Author name: Hunter_Mika

2026 WSOP Main Event champion Lucas Jumalon leads the chip count in the WSOP Circuit Austin $1,700 Main Event, with 18 players remaining to compete for the $433,670 first-place prize and a Circuit ring. The reigning world poker champion may be just hours away from another title. Lucas Jumalon, the 2026 WSOP Main Event champion, who won the $10 million prize, entered the final day as the chip leader in the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event at TCH Social in Austin, Texas. He is chasing his first WSOP Circuit ring and the $433,670 first-place prize. The original field size was 2,090, and only 18 players remain. The tournament will resume at 2 p.m. Central Time on Monday. Jumalon, at 22 years old, became the second youngest world champion in history, and bagged 11.2 million chips on Sunday, equivalent to 186 big blinds. This gives him a respectable lead over his closest competitor, Ryan Brown, who will start the final day with 8.2 million chips. Brant Jolly is third with 7 million chips. Can the Main Event champion win another Main Event? It could be a long day, as there are no players with extremely short stacks. John Holley is at the bottom with 1.3 million chips, but that's worth 21 big blinds and still enough for a run. But Jumalon has proven this summer that he knows how to dominate with a chip lead. He entered the WSOP Main Event final table as the chip leader in August and has never lost that lead. The champion finished his World Championship journey heads-up against Lauri Saaskilahti, largely thanks to the runner-up making what many poker fans call what is considered one of the worst calls in poker history. Exaggeration aside, Jumalon did beat Saaskilahti and the rest of the final table. Now he has the opportunity to prove he can continue to win at a high level. All remaining players are guaranteed at least 1TP 4T 15,530, with a minimum of 1TP 4T 40,100 for those reaching the final table. For Jumalon, winning this tournament would be his second WSOP Branded Main Event victory in less than two months, demonstrating to the poker world that his summer's big wins are just the beginning of a great achievement. Texas Card House will stream the final day of the tournament live on YouTube. Jumalon recently streamed his first cash game at the nearby The Lodge Card Club, where he was eliminated on his second hand but bounced back to finish with only a small loss. WSOP Circuit TCH Social Top 5 Chip Counts: Rank Player Chips 1 Lucas Jumalon 11.2M 2 Ryan Brown 8.2M 3 Brant Jolly 7.0M 4 Eric Tang 6.4M 5