Christian Harder raised to 85,000 in the hijack. Doug Lorgeree called in the small blind, and big blind Adrian Buckley spent some time in the tank before he called as well.
Lorgeree then led out for 225,000 on the 2♥3♦J♦ flop. Buckley quickly called off his remaining 85,000, while Harder opted to get out of the way.
Adrian Buckley: A♣J♠9♠5♣4♥
Doug Lorgeree: A♥J♣7♦4♦3♥
Buckley rivered two pair on the 10♠9♣ runout, scooping the pot to double up.
Over at another table, Aaron Rogers got his 240,000 remaining stack in against Lawrence Brandt, and scooped the pot with A♥K♠Q♥J♦4♠ when the board ran out Q♦8♠4♥K♣2♠.
Heads-up on a flop of 10♥7♠8♥, Maximilian Schindler bet 80,000 from the big blind and Lawrence Brandt moved all in on the button. Schindler called for an additional 200,000.
Maximilian Schindler: 10♠8♠4♣3♥2♣
Lawrence Brandt: A♠K♦9♠6♠2♥
Brandt had flopped a straight, and the Q♣ turn and 4♠ river also gave him a low to scoop the pot and send Schindler to the rail.
Preflop, Sam Soverel got his stack of 215,000 in from the big blind against Lawrence Brandt under the gun.
Sam Soverel: A♠A♦10♠9♥8♠
Lawrence Brandt: A♥J♥J♦10♥3♣
Soverel found top set on the 7♠A♣5♣ flop. The 5♦ turn improved him to a full house, and the J♣ river did not bring a low for Brandt, sending the entire pot to Soverel.
Over at another table, James Obst checked the 7♥10♠8♣10♣ flop from early position to Luis Velador in the hijack. Velador bet 125,000, which Obst called.
Velador sized up to 400,000 on the Q♣ river. Obst took some time before he check-called, but he mucked his cards when Velador tabled A♥10♦8♥6♦2♠ for a full house.
An angry poker player got into a verbal dispute with another player at the table at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) after having his cards mucked in the big blind.
The verbal altercation between Georgia's James Heath and Maine's Darrell Blodgett took place on Sunday during Day 1 of Event #43: $800 8-Handed Deepstack No-Limit, which drew 3,903 runners for a prize pool of $2,732,100. And there was no love lost between two of those players.
The final table is the goal when 30 players return for Day 3 of Event #42: $10,000 Big O Championship at 1 p.m. local time.
Doug Lorgeree leads the group that will reconvene inside the Paris Las Vegas ballroom after navigating their way through a 456-player field over the last two days. Lorgeree takes a massive stack of 3,355,000 into the event’s penultimate day, more than 1,000,000 ahead of his closest challenger.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Doug Lorgeree
United States
3,355,000
134
2
Scott Clements
United States
2,000,000
80
3
Joshua Ray
United States
1,700,000
68
4
Daniel Aharoni
United States
1,670,000
67
5
Dan Shak
United States
1,590,000
64
6
Sean Troha
United States
1,525,000
61
7
David Benyamine
France
1,460,000
58
8
Lawrence Brandt
United States
1,445,000
58
9
Taylor Atchison
United States
1,260,000
50
10
Qinghai Pan
United States
1,200,000
48
Scott Clements has already experienced WSOP glory this year, winning his fourth bracelet in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. He enters in second place with 2,000,000 in pursuit of some more WSOP gold to add to his collection.
Joshua Ray (1,700,000), Daniel Aharoni (1,670,000), and Dan Shak (1,590,000) complete the top five. Bracelet winners Sean Troha (1,525,000), David Benyamine (1,460,00), and Qinghai Pan (1,590,000) are also inside the top ten to begin the day.
Further down the leaderboard are Christian Harder (875,000), James Obst (800,000), Gus Hansen (735,000), Viktor Blom (680,000), Bobby James (620,000), and Mike Matusow (500,000). The short stacks include Sam Soverel (255,000) and Nick Schulman (210,000).
The action on Day 3 picks up on Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. Levels remain 60 minutes throughout the day. The plan is to play down to the final five players today.
The 30 remaining players have all locked up $27,669 out of the $4,240,800 prize pool. A spot at the eight-handed final table is worth at least $80,773, while the champion takes home $861,287 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
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