Overview
- The Main Event was reduced from 62 players to 21 on Monday after five levels of play, with Malcolm Trayner bagging the chip lead at 63,200,000.
- Reigning WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb sits sixth with 31,300,000 chips while 2019 champion Hossein Ensan remains alive and could become the first two-time winner since Johnny Chan.
- Tournament organizers used a shot clock on Day 7 to force timed decisions from players, a change that sped the late-stage pace of play and contributed to a string of eliminations.
- Two Day‑6 leaders, Tyler Gaston and Blake Barousse, were eliminated during the accelerated action, underscoring how procedural changes and late registration stacks shifted the leaderboard.
- The remaining players will play to the final nine on Day 8 with each guaranteed at least $1 million and the winner set to receive $10 million at the televised August 3 final table.