts

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 827 entries in the CHF1,500 Main Event at the WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein, the total prize pool generated was CHF1,071,792.

A total of 127 were in the money with a min-cash being worth CHF3,000, while the eventual champion will take home CHF190,392 and the coveted WSOPC ring.

CHF1,500 Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	CHF190,392	12-15	CHF8,500
2	CHF121,300	16-23	CHF7,000
3	CHF84,500	24-31	CHF5,800
4	CHF60,200	32-39	CHF5,000
5	CHF43,000	40-47	CHF4,300
6	CHF31,300	48-55	CHF3,900
7	CHF23,100	56-63	CHF3,500
8	CHF17,500	64-71	CHF3,300
9	CHF13,500	72-79	CHF3,200
10-11	CHF10,600.00	80-127	CHF3,000

03-08-2026 14:03 UTC+2

Shuffle Up & Deal

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Cards are in the air and play has started on Day 2 of the CHF1,500 Main Event.

Action resumes with 38 minutes remaining on Level 15, where blinds are 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000.

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

03-08-2026 12:14 UTC+2

Day 2 of WSOPC Liechtenstein Main Event Kicks Off at 1 p.m.

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Tim Baker

The CHF1,500 Main Event at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein moves into Day 2 today inside the Grand Casino Liechtenstein, with the remaining hopefuls now in the money as they continue their quest for a the biggest first-place prize of the festival, and the coveted WSOPC ring.

A total of 127 players successfully bagged up chips across the five opening flights. However, Paul-Adrian Covaciu and Alain Ferrari each qualified twice and will therefore take a min-cash for their smaller stacks, returning today with only their largest stacks. As a result, 125 players will be seated when cards get in the air.

Leading the field is Lulei Hu, who brings 1,162,000 into the day, good for 145 big blinds when play resumes. Germany’s Semih Retzep sits close behind with 1,110,000, while Romania’s Mihai Andrei-Munteanu rounds out the top three with 875,000.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Lulei Hu	Italy	1,162,000	145
2	Semih Retzep	Germany	1,110,000	139
3	Mihai Andrei-Munteanu	Romania	875,000	109
4	Mathias Muehlebach	Switzerland	858,000	107
5	Samuel Klocker	Austria	796,000	100
6	Marcel Maubach	Germany	786,000	98
7	Simon Lauchenauer	Switzerland	746,000	93
8	Lukas Schlumpf	Switzerland	740,000	93
9	Mihai Tabac	Romania	711,000	89
10	Pascal Brechot	Switzerland	700,000	88

Switzerland’s Mathias Muehlebach (858,000) and Austria’s Samuel Klocker (796,000) also return with healthy stacks, while Marcel Maubach, Simon Lauchenauer, Lukas Schlumpf, Mihai Tabac, and Pascal Brechot complete the top ten.

Play resumes at 1 p.m. on Level 15, with 38 minutes remaining on the clock, at blinds of 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Blind levels will increase to 60 minutes for the remainder of the tournament, with the plan to play down until 24 players remain. The official prize pool and payout structure will be confirmed shortly after the cards go in the air.

Remaining CHF1,5000 Main Event Schedule

Day	Date	Time	Blind Levels
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

Stay locked into PokerNews for live updates, chip counts, and all the action as Day 2 of the CHF1,500 WSOPC Liechtenstein Main Event gets underway.

Tags: Alain Ferrari Lukas Schlumpf Lulei Hu Marcel Maubach Mihai Andrei-Munteanu Mihai Tabac Pascal Brechot Paul-Adrian Covaciu Samuel Klocker Semih Retzep Simon Lauchenauer

03-08-2026 12:13 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Tim Baker

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
35	1	Eric Wasylenko	Canada	362,000	46
35	2	Josef Gulas	Czechia	210,000	27
35	3	Jure Hrup	Slovenia	233,000	30
35	4	Dieter Pichler	Austria	381,000	48
35	5	Flynn Bosch Meichtry	Portugal	235,000	30
35	6	Luana Madureira Da Costa Bosch	Portugal	107,000	14
35	7	Frank Pelster	Germany	534,000	67
35	8	Bernd Ronnie Gehri	Germany	155,000	20

36	1	Micha Wildberger	Switzerland	440,000	55
36	2	Rainer Bertsch	Switzerland	214,000	27
36	3	Anagnostis Kouklas	Greece	434,000	55
36	4	Angelo Arossi	Switzerland	504,000	63
36	5	Horkay Peter	Hungary	151,000	19
36	6	Gabi Livshitz	Israel	283,000	36
36	7	Sandro Donato Villani	Switzerland	290,000	37
36	8	George Valentin Otomega	Romania	510,000	64

37	1	Munteanu Mihai Andrei	Romania	875,000	110
37	2	Daniel Rene Peray	Switzerland	474,000	60
37	3	Florian Geiger	Germany	363,000	46
37	4	Alexander Simon Huber	Germany	74,000	10
37	5	Patrick Kneringer	Austria	126,000	16
37	6	Benjamin Dellemann	Austria	111,000	14
37	7	Tim Maximilian Beyer	Germany	261,000	33
37	8	Dusan Stanojevic	Austria	479,000	60

38	1	David Wintersberger	Germany	293,000	37
38	2	Antonio Chiafala	Switzerland	108,000	14
38	3	Thomas Michael Ellenbroek	Switzerland	171,000	22
38	5	Weiran Pu	China	220,000	28
38	6	Mikael Philippe Azoulay	France	28,000	4
38	7	Josef Sebastian Vogel	Germany	221,000	28
38	8	Mathias Marc Muehlebach	Switzerland	858,000	108

39	1	Manuel Nicola Lussi	Switzerland	596,000	75
39	2	Pedro Miguel Carvalhas Faustino	Portugal	256,000	32
39	3	Marc Sen	Switzerland	638,000	80
39	4	Yurii Serhienko	Ukraine	318,000	40
39	5	Martin Hoertnagl	Austria	627,000	79
39	6	Andreas Eugster	Switzerland	65,000	9
39	7	Lorenzo Arduini	Italy	253,000	32
39	8	Martin Schamaun	Switzerland	220,000	28

40	1	Andreas Leu	Switzerland	49,000	7
40	2	Chandru Alt	Switzerland	170,000	22
40	3	Nuri Acar	Switzerland	289,000	37
40	4	Faris Daniel Kanaan	Germany	529,000	67
40	5	Patrick Andre Bornicke	Germany	129,000	17
40	6	Pascal Misteli	Switzerland	86,000	11
40	7	Alexandros Gianasmidis	Switzerland	432,000	54
40	8	Nils Mallon	Austria	536,000	67

41	1	Samuel Jager	Austria	546,000	69
41	2	Raphael Cudina	Switzerland	25,000	4
41	3	Paul Adrian Covaciu	Romania	360,000	45
41	4	Manuel Leal Borges	Cape Verde	177,000	23
41	5	Christoph Martin Spoerri	Switzerland	292,000	37
41	6	Mark Michael Von Wartburg	Switzerland	160,000	20
41	7	Kevin Wack	Germany	229,000	29
41	8	Marc Klinger	Germany	122,000	16

42	1	Guillaume Molinod	France	516,000	65
42	2	Rishi Karan	Switzerland	64,000	8
42	3	Daniele Lunario	Italy	495,000	62
42	4	Axel Rank	Germany	219,000	28
42	5	Tarik Keast	Switzerland	312,000	39
42	6	Thomas Hardt	Germany	209,000	27
42	7	Marcel Maurer	Switzerland	519,000	65
42	8	Jorge Ufano	Spain	8,000	1

43	1	Samuel Klocker	Austria	796,000	100
43	2	Stefan Eggenberger	Switzerland	190,000	24
43	3	Maksym Mamon	Switzerland	232,000	29
43	4	Sandro Carucci	Switzerland	116,000	15
43	5	Karim Raphael Frick	Liechtenstein	55,000	7
43	6	Pascal Oliver Brechot	Switzerland	700,000	88
43	7	Christian Beer	Germany	109,000	14
43	8	Kevin Naegelen	France	171,000	22

44	1	Ioannis Chorianopoulos	Greece	376,000	47
44	2	Mo Xu	China	140,000	18
44	4	Mihai Cristian Tabac	Romania	711,000	89
44	5	Alain Ferrari	Switzerland	270,000	34
44	6	Lukas Pazma	Slovakia	384,000	48
44	7	Karlen Aladzjan	Czechia	483,000	61
44	8	Claudio Di Giacomo	Italy	346,000	44

45	1	Fabian Marrer	Switzerland	71,000	9
45	2	Benjamin Pierre Hammann	France	544,000	68
45	3	Ivo Donev	Austria	45,000	6
45	4	Cosmin Nica	Romania	609,000	77
45	5	Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	351,000	44
45	6	Oliver Roland Horn	Germany	351,000	44
45	7	Jan Zupec	Slovenia	203,000	26
45	8	Florian Manfred Gehbauer	Germany	504,000	63

46	1	Leandro Dirlewanger	Switzerland	188,000	24
46	2	Paul Felix Plattner	Germany	323,000	41
46	3	Vivian Truglio Saliba	Italy	202,000	26
46	4	Sandro Marco Burkhard	Switzerland	273,000	35
46	5	Neculai Macovei	Romania	467,000	59
46	6	Aram Ali	Germany	172,000	22
46	7	Eros Antonio Calderone	Italy	190,000	24
46	8	Nicolas Pasc Schnoz	Switzerland	175,000	22

48	1	David Carvell	Canada	289,000	37
48	2	Lukas Johannes Schlumpf	Switzerland	740,000	93
48	3	Ahmet Yuekselen	Switzerland	465,000	59
48	4	Jonas Sebastian Heuser	Germany	171,000	22
48	5	Adrian Strobel	Germany	448,000	56
48	6	Thomas Fankhauser	Switzerland	458,000	58
48	7	Andreas Wittig	Germany	94,000	12
48	8	Simon Bruno Lauchenauer	Switzerland	746,000	94

49	1	Symeon Alexandridis	Greece	464,000	58
49	2	Robin Marvin Scheidegger	Switzerland	109,000	14
49	3	Marek Tatar	Slovenia	215,000	27
49	4	Hu Lulei	China	1,162,000	146
49	5	Kevin Marc Abecassis	France	98,000	13
49	6	Rene Kistler	Switzerland	480,000	60
49	7	Oskar Bonifacio	Italy	96,000	12
49	8	Gerald Karlic	Austria	555,000	70

50	2	Mateusz Kaniowski	Poland	267,000	34
50	3	Marcel Maubach	Germany	786,000	99
50	4	Frederic Delval	France	269,000	34
50	5	Robert Justin Joset	Switzerland	142,000	18
50	6	Raphael Groicher	Austria	285,000	36
50	7	Johan Gunzinger	Switzerland	50,000	7
50	8	Pablo Andres Lugo Iparraguirre	Germany	365,000	46

51	1	Daniel Fassler	Switzerland	197,000	25
51	2	Walter Josef Kurt Blaettler	Switzerland	322,000	41
51	3	Kilian Kramer	Austria	86,000	11
51	4	Ramon Wicki	Switzerland	148,000	19
51	5	Semih Retzep	Germany	1,110,000	139
51	6	Adrian Liechti	Switzerland	655,000	82
51	7	Michael Allgauer	Austria	120,000	15
51	8	Riccardo Gubser	Switzerland	544,000	68