Out of 9,208 entries, two remain. The WSOP 2026 Main Event final table wraps up today with a heads-up duel: Lucas Jumalon, the 22-year-old pro who has led from start to finish, brings 328 million chips against 225 million for Finland's Lauri Saaskilahti. On the line: $10 million for the champion, $6 million for the runner-up.
The facts: a Tuesday demolition and a heroic comeback
Jumalon opened Day 2 of the final table like a wrecking ball: he eliminated Jamie Shaevel in 7th within the first hour, sent Rami Hammoud out in 6th, and at one point held two-thirds of all the chips in play. He then won a massive pot with a full house against Han Feng — second in chips at the start of the day — and finished off Michael Gagliano in 4th.
The only player who slowed him down was Saaskilahti, who started short and needed a double-up through Feng just to survive. From there he played two of the hands of the tournament. First he eliminated Feng in 5th in a brutal cooler: pocket aces against his nines, nearly drawing dead on the flop, until a jack and a queen on the last two streets completed an improbable straight. Then he sent veteran Greg Mueller home in 3rd ($3.75 million) to lock up the final duel. Jumalon is chasing history as the second-youngest Main Event champion ever; Saaskilahti would be the first Finn to win it.
Why it matters: the hand worth studying
Four-handed, Jumalon put Saaskilahti all in on a 2-4-9-5 board. The Finn held pocket tens — an unsupported overpair-ish holding in a spot where a mistake costs millions under ICM pressure (the model that converts chips into real money when pay jumps are enormous). He tanked, called, and saw his opponent shoving 3-4: bottom pair and a draw. The river missed Jumalon and the tournament changed course.
The lesson for your game cuts two ways. One: great calls aren't born from courage but from ranges — Saaskilahti said he had played so much with his opponent that he knew his tens were ahead of the shoving range. Two: Feng's exit is a reminder that you can play perfectly and still lose; variance doesn't ask permission. Judge your decisions, not your results.
Follow it with the community
If you missed how this table took shape, here's the Day 1 recap. A champion is crowned today — come break down the finish with us in the community.