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Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
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Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A star-studded field turned out for Day 1 of Event #24: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed at the 2026 World Series of Poker with none other than Nick Schulman bagging the overnight chip lead after eight hours of poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
A total of 166 entries were recorded for the opening day of which 45 players advanced to Day 2. Schulman finished first in chips with 1,215,000, while Danny Tang registered late and secured the second spot after accumulating a stack of 1,060,000. Eli Berg rounds out the podium positions on 980,000, just shy of the seven-figure territory.
Schulman gained the chip lead after winning a massive three-way all-in on one of the final hands of the night. Justin Saliba had both Schulman and Nick Petrangelo on the ropes with big slick, but Schulman found a miracle straight on the river to double through Saliba, bust Petrangelo, and finish the day as chip leader.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Schulman | United States | 1,215,000 | 122 |
| 2 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 1,060,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Eli Berg | United States | 980,000 | 98 |
| 4 | Justin Arnwine | United States | 965,000 | 97 |
| 5 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova, Republic of | 939,000 | 94 |
| 6 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 899,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 858,000 | 86 |
| 8 | Erik Seidel | United States | 837,000 | 84 |
| 9 | Dylan Linde | United States | 801,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | 797,000 | 80 |
Poker Hall of Famer and ten-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel had the perfect start to his tournament, doubling shortly after taking his seat with aces against the top pair of Chris Hunichen in a four-bet pot. That pot, along with several others, helped Seidel to finish with 837,000 and inside the overnight top ten.
Daniel Negreanu burned through both of his bullets before the end of the night. His first entry ended in a cooler when his queens ran into the aces of Keyavash Hemyari. Negreanu’s second attempt came to an end at the hands of Alex Foxen, who turned a straight and faded Negreanu's flush draw when the chips went in on the turn.
Plenty of other notables also advanced through to Day 2, including Artur Martirosian (678,000), five-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos (625,000), Foxen (529,000), four-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth (518,000), Darren Elias (505,000), Sean Winter (449,000), this series' bracelet winner Daniyal Gheba (271,000), and Qinghai "Jack" Pan (91,000).
The tournament resumes for Day 2 at noon local time on Sunday, June 7, with ten 60-minute levels scheduled. Play will begin at Level 9 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. Late registration remains open for one more level before closing at approximately 1:15 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed throughout the 2026 World Series of Poker.
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Stay tuned to PokerNews for a recap and highlights of today's play.
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The final hand of the day's play was picked up with Chang Lee, the overall chip leader, reaching for a bet of 100,000 chips on a full board of 9♦8♦K♠8♥3♦.
Dylan Linde thought about it for a minute, then went all-in for 337,000.
Lee used several time extensions while pondering his decision. He elected to make the call.
Linde turned over A♦4♦ to show the nut straight and close out the night with a huge double up after starting the hand with 370,000 chips.
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Three-way to the flop of A♦9♣Q♠ with 50,000 in the pot. Action was checked to Alex Foxen in late position who bet out for 17,000.
Danny Tang got out of the way and Adrian Mateos made the call.
The action went check check on the 8♠ turn for the players to see the Q♦ peel off as the river.
Mateos fired out a river bet of 75,000 and Foxen didn't take too long to toss in the call, but tossed his cards even faster into the muck on seeing Mateos table K♦Q♥ for rivered trips and Mateos was shipped the pot.
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
On one of the last hands of the night, a pot of over one million just happened with Justin Saliba having the chance to bust Nick Petrangelo and Nick Schulman.
Nick Petrangelo: 5♦5♣ 
Nick Schulman: AxQx
Justin Saliba: AxKx
Petrangelo only had a few big blinds, whereas Schulman had 556,000. If Saliba's big slick could hold, then he would end the day as one of the chip leaders.
The board ran out J♠8♣3♣9♥10♣ to give Schulman an unlikely straight on the river. Petrangelo was out, Saliba was down to around 200,000, and Schulman's stack climbed to over seven figures.
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Heads-up to the 9♣6♥7♠ flop, cutoff Adrien Delmas checked it over to Erik Seidel on the button. Seidel then added 31,000 to the pot of 90,000, which Delmas raised to 82,000.
Seidel called, and the 9♠ appeared on the turn. Delmas reverted to a check, seeing Seidel retake the initiative with a bet of 60,000. Delmas quickly let his hand go as Seidel raked in one of the last pots of Day 1.
Level 8
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The floor staff have announced that there will be four more hands before play stops for the night
