Andrii Novak Wins the GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event for $3.93M
Ukraine's Andrii Novak has won the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event. He beat Austria's Simon Beckmann heads-up to collect $3,931,259, his first WSOP bracelet and a $30,000 Super Pass to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event in the Bahamas.
The $5,000 Main Event drew 6,008 entries and built a $28,538,000 prize pool - 14% above the $25 million guarantee. Six players left the final table as millionaires.
2026 WSOP Online Main Event Final Table Results
Here is how the $15.5 million final table paid out.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrii Novak | Ukraine | $3,931,259 |
2 | Simon Beckmann | Austria | $3,030,487 |
3 | Moyan Chen | China | $2,336,939 |
4 | Fernando Liano | Austria | $1,802,142 |
5 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | $1,389,755 |
6 | Pavlo Yakovliev | Ukraine | $1,071,761 |
7 | Arian Hassankashani | Hong Kong | $826,556 |
8 | Yury Nadinsky | Kazakhstan | $637,477 |
9 | Pablo Silva | Brazil | $491,676 |
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Pre-Final Table Odds - The Favorite Delivered
GGPoker set win odds for all nine players before the final table. Here is how they lined up against the final results and payouts.
Novak was the favorite at 3.80, with Beckmann right behind at 4.02. The two top picks finished first and second.
Moyan Chen was the big surprise. He started as the longest shot at 20.34 and still made it to third for $2.34 million. Pablo Silva went the other way - third favorite at 6.86, first out in ninth.
WSOP Online Main Event Numbers
Detail | Figure |
|---|---|
Buy-in | $5,000 |
Guarantee | $25,000,000 |
Total entries | 6,008 |
Prize pool | $28,538,000 |
Day 1 flights | 20 |
Winner | Andrii Novak (Ukraine) |
First prize | $3,931,259 + $30,000 Super Pass |
Final table prize money | $15,518,052 (about 54% of the pool) |
Places paid | 608 |
Min-cash | $10,049 |
Millionaires | 6 |
Last Chance Flight Saved the Guarantee
The $25 million guarantee was not safe until the very last flight.
The Main Event started in mid-August with Day 1 flights on Sundays only. From September 7, GGPoker switched to daily flights, with two every Sunday.
Before the final Sunday: 4,624 entries across 18 flights - 257 per flight on average. The prize pool was about $3.1 million short.
Final Sunday: 569 more entries. Still around half a million short.
Monday Last Chance: 815 entries - the biggest flight of the event. That cleared the guarantee and added $3.5 million.
How 2026 Compares to Previous Editions
The 2026 field beat last year's 5,961 entries. It is the third-largest Main Event field ever, behind 2024 (6,146) and 2023 (6,023). Novak's $3,931,259 is also the second-biggest first prize in the event's history, behind the 2024 winner's $4,021,013.
GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event - All Editions
Year | Guarantee | Entries | Prize Pool | First Prize | Places Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 | $25M | 6,008 | $28,538,000 | $3,931,259 | 608 |
2025 | $25M | 5,961 | $28,314,750 | $3,900,708 | 609 |
2024 | $25M | 6,146 | $29,193,500 | $4,021,013 | 620 |
2023 | $25M | 6,023 | $28,609,250 | $2,783,433 | 761 |
2022 | $20M | 4,984 | $23,674,000 | $2,793,574 | 500 |
2021 | $20M | 4,092 | $20,000,000 | $2,543,073 | 450 |
2020 | $25M | 5,802 | $27,559,500 | $3,904,686 | 728 |
2021 is the only edition that missed its guarantee, with a $563,000 overlay.
What GGPoker Earned From the Main Event
Rake: $250 from every $5,000 entry (5%) - $1,502,000 in total
Admin fee: 1.5% taken from the prize pool - $428,070
Total fees: $1,930,070
$4,750 of every buy-in went into the prize pool.
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WSOP Online 2026 - Final Stretch
The series runs until September 28. The last few bracelet events include buy-ins of $10,000 and $25,000.
2026 so far: $100M+ in prize money from roughly 193,000 entries
2025 full series: $119.5M from 164,867 entries
The 10 Biggest Online Poker Tournaments Ever
The 2026 Main Event ranks third all-time by prize pool. GGPoker's WSOP Main Event holds seven of the top ten spots.
# | Tournament | Operator | Date | Buy-in | Entries | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Sep 2024 | $5,000 | 6,146 | $29,193,500 |
2 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Oct 2023 | $5,000 | 6,023 | $28,609,250 |
3 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Sep 2026 | $5,000 | 6,008 | $28,538,000 |
4 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Sep 2025 | $5,000 | 5,961 | $28,314,750 |
5 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Aug 2020 | $5,000 | 5,802 | $27,559,500 |
6 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Sep 2022 | $5,000 | 4,984 | $23,674,000 |
7 | MILLIONS Online | partypoker | Dec 2018 | $5,300 | 4,367 | $21,835,000 |
8 | MILLIONS Online | partypoker | Dec 2019 | $10,300 | 2,109 | $21,090,000 |
9 | WSOP Main Event | GGPoker | Sep 2021 | $5,000 | 4,092 | $20,000,000 |
10 | Sunday Million 14th Anniversary | PokerStars | Mar 2020 | $215 | 93,016 | $18,603,200 |
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for the full WSOP Online 2026 wrap-up.
Data source: Poker Industry PRO.
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Since early 2025, I've covered iGaming promotions, online poker platforms, and player stories for SomuchPoker. I discovered poker at 14 during the poker boom, and I've played cash games, online tournaments, and live events ever since.
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