PokerNews live coverage of this event will begin on Day 2 (June 19). Until then, we will be keeping readers informed with updates on chip counts and core event statistics, including entries and prize pool. Scroll down to see more.
Event #53: $1,500 Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
Japan's Suguru Nakajima will return for Day 2 in Event #53: $1,500 Five Card PLO in pole position after bagging the chip lead over Ravi Shankar.
The format, which is making its debut at the 2026 WSOP, attracted 1,319 entries with just 76 players remaining.
Also inside the top 10 is 2024 $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha champion Daniel Perkusic and Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suguru Nakajima | Japan | 1,698,000 | 170 |
| 2 | Ravi Shankar | United States | 1,446,000 | 145 |
| 3 | Garth Paul | United States | 980,000 | 98 |
| 4 | Craig Jones | United States | 965,000 | 97 |
| 5 | Ghassan Hoss | Wales | 934,000 | 93 |
| 6 | Kai Yang | United States | 930,000 | 93 |
| 7 | Daniel Perkusic | Germany | 863,000 | 86 |
| 8 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 847,000 | 85 |
| 9 | Bouwe Claushuis | Netherlands | 841,000 | 84 |
| 10 | Mohamed Kerkeni | France | 829,000 | 83 |
Other notable players who will return for Day 2 include 25K Fantasy players and multi-time champions Max Neugebauer (574,000) and Sam Soverel (381,000), two-time bracelet winner Zachary Gruneberg (494,000), and plenty of others who are looking for their second bracelet.
The bubble burst late on Day 1, with the survivors returning on Friday, June 19 at 12 p.m. for Day 2. Stay tuned to PokerNews with live coverage of this event beginning on Day 2.
Day 1 of Event #53: $1,500 Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha has concluded. Of the 1,319 players who entered, 76 have bagged to return for Day 2 and compete for their share of the $1,750,972 prize pool.
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Some of poker's most decorated players have made mixed games their bread and butter. This includes Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey, who won three bracelets in a single summer way back in 2002, as well as Scott Seiver and Benny Glaser, who pulled off the same feat the last two summers.
From four-time $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi to back-to-back-to-back Dealers Choice Championship winner Adam Friedman, here are some of the top mixed game players to look out for at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) this summer — and you can conveniently track them using the new PokerNews MyPlayers feed.
According to the WSOP app.
The bubble has burst in this event. Rogerio Dasilvamota, Dallas Larson, and Joey Weissman were all eliminated at the same time at seperate tables, so they all chop the min-cash for $1,007 each. The remaining players are in the money for a minimum of $3,020.
When Kristen Foxen won the 2026 WSOP $25,000 High Roller, it was her first outright victory in a major nosebleed event. It was also the exclamation point on one of the most sustained periods of elite tournament poker anyone has produced in recent memory.
Since finishing 13th in the 2024 WSOP Main Event for $600,000, the six-time bracelet winner has been making final tables so regularly they might as well reserve her a seat. Few, if any, have come close to matching her record in that time. And with the WSOP just two weeks in, there's no indication she's stopping any time soon.
Four seven-figure scores. Twenty-three final tables. Nearly $11 million in prize money. Almost all of it earned against the best players in the world, in the toughest tournaments.
According to the WSOP LIVE app.
The prize pool for this event is $1,750,972. The top 198 players are set to make the money, with $271,522 set aside for the outright winner.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $271,552 | 24 -31 | $8,890 |
| 2 | $180,230 | 32 -39 | $7,410 |
| 3 | $127,560 | 40 -47 | $6,280 |
| 4 | $91,530 | 48 -55 | $5,410 |
| 5 | $66,610 | 56 -63 | $4,730 |
| 6 | $49,160 | 64 -71 | $4,220 |
| 7 | $36,810 | 72 -79 | $3,820 |
| 8 | $27,970 | 80 -99 | $3,530 |
| 9 | $21,570 | 100 -117 | $3,320 |
| 10 -11 | $16,890 | 118 -135 | $3,170 |
| 12 -15 | $13,430 | 136 -198 | $3,020 |
| 16 -23 | $10,840 |
The poker world moves fast and during massive events, it’s nearly impossible to keep track of everyone. Whether you’re following a high-stakes pro, a local hero from your home game, or a family member chasing a bracelet, PokerNews makes it even easier with the new MyPlayers feed — your personalized updates feed for tracking the players you care about in one place.
Build your custom watchlist by clicking the star icon next to a player in the live reporting feed, and they’ll be pinned to the top of chip counts and tracked in a single, real-time feed as the action unfolds.
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