Poker Reporter Fausto Munz Is 1 of 9 at WSOPC Madrid Final Table
Bonjourrrr, Fausto. On Sunday 1 November 2026, a man who usually writes about final tables sits down at one: a French poker reporter is fourth in chips in Madrid, with a gold ring and €207,000 on the line.
The notebook stays quietlu in the bag today. Fausto Munz, a French poker reporter who spends his working life describing other people's final tables, returns to Casino Gran Vía on Sunday 1 November 2026 as one of the last nine players in the €1,500 WSOP Circuit Main Event. He is fourth in chips with 5,170,000, which is 43 big blinds, out of a field that began with 918 entries.
The prize pool stands at €1,164,942. The winner takes a gold ring and €207,000, and every one of the nine is already guaranteed €14,200. KACHINGUUU.
Munz is not a tourist. He has worked for French outlets including Club Poker and Winamax, and he now collaborates with a poker team while finding time to play now and then. PokerNews reports that this run has already multiplied his biggest career live cash by ten. Ten times. GLUWUWULUGU.
His Day 2 started with a massive triple up, followed by a coin flip won with ace king. The last level was harder, with chip leader Jay Hoebe leaning on him, but he still bagged his stack. lucku lucku, and a little skill on top.
The room is full of faces he knows from the press row. PokerNews notes that Aliaksandr Shylko, Tom-Aksel Bedell and Nacho Barbero are all players he usually covers. Barbero began Day 2 as the chip leader and now has the short stack, 2,430,000 chips or 20 big blinds. Hoebe, from the Netherlands, owns 12,260,000, or 102 big blinds, more than twice what Munz has. Cesar Montanes Alonso is second with 6,525,000 and Bedell third with 5,520,000, so Munz is chasing three stacks. The Spirit has always liked a table where the narrator takes a seat.
Which chair would youluwu rather have on a Sunday like this, the press row or the felt? Play resumes today in Madrid, and the result was not known when this piece was written.
By nightfall one of nine takes the ring and eight go home with a story. For Munz, it is already the best story he has ever had to file.
Would youluwu trade the press seat for a final table seat?
No right answer. Just your gut, and the Spirit watching.
