WSOP Online Rounder Cup | Joao Hayashi wins his first gold bracelet, representing the Americas in the intercontinental showdown.

On September 7, 2026, WSOP Online crowned a new WSOP bracelet winner on GGPoker. Brazilian player Joao Hayashi defeated 1,022 competitors in Event #15:$1,000 Rounder Cup Battle of the Continents to win his first WSOP bracelet and a $164,990 first-place prize.

In addition to the gold bracelet and the champion's prize money, Hayashi also received a 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event Super Pass worth $30,000. With this victory, the Brazilian player has accumulated 3 first-place finishes, 3 second-place finishes, and 4 third-place finishes in the first 15 events of this year's WSOP Online, demonstrating an outstanding overall performance.

Four continents divided into groups for battle, 100 players meet on Day 2

The Rounder Cup uses a rather unique "Battle of the Continents" format.

Day 1 is divided into four areas:

• Asia

• Eurasia

• Europe

• America

Players from each region first compete in their own Day 1 group, and then the qualifiers join together on Day 2. Ultimately, they not only compete for the gold bracelet, but also symbolize a direct confrontation between players from different continents.

A total of 1,022 people participated in this event, and 100 players advanced to Day 2. All Day 2 qualifiers have already secured at least a prize.

Key event data

Daniel Negreanu and other renowned players were eliminated before the final table.

Day 2's 100-player lineup included many well-known professional poker players.

Ole Schemion, Daniel Negreanu, Mark Radoja, David Miscikowski, Andras Nemeth, and Tom Talboom all made it into the prize pool, but failed to advance to the final table of 9 players.

David Mzareulov came closest to the final table but ultimately finished in 11th place.

With nine players remaining, all final table players have secured at least $20,623 in prize money.

Taiwanese contestant flyingcowkiss advanced to 5th place.

Among the Asian players, Taiwanese player "flyingcowkiss" successfully made it into the Final Table.

He fought his way into the final five and ultimately finished the match in fifth place, achieving:

$58,332

This is also one of the best results achieved by an Asian player at the Rounder Cup final table.

Mongolian athlete "Sanchuu5527" finished in 8th place, earning $26,745.

Final Table Results

Brazilian doubles team advances to the top four, Hayashi continues his run into the singles.

As the final table progressed into the later stages, the Brazilian players delivered a particularly impressive performance.

Besides Joao Hayashi, Regis “AnimalRaro” Cardoso also made it to the final four, ultimately finishing fourth and earning $75,648.

Diego Zeiter stopped at the three-person table, taking home $98,103.

At this point, Hayashi and Luxembourg player "sensor77" entered a one-on-one match.

Both fighters had already secured at least $125,000 in prize money before the Heads-Up began, but the championship, gold bracelet, and $30,000 Super Pass still needed to be decided in the final battle.

Hayashi defeats sensor77 to win his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Joao Hayashi ultimately won the one-on-one duel.

"sensor77" finished the competition as runner-up, earning $127,224.

Hayashi officially became the Rounder Cup champion, winning:

$164,990

LI XIAO YU

First WSOP gold bracelet of my career

Simultaneously obtain:

$30,000 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event Super Pass

This victory also made the Americas the ultimate winner of this year's Battle of the Continents.

Hayashi won the championship and immediately went on to compete in the Deepstack Championship.

Hayashi didn't stop after winning his first gold bracelet.

He also completed the Deepstack NLH Championship event #16:$500.

The tournament attracted 3,971 participants with a total prize pool of $1,886,225. Only 103 players remained by Day 2, and Hayashi held:

2,988,483 Scoreboard

Approximately:

60 Great Blinds

Currently ranked 12th.

Before Day 2 began, the chip leader was Dutch player Joris Ruijs with 5,482,910 chips.

The prize money for the winner of this Deepstack Championship is:

$194,703

Therefore, Hayashi has just won a gold bracelet and will soon have the opportunity to compete for a higher rank in the next tournament.

Mystery Millions entered the final starting group, with Chinese runner Xuanyi Wang leading the race.

PokerNews also updated the progress of Event #17:$250 Mystery Millions.

As of that time, the number of events had accumulated to:

40,687 participants

A total of:

3,414 contestants qualified for Day 2.

However, there is still a shortfall of $641,990 from the $10 million guaranteed prize pool, with five more Day 1 starter groups available to participate.

Chinese player Xuanyi “Jokerwang777” Wang used:

2,744,209 Scoreboard

Currently ranked as the chip leader on Day 2.

Mystery Millions has a $5 million mystery bounty pool, with the largest single mystery bounty reaching:

$1 million

Day 2 will officially introduce the bounty system, and the tournament will continue until the final table of 9 players is reached before being paused.

Brazilian teams continue to dominate WSOP Online

After Joao Hayashi won the Rounder Cup, the overall record of Brazilian players in the first 15 gold bracelet events of the 2026 WSOP Online is as follows:

• 3 championships

• 3-time runner-up

• 4 third place

This means that more than two-thirds of the Brazilian players who have completed the events have at least one player who finished in the top three, making Brazil one of the most prominent countries in this year's WSOP Online.

For Hayashi, the Rounder Cup brought not only $164,990, but more importantly, his first WSOP gold bracelet.

His immediate rise to the top of the Deepstack NLH Championship after winning the title also gave the outside world the opportunity to see him continue his pursuit of a second deep run in the same series of races.

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