button in SafariSotiropoulos and Piccioli Bag Big on Day 1 of the $600 Deepstack Championship
A massive crowd of 5,177 entrants competed on Day 1 of Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. After 17 levels, each spanning 40 minutes, only 556 of those starters bagged up chips.
Four-time bracelet winner Georgios Sotiropoulos (1,028,000) bagged up one of the largest stacks in the room, according to the WSOP LIVE app, and is one to watch when Day 2 gets underway on June 2. The Greek all-time money leader last added to his bracelet collection in a $3,200 online event in 2024.
Bryan Piccioli (1,004,000) is another star flying high in the early stages of this event. The New Yorker has a pair of bracelets to his name, and has done his chances of adding to his collection no harm at all by being fast out of the blocks in this tournament.
Event #78: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MD Bikas | United States | 1,415,000 | 142 |
| 2 | Diogo De Souza | Brazil | 1,169,000 | 117 |
| 3 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 1,028,000 | 103 |
| 4 | Michael Starek | United States | 1,025,000 | 103 |
| 5 | Bryan Piccioli | United States | 1,004,000 | 100 |
| 6 | Viraj Khanna | United States | 947,000 | 95 |
| 7 | Nicholas Burris | United States | 939,000 | 94 |
| 8 | Robert Pacleb | United States | 915,000 | 92 |
| 9 | Li Chengbei | China | 887,000 | 89 |
| 10 | Jorge Duarte | Canada | 881,000 | 88 |
Plenty of other household names advanced to Day 2. They include Jeremy Becker (311,000), Terrance Reid (293,000), Martin Kabrhel (233,000), Ryan Leng (225,000), Men "The Master" Nguyen (179,000), and Svetlana Gromenkova (106,000).
Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 11:00 a.m. local time on July 2, with the plan to play another 10 levels, each extended to 60 minutes. Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates from the 2026 WSOP.