Day 1: Tuesday, Could 26
The 2026 WSOP opened with two occasions firing concurrently. The $550 Mini Thriller Tens of millions (Occasion #1) drew 1,635 entries on Day 1a alone, with 5 extra flights to come back. The collection opener is concentrating on the all-time WSOP single-event attendance file.
The $5,000 8-Handed NLH (Occasion #2) attracted 415 entries on Day 1, making a $1,909,000 prize pool with late registration nonetheless open. Eight-time winner Shaun Deeb, Viktor Blom, Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova all superior.
Occasion #1: $550 Mini Thriller Tens of millions (Day 1a)
Day 1a diminished 1,635 entries to 60 survivors over 22 ranges. All 60 bagged within the cash and return on Day 2 (Could 31) as soon as the remaining flights are full. The $1 million jackpot thriller bounty kicks in on Day 2.
Jansen Satparam earned the primary chip chief title of the 2026 WSOP, operating his 25,000 beginning stack as much as 1,800,000. Three-time bracelet winner David Prociak (1,500,000) and four-time winner Chad Eveslage (690,000) are among the many skilled names by to Day 2.
Ari Engel, Ryan Leng and Darryll Fish all cashed however fell earlier than bagging.
Occasion #2: $5,000 8-Handed NLH (Day 1)
5-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski completed Day 1 with 715,000 chips (286 large blinds), practically 200K away from the subsequent closest stack. 142 of 415 entries survived, and late registration stays open till roughly 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday.
Notable stacks: five-time winner Martin Kabrhel (298,000) is the highest-ranked bracelet holder outdoors the Prime 10. Defending Participant of the 12 months Shaun Deeb (215,500) begins his title defence right here, and Viktor Blom (200,500) continues his seek for a primary WSOP bracelet.
Nate Silver (175,500), four-time winner Josh Arieh (129,000) and Maria Konnikova (75,000) additionally survived Day 1. Eight-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (37,500) scraped by with the shortest stack among the many notable names after profitable three bracelets on the 2025 WSOP.
Coming Up on Day 2 (Wednesday, Could 27)
Occasion #3: $500 Business Staff NLH begins at midday. Defending champion Phovieng Keokham gained a bracelet and $64,369 on this occasion final 12 months.
At 2:00 p.m., Occasion #4: $1,500 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher turns into the primary non-Maintain’em occasion of the collection. The 2025 version drew 910 entrants and David Shmuel took the gold for $205,333.













