Event #50: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 2a | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jun 18, 2026

Some Fresh Stacks in the 2A Restart

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kevin Taylor

Jun 18, 2026

Some Stacks With 200 Left

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kevin Taylor

According to the WSOP Live app.

Jun 18, 2026

Some Big Stacks Now in the Money

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kevin Taylor

According to the WSOP Live app.

Jun 18, 2026

Some Early Day 2A Big Stacks

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Kevin Taylor

Jun 18, 2026

This Is the Best Father-Son Story of the 2026 WSOP

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Anthony Thompson

Brayden Lou managed to improve on an already outstanding year with a remarkable victory in the $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2026 World Series of Poker.

After weeding his way through a field of 4,100, the inexperienced Lou wrestled the crown away from Jason Hoffman heads-up to claim the $196,066 winner’s share of a $1,701,500 prize pool.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Lou said. “I guess I can scratch this off my bucket list. I ran well, played well. That’s how it usually goes for tournament winners.”

Not that Lou would know, considering he won a gold bracelet in just his fourth ever live tournament.

Read the Full Story Here

Jun 18, 2026

460 Survivors Return for Millionaire Maker Day 2a

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Sava Krink

Ten more levels await the survivors from the first starting flight in Event #50: $1,500 Millionaire Maker as cards get in the air on Day 2a.

Action begins at 11:00 with ten more 60-minute levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 (approx. 5:30 p.m.)

Plenty of big names will return including Mark Newhouse, who famously final-tabled the WSOP Main Event in back to back years (2013 & 2014). He returns third in chips behind overnight chip leader Will Givens and Alex Kim.

Event #50: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Will Givens	United States	374,500	187
2	Alex Kim	United States	345,000	173
3	Mark Newhouse	United States	308,500	154
4	Thomas Goldsborough	United States	301,000	151
5	John Herring	United States	289,000	145
6	Jaime Kaplan	United States	284,000	142
7	Ronald West	United States	280,000	140
8	Stanislav Koleno	Slovakia	274,500	137
9	Lucy Lamperouge	United States	262,000	131
10	Gael Ruiz	France	241,000	121

PokerNews live updates will begin on Day 3 in this event (Monday, June 22). Until then, enjoy chip count updates throughout Day 2a.

Tags: Alex Kim Big Blinds Gael Ruiz Jaime Kaplan John Herring Lucy Lamperouge Mark Newhouse Ronald West Stanislav Koleno Thomas Goldsborough Will Givens

Jun 18, 2026

Day 2a Seating Draw

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Will Shillibier

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds

478	1	Peter Hengsakul	161,000	81
478	2	Marco Zevola	54,000	27
478	3	Xiang Chen	164,500	82
478	4	Charles Moore	197,500	99
478	5	Hannah Lee	46,500	23
478	6	Devon Wedum	26,000	13
478	7	Joseph Alesna	95,000	48
478	8	Joseph Sullender	72,500	36
478	9	Aaron Massey	29,000	15

479	1	Tomislav Peric	64,500	32
479	2	Russell Rosenblum	214,000	107
479	3	Almog Avitan	83,000	42
479	4	Benjamin Ludlow	123,500	62
479	5	Michael Blum	28,000	14
479	7	Shalom Elharar	118,000	59
479	8	Harry Rubin	21,500	11
479	9	Javier Garcirreynaldos	121,500	61

480	1	Alan Bassik	97,000	49
480	2	Victor Lee	21,000	11
480	3	Scott Stinson	165,500	83
480	4	Kai Yang	95,500	48
480	5	Yoko Okazaki	52,000	26
480	6	Daniel Limperis	120,000	60
480	7	Jamie Rosen	24,000	12
480	8	Nathanial Simmerman	145,500	73
480	9	Chunhui Ji	114,500	57

481	1	William Rodliffe	46,500	23
481	2	Yotam Ashkenazi	61,000	31
481	3	Junjie Tang	142,000	71
481	4	David Sayago	102,500	51
481	5	Shawn Daniels	42,000	21
481	6	Andreas Staschewski	238,500	119
481	7	Patrick Richert	35,500	18
481	8	Esther Riordan	20,500	10
481	9	Igor Sebo	119,000	60

482	1	Beau Stanton	114,500	57
482	2	Thomas Goldsborough	301,000	151
482	3	Misaki Tominaga	117,000	59
482	4	Jared Ingles	160,500	80
482	5	Brian Hastings	78,500	39
482	6	Michael Croucher	97,500	49
482	7	Abhishek Paul	61,000	31
482	8	Sevag Shirinian	84,000	42
482	9	Jessica Teusl	26,000	13

483	1	Antoine Sankari	123,000	62
483	2	Alon Gershoni	99,500	50
483	3	Yuxiang Cai	67,000	34
483	4	Albert Gorelik	149,500	75
483	5	Jiacong Zhang	38,000	19
483	6	Joseph Serock	140,500	70
483	7	Eugene Katchalov	114,500	57
483	8	James Collopy	100,000	50
483	9	Ching Wu	32,500	16

484	1	Raymond Mancini	157,500	79
484	3	John Reading	82,000	41
484	4	Antonio Da Costa	133,500	67
484	5	Leonard Greer	101,500	51
484	6	Yu Liu	85,500	43
484	7	Humberto Guerra	173,500	87
484	8	Darryl Ronconi	209,500	105
484	9	Joshua Yoon	127,500	64

485	1	Barret Noble	28,500	14
485	2	Edward Chun	62,000	31
485	3	Jordan Schneible	166,500	83
485	4	Dong Meng	99,500	50
485	5	Tyler Hirschfeld	190,500	95
485	6	Florian Bertin	88,000	44
485	7	Dawson Chen	194,000	97
485	8	Taylor Hart	33,500	17
485	9	Pablo Marizhernandes	102,000	51

486	1	Wen Lyu	28,500	14
486	2	Ben Fan	28,000	14
486	3	David White	33,500	17
486	4	Jonathan Fhima	162,500	81
486	5	Wook Kim	87,500	44
486	6	Fabio Porcino Rosado Chaves	61,500	31
486	7	Bradley Owen	25,000	13
486	8	Anne Liu	163,000	82
486	9	Min Ji	121,000	61

487	1	Jason Vanstrom	90,500	45
487	2	Jonas Lauck	175,500	88
487	3	Antoine Saout	102,000	51
487	4	Michael Gathy	133,000	67
487	5	William Wolf	103,000	52
487	6	Charanjeev Malhotra	120,500	60
487	8	Jordan Spurlin	86,000	43
487	9	Blake Whittington	24,000	12

488	1	Bruce Carter	12,000	6
488	2	Philip Verel	39,000	20
488	3	Takumi Eguchi	27,500	14
488	4	Dennis Saneski	16,000	8
488	5	Donna Laduke	131,500	66
488	6	Francis Anderson	110,000	55
488	7	Robert Brooks	201,000	101
488	8	Omer Nagar	239,000	120
488	9	John Herring	289,000	145

489	1	Manuel Machado	234,000	117
489	2	Lucian Camargo	67,500	34
489	3	Karim Chatur	113,000	57
489	4	Jerome Vittoz	78,500	39
489	5	Wesley Chong	94,500	47
489	6	Cedric Schwaederle	29,000	15
489	7	Leonard August	41,500	21
489	8	Daniel Mcginnis	97,500	49
489	9	Rhett Myers	94,000	47

490	1	Paul Berger	239,500	120
490	2	Mateusz Moolhuizen	54,500	27
490	3	Ismael Bojang	82,500	41
490	4	Phillppe Barouk	130,500	65
490	5	Gary Allford	61,500	31
490	6	Gabriel Karlsson	34,000	17
490	7	Nicholas Naughton	127,500	64
490	8	Benjamin Primus	37,000	19
490	9	Tanner Lefferts	72,500	36

491	1	Ken Okada	66,000	33
491	2	Gabriel Bardini	37,500	19
491	3	Sasha Sabbaghian	154,000	77
491	4	Francis Rusnak	64,000	32
491	5	Dumitru-Adrian Pora	47,000	24
491	6	Truong Nguyen	103,000	52
491	7	Gabi Livshitz	145,000	73
491	8	Tony Miles	152,500	76
491	9	Florence Mazet	58,000	29

492	1	Juan Tejeda	119,500	60
492	2	Gerald Benet	104,500	52
492	3	Parker Mcdaniel	91,000	46
492	4	Haim Toorgeman	54,000	27
492	6	Sherwin Basti	56,000	28
492	7	Kyle Hanpeter	43,000	22
492	8	Jaime Kaplan	284,000	142
492	9	Hang Xu	6,500	3

493	1	Scott Weinstein	30,000	15
493	2	Jeremy Kocher	23,500	12
493	3	Andrea Rocci	31,500	16
493	4	Chisa Matsutani	225,500	113
493	5	Jamar Adams	145,000	73
493	6	Kevin Eyster	47,000	24
493	7	Christopher Mullins	20,500	10
493	8	Sanjeev Vora	109,000	55
493	9	Kaijie Lu	71,000	36

494	1	Francois Billard	73,000	37
494	2	Emmett Ohara	148,000	74
494	3	Claudio Muller	136,000	68
494	4	Walter Ripper	108,000	54
494	5	Benjamin Spragg	53,500	27
494	6	Joshua Boulton	132,500	66
494	7	Youngchae Youn	199,500	100
494	8	Roger Janes	25,000	13
494	9	Cyril Williams	93,500	47

495	1	Ryutaro Sugita	139,000	70
495	2	Joao Pinto	69,000	35
495	3	Kenny Hsiung	151,000	76
495	4	Nicholas Fellone	52,500	26
495	5	Akihiro Konishi	103,000	52
495	7	Premnath Kasinath	76,500	38
495	8	Germandio Andoni	91,500	46
495	9	Kunal Patni	224,000	112

496	1	Julien Duveau	157,000	79
496	2	Wesley Cameron	51,500	26
496	3	Truyen Ho	58,500	29
496	4	Cenk Nigbolu	194,000	97
496	5	Tommy Nguyen	49,500	25
496	6	Mikiyo Aoki	152,000	76
496	7	Avenes Rastomyan	44,500	22
496	8	Mark Rubin	40,000	20
496	9	Nader Arfai	33,000	17

497	1	Mitchell Tsang	1,500	1
497	2	Xavier James	30,000	15
497	3	Gabriel Fuller	127,500	64
497	4	Diogo Sao Pedro Duarte	31,000	16
497	5	Bartlomiej Swieboda	90,000	45
497	6	Ofer Gutman	99,500	50
497	7	Clement Michaud	52,500	26
497	8	Diego Roggiani	46,000	23
497	9	Hong Sun	68,000	34

498	1	Leighton Thompson	65,000	33
498	2	Dillon Najor	37,500	19
498	3	Jendrik Faulhaber	177,000	89
498	4	Eloy Rios	63,000	32
498	5	William Givens	374,500	187
498	6	Ivan Poroliev	148,000	74
498	7	Andrew Teng	15,500	8
498	8	Paul Lindner	68,000	34
498	9	Arnaud Enselme	75,000	38

499	1	Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	147,000	74
499	2	Hogyun Kang	190,000	95
499	3	Yi Chen	76,500	38
499	4	Burton Rubin	48,500	24
499	5	Ryan Leng	46,500	23
499	6	Naoki Nomura	49,500	25
499	7	Dean Cimera	71,500	36
499	8	Quentin Balique	147,500	74
499	9	Arash Vaziri	131,000	66

500	1	Jose Rodriguez	56,000	28
500	2	Michal Schuh	30,000	15
500	3	Wesley Cannon	54,500	27
500	4	Pedro Neves	108,000	54
500	5	Vu Tran	117,500	59
500	6	Ricky Bui	78,500	39
500	7	Ronald West	280,000	140
500	8	William Perpich	40,500	20
500	9	David Shaw	19,000	10

501	1	Bryce Hutchings	105,000	53
501	2	Michael Cohen	38,000	19
501	3	Robert Kuhn	197,500	99
501	4	Dmitrii Kamalov	42,000	21
501	5	Andrew Merrick	35,500	18
501	6	Richard Gress	91,000	46
501	7	Emmanouil Chalkiotis	239,000	120
501	8	Timothy Capretta	53,500	27
501	9	Tyler Montoya	133,000	67

502	1	Daria Krashennikova	189,500	95
502	2	Jonathan Tamayo	119,000	60
502	3	Francis Schneider	154,000	77
502	4	David Jackson	101,500	51
502	5	James Kramer	53,000	27
502	6	Christian Paradis	69,500	35
502	7	Jaime Reyes	60,500	30
502	8	Julien Mariani	216,000	108
502	9	Tomohiro Suzuki	210,500	105

503	1	Jose Andrade	146,500	73
503	2	Men Nguyen	151,000	76
503	3	Toko Luu	122,000	61
503	4	Niall Farrell	141,000	71
503	5	Richard Vilkin	87,000	44
503	6	Jeffrey Stephens	90,000	45
503	7	Rafael Stern	67,000	34
503	8	Ildoo Jun	26,000	13
503	9	Yenhan Chen	74,000	37

504	1	Mishel Anunu	23,500	12
504	2	Gregory Gabriel	50,500	25
504	3	Kurt Stevens	173,000	87
504	4	Dustin Nelson	43,500	22
504	5	Brian Paneth	183,000	92
504	6	Grant Yarbrough	35,500	18
504	7	Benjamin Luber	42,500	21
504	8	Jordan Meltzer	83,000	42
504	9	Rock Eanes	47,000	24
505	2	Mark Rollins	164,000	82
505	3	Bryan Bennett	51,500	26
505	4	Roland Muller	223,000	112
505	5	Shaohua Li	54,500	27
505	6	James Leonard	156,000	78
505	7	Soheb Porbandarwala	171,000	86
505	8	Mya Htoo	36,500	18
505	9	Michael Bruno	71,000	36

506	1	Daewoong Song	70,000	35
506	2	Yuanfan Yang	30,000	15
506	3	Sameer Chabungbam	100,000	50
506	4	Raymond Ross	16,000	8
506	5	Anton Saich	41,500	21
506	6	Sean Crenshaw	43,000	22
506	7	Johan Lees	22,000	11
506	8	Gael Ruiz	241,000	121
506	9	Zhang Shifeng	76,500	38

507	1	Akshay Nasa	157,000	79
507	2	Mario Colavita	59,500	30
507	3	Amit Kaushik	29,500	15
507	4	Maciej Komorowski	112,500	56
507	5	Alex Kim	345,000	173
507	6	Alexander Farahi	75,000	38
507	7	Lucy Lamperouge	262,000	131
507	8	Do Vu	53,500	27
507	9	Michael Frederick	141,500	71

508	1	Timothy Campbell	87,000	44
508	2	Nicholas Funaro	153,000	77
508	3	Johan Schumacher	113,000	57
508	4	Robert Monaghan	100,500	50
508	5	Seong Han	56,500	28
508	6	Michael Vanier	51,500	26
508	8	Heon Kim	33,500	17
508	9	Hannes Van Wauwe	89,500	45

509	1	Nicolas Jean	97,500	49
509	2	Ian Steinman	58,000	29
509	3	Derek Sein-Lwin	115,000	58
509	4	Mohammad Habib Nia	81,500	41
509	5	William Reed	80,500	40
509	6	Marcel Novick Rettich	73,000	37
509	7	Amit Sharma	111,500	56
509	8	Sejo Kasic	21,000	11
509	9	Thomas Cazayous	236,000	118

510	1	Joshua Lachman	54,500	27
510	2	Vincent Albert	85,500	43
510	3	Ho Choi	92,500	46
510	4	Patrick Truong	68,000	34
510	5	Charbel Boujaoude	63,500	32
510	6	Richard Harroch	44,500	22
510	7	Eben Kurtzman	170,000	85
510	8	Don Patrick	53,500	27
510	9	Eiji Uotani	125,000	63

511	1	John Hanf	26,000	13
511	2	Michael Younan	25,500	13
511	3	Alexandre Barbaranelli	139,500	70
511	4	Dawid Smolka	105,000	53
511	5	Renato Manalo	85,000	43
511	6	Yucheng Liu	25,500	13
511	7	Casimer Fijalkowski	65,000	33
511	8	Pongsapak Himathongkom	86,000	43
511	9	Alexis Gavin-Mather	66,000	33

512	1	David Kaufmann	64,500	32
512	2	Martin Staszko	34,000	17
512	3	Chun Li	22,000	11
512	4	Cecile Ticherfatine	41,500	21
512	5	Dustin Apperson	24,500	12
512	6	Clayton Dickey	86,000	43
512	7	Vanna Tea	208,000	104
512	8	Daniel Wirgau	104,000	52
512	9	Facundo Trigueiro	154,000	77

513	1	Kevin Kent	91,000	46
513	2	Brian Clark	114,000	57
513	3	Dae Kwon	143,000	72
513	4	David Reed	31,000	16
513	5	Vincent Lavollee	115,000	58
513	6	Thomas Shepard	46,500	23
513	7	Tsz Chau	70,050	35
513	8	Shinnoosuke Takuma	54,500	27
513	9	Anthony Swift	16,500	8

514	1	Eric Smidinger	34,500	17
514	2	Thanh Nguyen	22,500	11
514	3	Atsuya Murata	51,000	26
514	4	Casey Sandretto	31,500	16
514	5	Ugo Taurines	118,000	59
514	6	Zhijian Zhang	86,500	43
514	7	Shachar Haran	45,000	23
514	8	Emily Xie	54,000	27
514	9	Brady Osterman	28,500	14

515	1	Xiangjun Po	146,000	73
515	2	Stefan Kiwisch	80,000	40
515	3	Ricardo Solis	58,500	29
515	4	Eric Stangel	112,500	56
515	5	Alexander Dombroff	194,000	97
515	6	Mathew Moore	168,000	84
515	7	Xiaohu Liu	108,000	54
515	8	Yohwan Lim	29,000	15
515	9	Harald Sammer	49,500	25

516	1	John Gillis	43,000	22
516	2	Aleksandras Rusinovas	143,500	72
516	3	Brad Sailor	82,000	41
516	4	Armando Prieto	25,500	13
516	6	Thai Ha	43,000	22
516	7	Jeremy Halaska	55,500	28
516	8	Kenneth Kim	19,500	10
516	9	Steven Hinkle	136,500	68

517	1	Gary Banks	73,000	37
517	2	Iaran Lightbourne	70,000	35
517	3	Jeffrey Chen	73,000	37
517	4	Stanley Lee	124,000	62
517	5	Marcos De Campos Alves	81,000	41
517	6	Glyn Griffis	74,500	37
517	7	Yita Choong	156,500	78
517	8	Jean Charron	116,000	58
517	9	Roberto Bendeck	46,500	23

518	1	Yibo Song	59,000	30
518	2	Keith Ong Xun	70,000	35
518	3	Allan Tirel	199,000	100
518	4	Pierre Schrynemackers	182,000	91
518	5	Andrew Dean	108,500	54
518	6	Mathew Johnston	202,000	101
518	7	Robert Schulz	45,000	23
518	8	Artus Gimenezleyva	89,500	45
518	9	Richard Burns	73,000	37

519	1	Nicolas Julien	159,000	80
519	2	Jun Wang	28,000	14
519	3	Rolf Nordstrom	74,000	37
519	4	Daniyal Gheba	99,000	50
519	5	Hao Cheng	134,000	67
519	6	Mark Newhouse	308,500	154
519	7	Zyad Qasem	64,000	32
519	8	Arthur Abrantes	221,000	111
519	9	Ryan Eamon	143,000	72

520	1	Russell Fitzgerald	61,500	31
520	2	Kevin Latta	81,000	41
520	3	Kenneth Johnson	64,500	32
520	4	Jacky Lee	165,500	83
520	5	Tyler Cornell	59,000	30
520	6	Glenn Nguyen	37,000	19
520	7	Frederic Normand	25,000	13
520	8	Atilla Saracoglu	160,500	80
520	9	Rui Pinto Campos	27,500	14

521	1	Craig Jones	76,500	38
521	2	Adrian Tivadar	75,000	38
521	3	Min Zhang	77,000	39
521	4	Tal Rothman	39,500	20
521	5	Brandon Glaze	111,500	56
521	6	Yaniv Peretz	133,500	67
521	7	Pierre Mothes	125,000	63
521	8	Dustin Lee	72,500	36
521	9	Hayato Kitajima	123,500	62

522	1	Nianqing Wang	165,000	83
522	2	Gaspar Perasovic	139,500	70
522	3	Alan Gilmore	227,000	114
522	4	Oliver White	55,000	28
522	5	Rafael Marcondes Reis	190,000	95
522	6	Tong Li	109,000	55
522	7	Roger Dimaria	155,000	78
522	8	Kevin Klueh	45,500	23
522	9	Yuefan Wang	43,000	22

523	1	Tom Shaham	92,000	46
523	2	Charles Coddington	73,000	37
523	3	Ryan Anderson	77,500	39
523	4	Ankush Mandavia	43,000	22
523	5	Alessio La Francesca	95,500	48
523	6	Florian Gaugusch	147,500	74
523	7	Timothy Thorp	72,500	36
523	8	Bin Weng	47,000	24
523	9	Brent Hanks	15,500	8

524	1	Joseph Riley	44,000	22
524	2	Dimitrios Gkatzas	175,000	88
524	3	Michael Phillips	27,000	14
524	4	Breno Drumond	100,000	50
524	5	Yonatan Silash	69,500	35
524	6	Michael Nelson	22,000	11
524	7	Yuan Ding	47,000	24
524	8	Bret Yoder	138,500	69
524	9	Ramon Valdez	81,000	41

525	1	Warren Li	87,500	44
525	2	Anthony Spinella	91,000	46
525	3	Mariusz Czech	49,500	25
525	4	John White	43,000	22
525	5	Stanislav Koleno	274,500	137
525	6	Michael Mikulasch	101,500	51
525	7	Barak Wisbrod	36,000	18
525	8	Benjamin Ozer	45,000	23
525	9	Frederic Maniez	95,500	48

526	1	Bud Gibson	158,500	79
526	2	Paawan Bansal	52,000	26
526	3	Gustavoadolf Vaccarovallejos	211,000	106
526	4	Hugues Girard	33,500	17
526	5	Loris Gauthier	30,000	15
526	6	Kazuo Yamamoto	70,000	35
526	7	Martin Mccloskey	114,000	57
526	8	Jesse Kertland	119,500	60
526	9	Alexandre Bonnin	23,500	12

527	1	Josep Galindo Lopez	28,500	14
527	2	Alexander Sokolovsky	129,500	65
527	3	Raymond Leone	33,500	17
527	4	Sriharsha Doddapaneni	83,500	42
527	5	Michael Cooper	121,000	61
527	6	Anthony Bland	113,500	57
527	7	Kaoru Nozaki	78,000	39
527	8	Ray Devita	183,000	92
527	9	Jakub Sterba	173,500	87

536	1	John Van Arnam	52,000	26
536	2	Oliver Bithell	121,000	61
536	3	Robert Mcveigh	12,500	6
536	4	Jakub Michalak	18,000	9
536	5	Tao Qin	58,500	29
536	6	Spyridon Apartoglou	78,000	39
536	7	Joshua Zucchet	85,000	43
536	8	Florian Duta	89,000	45
536	9	Hiroki Karatsu	22,000	11

537	1	Jed Friedman	55,500	28
537	2	Caleb Rife	150,500	75
537	3	Cody Cruz	76,500	38
537	4	Angel Garcia	54,000	27
537	5	Stephen Vanegmond	49,000	25
537	6	Tyler Gaston	158,000	79
537	7	Jake White	121,000	61
537	8	Steven Merwin	137,000	69
537	9	Jonathan Park	132,500	66

Event #50: $1,500 Millionaire Maker

Day 2a Started