“I NEVER LET MYSELF THINK ABOUT THE MONEY”

Lucas Jumalon, 22, on beating 9,208 entries, waiting three weeks for the final table, and what he did with the first hour after winning $10,000,000.

Interview by The Rail Desk

12 min read · Las Vegas, August 2026

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The Event Center is empty now. Three weeks ago it held nine players and a television crew; this morning it holds a stack of folded chairs and the new World Champion, who has agreed to sit in one of them.

“The delay was the hardest part. Twenty days of knowing you are one of nine, and nothing to do with it.”