2026 WSOP Europe wraps with four bracelets on dramatic final day

The 2026 WSOPE Main Event crowned a champion – Lithuania’s Marius Kudzmanas – early Saturday morning, but there were still four bracelets up for grabs on a dramatic final day of action in Prague. 

Event #12: €1,500 European Circuit Championship 

• Winner: Nikolai Ogoltsov – €455,000

16 players returned from a field of 2,628 with a first prize of €455,000, and Tobias Peters from the Netherlands leading the way. Peters was eliminated by local player Michael Sklenicka, who went up against Russia's Nikolai Ogoltsov for the bracelet. 

Ogoltsov had more than a 10:1 chip lead when he picked up jacks and called a preflop jam from Sklenicka, who had . Sklenicka picked up a gutshot, but Ogoltsov turned a set and held to win the bracelet.

Nikolai Olgotsov smashed his previous high score of €175,719 with a first prize of €455,000 and a WSOP bracelet.

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Event #13: €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller 

• Winner: Christian Pedersen – €600,000

On Day 3, the remaining 17 players were chasing the €600K first prize and the bracelet, but the GGMillion$ also awarded a gold card protector to the winner. 

Jake Greenbaum was in front, but Michael Watson, Mustapha Kanit, and Punnat Punsri all had above-average stacks going into the final day. Kanit was eliminated in 15th, Greenbaum in 8th, and Watson in 7th.  

Punsri made it to heads-up, but Denmark's Christian Pedersen had a near 3:1 chip lead and won the final flip with threes against to claim the bracelet and €600K first prize.

Christian Pedersen won the WSOP bracelet and the gold GGPoker card protector.

Event #14: €1,100 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot

• Winner: Adam Geyer – €60,000

Ari Engel and Benny Glaser provided the star power in the final 17, which saw five players eliminated in the first 30-minute level. Both Engel and Glaser made the final table, along with the UK’s Tom Hall, who bubbled the final table of the Main Event. 

Hall was eliminated in 8th (€5,800) and followed by Engel in seventh (€7,500). Glaser was looking for his ninth WSOP bracelet but had to settle for third and €26,700 after a three-way all-in gave Adam Geyer a scoop and the bracelet. 

Adam Geyer won a three-way all-in on the final hand to scoop his first WSOP bracelet.

Event #15: €2,750 The Closer Turbo Bounty

• Winner: David Wintersberger – €140,000

Michael Mizrachi knows how to close out a tournament. Could he win the final bracelet of the 2026 WSOPE? He returned with 23 other players and had a middling stack of 17 big blinds but couldn't find the spin-up, hitting the rail in 19th. It came down to a heads-up battle between Russia’s Arsenii Karmatckii and Germany’s David Wintersberger. Wintersberger came out on top. 

If you don't win the first one... it's always good to win the last one.

2026 WSOPE bracelet winners

1. €1,100 The Opener Mystery Bounty – Corel Theuma (US)
2. €3,300 Mixed PLO/PLO8/Big O – Frank Koopman (Germany)
3. €565 COLOSSUS – Gilles Silbernagel (France) 
4. €565 PLOSSUS Bounty – Jihad Ayoub (Germany)
5. €5,300 Europe Main Event – Marius Kudzmanas (Lithuania)
6. €1,000 Ladies Championship – Anca Eggenberger (Switzerland)
7. €2,200 Turbo Bounty – Fahredin Mustafov (Bulgaria)
8. €1,650 Monster Stack – Pedro Faustino (Portugal)
9. €5,300 PLO European Championship – Ole Schemion (Germany)
10. €2,750 Rounder Cup – Michael Leah (Canada)
11. €20,800 Super High Roller – Christopher Nguyen (Germany)
12. €1,500 European Circuit Championship – Nikolai Olgotsov (Russia)
13. €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller – Christian Pedersen (Denmark)
14. €1,100 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot – Adam Geyer (US)
15. €2,750 The Closer Turbo Bounty – David Wintersberger (Germany)

^{Images courtesy of WSOP – Lennart Hennig, Miguel Cortes.}