The 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Starts at 5:30 p.m.

The 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event is ready for the final table! After seven full days of playing, only nine players from the second-largest field of 7,874 are left standing. Each of them can already call themselves a millionaire, as the 9th place is already worth $1,000,000. There will be no days off for the final nine; they'll all return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino at 5:30 p.m. to continue their quest for the most coveted WSOP Gold bracelet, as well as the life-changing first place prize of $8,800,000.

The nine remaining players return to action today at 5:30 p.m. local time to commence the final table. When play gets under way, the clock will have 1 hour, 23 minutes and 57 seconds left in Level 36, with blinds at 300,000/600,000 and a running ante of 100,000. Play is scheduled to continue until six players remain, with Friday reserved for playing down from six to three. On Saturday, the three remaining players will play down to the eventual champion.

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating

Seat	Player	Country	Age	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	29	15,475,000	26
2	John Cynn	United States	33	37,075,000	62
3	Alex Lynskey	Australia	28	25,925,000	43
4	Tony Miles	United States	32	42,750,000	71
5	Nicolas Manion	United States	35	112,775,000	188
6	Aram Zobian	United States	23	18,875,000	31
7	Michael Dyer	United States	32	109,175,000	182
8	Joe Cada	United States	30	23,675,000	39
9	Antoine Labat	France	29	8,050,000	13

^{There is 1:23:57 remaining in Level 36 (300,000/600,000, with a 100,000-ante).}

2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payout

Position	Prize
1	$8,800,000
2	$5,000,000
3	$3,750,000
4	$2,825,000
5	$2,150,000
6	$1,800,000
7	$1,500,000
8	$1,250,000
9	$1,000,000

Player	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
Artem Metalidi	102,700	119,700	66,000	1,518,000	6,525,000	30,845,000	15,475,000
John Cynn	133,000	138,900	709,000	1,931,000	5,155,000	14,750,000	37,075,000
Alex Lynskey	67,100	270,500	211,000	1,635,000	3,655,000	22,045,000	25,925,000
Tony Miles	72,800	123,800	790,000	2,358,000	5,600,000	14,945,000	42,750,000
Nicolas Manion	11,500	66,800	-	1,051,000	1,395,000	17,630,000	112,775,000
Aram Zobian	171,000	436,800	770,000	2,464,000	5,450,000	41,585,000	18,875,000
Michael Dyer	74,600	502,400	693,000	1,767,000	12,180,000	26,515,000	109,175,000
Joe Cada	16,500	93,800	211,000	559,000	2,965,000	8,850,000	23,675,000
Antoine Labat	168,500	218,000	185,000	1,359,000	2,015,000	28,445,000	8,050,000

^{* End-of-day chip counts as reported by official WSOP list}
^{** Nicolas Manion's Day 3 count was not reported on the official list}

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2018 WSOP Main Event Final Table Stats

Player	WSOP Cashes	WSOP Bracelets	Career Earnings	Biggst Cash	GPI Ranking
Joe Cada	33	3	$10,779,041	$8,546,435	849th
Alex Lynskey	14	0	$1,769,666	$426,663	525th
Artem Metalidi	25	0	$2,131,437	$350,806	567th
John Cynn	16	0	$944,786	$650,000	3,926th
Antoine Labat	2	0	$194,789	$52,842	13,662nd
Aram Zobian	10	0	$110,444	$47,000	1,946th
Michael Dyer	2	0	$95,020	$65,905	179,657th
Tony Miles	5	0	$54,333	$18,000	16,766th
Nicolas Manion	1	0	$16,739	$9,850	32,585th

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Manion	112,775,000

Michael Dyer	109,175,000

Tony Miles	42,750,000
John Cynn	37,075,000

Alex Lynskey	25,925,000
Joe Cada	23,675,000

Aram Zobian	18,875,000

Artem Metalidi	15,475,000
Antoine Labat	8,050,000