PokerNews live coverage of this event will begin on Day 2 (July 11). Until then, we will keep readers informed with updates on chip counts and core event statistics, including entries and the prize pool. Scroll down to see more.
2026 World Series of Poker
Chip Counts
Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1c Completed
The last Day 1 flight of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship has ended with Robert Mcadam (488,000) leading the 520 survivors.
These survivors are all that remain from the 1,634 entries on Day 1c.
Along with the previous Day 1 flights, this brings the key figures for the event up to 3,083 total entries, $8,231,610 in the prize pool, and 923 players remaining in the field.
Behind Mcadam are two other Brits, Ryan Plant (383,000) and Rohit Mariwalla (382,000) in second and third.
Alec Torelli also just made the top ten with a stack of 318,500.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Mcadam | United Kingdom | 488,000 | 195 |
| 2 | Ryan Plant | United Kingdom | 383,000 | 153 |
| 3 | Rohit Mariwalla | United Kingdom | 382,000 | 153 |
| 4 | Francis Alegado | United States | 373,500 | 149 |
| 5 | Marius Gierse | Austria | 363,000 | 145 |
| 6 | Joseph Robertson | United States | 347,000 | 139 |
| 7 | Elliot Smith | Canada | 345,500 | 138 |
| 8 | Stephen Winters | United States | 336,500 | 135 |
| 9 | Michael Stein | United States | 330,000 | 132 |
| 10 | Alec Torelli | United States | 318,500 | 127 |
Further down, the chip counts are big names like poker author Michael Acevedo (307,000), Lou Garza (274,000), Ryan Laplante (250,000), Vivian Saliba (204,500), Ryan Leng (166,500), Damian Salas (147,500), Shannon Shorr (146,500), and Kenny Hallaert (40,000),
Day 2 begins at midday on July 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 ante.
Late registration is available until the end of the first level of Day 2 at which point the entry numbers and prize pool will be finalized.
According to the WSOPLive App.
According to the WSOPLive App.
According to the WSOPLive App.
Day 1c of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship has concluded. Of the 1,634 entries to the flight, 520 players bagged to return for Day 2.
Standby for the full chip counts and recap.
Michael Mizrachi won't be making history with back-to-back World Series of Poker Main Event victories.
The defending champion's title defense fizzled out on Day 5, where he was eliminated in 241st for $50,000. Mizrachi survived nearly five full days in poker's biggest tournament but couldn't recreate the remarkable run that ended with a $10 million payday 12 months ago.
Mizrachi, who navigated all ten days of the Main Event on his way to the world championship last summer, once again found himself among the survivors deep into Day 5. This time, however, his run was halted before the tournament's biggest payouts, ending any hopes of becoming the first player since Johnny Chan in 1987 and 1988 to successfully defend the WSOP Main Event title.
Fittingly, it would take a fellow Main Event champion to end The Grinder's run.
As per the WSOP LIVE app.
The 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicked off back on May 26, and now it is in the home stretch as June has come to an end and the $10,000 Main Event is underway. More than 70 tournaments have awarded bracelets thus far, and the PokerNews Live Reporting team has been on-site all summer long, capturing the action.
During that time, they've reported on some entertaining hands, bad beats, and more, which we're happy to feature in the latest edition of "Hands of the Week" presented by GTOWizard.
According to the WSOP LIVE app.