Sweden is celebrating a World Series of Poker (WSOP) victory today after Max Stenberg became the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship champion. Stenberg topped a star-studded 327-strong field and claimed $282,125 of the $1,553,250 prize pool.
The Swede came close to capturing a bracelet at the 2025 WSOP Europe festival in Rozvadoz. Stenberg navigated to the final two tables of the €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event but was eliminated in 12th place. He made amends in the 2026 WSOP Online at GGPoker, and can now forever call himself a WSOP champion.
#18: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Stenberg | Sweden | $282,125 |
| 2 | Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | Romania | $209,290 |
| 3 | Andreas Freund | Austria | $155,259 |
| 4 | Lautaro Guerra | Mexico | $115,177 |
| 5 | Bjorn Verbakel | Netherlands | $85,442 |
| 6 | Ioannis Kontonatsios | Cyprus | $63,684 |
| 7 | Ravid Garbi | Israel | $47,020 |
Countries as shown in the GGPoker lobby
The top 45 finishers in this event saw a return on their $5,000 investments. Benjamin Miner, Rodrigo Selouan, Joakim Andersson, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Anton Suarez, and final table bubble boy Espen Myrmo were among the in-the-money finishers.
Israel’s Ravid Garbi was the second-shortest stack at the seven-handed final table, but the first finalist to crash out. Garbi collected $47,020 for his latest deep run.
Sixth place and $63,684 went to Cyprus-based Greek PLO specialist Ioannis Kontonatsios before Bjorn Verbakel, who won the €550 PLO event at the 2021 WSOP Europe festival, bowed out in fifth for $85,442.
Spaniard Lautaro Guerra continued his impressive run of PLO results with a fourth-place finish worth $115,177 from his Mexico base. Guerra has now won more than $6.2 million in WSOP events, almost all of which stem from Omaha tournaments.
There was almost an epic comeback at the final table. Austria’s Andreas Freund brought up the rear at the start of play, yet found himself in the final three. Unfortunately for him, Freund was cut down in third and had to make do with a $155,259 prize.
Stenberg and Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu faced off in a heads-up battle for the title, the bracelet, and the added extra of a $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
Nedelcu had already won a bracelet, doing so by taking down the $1,500 8-Game event at the 2025 WSOP in Las Vegas. The Romanian had also endured a second-place finish this summer, when he was the runner-up in the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Nedelcu again fell at the final hurdle and missed out on his second bracelet. However, the $209,290 he collected should help to numb the pain.
With Nedelcu gone, Stenberg was the last player standing and the new champion of the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, an accolade that came with $282,125 and the Swede’s first WSOP bracelet.
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor