This year (2018), 13 Lithuanians participated: Daiva Byrne, Paulius Plausinaitis, Dominykas Mikolaitis, Arūnas Sapitavičius, Aleksandras Rusinovas, Kristupas Bertulis, Matas Cikinas, Laurynas Levinskas, Vytautas Semaška, and others.
After four days of play, among the remaining 310 players, there are a couple of Lithuanians: Laurynas Levinskas is 68th with 1.855 million chips, and Matas Čikinas is 218th with 731 thousand chips.
Update – 2018.07.10. Matas Čikinas finished his run in 117th place. The only remaining compatriot in the main event is Laurynas Levinskas, who has 3.7 million chips. Let's support him and wish him good luck!
After 5 days of the main event, the players with the most chips are:
| Vieta | Žaidėjas | Žetonų kiekis | Šalis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Dyer | 12,180,000 | JAV |
| 2 | Brian Yoon | 8,395,000 | JAV |
| 3 | Jeff Trudeau | 8,305,000 | JAV |
| 4 | Hari Bercovici | 7,650,000 | Izraelis |
| 5 | Bart Lybaert | 7,530,000 | Belgija |
| 6 | Paulo Goncalves | 6,940,000 | Brazilija |
| 7 | Peter Campo | 6,935,000 | JAV |
| 8 | Konstantin Beylin | 6,930,000 | JAV |
| 9 | Alexander Gross | 6,755,000 | JAV |
| 10 | Artem Metalidi | 6,525,000 | Ukraina |
| 45 | Laurynas Levinskas | 3,740,000 | Lietuva |
| 117 (iškrito) | Matas Čikinas | $57,010 | Lietuva |
| 163 (iškrito) | Mantas | $49,335 | Lietuva |
