The 2026 WSOP Online at GGPoker will award 33 bracelets by the time the curtain comes down on proceedings. The first of those gold bracelets has already been won by Brazilian Raphael Caixeta.
Caixeta’s WSOP profile suggests that he is an online poker tournament grinder. It now shows that he is a WSOP bracelet winner. He came out on top in the $700 buy-in 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off bounty event, a fantastic result that earned him $207,167 plus a $30,000 package to the live Super Main Event at the upcoming WSOP Paradise in The Bahamas.
#1: $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties | Prize | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raphael Caixeta | Brazil | $80,255 | $126,912 | $207,167 |
| 2 | Khaw “Apacgg” Chin Wah | New Zealand | $33,409 | $126,901 | $160,310 |
| 3 | Lichu89 | Argentina | $6,000 | $98,258 | $104,258 |
| 4 | Oleksii “ITakeIt” Trofymenko | Poland | $11,677 | $76,084 | $87,761 |
| 5 | baidan823 | China | $15,815 | $58,917 | $74,732 |
| 6 | Eui “Rollpounder” Kim | Singapore | $12,124 | $45,627 | $57,751 |
| 7 | Miguel “Zerschlagen” Angelo Faria Lopes | Austria | $9,568 | $35,359 | $44,907 |
| 8 | Milaim “PinkDevil9” Tafaj | Norway | $7,017 | $27,374 | $34,391 |
| 9 | fantexi0058 | China | $12,885 | $21,207 | $34,092 |
*countries as shown in the GGPoker lobby
Some 3,607 entries were processed, resulting in a $2,398,655 prize pool. The 356 players who advanced to the bounty stage did so having secured at least a min-cash.
Among those who saw a return on their investment were Aliaksei Boika, Vlad Darie, Bernhard Binder, Thomas Muehloecker, Leonard Maue, Kevin Martin, Niklas Astedt, Pavel Plesuv, Joseph Cheong, Jessica Teusl, and David Williams.
China’s “fantexi0058” was the first of the finalists to bow out. Their ninth-place finish came with a combined $34,092.
Milaim “PinkDevil9” Tafaj fell in eighth for $34,391, Miguel “Zerschlagen” Angelo Faria Lopes busted in seventh for $44,907, with Eui “Rollpounder” Kim crashing out in sixth for $57,751.
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Fifth place and $74,732 went to China’s “baidan823,” with Poland-based Ukrainian Oleksii “ITakeIt” Trofymenko seeing his deep run end in fourth place, a finish good for $87,761.
The final three locked in more than $100,000 for their efforts, including bounty payments. Argentina’s “Lichu89” fell in third and received $104,258, leaving Caixeta heads-up against Khaw “Apacgg” Chin Wah.
Caixeta got the job done against his final opponent, and he reeled in a $206,167 prize and his first bracelet. The runner-up netted a still impressive $160,310, giving them plenty of ammunition for the rest of the 2026 WSOP Online series.
Silvio Costa Leads the $300 Gladiators of Poker
Another champion will become known on August 17, when the $300 Gladiators of Poker concludes. This event drew in 13,214 entrants, who built a $3,686,706 prize pool.
Only 1,307 of those starters advanced to Day 2. They are all guaranteed $603 for their efforts thus far. Anyone reaching the nine-handed final table will take home at least $58,838, with the champion set to receive a cool $470,672, a gold bracelet, and a $30,000 package to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
Silvio Costa (1,292,168) is the man to catch when play resumes at 7:00 p.m. BST on August 17. Others to still in the hunt for glory include Bernard Larabi (1,039,246), Samuel Mullur (902,214), Pedro Neves (773,193), Peter Traply (639,614), Nevan Chang (562,509), and Joe Serock (380,546).
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor