button in SafariJust 24 Remain in Contention in the $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo/Stud Hi-Lo
Another mixed game bracelet will be awarded at the 2026 World Series of Poker today as we play down to a winner in Event #45: Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. From a starting field of 587 entries, just 24 hopefuls remain in contention for the first-place prize of $248,545, the lion's share of the $1,306,075 total prize pool.
A diverse cast of mixed game crushers will battle it out at 1 p.m. today in the Paris Gold Section. At the top of the leaderboard is Andrew Yeh, who is looking to make his first cash of the summer one to remember.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 1,720,000 |
| 2 | Eddie Blumenthal | United States | 1,410,000 |
| 3 | Nikolai Fal | Russian Federation | 1,295,000 |
| 4 | Danny Chang | United States | 1,175,000 |
| 5 | Jonathan Nebbout | France | 1,135,000 |
| 6 | Frederic Moss | Canada | 1,080,000 |
| 7 | Fumihiro Yasoshima | Japan | 920,000 |
| 8 | Donovan Bates | United States | 910,000 |
| 9 | Dekel Balas | Israel | 895,000 |
| 10 | Justin Liberto | United States | 885,000 |
Outside the top ten, other notables returning for Day 3 include Tyler Phillips (875,000), Sean Yu (840,000), Yueqi Zhu (655,000), and 25K Fantasy selection Jun Weng (285,000) on the short stack.
Remaining Payouts
Play resumes at 1 p.m. in Level 23 with limits of 40,000/80,000 and an average stack of 856,000.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates from the floor as we play down to a winner in Event #45: Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better here at the 2026 World Series of Poker.