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2026 WSOP Day 36: Martirosian Leads $100k PLO; Gonsalves Eyes $5k 6-Max Title
Four-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian leads the $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, while Markus Gonsalves tops the final seven in the $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2026 WSOP.
TL;DR
Artur Martirosian has secured the chip lead after Day 1 of Event #76: $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. Meanwhile, Markus Gonsalves sits at the top of the leaderboard for Event #73: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em as seven players remain.
Artur Martirosian leads the final 19 players in Event #76: $100,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, bagging 5,815,000 chips. Sean Winter is in second with 3,695,000, and Daniel Negreanu holds 1,990,000. Registration for this event remains open until the start of Day 2.
In Event #73: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, Markus Gonsalves is the chip leader with 17,150,000 as the field narrowed to seven players. Gonsalves secured his lead when his pocket kings eliminated Daniel Smiljkovic's pocket jacks. The top prize for this event is $979,655.
Bracelet winners Daniel Rezaei and Oliver Weis are also among the remaining seven players, alongside Joshua Boulton.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 5,815,000 | | 2 | Sean Winter | United States | 3,695,000 | | 3 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 2,160,000 | | 4 | Alex Foxen | United States | 2,040,000 | | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 1,990,000 | | 6 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 1,820,000 | | 7 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 1,510,000 | | 8 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | Spain | 1,485,000 | | 9 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 1,390,000 | | 10 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 1,300,000 |
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Jeremy Izquierdo | France | 7,750,000 | | 2 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 5,775,000 | | 3 | Markus Gonsalves | United States | 17,150,000 | | 4 | Oliver Weis | Germany | --- |
