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Lucas Jumalon turned a dominant final-table run into the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event title, beating Lauri Saaskilahti heads-up in 17 hands and collecting the $10 million first prize. The 22-year-old from Spokane emerged from a field of 9,208 players.

As reported earlier in August, Jumalon carried the chip lead into the last duel and never gave it up. PokerNews said he went wire-to-wire at the final table, closed things out on Day 11 and described the finish as “a pure feeling of euphoria.” His rail included Brandon Sunshine and Patrick Leonard, while his college classmates chanted “GCU” and his mother, Robin Jumalon, said she was “incredibly proud of him.”

The match swung on a pair of huge pots. In one key hand, Jumalon worked a massive overbet into a spade-heavy board, then got called by Saaskilahti and tabled the winning flush. After Saaskilahti was left with only a short stack, the next all-in had him holding ace-seven against king-six, and the sixes on the flop and turn locked up the bracelet.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal said the heads-up match lasted a little over an hour at the Horseshoe Events Center, and Saaskilahti finished with $6 million for second place. The rest of the final table paid out Greg Mueller third for $3.75 million, Michael Gagliano fourth for $2.75 million, Han Feng fifth for $2.25 million, Rami Hammoud sixth for $1.75 million, Jamie Shaevel seventh for $1.5 million, Mario Boos eighth for $1.25 million and Evagoras Evagorou ninth for $1 million.

Jumalon’s age also put him in rare company. At 22 years, 4 months and 27 days, he became the second-youngest Main Event champion in history, behind Joe Cada, who won in 2009 at 21. Saaskilahti, who had been chasing a first Finnish Main Event title, still finished with a deep run and a runner-up payday. His win also gave American players four straight Main Event titles.