Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 1 Completed

15 hours ago

Kristen Foxen Bags Top Five Stack in Pursuit of Bracelet Number Seven

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Barry Russell

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Day 1 of Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em has come to an end here at the 2026 World Series of Poker, running at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The curtains came down at the end of Level 10 after 357 players entered the tournament, creating a prize pool of $3,320,100. With late registration still open until July 12 at 3:15 p.m., that number will definitely grow.

Leading the field is Kenzo Ishida from Japan with 479,500. Only slightly behind the chip leader is Fahredin Mustafov of Bulgaria with 477,000, while Loic Debregeas of France sits in third place with 475,000.

Kristen Foxen bagged with a top five stack, on the hunt for her seventh all-time bracelet.

End of Day 1 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Kenzo Ishida	Japan	479,500	240
2	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	477,000	239
3	Loic Debregeas	France	475,000	238
4	Armin Rezaei	Austria	426,000	213
5	Kristen Foxen	Canada	414,500	207
6	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	376,000	188
7	Neil Warren	United States	358,500	179
8	Andrew Moreno	United States	354,000	177
9	Patrik Jaros	Czechia	350,000	175
10	Christopher Selph	United States	342,000	171

Several notable players bagged for Day 2, including Faraz Jaka (283,000), Adrian Mateos (215,000), and Erik Seidel (180,000), who made his presence known towards the end of Day 1. Others who bagged included Paulina Loeliger (121,500), Tom Talboom (112,500), Joao Vieira (112,500), Thomas Boivin (108,500), Justin Liberto (108,500), Alex Foxen (82,000), Stephen Song (69,500), and David Peters (66,500).

Not all were able to secure a place into Day 2 and, with this tournament being a freezeout, those players will not be returning. This included football superstar Neymar, high rollers Dan Smith, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Daniel Negreanu, and Josh Arieh.

Neymar got his last chips in on the turn with two pair, but Vitalijs Korhs had already improved to trip sevens. Neymar was drawing dead as the cards were revealed, and an inconsequential river sent him to the rail.

Negreanu got his last 13,000 in preflop with ace-jack against Ian Monahoyios's pocket tens in a four-bet pot. Negreanu even joked that he was a 96 percent favorite, but Monahoyios flopped a set and held to send the Poker Hall of Famer to the rail.

Arieh got his last chips in on the flop with king-queen after flopping an open-ended straight draw, but Edward Leonard already held ace-jack for ace high. Leonard improved to top pair on the turn, leaving Arieh drawing dead as he made his exit.

Not all heroes wear capes as Foxen found herself in one of the craziest pots of the day after a limped pot turned into a flop five-betting war on a paired board. Ponakovs check-raised her continuation bet before the two exchanged raises and words on the flop, with Foxen eventually making it 49,000 and Ponakovs calling.

After both players checked the turn, Ponakovs moved all in on the river. Foxen spent several minutes talking through the hand aloud before making the call with pocket nines. Ponakovs could only show queen-jack for a missed flush draw, and Foxen's pocket pair was enough to drag a huge pot.

The 130 surviving players will return at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Level 11, with blinds at 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Registration will remain open until the end of Level 12 and the subsequent break, around 3:15 p.m. Play will continue for another ten levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 at around 7:30 p.m.

Play will continue until a champion is crowned, so remain tuned in with PokerNews for live updates and find out who the next WSOP champion will be.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Aleksejs Ponakovs Alex Foxen Aliaksandr Shylko Andrew Moreno Armin Rezaei Christopher Selph Dan Smith Daniel Negreanu David Peters Edward Leonard Erik Seidel Fahredin Mustafov Ian Monahoyios Igor Yaroshevskyy Joao Vieira Josh Arieh Justin Liberto Kenzo Ishida Kristen Foxen Loic Debregeas Neil Warren Neymar Patrik Jaros Paulina Loeliger Stephen Song Thomas Boivin Tom Talboom Vitalijs Korhs

15 hours 7 minutes ago

Seat Draw For Day 2

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Jon Pill

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

According to the WSOPLive app.

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
38	1	Hai-Chi Ho	60,500	24
38	3	Alex Foxen	82,000	33
38	5	Justin Liberto	108,500	43
38	6	Malo Latinois	62,500	25

39	2	Mihai Niste	181,500	73
39	4	Yuliyan Kolev	229,000	92
39	5	Yohwan Lim	152,000	61

40	1	Gary Hasson	61,000	24
40	3	Kazuomi Furuse	39,500	16
40	4	Zhen Chen	101,500	41
40	6	Yifu He	133,500	53

41	1	Lifu Zhang	61,000	24
41	4	Craig Mason	137,000	55
41	5	Haruhiko Shinohara	40,000	16

42	2	Gytis Lazauninkas	186,000	74
42	3	Christopher Selph	342,000	137
42	5	Jiyang Gan	47,500	19
42	6	Paul Lagan	156,500	63

43	1	Ian Monahoyios	95,500	38
43	4	Oliver Bithell	200,000	80
43	5	Antoine Labat	221,000	88

44	1	David Miscikowski	165,000	66
44	2	Arthur Thiriart	73,500	29
44	4	Patrik Jaros	350,000	140
44	6	George Birdsong	29,500	12

45	2	Stephen Song	69,500	28
45	3	David Peters	66,500	27
45	5	Samy Dubonnet	196,500	79
45	6	Asi Moshe	315,500	126

46	1	Ritvars Cekalins	115,500	46
46	3	Nicolas Yunis	140,500	56
46	4	Changjie Zhang	89,500	36
46	6	Luigi Shehadeh	62,000	25

47	2	Renji Mao	67,500	27
47	3	Kristen Foxen	414,500	166
47	5	Clement Richez	90,000	36
47	6	Guillermo Sanchez Otero	195,500	78

48	1	Boris Berthomet	53,000	21
48	2	Edward Leonard	239,000	96
48	4	Mario Diaz Quilez	189,500	76

49	1	Adrian Mateos	215,000	86
49	3	Brekstyn Schutten	149,500	60
49	4	Eric Rabut	97,500	39
49	6	Jeffrey Trudeau	201,000	80

50	2	Xue Song	310,000	124
50	3	Alexander Sokolovsky	116,500	47
50	5	Joao Simao	259,000	104
50	6	Isai Scheinberg	167,000	67

51	1	Gabriel Andrade	172,000	69
51	3	Andrew Saba	243,500	97
51	4	Shannon Shorr	101,000	40
51	5	Alexandru Papazian	97,500	39

52	1	Vladas Tamasauskas	41,500	17
52	2	Hugues Mazerolle	198,000	79
52	4	Tzur Levy	242,000	97

53	2	Thomas Cannuli	321,000	128
53	3	Roman Hrabec	100,000	40
53	5	Josep Ruiz Mercade	104,000	42
53	6	Luis Rodrigues Dono	188,000	75

54	1	Leonard Maue	169,500	68
54	3	Julien Sitbon	265,000	106
54	4	Nicholas Pupillo	27,500	11
54	5	Anthony Gregg	196,000	78

55	1	Yuya Kita	222,500	89
55	2	Dominykas Mikolaitis	157,000	63
55	4	Michael Macchia	53,000	21
55	6	Yoko Sasaki	204,000	82

56	3	Leo Soma	116,000	46
56	4	Sean McNulty	191,000	76
56	5	Daniel Lim	80,000	32

57	2	Weiran Pu	92,000	37
57	3	Erik Seidel	180,000	72
57	5	Hiroyuki Noda	92,000	37
57	6	Xixiang Luo	200,000	80

58	1	Denys Chufarin	100,500	40
58	2	Ellie Mirzaei	80,000	32
58	5	Andrew Moreno	354,000	142

59	1	Eelis Paerssinen	160,500	64
59	3	Franco Tucci	123,500	49
59	4	Thomas Boivin	108,500	43

60	2	Delfin Lazaro	226,000	90
60	3	Tom Talboom	112,500	45
60	5	Aliaksandr Shylko	376,000	150
60	6	Ramon Kropmanns	252,500	101

61	1	Boris Angelov	30,500	12
61	2	Chang Yu Chung	194,000	78
61	4	Hung Tran	131,000	52
61	5	Adekunle Olonoh	65,500	26

62	1	Alexandros Theologis	255,000	102
62	3	Hirokazu Kobayashi	199,500	80
62	4	Nikita Kuznetcov	122,500	49
62	6	Armin Rezaei	426,000	170

63	1	Agustin Coelli	38,000	15
63	4	Nicholas Howard	184,500	74
63	5	Fahredin Mustafov	477,000	191

64	1	Yu Zhang	69,500	28
64	3	Neil Warren	358,500	143
64	4	Kenzo Ishida	479,500	192
64	6	Pao Hsu	91,000	36

65	2	Daan Mulders	31,000	12
65	3	Yulian Bogdanov	151,000	60
65	6	Loic Debregeas	475,000	190

66	1	Emre Nuhoglu	106,000	42
66	4	Anand Norby	157,500	63
66	5	Victoria Livschitz	128,500	51

67	1	Steven Spivack	133,500	53
67	3	Moonho Seo	74,000	30
67	4	John Racener	242,000	97
67	6	Stoyan Madanzhiev	42,000	17

68	2	Miguel Capriles	102,500	41
68	3	Jans Arends	37,500	15
68	4	Jamie O'Connor	296,500	119
68	6	Junhyung Kim	147,000	59

69	1	Ludovic Uzan	177,000	71
69	2	Kuljinder Sidhu	251,000	100
69	4	Felipe Gonsalves	105,500	42

70	3	Ran Ilani	240,000	96
70	5	Faraz Jaka	283,000	113
70	6	Paulina Loeliger	121,500	49

71	2	Joao Vieira	112,500	45
71	3	Julian Pineda Lozano	140,500	56
71	4	Joshua Reichard	30,000	12
71	6	Felipe Darsa Boianovsky	203,500	81

72	1	Adam Hendrix	227,000	91
72	2	Simon Wilson	264,000	106
72	4	Benedetto Bianco	112,000	45
72	5	Kyle Julius	165,000	66

73	3	Jeremy Dan	274,500	110
73	4	Sacha Cohen	274,000	110
73	6	Aaron Augusten	213,500	85

15 hours 10 minutes ago

Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Jon Pill

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

According to the WSOPLive app.

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15 hours 45 minutes ago

Day 1 Concludes

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The remaining 130 players have finished play for the night, and have bagged up their chips for Day 2.

Stay tuned for full chip counts, along with a recap of the action.

15 hours 50 minutes ago

Jaka Bets Out Pineda Lozano

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was heads up to the Q♣2♥5♣ flop, where Julian Pineda Lozano led out for 2,000 from the small blind. Faraz Jaka made the call to see the K♠ turn, where Pineda Lozano checked.

Jaka took a moment before tossing out a bet of 6,000. That was enough to claim the pot, as Pineda Lozano let his hand go.

Tags: Faraz Jaka Julian Pineda Lozano

15 hours 54 minutes ago

Three More Hands

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Barry Russell

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The remaining 136 players will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.

16 hours 12 minutes ago

Trudeau Spikes the River

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jeffery Trudeau raised to 3,500 from the cutoff, and Rafael Moraes three-bet to 21,000 in the small blind. Trudeau then moved all in for 101,000, and Moraes confirmed the count before making the call.

Jeffery Trudeau: A♦10♦ All in
Rafael Moraes: A♣Q♠

Moraes was in great shape, remaining ahead through the 5♥K♠6♣ flop and 9♠ turn. Trudeau was about to stand up from his chair as the 10♠ hit the river, pumping his fist while securing the double-up.

Tags: Jeffery Trudeau Rafael Moraes

16 hours 26 minutes ago

Same Action, Different Tables

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action at adjoining tables nearly mirrored each other, as both featured blind on blind battles to the river.

At table 265, the board read 10♥Q♥9♣8♥2♣ with Cherish Andrews moving all in from the small blind. Stoyan Madanzhiev took some time in the big blind before letting his hand go, and Andrews collected the chips.

One table over, Zhen Chen checked the 3♠8♥Q♥K♦10♦ board from the small blind and Erik Seidel fired 75,000 from the big blind. That represented much of Chen's remaining stack, and he opted to let his hand go to see Seidel take the pot.