PokerNews live coverage of this event will begin on Day 2 (July 1). Until then, we will keep readers informed with updates on chip counts and core event statistics, including entries and the prize pool. Scroll down to see more.
Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day 1c Completed
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.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tor Skardi | Faroe Islands | 3,740,000 | 94 |
| 2 | Soojo Kim | South Korea | 3,585,000 | 90 |
| 3 | Ross Atkinson | United Kingdom | 2,965,000 | 74 |
| 4 | Amadeusz Roslik | Poland | 2,925,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Matas Kacinskas | Lithuania | 2,895,000 | 72 |
| 6 | Sebastien Grax | France | 2,800,000 | 70 |
| 7 | Kunal Patni | India | 2,645,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Badr Imejjane | United States | 2,600,000 | 65 |
| 9 | Truong Nguyen | United States | 2,485,000 | 62 |
| 10 | Christopher Audrain | United States | 2,365,000 | 59 |
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.
Day 1c of Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event has concluded. Of the 5,908 entrants to the flight, 446 have bagged and tagged to return for Day 2.
There are 100 bracelet-awarding events on the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule, but every poker player dreams of becoming the champion of just one of those tournaments: the $10,000 WSOP Main Event. Unfortunately for some, the $10,000 buy-in puts the 2026 WSOP Main Event out of reach, which is where satellites come into their own.
In 2003, the aptly-named Chris Moneymaker, then an accountant from Atlanta, Georgia, won a $10,000 WSOP Main Event seat via an $86 buy-in satellite online at PokerStars. Moneymaker outlasted 838 opponents, including defeating seasoned pro Sammy Farha heads-up, to win the WSOP Main Event and kickstart the phenomenon that would be called the Moneymaker Effect.
Fast forward to today, and hundreds, if not thousands, of players will head to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas hoping to win their way into the 2026 WSOP Main Event for a fraction of the $10,000 asking price. The 2026 WSOP Main Event satellites run from July 1-7 and come in buy-ins of $150, $260, $585, $1,100, and $2,200.
According to the WSOP LIVE app.
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Phillipp Mellon, who doesn't even have a page on The Hendon Mob, showed up with just five other players when the high-stakes tournament began. He sat down at the table to play against crushers such as Alex Foxen and Eelis Parssinen, both 2026 bracelet winners.
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As per the WSOP LIVE app.
Poker fans were treated to many exciting hands at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the past week.
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As per the WSOP LIVE app.
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