PokerNews live coverage of this event will begin on Day 2 (June 28). 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 #63: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1b Completed
From a field of 2,278 players, just 125 players have survived into Day 2 of Event #63: $1,000 Mystery Millions at the World Series of Poker, running at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Leading the way is Simon Higgins who sits atop the chip counts, slightly ahead of Hayato Kitajima. They are the only two players above two million in chips.
They will join the 76 players who advanced from Day 1a on Day 2, which takes place on Sunday, June 28.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Higgins | United Kingdom | 2,890,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Hayato Kitajima | Japan | 2,100,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Avrohom Kraminer | United States | 1,820,000 | 46 |
| 4 | Thomas Graupner | Germany | 1,720,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Wesley Garver | United States | 1,710,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Shachar Haran | Israel | 1,685,000 | 42 |
| 7 | Ha Kwan | United States | 1,615,000 | 40 |
| 8 | Julio Novo | United States | 1,540,000 | 39 |
| 9 | Thiago Arcapalo | Israel | 1,520,000 | 38 |
| 10 | Victor Fryda | France | 1,500,000 | 38 |
Notables also advancing include bracelet winner James Anderson (1,130,000), Bin Weng (980,000), WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo (625,000), and Leo Margets (560,000).
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Day 1b of Event #63: $1,000 Mystery Millions has concluded. Of the 2,278 entrants to the flight, 125 players bagged to advance.
According to the WSOP LIVE app.
This year's nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame have been announced, with the eight individuals now heading to the living members of the Hall for voting.
Each member can vote for up to four nominees, with anyone receiving votes from 22 or more members earns an automatic induction. This change, from a previous "winner-takes-all" format allowing for only one induction per year, was announced earlier this month.
Five of the eight nominees are first-time nominees, having met the minimum age requirement of 40. Eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb headlines these players, and he is joined by Jason Koon, Isaac Haxton, Chris Moorman and Justin Bonomo.
2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer is known for handing out authentic fossil card protectors to those who eliminate him, but not all players are so lucky.
Raymer, who is currently running deep in Event #61: $1,000 Super Seniors, revealed to PokerNews that his fossil giveaway comes with a "douche bag clause" that leaves some players who bust him with chips and a story, but no prehistoric card protector.
When Adrian Mateos won 2026's WSOP $250k Super High Roller, he became the youngest player in history to reach six WSOP bracelets at just 31 years old.
His $4.33 million score was the second-largest cash of the Spaniard's career. The first? It came less than a month ago at Triton Montenegro, where he banked $6.37 million in the $200k Invitational, meaning Mateos has won a scarcely believable $10.7 million in just 28 days.
With Mateos climbing from ninth to fifth on poker's all-time money list in the last six months alone, and after defeating one of the most stacked final tables in WSOP history (featuring Phil Ivey, Bryn Kenney, Jason Koon et al), it sparked a debate around the PokerNews water cooler: Are we watching the best player in tournament poker right now?
As per the WSOP LIVE app.
Poker fans were treated to many exciting hands at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the past week.
But there's always a player involved in one of these juicy hands who doesn't find it as interesting as the rest of us. Take Allen Kessler, for example, who took a cruel Razz bad beat to bust from the $3,000 Nine Game Mix event, a hand you'll read about in just a bit.
"The Chainsaw" isn't the only recipient of a bad beat or on the wrong end of a brutal cooler the past week at the WSOP.
As per the WSOP LIVE app.
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