WSOP Online: Kalinin Wins Event #3 Bounty NLH Championship

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Three bracelets awarded at WSOP Online 2026
Nikita Kalinin ships Event 3
First two events shipped by Brazilian players

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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 $2,500 Bounty NLH Championship drew 781 entries, creating a $1,854,875 prize pool, with 20 players returning for Day 2 in tournament.

Nikita Kalinin captured Event #3 of the 2026 WSOP Online on GGPoker, winning the $2,500 Bounty NLH Championship for $276,239. His victory also earned him a $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.

The tournament attracted 781 entries, generating a $1,854,875 prize pool. After Day 1 ended with 20 players remaining, Kalinin returned with the second-largest stack for the tournament's decisive stages.

Kalinin successfully navigated the final 20 players to secure the Event #3 title. Belarusian player "Rinat M" was eliminated in ninth place and received $41,670. Luigi Soncin followed in eighth place, earning $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 for the championship.

The field then narrowed to four after start-of-the-day chip leader Arsenii Karmatckii was eliminated. Karmatckii earned $87,363 for his finish.

Pedro Neves was the next player to exit, receiving $97,558. His elimination reduced the field to three players and guaranteed a six-figure score, including bounties, for each remaining competitor.

Kalinin ultimately secured the championship, taking home $276,239 in prize money and the $30,000 Super Pass to the 2026 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event.

The next bracelet event at the 2026 WSOP Online festival is scheduled to take place 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.

Lex "LexVeldhuis" Veldhuis, Rainer Kempe, Jessica Teusl, and Nick Maimone are among the established names already registered for the event.

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 was the second of the festival's 33 bracelet-awarding events and attracted 17,077 entrants. Day 1 reduced the field to 1,307 players, who returned to continue playing until 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. The Brazilian 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 the 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.

$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 2026 WSOP Online festival and delivered $276,239 in prize money. The $30,000 Super Pass provided an additional 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 established players already registered.

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