The 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event is down to its final nine, and one player towers over the rest. At just 22 years old, American Lucas Jumalon bagged roughly 194,000,000 in chips — nearly two-and-a-half times the size of the next biggest stack — to seize a commanding lead heading into the showpiece final table.
Jumalon sealed his position by eliminating Australia’s Malcolm Trayner on the stone bubble of the final table, sending the last ten down to nine and stamping his authority on the world’s most prestigious tournament.
How the final nine stack up
Behind the runaway chip leader, Canada’s Rami Hammoud is best placed to challenge with 79,000,000, followed by American Jamie Shaevel on 56,000,000. The rest of the field features a truly international line-up:
- Lucas Jumalon (USA) — 194,000,000
- Rami Hammoud (Canada) — 79,000,000
- Jamie Shaevel (USA) — 56,000,000
- Greg Mueller (Canada) — 48,500,000
- Michael Gagliano (USA) — 46,500,000
- Mario Boos (France) — 44,000,000
- Lauri Sääskilahti (Finland) — 37,500,000
- Han Feng (USA) — 25,000,000
- Evagoras Evagorou (Cyprus) — 22,500,000
Ten million reasons to win
Every one of the nine finalists is already guaranteed at least $1,000,000, but all eyes are on the $10,000,000 reserved for the champion of the $10,000 buy-in classic. Play resumes on August 3, when the survivors return to settle the biggest title in poker.
No Brazilian in the mix
Sadly for the home crowd, no Brazilian reached the final nine — the country’s last great hope, Arthur Campos, was knocked out earlier in the run. Even so, Jumalon’s dominant bag guarantees a dramatic finale, with a small army of shorter stacks needing to gamble their way back into contention.
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