Malcolm Trayner leads the remaining players in the 2026 WSOP Main Event

Malcolm Trayner leads the remaining players in the 2026 WSOP Main Event

In 2026 the WSOP Main Event with a $10 000 buy‑in in a no‑limit hold’em format attracted 9 208 players, and by Day 8 only 21 players remained.

Australian Malcolm Trayner is leading with 63 200 000 chips (105 big blinds) and has an advantage over the rest of the field. Behind him are Rami Hammoud (41 500 000), Lucas Jumalon (40 800 000) and Evagoras Evagorou (38 200 000), with the fifth place taken by Will Givens with 31 700 000 chips.

Trayner – a 26‑year‑old player who won the WSOP Millionaire Maker in 2024 for $1 million and earned his first bracelet, and two months ago won the Aussie Millions Main Event for almost $1 million. 2019 champion Hossein Ensan is in seventh place and could become the first repeat champion since 1997. Shaun Deeb, a nine‑time bracelet winner, has 31 300 000 chips and could claim a third WSOP Player of the Year title and his tenth bracelet. Four‑time WSOP winner Antonio Galiana (Spain) and three‑time bracelet winner Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller (Canada) have also made it to Day 8.