button in SafariJolnar Teliani in the Hunt for First WSOP Bracelet Going into Final Day of Event #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Day 2 of Event #88: $300 Gladiators of Poker is upon us at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP), hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A monstrous 11,185 players ponied up the $300 buy-in, over four starting flights, generating a massive prize pool of $2,751,510.
A total of 66 players bagged up from Flight A, 65 from Flight B, 103 from Flight C and 147 from Flight D. Today, these 381 players return to battle it out on the felt and take their shot at the lion’s share of the prize pool and get their hands on the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
All players will be hunting down Jolnar Teliani who bagged 3,265,000 chips. David Kenniston is hot on Teliani’s heels in second with 3,155,000 chips and Marcos Da Silva rounds out the podium, starting Day 2 in third place with 3,030,000 chips.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jolnar Teliani | Canada | 3,265,000 | 65 |
| 2 | David Kenniston | United States | 3,155,000 | 63 |
| 3 | Marcos Da Silva | Brazil | 3,030,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Kevin Theodore | United States | 2,900,000 | 58 |
| 5 | Sumit Kumar | United States | 2,855,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Julian Menhardt | Austria | 2,790,000 | 56 |
| 7 | Valentin Farkas | Croatia | 2,700,000 | 54 |
| 8 | Suketu Vaidya | United States | 2,530,000 | 51 |
| 9 | Jose Cayetano | United States | 2,350,000 | 47 |
| 10 | Erez Klein | United States | 2,330,000 | 47 |
A good few notables have managed to get a bag into Day 2 to take their shot at the bracelet.
UK Grosvenor sponsored player Jay Harwood bagged up 855,000 along with bracelet winners Moshe Gavrieli (310,000), Thong Do (960,000), Ben Yu (750,000) and Andrew Brown (375,400) are all in the mix to add to their bracelet collections.
Poker Hall of Famer Barbara Enright (560,000) and 25k Fantasy player Joey Couden (310,000) both got a bag through to Day 2 in Flight D.
Canada’s Teliani (3,265,000) comes into the day in first place and has a great shot at joining the exclusive club of a female champion of an open World Series of Poker (WSOP) event.
Andreas Froehli (1,085,000), Kevin Theodore (2,900,000) and Sumit Kumar (2,855,000) are hardened WSOP grinders who will look to leverage their deep run experience to increase their stacks and make a run at the final table.
Day 2 is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. local time at Level 23, where the blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante.
Levels will be 40 minutes with a 15-minute break every three levels. There is a scheduled dinner break at the conclusion of Level 31 at approximately 5:40 p.m. local time. Seventeen levels are on the schedule for today.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action as it unfolds on the floor.