Whet your appetite for the heads-up battle: It's a rivalry that's led these two players to heads-up, where they're now set to play for $4 million. Watch the hands they've played together so far.
How long does it go tonight? Adam Hendrix is predicting a very quick match-up.
More crowd surfing tonight? Or perhaps the better question is: if he wins, how does Lucas Jumalon top last night's celebrations after making the final two?
The dream opponent for me: Lauri Saaskilahti says he and Lucas Jumalon talked about ending up heads-up back on Day 5.
2026 Main Event champion crowned tonight: After 9,208 entries, just two players remain. Lucas Jumalon and Lauri Saaskilahti return today to play heads-up for poker's most coveted bracelet.
Cards are in the air at 6pm local time, with the livestream starting at 10:30pm ET (3:30am UK / 4:30am CEST).
22-year-old Jumalon begins as the chip leader, but with 109 big blinds to 75, this match is far from over.
Sam Greenwood has some advice to share with Lucas Jumalon. We're not taking sides here, but $10M will definitely cover a roundtrip flight to Turkey.
Confidence level 100. Lauri Saaskilahti – "I made a goal for this year... to win the entire thing, and I'm very close to that right now."
Fourth-place finisher Michael Gagliano sends a message to his fans: "My goodness I cannot express how awesome it is to see such an outpouring of support."
We think Gags will have picked up a whole load of news ones after the way he carried himself through the 2026 Main Event.
Patrick Leonard reviews Lucas Jumalon's final table performance. Pads might be a bit biased as he's also Jumalon's coach, but the 77 hand checks out.
On a pure technical level it’s the best main event final table performance history since Jacobson and it’s not close.
— Patrick Leonard 🫡 (@padspoker) August 5, 2026
On an exploit level (not jamming 77 with 100bbs vs 20bb20bb. Btn/sb) when you are seen as a complete spewtard (jamming A2o yesterday) its one of the sickest…
