Last Updated on September 22, 2026 by Bala Kumar
The 2026 WSOP Online series is in full swing on GGPoker, running six weeks from August 16 through September 29 and handing out 33 gold WSOP bracelets along the way — the largest online bracelet series the organization has ever staged. With the festival still active as of this writing, this is a running snapshot of confirmed results rather than a final recap, and it will keep evolving as more events wrap up before the September 29 close.
How the Series Opened
Brazil’s Raphael Caixeta set the tone early, winning Event #1, the $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off, on the series’ opening weekend. The bounty-format event drew 3,607 entries and built a $2,398,655 prize pool. Caixeta outlasted the field to take home $207,167 along with his first WSOP bracelet and a $30,000 Super Pass into the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event in the Bahamas — the same bonus every 2026 WSOP Online champion receives on top of their prize money.
A few events later, Belarus’s Ilia Arkhipov claimed Event #8, the $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship, after entering the final day with the chip lead and converting it into a $371,793 payday over a 466-entry field that built a $2,213,500 prize pool.
Brazil’s Dominant Run
By the time the series reached its 20th completed event, one storyline had become impossible to ignore: Brazil was running away with the field. Across those first 20 bracelet events, Brazilian players had won five bracelets outright, finished runner-up five times, and claimed third place another five times — a remarkably consistent showing that pushed Brazil’s combined winnings for the stretch past $2.6 million.
The most recent of those five Brazilian titles at that point went to Nilson Junior, who won Event #19, the $250 Beat the Pros Bounty NLH, defeating fellow Brazilian Fabricio Nociolini heads-up. The tournament drew 5,755 entries for a $1,323,650 prize pool, and Junior’s combined prize and bounty earnings came to $113,245, along with his first WSOP bracelet and Super Pass.
Confirmed Schedule: Events #1 Through #17
GGPoker published dates and times (UTC) for the early portion of the schedule when it unveiled the series. Here’s the confirmed lineup through the first 17 events:
| Event | Date | Tournament | Guarantee |
| #1 | Sun 16 Aug | $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off (Bounty) | — |
| #2 | Mon 17 Aug | $300 Gladiators of Poker | $3,000,000 |
| #3 | Tue 18 Aug | $2,500 Bounty NLH Championship | — |
| #4 | Thu 20 Aug | $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha | — |
| #5 | Sat 22 Aug | $100 Flip & Go | $1,000,000 |
| #6 | Sun 23 Aug | $1,500 Monster Stack NLH | — |
| #7 | Mon 24 Aug | $500 Mini Main Event | $5,000,000 |
| #8 | Tue 25 Aug | $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship | — |
| #9 | Thu 27 Aug | $600 Super Six Bounty 6-Handed NLH | — |
| #10 | Sat 29 Aug | $1,000 Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha | — |
| #11 | Sun 30 Aug | ¥800 WSOP Asia Championship | ¥25,000,000 |
| #12 | Mon 31 Aug | $1,500 Millionaire Maker | $5,000,000 |
| #13 | Tue 1 Sep | $2,500 Turbo NLH Championship | — |
| #14 | Thu 3 Sep | $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha | — |
| #15 | Sun 6 Sep | $1,000 Rounder Cup | — |
| #16 | Sun 6 Sep | $500 Deepstack NLH Championship | — |
| #17 | Mon 7 Sep | $2,500 Mystery Millions | $10,000,000 |
Beyond Event #17, GGPoker’s full day-by-day lineup for the remaining events wasn’t fully available in the sources used for this tracker — Events #19 and #21 are confirmed to have concluded around September 13–14, which lines up with the series maintaining roughly one bracelet event every day or two through its back half. For the exact dates and start times of every remaining event, GGPoker’s own tournament lobby is the most reliable live source.
What’s Still to Come
With 33 total bracelet events on the calendar and the series running through September 29, several marquee tournaments remained on the schedule as of this writing, including the $10,000 Heads Up Championship and the flagship of the entire festival: the $5,000 buy-in WSOP Online Main Event on September 21, carrying a $25,000,000 guaranteed prize pool — the largest guarantee anywhere in the series and one of the largest in online poker history.
The Main Event alone has historically been the series’ biggest single storyline. The 2025 edition drew 5,961 entries and paid out $28,314,750, with Austria’s Benjamin Rolle taking the title for nearly $3.9 million. Whatever unfolds in the 2026 renewal, it’s expected to once again be the tournament that defines how the series is remembered.
Why This Series Matters
Thirty-three bracelets awarded in six weeks means WSOP hardware is changing hands roughly every day and a half throughout the festival — a pace that gives recreational players a realistic, relatively affordable shot at a genuine piece of WSOP history without needing to travel to Las Vegas. Combined with the $30,000 Super Pass attached to every title and guarantees running into eight figures for the marquee events, the 2026 WSOP Online has continued the series’ pattern of growth since GGPoker first took on WSOP bracelet events in 2020.
Check back as the series moves toward its September 29 conclusion — with more than a dozen events still to be decided at the time of writing, several more bracelets, several more life-changing scores, and likely at least one more deep Brazilian run are still to come.
FAQs
1. How many WSOP bracelets are awarded in the 2026 WSOP Online series?
The 2026 WSOP Online series awards 33 gold bracelets on GGPoker from August 16 through September 29.
2. Who won the first 2026 WSOP Online bracelet?
Raphael Caixeta of Brazil won Event #1, the $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off, for $207,167 and his first WSOP bracelet.
3. Which country has won the most bracelets so far?
Brazil has been the standout country through the first 20 completed events, with five bracelet victories and several additional podium finishes.
4. What is the biggest tournament in the 2026 WSOP Online series?
The $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event is the flagship tournament, featuring a $25 million guaranteed prize pool.
5. When does the 2026 WSOP Online series end?
The series runs through September 29, 2026, with additional bracelet events scheduled after the Main Event.
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