2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1c
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$11,052,800
Total Entries
12,560
Players Left
934
Average Chip Stack
806,852
Total Chips
753,600,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
5,908
Players Left
446
Players Left 934 / 12,560

446 Players Advance From Final Mini Main Event Flight

2026 WSOP
2026 WSOP

It was the largest flight in Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event, with Day 1c attracting 5,908 entries.

At the end of 22 levels, it was Tor Skardi who led the way with close to 100 big blinds, ahead of Soojo Kim. The pair are the only players over 3,000,000 in chips.

Just 446 players have advanced to Day 2, with a total of 934 players returning from a total field of 12,560.

Event #72:$ 1,000 Mini Main Event Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Tor SkardiFaroe Islands3,740,00094
2Soojo KimSouth Korea3,585,00090
3Ross AtkinsonUnited Kingdom2,965,00074
4Amadeusz RoslikPoland2,925,00073
5Matas KacinskasLithuania2,895,00072
6Sebastien GraxFrance2,800,00070
7Kunal PatniIndia2,645,00066
8Badr ImejjaneUnited States2,600,00065
9Truong NguyenUnited States2,485,00062
10Christopher AudrainUnited States2,365,00059

Other players through to Day 2 include 2024 Monster Stack champion Pedro Neves (2,235,000), Stephen Song (895,000), Alex Livingston (740,000) and Shawn Buchanan (670,000).

Cards are in the air for Day 2 at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1. The schedule is to play down to five players, with the blinds starting at 20,000/40,000/40,000.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage of the Mini Main Event.

Tags: Amadeusz RoslikBadr ImejjaneKunal PatniManjunath MulintiMatas KacinskasRoss AtkinsonSebastien GraxSoojo KimTor SkardiZdenek Zizka