WSOP Online 2026 Main Event Champion Crowned

Ukrainian player Andrii Novak has wrapped up his run in the WSOP Online Main Event with a $5,000 buy-in, taking home a gold bracelet and a payout of $3,931,259. The biggest tournament of the year drew a field of 6,008 entries, with a total prize pool of $28,538,000. In the final heads-up, Novak got the better of Austria's Simon Beckmann.

Andrii started the final day of the Main Event as the undisputed chip leader and confidently held the initiative throughout the entire final table. Also making a deep run were Ukrainians Pavel Yakovlev, who finished 6th for $1,071,76, and Yuri Nadinsky, who left the table in 8th place, earning $637,476.

Right after the win, the champion gave an interview on the live broadcast:

I honestly wasn't expecting anything, I didn't know what to expect from this tournament... I was set on winning. For the record, I didn't do ice baths, meditation or anything like that... So the result is simply down to Lady Luck

$5,000 WSOP Online Main Event final table results:

1️⃣ Andrii Novak 🇺🇦 — $3,931,259
2️⃣ Simon Beckmann 🇦🇹 — $3,030,486
3️⃣ Moyan Chen 🇨🇳 — $2,336,938
4️⃣ Fernando Jose Moreno 🇪🇸 — $1,802,141
5️⃣ Charles La Boissonniere 🇨🇦 — $1,389,754
6️⃣ Pavel Yakovlev 🇺🇦 — $1,071,761
7️⃣ Arian Hassankhani 🇭🇰 — $826,555
8️⃣ Yuri Nadinsky 🇰🇿 — $637,476
9️⃣ Pablo Silva 🇧🇷 — $491,676

Watch the replay of the final table with commentary from Jeff Gross and Phil Hellmuth on the YouTube channel.

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