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Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day: 2
Players Left 5 / 12,560
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Final Table
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
After a hectic run of fast-paced play, Day 2 of Event #72: $1,000 Mini Main Event has come to a close with just nine players remaining from the 934 who began the day.
One of them will become a first-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and take home the biggest payday of his career, a $1,000,000 first-place prize from a massive prize pool of $11,052,800, which was generated thanks to a whopping 12,560 entries.
Daisuke Ogita, who, according to The Hendon Mob, has some $2.6 million in career earnings, survived the carnage at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and is in the thick of the title hunt with the fifth-most chips.
This marks his second final table at the WSOP, the first being a third-place finish in a 2024 Mystery Bounty pot-limit Omaha event.
Amin Mostafavi, the overall chip leader, closed the day on a serious run. He was down to six big blinds when there were only three tables left, but spun it up in short order.
Final Day Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Evans | United States | 112,000,000 | 22 |
| 2 | Jaime Haletky | United States | 93,500,000 | 19 |
| 3 | Amin Mostafavi | United States | 162,000,000 | 32 |
| 4 | Akira Ide | Japan | 43,000,000 | 8.5 |
| 5 | Jaehwa Son | Canada | 64,500,000 | 13 |
| 6 | Yunye Lu | China | 44,000,000 | 9 |
| 7 | Ohad Enzel | United States | 43,500,000 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Richard Harris | United Kingdom | 101,000,000 | 20 |
| 10 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 92,500,000 | 19 |
There are other capable challengers still in the mix. Jaime Haletky has two circuit rings on his resume, including a main event win at Thunder Valley earlier this year. Yunye Lu has final-tabled events on the European Poker Tour and Asian Poker Tour. He was down to just three big blinds with only 24 players left after losing consecutive all-in calls. Within the next orbit, he picked up pocket kings twice and shot back up to over 30 bigs.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | ||
| 2 | $625,000 | ||
| 3 | $475,000 | ||
| 4 | $360,000 | ||
| 5 | $275,000 | ||
| 6 | $210,000 | ||
| 7 | $165,000 | ||
| 8 | $130,000 | ||
| 9 | $100,000 | ||
| 10 | Dennys Ramos | Brazil | $80,000 |
Knockout Action
It was a bloody day on the Mini Main Event streets. Literally.
One player had to be forced by the tournament director to leave the playing area to deal with a bloody nose.
It is the nature of this particular turbo beast to have a slew of knockouts, and it didn’t disappoint, thanks in part to the average chip stack hovering in the teens throughout the day.
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Some 250 players were knocked out during the first two levels, and there were more than 700 eliminations in the first three hours of play.
Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek, a two-time bracelet winner, was one of the big name players to be sent to the rail during the day. Moncek was one of the first players to top the 2,000,000-chip mark, but his run ended in 271st place. The legendary Men Nguyen, who has won seven bracelets, went out in 300th place. Jim Collopy, Zdenek Zizka, Asi Moshe and Adrian Moreno are among the bracelet winners to have their day end prematurely.
The furious rush of all-ins, chip swings and knockouts may slow now that the final table is set.
Play will resume with the blinds at 3,000,000/6,000,000 with a 6,000,000 big blind ante, with the first cards hitting the table at noon local time.
Stay tuned here to PokerNews for updates on what promises to be an exciting finish to the Mini Main Event. And stay here to keep up with all the action at the 2026 WSOP.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
The remaining nine players have now bagged and will return to action tomorrow at 12.p.m noon to play down to a winner.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
After action was folded to the blinds, Amin Mostafavi in the small blind raised to 10,000,000. Akira Ide in the big blind called to see a flop.
The flop came 2♥J♥6♦. After action was passed to him, Mostafavi continued with 16,000,000. Ide counted his chips and called.
Both players checked the 9♠ turn.
On the A♣ river, Mostafavi fired 20,000,000, which was around half of what Ide had behind. Ide went into the tank, counting his chips. After a couple of minutes, he folded his hand and left the pot for Mostafavi to scoop.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
The action has significantly slowed since the floor announced that this would be the last level of the night. Only a couple of hands have made it past pre-flop raise and fold action.
Jeffrey Evans opened to 10,000,000 from under the gun and action folded to Daisuke Ogita in the big blind, who called. The A♣10♦Q♦ flop was checked by Ogita and Evans continued for 10,000,000. Ogita mucked his cards quickly and passed the pot across the table.
A few hands later, Richard Harris opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Evans called on the button.
A 7♠6♣3♠ flop was checked by both to see a Q♠ turn. Harris bet out 11,000,000 and Evans mucks.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Jeffrey Evans opened to 8,000,000 under the gun and Amin Mostafavi in middle position called.
The dealer fanned out K♣6♠10♣ . Evans fired another 10,000,0000 and once again Mostafavi hung on.
Both players checked the 4♦ turn and the 10♥ river. Evans tabled A♦8♥ for ace-high, while Mostafavi showed Q♣Q♦. Mostafavi scooped the pot towards his direction.
Level: 44
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 5,000,000
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
After a couple of small hands at the final table which saw no post-flop action, Akira Ide opened to 8,000,000 from early position, and action folded to Dennys Ramos in the cutoff, who moved all in for ~50,000,000. Daisuke Ogita re-jammed on the button and only just covered Ramos. Ide mucked his hand and the players were left to flip, with Ramos at risk for his tournament life.
Dennys Ramos: Q♣Q♥
Daisuke Ogita: J♦J♠
There was no change on the 9♥9♠3♥ flop and Ramos was holding with his pocket queens. A 4♥ turn was also safe as another heart would still keep Ramos ahead.
The J♣ was peeled on the river, which saw Ogita steal the pot, sending Ramos to the rail in 10th place, just one place away from making the official final table.
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Evans | United States | 132,000,000 | 33 |
| 2 | Jaime Haletky | United States | 68,000,000 | 17 |
| 3 | Amin Mostafavi | United States | 63,000,000 | 16 |
| 4 | Akira Ide | Japan | 95,500,000 | 24 |
| 5 | Jaehwa Son | Canada | 28,500,000 | 7 |
| 6 | Yunye Lu | China | 42,000,000 | 11 |
| 7 | Ohad Enzel | United States | 94,000,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Richard Harris | United Kingdom | 95,000,000 | 24 |
| 9 | Dennys Ramos | Brazil | 57,000,000 | 14 |
| 10 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 57,500,000 | 14 |
