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Three Bracelets Awarded as Nikita Kalinin Takes Down Bounty NLH at WSOP Online
- Nikita Kalinin wins Event #3 for $276,239 and a $30K Super Pass
- Brazilian players capture WSOP Online Events #1 & #2
- Event #4: $1,000 Mystery Bounty PLO is next, with big names entering
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Nikita Kalinin won Event #3 of the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online for $276,239 and a $30,000 Super Pass. The festival has also seen Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues win Event #2, while Event #4 introduces Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha.
Nikita Kalinin captured Event #3: $2,500 Bounty NLH Championship at the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online festival, earning $276,239 and a $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
The tournament attracted 781 entries and generated a $1,854,875 prize pool. After Day 1 ended with 20 players remaining, Kalinin returned for the decisive stages with the second-largest stack and ultimately completed his run to the bracelet.
Kalinin navigated the final 20 players as the field was gradually reduced to the eventual champion.
Belarusian player "Rinat M" was eliminated in ninth place for $41,670, followed by Luigi Soncin in eighth for $44,689.
Ivan Ilichev finished seventh, turning his $2,500 buy-in into a $50,056 payout. Serbia's "firfir" was the next player eliminated, collecting $75,739 and leaving five players in contention.
The field then dropped to four when start-of-the-day chip leader Arsenii Karmatckii was eliminated. Karmatckii received $87,363 for his finish.
Pedro Neves followed in the next elimination, earning $97,558. His departure reduced the field to three players and guaranteed a six-figure score, including bounties, for each of the remaining competitors.
Kalinin ultimately secured the Event #3 title for $276,239. His victory also came with the $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
The next bracelet event of the 2026 WSOP Online festival on GGPoker is Event #4: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha.
The tournament is scheduled to shuffle up and deal at 7:00 p.m. BST on August 20. Day 1 is scheduled to conclude after Level 30 or when the final table is reached, whichever comes first.
Several established players were already registered ahead of the event, including Lex "LexVeldhuis" Veldhuis, Rainer Kempe, Jessica Teusl and Nick Maimone.
Brazilian players have recorded two victories from the first two events of the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online festival, with Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues winning Event #2: $300 Gladiators of Poker.
Earlier in the week, Raphael Caixeta won Event #1: $700 7th Annual WSOP Kick-Off for $207,167. The supplied tournament details also state that Ferreira's victory earned $579,752.
Event #2 attracted 17,077 entrants, making it the second of the festival's 33 bracelet-awarding events. The field was reduced to 1,307 players on Day 1 before play continued until only nine players remained.
When the final table was reached, $2,287,090 of the $4,764,483 prize pool remained to be contested.
Teixeira played under the alias "Fino y Elegante" and entered the final table with almost twice as many chips as any other player. He held 140 big blinds, while Russia's Vladislav Saprykin and Rafael Santanna Barcia had 77 and 52 big blinds, respectively.
Teixeira defeated the remaining field to claim the bracelet and a $579,752 payday. His victory also included a $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
The runner-up received $446,602.
$2,500 Bounty NLH Championship Final Table
| Rank | Player | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikita Kalinin | $276,239 |
| 2 | Audrius Stakelis | $136,074 |
| 3 | Leandro Bianchini | $120,744 |
| 4 | Pedro Neves | $97,558 |
| 5 | Arsenii Karmatckii | $87,363 |
| 6 | firfir | $75,739 |
| 7 | Ivan Ilichev | $50,056 |
| 8 | Luigi Soncin | $44,689 |
| 9 | Rinat M | $41,670 |
The first three bracelet events of the 2026 WSOP Online festival have produced victories for Brazilian players and Belarusian player Nikita Kalinin.
Kalinin's Event #3 championship delivered $276,239 in prize money and another bracelet, together with a $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.
With Event #4: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha next on the schedule, the festival continues with another bracelet available and several established players already registered.
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