button in SafariNacho Barbero Among Big Stacks Heading Into Day 2 of $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
As Day 2 Event #71: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet at the 2026 World Series of Poker gets underway in Horsehoe and Paris, Las Vegas, just 99 players will be returning for a second day of action, from the 388 total entries during Day 1, which generated a prize pool of $858,850.
Antonio Seremet (528,500) leads the way for the second day of action, with Julio Belluscio (480,000) in second and recent bracelet winner Joey Couden rounding out the top three.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Seremet | Australia | 528,500 | 176 |
| 2 | Julio Belluscio | Argentina | 480,000 | 160 |
| 3 | Joey Couden | United States | 365,500 | 122 |
| 4 | Hanh Tran | Austria | 355,000 | 118 |
| 5 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 272,000 | 91 |
| 6 | Benjamin Miner | United States | 270,500 | 90 |
| 7 | Paul Fehlig | United States | 266,000 | 89 |
| 8 | Michael Kuney | United States | 257,500 | 86 |
| 9 | Travis Pearson | United States | 247,500 | 83 |
| 10 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 244,500 | 82 |
Other notables who found a bag further down the chip counts include Robert Mizrachi (196,500), Scott Abrams (195,500), Chi Tang (192,500), Naoya Kihara (183,500), Ryan Hoenig (178,000), James Obst (96,500), Brad Owen (60,000), Cary Katz (52,500), and Patrick Leonard (35,000).
These survivors will return at 1 p.m., local time to play another ten levels of big bet action. The blinds will start at 1,500/3,000 with a 4,500 ante for the draw games, 1,000/2,500 for the flop games with big blind antes of 2,500 and 3,500 for Omaha and hold'em, respectively.
Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all the action from the second day of play.