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BREAKING: Final Table Confirmed in 2026 WSOP Main Event

The final nine of the 2026 WSOP Main Event has been officially set...

BREAKING: Final Table Confirmed in 2026 WSOP Main Event
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The final nine of the 2026 WSOP Main Event has been officially set...

BREAKING: Final Table Confirmed in 2026 WSOP Main Event The final nine players in poker's biggest tournament, the WSOP Main Event, have officially been set. Twenty-two-year-old Lucas Jumalon leads the way after a stunning Day 8 performance saw him build a towering stack of 194,000,000 chips.

He will return on August 3 in pole position, just eight eliminations away from becoming poker's newest world champion. Behind him sit Rami Hammoud and Jamie Shaevel, who round out the top three, while the most decorated players remaining are Canada's Greg Mueller and America's Michael Gagliano, both proud owners of three WSOP bracelets each. Fittingly, it was Jumalon who would be the one to set the final table, eliminating reigning Aussie Millions Main Event champion Malcolm Trayner in 10th place to send the raucous Australian rail into despair.

The remaining nine players have now guaranteed themselves at least $1,000,000, but all eyes will be on the incredible $10,000,000 first prize waiting at the end of the road when play resumes in exactly three weeks' time. 2026 WSOP Main Event Final Table Counts

| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Lucas Jumalon | United States

| 194,000,000 | 129 | | 2 | Rami Hammoud | Canada | 79,000,000 | 53 | | 3 | Jamie Shaevel | United States

| 56,000,000 | 37 | | 4 | Greg Mueller | Canada | 48,500,000 | 32 | | 5 | Michael Gagliano | United States | 46,500,000 | 31 | | 6 | Mario Boos | France | 44,000,000 | 29 | | 7 | Lauri Saaskilahti | Finland | 37,500,000 | 25 | | 8 | Han Feng | United States

| 25,000,000 | 17 | | 9 | Evagoras Evagorou | Cyprus | 22,500,000 | 15 | Jumalon Takes Massive Lead into Final Table Jumalon's route to the final table was built on a dominant Day 8 performance that saw him turn a third-place stack into a commanding chip lead. The 22-year-old entered the day with 40,800,000 chips, but quickly found another gear after taking a huge pot from Trayner. Jumalon cracked the Aussie's pocket queens with J♥J♣, making a full house on the river to claim a pot worth more than 50,000,000 chips.

From there, the American continued to apply pressure, steadily adding to his stack as the field dwindled. By the dinner break, he had climbed to 155,000,000 chips, and after eliminating Trayner in 10th place to set the final table, he finished the night with a massive 194,000,000 stack. That puts Jumalon in a league of his own heading into the final table.

Hammoud is his closest challenger with 79,000,000, while Shaevel sits third with 56,000,000. Mueller and Gagliano are also in the hunt, but both trail Jumalon by more than 140,000,000 chips. Remaining Payouts | Place | Player | Country | Prize | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | $10,000,000 | ||

| 2 | $6,000,000 | || | 3 | $3,750,000 | || | 4 | $2,750,000 | ||

| 5 | $2,250,000 | || | 6 | $1,750,000 | || | 7 | $1,500,000 | ||

| 8 | $1,250,000 | || | 9 | $1,000,000 |

Published
Jul 13, 2026
Updated
Jul 14, 2026
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Pokernews
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2 min
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