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Nikita Kalinin Scores a Bracelet in 2026 WSOP Online

By Mrinal Gujare

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Mrinal Gujare 2 hours ago

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Nikita Kalinin wins WSOP Online Event #3 for $276,239 plus a $30,000 Super Pass.
The event drew 781 players with a $1.85M prize pool; top finishers include Audrius Stakelis and Leandro Bianchini.
WSOP Online festival continues with big winners and high-profile entrants for Event #4.

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Nikita Kalinin won Event #3 of the 2026 GGPoker WSOP Online, earning $276,239 and a $30,000 Super Pass. Lucas Teixeira Rodrigues won Event #2 for $579,752. Event #4 is a $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha tournament scheduled for August 20.

The 2026 WSOP Online on GGPoker has continued with Nikita Kalinin claiming Event #3: $2,500 Bounty NLH Championship for $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 concluded with 20 players remaining, Kalinin returned for the decisive stages with the second-largest stack.

Kalinin advanced through the final 20 players to secure the Event #3 title. Belarusian player "Rinat M" was eliminated in ninth place for $41,670, followed by Luigi Soncin in eighth place for $44,689.

Ivan Ilichev then 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 for the championship and top prize.

The field was reduced to four when start-of-the-day chip leader Arsenii Karmatckii was eliminated. Karmatckii received $87,363 for his finish.

Pedro Neves was next to exit, earning $97,558. His elimination left three players and guaranteed each remaining competitor a six-figure score, with bounties included.

Kalinin ultimately secured the championship, earning $276,239 in prize money and the $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event. The next bracelet of the 2026 WSOP Online festival is scheduled to be awarded in a couple of days.

Event #4: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha 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 are already registered, 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 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 33 bracelet-awarding events. The field was reduced to 1,307 players on Day 1, with those survivors continuing until only nine players remained.

By the time the final table was reached, $2,287,090 of the $4,764,483 prize pool remained to be contested.

Teixeira competed 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 occupied second and third place with 77 and 52 big blinds, respectively.

Teixeira defeated his remaining opponents 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 have produced victories for players from Brazil and Belarusian player Nikita Kalinin's championship run in the $2,500 Bounty NLH Championship.

Kalinin's Event #3 victory added another bracelet to the festival and delivered $276,239 in prize money. The accompanying $30,000 Super Pass provides a prize tied 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 recognizable players already registered.