2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,767,000
Total Entries
190
Players Left
13
Average Chip Stack
876,923
Total Chips
11,400,000
Next Payout
Place 13
$24,377
Level Info
Level
20
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
109
Players Left
13
Players Left 13 / 190
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Start of Day 2 Entrants

Level 11

Level: 11

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Cards in the Air for Day 2 of the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship at 1 p.m.

Andrew Bradshaw
Andrew Bradshaw

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at the 2026 World Series of Poker. Yesterday saw 156 hopefuls make their way to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with the goal of advancing to today's restart. However, only 75 players were able to accomplish this feat, and they will reconvene at 1 p.m. this afternoon to resume play.

Atop the leaderboard coming into Day 2 are Matt Grapenthien (322,000) and Bryce Yockey (321,500), who are separated by just a single purple T-500 chip to begin the day. Rounding out the podium in third is Andrew Bradshaw (307,000), who held the lead for much of the evening as he seeks his first cash in a five-figure buy-in.

Matt Grapenthien
Matt Grapenthien

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Matt GrapenthienUnited States322,000
2Bryce YockeyUnited States321,500
3Andrew BradshawUnited Kingdom307,000
4Patrick MoulderUnited States297,000
5Eric RodawigUnited States286,000
6Mark RubbathanUnited Kingdom281,000
7Calvin AndersonUnited States253,500
8John WasnockUnited States237,000
9Jack GermaineUnited Kingdom231,000
10Allan LeUnited States210,000

Some notables who also return for Day 2 include 2011 champion Eric Rodawig (286,000), Calvin Anderson (253,500), and 2025 Main Event runner-up John Wasnock (237,000), Chad Eveslage (156,500), Jerry Wong (155,000), Justin Liberto (151,500), Eli Elezra (133,000), Nick Guagenti (130,000), Nick Schulman (113,500), Paul Volpe (97,000), James Obst (79,500), Todd Brunson (41,500), and Norman Chad (33,500).

Qinghai Pan
Qinghai Pan

Also advancing is defending champion Qinghai Pan, who joined the fray from Level 1, but finished the day with just over the starting stack at 62,000.

Today's action will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday on the right side of the Paris Gold section. Play resumes in Level 11 with limits of 4,000/8,000, and with a 1,000 ante and 1,000 bring-in. Ten hour-long levels are on the docket for Day 2, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 15 around 6:30 p.m.

Registration remains open until the start of Level 12 around 2:15 p.m., at which point any new players can register with a fresh stack of 60,000 chips at limits of 6,000/12,000.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as we deliver updates for the entirety of Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and all other bracelet events here at the 2026 World Series of Poker.

Tags: Allan LeAndrew BradshawBryce YockeyCalvin AndersonChad EveslageEli ElezraEric RodawigGold SectionJack GermaineJames ObstJerry WongJohn WasnockJustin LibertoMark RubbathanMatt GrapenthienNick GuagentiNick SchulmanNorman ChadPatrick MoulderPaul VolpeQinghai PanTodd Brunson

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Bets
741Nick GuagentiUnited States130,00011
742Ryutaro SuzukiJapan94,5008
744Joshua ChudnovskyIsrael108,5009
745Jack GermaineUnited Kingdom231,00019
746Norman ChadUnited States33,5003
748Patrick MoulderUnited States297,00025
      
752Hiroyuki NodaJapan66,0006
753Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom162,50014
754David LinUnited States15,0001
756Jonathan GlendinningUnited States60,0005
757Walter ChambersUnited States194,00016
758Bryan PimlottUnited States132,00011
      
761Harry ThomasUnited States155,00013
763Nicholas MarchingtonUnited Kingdom102,5009
764James CheungUnited Kingdom120,00010
765Mark GregorichUnited States36,0003
767Jared RubinUnited States135,00011
768Koji FujimotoJapan76,0006
      
771Calvin AndersonUnited States253,50021
772Timothy FinneUnited States30,5003
773Ray FishmanUnited States65,0005
775James DavisUnited States44,5004
776Mark RubbathanUnited Kingdom281,00023
777Andres KornArgentina92,5008
      
861Ko GotoJapan160,00013
862Nick SchulmanUnited States113,5009
864Donny RubinsteinUnited States99,5008
865Ofir MorUnited States50,0004
867William KerkaertUnited States69,0006
868Jerry WongUnited States155,00013
      
872Eric RodawigUnited States286,00024
873Nikolai FalRussia84,0007
874Renan BruschiBrazil85,5007
876James TiltonUnited States174,50015
877Allan LeUnited States210,00018
878Hal RotholzUnited States76,0006
      
881Dan SepiolUnited States153,00013
883John JuandaIndonesia102,0009
884Ryan HoenigUnited States137,50011
885Lawrence BrandtUnited States61,0005
886Dan ShakUnited States63,0005
888Andrei ZhigalovRussia116,50010
      
891Dzmitry UrbanovichPoland153,50013
892Paul VolpeUnited States97,0008
893Jose Paz GutierrezBolivia101,0008
895Michael EstesUnited States160,50013
896Chad EveslageUnited States156,50013
897Justin LibertoUnited States151,50013
898Brandon Shack-HarrisUnited States48,0004
      
981Ari EngelCanada62,0005
982Ali EslamiUnited States155,00013
983Robert StevanovskiUnited States55,0005
984Andrew BradshawUnited Kingdom307,00026
986Philip SternheimerUnited Kingdom111,0009
987Phillip HuiUnited States36,0003
988Tyler PhillipsUnited States85,0007
      
992Bari SklarUnited States120,50010
993Bradley JansenUnited States140,50012
995Kevin ChoiHong Kong82,0007
996Eli ElezraIsrael133,00011
997Qinghai PanUnited States62,0005
998Chris HunichenUnited States168,00014
      
1061Brian YoonUnited States122,00010
1063Cary KatzUnited States153,00013
1064Bryce YockeyUnited States321,50027
1065Nicolas MilgromFrance154,00013
1067Matt GrapenthienUnited States322,00027
1068John WasnockUnited States237,00020
      
1071Todd BrunsonUnited States41,5003
1072Matt VengrinUnited States97,0008
1074Suketu PatelUnited Kingdom77,0006
1075James ObstAustralia79,5007
1076Robert MizrachiUnited States197,00016
1077Clayton MozdzenCanada40,0003
1078Patrick StaceyCanada7,0001

Event #75: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Day 2 Started

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