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Lucas Jumalon Leads Final 18 in WSOP Circuit Austin Main Event
- Lucas Jumalon leads final 18 in Austin WSOP Circuit Main Event.
- Jumalon seeks first Circuit ring after $10M WSOP Main Event win.
- $433,670 awaits the champion as play resumes Monday.
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Lucas Jumalon leads the final 18 players in the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event at TCH Social in Austin, chasing his first Circuit ring and $433,670 after winning the 2026 WSOP Main Event for $10 million.
Reigning poker World Champion Lucas Jumalon is in position to add another major result less than two months after winning the 2026 WSOP Main Event.
Jumalon will return as the chip leader for the final day of the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event at TCH Social in Austin, Texas, where 18 players remain from an original field of 2,090 entries.
The 22-year-old is chasing his first WSOP Circuit ring and the $433,670 first-place prize. Play is scheduled to resume at 2 p.m. CT on Monday.
Jumalon finished Sunday with 11.2 million chips, representing 186 big blinds and giving him a considerable advantage over the rest of the field.
Ryan Brown sits second with 8.2 million, while Brant Jolly will enter the final day in third place with 7 million chips.
Jumalon became the second-youngest poker World Champion at age 22 when he captured the 2026 WSOP Main Event for $10 million. He now has an opportunity to secure another WSOP-branded Main Event title in less than two months.
Despite Jumalon's advantage, the tournament still has significant depth across the remaining stacks. John Holley has the shortest stack among the final 18 with 1.3 million chips, but that still represents 21 big blinds.
With no player entering the day extremely short-stacked, the remaining field has room to compete as the tournament moves toward its final table.
Jumalon faced a similar situation during his WSOP Main Event victory in August. He entered the WSOP Main Event final table as the chip leader and maintained that advantage throughout the remainder of the tournament. His run concluded with a heads-up victory over Lauri Saaskilahti.
The final heads-up battle included a call from Saaskilahti that many poker fans described as one of the worst calls in poker history. Regardless of that reaction, Jumalon had already established control over the final table before completing his World Championship victory.
His performance in Austin now gives him another opportunity to convert a major chip lead into a title.
$433,670 Awaits the Austin Main Event Champion
All 18 remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,530 from the WSOP Circuit Main Event.
Players who reach the final table will secure a payout of at least $40,100, while the eventual champion will collect $433,670 along with a WSOP Circuit ring.
For Jumalon, victory would represent his first WSOP Circuit ring and his second WSOP-branded Main Event title in less than two months.
The final day begins with Jumalon holding more than three million chips over Brown in second place, but 17 other players remain in contention as the Austin Main Event plays down to a winner.
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