Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Level: 16

Ante: 1,500
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 6,000
Limits: 6,000-12,000

Jun 26, 2026

Atchison, Bach, and Kyte Fly High Into Day 2 of Stud Hi-Lo

Liam Gannon

Today sees the survivors of Event #69: $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo return at 1:00 pm to play into the money of the most recent mixed game here at the 2026 WSOP. A total of 647 entrants came out to generate $858,892 that only the final 98 players will see a piece of. Only 146 of those initial entrants remain in contention, but all of their eyes remained fixed on the $159,276 that will be awarded to first place.

Taylor Atchison (371,500) leads the field coming into the day, with three-time WSOP bracelet winner David Bach (297,500) and Jon Kyte (285,500) rounding out the podium. 7-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (235,500) hopped right into this event fresh off of a final table appearance in Event #64: $25,000 PLO/NLH High Roller and looks to add an eighth bracelet to his resume. Others that bagged up include Matt Vengrin (191,000), Jason Daly (188,000), Ben Yu (170,500), and 4-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow (168,000).

Day 2 Top Ten

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
1	Taylor Atchison	United States	371,500	35
2	David Bach	United States	297,500	30
3	Jon Kyte	Norway	285,500	23
4	Dave Stann	United States	280,000	23
5	Christian Roberts	Venezuela	276,500	23
6	Michael Casella	United States	260,500	21
7	Menikos Panagiotou	Cyprus	243,500	20
8	David Bagheri	United States	243,500	20
9	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	235,500	19
10	Tara Dunn	Canada	234,500	19

Players will return to Level 16 with a 1,500 Ante and a 2,000 bring in, with limits at 6,000/12,000. Levels will last one hour each, with a 15-minute break occurring at the conclusion of every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break will begin at the conclusion of Level 21, after which only four more levels will be played before the day concludes.

Event #69: $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo Payouts

Place	Payout
1	$159,276
2	$106,162
3	$73,068
4	$51,217
5	$36,574
6	$26,618
7	$19,749
8	$14,945
9	$11,538
10-11	$9,093
12-15	$7,317
16-23	$6,016
24-31	$5,055
32-39	$4,344
40-47	$3,819
48-55	$3,436
56-63	$3,167
64-98	$3,017

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Tags: Ben Yu Big Bets Christian Roberts Daniel Negreanu Dave Stann David Bach David Bagheri Jason Daly Jon Kyte Matt Vengrin Menikos Panagiotou Michael Casella Mike Matusow Tara Dunn Taylor Atchison

Jun 26, 2026

Day 2 Seating Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Chip Counts
262	1	Stephen Calhoun	154,500
262	2	Kurt Maier	78,500
262	3	William Berry	605,000
262	4	Michael Matusow	168,000
262	5	Alan Myerson	22,500
262	6	Marshall Ragir	39,500
262	7	Daniil Fedunov	173,500
262	8	Benjamin Miner	91,000

263	1	Mami Taira	45,000
263	2	Derek Mcmaster	36,500
263	3	Matheus Pereira	84,000
263	4	Matthew Moss	75,000
263	5	James Miller	42,500
263	6	Scott Niebling	117,000
263	7	Mary Jones	103,500
263	8	Karl Tretter	32,000

264	1	Jerri Thomas	123,500
264	2	Lucas Silva Bandeira	32,000
264	3	Alfie Adam	89,500
264	4	Steven Earleywine	152,000
264	5	Pedro Neves	91,000
264	6	Wilson Leung	127,000
264	7	Alan Engel	84,000
264	8	Thomas Bessoir	106,500

265	1	Daniel Walmsley	140,000
265	2	Mir Gaskari	138,000
265	3	Kenna James	21,000
265	5	Svjatoslavs Melnikovs	67,500
265	6	Jonathan Brown	129,000
265	7	Yosuke Miki	83,500
265	8	Robert Mitchell	212,500

266	1	Jacob Irvin	64,000
266	2	Menikos Panagiotou	247,000
266	4	Pearce Arnold	120,000
266	5	Frank Athey	91,500
266	6	Christian Roberts	276,500
266	7	Ann Bloom	35,500
266	8	Parker Mcdaniel	43,000

267	1	Joseph Couden	70,500
267	2	Kristan Lord	140,500
267	3	Renan Bruschi	25,000
267	4	Anthony Willm	172,500
267	5	Daniel Hofer	65,000
267	6	John Esposito	70,000
267	7	Troy Murdough	134,000
267	8	Darrell Oldfield	132,000

268	1	Phillip Kayden	98,500
268	2	Itay Kimhi	75,500
268	3	Jesse Simonelli	10,500
268	4	Hye Park	14,000
268	5	J Rogers	31,500
268	6	Paul Lenkeit	177,500
268	7	Tsz Shing	39,500
268	8	Luteng Li	85,500

269	1	David Bach	297,500
269	2	Sean Lindsey	41,500
269	3	Jon Kyte	285,500
269	5	George Wang	91,500
269	6	Dave Stann	280,000
269	7	Nikolay Ponomarev	136,500
269	8	David May	166,500

270	1	Eugene Parenti	36,500
270	3	Daniel Geeng	101,000
270	4	Kevin Chance	108,500
270	5	Ronald Kownacki	166,500
270	6	Travis Erdman	180,500
270	7	Tara Dunn	234,500
270	8	Andreas Krause	133,000

271	1	Renato Labadan	134,000
271	2	Brian Rast	45,000
271	3	Lonnie Heimowitz	75,000
271	4	Navid Saberin	60,000
271	5	Matthew Vengrin	191,000
271	6	Danny Noam	49,500
271	7	Ryan Bambrick	72,000
271	8	Adam Owen	184,500

272	1	Daniel Mcginnis	97,500
272	2	Jiyang Gan	188,500
272	3	Saulo Sabioni	36,000
272	4	Nicholas Blumenthal	98,500
272	5	Howard Mann	27,000
272	6	Ryan Hoenig	116,000
272	7	Salah Levy	42,000
272	8	Au Ho	111,500

273	1	Hieu Ma	115,500
273	3	Christopher Smith	54,000
273	4	Steven Davis	94,500
273	5	Ronald Kelso	54,000
273	6	Michael Candeloro	31,500
273	7	Thomas Schneider	184,500
273	8	Jorge Ufano	53,000

274	1	Gregory Shuda	55,500
274	2	Andrew Smolen	27,500
274	3	Marco Johnson	25,000
274	4	Gregory Josephson	98,500
274	5	Daniel Negreanu	235,500
274	6	Andrew Ostapchenko	121,000
274	7	David Bagheri	243,500
274	8	Kao Saechao	154,500

275	1	Lance Brukman	68,000
275	3	Thanhlong Nguyen	165,500
275	4	Joseph Weinberger	107,000
275	5	Benjamin Yu	170,500
275	6	Hani Awad	149,000
275	7	Jared Rubin	30,500
275	8	Jason Daly	188,000

276	1	Charles Thomas	175,000
276	2	Alan Ledford	95,000
276	3	Richard Bai	161,500
276	4	Joseph Hertzog	64,500
276	5	Corey Bierria	105,000
276	6	Craig Jones	78,000
276	7	Alexander Baek	83,000
276	8	Gustavo Silva Campos	174,000

277	1	Christopher Amaral	195,000
277	2	Blaz Zerjav	83,000
277	3	Yuval Bronshtein	152,000
277	4	Kyle Miholich	85,000
277	5	Eric Buchman	184,500
277	6	Patricia Yannuzzi	126,500
277	7	Kane Kalas	30,000
277	8	Ryan Buonsante	161,000

278	1	Ross Mallor	85,000
278	2	Timothy Dalessandro	148,000
278	3	Myagmarsuren Rock	65,000
278	4	Noah Bronstein	17,500
278	5	Gary Booth	76,000
278	6	Katherine Baxter	103,000
278	7	Ilija Savevski	198,000
278	8	Thor Morstoel	190,000

279	1	Walter Treccarichi	143,000
279	2	Christopher Kay	115,000
279	3	Sascha Manns	71,500
279	4	Michael Casella	260,500
279	5	Max Kruse	152,000
279	6	Charles Phillips	127,500
279	7	Judah Chambers	174,500
279	8	Nicholas Marchington	140,500

280	1	Jack Trammell	65,500
280	2	Fabien Gun	20,000
280	3	David Danheiser	5,000
280	4	Liam Jehu	97,000
280	5	Konstantin Puchkov	19,000
280	6	Federico Ottenio	191,500
280	7	Taylor Atchison	371,500
280	8	Jeff Myers	89,000

Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

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