Mario Boos Is the Last French Player Left in the WSOP Main Event
The French pro has $1 million locked up, a 44 million-chip stack and a rail cheering him on in Las Vegas.
Mario Boos has become the last French player standing at the 2026 WSOP Main Event final table, and he has already locked up $1 million for making it this far. The WSOP lists him with 44 million chips, or 29 big blinds, as the final nine prepare to play for the $10 million top prize and the bracelet.
PokerOrg said Boos has been flooded with support from the French community, with thousands of messages coming in, and he also has 10 people staying with him in a Las Vegas house, with 10 more on the way.
Boos described the moment as a dream most poker players would want. He told Craig Tapscott that everybody texted him and said he is living the dream of every poker player who wants to be there and play this final table.
He also said he can picture himself as a teenager watching the Main Event final table on TV, when his only goal was to play poker. He said he will probably realize the importance after the tournament.
This is also his first time playing the Main Event in Las Vegas. PokerOrg described the early stretch as an intense ride, starting with a tough Day 1 table that left him around 27,000 chips down from a 60,000 starting stack before he climbed to about 165,000 on Day 2.
Boos said his first table was probably the hardest he had faced in the first six days, even though many players had urged him to take Day 1D because it was supposed to be the softest opening flight. He also said that once the field got deeper, there were no more easy tables.
The event has also forced him out of his normal routine. Boos said the Main Event is eight days completely away from real life, that he had to break his daily gym habit because there was not enough time, and that the break before the ESPN return gives him a chance to reset and get his mind right.
PokerNews added the decisive hand that helped push him into the final table picture. On Day 8, Boos faced Han Feng, thought about folding pocket tens, then chose to play for the win instead of taking the $250,000 pay jump between tenth and ninth; his tens held against ace-king.
Boos entered the tournament with about $240,000 in Hendon Mob earnings, had never cashed the Main Event before 2026, and had only about half a dozen WSOP cashes overall. Most of his results came from smaller events in France, and his previous best score was about $54,700 before this run blew past it.
Boos said he plans to sleep, go to the gym and study the table before returning. The first day of the final table airs live on ESPN on Monday, Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. EST.
