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The record-breaking 2026 WSOP Online Main Event has come to a close, with Andrii Novak becoming the first-ever Ukrainian to win a WSOP Main Event title. The 6,008-entry field created a massive $28,538,000 prize pool, crushing the $25,000,000 guarantee.
For his triumph, Novak won $3,931,259, a $30,000 WSOP Paradise Super Pass, and his first WSOP bracelet.
Novak is no stranger to high-stakes online poker. Despite his lack of live tournament cashes, the Ukrainian routinely played in four- and five-figure buy-ins online. His previous high score came in the 2020 $10,300 Super MILLION$ Main Event during GGPoker High Rollers Week, taking down $413,101 for a fourth-place finish.
2026 World Series Of Poker Online Main Event
Following countless satellites and online Day 1s, only 608 players emerged with a Day 2 stack, all hoping to get a shot at the second-largest score in online poker history.
After several hours, nine players from seven countries and three continents clinched their places for the final day, with each having locked up nearly half a million dollars.
With Jeff Gross and Phil Hellmuth commentating on the official GGPoker YouTube channel, Novak seemingly had the whole of Ukraine on his side, as the chat was flooded with Novak supporters.
WSOP Online 2026 MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLE | $28,538,000 Prize Pool with Phil Hellmuth
Novak came into the day as the chip leader with nearly 110 big blinds, with Austrian Simon Beckmann as his closest competitor with 88.5 big blinds. As fate would have it, the two ended up meeting one another in heads-up play.
Despite starting the day in third place, Brazilian superstar Pablo Silva suffered enormous heartbreak as he was the first player eliminated. Roughly 48 minutes into the day, after Silva had dwindled down to 30 big blinds, Silva put in a badly mistimed four-bet jam with Ace of Hearts-Queen of Spades into the Ace of Diamonds-King of Clubs of Beckmann, who had been quite aggressive up to that point.
The board ran out Queen of Hearts-Jack of Spades-King of Spades-Five of Diamonds-Six of Diamonds and Silva took home $491,676 – far less than he expected coming into the day. In the meantime, Beckmann and Novak had pulled well clear of their six other competitors, holding three and four times as many chips, respectively, as third-place Moyan Chen.
Two hands later, Yury Nadinsky busted after jamming ace-four off into the ace-king of Charles La Boissonniere. The Kazakhstan native didn’t improve and finished in eighth place for $637,476.
Another 40 minutes went by before Arian Hassankashani would be finished off in seventh place, as his cutoff tens were no good and went unimproved against Chen’s jacks in the hijack. While he racked up $826,555, all of the six remaining players were guaranteed a seven-figure score.
The other Ukrainian at the table, Pavlo Yakovliev, bowed out in sixth place, with Chen scoring another elimination. After limping Ace of Clubs-Queen of Clubs off an 18-big-blind stack in the hijack, Chen jammed Seven of Clubs-Seven of Spades from the big blind, leaving just a quarter of a big blind behind.
With both players effectively at risk, the board ran out Eight of Spades-Five of Spades-Four of Clubs-Four of Spades-Queen of Spades, giving Chen the win. Yakovliev collected a massive $1,071,761 for his efforts.
Novak maintained the chip lead until Beckmann took over with five players left after the two players got mixed up in a massive hand. With the blinds at 800,000/1,600,000, Beckmann limped from the small blind, and Novak raised to 4,950,000 with Ace of Spades-Two of Spades, and Beckmann called.
The Seven of Spades-Nine of Spades-Eight of Spades flop gave Novak an ace-high flush. With 10,900,000 in the middle, Novak c-bet for 2,725,000. Beckmann raised to 8,284,000, and Novak called.
The turn was a dangerous Ten of Spades, making straight flushes a real possibility. However, it went check-check.
The river was a board-pairing Eight of Diamonds. With about 27.5 million chips in the middle, Beckmann fired out a massive bet of nearly 21.5 million. Novak eventually called and saw the bad news when Beckmann turned over Eight of Clubs-Seven of Hearts for a full house and a 70.3-million-chip pot.
Five-handed play went on for nearly an hour, and Novak had dropped all the way down to fourth place with fewer than 20 big blinds. But then, he won the flip that changed everything.
Canadian Charles La Boissonniere opened from the cutoff with Ace of Clubs-Jack of Clubs off of a 12-big-blind stack. Novak jammed Three of Clubs-Three of Diamonds from the big blind, and La Boissonniere called.
Though the Canadian flopped a jack, Novak flopped a three to hit a set and virtually seal the win. La Boissonniere was dead on the turn and took home an impressive $1,389,754 for his fifth-place finish.
With four players left, Beckmann surged to well over 200 million, owning over 60% of the chips in play. However, he got caught trying to apply ICM pressure on Novak, jamming ace-four offsuit into Novak’s pocket kings. All of a sudden, Beckmann and Novak were virtually tied and created an incredible gap over Fernando Liano and Moyan Chen.
Beckmann scored the next two eliminations, first taking out Liano with ace-queen suited against their ace-ten. A couple of hands later, Beckmann got in against Chen with an open-ended straight draw and two overs on the turn with Queen of Diamonds-Jack of Diamonds vs. Nine of Hearts-Eight of Diamonds on Ace of Spades-Ten of Diamonds-Nine of Spades-Four of Clubs. Beckmann hit the King of Spades to make a straight and set up heads-up play with a 2.5-to-1 chip lead over Novak.
Beckmann extended his lead to 3-to-1 and had Novak down to just 22 big blinds, but the Ukrainian was fortunate to be on the right side of things when he was dealt Ace of Diamonds-Ten of Diamonds against Beckmann’s Ace of Hearts-Nine of Clubs. However, the board ran out Jack of Spades-King of Spades-Jack of Clubs-Jack of Diamonds-Five of Clubs for a chop pot, and it looked like the Austrian’s run to the title was inevitable.
However, Novak chipped away to cut the deficit to 2-to-1. Then, Beckmann limp-jammed Queen of Diamonds-Five of Diamonds for 32 big blinds effective into Novak’s Ace of Diamonds-King of Clubs.
The board ran out Two of Diamonds-Jack of Clubs-Four of Hearts-Ten of Hearts-Ace of Hearts and, out of seemingly nowhere, Novak suddenly had a 3-to-1 chip lead.
After Beckmann bluffed off the majority of his remaining chips, Novak had Beckmann down to just seven big blinds. Novak got it in for the win with Ace of Diamonds-Jack of Hearts against Beckmann’s Queen of Hearts-Seven of Hearts.
Novak enjoyed a King of Clubs-Ace of Hearts-Four of Clubs flop, giving him a 94% chance to win the title. While the Ten of Spades turn gave Beckmann three clean river outs, the river was a harmless Five of Hearts, and the Ukrainian took home the jaw-dropping $3,931,259 top prize.
$5,000 WSOP Online Main Event Final Table Results
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Andrii Novak | Ukraine | $3,931,259 |
| 2nd | Simon Beckmann | Austria | $3,030,486 |
| 3rd | Moyan Chen | China | $2,336,938 |
| 4th | Fernando Liano | Austria | $1,802,141 |
| 5th | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | $1,389,754 |
| 6th | Pavlo Yakovliev | Ukraine | $1,071,761 |
| 7th | Arian Hassankashani | Hong Kong | $826,555 |
| 8th | Yury Nadinsky | Kazakhstan | $637,476 |
| 9th | Pablo Silva | Brazil | $491,676 |
