Kislinskii’s two WSOP Online fall bracelets leave him one win from tying the record

Sergei 'CaseyStewart' Kislinskii has two bracelets and two runner-up finishes from the first 18 events of the WSOP Online Fall Bracelet Series, one win short of the record for a single series or calendar year. His run is playing out in a four-state shared player pool while Pennsylvania's regulated online poker revenue edged lower in September.

• Kislinskii won Event #6, the $2,000 NLH Big PKO, and Event #14, the $500 NLH 6-Max, and finished second in Event #8 and Event #12.
• PokerFuse put his total from the four top-two finishes at more than $225,000, with 15 bracelet events still left after Event #18.
• Kislinskii led the fall series leaderboard with 2,344.6 points, and finishing first would add $15,000 in tournament tickets.
• Pennsylvania reported $2,270,481 in online poker revenue for September 2026, down 1.76% from $2,311,202 in September 2025.

When Event #19 of the WSOP Online Fall Bracelet Series got underway Oct. 24, Sergei Kislinskii already had two bracelets and two second-place finishes from the first 18 events. Playing as CaseyStewart on WSOP.com, he sits one victory away from tying the record for the most bracelets in a single series or calendar year, according to PokerFuse. Fifteen bracelet events remained at that point.

The chase is unfolding in a series that pools players from Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. It comes as Pennsylvania’s online poker revenue slipped in September while the state’s broader online casino market grew.

Wins in Event #6 and Event #14, seconds in #8 and #12

Kislinskii’s first bracelet of the fall came in Event #6, the $2,000 NLH Big PKO. He beat 193 entries and won about $90,000 from a prize pool of about $357,000.

Two events later he came close again. In Event #8, the $1,000 NLH Deepstack, he finished second for about $64,000 in a 372-entry field with a $334,800 prize pool. Another runner-up result followed in Event #12, the $888 NLH Fall Crazy 8’s, which paid him close to $48,000 from a 346-entry field and a $276,800 prize pool.

The second bracelet arrived in Event #14, the $500 NLH 6-Max. That one drew 565 entries, built a $254,250 prize pool and was worth about $48,000 to the winner. Across the four results, PokerFuse put his haul at more than $225,000.

The spread of buy-ins stands out. His four top-two finishes ran from a $2,000 bounty event down to a $500 six-max, with the largest field of the four coming at the lowest price point.

2,344.6 leaderboard points and a $15,000 ticket package

Kislinskii also topped the fall series leaderboard with 2,344.6 points, PokerFuse reported, citing the official WSOP website. Staying first through the final event would earn him another $15,000 in tournament tickets.

He is not the only player stacking deep runs. Mike ‘KissTheRings’ Holtz has reached four final tables, two of them ending in second place, according to the same report. By the time of that article, the 2026 fall series had paid out more than $5 million from 8,970 entries.

Shannon ‘TomGlavine’ Shorr is among the other winners. He took the $400 NLH Mystery Bounty on Oct. 6 against 1,149 entries, earning $43,053 plus $16,564 in bounties for his fourth online bracelet, PokerTube reported.

A 33-bracelet schedule built on a four-state shared pool

Caesars announced Sept. 17 that the fall series would carry 33 bracelet events from Sept. 27 to Nov. 10, with player pools shared across all four of its US online poker states. In that release, Danielle Barille, vice president of online poker at Caesars Digital, pointed to the four-state pool as the main selling point for WSOP Online.

That setup is still fairly new. Caesars said the 2025 fall series was the first to share player pools across all four states. PokerFuse counts this as the fifth fall series for US players since 2022, each with 33 bracelets, and this year’s average buy-in is lower than in 2025. The schedule also features eight mystery bounty events, up from six last year, PokerOrg reported.

The calendar-year angle matters for Kislinskii’s record chase. Caesars ran a separate summer 2026 WSOP Online series from May 30 to July 14 with 30 bracelet events. Fall results count toward the same calendar year as those summer bracelets.

Pennsylvania poker revenue slipped 1.76% in September

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported $2,270,481 in online poker revenue for September 2026. That was 1.76% below the $2,311,202 recorded in September 2025.

Poker was the outlier. The state’s online casino revenue rose 6.82% year over year to $249,306,637, with online slots up 8.99%, and poker was the only online category to shrink. The September figures cover a month in which the fall series ran only from Sept. 27, so they say little about the series itself. They do show a poker market holding roughly flat while the rest of Pennsylvania’s online gaming grows around it.

That contrast is the backdrop for the shared pool. A Pennsylvania player entering a WSOP Online bracelet event competes against Nevada, New Jersey and Michigan players in the same field, which is the model Caesars is selling.

Online Championship on Nov. 1, Fall Saver on Nov. 10

Kislinskii’s next shots came quickly. Event #19, the $400 PLOSSUS PKO 6-Max, started Oct. 24, and two more bracelet events followed Sunday, Oct. 25: the $600 NLH Deepstack Championship and the $500 PLO Mystery Bounty 6-Max with a $200,000 guarantee.

The heavier dates sit later on the calendar. Caesars scheduled the $1,000 Online Championship, Event #25, for Nov. 1 and the $3,200 NL Hold’em High Roller Championship, Event #32, for Nov. 8, with Online Championship events through Nov. 8 carrying more than $3 million in guarantees. The series closes Nov. 10 with Event #33, the $500 NLH Fall Saver.

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