Day 5 of the 2026 WSOP Circuit Bratislava kept the felt busy at Card Casino Šamorín, just outside Bratislava, Slovakia. With the record-breaking Mini Main Event now in the books, Tuesday’s focus shifted to the rest of the schedule, and it delivered in a big way. After a hyper turbo opening flight and the final day of Ring Event #3 €550 PLO Opener, the festival’s third gold ring was awarded. This one to Bulgaria’s Miroslav Pantaleev, who turned his €550 buy-in into €32,400 and a WSOP Paradise Bahamas package.
Tuesday also brought the last starting flight of Ring Event #2, the €550 Mystery Bounty, and the launch of Ring Event #5 €1,800 PLO Championship.
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Pantaleev Wins Ring Event #3: €550 PLO Opener
The PLO Opener’s last starting flight got an early start in hyper turbo format, needing 100 entries to reach its €150,000 guarantee. And it got there. A total of 110 new entries brought the overall field to 326 for a €154,850 prize pool, with 11 players joining the 22 who had already qualified from the previous two flights.
Israel’s Tamar Tzuriel emerged as a big chip leader out of the hyper flight with 1,601,000, ahead of Britain’s Robert Cowen at 1,258,000, both products of Tuesday’s hyper flight. Austria’s Nikolaus Grubmayr, who had carried the lead from Day 1B, was the only other player above the million mark with 1,047,000. Of that trio, Tzuriel went the furthest on the final day, finishing in ninth place for €2,500.
In the end, it was Bulgaria’s Miroslav Pantaleev who prevailed, despite starting the final day with just 280,000 out of the hyper turbo flight. Pantaleev pocketed €32,400, a WSOP Paradise package, and his first-ever Circuit ring. This win is a career-best result for Pantaleev by some distance, with his previous top finish coming in sixth place at the Smart Poker Tour in Sofia for €6,300.
He beat Ukraine’s Oleksii Hulubov heads-up for the title. Hulubov, a far more seasoned Pot-Limit Omaha player with more than $150,000 in lifetime cashes, including a fourth-place finish at the King’s Million PLO Event in March for €56,200, finished sixth in this same event last year at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Bratislava. Another close call this time around, he had to settle for a €22,200 consolation prize as the runner-up.
2026 WSOP Circuit Bratislava €550 PLO Opener Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Miroslav Pantaleev | Bulgaria | €32,400 |
| 2 |  Oleksii Holubov | Ukraine | €22,200 |
| 3 |  Marton Lugosi | Hungary | €14,600 |
| 4 |  Martin Bartos | Slovakia | €10,500 |
| 5 | Alan Sabo | Slovakia | €7,600 |
| 6 | Lubos Benkovic | Slovakia | €5,600 |
| 7 |  Izzat Bananyarli | Azerbaijan | €4,200 |
| 8 |  Kevin Kupferschmid | Switzerland | €3,300 |
| 9 |  Tamar Tzuriel | Israel | €2,500 |
Mystery Bounty’s Final Flight Obliterates the Guarantee
The last starting flight of the €550 Mystery Bounty, Day 1D, brought a massive 358 new entries to the felt, pushing the overall field to 658 entries. The €200,000 guarantee was handily crushed, with the prize pool settling at €312,550.
Italy’s Marco Bognani will take a commanding stack of 1,099,000 into the final day, almost twice as many chips as his nearest competitor, home favorite Martin Korman, who sits second with 615,000. In total, 98 players will start the final day, and with plenty of short stacks in the mix, the action is set to heat up quickly once the mystery bounties come into play on Wednesday. There’s also a healthy regular prize pool at stake, with €148,050 to be distributed by placement alone.
2026 WSOP Circuit Bratislava €550 Mystery Bounty Top 10 Chip Counts Final Day
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marco Bognanni | Italy | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | Martin Korman | Slovakia | 615,000 |
| 3 |  Mladen Stojanovic | Croatia | 523,000 |
| 4 |  Javier Romero Gonzalez | Spain | 520,000 |
| 5 | Petar Kalapish | Bulgaria | 471,000 |
| 6 | Petar Tzvetanov | Bulgaria | 470,000 |
| 7 |  Tran Duc Tuan | Vietnam | 468,000 |
| 8 |  Kim Tae Hyong | Austria | 464,000 |
| 9 |  Jozsef Liszkovics | Romania | 447,000 |
| 10 | Samuel Klocker | Austria | 443,000 |
PLO Championship Launches With Day 1A
Tuesday also saw the launch of Ring Event #5, the €1,800 PLO Championship. The main event for the festival’s Omaha enthusiasts carries a hefty €500,000 guarantee. Three starting flights will run from Tuesday through Thursday, with the final day set for Friday.
Day 1A drew 46 entries, with seven players surviving and already locked into a payday. Bulgaria’s Nikola Minkov grabbed an early lead with 824,000, good for nearly double the stack of his closest opponent, Czechia’s Lukas Kouril, who sits second with 414,000.
2026 WSOP Circuit Bratislava €1,800 PLO Championship Day 1A Chip Count
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikola Minkov | Bulgaria | 824,000 |
| 2 |  Lukas Kouril | Czechia | 414,000 |
| 3 |  Carl Falk | Sweden | 341,000 |
| 4 | Hampus Groenstroem | Sweden | 327,000 |
| 5 | Simeon Tsonev | Bulgaria | 276,000 |
| 6 | Samuel Stranak | Slovakia | 124,000 |
| 7 |  Vincent Robert | France | 45,000 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Schedule at WSOP Circuit Bratislava
Wednesday’s schedule is headlined by the final day of the Mystery Bounty. The PLO Championship continues with Day 1B, chasing its €500,000 guarantee, and Ring Event #6, the €680 NLH 6-Max, kicks off with a €100,000 guarantee of its own.
| Time | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Event: €220 Satellite to €1,800 PLO Championship Day 1B | €5,400 |
| 14:00 | Ring Event #2: €550 Mystery Bounty (Accumulator) Final Day | €200,000 |
| 16:00 | Ring Event #5: €1,800 PLO Championship Day 1B | €500,000 |
| 17:00 | Ring Event #6: €750 NLH 6-Max | €100,000 |
| 19:00 | Event: €150 Satellite to WSOPC #7 NLH Championship Main Event Day 1A | €12,000 |
