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Event #40: $1,500 Razz
Day 1 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $1,500 Razz
Day: 1
Players Left 69 / 519
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There were 519 entries on Day 1 of Event #40: $1,500 Razz at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
These players all ponied up their buy-in to play the lowball stud event, in the hopes of going home with a bracelet. However, only 104 of these players made it to Day 2 of the event.
Dennis Weiss leads the field, having bagged 354,500 in chips according to the WSOP LIVE app's counts. Matt Grapenthien (288,000) is in second and Adam Owen (286,000) in third.
Brian Rast was in fourth place with 273,500 in chips.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Weiss | 354,500 | 30 |
| 2 | Matt Grapenthien | 288,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Adam Owen | 286,000 | 24 |
| 4 | Brian Rast | 273,500 | 23 |
| 5 | Rafael Flose | 251,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Stephen Hubbard | 243,000 | 20 |
| 7 | Oscar Johansson | 243,000 | 20 |
| 8 | Jon Turner | 242,500 | 20 |
| 9 | Mike Krescanko Jr | 241,500 | 20 |
| 10 | Tobias Leknes | 237,000 | 20 |
Chip counts are according to the WSOPLive app.
Fantasy 25K player Jon Turner (242,500) also made the top ten.
Other Fantasy 25K players who made Day 2 included Marco Johnson (194,000), Vladas Tamasauskas (194,000), Robert Mizrachi (178,500), Brad Ruben (159,500), Brandon Shack-Harris (139,000), and Naoya Kihara (136,500), who has won two bracelets this year already.
These players will all return at 1:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, June 13 for Day 2 of the event.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on this and other WSOP events.
Here are the chip counts of the 104 surviving players, according to the WSOP LIVE app.
The tournament clock is showing 104 players remaining from a field of 519 after 15 levels on Day 1 of Event #40: $1,500 Razz.
According to the WSOP LIVE app, Dennis Weiss sits with 354,500 and is the current chip leader. However, PokerNews will wait for confirmation and full counts from the survivors.
Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.
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According to the WSOP LIVE app.
The total prize pool for this event is $688,972. The top 78 players are set to get paid, with $135,564 set aside for the outright winner.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $135,564 | 10 -11 | $7,530 |
| 2 | $90,354 | 12 -15 | $6,122 |
| 3 | $61,393 | 16 -23 | $5,102 |
| 4 | $42,589 | 24 -31 | $4,362 |
| 5 | $30,177 | 32 -39 | $3,828 |
| 6 | $21,850 | 40 -47 | $3,451 |
| 7 | $16,174 | 48 -55 | $3,198 |
| 8 | $12,247 | 56 -78 | $3,046 |
| 9 | $9,490 |
Razz poker variation (sometimes referred to as “seven-card razz”) is a stud variant first made popular several decades ago alongside other “lowball” games. Its popularity waned somewhat during the 1990s and early 2000s, but the rise of mixed games and H.O.R.S.E. (of which razz is the “R” variant) helped reintroduce the game to a new generation.
Razz can be played with two to eight players. Like seven-card stud, it does not involve a flop (like hold’em or Omaha) nor any community cards. Unlike seven-card stud, the object in razz is to make the lowest possible five-card poker hand out of the seven cards.
Here we go over the poker rules for Razz.
As per the WSOP LIVE app.
