Brock bows. Wilson went for it with , and Daniel Savas called with . 

The board? . Wilson out in 16th place. 

Brock Wilson

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Kings no good?  Romain Lewis shipped it with the second-best hand, but Greg Mueller was on a power play. 

• Romain Lewis:
• Greg Mueller:

No king. Lewis out in 17th. Mueller up to 30.1M. 

Romain Lewis

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Clack clicks, Ensan claps. Thomas Clack is out in 18th place after a clash against Hossein Ensan. 

Clack had aces and fives, but Ensan had aces and sevens. So it goes. 

Meanwhile, just before that, Ensan was paid out for a nut flush to jump up the leaderboard to the second-biggest stack. 

Hossein Ensan - 66.6M

Final two tables. Their chips (in millions):

1. Daniel Savas - 28.5
2. Thomas Clack - 20.3
3. Shaun Deeb - 14.6
4. Brock Wilson - 18.8
5. Hossein Ensan - 34.9
6. Michael Gagliano - 19.1
7. Romain Lewis - 11.3
8. Rami Hammoud - 56.6
9. Greg Mueller - 17.4

1. Jamie Shaevel - 16.8
2. Luke Jumalon - 59.2
3. Han Feng - 19.8
4. Lauri Saaskilahti - 22.8
5. Malcolm Trayner - 73.8
6. Mario Boos - 25
7. Tolga Karakaya - 32.5
8. Antonio Galiana - 33.19.    
9. Evagoras Evagorou - 48.5

Givens gone for good. Will Givens has come and gone as he pleased at the 2026 Main Event. 

Now he will leave for good after taking his shot with and around 3.6M. 

Unfortunately, Luke Jumalon had . The runout had outs,  but Givens left in 19th place. 

Will Givens

Aces no good. Todd Brunson had against the of Malcolm Trayner. 

The chips went in on the turn after Trayner called a big shove, but a on the river ended Brunson's run in 20th place. 

Todd Brunson

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Givens on the ropes. Luke Jumalon just got it in with against Will Givens and his . 

A in the window was followed by another on the flop, and Givens was left with just two million. 

Luke Jumalon - 56 million

Dylan Smith out. It was a 7.4 shot with against Luke Jumalon's , but a flushy runout of send Smith to the rail in 21st place. 

Brunson is so back. Todd was all in against Brock Wilson and Malcolm Trayner with a chance to triple up. 

• Brunson:
• Wilson:
• Trayner:

It ran out and the river ace did it. Wilson ended up right back where he started. 

Trayner - 47 million

Brunson - 24 million

Wilson - 15 million

We're on the air. The ESPN telecast is now live with Joe Stapleton, David Williams, and Maria Ho on the call. 

Cards are in the air on TV, and Will Givens isn't here yet. Lock in. 

Day 8 of the 2026 WSOP Main Event is underway: We're in for some thrilling action as we find out who will make the final table in August. Join us for all the big moments direct from the floor at Paris Las Vegas. All updates will be in line with the ESPN+ stream, which starts at 12pm. 

Are you pro or anti shot clocks in the Main Event? Dnegs wades into the argument in his latest vlog.

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Adam Hampton / July 13, 2026

Coming up on Monday at the WSOP: It's Day 8 of the Main Event, which should end with the final 9 players, but that's not all that's taking place.

Here's what's happening on Monday, July 13 at Paris and Horseshoe.

• 10am: $500 Summer Saver Day 1B
• 11am: $10,000 Main Event Day 8
• 11am: $300 Gladiator Final Day
• 12pm: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Final Day
• 12pm: $1,500 The Closer Final Day
• 1pm: $10,000 6-Handed NLH Championship Final Day
• 1pm: $3,000 6-Handed PLO Day 2
• 2pm: $25,000 HORSE Day 1

Yes, like that: Martin Kabrhel has bagged a top 5 stack in Day 1A of the $500 Summer Saver event.

192 players have advanced from the first starting flight. Day 1B starts at 10am on Monday, with the field combining to play to a winner on Tuesday.

Martin Kabrhel.

Omar Sader

WSOP $10K 6-Max NLH Championship has more bracelets in the field than players: The 33 survivors of Day 2 have 35 bracelets between them.

Two-time bracelet-winner Fahredin Mustafov leads the pack, which still includes Justin Liberto (2 WSOP bracelets), Calvin Anderson (7), David Peters (3), John Racener (3) and Asi Moshe (5).

They'll be back to play it out at 1pm on Monday.

As in the World Cup, Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr drew a blank in the $10K 6-Max.

Hayley Hochstetler

The $3K Mid-Stakes Championship has a runaway leader: Yanting Jiang has almost 31M chips, while her nearest challenger Chahn Jung has 16.5M.

Just 16 players remain from the 3,668 who entered, chasing a top prize of $1.1M. They include the likes of Maurice Hawkins (below), Punnat Punsri and Mark Newhouse.

They'll return to play down to a winner at noon.

Maurice Hawkins.

Hayley Hochstetler

$300 Gladiator event is down to a dirty dozen: 11,185 entries are down to just 12 survivors.

Luis Genel of the USA has a healthy lead and will be the only player to start Monday's final day with over 50bb. Blinds will be 600K/1.2M with a 1.2M big blind ante when play resumes at 11am.

The overnight top 5 looks like this:

1. Luis Genel: 61.8M
2. Johnny Oshana: 51.6M
3. Kenneth Baime: 40.5M
4. Gianluigi Zaniboni: 36.6M
5. Ryan Hull: 32.9M

Sterling Lopez defeats Jesse Lonis in $3K TORSE event: Alaska's Lopez has secured his first WSOP bracelet and $247K after beating high-stakes pro Lonis to the final punch.

Here's how the final table ended up:

1. Sterling Lopez: $247,842
2. Jesse Lonis: $160,862
3. Gary Bolden: $106,912
4. Alex Livingston: $72,791
5. David Bach: $50,801
6. Qinghai Pan: $36,363

Sterling Lopez.

Travis P Ball

The WSOP Main Event has a different story in every seat: just 21 players remain heading into Monday, and the potential for drama feels unmatched in WSOP history.

Check out our Day 7 recap for a primer on what should be a legendary run for a new world champion.

Shaun Deeb headlines star-studded final 21 in 2026 WSOP Main Event Shaun Deeb, Todd Brunson and Hossein Ensan are among the final 21 as the 2026 WSOP Main Event races toward its final table.

Brad Willis / July 13, 2026

$3k TORSE is heads-up: Jesse Lonis is looking for his third WSOP bracelet but Sterling Lopez has the majority of the chip heads-up, with a near 5:1 lead.

Jesse Lonis.

Hayley Hochstetler

 

21 players progress to Day 8 of the Main Event: Play restarts at 11am on Monday and will end when there are nine players left. We'll see you then for what's set to be a very exciting day of action.

1. Malcolm Trayner: 63,200,000
2. Rami Hammoud: 41,500,000
3. Lucas Jumalon: 40,800,000
4. Evagoras Evagorou: 38,200,000
5. Will Givens: 31,700,000
6. Shaun Deeb: 31,300,000
7. Tolga Karakaya: 30,000,000
8. Hossein Ensan: 29,700,000
9. Thomas Clack: 27,500,000
10. Antonio Galiana: 27,200,000
11. Mario Boos: 24,300,000
12. Han Feng: 24,000,000
13. Daniel Savas: 21,300,000
14. Michael Gagliano: 19,300,000
15. Jamie Shaevel: 17,100,000
16. Romain Lewis: 15,800,000
17. Lauri Saaskilahti: 15,600,000
18. Brock Wilson: 13,600,000
19. Greg Mueller: 13,200,000
20. Dylan Smith: 9,600,000 
21. Todd Brunson: 7,800,000

Zhao Liu eliminated in 22nd ($325,000): He had a monster stack earlier today, but he's been trending downwards and hit rock bottom when he shoved and got looked up by Lucas Jumalon with . Any hope was wiped when two aces dropped on the flop. 

Zhao Liu.

Will Givens is walking early: He's got a stack of 32,800,000 and he's not waiting for the official end of the night. Why? "I have my reasons," is all he was willing to say. "It takes so much mental power, takes so much stamina, takes so much out of you, so you gotta pace yourself." We'll see him tomorrow, at some point. 

Will Givens.

16 left in $3K Mid-Stakes Championship: Yanting Jiang is the big chip leader and looking to become the third woman to win a bracelet at the 2026 WSOP after Michelle Chin and Skye Chen. Some big names are lurking too, including Punnat Punsri (4th), Roberto Romanello (5th), Maurice Hawkins (6th) and Mark Newhouse (8th). Th restart is Monday at 12pm.

Roberto Romanello.

Jess Beck

Kyosuke Nagami eliminated in 23rd ($325,000): The Main Event field is getting thinner by the minute. Nagami got it in bad with jacks against the queens of Daniel Savas, but had to suffer the agony of flopping a jack, only to see Savas turn a queen. 

Kyosuke Nagami.

Berkeley Yuan eliminated in 24th ($325,000): He was ahead preflop with , but he didn't stay ahead of Romain Lewis' after a jack hit the flop. 

Giuseppe Pantaleo eliminated in 25th ($325,000): Tolga Karakaya found a near triple-up in the same hand with queens. Zhao Liu had and Pantaleo hit the rail with . 

Giuseppe Pantaleo.

Mark Tropp eliminated in 26th ($325,000): Will Givens continues to fly in the Main Event. He just took out Tropp, with 10s coming out best over . Givens is up to 35,250,000. 

$300 Gladiators of Poker: Barbara Enright eliminated in 13th ($16,000): A true gladiator of the game, Enright has been eliminated on one of the final hands of the night. 12 players will bag up and resume play for the bracelet tomorrow. Luis Genel is the chip leader with a stack of 61.8 million. 

"Fly phoenix, fly!" Will Givens just won a huge pot against Hossein Ensan, with . On a flop, Ensan bet 1.5 million with and then called a raise from Givens to 4 million. Givens drilled a king on the turn, checked and then moved all-in over a 4 million bet from Ensan. 

Givens is now up to 34,300,300, while Ensan slips down to 27,575,000. 

Will Givens.

Main Event down to three tables: With the eliminations of Tianle Wang (28th – $265,000) and Maxime Chilaud (27th – $265,000), the Main Event is now down to 26 players and just three tables. All 26 players are now guaranteed at least $325,000. 

Maxime Chilaud.

Barbara Enright in final 18 of the $300 Gladiators of Poker: The first woman inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, Enright famously made the WSOP Main Event final table in 1995. Now, she's battled through a field of 11,185 entries to reach the final 18. 

Barbara Enright.

More time banks for everyone: After all the hubbub about a shot clock being instituted in the Main Event, it's clear things can change at any moment around here. 

To wit: when the remaining players in the Main return from dinner, they will all get four more time bank cards. Stay tuned for whatever is next!

Main Event chip leader Tom Clack got all of his chips from Ralph Perry. Clack flopped a set of fives and put Perry all-in on a runout. Perry had pocket eights and 8.7 million behind, but with 15.6 million already in the middle, he wasn't a believer and made the call.

Time for some food: The 42 remaining players in the Main Event are on their dinner break. Ralph 'On your bike' Perry was eliminated in 44th ($215,00). The chip leader is Tom Clack with 28,850,000, followed by Malcolm Trayner on 28,100,000. Will Givens also has a big stack of 25,475,000. Shaun Deeb has chipped up to 17,850,000.

Tom Clack.

WSOP Main Event livestream down on YouTube: The ESPN+ stream is still working, as is the French-language Winamax YouTube stream. They're currently being badgered in the chat by viewers asking them to do the commentary in English instead. So far, their on-screen replies have been very polite.

Main Event: Sachin Joshi eliminated in 45th ($180,000). And with that elimination, the remaining 44 players are all guaranteed $215,000. The next pay jump is at 35th which is worth $265,000.

Sachin Joshi.

Lennart Hennig

Naoya Kihara eliminated from $3K TORSE in 16th ($12,471): It's another cash for the 2026 POY contender, but he misses out on the final table. 

Naoya Kihara.

Hayley Hochstetler