WSOP Main Event Down to 18: Malcolm Trayner Leads with 75 Million

Malcolm Trayner sits on 75 million chips — more than the next two stacks combined — as the 2026 WSOP Main Event enters Day 8 with 18 players remaining.

Trayner, a one-bracelet winner from Great Britain with $1.57M in lifetime tournament cashes and six career final tables, holds a commanding lead over the field at Horseshoe/Paris Las Vegas. No former Main Event champion is among the final 18.

The Top Five Stacks

Evagoras Evagorou, a Cypriot with just $32,863 in lifetime earnings and zero prior WSOP hardware, sits second with 46.1 million. France's Mario Boos ($29,824 lifetime) holds 25 million in third — another relative unknown deep in poker's biggest tournament.

Spain's Antonio Galiana Ortega, a two-time bracelet winner with $1.27M in career cashes, is fourth at 34.3 million. Rounding out the top five is Canada's Gregor Mueller — the most decorated player left by the numbers — with three bracelets, 21 career final tables, and nearly $3.5M in lifetime earnings. Mueller holds 17.4 million.

What's Next

Play continues until the field is trimmed to the traditional nine-handed final table. The last reported milestone was at 54 players; the jump to 18 means 36 eliminations have occurred since.