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Andrii Novak has been crowned champion of the 2026 WSOP Online Main Event, defeating a field of 6,008 entrants that generated a $28,538,000 prize pool. The victory earned Novak $3,931,259, his first WSOP bracelet, and a $30,000 Super Pass to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
Novak entered the final table with the chip lead over Germany’s Simon Beckmann and maintained strong form throughout the closing stages. Brazil’s Pablo Silva was the first casualty, eliminated after a clash of dominant hands against Beckmann, while ace-king later ended Yury Nadinsky’s run as well.
The field continued to thin as Arian Hassankashani fell in sixth after running pocket tens into Moyan Chen’s jacks. Ukraine’s Pavlo Yakoliev, known for aggressive plays at the table, exited in fifth for $1,071,761 after losing a flush battle to Chen.
Charles La Boissonniere ($1,389,754) and Fernando Liano ($1,802,141) followed in fourth and third respective coinflip losses, with Liano falling to Beckmann’s ace-queen. Chen’s elimination in third for $2,336,938 set up a heads-up duel between Beckmann and Novak.
Novak surged into a commanding chip lead before sealing the title when his ace-jack outran Beckmann’s queen-seven in the final hand. Beckmann earned $3,030,486 for second place.
Elsewhere, Daniel Negreanu is among the final 14 players in the $25,000 High Roller NLH Championship, sitting third in chips with 2,439,903 after a seventh-place finish in the $10,000 GGMillion$ PLO event. Other new bracelet winners include Roberto Filho, Daniel Marquesin, “inevit@able,” “L essenziale,” and Andreas Freund.
