The $25,000-entry Pot Limit Omaha High Roller is the 47^th event of 100 in the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). With just 110 players remaining after a tumultuous Day 1b at the felt, it looks like being one of the most exciting. On a busy day of action in Las Vegas, there was a surprise winner in one of the most popular events of the summer too, as the WSOP continues in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos.

Kid Poker Crushing in PLO High Roller

A busy Day 1b took place in Event #47, the $25,000-entry PLO High Roller. One of the most popular events on the ticket, the field of 329 total entries were split across Day 1a and Day 1b, with the majority of 224 playing in the latter. Just 83 players joined the 27 survivors from Day 1a in the Day 2 field and among them were plenty of PokerStake sellers.

Of those who made it through to Day 2, PokerStake seller Daniel Negreanu (789,000) was among them. Kid Poker, who puts a yearly WSOP package on the site at no markup, busted his first bullet quickly but bullet #2 ran him up to seventh in chips by the conclusion of the day’s action, and he wasn’t the only big name still in with a shot of winning the bracelet.

Also making Day 2 were chip leader Youness Barakat (1,675,000), Chinese players Chenxiang Miao (795,000), Biao Ding (754,000) and Chongxian Yang (596,000), Arthur Morris (736,000), Michael Moncek (725,000), Pavel Plesuv (587,000), Stephen Chidwick (542,000), Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates (475,000), Nick Schulman (418,000), Brian Rast (412,000), Sean Winter (385,000) and the PokerStake sellers Dylan Linde (363,000) and Chris Hunichen (358,000).

Josh Arieh also bagged inwhat has been an excellent WSOP so far for the Atlanta, Georgia man. The six-time WSOP bracelet winner, who is in the running for a Poker Hall of Fame nomination in 2026, took out his fellow PokerStake seller David Coleman on his way to totalling 489,000 chips by the close of play.

WSOP 2026 Event #47: $25,000 PLO High Roller Day 1 Chipcounts:
Position	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Youness Barakat	Italy	1,675,000
2nd	Philip Marsico	United States	1,570,000
3rd	David Benyamine	France	1,209,000
4th	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	1,026,000
5th	Richard Gryko	United Kingdom	800,000
6th	Chenxiang Miao	China	795,000
7th	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	789,000
8th	Zachary Grech	United States	786,000
9th	Maximilian Schindler	United States	761,000
10th	Biao Ding	China	754,000

Justin Smith Shows Quality to Conquer the Colossus

The Washington-based quality engineer Justin Smith outlasted 16,268 other entries in the $500-entry Colossus Event #34 to take it down last night for his first bracelet and the top prize of $550,000 in Las Vegas. The nine-handed final table began with Smith in fourth place on the leaderboard but he timed his sprint for the line to perfection, and seemed as stunned by his victory at the close as everyone else.

The chip leader heading into the last day was Yuefan Wang but although the experienced player started well, he couldn’t last and along with Eric Baldwin, bowed out before the late stages arrived where that know-how could have paid off. Baldwin busted in eighth place for $76,000, while Wang joined his fellow American on the outside looking in when he busted in fourth place for $212,000.

When Smith took out the Malaysian player Victor Chong in third place, not only did he stack his opponent, sending him home with $278,000 but he also bagged a huge chip lead of 3:1. Myles German put his hopes of doubling back up to level in the fates of the Poker Gods, all-in with pocket eights only to be outrun by Smith’s ace-king as he drew to a world of outs on the river, hitting his flush to end the contest in his favor for the top prize of $550,000, with German winning $367,000 as runner-up.

“I actually thought I was going to win it before that because I was chip leader for a while, and then I took some hits, took some races that I didn’t win,” Smith told reporters. “I doubled up on that one, and I took the other player out, so it was three of us. I figured I could probably get it done.”

WSOP 2026 Event #34: $500 The Colossus NHLE Final Table Chipcounts:
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Justin Smith	United States	$550,000
2nd	Myles German	United States	$367,000
3rd	Victor Chong	Malaysia	$278,000
4th	Yuefan Wang	United States	$212,000
5th	Jose Orozco Gomez	Mexico	$163,000
6th	Karabet Keshishyan	United States	$125,000
7th	Andrew Sanchez	United States	$98,000
8th	Eric Baldwin	United States	$76,000
9th	Min Ji	United Kingdom	$60,171

Which PokerStake Players are Taking on the Millionaire Maker?

Costing $1,500 to play, Event #50 is a huge one and it kicks off. The Millionaire Maker does exactly that, pledging to make the winner of the event a millionaire, just as it did in 2025 when both the final two players, Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll, won seven figures. The field a year ago was immense, with 11,996 entries creating a prize pool of over $15 million and we expect things to be just as juicy in 2026.

This year’s crop of PokerStake players might be the best roster in history on the site, with some absolute superstars selling to Event #50. Allen Kessler has already put his package buyers in profit, with the total cost of buy-ins of $125,000 in one of his offerings already exceeded to $160,000 in winnings with several events still to come.

Allen Kessler is selling to the Millionaire Maker Event #50 at a markup of 1.15, with a dozen players putting action on sale. Main Event cash finisher Donnie Peters (1.0), impressive mixed game player Giuseppe Pantaleo (1.28), tournament crusher Jess Vierling (1.20) Ladies Event champion Jessica Teusl (1.45), poker pro and vlogger Lexy Gavin-Mather (1.20) and MTT specialist Anthony Spinella (1.25) are all selling action to the tournament, with Atanas Pavlov (1.25), Carol Szeto (1.10), Jeremy Hamey (1.15) and Kevin Theodore (1.20) all representing great value.

Who will you stake? Head to the official WSOP staking page today!