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Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Day 1d Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Day: 1d
Players Left 5,954 / 8,468
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Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Shortly before 11 a.m. local time, the doors to the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas ballrooms swung open, the throng of hopefuls poured in, and the moment they had all been waiting for over the past year was suddenly upon them: the World Series of Poker Main Event .
Day 1d, the fourth and final starting flight, has traditionally been the largest opening day, and that was true today as a massive field of 4,694 players took their shot at poker immortality. A total of 3,638 managed to survive five levels, and Taylor von Kriegenbergh ended up as the unofficial chip leader with 312,800. The full list of chip counts should be released shortly.
Unoffical Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 312,800 | 391 |
| 2 | Michael Comisso | United States | 293,000 | 366 |
| 3 | Sean Costa | United States | 292,600 | 366 |
| 4 | Michael Rossitto | Italy | 289,300 | 362 |
| 5 | Terrence Burke | Ireland | 287,000 | 359 |
| 6 | David Wells | United States | 283,000 | 354 |
| 7 | Juan Becerra | United States | 277,000 | 346 |
| 8 | Jameson Kauch | United States | 263,500 | 329 |
| 9 | Gonzalo Almada | Argentina | 256,100 | 320 |
| 10 | Alexander Dovzhenko | Ukraine | 255,000 | 319 |
For all the home game heroes and amateurs trying to make it on poker’s biggest stage, the field today also included some of the top names in the game. Among them were Viktor Blom (217,100), Stephen Song (201,600), Chris Hunichen (194,900), and Alex Foxen (156,300). Further down the leaderboard were Darren Elias (145,400), Chance Kornuth (103,400), Kristen Foxen (99,800), Shaun Deeb (86,900), Eelis Parssinen (82,200), and Daniel Negreanu (54,100). UFC fighter "Suga" Sean O'Malley had the honor of delivering the "Shuffle Up and Deal" to begin the day, and he ended up with 43,700.
A more subdued Will Kassouf made an appearance today after his controversial ending to last year’s Main Event, and he bagged up 73,000. The equally loquacious and controversial Martin Kabrhel ended up among the top stacks with 202,200. There were seven past Main Event champions in the field today, and Ryan Riess (113,100), Joe Hachem (110,500), Scott Blumstein (105,600), Joe McKeehen (46,500), Chris Moneymaker (39,500), and Robert Varkonyi (33,100) managed to make it to Day 2. Scotty Nguyen, however, saw his Main Event come to an early end, as did Doug Polk and hundreds of others.
Garett Maybery’s Main Event got off to a dream start when he got most of his stack in on Level 1 against Tetsuma Ishizu. Maybery showed a set of threes, but Ishizu had flopped a set of tens and was poised for the early double up until another three came on the river to give Maybery quads. Mayberry later spiked a full house on the river to bust another opponent on his way to 236,100. “You’re going to win the tournament,” a tablemate told him, and Maybery got off to a great start at fulfilling that prediction.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio Continues His Non-Stop Party at the Feature Table
Of the thousands of players spread out across multiple rooms today, it is unlikely that anyone had as much fun as Jimmy D’Ambrosio. There were plenty of beers, a lot of laughs, and some new friends made as D’Ambrosio sat at a side feature table for much of the day, bagging up 175,200.
Back in March, the Chicago club owner appeared on High Stakes Poker and ended up with a profit of more than $170,000. It’s been a non-stop party for him since then, and that continued today.
“It was the same as going to church on Sunday. We were a bunch of church mice, didn’t talk much,” D’Ambrosio said, his remarks dripping with sarcasm. “We had fun, right. Look, I haven’t even been playing. I’ve just been partying for the last 100 days since I did the High Stakes. I just took the money. I’ve been partying for the last 100 days. This is what it should be. This is what they want it to be, right? We don’t want a bunch of robots. There’s a place for that, but we had fun.”
Despite his big stack, D’Ambrosio admits much of the day is a total blur. He can chalk that up to the endless table banter, the drinks, or the fact that he hasn’t slept in two days. “The people who aren’t here, they were trying to play back at me, and I busted them. That’s how I got chips. But I don’t even think I got a lot of hands. I never had aces, I never had kings. I don’t even remember any of the hands; maybe they have enough cameras here. I really don’t remember any hands,” he said.
“You ready for this? I wasn’t even going to play. I’ve been having fun, and then I was watching Schulman and Ali. They’re so fun. I haven’t slept since Friday, my hand to God. And I was like, f**k dude, I’m going down there for Day 1. I wasn’t even going to play. I’m glad I did.”
D’Ambrosio shared a table with McKeehen and British bracelet winner Carl Shaw for the later stages of the day. They shared some beers and exchanged numbers after bagging up their chips, the affable atmosphere of the table establishing a few new friendships.
“It’s just the best. It’s not just a hoodie. This is all people having fun. There’s no animosity, but we’re all breaking balls. These guys, there were a couple of business guys who are gamblers, a couple trying to grind the poker tour. It seemed pretty fun, didn’t it?” he said.
With a day off before returning for Day 2d, D’Ambrosio knows exactly what he’s going to do after leaving today, and it doesn’t involve sleep. “I’m going to rip some shots with some friends at Aria,” he said.
The 4,694 entries on Day 1d brought the total field up to 8,077 through the four starting flights. Late registration is still open for the first two levels of both Day 2 flights. Day 2abc is Monday at 11 a.m., when the 2,468 remaining players from the first three flights combine into one. The players from today’s flight return on Tuesday, July 7, at 11 a.m, with blinds beginning at 400/800 and an 800 big blind ante.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow at 11 a.m. and will be providing live updates for a busy Day 2abc as the Main Event field continues to grow.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
All 3,638 remaining players have bagged their chips and advanced to Day 2d, which will take place on Tuesday, July 7, at 11 a.m.
A total of 4,694 entries were recorded in today’s Day 1d, bringing the overall field to 8,077 entrants before late registration closes during Day 2.
Stay tuned for the full recap of the day’s action and the end-of-night chip counts!
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
The last hand of the day was picked up while much of the room had bagged up for the night.
With the board reading 6♠K♠10♦4♣10♣, Michael Jozoff put Ricardo Cermeno to the test for all of his chips with an all-in shove of 48,600 into a pot of 27,000.
Cermeno, who had 36,400 chips remaining, pondered the decision for several minutes. He eventually folded and showed the K♣ for at least top pair.
Jozoff put him out of his misery by turning over 4♥4♠. He had turned a set and rivered a full house.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
There was 33,500 in the middle on the turn as the board read 10♠8♦4♥7♠ in a pot between Joseph Altman from under the gun and Hisashi Yamanouchi on his direct left.
Altman led all in for his remaining 30,200, and Yamanouchi put in the call after a minute's tank.
Joseph Altman: 9♥9♦ 
Hisashi Yamanouchi: Q♠Q♣
Altman had nines with an open-ended straight draw but was behind the overpair of Yamanouchi. Altman still had ten outs to stay alive, but the river was the 10♣, and his run was cut short.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Action was picked up on the river with a board reading 9♥K♥3♣3♦10♥ and the pot standing 27,000 strong.
Middle position player Shrinag Gaddipati had placed 82,000 in front of him as an overbet, more than covering Abbas Alikhani in the cutoff.
Whilst Alikhani was in the tank, tablemate Amir Kaikhah let PokerNews know that the two had history: Earlier on in the day, Gaddipati had bluff-shoved into Alikhani, and tabled queen-high as Alikhani folded top pair.
After taking inventory, Alikhani noted that his stack amounted to 41,600. "If you got it you got it," he finally announced, and stuck in the call.
He had rivered a flush with A♥7♥ but it was awful news for him, as he was turned dead by his opponent's K♦K♠ for kings full.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Alexander Massman in the big blind, Joseph Antar under the gun, and Zhao Liu in the hijack had already built a pot of 5,000 on a flop of 7♥8♣K♥.
On the 7♣ turn, Massman fired 6,000, which Antar called. Liu had other plans and made it 18,000. Massman looked at PokerNews and asked, "What do I do now?" After considering his options, he folded his hand.
Antar thought for a few seconds, then called. The river brought the 10♦.
After a check, Liu increased the heat and fired 76,000, which forced Antar to fold.
As Liu scooped the pot, Massman had to ask him, "Show us your bluff!" Liu responded by surrendering his hand to the dealer and saying, "I had pocket sevens".
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Richard Buckingham checked on the 3♣J♣Q♠ flop from early position and faced a bet of 3,200 from William Jarman in the hijack. Buckingham continued with a call.
After both players checked the 3♦ turn and the 8♠ river, Buckingham tabled 4♠4♣ for two pair to earn the pot right at the end of the night.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Tomoki Lida raised to 1,200 from middle position. Three callers wanted to see the flop, including David Wells in the small blind.
When the flop hit 7♥J♦J♠, Lida continued for 1,600 and only Wells called.
The turn brought the 10♣.
Lida bet 3,000, Wells check-raised to 8,000, and Lida moved all in.
Wells made the call.
Tomoki Lida: K♣J♥
David Wells: 10♠10♦
Unfortunately for Lida, the veteran Wells had turned a full house. The Q♣ on the river was none of the cards Lida needed to improve, thus he was eliminated.
