Scott Clements in Pursuit of Another Bracelet After Day 2 of Event #42: $10,000 Big O Championship, Lorgeree Leads

Doug Lorgeree was already one of the top stacks, but the biggest pot of the day, with only a few minutes left on the clock, catapulted him into a massive chip lead after Day 2 of Event #42: $10,000 Big O Championship.

Lorgeree turned a straight with a low to beat Eric Wasserson’s flopped top set and scoop a massive pot that brought him all the way up to 3,355,000 to end the night. He'll be hunting only his second career WSOP final table tomorrow, and first since he finished runner-up in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship in 2016. Lorgeree is more than 1,000,000 ahead of the rest of the field as 30 players will return at 1 p.m. local time for Day 3.

2026 WSOP Event #42: $10,000 Big O Championship Day 2 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 ended the day in second place with 2,000,000. His unfortunate main victim proved to be Stephen Deutsch. Clements first made the nut flush and nut low to double up off Deutsch, and then finished him off shortly after by rivering a straight. He also busted Nick Pupillo and Ali Abduljabbar in short succession as Clements began dominating his table. “What is he doing to us now?” tablemate Sam Soverel said.

Clements, who already took down the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship earlier this series for his fourth WSOP bracelet, bagged up 2,000,000 as Lorgeree’s closest challenger. Joshua Ray (1,700,000), Daniel Aharoni (1,670,000), and Dan Shak (1,590,000) round out the top five.

Other big stacks include David Benyamine (1,460,000), Qinghai Pan (1,200,000), Christian Harder (875,000), and James Obst (800,000). Further down the leaderboard are Gus Hansen (735,000), Aaron Kupin (725,000), Viktor Blom (680,000), and Mike Matusow (500,000), while Soverel (255,000) and Nick Schulman (210,000) will return as short stacks.

Nearly 100 new entries joined the 132 survivors from Day 1 to push the total field up to 456 by the time late registration ended. Only the top 69 players would secure a piece of the $4,240,800 prize pool, and among those to miss the money were defending champion Veerachai Vongxaiburana, Phil Hellmuth, Jeremy Ausmus, Brian Rast, Bryce Yockey, and Yuri Dzivielevski. Benny Glaser busted two off the money, while Chino Rheem had his aces cracked by Pan’s two pair to fall on the money bubble.

Chad Eveslage (69th), Allen Kessler (66th), Ben Yu (53rd), Scott Seiver (48th), John Racener (47th), Dylan Weisman (42nd), and Chris Brewer (36th) were among the post-bubble bustouts. Martin Zamani managed to sneak into the money, mostly by being absent from his seat. Zamani was multitabling with the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty throughout the day and doubled up near the bubble without even bothering to wait to see the cards before running across the room. He ended up in 50th place, but that was far eclipsed by his fourth-place finish shortly afterwards in the Super Turbo.

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 long, and the plan is to play down to the final five players. Everyone left has secured $27,669 for making it this far, while a spot at the final table is worth $80,773. The eventual champion will earn $861,287 and the WSOP gold bracelet.