The WSOP Main Event final table is set | 22-year-old Lucas Jumalon leads the remaining nine with 194 million chips.

On July 13th, local time in Las Vegas, Day 8 of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #82:$10,000 Main Event NLH World Championship concluded. After the final day's bubble battle, the nine-player finalist lineup was officially determined, with all 21 players having secured at least $1,000,000 in prize money.

22-year-old American player Lucas Jumalon emerged as the biggest winner of Day 8. Starting with 40,800,000 chips, he steadily built his stack to 194,000,000, controlling more than a third of the total chips and leading second-place Rami Hammoud by more than double. The nine remaining players will return on August 3rd to compete for the WSOP Main Event bracelet and the $10,000,000 first-place prize.

Lucas Jumalon saw a single-day increase of over 150 million chips.

Lucas Jumalon entered Day 8 in third place on Day 7, but quickly broke through in a battle with former chip leader Malcolm Trayner. In a crucial big pot, Jumalon, holding J♥J♣, showed triplets of jacks on the river against Trayner's call, defeating his pocket queens and winning a pot of over 50,000,000 chips, becoming the first player of the day to surpass 100 million chips.

Jumalon continued to use his chip advantage to pressure the other players, accumulating 155,000,000 chips by the dinner break. In the final hand of Day 8, he eliminated Trayner again, personally ending the final table bubble and ultimately sealing the bag with 194,000,000 chips.

Jumalon, from Spokane, Washington, USA, recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a degree in Business and Data Analytics. Before this Main Event, his highest career single-event prize money was only about $23,000; now he has secured at least $1,000,000 and is poised to become the second youngest world champion in WSOP Main Event history.

2026 WSOP Main Event Nine-Man Final Table Chip Leaderboard

Jumalon holds 129 big blinds, while second-place Hammoud has 53. The gap between the nine players is significant, but aside from short-stacked Evagorou, most players still have ample room to maneuver.

Trayner finished in 10th place, creating a bubble at the final table.

Day 7 chip leader Malcolm Trayner entered Day 8 with 63,200,000 chips, but lost several chips in his encounters with Jumalon throughout the day. After entering the unofficial ten-handed final table, he allowed Evagoras Evagorou to double up on the first hand, reducing his chip count to 7,500,000.

In the final hand, Jumalon raised to 3,000,000 from middle position, and Trayner called from the big blind. The flop came 4♥8♥8♠, and Trayner went all-in with his remaining 3,000,000, which Jumalon called.

Trayner：J♣4♣
Jumalon：K♣Q♦

Trayner led with two pair, but the turn 9♠ and river 9♣ gave Jumalon a higher two pair on the board, allowing him to take the pot with a K kick. Trayner finished in 10th place, taking home $750,000, while Jumalon officially secured his place at the nine-man final table.

Rami Hammoud and Jamie Shaevel ranked second and third respectively.

Rami Hammoud is ranked second with 79,000,000 chips. The Canadian player, a longtime player at the Playground Poker Club near Montreal, previously had his best result in a $1,150 event in 2023. Now, having reached the WSOP Main Event final table for the first time, he is poised to break his career best.

Cash game player Jamie Shaevel ranked third with 56,000,000. Shaevel rarely participates in tournaments, but has cashed in the WSOP Main Event eight times, with his previous best result being 100th place in 2011. Towards the end of Day 8, he first doubled up a full house against Evagorou, then eliminated Tolga Karakaya with pocket Jacks and Aces, sending his opponent to 11th place.

Greg Mueller becomes the most senior gold bracelet winner among the nine finalists.

Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Greg Mueller, ranked fourth with 48,500,000 chips, is one of the most prolific live bracelet winners at the final table. During Day 8, he won a crucial 26,500,000-chip run with pocket queens against Michael Gagliano's AK, securing his place in the mid-stack group.

Michael Gagliano ranked fifth with 46,500,000. Gagliano won a WSOP live bracelet in 2016 and has three online bracelets. On Day 8, he first doubled up by defeating Shaun Deeb's AJ with pocket 10s, and then eliminated 2019 Main Event champion Hossein Ensan with pocket Ks.

Han Feng makes a comeback in short score, with players from three countries challenging for the first-ever title.

2024 GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year Han Feng had the shortest chip stack during the dinner break, but he completed a crucial double-up with K-6 against Trayner's J-8, ultimately advancing to the final table with 25,000,000 chips. This was also Feng's first all-in for the tournament's life in this year's Main Event.

Mario Boos, Lauri Saaskilahti, and Evagoras Evagorou represent France, Finland, and Cyprus, respectively. If they win, they will all become the first WSOP Main Event world champions from their respective countries.

Boos doubled up at the unofficial final table with pocket ten-of-a-kind against Han Feng's AK, ultimately advancing with 44,000,000 chips. Saaskilahti then dealt two heavy blows to Daniel Savas on Day 8, first doubling up with pocket jacks against pocket ten-of-a-kind, and then eliminating his opponent with A-9, sending Savas to 14th place.

Short-stacked Evagorou holds 22,500,000 chips. This is his first appearance in the WSOP Main Event; prior to this, his open tournament resume included only one win in a $100 event at Caesars Palace over a decade ago.

Shaun Deeb and Hossein Ensan failed to reach the final table.

At the start of Day 8, many well-known players still had a historic chance, but none of them were able to advance to the top nine.

Todd Brunson initially went all-in with AK, hitting an Ace on the river to defeat Brock Wilson's pocket Kings and Trayner's pocket Queens, thus tripling his hand. However, his pocket Aces were then reversed by Trayner's flush on the river, ultimately ending his run in 20th place.

Will Givens once had a strong hand in a pot of nearly 60,000,000 chips, allowing Jumalon to go all-in, but Jumalon hit trips on the flop to double up. Givens was devastated and eliminated shortly after, ultimately finishing in 19th place.

Nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb lost a run with AJ against Gagliano's pocket tens. He then flopped a straight draw and went all-in for 13,600,000, only to be defeated by Hammoud's top pair. The turn and river didn't help, and Deeb finished in 15th place, ending what was arguably the deepest WSOP Main Event run of his career.

2019 champion Hossein Ensan hit the nut flush on the river, winning the pot from Hammoud and taking the chip lead, but his chip stack gradually declined thereafter. In the final hand, he went all-in with AQ after three raises, only to be met by Gagliano in the big blind with pocket kings, ultimately finishing in 13th place and missing out on a second Main Event title.

Remaining prize money for the WSOP Main Event

All nine finalists have become millionaires, but there is still a $4,000,000 gap between the champion and runner-up, while the top three will each take home at least $3,750,000.

Match data compilation

The tournament will resume on August 3, starting with 56 minutes and 40 seconds remaining in Level 39, with blinds of 1,000,000/1,500,000 and a 1,500,000 big blind ante.

Lucas Jumalon will enter the final table with an overwhelming chip lead, but Rami Hammoud, Jamie Shaevel, Greg Mueller, and Michael Gagliano all have ample room to compete. The nine players will use the short break to re-prepare their ICM, seating, and opponent strategies, ultimately determining the 2026 WSOP Main Event World Champion.

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