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Mokhammad Leads Heading into Final Day
Only seven remained after the second day of play, which saw the field trimmed down from 76 players to the final table in Event #53: $1,500 Five Card Pot Limit Omaha at the 2026 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Players will be chasing the biggest slices of the $1,750,973 prize pool, with first place paying $271,552.
Kamel Mokhammad (11,765,000) will be the one everyone is chasing when they enter the final day of play tomorrow. Erick Mossinger (5,780,000) and Ravi Shankar (5,210,000) finished second and third.
Final Chip Counts Day 2
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Table | 1 | Bouwe Claushuis | Netherlands | 2,275,000 | 23 |
| Final Table | 2 | Erick Mossinger | Brazil | 5,780,000 | 58 |
| Final Table | 3 | Kamel Mokhammad | Ukraine | 11,765,000 | 118 |
| Final Table | 4 | Gianluca Cedolia | Canada | 2,070,000 | 21 |
| Final Table | 5 | ||||
| Final Table | 6 | Zachary Gruneberg | United States | 1,805,000 | 18 |
| Final Table | 7 | Ravi Shankar | United States | 5,210,000 | 52 |
| Final Table | 8 | Hokyiu Lee | Hong Kong | 4,365,000 | 44 |
Mokhammad is searching for his first WSOP bracelet. The chip leader last made a final table at the 2019 WSOP in the $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack event when he took sixth place. The Ukrainian has well over $1 million in earnings, according to The Hendon Mob. Mokhammad would surpass his highest cash in a single event with a third-place or better performance on the final day.
Mossinger is new territory when he returns tomorrow. The Brazilian has earned $88,572 according to his The Hendon Mob profile and has never made a final table at a WSOP event. He will have a chance to add a significant total to his career profile as well as his first WSOP hardware should he get the job done tomorrow.
This will be Shankar’s second cash of the summer after he accomplished that feat in Event #18: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Monster Stack. The California resident has already discovered new territory at the WSOP as he has improved on the highest finish at a WSOP event, which happened at the 2024 WSOP in the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em event, regardless of where he finishes on the final day.
WSOP bracelet winner Hokyiu Lee (4,365,000) is still in the field. Lee is hot off a second-place finish in Event #35: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed for $294,420. Lee will look to finish the job this time when he enters the final day fourth in chips.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Zachary Gruneberg (1,805,000) will be aiming to add number three to his collection with his final table appearance. Gruneberg has over two million in earnings, according to his The Hendon Mob page. His last bracelet came in 2024 when he won the WSOP No-Limit Hold’em PKO Online Bracelet Event. This will be Gruneberg’s first opportunity to win a live bracelet since he made a final table at the 2021 WSOP in the Limit Hold’em event, where he finished in sixth place. His highest live final table finish occurred in the 2014 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and the 2019 $1,000 Tag Team Event, where he finished in fourth place both times.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | $271,552 |
| 2 | $180,230 |
| 3 | $127,560 |
| 4 | $91,530 |
| 5 | $66,610 |
| 6 | $49,160 |
| 7 | $36,810 |
Day 2 Action
The first two levels saw several notables hit the rail, including WSOP bracelet winner and 25K Fantasy player Max Neugebauer. Bracelet winners Giuseppe Pantaleo and Jinlong Hu could not gain traction to be out within the first two levels. Justin “JC” Tran was also unable to escape the first two levels.
Four-time bracelet winner Sam Soverel and 25K Fantasy player had a good start to the day, but the high roller regular was unable to gain further traction as he was out by the fourth level of the day. Joining him in hitting the rail were two-time bracelet winners Lukas Zaskodny and Luis Velador.
Finnish legend Juha Helppi will have to wait for an opportunity for bracelet number three as he doubled then busted shortly after to exit the tournament.
Day 1 chip leader Suguru Nakajima was among the players to fall, followed by Mitchell Hynam (17th), Krzysztof Magott (16th), Brandon Paster (15th), and Alan Mehamed (14th).
Hynam’s run at a second bracelet fell apart when he finished in 17th place. Magott exited in 16th place before WSOP bracelet winner Paster was out in 15th place. Mehamed followed in 14th place.
Mokhammad then scored a double knockout when a rivered full house cracked the holdings of Sebestyen Balint (12th) and PJ Cha (13th), before Ravi Shankar sent Birger Larsen out in 11th with another full house.
Miguel Ore Avila was the next to go after a three-way all-in, while Garth Paul bowed out in ninth. The final elimination of the day came when Miltiadis Kyriakides hit the rail in eighth after Mokhammad flopped a straight.
Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time as they play down to a winner. Stay tuned here at PokerNews for continued coverage of Event #53: $1,500 Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2026 World Series of Poker.