WSOP Online | Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues beat 17,077 players to win the gold bracelet, taking home a whopping $579,000 in the $300 event.

On August 19, 2026, GGPoker WSOP Online crowned its second gold bracelet winner of the year. The winner is a Brazilian player.Lucas Teixeira RodriguesIn Event #2:$300 Gladiators of Poker from up to17,077 peopleHe broke through the massive field and ultimately won his personal WSOP gold bracelet and the **$579,752** championship prize.

With Raphael Caixeta's earlier victory in Event #1:$700 WSOP Kick-Off, the Brazilian player has now achieved a "two-peat" in the first two bracelet events of this year's WSOP Online.

It should be noted that both the PokerNews article title and the official results table list the champion as...Lucas Teixeira RodriguesHowever, some paragraphs in the main text use "Ferreira" as a designation; this article uses the name listed in the article title and the final results table.

17,077 people competed for a gold bracelet, with a total prize pool of $4.76 million.

The Gladiators of Poker event had a buy-in of only **$300**, yet it attracted 17,077 entries, resulting in a total prize pool of **$4,764,483**.

After Day 1, only 1,307 players remained to compete in the massive field; after further eliminations, when the final nine-player table was formed, there was still **$2,287,090** in prize money to be distributed.

140 big blinds into the final table, with nearly double the scoreboard of the second-place team.

Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues, playing under the online nickname "Fino y Elegante," established a very clear lead when the nine-player final table was formed.

He carried140,446,917 scoreboards, 140 big blindsEntering the final table, his score was almost double that of second-place Vladislav Saprykin's 77 large blinds. Another Brazilian player, Rafael Santanna Barcia, ranked third with 52 large blinds. A Chinese player...Jian ZhaoHe holds 35,599,298 chips and 36 big blinds, placing him fourth.

Starting Scoreboard for the Nine-Player Final Table

Country/region is displayed in the GGPoker event lobby.

Jian Zhao advanced to the top five, earning $204,700.

Polish player Michal Nocon entered the final table with the shortest chip stack and became the first player to be eliminated, finishing in ninth place with $72,417.

Next, Singaporean Rishi Mehra finished eighth with 1TP 4T 93,906, Brazilian Luciano Hollanda finished seventh with 1TP 4T 121,774, and Kevin John finished sixth with 1TP 4T 157,914.

Chinese athletesJian ZhaoSuccessfully made it into the final five and finished the run in fifth place, achieving a score of **$204,781**.

Jian Zhao, who started with a buy-in of $300 and made it all the way to the top five in the 17,077-entry event, was one of the most notable Asian players at the final table.

Three Brazilians made it to the Final Four, with two finishing in the top three.

After Jian Zhao was eliminated, Russian player Vladislav Saprykin finished fourth with a score of $265,561.

Two of the final three were from Brazil: Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues and Rafael Santanna Barcia. The latter ultimately finished third with a score of **$344,383**, meaning the Heads-Up title went to Teixeira Rodrigues facing off against Sri Lankan Sunaina Bhartia.

This also means that there were three Brazilian players in the nine-player final table, and two of them ultimately made it into the top three.

The winner and runner-up were separated by $133,000, and both chose not to split the prize money.

When entering Heads-Up, there is a significant difference in prize money between the champion and the runner-up.

The champion will receive $579,752, while the runner-up will receive $446,602, a difference of **$133,150**. PokerNews points out that with such a large pay jump, it wouldn't be surprising if the two players opted for a deal to split the prize money, but ultimately they didn't reach any agreement and continued the competition according to the original prize structure.

In the end, Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues won the final championship, Sunaina Bhartia took second place with **$446,602**, and Teixeira Rodrigues took home **$579,752** and a WSOP gold bracelet.

$300 Gladiators of Poker Final Table Results

The champion will receive another $30,000 WSOP Paradise Super Pass.

In addition to the $579,752 cash prize and WSOP gold bracelet, Teixeira Rodrigues also received a Super Pass worth $30,000, which can be used at the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.

For an online tournament with only $300 buy-in, winning from a field of 17,077 entries represents an extremely high level of competition; coupled with a prize of nearly $580,000 and WSOP Paradise qualification, this victory is one of the most significant achievements of the opening phase of this year's WSOP Online.

Brazil won the first two gold bracelets at the WSOP Online.

2026 GGPoker WSOP Online will be arranged33 gold bracelet events。

In Event 1, Brazilian player Raphael Caixeta won the 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off with a #1 score of $700, bringing his total to $207,167. Now, Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues has won the Gladiators of Poker title in the second event with a $300 score, meaning that both of the first two gold bracelets in the series have been won by Brazilian players.

Compared to Caixeta's 3,607 entries, Teixeira Rodrigues broke through from a major event with 17,077 entries, making the Brazilian team the focus of attention at the start of the series.

$2, 500 Bounty Championship: 20 players remaining, Karmatckii leads the pack.

After the Gladiators of Poker tournament concludes, the focus shifts to the next gold bracelet event.Event #3：$2,500 Bounty NLH Championship。

The competition had 781 participants, and now only 20 remain to compete for the championship and gold bracelet. Arsenii Karmatckii...4,754,718 chips, 79 big blindsLeading the pack, and has accumulated $19,640 bounties.

Nikita Kalinin ranked second with 4,331,654, while Leandro Bianchini came in third with 3,622,598. In addition to the subsequent elimination prize money, the champion will receive a **$127,888 ranking bonus**.

Bounty NLH Championship Top Five Scorecards

Starting with a massive 140-big-blind lead at the final table, and ultimately refusing to split the prize money, Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues converted his lead into the championship, securing a victory that allowed him to control the game almost from the final table.

With 17,077 entries, a $579,752 first-place prize, a WSOP gold bracelet, and a $30,000 WSOP Paradise Super Pass, this Brazilian player is one of the brightest winners of the 2026 WSOP Online Opening Week.

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