The final numbers have been confirmed, as 56 total entries created a prize pool of $13,720,000.
The top nine spots will earn at least $518,518, while the champion will take home $4,334,411 and the WSOP bracelet.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $4,334,411 |
| 2 | $2,776,634 |
| 3 | $1,862,941 |
| 4 | $1,312,037 |
| 5 | $972,375 |
| 6 | $760,417 |
| 7 | $629,397 |
| 8 | $553,270 |
| 9 | $518,518 |
Christoph Vogelsang raised from the cutoff and Alex Foxen jammed for around 460,000 from the small blind. Vogelsang called and the players flipped over their cards.
Alex Foxen: K♥K♦ 
Christoph Vogelsang: A♥10♦
Foxen had Vogelsang crushed, and the monotone 5♦Q♦9♦ flop even removed one of Vogelsang's outs.
The rest of the board ran out 2♣K♠ and Foxen doubled up to around one million chips.
Martin Kabrhel opened from under the gun and Samuel Mullur three-bet the cutoff. Kabrhel called and the flop fell 6♣6♠9♦.
Kabrhel started out with a check, and Mullur continued for 235,000. Kabrhel elected to call.
Two checks came after the 3♣ turn before the J♠ completed the board. Kabrhel then slid forward 1,135,000 while leaving himself with just one red T-5,000 chip behind.
Mullur removed his headphones and went deep into the tank. While burning through multiple time banks, Kabrhel began inching his cards toward the muck while keeping a hand protectively on top of them.
After around three minutes, Mullur flicked in the call. Kabrhel confidently rolled over A♣J♣ for a rivered pair of jacks to earn the double-up, while Mullur tossed his cards to the muck.
Ignacio Moron checked the J♥K♦J♦ flop from the small blind, Santhosh Suvarna did the same in the big blind. Vinny Lingham also tapped the table from under the gun, and Jason Koon slid out a bet of 40,000.
Moron folded, while Suvarna and Lingham called to see the A♣ turn. All three players checked, and the 8♣ river completed the board.
Suvarna and Lingham checked again, while Koon fired a bet of 110,000 into the middle. Suvarna folded quickly, and Lingham used a time bank card before letting his hand go.
Martin Kabrhel announced to the rest of the field, "Such an easy table draw I have; must be the easiest table draw I have by far."
Kabrhel is seated with Leon Sturm, Mikita Badziakouski, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Samuel Mullur, and Artur Martirosian.
Sean Winter chimed in from a nearby table, "In my opinion, you have a hard table draw."
Kabrhel was curious to hear who Winter thought was tough at his table as he replied, "Who? Who is tough apart from me? Artur?"
He then continued, "Artur is playing way too many hands; I think he wants to go back to Russia soon."
Martirosian remained completely motionless throughout the exchange before quietly raising the very next hand.
Artur Martirosian opened to 65,000 in the hijack before Leon Sturm moved all in for his last 145,000 in the cutoff. Aleksejs Ponakovs announced a four-bet to 255,000 from the big blind.
Martirosian got out of the way, and the cards were turned up.
Leon Sturm: K♦10♥
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♠Q♠
Sturm connected right away on the 10♦10♣5♠A♥3♦ runout, making trip tens to beat the pair of Ponakovs to stay alive.
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic raised to 65,000 under the gun with Christoph Vogelsang calling in the cutoff and Matthias Eibinger defending from the big blind.
All three players checked the 5♥2♣2♠ flop and the 6♥ hit the turn. Eibinger led out for 130,000, and only Vogelsang stuck around with a call.
Eibinger fired for 325,000 on the 3♠ river and, after a bit of thought, Vogelsang put in the call.
Eibinger tabled 3♥2♥ for a full house, and Vogelsang mucked his cards.
Thomas Boivin made it 65,000 from the hijack and Nick Petrangelo three-bet the button to 205,000. When it got back to Boivin, he four-bet to 480,000, and Petrangelo responded by five-bet jamming for 1,540,000. Boivin put in the call.
Nick Petrangelo: A♣K♣
Thomas Boivin: Q♣Q♦
It was a massive flip for more than double the starting stack, and Petrangelo came out on top after the board ran out A♠J♦K♥2♥5♥ to give him two pair.
Petrangelo got off to a dream start on Day 2, while Boivin's start was more of a nightmare as he was left with around 300,000.
The largest buy-in the 2026 World Series of Poker contnues today, as 31 players return to action at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for the second day of Event #41: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em.
The opening day saw 41 entries, a number that is sure to grow as late registration remains open through the first two levels of Day 2. Players can continue to take advantage of the single reentry until that time, with another ten levels scheduled to be contested when action resumes at 12 p.m. local time.
Leading the way after the opening eight levels is Samuel Mullur (4,315,000), who bagged up nearly three starting stacks to set the early pace.
Not far behind is Brandon Wilson (4,295,000), while Christoph Vogelsang (4,220,000) rounds out the top three as the only other player to reach 4,000,000 chips.
All three are searching for their first WSOP gold bracelet, while seven-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (2,970,000) lurks near the top of the leaderboard.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 4,315,000 | 173 |
| 2 | Brandon Wilson | United States | 4,295,000 | 172 |
| 3 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 4,220,000 | 169 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 2,970,000 | 119 |
| 5 | Sean Winter | United States | 2,870,000 | 115 |
| 6 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 2,730,000 | 109 |
| 7 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | 2,650,000 | 106 |
| 8 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 2,445,000 | 98 |
| 9 | Johannes Straver | Netherlands | 2,325,000 | 93 |
| 10 | Biao Ding | China | 2,050,000 | 82 |
Among the other notable names to bag above starting stack on the opening day are Aleksejs Ponakovs (2,730,000), Artur Martirosian (2,445,000), and Martin Kabrhel (2,045,000).
Players will return at noon to Level 9, where blinds will be 15,000/30,000 along with a 30,000 big blind ante. The schedule calls for ten more levels to be played, each lasting 60 minutes, with a break after every two hours of action.
Late registration will close at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time, and new entrants will begin with 1,500,000 chips (50 big blinds).
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