Scott Clements Wins Fourth Career World Series Of Poker Bracelet

Just shy of 20 years after he received his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in a $3,000 Omaha eight-or-better event, Scott Clements emerged victorious from a subject of 204 within the 2026 WSOP $10,000 championship in the identical recreation for $450,176 and his fourth title on the sequence.

This was the second-largest payday but for the 44-year-old, trailing solely the $1.5 million he earned with a win within the 2006 World Poker Tour North American Poker Classic. Clements now has almost $8.7 million in profession event earnings. This newest win was the primary six-figure rating of the 2020’s for the two-time WPT champion, and his first recorded money of 2026.

In addition to his pair of bracelets on this recreation, Clements additionally took down a  $1,500 pot-limit Omaha occasion on the 2007 WSOP and the $1,500 sellers alternative title a dozen years after that.

Clements overcame a stacked subject down the stretch on this occasion, with 40 bracelets amongst the opposite gamers who made the ultimate day of this occasion, together with 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and a number of other different multi-time bracelet WSOP champions.

The 900 Card Player Player of the Year factors that got here with this victory moved Clements inside the highest 400 within the POY race standings offered by CoinPoker. He additionally secured 450 PokerGO Tour factors because the champion, sufficient to affix the highest 20 on that high-stakes-centric leaderboard.

Setting The Final Table On Day 3

The third day of play on this started with 15 gamers returning to Paris Las Vegas, a lot of whom had been adorned event regulars. Clements was out in entrance to start out, nevertheless it was Hellmuth who scored the primary knockout of the day, displaying down nines filled with queens on a high-only board to bust Jason Kluska (fifteenth). He then busted bracelet winner Rob Hollink (14th) to slender the sector to a baker’s dozen. David Lin was bounced by the flopped flush of John Esposito, which scooped his pair and nut low draw. A excessive card on the top noticed Lin eradicated in thirteenth place.

Josh Arieh

British bracelet winner Philip Long bowed out in twelfth place when he received all-in with flopped journeys and the third nut low draw. He was up in opposition to the identical journeys with the nut low draw and nut flush draw for two-time bracelet winner James Obst. The flip and river introduced working pink nines, which gave Obst a flush and the news.

Five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi then fell in eleventh place, with Esposito making queens filled with tens to slender the sector to 10 contenders. Dylan Weisman then made two pair, kings and jacks, to greatest the pocket aces of James Chen (tenth). The bracelet winner from Pennsylvania picked up the nut flush draw on the flop, however was unable to enhance from there and was eradicated simply wanting the ultimate desk.

Josh Arieh, a seven-time bracelet winner, was scooped by a rivered wheel for Hellmuth, ending his run in ninth place. This rating of $41,334 pushed the previous WSOP principal occasion third-place finisher’s lifetime haul to over $15.1 million.

Stacked Final Eight

All however one of many remaining tablists on this occasion had already received a minimum of one WSOP gold bracelet, with the bulk (5 of the eight) having two or extra.  The odd man out was Nam Le, a World Poker Tour principal occasion champion with over $7.6 million in prior cashes to his identify.

Weisman was out in entrance to start out the official eight-handed remaining desk. He quickly added to his stack by eliminating Esposito in eighth place ($41,334). Esposito received the final of his chips in preflop with pocket aces. The bracelet winner was up in opposition to the identical pair for Weisman, with the facet playing cards making the last word distinction within the winner. Weisman’s A♠A♦Q♥Q♣ improved to a set of queens on a 10♥3♦2♥7♦Q♠ runout.

The common bracelets per remaining participant took an enormous hit when Hellmuth, the all-time bracelet chief, was despatched to the rail in seventh place ($54,214). Hellmuth received his remaining wager in on a 10♥8♥4♦Okay♥ board with A♦A♣10♣8♠ for 2 pair. He was in tough form in opposition to the A♥Q♠5♠3♥ of Weisman, who had the nut flush with the second-nut low draw for good measure. The river did pair the board, however the 4♣ was no assist to Hellmuth. The Poker Hall of Famer and 1989 WSOP principal occasion champion now has simply shy of $24.7 million after his newest deep run on the sequence.

Hellmuth’s Run Comes to an End@phil_hellmuth deep run within the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship led to seventh place after this remaining conflict with @Dweisman13 noticed his aces cracked. The 17-time bracelet winner got here inside six spots of one other WSOP title, however the wait… pic.twitter.com/qCR4FSSzfE

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Ryan Bambrick, who received this occasion in 2025, made a powerful run at defending his title that led to sixth place. The two-time bracelet winner received all-in with journey nines on a 9♠9♦4♣A♦ flip, however was drawing extraordinarily slim in opposition to the A♠A♣Q♠5♠ of Obst. The Okay♠ on the river formally ended Bambrick’s event. He’ll gather $72,849 for this spectacular displaying, surpassing $1 million in recorded earnings within the course of.

Five To Two

Two of the shorter stacks squared off within the subsequent massive conflict. The chips went in on a Okay♦3♠3♥ flop with Le holding A♥Okay♥10♦9♣ in opposition to the 8♣6♥3♣2♦ of Todd Brunson. The 9♦ flip gave Le outs to scoop, however the 5♣ on the top awarded the pot to Brunson and his journeys. Le earned $100,231 because the fifth-place finisher.

He was quickly joined on the rail by Obst, who bumped into the second-nut flush for Clements on a Okay♠9♥4♦7♠4♠ board. The Australian poker professional raised the river as a bluff, however was shortly regarded up by Clements with Q♠10♥9♠3♥. Obst confirmed A♠J♣10♣5♦ and mucked to complete fourth for $141,126. This rating noticed him move the $5 million mark in lifetime cashes.

Brunson’s remaining hand noticed him name off his final wager on the top of a 10♦9♦4♠5♦J♠ runout with A♥Q♥8♠3♦ for a queen-high straight. Clemens confirmed down A♦6♣5♥2♦ for the nut flush to get rid of Brunson in third place ($203,242). The bracelet winner and Hall of Famer, son of the late nice Doyle Brunson, now has over $5.3 million in profession earnings after factoring on this deep run.

Clements Surges Across The Finish Line

Clements took almost an 8:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Weisman. It didn’t take lengthy for him to transform that lead into the title. Weisman slid within the early going and shortly discovered himself all-in with J♦6♠3♣2♦ on a 4♠3♥3♦7♣ board. He had journeys with a 7-6-4-3-2 low, however was trailing for each the excessive and the low. Clements had 10♣6♣5♦2♥ for a seven-high straight and 7-5-4-3-2 low. The Okay♥ river locked up the news for Clements, sending Weisman to the rail because the runner-up.

Weisman earned $299,228 for his efforts. The two-time bracelet winner now has simply shy of $9.1 million in lifetime earnings. With 1,648 complete POY factors, Weisman climbed to only outdoors the highest 100 within the POY standings. He can be ranked twenty eighth within the PGT factors race.

Scott Clements does it once more.

Scott Clements defeated Dylan Weisman heads-up to win Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, capturing his fourth WSOP gold bracelet and $450,176.

Clements topped a gifted 204-entry subject, including one other main title to an already… pic.twitter.com/KqiZBkNLj1

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Final Table Results

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