WSOP 2026: Dammeier, Lauck, and Bauer advance in the Colossus

Day 2D of the $1 Colossus at the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas ended with 109 remaining players. This brings the total to 303 participants for Day 3.1,168 players returned for Day 2D in the $1 No-Limit Hold’em Colossus (Event #34) of WSOP 2026. 905 participants were expected to cash, but in the end, five players shared the minimum cash.Among those who cashed were Sung-Woo Hwang ($1,006), Stefan Butterfass ($1,006), Gerhard Ludwig ($1,006), Björn Leifert ($1,006), Robert Schulz ($1,006), Tomislav Peric ($1,056), Herbert Oberholzer ($1,410), Jendrik Faulhaber ($1,728), and David Wintersberger ($1,199).At the end, 109 players packed up. Among them were Tobias Dammeier (3.6 million), Jonas Lauck (1.9 million), and Benedict Bauer (1.7 million). Emiliano Guido secured the chip lead for the day with 7.7 million in chips, which ranks only 5th overall for Day 3. Leading the pack are Edouard Debrousse from France (12.5 million) and Justin Smith (9.8 million).

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World Series of Poker 2026

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WSOP Event #34: No-Limit Hold’em Colossus

Buy-In: $1 Entries: 16,269 Prize Pool: $1,751,635 Paid Places: TBARemaining Players (D2s): 303 (43/65/86/109) Blinds: 60,000/120,000; BB Ante: 120,000Reports: Day 1A – Day 1B – Day 1C – Day 1D – Day 2A – Day 2B – Day 2C – Day 2D

Top Chip Counts from Day 2D

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Emiliano Guido	United States	7,700,000
2	Justin Datloff	United States	7,545,000
3	Brian Lehman	United States	7,160,000
4	Ryan Leng	United States	7,085,000
5	Daniel Chaparro	United States	6,875,000
6	Nagaraju Bandiananthaiah	United States	6,465,000
7	Yurii Zabrodotskyi	Ukraine	6,260,000
8	Viorel Georgescu	United States	6,100,000
9	Brent Crouch	United States	5,715,000
10	Eric Baldwin	United States	5,570,000
11	Steven Gausch	United States	5,475,000
12	Thomas Sundling		5,085,000
13	Marc Haiungs	United States	4,955,000
14	James Garr		4,735,000
15	Kelly Roper		4,725,000
16	Timothe Labassa	France	4,550,000
17	David Dibiasio		4,500,000
18	Kenna James	United States	4,200,000
19	Trina Newberry		4,140,000
20	Tomohiro Suzuki		4,050,000
21	David Neal	United States	3,975,000
22	James Girouard	United States	3,915,000
23	Joel Gilmore	United States	3,845,000
24	Steven McCartney	United States	3,795,000
25	Ben Squelch		3,710,000

For remaining chip counts see the WSOP LIVE App