Novak Crowned the 2026 WSOP Main Event Champion; Negreanu Deep in the $25K

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Sep 23, 2026 4 min read

The 2026 WSOP Online Main Event has its champion. What started with 6,008 entrants creating a $28,538,000 prize pool ended with Andrii Novak emerging victoriously with $3,931,259, his first WSOP bracelet, and a free $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event courtesy of GGPoker.

Day 2 saw the 608 returning players reduced to a nine-handed final table, with Novak holding the chip lead over Simon Beckmann. Novak rode that early form to an impressive victory and a career-defining result.

#28: $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event Final Table Results

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Brazilian Pablo Silva was the first finalist sent to the showers. Silva opened from middle position with ace-queen before jamming over the top of Beckmann's three-bet. Beckmann called with the dominating ace-king. Both player's paired their kickers on the flop, with the turn and river providing no drama.

Ace-king sent another player to the rail shortly after Silva's demise. Charles La Boissonniere raised from the button with Big Slick and instantly called when Yury Nadinsky three-bet all-in for seven big blinds with ace-four. The ace-king held, and the 2026 WSOP Online Main Event was suddenly down to six players.

Those six became five when Arian Hassankashani bowed out. He committed his short stack with pocket tens and will count himself unfortunate to run straight into Moyan Chen's superior red jacks. None of the community cards was a ten, and Hassankashani's deep run ended.

Ukraine's Pavlo Yakoliev had shown a willingness to make big hero calls and ambitious bluffs throughout the final table, but it was a standard coinflip that claimed his tournament life. Yakoliev's ace-queen of clubs was up against the black pocket sevens of Chen. The former spiked a queen on the river, but that put card put four spades on the board, resulting in Chen improving to a flush. The $1,071,761 that Yakoliev banked should go some way to easing the pain of defeat.

La Boissonniere raked in a $1,389,754 prize after falling in fifth. Like Yakoliev, La Boissonniere lost a crucial coinflip. After opening with ace-jack of clubs on the three-hour mark, La Boissonniere called all-in when Novak three-bet almost all of his stack with pocket threes. The door card was a jack, but a three was the next card out of the deck, leaving La Boissonniere needing running cards; he was drawing dead on the turn.

A cool $1,802,141 landed in Fernando Liano's GGPoker account when he came unstuck in a hand against Beckmann. Liano's ace-ten was in bad shape against Beckmann's dominating ace-queen of clubs, with a queen on the turn leaving the at-risk player drawing dead.

The 2026 WSOP Online Main Event advanced to the heads-up stage after Chen crashed out in third for $2,336,938. Chen defended his big blind with nine-eight after Beckmann had opened from the button with queen-jack of diamonds. Chen then check-called a continuation bet on an ace-ten-nine flop before check-raising all-in when a four appeared on the flop. Beckmann called and completed his straight with a king on the river.

That hand gifted Beckmann a substantial chip lead over Novak going into the heads-up battle. However, an ill-timed move resulted in a full double for Novak, who then forged a lead and ultimately became this tournament's champion.

Novak had a 10-to-1 chip advantage at the time of the final hand. Novak raised enough with ace-jack to st Beckmann all-in, and Beckmann called off his ever-decreasing stack with queen-seven of hearts. An ace on the flop improved Novak, but a ten on the turn gave Beckmann three outs to the remaining jacks. The river was a five; Beckmann busted and claimed the $3,030,486 runner-up prize, leaving Novak as online poker's world champion, an accolade that came with $3,931,259.

Daniel Negreanu Deep in the $25,000 NLHE High Roller Championship

After finishing seventh from 228 entrants in the $10,000 GGMillion$ PLO event for $71,409, Daniel Negreanu finds himself in the final 14 of the $25,000 High Roller NLH Championship.

Negreanu returns to the tables on September 23 armed with 2,439,903 chips (41 big blinds), which are enough for third place from the 14 returnees. Only chip leader Pedro Neves (3,096,747) and Finland's Casimir Seire (2,734,115) have a deeper stack than the Poker Hall of Famer.

Play resumes at 7:00 p.m. BST on September 23 with everyone guaranteed $72,550. Reaching the final table increases that sum to $113,331, with the top three finishers banking more than half a million dollars. The eventual champion will secure $906,647, a WSOP bracelet, and a $30,000 Super Pass. Will Negreanu be the one who claims all of that? We don't have long to wait to find out.

#29: $25,000 High Roller NLH Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

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Five other players have become 2026 WSOP Online champions since PokerNews' last update. Brazilian Roberto Filho took down the $400 Colossus, leaving 16,454 opponents in his wake as he reeled in $725,277.

Daniel Marquesin won the $1,000 Mid-Stakes NLH Championship for $205,381, with Israel's "inevit@able" crowned the $500 Big Mystery Bounty champion, which came with a $129,342 payday.

"L essenziale" turned $1,500 into $196,013 by being the last player standing in the Double Chance NLH, while Andreas Freund captured the $10,000 GGMillion$ PLO title and its $428,456 top prize.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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