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WSOP Main Event Final Table Begins With Lucas Jumalon Holding a Massive Chip Lead

The three-night televised final table starts Aug. 3 and Jumalon’s stack and steep prize jumps will shape how the other eight players approach their shots at the $10 million top prize.

2026 WSOP Main Event Final Table
2026 WSOP Main Event
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Overview

  • The nine survivors of a record 9,208‑player field returned to Las Vegas for a three‑night final table that began Monday, Aug. 3, and will air Aug. 3–5 on ESPN/ESPN2 with streaming options such as fubo.
  • Lucas Jumalon enters with roughly 194 million chips, giving him a dominant advantage that makes him the early favorite but does not guarantee a win given three days of play.
  • The rest of the table is tightly stacked with Rami Hammoud second (about 79M) and short stacks including Evagoras Evagorou (about 22.5M), and those distributions create strong ICM pressure because payouts jump steeply near the top.
  • All nine players are already assured at least $1 million and a WSOP bracelet is on the line, a prize that can transform a player’s career and public profile.
  • Fans can join live second‑screen watch parties such as Faraz Jaka’s, but hosts cannot rebroadcast the ESPN feed so viewers must have ESPN running on their own screens to follow the action.