Lucas Jumalon, this summer's WSOP Main Event champion, turned down an offer to play a Hustler Casino Live cash game with Daniel Negreanu. He said so on episode #1016 of the PokerNews Podcast, calling the game "ridiculously big".

Jumalon is 22 and earned $10 million for the title. He says he is not a regular cash player and will choose his spots carefully. He has already played a The Lodge Card Club livestream, with blinds of $50/$100/$200.

The same thinking applies to the priciest tournaments. He says he is not in an ego war and has nothing to prove, though he adds that he plays to win. He is also a WSOP Academy ambassador and will visit WSOP Circuit stops, starting at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham on November 13. In his view, a home-game player who enters a $400 ring event and gets to say they sat with the champion has a good experience.

In December he heads to The Bahamas for WSOP Paradise, where he plans to enter the $26,000 Super Main Event. For 2027 he suggested to runner-up Lauri Saaskilahti that they play the $250,000 event together, and Jumalon says Saaskilahti agreed. All nine players from the Main Event final table keep in touch in a group chat.

Source: PokerNews

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