Can you late register the WSOP Main Event on Day 2?

Yes. In recent years the WSOP has allowed late registration into Day 2 of the Main Event for the first few levels. You start with 60,000 chips at the current blind level.

Is it better to start the WSOP Main Event on Day 1 or Day 2?

Starting on Day 2 guarantees you reach Day 2, but you give up a full day of playing deep stacks to build chips. After busting, Lexy said she would start on Day 1 in future because it gives you the most opportunity, while noting that judgment could be results-oriented.

What was Lexy’s 2026 WSOP profit and loss before the Main Event?

$29,500 in buy-ins and $82,981 in cashes, for a profit of $53,481 with about nine days left in the series.

How should you play Day 1 and Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event?

Take it slow, avoid huge triple-barrel bluffs, and learn your table. Adjust for pros, and put more pressure on players who are new to the Main Event or look nervous.

WSOP Main Event Day 2 with a World Champion at My Table: Is Late Registering Worth It?

For the first time, I late-registered the $10,000 WSOP Main Event on Day 2 after a week off in Lake Tahoe. I started with 75 big blinds, drew former Main Event champion Daniel Weinman on my left, won a flip against him to get back to 75 big blinds, and busted later in the day. Going in, my 2026 series was up $53,481.

Poker Christmas

The $10,000 Main Event is the biggest tournament of the year. This year I tried something new: I took a week off with family in Lake Tahoe over the Fourth of July, then late-registered on Day 2.

I had been playing deep run after deep run, and I needed the break. Lake Tahoe was beautiful, we even got hailed on during a round of golf, and I came back recharged.

My 2026 WSOP profit and loss

A lot of you asked, and I like being transparent. With about nine days left in the series, I had $29,500 in buy-ins and $82,981 in cashes, a profit of $53,481.

Late registering on Day 2

Day 2 registrants start with 60,000 chips. With the big blind at 800, that is 75 big blinds, and the levels are two hours long, so there is plenty of room to play.

The trade-off is real. Starting on Day 1 gives you a chance to accumulate chips. Starting on Day 2 guarantees you a Day 2. The only time I ever busted Day 1 of the Main was in 2019, on the ESPN feature table.

My advice for the Main Event

Take it slow, and do not run massive triple-barrel bluffs. Figure out your table. If it is full of pros, adjust. If someone is new to the Main Event or seems nervous, you can put more pressure on them, because they will be afraid to play big pots.

Daniel Weinman on my left

My table draw put Daniel Weinman, a former Main Event champion with about $15 million in earnings, directly on my left. A tough player in position on you is bad news, and a famous one raises your chances of landing on the feature table.

Winning a flip against the champion

I lost my first few hands and dropped to 37,000. Then it folded to me on the button, I raised, and Daniel three-bet from the small blind. I read his range as polarized, so I shoved: I had plenty of fold equity, and when called, I would usually be flipping. He called, I hit on the turn, and I was back to about 75 big blinds.

The bluff I gave up on

With nine-eight of clubs in the big blind, I check-raised a king-three-four flop with two diamonds. The queen of diamonds completed the flush on the turn, and I kept betting to tell my story of strength. On a blank river, I checked and gave up. He later told me he had the king-high flush, so I was glad I did not shove.

The saddest poker day of the year

I lost ace-queen to nine-three and then ace-jack to ace-seven suited, and I was down to nine big blinds when Jeff Platt interviewed me about the WSOP Vlogger Program and my two final tables this summer. A few hands later I needed an ace and did not get one.

Busting the Main is always the saddest day of the series. I would start on Day 1 next time, because giving yourself the most opportunity is the play in this event. Then again, if I had run deep, I might be saying the opposite. With nine days left, there was plenty of poker to play, starting with the $3,000 Midstakes Championship.

Questions viewers asked

Can you late register the WSOP Main Event on Day 2?: Yes. In recent years the WSOP has allowed late registration into Day 2 of the Main Event for the first few levels. You start with 60,000 chips at the current blind level.
Is it better to start the WSOP Main Event on Day 1 or Day 2?: Starting on Day 2 guarantees you reach Day 2, but you give up a full day of playing deep stacks to build chips. After busting, Lexy said she would start on Day 1 in future because it gives you the most opportunity, while noting that judgment could be results-oriented.
What was Lexy’s 2026 WSOP profit and loss before the Main Event?: $29,500 in buy-ins and $82,981 in cashes, for a profit of $53,481 with about nine days left in the series.
How should you play Day 1 and Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event?: Take it slow, avoid huge triple-barrel bluffs, and learn your table. Adjust for pros, and put more pressure on players who are new to the Main Event or look nervous.

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