At the $1,000 Big O Championship (#42) of the World Series of Poker 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas, a new record was set. From the 456 entries, 30 players make it to Day 3, including Gus Hansen and Viktor Blom.Late registration was open for two more levels on Day 2 and was heavily utilized. In total, there were 456 entries, significantly surpassing last year’s numbers (402 entries). $1,240,800 will be distributed to the top 69 places. Jeremy Trojand, Tobias Hausen, Hanh Tran, Sascha Manns, and Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht were among those who went home empty-handed, just like Benny Glaser, Jen Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast, and many other familiar faces. On the bubble, it was Chino Rheem who got knocked out with
against
on the board
.The other players are guaranteed $1,088, but by the end of the day, the field was cut down to just 30 players, with Doug Lorgeree leading with 3,355,000 chips, followed by Scott Clements with 2,000,000. Familiar faces such as David Benyamine, James Obst, Viktor Blom, Gus Hansen, and Mike Matusow are still in the mix as Day 3 approaches. All remaining players are guaranteed $1,669, and the winner will take home $1,287.
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World Series of Poker 2026
Date: May 26 to July 15 /
ME FT August 3 – 5
Location: Horseshoe Las Vegas
Events: 100 live & 30 online
Buy-Ins: $1 to $1,000, online from $1
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Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: 456
Prize Pool: $1,240,800
Paid Places: 69Remaining Players: 30
Blinds: 10,000/25,000/25,000Reports:
Day 1Chip Counts from Day 2
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Doug Lorgeree | USA | 3,355,000 |
| 2 | Scott Clements | USA | 2,000,000 |
| 3 | Joshua Ray | USA | 1,700,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Aharoni | USA | 1,670,000 |
| 5 | Dan Shak | USA | 1,590,000 |
| 6 | Sean Troha | USA | 1,525,000 |
| 7 | David Benyamine | France | 1,460,000 |
| 8 | Lawrence Brandt | USA | 1,445,000 |
| 9 | Taylor Atchison | USA | 1,260,000 |
| 10 | Qinghai Pan | USA | 1,200,000 |
| 11 | William Kerkaert | USA | 890,000 |
| 12 | Christian Harder | USA | 875,000 |
| 13 | James Obst | Australia | 800,000 |
| 14 | Gus Hansen | Denmark | 735,000 |
| 15 | Luis Velador | Mexico | 725,000 |
| 16 | Aaron Kupin | USA | 725,000 |
| 17 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 680,000 |
| 18 | Bobby James | United Kingdom | 620,000 |
| 19 | Frank Brannan | USA | 570,000 |
| 20 | Bruno Furth | USA | 540,000 |
| 21 | Mike Matusow | USA | 500,000 |
| 22 | Matthew Beinner | USA | 405,000 |
| 23 | Adrian Buckley | USA | 400,000 |
| 24 | Maximilian Schindler | USA | 350,000 |
| 25 | Alexis Cruz Martinez | USA | 295,000 |
| 26 | Jason Riesenberg | USA | 260,000 |
| 27 | Sam Soverel | USA | 255,000 |
| 28 | Richard Bai | USA | 240,000 |
| 29 | Nick Schulman | USA | 210,000 |
| 30 | Aaron Rogers | USA | 210,000 |
Payouts
| Rank | Name | Country | Payout |
| 1 | | | $1,287 |
| 2 | | | $1,168 |
| 3 | | | $1,724 |
| 4 | | | $1,471 |
| 5 | | | $1,362 |
| 6 | | | $1,645 |
| 7 | | | $1,635 |
| 8 | | | $1,773 |
| 9 | | | $1,455 |
| 10 | | | $1,316 |
| 11 | | | $1,316 |
| 12 | | | $1,786 |
| 13 | | | $1,786 |
| 14 | | | $1,786 |
| 15 | | | $1,786 |
| 16 | | | $1,809 |
| 17 | | | $1,809 |
| 18 | | | $1,809 |
| 19 | | | $1,809 |
| 20 | | | $1,809 |
| 21 | | | $1,809 |
| 22 | | | $1,809 |
| 23 | | | $1,809 |
| 24 | | | $1,669 |
| 25 | | | $1,669 |
| 26 | | | $1,669 |
| 27 | | | $1,669 |
| 28 | | | $1,669 |
| 29 | | | $1,669 |
| 30 | | | $1,669 |
| 31 | Eric Wasserson | USA | $1,669 |
| 32 | Scott Abrams | USA | $1,876 |
| 33 | Philip Long | United Kingdom | $1,876 |
| 34 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | $1,876 |
| 35 | Tyler Brown | USA | $1,876 |
| 36 | Chris Brewer | USA | $1,876 |
| 37 | Ryan Miller | USA | $1,876 |
| 38 | Ali Abduljabbar | USA | $1,876 |
| 39 | Tony Cousineau | USA | $1,876 |
| 40 | Nick Pupillo | USA | $1,092 |
| 41 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | Ukraine | $1,092 |
| 42 | Dylan Weisman | USA | $1,092 |
| 43 | Benjamin Miner | USA | $1,092 |
| 44 | Stephen Deutsch | USA | $1,092 |
| 45 | Gary Bolden | USA | $1,092 |
| 46 | George Wolff | USA | $1,092 |
| 47 | John Racener | USA | $1,092 |
| 48 | Scott Seiver | USA | $1,088 |
| 49 | Owais Ahmed | USA | $1,088 |
| 50 | Martin Zamani | USA | $1,088 |
| 51 | Mike Wattel | USA | $1,088 |
| 52 | Daniel Hirsh | USA | $1,088 |
| 53 | Ben Yu | USA | $1,088 |
| 54 | Katherine Mersiovsky | USA | $1,088 |
| 55 | Jeramy Govert | USA | $1,088 |
| 56 | Jake Liebeskind | USA | $1,088 |
| 57 | Bashar Trad | USA | $1,088 |
| 58 | Daniel Kim | USA | $1,088 |
| 59 | Nicholas Davidson | USA | $1,088 |
| 60 | Woody Deck | USA | $1,088 |
| 61 | Danny Chang | USA | $1,088 |
| 62 | Ioannis Angelou Konstas | Greece | $1,088 |
| 63 | Octaviano Duran | USA | $1,088 |
| 64 | Anirudh Seth | USA | $1,088 |
| 65 | Anthony Runza | USA | $1,088 |
| 66 | Allen Kessler | USA | $1,088 |
| 67 | Jonathan Glendinning | USA | $1,088 |
| 68 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | $1,088 |
| 69 | Chad Eveslage | USA | $1,088 |
against 
on the board 
.The other players are guaranteed $1,088, but by the end of the day, the field was cut down to just 30 players, with Doug Lorgeree leading with 3,355,000 chips, followed by Scott Clements with 2,000,000. Familiar faces such as David Benyamine, James Obst, Viktor Blom, Gus Hansen, and Mike Matusow are still in the mix as Day 3 approaches. All remaining players are guaranteed $1,669, and the winner will take home $1,287.