button in SafariBracelet Winners Stack the Field as Day 3 of $25,000 High Roller Gets Underway at 3 p.m.
After 17 hours of play across two starting flights and a Day 2, Event #19: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em at the 2026 World Series of Poker returns to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 3:00 p.m. local time, with play scheduled to continue until just six players remain, and the biggest payouts in the $5,804,500 prize pool come into focus.
The 22 players still in contention have already locked up a minimum payout of $64,442, but much larger prizes await. By the time play concludes for the night, the final six players will each be guaranteed at least $300,942 and will return with a shot at the title.
There is no shortage of firepower returning when cards go in the air, with a combined 31 bracelets won between the field.
Sitting among the chip leaders, five-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen returns with 2,800,000, good for 35 big blinds when play resumes.
Also returning are two Poker Hall of Fame inductees. Despite starting in the lower half of the leaderboard, both Nick Schulman (2,000,000) and Brian Rast (875,000) will be looking to keep their deep runs alive as they each chase an eighth WSOP bracelet.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | 5,000,000 | 63 |
| 2 | Zachary Grech | United States | 4,100,000 | 52 |
| 3 | Joey Weissman | United States | 3,300,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 3,200,000 | 40 |
| 5 | Giuseppe Calio | United States | 2,800,000 | 35 |
| 6 | Kristen Foxen | United States | 2,800,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | 2,700,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 2,700,000 | 34 |
| 9 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 2,500,000 | 32 |
| 10 | Zachary Camp | United States | 2,500,000 | 32 |
Despite the wealth of WSOP success still in the field, it is Israel's Barak Wisbrod who enters the day as chip leader. Returning with 5,000,000, Wisbrod is looking for his second career bracelet, after taking down Event #61: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em at the 2019 World Series of Poker.
Further down the leaderboard, but no less noteworthy, players such as Joey Weissman (3,300,000), Jesse Lonis (2,700,000), Zdenek Zizka (2,300,000) and Shannon Shorr (1,400,000) will also be in the mix when the chips are emptied back onto the tables at the start of the day.
Kicking off at 3:00 p.m. local time, Day 3 will begin on Level 18 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an 80,000 big blind ante, with the action continuing until just six players remain.
There will be a 15-minute break after every two completed levels, with an extended break for dinner currently scheduled at the end of Level 24. All action will be streamed on the WSOP YouTube channel, with reporting from the tournament floor set to follow a 150-minute delay to align with the broadcast to avoid spoilers.
All surviving players will bag and advance to Day 4, one step closer to the title, the trophy, and the $1,773,083 first-place prize.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,773,083 |
| 2 | $1,182,050 |
| 3 | $819,050 |
| 4 | $577,326 |
| 5 | $413,389 |
| 6 | $300,942 |
| 7 | $222,798 |
| 8 | $167,792 |
| 9 | $128,585 |
| 10 - 11 | $100,300 |
| 12 - 15 | $79,662 |
| 16 - 22 | $64,442 |
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