Andrii Novak Wins WSOP Online Main Event with $3.9 Million Prize

The 2026 World Series of Poker Online $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event drew a massive field of 6,008 total entries, easily surpassing the $25 million guarantee to finish with a prize pool of $28,538,000. As a result, the top six finishers walked away with seven-figure scores, including multi-million-dollar paydays for those who made the podium.

Andrii Novak captured the WSOP gold bracelet and the largest payout of $3,931,259. Novak’s largest recorded score prior to this victory was a $183,000 cash for a third-place finish in the 2020 Super High Roller Bowl Online $25,000 high roller.

Brazilian tournament star Pablo Silva ran A♥Q♠ into the A♦K♣ of Simon Beckmann to become the first player eliminated on the last day. Yury Nadinsky (8th – $637,476) soon followed him to the rail, running A-4 into the A-K of Charles La Boissonniere. Arian Hassankashani then bowed out in seventh place ($826,555) when his pocket tens clashed with the pocket jacks of Moyan Chen. Pavlo Yakovliev (6th – $1,071,761) was also dispatched by Chen, with 7♠7♣ out-flipping A♣Q♣ on a four-spade runout.