Twelve thousand one hundred and thirteen entries at $500 is a $5,753,675 prize pool, and the player who beat that field, Zhiqiang “panzhanle” Shen of China, took $747,545, a WSOP bracelet and a $30,000 Super Pass. Event #7, the Mini Main Event, was the biggest of three early WSOP Online 2026 results that Betting News published on September 1 as the series ran toward its September 29 close on GGPoker.
Event #7: $500 Mini Main Event
Seiichi “Ditto1031” Kanemitsu of Japan was runner-up for $576,111. Lee Wee “BadbeatSong” Liew of Malaysia took third for $444,257, Ziqian “Lucky_Bear” Wang of China fourth for $342,583 and Rafael “rafayamaki” Yamaki of Brazil fifth for $264,182. Vladislav “Northern_lights” Chechenin of Montenegro ($203,727), Mauricio “maucirio” Rocha of Brazil ($157,109), Ignacio “Nashman12” Sagra of Argentina ($121,162) and Nikolaos “Silk Master” Angelou-Konstas of Cyprus ($93,443) completed the nine.
The $500 Mini Main is the WSOP Online event that most resembles PokerStars’ Low tiers: a large pool built from a small buy-in, and a final table paid down to a ninth place that is still a career result for most of the people who reach it.
Event #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship
Ilia Arkhipov of Belarus won the six-max championship for $371,793 and a Super Pass from a 466-entry field and a $2,213,500 pool. Yulian Bogdanov of Poland was second for $275,809, Vlad Martynenko of Ukraine third for $204,605, Mikita Badziakouski of Slovenia fourth for $151,783, Wai Kiat Lee of Malaysia fifth for $112,598, Daniel Da Silva of Brazil sixth for $83,529, Edilson Junior of Brazil seventh for $61,965 and Joseph Cheong of Mexico eighth for $40,867.
Badziakouski and Cheong are two of the most recognisable live high roller names on the ledger, which is what a $5,000 bracelet event draws. The record is tagged high roller on this site by buy-in.
Event #6: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH
Arthur “Higher Self” Thiriart won his first bracelet, $256,542 and a Super Pass from 1,482 entries and a $2,111,850 pool. The payout table lists him as Andorra; the article’s text calls him “the Belgian player”. The record keeps the table’s country and carries the conflict in its note. Mufeng2024 of Hong Kong was second for $201,150, Giorgiy “Giya” Skhulukhiya of Russia third for $157,718, liano96 of Austria fourth for $123,664, Puntti of Finland fifth for $96,963, Dante Fernandes of Brazil sixth for $76,027, Anatoly Filatov of Russia seventh for $59,612, Vampula of Finland eighth for $46,740 and MonoConPistola of Mexico ninth for $36,648.
Dates and what the ledger does with them
Betting News gave the three results in one September 1 article without per-event dates, so all three records carry September 1 as a report date, marked as such, rather than a guessed play date. The Super Passes, each worth $30,000, are in the notes and not in the prize column, following the rule that the ledger’s first prize is the position prize alone.
The Main Event followed on September 22, with Andrii Novak’s $3,931,259 at the top of the series and of the ledger. The series page lists all four with full payouts and Betting News and TightPoker as the sources.
- Betting News, Sep 1, 2026