button in SafariCards in the Air for Day 2 of the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship at 1 p.m.
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.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 322,000 |
| 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 321,500 |
| 3 | Andrew Bradshaw | United Kingdom | 307,000 |
| 4 | Patrick Moulder | United States | 297,000 |
| 5 | Eric Rodawig | United States | 286,000 |
| 6 | Mark Rubbathan | United Kingdom | 281,000 |
| 7 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 253,500 |
| 8 | John Wasnock | United States | 237,000 |
| 9 | Jack Germaine | United Kingdom | 231,000 |
| 10 | Allan Le | United States | 210,000 |
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).
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.