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Jenny Westerlund Writes History after Winning the €1,500 Main Event during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn
The 2025 Wsop Circuit Tallinn has officially concluded. It was a live poker festival that will remembered for years to come for many different reasons. Featuring no less that 12 unique WSOP Circuit Ring Events, the €1,500 Main Event was the one tournament that was on everyone’s lips. With a €1,000,000 tournament guarantee, the hype before the event was unparalleled, and it’s safe to say it didn’t disappoint. Not only is there a new WSOP Circuit Main Event winner, but a new chapter has also been written in global poker history, as the first-ever female winner of a WSOP Circuit Event in Tallinn has now been crowned.
Westerlund Claims Maiden WSOP Circuit Title
Poker players from all across the world travelled to Tallinn, Estonia, to participate in what would prove to be one of the biggest ever live poker events in Northern Europe. The tables were set at the luxurious Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel, and with a tournament schedule packed to the absolute brim, there were events for everyone, no matter one’s preferred game and/or buy-in.
What was always set to be the undisputed star of the show, however, was the €1,500 Main Event. The tournament boosted a €1,000,000 guarantee, and even though that’s an incomprehensibly large number, it would be shattered. The tournament registered 888 entries, which created a €1,138,860 prize pool. Not only was there the €200,200 first-place payout up top for the winner, but also an added $5,000 Ticket to Paradise (which includes a $2,700 tournament buy-in and hospitality during the 2025 WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas) and, most importantly, the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.
It was a three-day affair with five starting flights, and the top 138 players all were entitled to a €2,850 min-cash. After Day 3, 78 players had become nine, and these brave competitors all bagged their chips for the final table which was scheduled to be played on August 3, 12:00.
Eventually, D-day came and the players took their seats. Leading the field going into the final table was Czech Martin Surovec, and right behind him was the only woman left standing in the tournament, Sweden’s Jenny Westerlund. Entering the tournament with the shortest stack was Karolis Kutkauskas. The Lithuanian had been the chip leader at one point during Day 3, but on the final stage, he resumed the competition with 17 Big Blinds. Eventually, he got it all in with J♦J♣, and sadly for him, he got called by the A♥A♦ of Finland’s Jari-Pekka Juhola. As such, Kutkauskas was the first one to bid farewell from the final table, receiving €14,200 for his ninth-place finish.
The next one to hit the rail was the sole remaining Brit, Stephen Groom. All of his chips went in before the flop with A♥K♦, but the board did not help him crack the pocket kings of Surovec. For his feat, Groom was awarded €19,500.
Jari-Pekka Juhola Juhola and Elias Vääräniemi were the two Finnish players left in the tournament, competing to claim a fourth Finnish WSOP Circuit Ring Event win during the festival. However, Juhola was the next player to be eliminated, as Estonian Igor Pihela Sr knocked him out in absolutely brutal fashion, hitting a two-outer on the turn. Juhola hit the payout desk to collect his €25,060 paycheck.
One of the biggest story lines before the final table was the sunshine run of David Vinaya. Earlier during the festival, he had claimed victory in Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH for €297,984, and he was arguably one of the most skillful players on the final table. It wouldn’t be back-to-back wins for the Norwegian, though, as he went out in sixth place for €33,100 after a decent call from Poland’s Krzysztof Chmielowski under pressure.
David Vinaya Meanwhile, Vääräniemi was trying his best to keep the Finnish flag waving in the tournament, but some lost pots had taken their toll on his stack. Eventually, the math dictated that he needed to put it all in with pocket fours, and he lost the coin flip against Chmielowski. Vääräniemi bid farewell in fifth place for €46,000.
Four players now remained, and it would take some time before Surovec would go out in fourth place for €62,500. He got it in good against Westerlund as his A♦10♣ dominated her A♠9♠ holdings, but Westerlund hit a nine on the flop and never looked back.
Krzysztof Chmielowski Three left then, Pihela Sr being the shortest stack. During the very first hand of three-handed play, he put in a big three-bet after an initial open from Chmielowski. Westerlund then four-bet, trying to force Chmielowski to fold. Chmielowski wouldn’t have it, though, and he moved all in. Much to the rail’s surprise, Pihela Sr and Westerlund both made the call.
The players turned over their cards, and Chmielowski’s Q♠Q♣ were up against the A♣6♥ of Pihela Sr, and the A♥J♦ of Westerlund. Everyone was full aware of the importance of this pot; all chips were in the middle, and if Chmielowski’s queens would be good after the runout, he would have a commanding chiplead. If Westerlund were able to suck out, she would be crowned the champion.
The 2♦9♦3♦ brought eight additional outs to Westerlund. Then, she took a commanding lead as the A♠ came on the turn. She could now taste victory, and Chmielowski was looking for the case Q♥ on the river to stay alive. Much to Westerlund’s delight, the dealer turned over the 5♥, and just like that, it was all over. Pihela Sr got €90,200 for his third-place finish, while runner-up Chmielowski was awarded €128,500.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Final Table Payouts
Place Player Country Payout 1 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden €200,200 2 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland €128,500 3 Igor Pihela Sr
Estonia €90,200 4 Martin Surovec
Czech Republic €62,500 5 Elias Vääräniemi
Finland €46,000 6 David Vinaya
Norway €33,100 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola
Finland €25,060 8 Stephen Groom
England €19,500 9 Karolis Kutkauskas
Lithuania €14,200 With her win, Westerlund becomes one of the first women ever to win a WSOP Circuit Main Event; she joins the company of such as Jessica Vierling (winner of the 2024 WSOP Circuit Los Angeles $1,700 Main Event). It’s the biggest-ever cash for the former poker dealer, and without any doubt, her joyful celebration together with her rail will be a moment they all will cherish forever.
That concludes the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. It truly was one for the ages, and the 12 WSOP Circuit Rings have now all found their new owners. While the action in Tallinn may be over, the circuit doesn’t stop. In fact, the 2025 WSOP Circuit Bratislava started on August 1, and after August 12, another WSOP Circuit Main Event champion will be crowned.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – All Ring Event Winners
Event Winner Country First-place Payout Total Number of Entries Total Prize Pool Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden €45,700 954 €280,953 Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €27,100 268 €127,300 Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Toni Niinivaara
Finland €62,100 744 €353,400 Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Drea Karlsen
Norway €6,480 74 €21,793 Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Jenny Westerlund
Sweden €200,200 888 €1,138,860 Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 Mathias Siljander
Finland €41,000 185 €175,750 Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH David Vinaya
Norway €94,280 64 €297,984 Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game Krzysztof Budka
Poland €22,390 79 €75,050 Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten Jarkko Suokas
Finland €14,035 113 €53,675 Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Fabian Bartuschk
Germany €61,050 210 €94,500 Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH Enrique Martinez
Spain €80,500 106 €287,896 Ring Event #12: €350 Online Ring Event Eriks Krumins
Latvia €8,507 168 €55,440 -
Jenny Westerlund Wins the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event for €200,200
Jenny Westerlund Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 1/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 With her double elimination during the very first hand of three-handed play, Jenny Westerlund is now crowned the champion of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. This is a historic win in all ways; she wins the record-breaking Main Event that registered 888 entries, and she also becomes the first-ever woman to win a WSOP Circuit Main Event. She is now entitled to the €200,200 first-place payout, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and most importantly, the coveted, legendary WSOP Circuit Ring.
That’s a wrap for the poker.pro live coverage for this time, however, a longer recap of today’s Main Event action will be uploaded within the hour. Stay tuned!
2025 WSOP Circuit €1,500 Main Event – Results
Place Player Sweden Prize 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden €200,200 2 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland €128,500 3 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia €90,200 4 Martin Surovec Czech Republic €62,500 5 Elias Vääräniemi Finland €46,000 6 David Vinaya Norway €33,100 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland €25,060 8 Stephen Groom England €19,500 9 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania €14,200 10 Chaofei Wang China €11,200 11 Vidar Assersen Norway €11,200 12 Gunnar Wedde Norway €9,100 13 Andrew King Ireland €9,100 14 Henri Schalin Finland €9,100 15 Maikel Homin Estonia €9,100 16 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia €7,500 17 Nian Li China €7,500 18 Erik Lindqwist Sweden €7,500 19 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €7,500 20 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania €7,500 21 Rasmus Lundström Finland €7,500 22 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €7,500 23 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania €7,500 24 Tobias Napel Norway €6,250 25 Tõnis Viik Estonia €6,250 26 Timmy Anker Denmark €6,250 27 Kimmo Kurko Finland €6,250 28 Ilari Sahamies Finland €6,250 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania €6,250 30 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €6,250 31 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €6,250 32 Tommi Lankinen Finland €5,250 33 Ignas Navickas Lithuania €5,250 34 Tero Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Benlamine Finland €3,050 79 Jussi Julkunen Finland €3,050 80 Paul O’Brien Australia €3,050 81 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,050 82 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €3,050 83 Kaspars Butans Latvia €2,950 84 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia €2,950 85 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania €2,950 86 Kristers Muhins Latvia €2,950 87 Per Engström Sweden €2,950 88 Ronnie Youssef Sweden €2,950 89 Jamie Brent Ireland €2,950 90 Karev Tralla Estonia €2,950 91 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan €2,850 92 Juha Helppi Finland €2,850 93 Lasse Hansen Norway €2,850 94 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus €2,850 95 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania €2,850 96 Klavs Garselis Latvia €2,850 97 Jan Holte Norway €2,850 98 Eero Abbey Finland €2,850 99 Gundars Zelcs Latvia €2,850 100 Nina Kiviharju Finland €2,850 101 Yannick Palacio France €2,850 102 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia €2,850 103 Aku Laajus Finland €2,850 104 Terje Wangberg Norway €2,850 105 Matthew Micallef Malta €2,850 106 Michel Karim Sweden €2,850 107 Jonas Klaus Germany €2,850 108 Martin Zobel Germany €2,850 109 Johan Högberg Sweden €2,850 110 Vu Vuong Finland €2,850 111 Jukka Perälä Finland €2,850 112 Nils Linden Sweden €2,850 113 Ishak Noyan Sweden €2,850 114 Marius Hakonsen Norway €2,850 115 Luka Sorainen Finland €2,850 116 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden €2,850 117 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania €2,850 118 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland €2,850 119 Trond Aanestad Norway €2,850 120 Roope Tarmi Finland €2,850 121 Davis Modans Latvia €2,850 122 Roberts Krigers Latvia €2,850 123 Remy Mägi Estonia €2,850 124 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,850 125 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €2,850 126 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh €2,850 127 Yossef Ifergan France €2,850 128 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €2,850 129 Daniel Rudd England €2,850 130 Janne Ojala Finland €2,850 131 Andre Mägi Estonia €2,850 132 Jani Junnilainen Finland €2,850 133 Romans Tumulis Latvia €2,850 134 Kambiz Kashi Sweden €2,850 135 Tomas Graham New Zealand €2,850 136 Mathias Siljander Finland €2,850 137 Urmo Velvelt Estonia €2,850 138 Kaido Mikk Estonia €2,850 -
Igor Pihela Sr Eliminated in 3rd Place (€90,200); Krzysztof Chmielowski Eliminated in 2nd Place (€128,500)
Igor Pihela Sr Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 1/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 During the first hand of three-handed play, Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 600,000 UTG. Within a split second, Igor Pihela Sr then three-bet to 4,200,000. Now, the action was on Jenny Westerlund. The Swedish chip leader decided to four-bet to 10,000,000. Chmielowski took an extra peak on his cards, went into the tank for a minute or two, before moving all in himself for 14,000,000 in total. Pihela Sr committed his last 1,100,000 for the call, and Westerlund called for an additional 4,000,000.
Krzysztof Chmielowski Krzysztof Chmielowski: Q♠Q♣
Igor Pihela Sr: A♣6♥
Jenny Westerlund: A♥J♦All the tournament chips were now in the middle. Westerlund had both of her opponents at risk, while Chmielowski would be a huge chip leader if his queens were to hold. It was time for the flop.
There were all diamonds on the 2♦9♦3♦, giving Westerlund an additional eight outs. The turn wasn’t a diamond, but the A♠ turn was enough to put Westerlund in a very solid lead. Chmielowski was now drawing to one out on the river, the Q♥. It was the 5♥ that finished the board, though, and such, Pihela Sr and Chmielowski both were eliminated in the same hand. Since Chmielowski had the superior stack, he got the €128,500 second-place payout, while Pihela Sr got €90,200 for his third-place finish.
Jenny Westerlund: 44,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 0
Igor Pihela Sr: 0 -
Martin Surovec Eliminated in 4th Place (€62,500)
Martin Surovec Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 3/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Jenny Westerlund opened to 600,000 UTG. Action folded all the way to Martin Surovec in the Big Blind. Being the shortest stack on the table, Surovec moved all in for 4,700,000. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Westerlund made the call.
Martin Surovec: A♦10♣
Jenny Westerlund: A♠9♠Surovec had his opponent in rough shape, but it was Westerlund who took the lead on the 5♠9♣7♣ flop. The 8♠ turn gave both players additional draws, but, in the end, it was Westerlund who emerged victorious as the river was the 7♥. Surovec bid farewell in fourth place for €62,500.
Jenny Westerlund: 25,000,000
Martin Surovec: 0 -
Chmielowski Gets There
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Chip leader Jenny Westerlund opened to 650,000 from the Small Blind. Krzysztof Chmielowski called from the Big Blind; this was for from the first time these two had tango’d in a Blind versus Blind battle.
Action went check-check on the 6♦2♦Q♠ flop. Westerlund bet 500,000 on the 3♠ turn, and Chmielowski made the call.
The river was the K♦ and Westerlund now bet 1,400,000. Then, Chmielowski put in a raise to 3,500,000. Westerlund gave a look of confusion, and eventually, she made the call.
Chmielowski turned over 10♦3♦ for a rivered flush, and Westerlund mucked her hand. Her Q♥Q♣ holdings were revealed on the stream.
Jenny Westerlund: 19,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 15,000,000 -
Pihela Sr and Surovec Trades Places
Martin Surovec Level 31: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The shortest stack, Igor Pihela Sr, opened to 750,000 UTG. Martin Surovec, seated in the Big Blind, was the sole caller.
Surovec check-called a 400,000 bet from Pihela Sr on the 7♥K♣2♠ flop. Surovec checked again on the Q♠, and Pihela Sr now sized up to 725,000. Surovec wasn’t going anywhere.
Surovec checked for a third time on the 4♦ river. Pihela Sr bet 450,000, and Surovec made the call.
Pihela Sr turned over A♦K♣, and as Surovec threw his hand into the muck, the pot belonged to Pihela Sr. According to the graphics on the stream, Surovec had K♦10♣.
Igor Pihela Sr: 6,900,000
Martin Surovec: 2,900,000 -
Flush Versus Flush
Jenny Westerlund Level 31: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Jenny Westerlund who opened to 625,000 from the Small Blind. Krzysztof Chmielowski called from the Big Blind.
Westerlund fired a 400,000 continuation bet on the 10♠A♣6♣ flop, and Chmielowski made the call. Both players checked the J♣ turn. Westerlund bet 1,200,000 on the 2♣ river, and Chmielowski made the call.
Westerlund turned over Q♣9♣ for a flush. Chmielowski mucked his hand, but from the stream, we knew he held 10♣6♠.
Jenny Westerlund: 20,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 11,000,000 -
Chip Counts at the Second Break
Break N/A Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The four remaining players are enjoying the second 20-minute break of the day. They will soon resume play on Level 31: 125,000/250,000 (250,000). Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Sofia Westerlund Sweden 17,675,000 71 2 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 14,050,000 56 3 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 6,550,000 26 4 Igor Sr Pihela Estonia 6,100,000 24 -
Elias Vääräniemi Eliminated in 5th Place (€46,000)
Elias Vääräniemi Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 First to act, Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 400,000 UTG. When action came to Elias Vääräniemi in the Small Blind, the Finn moved all in for 1,700,000. Chmielowski made the call.
Elias Vääräniemi: 4♥4♣
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♣J♥It was a classic flip scenario, and unfortunately for Vääräniemi, his pair didn’t hold up as the board spelled out 2♣2♠J♠3♦Q♥. He bid farewell in fifth place for €46,000, and all his chips went the way of Chmielowski.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 16,000,000
Elias Vääräniemi: 0 -
David Vinaya Eliminated in 6th Place (€33,100)
Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 5/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The winner of Ring Event #3: €5,000 NLH, David Nivaya, opened to 400,000 UTG. Krzysztof Chmielowski called from the Cut-off, and Igor Pihela Sr joined in on the fun from the Small Blind.
Action was checked to Chmielowski on the 2♠K♣7♥ flop, who bet 425,000. Pihela Sr folded, before Nivaya announced a raise to 1,200,000. Chmielowski double-checked his holdings before making the call.
Nivaya then moved all in for 2,600,000 on the 9♦ turn. Chmielowski pondered for a couple of minutes, before making the call.
David Nivaya: 10♥9♥
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♦Q♦Chmielowski had made the right decision, and Nivaya received no help on the A♠.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 13,000,000
David Nivaya: 0 -
Chmielowski Wins with Ace High
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 6/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski limped from the Small Blind. Martin Surovec wouldn’t allow it and raised to 500,000. Chmielowski made the call.
Chmielowski check-called a 325,000 bet from Surovec on the Q♦7♥2♣ flop. Action went check-check on the 7♠ turn.
Chmielowski completed the check trifecta on the 2♠ river, and Surovec fired a hefty 975,000 bet. Chmielowski called after perhaps 20 seconds.
Martin Surovec: J♥9♣
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♣9♥A good call awarded Chmielowski the pot.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 8,100,000
Martin Surovec: 7,900,000 -
Jari-Pekka Juhola Eliminated in 7th Place (€25,060)
Jari-Pekka Juhola Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 6/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martin Surovec opened to 300,000 from the Hi-jack. Jari-Pekka Juhola then three-bet to 800,000 from the Cut-off. Igor Pihela Sr smooth-called from the Button, before Surovec decided to fold.
First to act, Juhola moved all in for 1,700,000 on the 8♥A♥K♥. Pihela Sr pondered for a moment before making the call.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: A♠10♥
Igor Pihela Sr: 4♠4♥Juhola was a 95 % favorite, but poker can be a brutal game sometimes. The 4♦ on the turn saw Pihela Sr taking a commanding lead, and Juhola didn’t improve to a flush on the 10♦ river. The Finn was eliminated in seventh place in brutal fashion. He was awarded €25,0060 for his feats.
Igor Pihela Sr: 8500,000
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 0 -
Stephen Groom Eliminated in 8th Place (€19,500)
Stephen Groom Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 7/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Stephen Groom opened to 300,000 UTG. Seated right next to him, Martin Surovec put in a three-bet to 875,000. Action folded back to Groom, who moved all in for 5,000,000 in total. Surovec snap-called.
Stephen Groom: A♥K♦
Martin Surovec: K♥K♣Groom was in rough shape, and he didn’t hit an ace on the 6♦J♥4♥10♥3♣ board. Groom became the second one to bust from the final table; for his eighth place finish, he got €19,500.
Martin Surovec: 11,000,000
Stephen Groom: 0 -
Westerlund is on Fire
Jenny Westerlund Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Jenny Westerlund opened to 325,000 from the Lo-jack. Martin Surovec called from the Button, and Igor Pihela Sr joined the party as well, seated in the Big Blind.
First to act, Pihela Sr checked the 10♥7♠3♠ flop, before Westerlund. fired a 250,000 continuation bet. Surovec and Pihela Sr both made the call.
Pihela Sr checked again on the 7♣ turn, and Westerlund sized up to 650,000. Surovec folded, but Pihela Sr decided to stick around.
The river was the 9♦, and now, it was Pihela Sr to take over the aggression as he bet 450,000.Westerlund pondered for a minute or two, before making the call.
Jenny Westerlund: J♦10♦
Igor Pihela Sr: 10♣5♣Westerlund had the superior kicker, and she extended her chiplead even further.
Jenny Westerlund: 11,000,000
Igor Pihela Sr: 5,400,000 -
Chip Counts at the Break
Break N/A Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 It’s the first break of the day. The players will soon resume play at Level 29: Blinds 100,000/150,000, and 150,000 Ante. Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 7,600,000 51 2 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 7,200,000 48 3 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 6,900,000 46 4 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 6,675,000 45 5 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 5,325,000 36 6 Stephen Groom England 4,950,000 33 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 3,275,000 22 8 David Vinaya Norway 2,450,000 16 -
€1,500 Main Event Final Table Photos (by Elena Kask)
Jenny Westerlund Martin Surovec Martin Surovec Jari-Pekka Juhola Igor Pihela Sr Elias Vääräniemi Jenny Westerlund Jenny Westerlund Stephen Groom -
Westerlund gets Back from Vinaya
David Vinaya Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to David Vinaya, who raised to 325,000 from the Small Blind. Then, Jenny Westerlund put in a three-bet to 920,000 from the Big Blind. Vinaya wouldn’t be bullied, and he forced his opponent all in for an additional 3,000,000. Westerlund made the call.
David Vinaya: Q♥10♥
Jenny Westerlund: 9♥9♦Westerlund didn’t like the Q♠ in the window, but the flop also featured 9♠2♥. Vinaya picked up additional outs on the 5♥ turn, but with the J♣ river, the double-up belonged to Westerlund.
Jenny Westerlund: 7,900,000
David Vinaya: 3,300,000 -
Karolis Kutkauskas Eliminated in 9th Place (€14,200)
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From UTG+1, Karolis Kutkauskas opened to 250,000. Jari-Pekka Juhola three-bet to 600,000, and Kutkauskas moved all in for 1,600,000. Juhola snap-called.
Karolis Kutkauskas: J♦J♣
Jari-Pekka Juhola: A♥A♦Juhola was way ahead, and he improved to a set on the A♣Q♥3♣2♠9♣ board. As such, Kutkauskas became the first casualty of the final table, going out in ninth place for €14,200.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 3,800,000
Karolis Kutkauskas: 0 -
Vääräniemi Doubles through Westerlund
Elias Vääräniemi Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Seated UTG+1, Jenny Westerlund opened to 250,000. Elias Vääräniemi called from the Big Blind.
Vääräniemi checked the Q♥10♠4♥ flop, and Westerlund continued for 250,000. Vääräniemi then put in a 625,000 raise. Westerlund considered the situation for a minute or two, before forcing her opponent all in for 2,000,000. Vääräniemi made the call.
Jenny Westerlund: K♦Q♣
Elias Vääräniemi: Q♦10♣Vääräniemi was ahead, and Westerlund didn’t improve as the board completed with 6♣2♦.
Elias Vääräniemi: 5,900,000
Jenny Westerlund: 4,000,000 -
Straight for Pihela
Igor Pihela Sr Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 250,000 UTG. Igor Pihela Sr called from the Hi-jack, and Karolis Kutkauskas defended his Big Blind.
After a check from Kutkauskas, Chmielowski continued for 300,000. Within seconds, Pihela Sr put in a raise to 600,000. Kutkauskas quickly folded, before Chmielowski made the call.
Both players quickly checked the J♠ turn. Pihela Sr bet 300,000 on the 9♥ river, and Chmielowski made the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♥J♥
Igor Pihela Sr: K♣Q♣Pihela Sr had the best hand with a straight, and he took down the pot.
Igor Pihela Sr: 7,600,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 4,400,000 -
Chmielowski Wins pre-flop
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 200,000 from UTG+1. Igor Pihela Sr smooth-called from the Cut-off, before Elias Vääräniemi three-bet to 575,000 from the Button. Then, Chmielowski four-bet to 1,700,000. The bet was enough to force both his opponents to fold.
Thanks to the stream, the holdings of the players are revealed:
Igor Pihela Sr: 10♠10♥
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♦K♥
Elias Vääräniemi: A♠Q♦Igor Pihela Sr: 6,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 5,500,000
Elias Vääräniemi: 2,100,000 -
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Cards are in the air for the final table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Watch the final table live with a 30-minute delay on the YouTube link above. The poker.pro live coverage will follow the delay.
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Chipleader Surovec Looking to Claim Main Event win
Martin Surovec It’s the bittersweet last day of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. What a festival this has been! All guarantees have been smashed, and new WSOP Circuit Ring winners have been crowned. But it’s not done quite yet.
The final table of Ring Event #4: €1,500 Main Event is obviously the highlight of today. Nine players are taking their seats at noon, where they will keep fightning for the €200,000 first-place payout. Czech Martin Surovec is the chip leader, and time will tell if he manages to convert his monster stack to a win.
Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event – Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Count
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Elias Vääräniemi
Finland 2,925,000 29 1 2 David Vinaya
Norway 6,790,000 68 1 3 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden 6,885,000 69 1 4 Karolis Kutkauskas
Lithuania 1,715,000 17 1 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland 4,025,000 40 1 6 Stephen Groom
England 5,855,000 59 1 7 Martin Surovec
Czech Republic 7,715,000 77 1 8 Jari-Pekka Juhola
Finland 2,495,000 25 1 9 Igor Pihela Sr
Estonia 5,880,000 59 The other WSOP Circuit Ring Event on today’s schedule is Day 2 of Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH. 106 entries have become 14 players, and Lankinen is at the top of the rankings going into Day 2.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – August 3 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 4 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH Day 2 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. €350 NLH Progressive Bounty 2:00 p.m. €200 NLH Turbo Let’s see the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn conclude in fitting fashion.
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€1,500 Main Event – Day 3 Results
Place Player Country Prize 10 Chaofei Wang China €11,200 11 Vidar Assersen Norway €11,200 12 Gunnar Wedde Norway €9,100 13 Andrew King Ireland €9,100 14 Henri Schalin Finland €9,100 15 Maikel Homin Estonia €9,100 16 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia €7,500 17 Nian Li China €7,500 18 Erik Lindqwist Sweden €7,500 19 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €7,500 20 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania €7,500 21 Rasmus Lundström Finland €7,500 22 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €7,500 23 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania €7,500 24 Tobias Napel Norway €6,250 25 Tõnis Viik Estonia €6,250 26 Timmy Anker Denmark €6,250 27 Kimmo Kurko Finland €6,250 28 Ilari Sahamies Finland €6,250 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania €6,250 30 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €6,250 31 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €6,250 32 Tommi Lankinen Finland €5,250 33 Ignas Navickas Lithuania €5,250 34 Tero Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
The Final Table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event
Below is the seat draw and the chip counts for tomorrow’s final table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Czech Martin Surovec is the chip leader going into tomorrow’s final.
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Elias Vääräniemi
Finland 2,925,000 29 1 2 David Vinaya
Norway 6,790,000 68 1 3 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden 6,885,000 69 1 4 Karolis Kutkauskas
Lithuania 1,715,000 17 1 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland 4,025,000 40 1 6 Stephen Groom
England 5,855,000 59 1 7 Martin Surovec
Czech Republic 7,715,000 77 1 8 Jari-Pekka Juhola
Finland 2,495,000 25 1 9 Igor Pihela Sr
Estonia 5,880,000 59 These are the remaining payouts:
Position Payout 1 €200,200 2 €128,500 3 €90,200 4 €62,500 5 €46,000 6 €33,100 7 €25,060 8 €19,500 9 €14,200 -
Groom Eliminates Chaofei Wang; Final Table is Set
Chaofei Wang Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Stephen Groom opened to 200,000 UTG. Action folded to Chaofei Wang, who moved all in from the Small Blind for 2,550,000. Groom called as fast as humanly possible.
Chaofei Wang: 4♠4♣
Stephen Groom: A♣K♣‘Groom took a solid lead on the A♦K♠9♠ flop, and Wang wasn’t able to catch up as the board completed 3♣10♦. With Wang out in tenth place, the final table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event is now set.
Stephen Groom: 5,855,000
Chaofei Wang: 0The final table will be played tomorrow at 12:00. It will be livestreamed with a 30-minute delay on the poker.pro YouTube channel.
That’s a wrap for today’s live coverage from poker.pro, but before we leave you, the seat draw and chip counts for tomorrow will be uploaded, as well as all results from today.
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Westerlund Eliminates Assersen
Vidar Assersen Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 10/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 UTG, Jenny Westerlund opened to 225,000. Action folded to Vidar Assersen, who moved all in for 820,000 from the Button. After doing the math, Westerlund decided to go for the call.
Vidar Assersen: A♥J♥
Jenny Westerlund: K♥10♠Both players hit a piece of the Q♦10♥J♣ flop, and Westerlund picked up a straight draw in addition to her pair. The 3♦ turn didn’t change anything, but the 9♠ saw the Swede hitting her straight, sending Norway’s Assersen to the rail in eleventh place.
Jenny Westerlund: 6,800,000
Vidar Assersen: 0 -
Surovec Knocks out two Players
Martin Surovec Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 11/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martin Surovec opened to 200,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated on the Button, Gunnar Wedde three-bet to 550,000. The action didn’t stop there, as Andrew King then moved all in for 1,100,000. Back on Surovec, who re-shoved, effectively forcing Wedde all in for 3,200,000. Wedde made the call.
Andrew King: 4♥4♣
Martin Surovec: K♠K♥
Gunnar Wedde: J♠J♥Surovec had both of his opponents in rough shape. King picked up additional outs on the 2♦5♥3♠ flop, but in the end, victory belonged to Surovec, as the board completed with 9♠10♦. Surovec sent two players to the rail and won a very significant pot.
Martin Surovec: 6,700,000
Gunnar Wedde: 0
Andrew King: 0 -
Chip Counts at the Break
The remaining 14 players are soon returing from the break on Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000). Below are the current chip counts:
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 6,330,000 63 2 David Vinaya Norway 5,695,000 57 3 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 4,295,000 43 4 Stephen Groom England 4,205,000 42 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 4,115,000 41 6 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 3,400,000 34 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 3,170,000 32 8 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 3,040,000 30 9 Gunnar Wedde Norway 2,630,000 26 10 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 1,740,000 17 11 Chaofei Wang China 1,675,000 17 12 Vidar Assersen Norway 1,545,000 15 13 Andrew King Ireland 1,220,000 12 14 Henri Schalin Finland 745,000 7 -
Homin is Out
Maikel Homin Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 14/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Gunnar Wedde opened to 160,000 from UTG+1. From the Cut-off, a shortstacked Maikel Homin moved all in for 240,000. Wedde made the call.
Maikel Homin: A♠4♠
Gunnar Wedde: A♥10♣Wedde got the better of his opponent on the 6♦Q♥7♣10♠Q♠ board. Homin was sent to the rail in fifteenth place, cashing for €9,100.
Gunner Wedde: 2,630,000
Maikel Homin: 0 -
Big One for Vinaya
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 15/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 After some raising back and forth, Maikel Homin and David Nivaya both were all in pre-flop. The stacksizes were very even, but Vinaya was the player at risk, playing 3,400,000.
Maikel Homin: K♣K♥
David Vinaya: A♥A♦A brutal cooler for Homin, and he didn’t get any help on the J♦10♣9♥4♦6♣ board. Vinaya won a big pot, while Homin was left with crumbs.
David Vinaya: 6,600,000
Maikel Homin: 220,000 -
Kutkauskas Doubles Through Westerlund
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 15/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Jenny Westerlund who opened to 160,000 from the Button. Seated in the Big Blind, Karolis Kutkauskas moved all in for 810,000. Westerlund snap-called.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 4♥4♦
Jenny Westerlund: K♣Q♣Kutkauskas survived as the board spelled out 8♣5♦8♦2♦6♣.
Jenny Westerlund: 4,745,000
Karolis Kutkauskas: 1,700,000 -
Another Pot Goes to Westerlund
Stephen Groom Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 15/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 UTG+1, Stephen Groom opened to 125,000. From the Hi-jack, chip leader Jenny Westerlund three-bet to 325,000. Groom made the call.
Groom check-called a 250,000 bet from Westerlund on the 9♥K♦4♦ flop. He checked again on the 6♠ turn, and Westerlund continued for 550,000. Again, Groom made the call.
Groom completed the check trifecta on the 9♣ turn, and then, the called a 1,000,000 bet from Westerlund. Westerlund, who’s the only lady remaining in the tournament, turned over K♥K♠ for a full house. Groom mucked his hand.
Jenny Westerlund: 8,100,000
Stephen Groom: 2,940,000 -
Chmielowski Survives
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 16/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Karolis Kutkauskas opened to 125,000 from the Lo-jack. Krzysztof Chmielowski moved all in for 315,000 from the Button, and Kutkauskas made the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 9♠9♣
Karolis Kutkauskas: A♠10♥Kutkauskas picked up additional outs the 6♥K♣J♥ flop, but as the board completed 7♠K♥, he didn’t get there.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 3,100,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 1,000,000 -
Jarkko Suokas Wins Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten for €14,035
Jarkko Suokas Nicklas Nordblom announced pot for 450,000. Jarkko Suokas re-pot 1,350,000, effectively forcing Nordblom all in for 1,050,000. Nordblom made the call.
After the dealer revealed the 10♠9♦8♦ flop, Suokas discarded two cards. Nordblom only asked for one new card, and after declining the 9♠, he got another card face down.
Nicklas Nordblom: K♥K♦J♠7♣6♠
Jarkko Suokas: Q♥Q♠Q♣K♣3♥Suokas had already locked up the five-card draw-pot, but Nordblom was ahead on the board with a straight. Unlucky for him, however, Suokas improved to a superior straight as the board completed with 3♦J♥.
That means that Jarkko Suokas wins Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten. He overcame a field that consisted of 113 entries, and for his achievement, he wins €14,035, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and most importantly, the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.
Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten – Full Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Jarkko Suokas
Finland €14,035 + $5,000 Ticket to Paradise 2 Nicklas Nordblom
Sweden €9,260 3 Sami Säämänen
Finland €6,300 4 Torgil Hellman
Sweden €4,430 5 Anders Öhman
Sweden €3,230 6 Peter La Terra
Sweden €2,440 7 Niko Palonen
Finland €1,920 8 Sebastian Wahl
Finland €1,450 9 Alexander Hallenstam
Sweden €1,450 10 Patric Mattsson
Sweden €1,190 11 Klaus Grönberg
Finland €1,190 12 Frank Visser
Netherlands €1,130 13 Timo Lämsä
Finland €1,130 14 Annika Tängström
Sweden €1,130 15 Jan Holte
Norway €1,130 16 Gry-Helene Ostlie
Norway €1,130 17 Olli Aleksi Siitonen
Finland €1,130 -
€555 Sviten Day 2 Photos (By Elena Kask)
Alexander Hallenstam Patric Mattsson Patric Mattsson Patric Mattsson Sami Säämänen Peter La Terra Anders Öhman Anders Öhman Peter La Terra Sami Säämänen Sami Säämänen Sami Säämänen Timo Lamsa Timo Lamsa Alexander Hallenstam Niko Palonen Niko Palonen Niko Palonen Patric Mattsson Klaus Grönberg Annika Tängström Frank Visser Torgil Hellman Sebastian Wahl Torgil Hellman Nicklas Nordblom Nicklas Nordblom Jarkko Suokas -
Chip Counts at the Third Break
Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 17/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The 17 players remaining in the Main Event are now on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return to Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000). Below are the chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 8,225,000 137 2 Stephen Groom England 4,545,000 76 3 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 3,840,000 64 4 Chaofei Wang China 3,760,000 63 5 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 3,120,000 52 6 Andrew King Ireland 3,015,000 50 7 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 2,925,000 49 8 Maikel Homin Estonia 2,860,000 48 9 David Vinaya Norway 2,735,000 46 10 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 2,070,000 35 11 Henri Schalin Finland 1,710,000 29 12 Gunnar Wedde Norway 1,700,000 28 13 Vidar Assersen Norway 1,205,000 20 14 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 810,000 14 15 Nian Li China 777,000 13 16 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 750,000 13 17 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 345,000 6 -
Lindqwist Says Goodbye
Andreas Möller & Erik Lindqwist Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 17/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 A short-stacked Erik Lindqwist moved all in UTG for 510,000. Right next to him, Gunnar Wedde re-shoved for 1,100,000. The two of them were heads-up to the flop.
Erik Lindqwist: A♥J♠
Gunnar Wedde: A♦K♦Wedde was ahead, and Lindqwist didn’t connect on the 6♣3♥10♣4♥4♦ board. Such, he was eliminated in eighteenth place for 7,500.
Gunnar Wedde: 1,700,000
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Vinaya Finds the Straight
David Vinaya Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 18/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Gunnar Wedde opened to 105,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated on the Button, David Vinaya was the sole caller.
Wedde fired a 110,000 continuation bet on the 10♦5♦K♣ flop, and Vinaya made the call. On the 2♣ turn, Wedde sized up to 150,000; Vinaya went for the call again.
Wedde slowed down on the J♥ river and checked. Vinaya now took over the aggression and bet 280,000. Wedde made the call fairly quickly.
Vinaya revealed his A♠Q♥ for a rivered straight.
David Vinaya: 2,850,000
Gunnar Wedde: 1,150,000 -
Updated List of Eliminations
Jussi Mattila Place Player Country Prize 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Göran Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Urrea Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony C. M. Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Santalla Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Reza Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Frisk Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Ahane Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Emil Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi P. K. Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Gurrutxaga Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas F. L. Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander F. M. Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Mikael Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Johannes Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Kristjan Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan J. S. Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Fatiha Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
Lundström is Out
Rasmus Lundström Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 20/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Rasmus Lundström bet roughly 660,000, and left himself with 5,000 behind. Gonzalo Soriano called from the Big Blind, and being under the impression Lundström had moved all in, Soriano turned over his A♦A♣ holdings. According to the rules, the dealer dealt the flop, and Soriano had to play the rest of the hand with his cards faced up.
Lundström then went all in for his remaining 5,000 on the J♠7♣5♣ flop. Naturally, Soriano made the call.
Rasmus Lundström: 9♠9♥
No help for Lundström on the 10♥K♣ runout, and he was eliminated in twenty-first place for €7,500.
Gonzalo Soriano: 1,800,000
Rasmus Lundström: 0 -
Another Big Pot to Westerlund
Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 24/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Justinas Adomauskas opened to 80,000 UTG. Chip leader Jenny Westerlund then made it 200,000 from the Cut-off. Then, Tõnis Viik moved all in for 705,000 from the Button. The players in the blinds then folded, and when it came back to Adomauskas, he min-raised to 1,205,000. After perhaps two minute’s worth of consideration, Westerlund smooth-called.
Adomauskas checked the 9♠2♠6♠ flop, and Westerlund then forced him all in for 1,630,000. Adomauskas sighed heavily before he folded, showing he had A♣K♣.
Tõnis Viik: J♣J♥
Jenny Westerlund: Q♠Q♣The board completed 4♣7♥, and Westerlund extended her chip lead even further.
Jenny Westerlund: 6,365,000
Justinas Adomauskas: 1,630,000
Tõnis Viik: 0 -
Chip Counts at Second Break
Jenny Westerlund is the current chip leader Break N/A Entries: 26/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The players are now on the second break of the day. They will soon return to Level 23, which features Blinds 20,000/40,000, and a 40,000 Ante. Below are the chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 4,375,000 109 2 Chaofei Wang China 4,110,000 103 3 Stephen Groom England 3,245,000 81 4 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 3,015,000 75 5 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 2,730,000 68 6 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 2,705,000 68 7 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 2,575,000 64 8 Andrew King Ireland 2,450,000 61 9 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 2,375,000 59 10 Maikel Homin Estonia 2,000,000 50 11 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 1,980,000 50 12 David Vinaya Norway 1,960,000 49 13 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 1,590,000 40 14 Henri Schalin Finland 1,330,000 33 15 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 1,125,000 28 16 Gunnar Wedde Norway 1,020,000 26 17 Rasmus Lundström Finland 995,000 25 18 Tobias Napel Norway 805,000 20 19 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 635,000 16 20 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 600,000 15 21 Tõnis Viik Estonia 570,000 14 22 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 560,000 14 23 Vidar Assersen Norway 550,000 14 24 Timmy Anker Denmark 500,000 13 25 Nian Li China 455,000 11 26 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 230,000 6 -
Updated List of Day 3 Eliminations
Place Player Country Prize 27 Kimmo Kurko Finland €6,250 28 Ilari Sahamies Finland €6,250 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania €6,250 30 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €6,250 31 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €6,250 32 Tommi Lankinen Finland €5,250 33 Ignas Navickas Lithuania €5,250 34 Tero Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
Monster Pot to Westerlund
Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Level 21: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 28/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From the Cut-off, Jenny Westerlund opened to 65,000. Markku Koplimaa called from the Big Blind.
Koplimaa check-called a 50,000 bet from Westerlund on the 5♣10♠Q♣ flop. Koplimaa checked again on the J♣ turn, and Westerlund now bet 125,000. Then, Koplimaa raised to 375,000. Westerlund wouldn’t have it, and she re-raised to 825,000. Koplimaa wasn’t done yet; he moved all in for 1,200,000, and Westerlund snap-called.
Markku Koplimaa: K♣8♣
Jenny Westerlund: A♣3♣Absolutely brutal for Koplimaa, and the 5♦ river was a pure formality. He was eliminated, as Westerlund’s stack grew to enormous proportions.
Jenny Westerlund: 3,960,000
Markku Koplimaa: 0 -
Lankinen bids Farewell
Tommi Lankinen Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 31/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Tommi Lankinen moved all in UTG for 220,000. Action folded to Gunnar Wedde, who made the call from the Small Blind.
Tommi Lankinen: K♠J♥
Gunner Wedde: A♠6♣The board 2♠4♣A♣8♠9♥ saw Lankinen going out in thirty-second place for €5,250.
Gunnar Wedde: 1,950,000
Tommi Lankinen: 0 -
Updated Results
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 33/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Below are all eliminations so far from today.
Place Player Country Prize 34 Tero Tapio Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Smedheim Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Antonio Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Nordbjorn Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Göran Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Urrea Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony C. M. Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Santalla Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Reza Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Frisk Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Ahane Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Emil Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi P. K. Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Gurrutxaga Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas F. L. Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander F. M. Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Mikael Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Johannes Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Kristjan Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan J. S. Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Fatiha Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
Brutal Cooler Makes Big Pot
Roy Van Der Reijnst Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 34/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The board read Q♦K♠6♥7♠ with 940,000 in the middle. Chaofei Wang bet 425,000, Roy Van Der Reijnst quickly forced his opponent all in for an additional 1,260,000, and Wang snap-called.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: Q♠Q♥
Chaofei Wang: K♦K♥A brutal cooler, and Van Der Reijnst didn’t improve to quads on the 5♥ river. The enormous pot went the way of Wang.
Chaofei Wang: 3,460,000
Roy Van Der Reijnst: 2,440,000 -
Final Table in Sviten
Peter La Terra The final table of Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten is being played in the same room as the Main Event. There are only six players remaining battling for this first-ever WSOP Circuit Ring Event of Sviten.
A short-stacked Peter La Terra just moved all in from UTG for 95,000. Action folded to Sami Säämänen, who made the call from the Big Blind.
After the dealer dealt the 8♠A♣8♥ flop, Säämänen discarded two cards. La Terra bought one new; he declinded the 2♥ and got another one face down.
Peter La Terra: K♠K♣J♠J♦10♦
Sami Säämänen: A♦5♥5♣6♦3♥The board completed 9♠Q♥, which meant that La Terra scooped the pot with two-pair on the hand and a straight on the board.
Sami Säämänen: 745,000
Peter La Terra: 205,000 -
Another One Bites the Dust
Eldars Sadih-Zade Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 38/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martin Surovec opened to 55,000 from the Lo-jack. Roy Van Der Reijnst then three-bet to 130,000 from the Button, prior to Eldars Sadih-Zade moving all in for roughly 1,150,000. Surovec quickly folded, but Van Der Reijnst snap-called.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: Q♥Q♦
Eldars Sadih-Zade: 9♥9♦‘Sadih-Zade picked up additional outs on the 6♣7♥8♣ flop, but Van Der Reijnst managed to avoid disaster as the board completed 8♦7♦. Van Der Reijnst sent another player to the rail as his already impressive stack increased.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: 4,000,000
Eldars Sadih-Zade: 0 -
Chip Counts at the First Break
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 44/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The Main Event players are now on the first break of the day. They will soon resume play at Level 21: Blinds 10,000/25,000, with a 25,000 Ante. Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 3,425,000 137 2 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 2,735,000 109 3 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 2,680,000 107 4 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 2,475,000 99 5 Stephen Groom England 2,440,000 98 6 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 1,730,000 69 7 Maikel Homin Estonia 1,555,000 62 8 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 1,470,000 59 9 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 1,425,000 57 10 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 1,205,000 48 11 Gunnar Wedde Norway 1,200,000 48 12 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 1,160,000 46 13 Andrew King Ireland 1,055,000 42 14 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 1,050,000 42 15 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 1,010,000 40 16 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 975,000 39 17 Chaofei Wang China 965,000 39 18 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 895,000 36 19 Tero Laurila Finland 815,000 33 20 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 810,000 32 21 Mario Colavita Italy 800,000 32 22 Rasmus Lundström Finland 785,000 31 23 Kimmo Kurko Finland 765,000 31 24 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 725,000 29 25 Tobias Napel Norway 720,000 29 26 Tõnis Viik Estonia 705,000 28 27 Tanel Evert Estonia 685,000 27 28 Sondre Lunde Norway 680,000 27 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 655,000 26 30 Nian Li China 650,000 26 31 Henri Schalin Finland 630,000 25 32 David Vinaya Norway 540,000 22 33 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 385,000 15 34 Timmy Anker Denmark 375,000 15 35 Vidar Assersen Norway 350,000 14 36 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 340,000 14 37 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 275,000 11 38 Even Rislov Norway 255,000 10 39 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 255,000 10 40 Tommi Lankinen Finland 230,000 9 41 James Paris Malta 200,000 8 42 Ilari Sahamies Finland 175,000 7 -
Van Der Reijnst Looking for Redemption
Roy Van Der Reijnst Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 44/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Roy Van Der Reijnst finished second in Ring Event #3: €555 NLH, which is the biggest tournament of that buy-in to ever be played during the WSOP Circuit Tallinn (744 entries). Van Der Reijnst is still alive in the €1,500 Main Event, roughly playing 2,450,000. Will he be able to get redemption this time?
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A Decent Flop
Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 53/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Borja Martinez opened to 40,000 from UTG+1. Jenny Westerlund, seated in the Small Blind, was the sole caller.
Westerlund check-called a 30,000 bet from Martinez on the A♥9♦A♦ flop. After another check from the Swede on the 10♣ turn, Martinez now sized up to 95,000. Westerlund made the call.
Action went check-check on the 6♥ river. Westerlund turned over A♣9♠ for a flopped full house; now that’s a decent flop.
Jenny Westerlund: 975,000
Borja Martinez: 800,000 -
Miracle Jack for Chmielowski
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 57/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 30,000 from the Button. Jack Kiriakus then made it 165,000 from the Big Blind. Chmielowski pondered for a minute before moving all in for 475,000 in total. Kiriakus made the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♠J♥
Jack Kiriakus: A♥Q♠Kiriakus was way ahead, but he didn’t fancy the J♦6♥4♣ flop. The 2♠10♣ runout didn’t help him, and he lost a big chunk of his stack to Chmielowski.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 1,000,000
Jack Kiriakus: 375,000 -
Triple-up for Juhola
Jari-Pekka Juhola Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 58/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 On a 2♠K♥8♠A♥ board with roughly 250,000 in the middle, some kind of action led out to Igor Pihela Sr raising an earlier bet to 475,000. Kestutis Jungevicius made the call before Jari-Pekka Juhola moved all in for 550,000 in total. Pihela Sr then attempted to go all in himself, but the door wasn’t open, and he had to settle with a call. Jungevicius also called.
Pihela Sr and Jungevicius both checked the 9♣ river.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 8♥8♦
Kestutis Jungevicius: A♣2♥
Igor Pihela Sr: A♠3♠With his set of eights, Juhola won the pot and tripled up his stack.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 2,000,000
Kestutis Jungevicius: 975,000
Igor Pihela Sr: 295,000 -
Battle of the Swedes
Andreas Möller & Erik Lindqwist Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 68/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From the Hi-jack, Harem Rafat opened to 35,000. Erik Lindqwist then put in a three-bet to 90,000 from the Button. Back to Rafat who moved all in for roughly 400,000 in total. Lindqwist made the call.
Harem Rafat: Q♥Q♣
Erik Lindqwist: A♦K♣Rafat was devastated to see the 3♠8♠K♦ flop. He didn’t hit a miracle queen on the 9♠8♦ runout, and all his chips went the way of Lindqwist.
Erik Lindqwist: 1,330,000
Harem Rafat: 0 -
No Flush
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 73/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Jon Alba on the Button, who opened to 30,000. Krzysztof Chmielowski defended his Big Blind.
Chmielowski check-called a 15,000 bet from Alba on the 5♥10♠6♥ flop. Action went check-check on the 3♥ turn. Chmielowski checked on the 9♥ river, and Alba then bet 55,000. Chmielowski took some time before calling.
Alba immediately mucked his hand, and Chmielowski was awarded the pot.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 535,000
Jon Alba: 50,000 -
Shuffle up and Deal
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 78/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The remaining 78 players in Ring Event #5; €1,500 Main Event have taken their seats, and the dealers are now shuffling the cards. The battle for eternal poker glory is resuming.
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Five Ring Events During Day 9
Kenneth Svendsen & Even Rislov Time flies when you’re having fun, they say. That has proven to be the case during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Eight days have flew by at rapid speed, and today, it’s the second-to-last day. That doesn’t imply that the fun is anywhere near done, though. In fact, today’s tournament schedule is one of the most packed one so far, with no less than five WSOP Circuit Ring Events on the schedule.
Kicking things off is Day 3 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. What a journey this tournament has been so far. Five starting flights led up to yesterday’s Day 2. When registration closed after the two first 60-minute levels, it was confirmed the tournament had registered 888 entries. Not only is this the biggest WSOP Circuit Main Event ever on Estonian soil, but the €1,00,000 guarantee has also been shattered (€1,138,860). The 88 remaining survivors will resume the battle for the €200,200 first-place payout at noon.
Also starting at 12:00 is Day 2 of Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten. This is the first-time ever a Sviten tournament is WSOP Circuit Ring certified, and out of the 113 entries, 17 player remain. Patric Mattsson is the chip leader, and time will tell if he manages to navigate his way all the way to the title.
One hour later, it’s time for the conclusion of Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty. The defending champion Rasmus Lundström is not one of the 41 players still in (out of a total 210 entries) as he’s still in the Main Event. Instead, there’ll be a new winner; will it be the current chip leader Andrius Mazurkevicius who emerges victorious, or perhaps another candidate?
Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH is also starting at 13:00. This is the tournament that holds the second-biggest buy-in of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, and presumably, many players will throw their name into the competition.
Stephen Groom Last in terms of WSOP Circuit Ring Events, it’s Ring Event #12: €350 Online Event. Registration is open for the tournament in the OlyBet online poker client, and this virtual affair is a nice addition to what has already been a superb live poker event.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – August 2 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 3 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten Day 2 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. €200 NLH Deepstack 1:00 p.m. Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Day 2 (Final Day) 1:00 p.m. Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH Day 1 2:00 p.m. €200 NLH Queens 5:00 p.m. €350 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty 7:00 p.m. €555 NLH 8-Handed 8:00 p.m. Ring Event #12: €350 Online Event 9:00 p.m. €200 Turbo All in all, there’s yet another great day of unparalleled poker fun waiting for all in Tallinn. The poker.pro live coverage will commence at noon; see you soon.
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Day 3 Results
Below are all the eliminations from Day 3, after reaching ITM.
Place Player Country Payout 82 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €3,050 83 Kaspars Butans Latvia €2,950 84 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia €2,950 85 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania €2,950 86 Kristers Muhins Latvia €2,950 87 Per Michael Engström Sweden €2,950 88 Ronnie Youssef Sweden €2,950 89 Jamie Ryan Brent Ireland €2,950 90 Karev Tralla Estonia €2,950 91 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan €2,850 92 Juha Ilmari Helppi Finland €2,850 93 Lasse Rod Hansen Norway €2,850 94 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus €2,850 95 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania €2,850 96 Klavs Garselis Latvia €2,850 97 Jan Roger Holte Norway €2,850 98 Eero I. A. Abbey Finland €2,850 99 Gundars Zelcs Latvia €2,850 100 Nina Susanna Kiviharju Finland €2,850 101 Yannick .G .L .D Palacio France €2,850 102 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia €2,850 103 Aku Ilari Laajus Finland €2,850 104 Terje Wangberg Norway €2,850 105 Matthew Micallef Malta €2,850 106 Michel Karim Sweden €2,850 107 Jonas Klaus Germany €2,850 108 Martin Zobel Germany €2,850 109 Johan Anders Högberg Sweden €2,850 110 Vu Hoang Vuong Finland €2,850 111 Jukka Tapani Perälä Finland €2,850 112 Nils J. E. Linden Sweden €2,850 113 Ishak Noyan Sweden €2,850 114 Marius Brandhagen Hakonsen Norway €2,850 115 Luka A. O. Sorainen Finland €2,850 116 Nicolas Salomaa Bacigalupe Alvariza Sweden €2,850 117 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania €2,850 118 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland €2,850 119 Trond Aanestad Norway €2,850 120 Roope O. O. Tarmi Finland €2,850 121 Davis Modans Latvia €2,850 122 Roberts Krigers Latvia €2,850 123 Remy Mägi Estonia €2,850 124 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,850 125 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €2,850 126 Zahid Hasan Bhuiyan Bangladesh €2,850 127 Yossef Ifergan France €2,850 128 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €2,850 129 Daniel Rudd England €2,850 130 Janne Antero Ojala Finland €2,850 131 Andre Mägi Estonia €2,850 132 Jani E. J. Junnilainen Finland €2,850 133 Romans Tumulis Latvia €2,850 134 Kambiz A. R. Kashi Sweden €2,850 135 Tomas E. J. Graham New Zealand €2,850 136 Mathias H. M. Siljander Finland €2,850 137 Urmo Velvelt Estonia €2,850 138 Kaido Mikk Estonia €2,850 -
Day 3 Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Below is the seat draw and chip count for Day 3 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event.
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 12 1 Chaofei Wang China 570,000 38 12 2 Roberts Rumba Latvia 540,000 36 12 3 Tobias Napel Norway 145,000 10 12 4 Joel Lehtinen Finland 275,000 18 12 5 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 455,000 30 12 6 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 455,000 30 12 7 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 75,000 5 12 8 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 330,000 22 13 1 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 1,015,000 68 13 2 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 200,000 13 13 3 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 865,000 58 13 4 Saara Benlamine Finland 110,000 7 13 5 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 670,000 45 13 6 De-Han Kim Korea, South 790,000 53 13 7 Hamid Salehi Sweden 795,000 53 13 8 Ilari Sahamies Finland 410,000 27 14 1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 365,000 24 14 2 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia 125,000 8 14 3 David Marfil Spain 600,000 40 14 4 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 745,000 50 14 5 Henri Schalin Finland 570,000 38 14 6 Eero Ihaksi Finland 215,000 14 14 7 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 355,000 24 14 8 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 3,150,000 210 15 1 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 510,000 34 15 2 David Vinaya Norway 865,000 58 15 3 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 695,000 46 15 4 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 480,000 32 15 5 Nian Li China 345,000 23 15 6 Aiguo Xu China 750,000 50 15 7 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 330,000 22 15 8 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 660,000 44 16 1 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 615,000 41 16 2 Tõnis Viik Estonia 310,000 21 16 3 Timmy Anker Denmark 380,000 25 16 4 Gunnar Wedde Norway 855,000 57 16 5 David Kozma Hungary 710,000 47 16 6 Harem Rafat Sweden 460,000 31 16 7 Mario Colavita Italy 525,000 35 16 8 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 795,000 53 17 1 Sondre Lunde Norway 470,000 31 17 2 Jonatan Fors Finland 90,000 6 17 3 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 515,000 34 17 4 Tero Laurila Finland 865,000 58 17 5 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 955,000 64 17 6 Tanel Evert Estonia 490,000 33 17 7 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 535,000 36 17 8 Yngve Lommerud Norway 745,000 50 19 1 Andrew King Ireland 1,125,000 75 19 2 Roberto Ahane Olsen Sweden 640,000 43 19 3 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 370,000 25 19 4 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 420,000 28 19 5 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 1,295,000 86 19 6 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 785,000 52 19 7 Jussi Mattila Finland 755,000 50 19 8 Stephen Groom England 1,745,000 116 20 1 Maikel Homin Estonia 450,000 30 20 2 Eetu Porkka Finland 150,000 10 20 3 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 430,000 29 20 4 Peter Jaksland Denmark 260,000 17 20 5 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 265,000 18 20 6 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 257,000 17 20 7 Even Rislov Norway 360,000 24 20 8 Tommi Lankinen Finland 690,000 46 21 1 Kimmo Kurko Finland 555,000 37 21 2 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 485,000 32 21 3 Gints Ozols Latvia 365,000 24 21 5 Borja Martinez Spain 195,000 13 21 6 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 705,000 47 21 7 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 140,000 9 21 8 James Paris Malta 450,000 30 23 1 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 400,000 27 23 2 Rasmus Lundström Finland 1,055,000 70 23 3 Jon Alba Spain 360,000 24 23 4 Thomas Santerne France 725,000 48 23 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 345,000 23 23 6 Vidar Assersen Norway 200,000 13 23 8 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 765,000 51 -
€1,500 Main Event Day 2 Photos (by Elena Kask)
Martin Surovec Glenn Brown & Andreas Höglund Urmo Velvelt Urmo Velvelt Christoffer Karlén Mauri Dorbek Mauri Dorbek Mauri Dorbek Andreas Möller & Erik Lindqwist Keng Tan Erling Olsen Martin Piik Mathias Siljander Mathias Siljander Alexey Cherkasov Erling Olsen Rasmus Lundström Kalle Ly Juhani Tyrisevä Vadims Milovs Mykhailo Mikhalov Mykhailo Mikhalov Mykhailo Mikhalov Glenn Brown Christoffer Karlén Christoffer Karlén Christoffer Karlén Tonis Viik Tonis Viik Jargo Alavali Svetlana Aubakirova Svetlana Aubakirova Ruslan Stserbjuk Jani Junnilainen Andre Magi Jenny Westerlund Nina Kiviharju De Kim Ville Mesiranta Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Adria Roura Vladimiras Meckovskis Alevtina Bubnova Alevtina Bubnova Alevtina Bubnova Alina Paliahoshka Alina Paliahoshka Borja Martinez Tero Laurila Gaudrius Dzikaras Tero Laurila Joel Lehtinen Bahadir Hatipoglu Joel Lehtinen Michel Karim Michel Karim Ilari Sahamies Ruslan Stserbjuk Ruslan Stserbjuk Kaido Mikk Tobias Napel James Paris James Paris James Paris Tobias Napel Alexander Norden Markku Koplimaa Markku Koplimaa Anthony Geniaux Henri Schalin Henri Schalin Aklilu Laitinen Aklilu Laitinen Catalin Pop Catalin Pop Luka Sorainen Harem Rafat Jari Juhola & Celine Zimmermann Einius Jurgevicius Nian Li Olivier Franceschi Jussi Mattila Karev Tralla & Mauri Dorbek Harem Rafat Kenneth Svendsen & Even Rislov Stephen Groom Per Engström Stephen Groom Rasmus Lundström Elias Vaaraniemi Karolis Kutkauskas Karolis Kutkauskas Karolis Kutkauskas -
That’s a Wrap
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 78/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event has concluded with 78 players bagging their chips for tomorrow’s Day 3. If this reporter is to be trusted, Karolis Kutkauskas should be the chip leader going into Day 3 with 3,150,000.
It was quite the hectic second day of the highly-anticipated Main Event. The €1,000,000 guarantee was surpassed and with a €200,200 first-place payout, the stakes are high for Day 3. Some notable bustouts in the field are Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi, reigning Main Event champion Aurimas Stanevicius, and this year’s winner of the €1,100 PLO4/5, Mathias Siljander.
Below are the remaining payouts in the tournament.
Position Payout 1 €200,200 2 €128,500 3 €90,200 4 €62,500 5 €46,000 6 €33,100 7 €25,060 8 €19,500 9 €14,200 10-11 €11,200 12-15 €9,100 16-23 €7,500 24-31 €6,250 32-39 €5,250 40-47 €4,550 48-55 €4,000 56-63 €3,650 64-71 €3,300 72-79 €3,050 That concludes the poker.pro live coverage for today, but before we leave you, we will share all the photos from today, as well as the chip counts and seat draw for tomorrow. A full recap of today’s action will be up by noon tomorrow as per usual.
Tomorrow’s live coverage will commence with the start of Day 3 at 12:00. See you then!
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A Somewhat Strange Hand
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 80/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The board read 10♦5♦2♠ with 94,000 in the middle. Ruslan Stserbjuk was the first to act, and he spent a somewhat long time thinking over his decision. Eventually, the floor called the clock on Stserbjuk, and he was given 30 seconds to make his decision. Eventually, his clock went down to zero, and chip leader Karolis Kutkauskas then bet 20,000. Quietly, Stserbjuk announced he was all in for perhaps 300,000. Kutkauskas immediately made the call.
Ruslan Stserbjuk: K♠7♠
Karolis Kutkauskas: Q♦2♦Stserbjuk was alive, but he wasn’t able to improve as the board completed with the 4♣3♥ runout. Such, Kutkauskas’ already impressive stack grew even bigger.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 3,350,000
Ruslan Stserbjuk: 0 -
Another Insane Pot send Helppi to the Rail
Juha Helppi Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 88/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From the Hi-jack, Karolis Kutkauskas opened to 25,000. Juha Helppi called from the Button, and Jari-Pekka Juhola defended his Big Blind.
Action was checked to Helppi on the 7♦4♥9♦ flop, and the Finnish poker legend bet 47,000. Juhola and Kutkauskas both made the call.
Juhola and Kutkauskas both checked again on the 10♥ turn. Helppi now bet 225,000, and after a fold from Juhola, Kutkauskas immideately forced Helppi all in for roughly 800,000. After perhaps five minutes worth of consideration. Helppi made the call.
Karolis Kutkauskas: J♠8♠
Juha Helppi: 7♠7♥Helppi didn’t improve to a full house as the 6♣ fell on the river. Kutkauskas expressed great joy as he won the insanely large pot, and eliminating one of the most skillful opponenets in the process.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 2,700,000
Juha Helppi: 0 -
Enormous Pot Sends Karim to the Rail
Michel Karim Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 99/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 UTG, Stephen Groom opened to 20,000. When action came to Michel Karim on the Button, he re-raised to 65,000. Groom then put in a four-bet to 180,000. Karim made the call.
Groom continued for 75,000 on the A♣8♠J♦ flop, and Karim made the call fairly quickly. Groom sized up to 195,000 on the 4♠ turn. After receiving the count, Karim again called.
Groom wasted little time before going all in on the 5♣ turn, effectively forcing Karim all in for 350,000. Karim took a good five minutes before making the call.
Stephen Groom: A♥A♦
Michel Karim: A♠Q♥After what perhaps is the biggest pot so far in the tournament, Karim was sent to the rail.
Stephen Groom: 1,620,000
Michel Karim: 0 -
Results so far
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 115/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Below are all the results so far, since reaching ITM.
Place Player Country Prize 116 Nicolas Salomaa Bacigalupe Alvariza Sweden €2,850 117 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania €2,850 118 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland €2,850 119 Trond Aanestad Norway €2,850 120 Roope O. O. Tarmi Finland €2,850 121 Davis Modans Latvia €2,850 122 Roberts Krigers Latvia €2,850 123 Remy Mägi Estonia €2,850 124 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,850 125 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €2,850 126 Zahid Hasan Bhuiyan Bangladesh €2,850 127 Yossef Ifergan France €2,850 128 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €2,850 129 Daniel Rudd England €2,850 130 Janne Antero Ojala Finland €2,850 131 Andre Mägi Estonia €2,850 132 Jani E. J. Junnilainen Finland €2,850 133 Romans Tumulis Latvia €2,850 134 Kambiz A. R. Kashi Sweden €2,850 135 Tomas E. J. Graham New Zealand €2,850 136 Mathias H. M. Siljander Finland €2,850 137 Urmo Velvelt Estonia €2,850 138 Kaido Mikk Estonia €2,850 -
Mesiranta not Mesmerized
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 114/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 De-Han Kim opened to 16,000 from the Cut-off. Within half of a second, Ville-Tapio Mesiranta moved all in for 55,000 from the Button. Kim called quickly.
Ville-Tapio Mesiranta: 7♠7♥
De-Han Kim: A♣K♥Kim got the better of Mesiranta as the board ran out K♠3♣8♠6♠4♣.
De-Han Kim: 515,000
Ville-Tapio Mesiranta: 0 -
The Bubble has Burst
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 135/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The floor decided to commence with hand-by-hand play when 137 players remained. When 136 were left, there were four all-in and call-situations on four different table. Two of the short stacks doubled up, and another one was eliminated.
Cao Doan moved all in from the Button for 66,000, and Yngve Lommerud called from the Big Blind.
Cao Doan: K♥J♥
Yngve Lommerud: Q♠8♠Doan took a solid lead on the 7♥6♦K♠, but as we all know, poker can be a brutal game sometimes. The board completed with 8♣Q♣, giving Lommerud a runner-runner two-pair. Such, Doan was eliminated in brutal fashion.
That means that the remaining 135 players all are in the money.
Yngve Lommerud: 645,000
Cao Doan: 0 -
Three Kings
Luka Sorainen Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 140/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Luka Sorainen opened to 16,000 from UTG+1. Karolis Kutkauskas (Cut-off), and big-stacked Juha Helppi (Big Blind) both made the call.
Action was checked to Kutkauskas on the K♥6♣9♦ flop, who continued for 15,000. Both of his opponents made the call.
All three players checked the K♣ turn. On the J♥ river, it was once again checked to Kutkauskas who now bet 34,000. Helppi folded, but Sorainen snap-called.
Kutkauskas revealed his K♠Q♥, which appeared to be the best hand seeing as Sorainen mucked.
Juha Helppi: 1,210,000
Karolis Kutkauskas: 440,000
Luka Sorainen: 330,000 -
Set over Set
Martin Piik Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 146/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 After David Marfil opened to 16,000, Martin Piik went all in from the Small Blind for 102,000. Jan Holte re-shoved for 308,000 from the Big Blind, and Marfil folded.
Martin Piik: 8♠8♣
Jan Holte: A♠A♣Piik took a solid lead on the 8♥10♥J♥ flop, but Holte was saved in the end as the board completed J♦A♦. He got some extra chips and knocked Piik out.
Jan Holte: 410,000
Martin Piik: 0 -
Big One for Lindqwist
Renars Skanis Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 152/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Renars Skaris opened to 16,000 from the Lo-jack. Erik Lindqwist then re-raised to 48,000. Skaris moved all in for roughly 200,000, and Lindqwist made the call.
Renars Skaris: A♥Q♥
Erik Lindqwist: Q♠Q♦Lindqwist managed to dodge an ace on the 7♦9♠5♥K♦3♠ board, eliminating Skaris doing so.
Erik Lindqwist: 555,000
Renars Skaris: 0 -
Erlandsson Wins a Decent One
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 156/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Hans Erlandsson, who finished fourteenth in EPT Paris 2024, opened to 13,000 from UTG+1. Gunnar Wedde made the call from the Lo-jack.
Erlandsson fired a 8,000 continuation bet on the 5♥9♣7♦ flop. On the K♥ turn, Erlandsson check-called a 17000 bet from Wedde. Both players then checked the A♠ river.
Erlandsson turned over A♦Q♦ which was the best hand.
Hans Erlandsson: 400,000
Gunnar Wedde: 280,000 -
Navickas’ Jacks are Good
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 167/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martijn Blom opened to 12,000 UTG. Seated right next to him, Ignas Navickas three-bet to 32,000. Back to Blom who moved all in for 98,000 in total. Navickas made the call.
Martijn Blom: A♣K♦
Ignas Navickas: J♥J♣It was a classic coinflip scenario, and today, jacks held up on the 5♠5♦9♦10♠10♦ runout.
Ignas Navickas: 428,000
Martijn Blom: 0 -
Important Information! Change in the Schedule
Because of the big interest in the tournaments that are going on right now, there is a modification in the schedule that affects the tournaments starting at 18:00. Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty will start at 18:00 (i.e., on time), while the €200 NLH Progressive Bounty is delayed to 19:00.
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€555 Sviten – Chip Counts at the Break
Rauno Kiviloo Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Torgil Hellman Sweden 96,000 192 2 Visa Kiviharju Finland 96,000 192 3 Gry-Helene Ostlie Norway 73,300 147 4 Gia Carneström Sweden 71,000 142 5 Stein Narland Norway 63,000 126 6 Vijar Tejapaibul Finland 46,000 92 7 Fabian Bartuschk Germany 45,000 90 8 Thor Morstol Norway 44,500 89 9 Tommy Bergman Sweden 42,800 86 10 Riku Koivurinne Finland 42,000 84 11 Frank Visser Netherlands 40,600 81 12 Jyri Merivirta Finland 39,200 78 13 Jens Riis Denmark 38,500 77 14 Toni Hämäläinen Finland 37,600 75 15 Peter Bergman Sweden 37,500 75 16 Jari Mähönen Finland 37,500 75 17 Anna Tängström Sweden 36,800 74 18 Peter La Terra Sweden 34,900 70 19 Erik Öhman Sweden 34,100 68 20 Torsti Kettula Finland 33,500 67 21 Patric Mattsson Sweden 33,200 66 22 Celine Zimmermann Switzerland 30,100 60 23 Allan Arjut Estonia 30,000 60 24 Klaus Grönberg Finland 30,000 60 25 Zechariah Montoya United States 30,000 60 26 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 30,000 60 27 Berit Tängström Sweden 30,000 60 28 Kris Tikka Estonia 30,000 60 29 Sebastian Wahl Finland 30,000 60 30 Scott Kenyon England 29,900 60 31 Gilles Lamy France 29,500 59 32 Toomas Mäkikokko Finland 29,000 58 33 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 28,500 57 34 Nicklas Nordblom Sweden 28,100 56 35 Jesper Larsson Sweden 27,500 55 36 Manuel Cardoso Portugal 27,000 54 37 Herli Olop Estonia 26,800 54 38 Alexander Hallenstam Sweden 25,000 50 39 Sascha Manns Germany 25,000 50 40 Jari Virta Sweden 24,100 48 41 Olli Siitonen Finland 24,000 48 42 Amir Hallenstam Sweden 23,500 47 43 Pasi Trollhjärta Sweden 21,400 43 44 Nicklas Dehli Denmark 20,000 40 45 Martin Svan Sweden 20,000 40 46 Niko Palonen Finland 19,200 38 47 Martin von Zweigbergk Sweden 18,400 37 48 Meelis Ahman Estonia 18,300 37 49 Eva Jiretorn Sweden 14,000 28 50 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 13,400 27 51 Kwan Lau China 10,400 21 -
Chip Counts at the Break
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 215/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Andrew King Ireland 834,000 139 2 Juha Helppi Finland 614,000 102 3 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 550,000 92 4 Roberto Olsen Sweden 544,000 91 5 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 536,000 89 6 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 528,000 88 7 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 520,000 87 8 James Paris Malta 513,000 86 9 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 510,000 85 10 David Marfil Spain 510,000 85 11 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 504,000 84 12 Luka Sorainen Finland 500,000 83 13 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 493,000 82 14 Aku Laajus Finland 476,000 79 15 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 475,000 79 16 Harem Rafat Sweden 458,000 76 17 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 454,000 76 18 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 418,000 70 19 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 414,000 69 20 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 401,000 67 21 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 400,000 67 22 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 400,000 67 23 Alevtina Bubnova Russia 390,000 65 24 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 387,000 65 25 Jon Alba Spain 370,000 62 26 Nian Li China 367,000 61 27 Enea Subashi Greece 366,000 61 28 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 343,000 57 29 Gunnar Wedde Norway 342,000 57 30 Martin Zobel Germany 324,000 54 31 Jan Holte Norway 312,000 52 32 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 310,000 52 33 Trond Aanestad Norway 309,000 52 34 Jarkko Suokas Finland 307,000 51 35 Romans Tumulis Latvia 307,000 51 36 Kaido Mikk Estonia 305,000 51 37 Kaspars Butans Latvia 300,000 50 38 Karev Tralla Estonia 300,000 50 39 Lasse Hansen Norway 299,000 50 40 Terje Wangberg Norway 290,000 48 41 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 287,000 48 42 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 285,000 48 43 Maikel Homin Estonia 282,000 47 44 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 281,000 47 45 Vidar Assersen Norway 277,000 46 46 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 274,000 46 47 Stephen Groom England 273,000 46 48 Mario Colavita Italy 268,000 45 49 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 267,000 45 50 Jonas Klaus Germany 267,000 45 51 De-Han Kim Korea, South 263,000 44 52 Adria Roura Spain 261,000 44 53 Rasmus Lundström Finland 261,000 44 54 Davis Modans Latvia 261,000 44 55 Sondre Lunde Norway 260,000 43 56 Maksim Petrov Estonia 258,000 43 57 Saara Benlamine Finland 250,000 42 58 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 250,000 42 59 Thomas Santerne France 250,000 42 60 Even Rislov Norway 247,500 41 61 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 245,000 41 62 Jukka Perälä Finland 245,000 41 63 Joel Lehtinen Finland 243,000 41 64 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 243,000 41 65 Nils Linden Sweden 240,000 40 66 Jussi Mattila Finland 240,000 40 67 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 238,000 40 68 Timmy Anker Denmark 236,000 39 69 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 236,000 39 70 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia 235,000 39 71 Tobias Napel Norway 235,000 39 72 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 235,000 39 73 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 233,000 39 74 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 231,000 39 75 Aiguo Xu China 228,000 38 76 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 226,000 38 77 Diego Aquilio Italy 226,000 38 78 Borja Martinez Spain 225,000 38 79 Peter Jaksland Denmark 221,000 37 80 Jonatan Fors Finland 220,000 37 81 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 220,000 37 82 Martin Piik Estonia 220,000 37 83 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 215,000 36 84 Yannick Palacio France 211,000 35 85 Tanel Evert Estonia 210,000 35 86 Oliver Gamble Denmark 210,000 35 87 David Kozma Hungary 210,000 35 88 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 210,000 35 89 Naing The Singapore 200,000 33 90 Gints Ozols Latvia 196,000 33 91 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 195,000 33 92 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 192,000 32 93 Gisle Olsen Denmark 190,000 32 94 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 190,000 32 95 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 190,000 32 96 Urmo Velvelt Estonia 186,000 31 97 Eero Abbey Finland 183,000 31 98 Jani Junnilainen Finland 181,000 30 99 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 178,000 30 100 Per Engström Sweden 175,000 29 101 Kristers Muhins Latvia 174,500 29 102 Renars Skanis Latvia 173,000 29 103 Mathias Siljander Finland 168,000 28 104 Michel Karim Sweden 167,000 28 105 Henri Schalin Finland 166,000 28 106 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 163,000 27 107 Tomas Graham New Zealand 162,000 27 108 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 160,000 27 109 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 160,000 27 110 David Vinaya Norway 159,500 27 111 Eero Ihaksi Finland 159,000 27 112 Kalle Ly Sweden 159,000 27 113 Roope Tarmi Finland 159,000 27 114 Eetu Porkka Finland 158,000 26 115 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 156,000 26 116 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 155,000 26 117 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 154,000 26 118 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 150,000 25 119 Kimmo Kurko Finland 150,000 25 120 Johan Kristensson Sweden 149,000 25 121 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 149,000 25 122 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 146,000 24 123 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 146,000 24 124 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan 145,000 24 125 Johan Högberg Sweden 145,000 24 126 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 145,000 24 127 Ishak Noyan Sweden 143,000 24 128 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 142,000 24 129 Andre Mägi Estonia 141,000 24 130 Yngve Lommerud Norway 140,000 23 131 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 139,000 23 132 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 137,000 23 133 Tommi Lankinen Finland 135,000 23 134 Chaofei Wang China 135,000 23 135 Johannes Cleven Norway 134,000 22 136 Jani Tuovinen Finland 133,000 22 137 Nina Kiviharju Finland 132,000 22 138 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 129,000 22 139 Jamie Brent Ireland 127,000 21 140 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 126,000 21 141 Mairo Tori Estonia 125,000 21 142 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 123,000 21 143 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 122,000 20 144 Max Avela Finland 120,000 20 145 Cao Doan Sweden 120,000 20 146 Ari Soini Finland 120,000 20 147 Vadims Milovs Latvia 119,000 20 148 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 117,000 20 149 Roberts Rumba Latvia 116,000 19 150 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,000 19 151 Sami Säämänen Finland 113,000 19 152 Tõnis Viik Estonia 113,000 19 153 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 112,000 19 154 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 111,000 19 155 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,000 18 156 Marius Hakonsen Norway 109,000 18 157 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 109,000 18 158 Steven Tool Estonia 109,000 18 159 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 108,000 18 160 Tomi Hietala Finland 108,000 18 161 Roberts Krigers Latvia 107,000 18 162 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 105,000 18 163 Kyösti Isberg Finland 105,000 18 164 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 105,000 18 165 Matthew Micallef Malta 104,000 17 166 Janne Ojala Finland 102,000 17 167 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 101,000 17 168 Tero Laurila Finland 100,000 17 169 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 100,000 17 170 Klavs Garselis Latvia 98,000 16 171 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 95,000 16 172 Daniel Rudd England 94,000 16 173 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 91,500 15 174 Lars Nord Sweden 91,000 15 175 Touko Berndtson Finland 86,000 14 176 Alvils Bijons Latvia 85,000 14 177 Majid Rostami Sweden 85,000 14 178 Ilari Sahamies Finland 85,000 14 179 Vladas Tamasauskas Lithuania 83,000 14 180 Hamid Salehi Sweden 80,000 13 181 Johan Karlsson Sweden 72,000 12 182 Yossef Ifergan France 69,000 12 183 Remy Mägi Estonia 67,000 11 184 Elias Suhonen Finland 64,000 11 185 Johan Purbe Sweden 61,000 10 186 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 57,000 10 187 Maksim Kules Estonia 55,000 9 188 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 51,000 9 189 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 39,000 7 190 Simon Svinth Denmark 37,000 6 191 Vu Vuong Finland 37,000 6 192 Andrius Mazurkevicius Lithuania 19,000 3 193 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,000 11 194 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 40,000 7 -
Parkkinen Knows What he’s Doing
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 215/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Maksim Kules opened to 10,000 from the Button. Finnish poker legend Seppo Parkkinen defended his Big Blind.
Parkkinen donk-bet 10,000 on the 6♠7♠K♦ flop, and Kules made the call. On the 9♣ turn, Parkkinen forced his opponent all in for 65,000. Kules folded and received praise from his opponent in form of a verbal “good fold”.
Seppo Parkkinen: 131,000
Maksim Kules: 65,000 -
Sick Hand Sends Apryan to the Rail
Aleksandre Apryan Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 238/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Aleksandre Apryan (Button and Gundars Zelcs were heads-up to the 5♠6♠4♣ flop, with 56,000 in the middle. Both players checked the flop, then, before the dealer had revealed the turn card, Zelcs moved all in, putting his opponent at risk for roughly 60,000. The dealer turned over the J♥, and Apryan made the call.
Gundars Zelcs: A♦5♦
Aleksandre Apryan: Q♦J♠There were some arguing on the table whether Apryan should have been allowed to see the turn card, considering Zelcs had moved all in before it was dealt. The floor confirmed that Apryan was entitled to the information, and all was good.
Sadly for Apryan, though, Zelcs improved to trips on the 5♥ river. “Oh, you do him dirty, mate,” table mate Allan Arjut said, referring to the unfortunate runout for Apryan.
Gundars Zelcs: 265,000
Aleksandre Apryan: 0 -
Pihela Sr. Eliminates Ödeen
Igor Pihela Sr. Level 13: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 255/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Modestas Kryzanauskas, who opened to 6,000 from the Cut-off. Jerry Ödeen then moved all in for 36,500 from the Small Blind. Igor Pihela Sr. put in a big stack of green 25,000 chips, and Kryzanauskas folded.
Jerry Ödeen: A♥Q♠
Igor Pihela Sr.: 4♣4♦It was a flip, but Ödeen came up short on the 3♥10♦2♣3♣J♣ runout.
Igor Pihela Sr.: 516,000
Jerry Ödeen: 0 -
Meanwhile, Sviten has Started
While poker.pro will focus mainly on the €1,500 Main Event, there will be occasional updates from the two other Ring Events that are on today’s schedule: Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten, and Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty.
Sviten just started. It’s the first time ever a Sviten tournament is being played as a WSOP Circuit-event, and many players are contending for the ring. One of them is Peter La Terra, who poker.pro interviewed yesterday.
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Payouts Announced
Break N/A Entries: 311/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The payouts for the €1,500 Main Event have now been announced.
Position Payout 1 €200,200 2 €128,500 3 €90,200 4 €62,500 5 €46,000 6 €33,100 7 €25,060 8 €19,500 9 €14,200 10-11 €11,200 12-15 €9,100 16-23 €7,500 24-31 €6,250 32-39 €5,250 40-47 €4,550 48-55 €4,000 56-63 €3,650 64-71 €3,300 72-79 €3,050 80-87 €2,950 88-135 €2,850 -
Records Broken; Here are the Chip Counts
Juha Helppi Break N/A Entries: 311/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The break is over and registration is closed. 888 entries means that this is the biggest Main Event out of all the WSOP Circuit Tallinn events in the past.
Below are the chip counts. Players will resume the game at Level 13: Blinds 1,500/3,000, and Ante 3,000.
Roberto Olsen Sweden 561,000 187 Juha Ilmari Helppi Finland 515,000 172 Harem Rafat Sweden 475,000 158 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 464,000 155 Luka Sorainen Finland 455,000 152 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 390,000 130 David Marfil Spain 385,000 128 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 383,000 128 Aku Laajus Finland 364,500 122 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 361,000 120 Matthew Micallef Malta 355,500 119 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 355,500 119 Kaspars Butans Latvia 351,000 117 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 350,000 117 Sondre Lunde Norway 346,000 115 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 341,500 114 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 339,000 113 Cao Doan Sweden 335,000 112 Alvils Bijons Latvia 327,000 109 Rasmus Lundström Finland 317,000 106 James Paris Malta 310,000 103 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 305,000 102 Joel Lehtinen Finland 305,000 102 Maksim Petrov Estonia 300,000 100 Even Rislov Norway 296,000 99 Andreas Moller Denmark 295,000 98 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 293,000 98 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 290,000 97 Aiguo Xu China 290,000 97 Jon Alba Spain 289,500 97 Martin Piik Estonia 280,000 93 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 275,000 92 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 268,500 90 Johan Karlsson Sweden 268,000 89 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 260,000 87 Jussi Julkunen Finland 259,500 87 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 257,000 86 De-Han Kim Korea, South 255,000 85 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 251,500 84 David Vinaya Norway 250,500 84 Jukka Perälä Finland 250,000 83 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 248,000 83 Davis Modans Latvia 240,000 80 Jan Holte Norway 239,500 80 Samuel Richards England 237,500 79 Mathias Siljander Finland 236,500 79 Erki Andressoo Estonia 236,000 79 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 235,500 79 Borja Martinez Spain 235,000 78 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 233,500 78 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 227,500 76 Andrew King Ireland 226,000 75 Gunnar Wedde Norway 224,000 75 Karev Tralla Estonia 222,000 74 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 220,000 73 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 216,500 72 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 210,000 70 Terje Wangberg Norway 210,000 70 Stephen Groom England 205,500 69 Yngve Lommerud Norway 205,000 68 Enea Subashi Greece 205,000 68 Lasse Hansen Norway 203,000 68 Eero Ihaksi Finland 200,000 67 Peter Jaksland Denmark 197,000 66 Erling Olsen Norway 197,000 66 Simon Svinth Denmark 197,000 66 Roberts Krigers Latvia 196,000 65 Hamid Salehi Sweden 195,000 65 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania 194,000 65 Ermo Kosk Estonia 192,500 64 Andre Mägi Estonia 192,500 64 Ari Soini Finland 188,000 63 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 188,000 63 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 187,500 63 Renars Skanis Latvia 187,000 62 Romans Tumulis Latvia 179,000 60 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 177,000 59 Ishak Noyan Sweden 177,000 59 Kimmo Kurko Finland 175,500 59 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 175,000 58 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,000 58 Victor Vozian Romania 174,000 58 Marco Bognanni Italy 171,000 57 Kyösti Isberg Finland 170,000 57 Trond Aanestad Norway 166,500 56 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 166,000 55 Assad Jalil Sweden 165,000 55 Nico Frenn Switzerland 164,000 55 Jussi Mattila Finland 162,500 54 Jarkko Suokas Finland 160,500 54 Tanel Evert Estonia 158,000 53 Martijn Blom Netherlands 157,000 52 Kaido Mikk Estonia 156,000 52 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 155,500 52 Timo Viitanen Finland 155,000 52 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 153,000 51 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 151,500 51 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 150,000 50 Sami Säämänen Finland 148,500 50 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 148,500 50 Kalle Kampus Ireland 148,000 49 Touko Berndtson Finland 145,000 48 Jonas Klaus Germany 145,000 48 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 145,000 48 Catalin Pop Romania 145,000 48 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 145,000 48 Vadim Guk Russia 143,500 48 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 141,500 47 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 140,500 47 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 140,000 47 Rene Cifuentes Spain 139,000 46 Ranno Sootla Estonia 139,000 46 Lars Nord Sweden 137,500 46 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 137,000 46 Eero Abbey Finland 136,000 45 Adria Roura Spain 136,000 45 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 136,000 45 Benjamin Gros France 135,000 45 Jari Mähönen Finland 135,000 45 Tobias Napel Norway 135,000 45 Timo Ruuska Finland 135,000 45 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 135,000 45 Nian Li China 134,000 45 Alevtina Bubnova Russia 133,500 45 Mario Colavita Italy 133,000 44 Arnaud Esquevin France 131,500 44 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 131,500 44 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 131,000 44 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 130,500 44 Casimir Seire Finland 130,500 44 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 128,000 43 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 127,000 42 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 126,000 42 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 126,000 42 Sebastian Wahl Finland 126,000 42 Tero Laurila Finland 125,000 42 Daniel Rudd England 125,000 42 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 125,000 42 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 124,500 42 Oliver Gamble Denmark 124,000 41 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 124,000 41 Andreas Moser Switzerland 123,500 41 Gints Ozols Latvia 122,500 41 Jamie Brent Ireland 122,000 41 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 120,500 40 Robert Rohr Germany 119,500 40 Jani Junnilainen Finland 117,500 39 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 117,500 39 Maksim Kules Estonia 117,500 39 Quoc Ly Sweden 117,000 39 Daniel Novak Austria 117,000 39 Johan Kristensson Sweden 116,500 39 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 116,000 39 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 115,500 39 Dan Wald Sweden 115,000 38 Hai Hoang Finland 114,500 38 Fred Martens Estonia 113,500 38 Nina Kiviharju Finland 111,000 37 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 111,000 37 Sander Leigri Estonia 110,500 37 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan 110,000 37 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 109,000 36 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 108,500 36 Majid Rostami Sweden 108,000 36 Janne Ojala Finland 107,500 36 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 107,500 36 Urmo Velvelt Estonia 107,500 36 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 106,500 36 Thomas Santerne France 106,500 36 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 106,000 35 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 105,500 35 Henri Puhm Estonia 105,500 35 Timmy Anker Denmark 105,000 35 Johan Högberg Sweden 105,000 35 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 105,000 35 Miika Töyräs Finland 104,500 35 Allan Arjut Estonia 103,000 34 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 102,500 34 Roberts Rumba Latvia 102,000 34 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 102,000 34 Jarmo Salonen Finland 100,500 34 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 100,000 33 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 100,000 33 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 100,000 33 Keng Tan Singapore 99,000 33 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 98,500 33 Artur Külanurk Estonia 98,000 33 Martin Zobel Germany 97,500 33 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 97,000 32 Henri Schalin Finland 96,500 32 Dylan Snyder England 96,500 32 Andrejs Kovalovs Latvia 96,000 32 Nils Linden Sweden 95,500 32 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 95,500 32 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 95,000 32 Miguel Fernandez Spain 94,000 31 Oskars Zommers Latvia 91,500 31 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 91,000 30 Jawad Habib Sweden 90,000 30 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 90,000 30 Per Engström Sweden 87,500 29 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia 87,500 29 Vadims Milovs Latvia 85,500 29 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 85,000 28 Yossef Ifergan France 85,000 28 Kristers Muhins Latvia 85,000 28 Juho Suutari Finland 84,000 28 Rimon Yousef Sweden 81,500 27 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 81,000 27 Yannick Palacio France 80,500 27 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 80,000 27 Anton Markachev Russia 80,000 27 Richard Melby Norway 77,000 26 Corne Scheel Netherlands 75,000 25 Diego Aquilio Italy 74,000 25 Tomas Graham New Zealand 73,500 25 Eriks Krumins Latvia 71,500 24 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 71,000 24 Casper Von Schantz Finland 69,000 23 Tommi Lankinen Finland 68,000 23 Eetu Porkka Finland 65,000 22 Tomi Hietala Finland 64,500 22 Kasper Mellanen Finland 64,500 22 Remy Mägi Estonia 64,000 21 Steven Tool Estonia 63,500 21 Johan Martinsen Finland 60,500 20 Riku Koivurinne Finland 56,000 19 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 55,000 18 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,000 18 Michel Karim Sweden 54,000 18 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 54,000 18 Johannes Cleven Norway 53,500 18 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 53,000 18 Aki Pyysing Finland 53,000 18 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 50,500 17 Petri Nikkinen Finland 50,500 17 Totti Arosuo Finland 50,000 17 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 50,000 17 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 50,000 17 Klavs Garselis Latvia 50,000 17 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 50,000 17 Marius Hakonsen Norway 50,000 17 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 50,000 17 Aku Matti Joentausta Finland 50,000 17 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 50,000 17 Juuso Koskela Finland 50,000 17 David Kozma Hungary 50,000 17 Pasi Laihinen Finland 50,000 17 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 50,000 17 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 50,000 17 Andrius Mazurkevicius Lithuania 50,000 17 Turlough McHugh Ireland 50,000 17 Janne Nevalainen Finland 50,000 17 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 50,000 17 Oskar Ojaveer Estonia 50,000 17 Gisle Olsen Denmark 50,000 17 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 50,000 17 Johan Purbe Sweden 50,000 17 Ilari Sahamies Finland 50,000 17 Maximilian Sanders England 50,000 17 Martin Schamaun Switzerland 50,000 17 Elias Suhonen Finland 50,000 17 Mounir Tajiou Sweden 50,000 17 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 50,000 17 Roope Tarmi Finland 50,000 17 Naing The Singapore 50,000 17 Mairo Tori Estonia 50,000 17 Jani Tuovinen Finland 50,000 17 Mats Ullereng Norway 50,000 17 Jan Verner Czech Republic 50,000 17 Tõnis Viik Estonia 50,000 17 Vu Vuong Finland 50,000 17 Chaofei Wang China 50,000 17 Celine Zimmermann Switzerland 50,000 17 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 17 Cory Desmond England 48,500 16 Max Avela Finland 48,000 16 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 48,000 16 James Noonan Ireland 48,000 16 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 47,500 16 Lauri Laast Estonia 46,000 15 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 45,500 15 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 45,500 15 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 45,000 15 Ali Boulacel France 45,000 15 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 45,000 15 Toni Ylitervo Finland 44,000 15 Jonatan Fors Finland 41,500 14 Teemu Sattanen Finland 41,000 14 Vidar Assersen Norway 40,000 13 Priit Vanem Estonia 39,500 13 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 39,000 13 Vladas Tamasauskas Lithuania 38,000 13 Igor Pihela Jr. Estonia 37,500 13 Grigory Zima Russia 37,500 13 Petteri Laiho Finland 36,500 12 John Enright Ireland 35,500 12 Soile Lerviks Finland 35,500 12 Daniel Olsson Sweden 35,000 12 Saara Benlamine Finland 32,000 11 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 31,500 11 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 27,500 9 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 27,000 9 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 26,500 9 Yassin Alami Sweden 23,500 8 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 23,500 8 Madis Ormisson Estonia 21,500 7 Maikel Homin Estonia 20,600 7 Rohan Oberoi Sweden 20,500 7 Jörg Schneegass Germany 14,000 5 Henri Ojala Finland 12,000 4 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,000 21 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 40,000 13 -
First Break of the Day; Last Change to Register
Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 304/855 Prizes: TBA It’s the first break of the day, and the 20-minute break is the last chance for players to register for the tournament. In other words, the final numbers will soon be official.
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Sootla Survives Against Ödeen
Ranno Sootla Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 304/855 Prizes: TBA Table 3 is quite the star-packed table. The WSOP Bracelet winner Jerry Ödeen, and the WSOP Circuit Ring winner Ranno Sootla are two of the players battling it out on the table.
A small-stacked Sootla moved all in for 26,500 UTG. Ödeen re-shoved for 45,000 from the Button, and the two players were heads-up to the flop.
Ranno Sootla: 9♠8♠
Jerry Ödeen: 10♥10♣Ödeen was ahead, but Sootla picked up all the draws on the 10♠7♣A♠ flop. He improved to a flush on the 2♠ turn, and the 8♥ river didn’t help Ödeen.
Ranno Sootla: 60,500
Jerry Ödeen: 18,500 -
Assersen Triples with Aces
Vidar Assersen Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 308/846 Prizes: TBA Vidar Assersen opened to 9,000 from UTG+1. Nicolas Alvariza then three-bet to 20,000, before No Filter Poker Series-founder Mounir Tajiou moved from the Button all in for 40,000. Assersen re-shoved for 43,000, and Alvariza made the call, having both of his opponents covered.
Mounir Tajiou: 8♥8♦
Vidar Assersen: A♥A♠
Nicolas Alvariza: A♦K♠Assersen was ahead, and the best hand held up on the 2♠J♥3♠10♠A♣ board. Tajiou was eliminated in the process, but perhaps he’ll re-enter.
Nicolas Alvariza: 155,000
Vidar Assersen: 136,500
Mounir Tajiou: 0 -
Reigning Champion Improves his Stack
Aurimas Stanevičius, winner of the €1,500 WSOPC Tallinn 2024 Main Event Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 316/839 Prizes: TBA Romans Tumulis opened to 6,000 from the Cut-off. The 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event champion, Aurimas Stanevicius, defended his Big Blind.
Stanevicius check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Tumulis on the Q♥J♣9♦ flop. He checked again on the 9♠ turn. Tumulis now bet 13,000; again, Stanevicius made the call.
Both players checked the A♣ river. Stanevicius showed K♠Q♣, which was good as Tumulis mucked his hand.
Aurmias Stanevicius: 116,000
Romans Tumulis: 92,000 -
Back-to-back for Dos Santos
Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 319/832 Prizes: TBA Frederico Dos Santos opened to 6,000 from UTG+1. Action then folded to Giuseppe Di Stasio, who raised to 11,500. Back to Dos Santos, who now 4-bet to 36,500. Di Stasio forced his opponent all in for 48,000 in total, and Dos Santos made the call.
Giuseppe Di Stasio: J♣J♦
Frederico Dos Santos: Q♣Q♦Big pair against big pair, and queens were good on the 4♦10♥8♥9♣A♥ board.
On the very next hand, Dos Santos again opened to 5,500, this time from UTG. Again, it was Di Stasio to take up the battle, this time with a 11,500. Dos Santos was up for the task as he re-raised to 35,500. Di Stasio folded, and Dos Santos revealed K♠K♥ for back-to-back premium holdings.
Frederico Dos Santos: 137,500
Giuseppe Di Stasio: 47,500 -
Baltutis Gets the Pot
Level 11: 1,000/2,5000 (2,500) Entries: 327/824 Prizes: TBA Modestas Kryzanauskas opened to 5,000 UTG. The 2024 Irish Poker Open Main Event champion Tero Laurila called from the Lo-jack, and so did Aurimas Baltutis (Cut-off), Richard Melby (Small Blind), and Arkadiusz Liszewski (Big Blind).
Action was checked to Kryzanauskas on the Q♠Q♥10♣ flop, who continued for 6,000. Laurila then raised to 17,000, and Baltutis cold-called. Melby, Liszweski, and Kryzanauskas all folded.
Laurila checked the 8♥ turn, prior to Baltutis betting 10,000. Laurila let his hand go.
Tero Laurila: 121,000
Aurimas Baltutis: 87,000 -
Jurgevicius Finishes off Garjonis
Level 11: 1,000/2,5000 (2,500) Entries: 331/820 Prizes: TBA Seated UTG+1, Klaudijus Garjonis moved all in for 41,000. Einius Jurgevicius called from the Button.
Klaudijus Garjonis: A♣8♥
Einius Jurgevicius: 7♦7♣It was a flip, but Jurgevicius’ pair of sevens was good on the 10♠J♥6♥5♣2♦ board.
Einius Jurgevicius: 308,000
Klaudijus Garjonis: 0 -
Shuffle Up and Deal; Day 2 Chip Counts and Seat Draw
Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 335/772 Prizes: TBA Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Below is the seat draw and chip count for the day; of course it’s still somewhat subject of change, as late registration is open for two more levels.
Position Player Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Timmy Anker Denmark 47,500 19 1 2 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 31 1 3 Aiguo Xu China 304,000 122 1 4 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 86 1 5 Max Avela Finland 95,500 38 1 6 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 40 1 7 James Paris Malta 250,000 100 1 9 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 23 2 1 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 52,500 21 2 3 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 32 2 4 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 147,000 59 2 5 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 24 2 6 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 42 2 7 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 65 2 8 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 39 2 9 Sami Säämänen Finland 241,000 96 3 1 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 40 3 2 Andreas Moller Denmark 201,000 80 3 4 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 72,500 29 3 5 Borja Martinez Spain 233,000 93 3 6 Igor Pihela Jr. Estonia 50,000 20 3 7 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 18 3 8 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 62 3 9 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 48 4 1 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 34 4 2 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 27 4 3 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 30 4 4 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 85,000 34 4 5 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 98 4 6 Miika Töyräs Finland 121,500 49 4 7 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 81 4 9 Peter Jaksland Denmark 223,000 89 5 1 Martin Piik Estonia 193,500 77 5 2 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 234,500 94 5 3 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 100 5 4 Jaime Susarte Spain 24,500 10 5 5 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 33 5 7 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 19 5 8 Jukka Perälä Finland 124,000 50 5 9 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 18 6 1 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 26 6 2 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 11 6 3 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 130,000 52 6 5 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 130,000 52 6 6 Soile Lerviks Finland 107,000 43 6 7 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 73 6 8 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 17 6 9 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,500 70 7 1 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 88 7 2 Keng Tan Singapore 93,000 37 7 3 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 37 7 4 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 80,500 32 7 5 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 62 7 6 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 129,000 52 7 7 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 16 7 8 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 27 8 1 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 21 8 2 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 105 8 3 Gunnar Wedde Norway 187,000 75 8 4 Anton Markachev Russia 50,000 20 8 6 Andres Lõiv Estonia 112,500 45 8 7 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 64 8 8 Matthew Micallef Malta 163,500 65 8 9 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 52 9 2 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 30 9 3 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 9 9 4 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 51 9 5 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 146,500 59 9 6 Jani Tuovinen Finland 116,000 46 9 7 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 61 9 8 Elias Suhonen Finland 72,000 29 9 9 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 29 10 1 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 91,500 37 10 2 Andrius Mazurkevicius Lithuania 50,000 20 10 3 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 15 10 4 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 58 10 5 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 44 10 6 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 52 10 7 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 113,000 45 10 9 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 216,500 87 11 1 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 47 11 3 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 10 11 4 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 35 11 5 Kimmo Kurko Finland 204,000 82 11 6 Gints Ozols Latvia 111,000 44 11 7 Thomas Santerne France 74,000 30 11 8 Ismael Dominguez Spain 29,000 12 11 9 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 103,500 41 12 1 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 38 12 3 Jonas Silfver Sweden 29,500 12 12 4 Mati Pirn Estonia 49,500 20 12 5 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 114,000 46 12 6 Stephen Groom England 197,500 79 12 7 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 25 12 8 Touko Berndtson Finland 44,500 18 12 9 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 58 13 1 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 79 13 2 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 187,000 75 13 3 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 219,500 88 13 4 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 31 13 5 Yannick Palacio France 75,500 30 13 6 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 192,000 77 13 7 Jimmy Dewerdt France 50,000 20 13 8 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 35 14 1 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 151,500 61 14 2 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 62,000 25 14 3 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 41 14 4 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 174 14 6 Martin Zobel Germany 144,000 58 14 7 Johan Martinsen Finland 114,000 46 14 8 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 32 14 9 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 80 15 1 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 244,000 98 15 2 Teemu Sattanen Finland 64,000 26 15 3 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 45 15 4 Eriks Krumins Latvia 39,000 16 15 6 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 33 15 7 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 13 15 8 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 44 15 9 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 82,500 33 16 1 Dylan Snyder England 177,000 71 16 2 Adria Roura Spain 139,000 56 16 3 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 57 16 4 John Enright Ireland 42,000 17 16 5 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 5 16 6 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 55,500 22 16 7 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 15 16 8 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 42,500 17 17 2 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,500 22 17 3 Maksim Kules Estonia 196,500 79 17 5 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 50 17 6 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 27 17 7 Andre Mägi Estonia 125,000 50 17 8 De-Han Kim South Korea 147,000 59 17 9 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 44 18 1 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 16 18 2 Joel Lehtinen Finland 154,500 62 18 3 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 42 18 5 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 89,500 36 18 6 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 110 18 7 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 35 18 8 Henri Ojala Finland 137,000 55 18 9 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 34 19 1 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 50 19 2 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 72 19 3 Victor Vozian Romania 43,000 17 19 5 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 34 19 6 Johan Karlsson Sweden 310,500 124 19 7 Jan Verner Czech Republic 69,000 28 19 8 Corne Scheel Netherlands 194,500 78 19 9 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 12 20 1 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 262,500 105 20 2 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 19 20 3 Petteri Laiho Finland 139,500 56 20 4 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 31 20 5 Timo Ruuska Finland 78,500 31 20 6 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 12 20 7 Terje Wangberg Norway 181,500 73 20 8 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 41 21 1 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 305,500 122 21 2 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 89 21 3 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 15 21 5 Andreas Moser Switzerland 165,500 66 21 6 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 38 21 7 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 5 21 8 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 38 21 9 Robert Kallikorm Estonia 55,000 22 22 1 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 21 22 2 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 69,000 28 22 3 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 49 22 4 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,500 25 22 5 Renars Skanis Latvia 214,000 86 22 6 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 121,000 48 22 7 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 32 22 9 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 88 23 1 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 55 23 2 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 27 23 3 Kyösti Isberg Finland 149,000 60 23 5 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 29 23 6 Giuseppe Di Stasio Italy 81,000 32 23 7 Eero Abbey Finland 93,500 37 23 8 Romans Tumulis Latvia 111,000 44 23 9 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 54 26 2 Johan Kristensson Sweden 53,500 21 26 3 Carl Lundh Sweden 68,500 27 26 4 Jarkko Suokas Finland 50,000 20 26 5 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 62 26 6 Eetu Sepponen Finland 197,000 79 26 7 Magnus Pukk Estonia 37,000 15 26 8 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 18 26 9 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 91 27 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 70,000 28 27 2 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 35 27 3 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 39 27 4 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 132 27 5 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 22 27 6 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 120,500 48 27 9 Kaido Kuusemäe Estonia 56,000 22 28 1 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 23 28 2 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 7 28 3 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 34 28 4 Tõnis Viik Estonia 69,000 28 28 6 Mihhail Kilinkarov Estonia 115,500 46 28 7 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 191,500 77 28 8 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 16 28 9 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 68 29 1 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 50 29 2 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 24 29 4 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 149 29 6 Ishak Noyan Sweden 96,000 38 29 7 Luka Sorainen Finland 313,000 125 29 8 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 45 29 9 Janne Ojala Finland 117,000 47 30 1 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 26 30 2 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 53 30 3 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 12 30 4 Benjamin Gros France 85,500 34 30 5 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 27 30 6 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 109 30 7 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 80,000 32 30 8 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,500 46 31 1 Veiko Kond Estonia 119,500 48 31 2 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 40 31 4 Bengt Johansson Finland 91,000 36 31 5 Johan Purbe Sweden 90,500 36 31 6 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 26 31 7 James Noonan Ireland 48,500 19 31 8 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 33 31 9 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 44,000 18 32 1 Kwan Lau China 172,000 69 32 2 Simon Svinth Denmark 142,000 57 32 3 Victor Buitrago Spain 36,500 15 32 4 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 42 32 7 Assad Jalil Sweden 191,000 76 32 8 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 19 32 9 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 73,000 29 33 1 Jussi Julkunen Finland 261,000 104 33 2 Nian Li China 147,500 59 33 3 Cory Desmond England 70,000 28 33 4 Arnaud Esquevin France 151,500 61 33 6 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 12 33 7 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 44 33 8 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 48 33 9 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 29,000 12 34 1 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 146,500 59 34 2 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 37 34 3 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 50,000 20 34 4 Tero Laurila Finland 81,500 33 34 5 Harem Rafat Sweden 359,500 144 34 7 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 35 34 8 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 14 34 9 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 98,500 39 35 1 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 30 35 2 Erki Andressoo Estonia 151,500 61 35 3 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 54 35 4 Adrian Ruano Spain 49,500 20 35 5 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 80,500 32 35 6 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 17 35 8 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 66 35 9 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 68 36 1 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 32 36 3 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 46 36 4 Henri Katila Finland 21,000 8 36 5 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 102 36 6 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 10 36 7 Jawad Habib Sweden 116,500 47 36 8 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 38,500 15 36 9 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 119,500 48 37 1 Henri Puhm Estonia 116,000 46 37 2 Jonatan Fors Finland 26,500 11 37 3 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 17 37 4 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 73 37 5 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 46 37 6 Juan Duenas Spain 44,500 18 37 8 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 45 37 9 Lauri Laast Estonia 50,000 20 38 1 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 36 38 3 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 198,500 79 38 4 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 50,000 20 38 5 Sven-Erik Taru Estonia 75,000 30 38 6 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 35,000 14 38 7 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 144,000 58 38 8 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 99 38 9 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 32 39 1 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 47 39 3 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 29 39 4 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 56 39 5 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 34 39 6 Roberto Olsen Sweden 298,500 119 39 7 Totti Arosuo Finland 130,500 52 39 8 Ermo Kosk Estonia 68,000 27 39 9 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 106 40 2 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 60 40 3 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 67 40 4 Rene Cifuentes Spain 72,000 29 40 5 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 123,000 49 40 6 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 36 40 7 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 19 40 8 Jon Alba Spain 107,500 43 41 1 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 67 41 2 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 182,500 73 41 3 Madis Ormisson Estonia 32,500 13 41 4 Nadja Sutter Switzerland 50,000 20 41 5 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 92,000 37 41 6 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 21 41 8 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 47 41 9 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 87,000 35 42 1 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 20 42 2 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 26 42 3 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 10 42 4 David Kozma Hungary 59,000 24 42 5 Tommi Lankinen Finland 86,000 34 42 6 Aku Laajus Finland 252,500 101 42 7 Kasper Mellanen Finland 132,000 53 42 8 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 55 43 1 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 41,000 16 43 2 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 25 43 4 Arturs Daugis Latvia 54,500 22 43 5 Michel Karim Sweden 126,500 51 43 6 Samuel Richards England 79,000 32 43 8 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 44 43 9 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 41 44 1 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 15 44 2 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 98 44 3 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 58 44 4 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 33 44 5 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 77,500 31 44 6 Marco Bognanni Italy 158,500 63 44 9 Sander Leigri Estonia 148,500 59 45 1 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 20 45 3 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 42 45 4 David Marfil Spain 305,000 122 45 6 Majid Rostami Sweden 110,500 44 45 7 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 205,500 82 45 8 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 69 45 9 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 107 -
Main Event Day 2 and More on Today’s Schedule
It’s Day 8 of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, which means that one week of this golden nugget of a poker festival already has passed. Time is flying in the Estonian capital, as are the cards and the chips on the poker tables; it’s safe to say the action has been mezmerizing.
On today’s schedule Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event is the highlight. That being said, there are two other Ring Events on the schedule, both very intriguing.
After five starting flights, it’s now time for Day 2 of the €1,500 Main Event. 764 entries have been made in the tournament so far, and 327 are returning to Day 2. Registration is open for two more 60-minute levels; it’s an educated guess that the total number of entries will exceed 800 by some margin. The chip leader going into Day 2 is Markku Koplimaa.
At 15:00, it’s one of the most hyped events of the whole circuit. Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten marks the first time ever a Sviten tournament is WSOP Circuit Ring certified, and presumably, all Mixed Games players should be very interested competing for this inaugural title. The tournament is a two-day event, and Day 1 will be played down to 15 % of the field.
Ten, at 18:00, it’s Day 1 of Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty. Nothing beats the thrill of a live poker mystery bounty tournament. Day 1 will play 10 levels, before the survivors will bag n’ tag.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – August 1 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 2 12:00 p.m. €20 Satellite to Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten (Three Seats Guaranteed) 3:00 p.m. Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten Day 1 3:00 p.m. €80 Satellite to Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Day 1 6:00 p.m. (Five Seats Guaranteed) 6:00 p.m. €200 NLH Progressive Bounty 9:00 p.m. €200 PLO6 10:00 p.m. €150 Satellite to Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH -
€1,500 Main Event: Chip Counts and Seat Draw for Day 2
With the conclusion of Day 1e, all five starting flights of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event are now done and dusted. All five flights combined, 764 entries have been made, and 328 players hav bagged for Day 2. Reminder that late registration wil be open during the first two 60-minute levels of Day 2, so the number or entries will increase.
Below is the chip count for Day 2, and a breakdown of all starting flights. poker.pro will return as fast as possible with the seat draw.
€1,500 Main Event – Chip Counts
1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 2 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 3 Harem Rafat Sweden 359,500 4 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 5 Luka Sorainen Finland 313,000 6 Johan Karlsson Sweden 310,500 7 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 305,500 8 David Marfil Spain 305,000 9 Aiguo Xu China 304,000 10 Roberto Olsen Sweden 298,500 11 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 12 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 13 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 14 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 15 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 16 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 262,500 17 Jussi Julkunen Finland 261,000 18 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 19 Aku Laajus Finland 252,500 20 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 21 James Paris Malta 250,000 22 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 23 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 24 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 244,000 25 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 26 Sami Säämänen Finland 241,000 27 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 234,500 28 Borja Martinez Spain 233,000 29 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 30 Renars Skanis Latvia 225,000 31 Peter Jaksland Denmark 223,000 32 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 33 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 34 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 35 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 219,500 36 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 216,500 37 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 38 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 205,500 39 Kimmo Kurko Finland 204,000 40 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 41 Andreas Moller Denmark 201,000 42 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 43 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 198,500 44 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 45 Stephen Groom England 197,500 46 Eetu Sepponen Finland 197,000 47 Maksim Kules Estonia 196,500 48 Corne Scheel Netherlands 194,500 49 Martin Piik Estonia 193,500 50 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 192,000 51 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 191,500 52 Assad Jalil Sweden 191,000 53 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 187,000 54 Gunnar Wedde Norway 187,000 55 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 182,500 56 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 57 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 58 Terje Wangberg Norway 181,500 59 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 60 Dylan Snyder England 177,000 61 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,500 62 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 63 Kwan Lau China 172,000 64 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 65 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 66 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 67 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 68 Andreas Moser Switzerland 165,500 69 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 70 Matthew Micallef Malta 163,500 71 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 72 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 73 Marco Bognanni Italy 158,500 74 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 75 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 76 Joel Lehtinen Finland 154,500 77 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 78 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 79 Erki Andressoo Estonia 151,500 80 Arnaud Esquevin France 151,500 81 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 151,500 82 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 83 Kyösti Isberg Finland 149,000 84 Sander Leigri Estonia 148,500 85 Nian Li China 147,500 86 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 147,000 87 De-Han Kim South Korea 147,000 88 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 146,500 89 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 146,500 90 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 91 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 92 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 93 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 144,000 94 Martin Zobel Germany 144,000 95 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 96 Simon Svinth Denmark 142,000 97 Petteri Laiho Finland 139,500 98 Adria Roura Spain 139,000 99 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 100 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 101 Henri Ojala Finland 137,000 102 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 103 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 104 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 105 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 106 Kasper Mellanen Finland 132,000 107 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 108 Totti Arosuo Finland 130,500 109 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 130,000 110 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 130,000 111 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 112 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 129,000 113 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 114 Michel Karim Sweden 126,500 115 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 116 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 117 Andre Mägi Estonia 125,000 118 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 119 Jukka Perälä Finland 124,000 120 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 121 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 123,000 122 Miika Töyräs Finland 121,500 123 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 121,000 124 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 120,500 125 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 126 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 119,500 127 Veiko Kond Estonia 119,500 128 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 129 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 130 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 131 Janne Ojala Finland 117,000 132 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 133 Jawad Habib Sweden 116,500 134 Henri Puhm Estonia 116,000 135 Jani Tuovinen Finland 116,000 136 Mihhail Kilinkarov Estonia 115,500 137 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 138 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 139 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,500 140 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 114,000 141 Johan Martinsen Finland 114,000 142 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 143 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 144 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 113,000 145 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 146 Andres Lõiv Estonia 112,500 147 Gints Ozols Latvia 111,000 148 Romans Tumulis Latvia 111,000 149 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 150 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 151 Majid Rostami Sweden 110,500 152 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 153 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 154 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 155 Jon Alba Spain 107,500 156 Soile Lerviks Finland 107,000 157 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 158 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 159 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 160 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 161 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 103,500 162 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 163 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 164 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 165 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 166 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 167 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 168 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 98,500 169 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 170 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 171 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 172 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 173 Ishak Noyan Sweden 96,000 174 Max Avela Finland 95,500 175 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 176 Eero Abbey Finland 93,500 177 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 178 Keng Tan Singapore 93,000 179 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 92,000 180 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 181 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 91,500 182 Bengt Johansson Finland 91,000 183 Johan Purbe Sweden 90,500 184 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 89,500 185 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 186 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 187 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 188 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 189 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 190 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 87,000 191 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 192 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 193 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 194 Tommi Lankinen Finland 86,000 195 Benjamin Gros France 85,500 196 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 197 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 85,000 198 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 199 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 200 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 201 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 202 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 203 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 82,500 204 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 205 Tero Laurila Finland 81,500 206 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 207 Giuseppe Stasio Italy 81,000 208 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 209 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 210 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 80,500 211 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 80,500 212 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 80,000 213 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 214 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 215 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 216 Samuel Richards England 79,000 217 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 218 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 219 Timo Ruuska Finland 78,500 220 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 221 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 77,500 222 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 223 Yannick Palacio France 75,500 224 Sven-Erik Taru Estonia 75,000 225 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 226 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 227 Thomas Santerne France 74,000 228 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 73,000 229 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 230 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 72,500 231 Rene Cifuentes Spain 72,000 232 Elias Suhonen Finland 72,000 233 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 234 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 235 Cory Desmond England 70,000 236 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 70,000 237 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 69,000 238 Jan Verner Czech Republic 69,000 239 Tõnis Viik Estonia 69,000 240 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 241 Carl Lundh Sweden 68,500 242 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 243 Ermo Kosk Estonia 68,000 244 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 245 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 246 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 247 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 248 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 249 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 250 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 251 Teemu Sattanen Finland 64,000 252 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,500 253 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 254 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 255 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 62,000 256 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 257 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 258 David Kozma Hungary 59,000 259 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 260 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 261 Kaido Kuusemäe Estonia 56,000 262 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 55,500 263 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,500 264 Robert Kallikorm Estonia 55,000 265 Arturs Daugis Latvia 54,500 266 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 267 Johan Kristensson Sweden 53,500 268 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 269 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 52,500 270 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 271 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 272 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 273 Adrian Ruano Spain 49,500 274 Mati Pirn Estonia 49,500 275 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 276 James Noonan Ireland 48,500 277 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 278 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 279 Timmy Anker Denmark 47,500 280 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 281 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 282 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 283 Touko Berndtson Finland 44,500 284 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 285 Juan Duenas Spain 44,500 286 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 44,000 287 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 288 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 289 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 290 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 291 Victor Vozian Romania 43,000 292 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 42,500 293 John Enright Ireland 42,000 294 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 41,000 295 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 296 Eriks Krumins Latvia 39,000 297 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 298 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 299 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 38,500 300 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 301 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 302 Magnus Pukk Estonia 37,000 303 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 304 Victor Buitrago Spain 36,500 305 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 306 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 307 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 35,000 308 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 309 Madis Ormisson Estonia 32,500 310 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 311 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 312 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 313 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 29,500 314 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 315 Ismael Dominguez Spain 29,000 316 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 29,000 317 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 318 Jonatan Fors Finland 26,500 319 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 320 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 321 Jaime Susarte Spain 24,500 322 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 323 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 324 Henri Katila Finland 21,000 325 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 326 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 327 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 €1,500 Main Event – Starting Flights Breakdown
Flight Entries Players to Day 2 Day 1a 125 47 Day 1b 157 68 Day 1c 72 28 Day 1d 272 122 Day 1e 138 63 -
€1,500 Main Event: Day 1e Chip Counts
Day 1e of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event registered 138 entries. The following 62 players bagged for tomorrow’s Day 2.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 2 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 3 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 4 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 5 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 6 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 7 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 8 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 9 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 10 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 11 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 12 Kwan Lau China 172,000 13 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 14 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 15 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 16 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 17 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 18 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 19 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 20 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 21 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 22 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 23 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 24 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 25 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 26 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 27 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 28 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 29 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 30 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 31 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 32 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 33 Max Avela Finland 95,500 34 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 35 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 36 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 37 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 38 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 39 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 40 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 41 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 42 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 43 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 44 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 45 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 46 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 47 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 48 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 49 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 50 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 51 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 52 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 53 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 54 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 55 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 56 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 57 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 58 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 59 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 29,500 60 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 61 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 62 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 -
See you Tomorrow
The poker.pro live coverage team is signing out for today. It’s been a thrilling day with the conclusion of Ring Event #8: €1,000 8-Game and two flights of Ring Event €5: €1,500 Main Event. In fact, Day 1e is still going.
Day 2 of the Main Event starts tomorrow at 12:00. poker.pro will provide the Day 2 chip counts and seat draw as fast as possible. The organizers of the event recommends all players to arrive at least 30 minutes before cards are in the air, as the line to the wristband queue is expected to be long.
This reporter will dedicate most of his focus to the Main Event tomorrow. Chip counts, crucial hands, funny moments and much more will be covered. Of course, the occasional update from the other Ring Events will also come.
See you all tomorrow for yet another exciting day here at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn!
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La Terra Returns to Tallinn for First Ever Sviten WSOP Circuit Ring Event
Peter La Terra. Photo: The Festival Tomorrow, August 1, Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event is arguably the golden nugget on the tournament schedule. That being said, tomorrow will also be a historical day in the Estonian capital, as Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten, is scheduled to commence at 15:00. This is the first-ever WSOP Circuit Ring Event of the very popular game that is Sviten, and presumably, many experienced players will join the action in an attempt to write their name into the poker history books.
There are many players who are capable of winning the title in this Five-Card Draw/PLO-hybrid of a game. One of them is Sweden’s Peter La Terra. Peter arrived to Tallinn the other day, and yesterday, he could be seen in Olympic Park Casino playing a €5/€5 Sviten cash game with fellow Scandinavians. He is, without a doubt, a serious contender for the trophy, and you’d better believe he’s here to win it.
This reporter was lucky enough to have a small chat with Peter, who’s currently playing the €200 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw side event.
An impressive Resumé
Peter has to be considered one of the most prominent Sviten players in the world. According to his profile on The Hendon Mob, he has two titles in the discipline and a horde of final table results. On top of that, he also has two Five-card Draw titles. A very impressive resumé, and he’s the most proud of a certain title that he got back in 2019:
“2019, I won the €220 Pot-Limit Drawmaha Championship here in Tallinn. It was branded like the it was the “World Championship” of Sviten, but I expect tomorrow’s tournament to be much bigger.”
During the 2024 wSOP Circuit Tallinn, Peter La Terra explained the rules of Sviten to host Teele Viira. The inaugural event is indeed expected to be a big one. Every Mixed Games enthusiast that you speak to here at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel all expresses their excitement for the tournament. An educated guess is that the unparalleled action that Sviten brings is why so many players are fond of this game.
According to Peter, it’s crucial to know the strength of your hand in Sviten, something the average player may not be aware of:
“The most common mistake I see amongst players is that they over-value their PLO hand and bet too frequently on the flop. You have better chances scooping the pot if you instead bet on the turn and/or the river.”
While Peter hasn’t hit the books studying the Scandinavian-invented game, he’s been playing PLO and Five-card Draw more than most people on earth. When asked about his biggest strength in Sviten, Peter claims patience is the most important skill to master, not only in Sviten but in poker in general. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Who will win the WSOP Circuit Ring in tomorrow’s Sviten event? Considering the vast amount of skillful and merited players we’re expected to see tomorrow, I asked Peter if there’s any particular name who may appear in the field that he fears. “Not Peter Bergman, he should stick to selling sandwiches,” Peter jokes as Bergman bursts out in laugh from the other table. Seriously though, Peter is way too experienced to underestimate any player who’s seated at his table.
Once again, the tournament starts at 15:00 tomorrow. Late registration will close at the end of Level 10, approximately at 21:45. It’s a two-day event; Day 1 will be played until 15 % of the field remains. Those who make it through will return to Day 2, August 2 at 12:00.
This tournament will go down in poker history, and time will tell who manages to snag the prestigious WSOP Circuit Ring.
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Payouts and Mystery Bounties
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 41/176 Prizes: €76,824 In terms of side events, the €750 Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty was the most hyped tournament today. 46 players are remaining out of the 176 entries, and below are both the payouts and the mystery bounties up for grabs.
Payouts
Position Payout 1-2 €6,360 3 €4,160 4 €2,990 5 €2,300 6 €1,790 7 €1,430 8 €1,210 9 €1,030 10-11 €890 12-13 €757 14-15 €660 16-17 €590 18-20 €520 21-23 €480 Mystery Bounties
Prize Quantity €6,000 1 €5,000 1 €4,000 1 €3,000 2 €2,000 3 €1,500 3 €1,000 5 €800 1 €600 1 €500 5 -
Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1d Chip Counts
Day 1d of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event scored 272 entries. Below are the 122 players who made it through to Day 2.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 2 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 3 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 4 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 5 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 6 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 7 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 8 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 9 Renars Skanis Latvia 225,000 10 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 11 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 220,000 12 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 13 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 14 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 15 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 16 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 17 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 18 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 19 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 20 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 21 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 22 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 23 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 24 Jukka Perälä Finland 153,500 25 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 26 Nian Li China 147,500 27 De-Han Kim Korea, South 147,000 28 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 29 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 30 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 31 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 32 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 33 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 34 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 35 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 36 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 37 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 38 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 123,500 39 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 40 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 41 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 42 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 43 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 44 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 45 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 46 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 47 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 48 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 49 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 50 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 51 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 52 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 53 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 54 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 55 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 56 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 57 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 58 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 59 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 60 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 61 Johan Kristensson Sweden 91,000 62 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 63 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 64 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 65 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 66 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 67 Johan Purbe Sweden 87,000 68 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 69 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 70 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 71 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 72 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 73 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 74 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 75 Thomas Santerne France 80,000 76 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 77 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 78 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 79 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 80 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 81 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 75,000 82 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 83 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 84 Cory Desmond England 70,000 85 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 86 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 87 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 88 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 89 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 90 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 91 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 92 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 93 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 94 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 95 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 96 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 97 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 98 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 99 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 100 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 101 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 102 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 103 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 104 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 105 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 106 Jan Verner Czech Republic 45,000 107 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 108 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 109 John Enright Ireland 42,000 110 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 111 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 112 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 113 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 114 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 115 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 116 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 117 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 118 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 119 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 120 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 121 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 122 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 -
Siljander Closing in on Tarmi After €1,100 PLO4/5 Win
Mathias Siljander won Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 During the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Yesterday was the conclusion of Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5. It was a star-spangled final table, featuring players such like Riku Koivurinne (who was the title defender) and Andria Gogelidze (who was going for back-to-back titles after winning Ring Event #3: €555 PLO4/5). All seven players put all of their poker skills on full display, and in the end, it was Finland’s Mathias Siljander who was crowned the winner. This poker.pro reporter was fortunate enough to have a small chat with Siljander.
With the €41,000 he got for winning, Siljander’s total live tournament earnings now exceed €1,000,000, according to his profile on The Hendon Mob. That’s not what’s he’s currently chasing, though:
“I am chasing Roope Tarmi, but I don’t think this win was enough. So I guess I have to win the Main Event as well.”
Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 – Final Table Results
Position Player Country Prize 1 Mathias Siljander
Finland €41,000 + $5,000 Ticket to Paradise 2 Aleksi Lindholm
Finland €27,150 3 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €18,300 4 Frank Visser
Netherlands €13,150 5 Renars Skanis
Latvia €9,250 6 Riku Koivurinne
Finland €6,900 7 Antti Veteläinen
Finland €5,350 It was a joyful journey for Mathias more or less the tournament throughout. Even though being matched up with some competent opponents initially, he managed to build up a big stack fairly quickly:
“I don’t think I lost an all-in during the whole tournament. The seat draw for the first table was bad; there were only good, Finnish players at the table, probably better than me. I got lucky here and there, and now, here we are.”
When asked whether he preferred the four- or five-card orbit, Mathias was very straight forward:
“5-card PLO is not a great game. You have to be tight, and that’s no fun. If you have a big stack it’s an okay game, but otherwise, I don’t like it.”
Mathias is hungry for more, and today, he managed to bag 155,000 from Day 1d of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Patience was his key to get the decent stack. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint,” Mathias preached when we briefly discussed multi-table tournament strategies.
“I’ve been patient, letting the other guys play. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Mathis won the €1,500 Main Event during the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition t’s safe to say Mathias has some experience when it comes to winning big Main Event titles in the Estonian capital. In fact, he won the €1,100 Main Event during the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition for €130,300, his biggest live cash in his career so far.
Time will tell if Mathias manages to do a deep run in the Main Event, and pass his rival Roope Tarmi on The Hendon Mob rankings.
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Krzysztof Budka Wins Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game for €22,390
Krzysztof Budka Game: Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Bring-in 30,000, Limits 100,000/200,000 Entries: 1/79 Prizes: €75,050 With the 5♦ as his revealed card, Pasi Laihinen brought in for 30,000. Krzysztof Budka, having the 7♣ in front of him, raised to 100,000. Laihinen made the call.
The dealer dealt Budka the 10♦ and Laihinen the 5♠. Laihinen bet 100,000 and Budka called.
Budka then got the 2♥ and Laihinen the 4♣. Laihinen now bet 200,000, before Budka forced his opponent all in for roughly 400,000 in total. Laihinen made the call.
Krzysztof Budka: 7♠6♠ / 7♣10♦2♥
Pasi Laihinen: 3♥4♠ / 5♦5♠4♣Budka was dealt 9♥7♥ as his two final cards, while Laihinen got 7♦9♦. Budka won the pot, and with that, he eliminated his heads-up opponent Laihinen.
That means that Krzystof Budka is the winner of Ring Event #8: €1,000 8-Game. He conquered a field consisting of 79 entries, and he during heads-up, he really showcased that he masters of all of the games. For his achievements, he gets the WSOP Circuit Ring, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and the €22,390 first-place payout.
Ring Event #8: €1,000 8-Game – Full Results
Position Player Country Prize 1 Krzysztof Budka
Poland €22,390 2 Pasi Laihinen
Finland €14,370 3 Verneri Häkkinen
Finland €9,640 4 Nicklas Dehli
Denmark €6,780 5 Thor Morstol
Norway €4,920 6 Jyri Merivirta
Finland €3,930 7 Aki Pyysing
Finland €3,140 8 Lars Hole
Norway €2,640 9 Hanno Kerem
Estonia €2,640 10 Sampo Ryynänen
Finland €2,300 11 Simen Gulbrandsen
Norway €2,300
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Two Chip Millionaires Emerge From €350 Mini Main Day 1a
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn was off to an amazing start, with the casino floor packed before the action moved upstairs in the Hilton Tallinn Park convention rooms on Saturday. Day 1a of Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event attracted a banner field of 274 entries to create a €81,377 prize pool, with 41 players bagging chips into Sunday’s Day 2 already in the money in this three-day affair.
Finland’s Ville-Matti Keränen (1,367,000) and Corne Scheel (1,106,000) emerged as chip millionaires as they parlayed their 50,000 opening stack into seven-figure stacks to lead the way with two-time WSOP Circuit Tallinn champion Roope Tarmi from Finland in third with 709,000.
Saturday will feature both Day 1b at Noon, followed by the final opening flight in Day 1c at 7 p.m. Both flights have a 30-minute clock, and the action concludes after the field is trimmed down to just 15 percent.
Stay hydrated and prepare for a long day as yesterday took approximately 12 hours from start to finish. Our team at poker.pro will be lightly covering all of the events today, but will be on the floor until players bag on Day 1b.
Place Player Country Chips 1 Ville-Matti Keränen
Finland 1,367,000 2 Corne Scheel
Netherlands 1,106,000 3 Roope Tarmi
Finland 709,000 4 Vytautas Riskevicius
Lithuania 655,000 5 Roy Van Der Reijnst
Netherlands 596,000 6 Frederico Alves Dos Santos
Brazil 595,000 7 Edvinas Tarasevicius
Lithuania 569,000 8 Tomasz Kardas
Poland 538,000 9 Gabriel Wolszczak
Poland 523,000 10 Rauno Kiviloo
Estonia 522,000 11 Svetlana Aubakirova
Kazakhstan 487,000 12 Toni Vuolle
Finland 438,000 13 Johan Alen
Finland 409,000 14 Nico Kumpulainen
Finland 409,000 15 Ville-Tappio Mesiranta
Finland 380,000 16 Vidar Assersen
Norway 322,000 17 Oleksandr Tarashevskyi
Ukraine 310,000 18 Riku Oksanen
Finland 305,000 19 Nicolai Austad
Norway 270,000 20 Pavel Solodovnikov
Estonia 244,000 21 Adrian Jimenez Ruano
Spain 235,000 22 Andreas Brendholdt
Denmark 232,000 23 Toni Ravnak
Serbia 231,000 24 Mikko Ylämäki
Finland 227,000 25 Siim Kabel
Estonia 221,000 26 Jarmo Salonen
Finland 214,000 27 Janis Zablovskis
Latvia 182,000 28 Maksim Jankovski
Russia 161,000 29 Egidijus Matonis
Lithuania 153,000 30 Franco Spichtig
Switzerland 129,000 31 Petter Richardsen
Norway 126,000 32 Martin Mänd
Estonia 116,000 33 Keio Vardi
Estonia 110,000 34 Dylan Snyder
England 105,000 35 Matej Hojka
Czech Republic 92,000 36 Soile Lerviks
Finland 91,000 37 Alejandro Val
Spain 87,000 38 Ruth Guper
Israel 78,000 39 Ralf Mikk
Estonia 75,000 40 Ricards Zelneronoks
Latvia 67,000 41 Andrius Mazeika
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Mini Main Action Kicks Off the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn
The 2025 WSOPC Tallinn will be played July 25-August 3 at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel & Olympic Park Casino. Only a couple of hours into the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, and it’s safe to say the event is off to a promising start. In fact, the Freebuy Satellite to the €350 Mini Main Event attracted an astonishing 227 entries. 17 unique players all got their hands on a ticket to the first ring event (out of a total 12).
Considering all poker today is being played solely in the casino and not in the Hilton’s event facilities, the overwhelming interest in the satellite forced Day 1a of the Mini Main Event to be slightly postponed. As of right now, 143 players are in what has to be considered the highlight of the first weekend.
Reminder that the poker.pro live coverage will kick off tomorrow. A list of those who made it through Day 1a of the Mini Main Event will also be provided then.
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The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Kicks off Today
The 2025 WSOPC Tallinn will be played July 25-August 3 at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel & Olympic Park Casino. Photo credit: Elena Kask Today marks the beginning of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Between July 25 and August 3, it’s going to be a prestigious battle at the Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel. With no fewer than 12 WSOP Circuit Ring Events – one of them being the €1,500 Main Event with a staggering €1,000,000 guarantee – there’s no doubt all contestants will put their full repertoire of poker skills on display.
And if the rings weren’t enough incentive already, there’s a massive bonus on the line: every winner of a WSOP Circuit ring event in Tallinn will also receive a $5,000 “Ticket to Paradise” for the 2025 WSOP Bahamas, including entry to the $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and a luxury stay in the Caribbean.
With that in mind, the schedule for the first weekend of the festival features quite an interesting potpourri of tournaments.
Three Ring Events this Weekend
Arguably, the €350 Mini Main Event is the star of the first weekend. Day 1a is scheduled to commence today at 16:00, while 1b and 1c both are played tomorrow, Saturday 26. Day 2 will be played on Sunday, and the survivors will move on to the grand final on Monday where a winner will be crowned.
Undoubtedly, the atmosphere at the Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel will be as good as last year. Photo: Elena Kask The Mini Main Event is a certified ring event, and that is also the case with the €555 NLH, as well as the €555 PLO4/5. Both tournaments have their first flights on Sunday (in fact, there is only one Day 1-flight for the PLO4/5).
While these three ring events are the three tournaments that should attract most players during the first weekend, there’s a lot more fun on the schedule. The €350 Open-face Chinese Pineapple (Saturday 26) should appeal to all Mixed Games enthusiasts, as is the case with the €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 (Sunday 27). What’s more, there is a €150 Mega Satellite to the €1,500 Main Event on Sunday with ten tickets guaranteed. That isn’t the only satellite this weekend, however; there are €80 satellites both for the €555 NLH, and the €555PLO4/5.
Needless to say, the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn will kick off with a flourish this weekend. It’s going to be a poker week to remember in the Estonian capital, and this is only the beginning. The poker.pro live reporting team will be on-site throughout the festival and report daily from July 26 to August 3. Make sure you don’t miss out on any of the action.
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€350 Open-face Chinese Photos (by Elena Kask)
Scott Kenyon Fabian Bartuschk Roy Van Der Reijnst Sascha Manns Lena Björn Siim Suviste Eva Jiretorn Svott Kenyon Andreas Möller Tero Kilkanen Tero Kilkanen Daniyar Khariroldayev Daniyar Khariroldayev Daniyar Khariroldayev Svetlana Aubakirova Svetlana Aubakirova Evgeny Sirotenko Vladimirs Svesnikovs Vladimirs Svesnikovs Vladimirs Svesnikovs Joonas Parviainen Risto Ponnio Risto Ponnio Daniyar Khairoldayev Sami Peisanen Sami Peisanen Vidar Assersen -
Photos from €350 Mini Main Event Day 1b
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Teddy Bremseth Lights Day 1c of Mini Main on Fire
Norway’s Teddy Bremseth came in with a plan and thanks to timely cowboys bagged the Day 1c chip lead and joined overall chip leader Ville-Matti Keränen (1,367,000), Sweden’s Simon Persson (1,345,000), Netherlands’ Corne Scheel (1,106,000), and Jussi “Potti-Jussi” Mattila (1,071,000) as a chip millionaire in the three-day Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event after parlaying his 50,000 opening stack into 1,132,000 in chips.
The Day 1b field attracted 279 entries with 42 players bagging up stacks to bring the total prize pool up to €280,953 with 142 players returning to action at Noon on Saturday out of the original field of 954 entries.
Stay tuned for the seat draw in the morning and best of luck to all of the remaining players when the action resumes on Saturday at Noon.
Place Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Teddy Bremseth Norway 1,132,000 57 2 Mäido Kuusik Estonia 888,000 44 3 Miika Töyräs Finland 680,000 34 4 Gilles Lamy France 632,000 32 5 Petri-Kalevi Metsämaa Finland 624,000 31 6 Rapolas Bielskis Lithuania 598,000 30 7 Robert Manner Germany 561,000 28 8 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 516,000 26 9 Mikko Mellanen Finland 437,000 22 10 Raimonds Ozolins Latvia 434,000 22 11 Arasch Mirzai Sweden 432,000 22 12 Mika Lax Finland 426,000 21 13 Antti Veteläinen Finland 426,000 21 14 Tobias Napel Norway 417,000 21 15 Jim O Neill Ireland 413,000 21 16 Oleksandr Shokur Ukraine 345,000 17 17 Jason Glatzer Lithuania 343,000 17 18 John Enright Ireland 335,000 17 19 Axel Saarniala Finland 333,000 17 20 Miguel Fernandez Spain 315,000 16 21 Carina Wald Sweden 301,000 15 22 Maksim Belomestnõi Estonia 298,000 15 23 Simo Puustinen Finland 292,000 15 24 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 284,000 14 25 Toni Hämäläinen Finland 275,000 14 26 Meelis Ahman Estonia 229,000 11 27 Kert Raud Estonia 205,000 10 28 Juho Jaakola Finland 199,000 10 28 Juho Jaakola Finland 199,000 10 29 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 190,000 10 30 Joonas Orava Finland 185,000 9 31 Krister Wallendahl Finland 178,000 9 32 Romans Krasins Latvia 171,000 9 33 Simon Hassan Sweden 166,000 8 34 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania 163,000 8 35 Nils Butevics Latvia 155,000 8 36 Martin Piik Estonia 131,000 7 37 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 126,000 6 38 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland 124,000 6 39 Ali Al Saidy Norway 116,000 6 40 Jami Munukka Finland 97,000 5 41 Jon Jurado Spain 88,000 4 42 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 33,000 2 -
That’s a Wrap for Today
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask With that, the poker.pro live coverage from Day 2 of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn comes to an end. It’s been a thrilling day that was headlighted by the first Ring Event of the series, the €350 Mini Main Event. Day 1c is still going; 111 players are remaining out of 279 players, and they are playing down to 42 players.
The other major thing that is still going on is the €350 Open-face Chinese. Fabian Bartuschk, Riku Koivurinne, Corne Scheel and Runar Skjemstad are still battling it out for the title and the €5,140 first-place payout.
A full recap of today’s action will be uploaded tomorrow morning. Tomorrow’s live coverage will commence around noon. Thanks to everyone who’s been following along with the live reporting today; the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn is the place to be for the following eight days.
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Mini Main Event Day 1b Chip Counts
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask 59 players bagged their chips from Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event. Below are the chip counts.
Place Player Country Chips 1 Simon Hesserud Persson Sweden 1,345,000 2 Jussi Mattila Finland 1,071,000 3 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 975,000 4 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania 815,000 5 Enea Subashi Estonia 783,000 6 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia 724,000 7 Yanis Sahli France 706,000 8 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 626,000 9 Necati Misto Sweden 621,000 10 Kristers Muhins Latvia 555,000 11 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 539,000 12 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 522,000 13 Raimo Reimann Estonia 522,000 14 Ardo Pinna Estonia 511,000 15 Lauri Tuominen Finland 505,000 16 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 479,000 17 Ilja Naparjin Estonia 418,000 18 Klavs Garselis Latvia 391,000 19 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia 388,000 20 Henry-Rein Kielberg Estonia 385,000 21 Pekka Tahvanainen Finland 368,000 22 Adria Roura Spain 292,000 23 James O’Neill Ireland 274,000 24 Sergei Oganesjan Estonia 255,000 25 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 252,000 26 Sigitas Raila Lithuania 246,000 27 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 246,000 28 Ishak Noyan Sweden 240,000 29 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania 236,000 30 Terje Sirnes Norway 230,000 31 Marek Marksoo Estonia 229,000 32 Sami Säämänen Finland 223,000 33 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 217,000 34 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania 214,000 35 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 196,000 36 Tanel Evert Estonia 192,000 37 Gatis Pele Latvia 190,000 38 Kristjan Rausberg Estonia 190,000 39 Joona Tefke Finland 183,000 40 Martins Priede Latvia 182,000 41 Anu Lilja Finland 178,000 42 Mateusz Siejka Poland 178,000 43 Andres Nilsen-Aas Norway 174,000 44 Mairo Tori Estonia 172,000 45 Henri Pöllänen Finland 170,000 46 Matts Jakobsson Sweden 164,000 47 Rasmus Lundström Finland 163,000 48 Tomi Arponen Finland 159,000 49 Jacyk Krzysztof Poland 142,000 50 Christian Steinbo Norway 139,000 51 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania 132,000 52 Kim Wells United States 123,000 53 Kyösti Isberg Finland 115,000 54 Saara Benlamine Finland 114,000 55 Jussi Knuutila Finland 110,000 56 Thommy Larsson Sweden 105,000 57 Rain Kandla Estonia 89,000 58 Michal Goral Poland 61,000 59 Bernd Reich Germany 48,000 -
Janis Leja Wins the €200 Progressive for €3,460
Janis Leja, winner of the €200 Progressive during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 1/141 Prizes: €11,492 Perhaps ten minutes after both players agreed to a heads-up deal, Frederico Dos Santos limped from the Button. Janis Leja checked, and the dealer revealed the 7♣5♥7♦ flop. Both players checked, and the turn was the 8♥. Leja now bet 175,000, and Dos Santos made the call. On the 10♦ river, Leja made a big bet and fired 475,000. Dos Santos quickly moved all in for just shy of 1,000,000, and Leja made the call.
Janis Leja: 9♥6♥
Frederico Dos Santos: J♥7♥Leja won the showdown and he had Dos Santos just covered, which meant he was crowned the winner of the €200 Progressive.
Janis Leja: 2,820,000
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Eight Players Comes Through PLO5 Satellite
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The €80 PLO5 Satellite recently finished. Five tickets to the €555 PLO4/5 was guaranteed, but the overwhelming interest created eight seats in the prize pool. Daniyar Khairoldayev claimed the €82 consollation prize, while the following players are won their seat to Ring Event #2:
Player Prize Allan Arjut Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Andres Aro Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Mikko Eemeli Aro Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Joakim Brochard Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Joonas Keijonen Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Gert Laanemets Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Serguei Palomera Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Kaspars Renga Ticket to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 -
Registration Closed for 1c; Mini Main Event Secures a Big Number
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The registration for Day 1c of the €350 Mini Main Event – i.e., the last starting flight of the tournament – is now closed. 279 entries mean that the total numbers for the whole tournament is 279 entries, and a €280,953 prize pool. Not too shabby for the first Ring Event of the series.
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A Deal has Been Made in the Progressive
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 2/141 Prizes: €11,492 After playing heads-up for some time, Frederico Dos Santos and Janis Leja have agreed to a deal. They both get €2,120 from the non-bounty prize pool (as was always the case), they split the bounties and get €1,000 additional each, and the keep playing for €320 and the trophy.
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Day 1b Skips Bubble Stage to Send Survivors to Day 2
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 59/401 Prizes: TBA With 62 players remaining in Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event, three players went out almost simultaneously at different tables. That means that no hand-by-hand play was conducted; the remaining 57 players are bagging for Day 2, and they are all guaranteed a €700 min-cash. The poker.pro live coverage team will deliver the chip counts from Day 1b as soon as possible.
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Results in Progressive Bounty (so Far)
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 23: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 5/141 Prizes: €11,492 Below are those who’ve been eliminated from the €200 Progressive since the ITM-stage of the tournament was reached.
Place Player Prize 5 Juha Kaikusalo €820 6 Romans Tumulis €640 7 Timo Malo €530 8 Maksim Paponov €430 9 Jesper Eronen €360 10 Oleksandr Tarashevskyi €300 11 Soile Lerviks €300 12 Kristians Naudiss €260 13 Quinten Spyckerelle €260 14 Jere Hedman €230 15 Dmitri Marsalok €230 16 Irmantas Bzeskis €201 17 Mykyta Ivanov €201 -
Impressive Numbers in the Mini Main
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Yesterday’s Day 1a of the €350 Mini Main Event attracted 274 entries. Day 1b scored 401 (72 of them still remaining), and Day 1c is currently up to 244 entries. That means that combined, 919 have been made in the tournament, and it’s still ticking as late registration is open for Day 1c.
All those who bag for Day 2 (i.e., 15 % of the field for each starting flight) will secure a €700 min-cash.
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Last Stretch for Day 1b; Here’s Updated Chip Counts
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask 72 players remain in Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event, so only 12 more will have to go before the lucky survivors cansleep before tomorrow’s Day 2. Below are the updated chip counts for the players still in:
1 Jussi Mattila Finland 959,000 96 2 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia 665,000 67 3 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania 580,000 58 4 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 523,000 52 5 Adria Roura Spain 510,000 51 6 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 429,000 43 7 Igor Sr. Pihela Estonia 427,000 43 8 Ardo Pinna Estonia 400,000 40 9 Yanis Sahli France 390,000 39 10 Raimo Reimann Estonia 388,000 39 11 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania 385,000 39 12 Rasmus Lundström Finland 373,000 37 13 Lauri Tuominen Finland 360,000 36 14 Matts Jakobsson Sweden 355,000 36 15 Pekka Tahvanainen Finland 350,000 35 16 Sami Säämänen Finland 343,000 34 17 Gatis Pele Latvia 283,000 28 18 Joel Jimenez Spain 277,000 28 19 Terje Sirnes Norway 270,000 27 20 Fritz Nygren Sweden 268,000 27 21 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania 260,000 26 22 Ilja Naparjin Estonia 253,000 25 23 Morten Bremseth Norway 250,000 25 24 Joona Tefke Finland 250,000 25 25 Jussi Knuutila Finland 240,000 24 26 Ishak Noyan Sweden 240,000 24 27 Mateusz Siejka Poland 225,000 23 28 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 217,000 22 29 Kyösti Isberg Finland 208,000 21 30 Simon Hesserud Persson Sweden 205,000 21 31 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 204,500 20 32 Thommy Larsson Sweden 203,000 20 33 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 195,000 20 34 Rain Kandla Estonia 194,000 19 35 Madis Ormisson Estonia 175,000 18 36 Sigitas Raila Lithuania 173,000 17 37 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania 170,000 17 38 Enea Subashi Estonia 170,000 17 39 Joel Haapio Finland 168,000 17 40 Klavs Garselis Latvia 164,000 16 41 Joonas Käyhty Finland 153,000 15 42 Christian Steinbo Norway 150,500 15 43 Tomi Arponen Finland 150,000 15 44 Michal Goral Poland 150,000 15 45 Kristers Muhins Latvia 140,000 14 46 Kim Wells United States 138,000 14 47 Anton Markachev Russia 132,000 13 48 Anu Lilja Finland 130,000 13 49 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 129,500 13 50 Tanel Evert Estonia 125,000 13 51 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia 120,000 12 52 James O’Neill Ireland 120,000 12 53 Andres Nilsen-Aas Norway 115,000 12 54 Bernd Reich Germany 115,000 12 55 Mairo Tori Estonia 115,000 12 56 Sergei Oganesjan Estonia 112,000 11 57 Marius Vaiciulis Lithuania 110,000 11 58 Necati Misto Sweden 108,000 11 59 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 104,000 10 60 Martins Priede Latvia 100,000 10 61 Marek Marksoo Estonia 92,000 9 62 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 90,000 9 63 Henry-Rein Kielberg Estonia 89,000 9 64 Joonas Kulli Estonia 82,500 8 65 Vegard Olsvik Norway 82,000 8 66 Jerry Villa Finland 81,000 8 67 Saara Benlamine Finland 80,000 8 68 Kasper Mellanen Finland 79,000 8 69 Feras Abid Finland 77,000 8 70 Jacyk Krzysztof Poland 70,000 7 71 Kristjan Rausberg Estonia 70,000 7 72 Henri Pöllänen Finland 53,000 5 -
€80 Mega Satellite Starts now
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 1: 100/100 (100) Entries: 23/23 Prizes: TBA It’s time for the last tournament of the day, the €80 Mega Satellite to the €555 NLH (Ring Event #3). With no fewer than 10 tickets guaranteed, this is a great opportunity for all players to earn a seat to this prestigious event for a cheaper prize.
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Open-face Chinese Also in the Money
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 16: Point: 6,000 Entries: 5/55 Prizes: €16,198 Meanwhile, the €350 Open-face Chinese-bubble has also burst. The two Frenchmen who made it to the ITM-stage (Mickael Lacaze and Gilles Lamy) busted in eighth and seventh place and both got €754. Five players remain, fighting it out for the €
€350 Open-face Chinese – Players Remaining
- Fabian Bartuschk
- Scott Kenyon
- Riku Koivurinne
- Corne Scheel
- Runar Skjemstad
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Longest Bubble in Northern Europe
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 20: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 15/141 Prizes: €11,492 The poker.pro live reporting team thought it might be a good idea to quickly catch the bubble in the €200 Progressive.
“Quickly?” Oh, how foolish.
It took close to a full hour for the bubble to burst. There were multiple all-ins and calls, and the short stack even managed to double up. At one point, there was an all-in and call-situation on all three tables (three-way on one of them), and still, no player went out in eighteenth place.
Then, thunder struck. With a four-way all in.
It was Irmantas Bzeskis who moved all in for 70,000 from the Cut-off. Then, big-stacked Frederico Dos Santos re-shoved for perhaps 260,000 from the Button. Action didn’t stop there, though; Mykyta Ivanov committed all of his 80,000. Seated in the Big Blind, Santeri Yliselä completed the chaotic action by putting all his 48,000 on the line.
Irmantas Bzeskis: K♥K♦
Frederico Dos Santos: A♠Q♥
Mykyta Ivanov: 10♠10♣
Santeri Yliselä: J♦9♥What an insane situation, and Dos Santos who had all his opponents at risk completed a triple K.O as the board ran out 6♣6♥A♥A♣7♠.
Being the shortest stack, Yliselä didn’t cash (except for some bounties), and Bzeskis and Ivanov both claimed the €201 min-cash.
Frederico Dos Santos: 458,000
Irmantas Bzeskis: 0
Mykyta Ivanov: 0
Santeri Yliselä: 0 -
60 Players Will Move on
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 13: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 134/401 Prizes: TBA Every starting flight of the €350 Mini Main Event is playing down to 15 %. That means that today, play will conclude when 60 players remain.
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Karlsen is Out
Drea Karlsen during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius. Photo: OlyBet Level 13: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 138/401 Prizes: TBA Late registration is over for Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event, and the magical number 400 was surpassed.
One of the earlier exits after late registration closed was Drea Karlsen. Tarmo Tammel had opened to 6,000 from UTG, and Pertti Salakari had made the call. From the Button, Karlsen then moved all in for 83,000, and she was called by Tammel.
Drea Karlsen: K♦Q♥
Tarmo Tammel: K♠K♣“Let’s hit a straight,” a positive Karlsen urged to the poker Gods. “It’s not looking good,” she continued on the 8♥2♥2♠ flop. The board completed with 2♦6♦ and her fate in Day 1b was sealed. Perhaps she chooses to enter Day 1c, which currently has 133 players in.
Tarmo Tammel: 320,000
Drea Karlsen: 0 -
PLO5 Satellite is Underway
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 1: 100/100 (100) Entries: 23/23 Prizes: TBA All PLO enthusiasts, attention! The €80 PLO5 Satellite has now started. Five tickets are guaranteed for Ring Event #2, the €555 PLO4/5.
The €80 NLH Mega Satellite – that has a whopping 10 tickets guaranteed for the €555 NLH, aka Ring Event #3 – will start att 22:00.
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Dinner Break in the Mini Main; Here are Big Stacks
A ring from the 2024 WSOPC Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 142/392 Prizes: TBA The remaining players in Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event are now on a one-hour dinner break. Late registration is open until the break is over; perhaps, the magic number that is 400 entries will be reached. The next level, 13, features blinds 1,500/3,000, and a 3,000 ante.
Below are the current chip counts:
Position Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Vytautas Litvinas 456,000 152 2 Martynas Saltis 429,000 143 3 Igor Sr Pihela 427,000 142 4 Rasmus Lundström 394,000 131 5 Martins Priede 351,000 117 6 Matts Jakobsson 350,000 117 7 Dmitri Dudakov 325,000 108 8 Roman Jezov 325,000 108 9 Fritz Nygren 268,000 89 10 Iiro Sipinen 255,000 85 11 Ilja Naparjin 253,000 84 12 Marek Marksoo 249,500 83 13 Karel Kratochvil 249,000 83 14 Jussi Knuutila 240,000 80 15 Thomas Leyrer 239,000 80 16 Rain Kandla 237,000 79 17 Lauri Tuominen 228,000 76 18 Kaspars Terauds 225,000 75 19 Ishak Noyan 217,000 72 20 Tarmo Tammel 217,000 72 21 Henri Wagner 215,000 72 22 Yassin Alami 213,000 71 23 Joachim Gjerstad 212,000 71 24 Norberts Nikitenko 211,000 70 25 Raimo Reimann 210,000 70 26 Simon Persson 205,000 68 27 Sergejs Piratovs 204,500 68 28 Thommy Larsson 203,000 68 29 Yanis Sahli 202,500 68 30 Viktor Smyrnov 201,500 67 31 Joel Haapio 197,000 66 32 Jevgenijs Sapronenko 195,000 65 33 Sergiu-Valentin Mihai-Popescu 190,000 63 34 Mykolas Savickas 189,000 63 35 Gatis Pele 188,000 63 36 Marius Vaiciulis 187,000 62 37 Miguel Fernandez 181,500 61 38 Nikita Bobers 180,500 60 39 Feras Abid 176,000 59 40 Madis Ormisson 175,000 58 41 Saara Benlamine 174,000 58 42 Aleksandr Naumov 173,000 58 43 Raimondas Juknevicius 170,000 57 44 Enea Subashi 170,000 57 45 Pekka Tahvanainen 170,000 57 46 Adria Comas I Roura 168,000 56 47 Jon Alba 165,000 55 48 Klavs Garselis 164,000 55 49 Even Nordbjorn Rislov 160,000 53 50 Thanh Vu 160,000 53 51 Terje Sirnes 155,000 52 52 Joona Tefke 155,000 52 53 Joonas Käyhty 153,000 51 54 Christian Steinbo 150,500 50 55 Michal Jakub Goral 150,000 50 56 Giuseppe Di Stasio 147,000 49 57 Thomas Miller 146,500 49 58 Ranel Käsi 146,000 49 59 Glen Kolmer 145,000 48 60 Kristers Muhins 140,000 47 61 Mateusz Siejka 140,000 47 62 Kim Lowell Wells 138,000 46 63 Kasper J. O. Mellanen 137,500 46 64 Andres Nilsen-Aas 137,000 46 65 Pertti Salakari 135,000 45 66 Anton Markachev 132,000 44 67 Anu Lilja 130,000 43 68 Krzysztof Chmielowski 129,500 43 69 Tanel Evert 125,000 42 70 Eduard Kõre 124,500 42 71 Alina Paliahoshka 122,000 41 72 Henry Kristiansen 120,000 40 73 Aleksandrs Krumins 120,000 40 74 Johan Kristensson 118,000 39 75 Justus Kursi 117,000 39 76 Andrei Piatrushchanka 115,000 38 77 Mairo Tori 115,000 38 78 Kristjan Maasalu 113,000 38 79 Sergei Oganesjan 112,000 37 80 Joel Torres Jimenez 110,500 37 81 Nian Li 110,000 37 82 Necati Misto 108,000 36 83 Gregory Cambell 107,000 36 84 Jamie Brent 105,000 35 85 Aleksandr Kukharev 102,000 34 86 Mäido Kuusik 100,000 33 87 Marten Rimmel 95,500 32 88 Drea Karlsen 95,000 32 89 Carl Lundh 94,500 32 90 Gonzalo Soriano 90,000 30 91 Sami Säämänen 89,500 30 92 Meelis Ahman 85,500 29 93 Eneko De La Hoz 85,500 29 94 Taago Tamm 84,000 28 95 Tomi Arponen 82,500 28 96 Joonas Kulli 82,500 28 97 Henri Pöllänen 82,500 28 98 Jerry Villa 81,000 27 99 Marks Baidjuks 80,000 27 100 Vygerdas Jonikas 80,000 27 101 Bernd Reich 80,000 27 102 Meelis Uusen 80,000 27 103 Vllaznin Dida 79,500 27 104 Pyry Kekäläinen 79,500 27 105 Mart Rinken 77,500 26 106 Mika Hellman 77,000 26 107 Henry-Rein Kielberg 70,000 23 108 Jacyk Krzysztof 70,000 23 109 Kristjan Rausberg 70,000 23 110 Ari Soini 68,000 23 111 Vegard Olsvik 67,500 23 112 Kyösti Isberg 65,000 22 113 Andre Mägi 64,000 21 114 Janne Tiainen 64,000 21 115 Morten Bremseth 60,000 20 116 Juha Kaitanen 58,500 20 117 Sigitas Raila 58,000 19 118 Herli Olop 57,000 19 119 Igor Jr. Pihela 55,500 19 120 Teemu Saarivirta 53,500 18 121 Ilari Westhal 53,500 18 122 Kaur Joakit 51,500 17 123 Jevgenijs Kritinins 51,000 17 124 Jussi Mattila 50,000 17 125 Teemu Toikkanen 50,000 17 126 Tobias Napel 49,000 16 127 Vladislav Ogorodnik 48,500 16 128 Lukas Poskus 43,000 14 129 Andreas Moller 40,500 14 130 Karolis Kutkauskas 40,000 13 131 Ardo Pinna 39,000 13 132 Miloš Ostojic 38,000 13 133 Vadims Milovs 37,500 13 134 Antti-Tapio Tuomainen 35,500 12 135 Aurimas Stanevicius 30,500 10 136 Roman Petelytskyi 28,000 9 137 Kalju Raap 28,000 9 138 Tuomo Moisio 25,000 8 139 Miikka Sipinen 23,000 8 140 Markku Koplimaa 17,000 6 -
Day 1c is Afoot
Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 58/58 Prizes: TBA While the Day 1b players of the €350 Mini Main Event are on dinner break, Day 1c is just about to begin. This final starting flight features 20-minute levels, and 58 players are currently in the mix.
The poker.pro live reporting team is currently working on delivering full chip counts from Day 1b.
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Bremseth Survives
Level: 12 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 166/389 Prizes: TBA It’s the last level before late registration closes for Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event. Play will continue, however, until 15 % of the field remains. The poker.pro live reporting team will deliver the final number as soon as possible.
From the Hi-jack, Feras Abid opened to 6,500. Action folded to Morten Bremseth, who moved all in for 33,500 from the Button. Abid made the call.
Morten Bremseth: K♥9♦
Feras Abid: 7♥7♠Abid was ahead, but a king on the runout awarded Bremseth the best hand.
Morten Bremseth: 73,000
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Payouts in the Progressive Bounty
Photo: Elena Kask Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 44/141 Prizes: €11,492 The turbo tournament of the day, the €200 NLH Progressive Bounty, has escelated quickly. Only 44 players remain out of the total 141 entires. The payouts are as follows.
Position Payout 1-2 €2,120 3 €1,440 4 €1,050 5 €820 6 €640 7 €530 8 €430 9 €360 10-11 €300 12-13 €260 14-15 €230 16-17 €201 -
Lundström With a Healthy Stack
Rasmus Lundström during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Lina Olofsson Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 182/370 Prizes: TBA Back to Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event where Rasmus Lundström opened from UTG+2. A player in middle position called, before Mykhailo Mikhalov raised to 22,500 from the Big Blind. Lundström made the call, and the unknown player in middle position folded.
Mikhalov checked on the J♥8♦7♠ flop, and Lundström sensed an opportunity to take over the aggression. He bet 28,000. Mikhalov made the call, and the 9♥ was dealt on the river. Mikhalov checked again; Lundström now fired a 36,000 bet, big enough to make Mikhalov fold.
Fun fact: just like Lundström, Mikhalov is also a former WSOP Circuit Tallinn Ring Event winner. Last year, he won the €350 Deepstack for €25,115.
Rasmus Lundström: 242,000
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Open-face Chinese Payouts
Photo: Elena Kask Level 10: Point: 1,500 Entries: 25/55 Prizes: €16,198 “Aren’t you the reporter from the Irish Open?” this reporter heard someone say, as I entered the room where the €350 Open-face Chinese is in full swing. It was Netherlands’ Corne Scheel who recognized me from the Irish capital. I greeted him and applauded him for his great memory.
Registration for the OFC closed at the conclusion of Level 8, and the total prize pool is an impressing €16,198. Below are the payouts.
Position Payout 1 €5,140 2 €3,360 3 €2,310 4 €1,630 5 €1,250 6 €1,000 7-8 €754 -
Reigning WSOP Circuit Tallin Winners
A ring from the 2024 WSOPC Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Considering it’s been a year since the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, it’s time to refresh who claimed the prestigious WSOP Circuit Rings last year. Some of the players, such as Rasmus Lundström and Riku Koivurinne, are already on-site and has begun their ring hunt for 2025. Presumably, more of last year’s conquerors will show up later during the festival and defend their titles.
2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – All Ring Events Winners
Event Player Total Number of Entries First-place Payout Ring Event #1: €250 NLH Eriks Krumins 1,132 €34,532 Ring Event #2: €350 8-Game Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk 111 €8,020 Ring Event #3: 555 NLH Phil Gross 867 €60,102 Ring Event #4: €350 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty Aki Pyysing 244 €6,300 (excluding bounties) Ring Event #5: €250 Queens Ladies Only Linda Nguyen 118 €5,570 Ring Event #6: €1,500 Main Event Aurimas Stanevicius 1,130 €167,600 Ring Event #7: €1,100 PLO4/5 Riku Koivurinne 281 €41,200 Ring Event #8: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Rasmus Lundström 278 €19,850 (excluding bounties) Ring Event #9: €3,000 NLH 6-Handed Roope Tarmi 135 €64,000 Ring Event #10: €350 NLH Deepstack Mykhailo Mikhalov 565 €25,115 Ring Event #11: 350 OlyBet Online Event Isa Rusikas 147 €10,634 Ring Event #12: 555 NLH Progressive Bounty Harijs Erglis 197 €10,670 (excluding bounties) -
Big Stacks in the Mini Main
A ring from the 2024 WSOPC Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 226/339 Prizes: TBA As the players in the €350 Mini Main Event are returning from the second break of the day, the floor have delivered chip counts for some of the larger stacks.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Ranel Käsi Estonia 245,000 163 2 Iiro Sipinen Finland 235,000 157 3 Thomas Leyrer Germany 230,000 153 4 Joachim Gjerstad Norway 205,000 137 5 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 190,000 127 6 Henri Wagner Finland 185,000 123 7 Madis Ormisson Estonia 170,000 113 8 Miro Nordberg Finland 168,000 112 9 Mikko Karppinen Finland 165,000 110 10 Rasmus Lundström Finland 165,000 110 -
Koivurinne Knows his OFC
Riku Koivurinne during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 8: Point: 1,000 Entries: 27/42 Prizes: TBA Riku Koivurinne should be a serious contender for the €350 Open-face Chinese title. He’s a master of Mixed Games; during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, he claimed his first circuit ring when he won the €1,100 PLO4/5 for €41,200, and how, he’s back for more.
In terms of Open-face Chinese, it’s safe to say Koivurinne is in good shape. Back in April, he won the €350 OFC event during the 2025 Irish Poker Open, conquering a field of 118 entries. It’s going to be exciting following his progress not only in today’s tournament, but throughout the festival.
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Lundström Chasing Second Circuit Ring
Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 230/319 Prizes: TBA Rasmus Lundström during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Yet another former WSOP Circuit Ring Event winner has joined Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event. During the 2024 edition, Rasmus Lundström won the €1,100 Mystery Bounty for €19,850 (bounties not included) and claimed his first ring. Two days later, he came extremely close at capturing another ring, as he finished as the runner-up in the €555 Progressive Bounty. Perhaps, this will be the year he claims his second ring, as well as the “Ticket to Paradise”.
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Mini Main Event Keeps on Rollin’
A ring from the 2024 WSOPC Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 6: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 232/288 Prizes: TBA The number of entries in Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event is growing bigger by the minute, and no doubt will this be a very big tournament.
UTG+1, Lauri Tuominen opened to 2,200. Justus Kursi (Lo-jack) and Urmas Möttus (Hi-jack) both made the call.
Action was checked around on the 9♣5♥A♣ flop. On the K♠ turn, Tuominen bet 6,000, and Kursi was the sole caller. Tuominen continued with a 4,000 bet on the 3♣ river, and Kursi made the call.
Tuominen revealed A♥Q♥. Kursi couldn’t beat it and mucked his hand.
Lauri Tuominen: 146,000
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€200 Progressive Bounty is Starting
Level 1: 100/100 (100) Entries: 40/40 Prizes: TBA Photo: Elena Kask The Terminator (1985), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator: Salvation (2009), Terminator: Genisys (2015), and Terminator :Dark Fate (2019).
Perhaps, the seventh installment in the popular film series will be about the €200 Progressive Bounty that is just about to start. Nothing beats the thrill of a live poker bounty tournament, and this will surely be a blockbuster of a tournament.
During last year’s WSOP Circuit Tallinn, Finland’s Atush Esker won the event (which then held a €350 buy-in). He navigated his way through the field that consisted of 146 entries and won €5,005 excluding bounties. He’s not one of the 40 players who’s in the field from the get-go, but perhaps, he’ll make his appearance during the late-reg period.
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Külanurk is out…or is he?
Seated in the Hi-jack, Risto Pärnat opened to 1,800 on blinds 400/800. Mykyta Ivanov called from the Button, before Artur Külanurk moved all in for 18,400 from the Big Blind. After some consideration, Pärnat made the call before Ivanov folded.
Artur Külanurk: A♠5♠
Risto Pärnat: A♥J♥Pärnat was way ahead, and even picked up a flush draw on the 8♥2♥K♠ flop. The turn was the 8♠, and when the river came 7♠, Külanurk went up and starting walking out of the tournament area. The dealer had to tell him that he hit a runner-runner flush, and in a mix of surprise and joy, Külanurk sat back down.
Risto Pärnat: 86,000
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Assorted Big Stacks in the Mini Main Event
Photo: Jason Glatzer The floor conducted chip counts during the first break of Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event. Below are some of the biggest stacks in the room right now, as the tournament is entering Level 5 with blinds 400/800 (and a 800 ante).
Position Player Country Chips 1 Mikko Juha-Pekka Mellanen Finland 145,000 2 Aleksandr Kukharev Estonia 129,000 3 Meelis Ahman Estonia 120,500 4 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania 120,000 5 Antti Juhani Perttula Finland 117,000 6 Gatis Pele Latvia 110,000 7 Gregory William Cambell Abkhazia 104,200 8 Mart Rinken Estonia 102,000 9 Tanel Evert Estonia 100,000 10 Gediminas Guzelis Lithuania 100,000 -
Tonight’s Satellite Action
Photo: Jason Glatzer A small reminder that there are two satellites on today’s schedule. It’s an excellent opportunity for all players to secure their seat for either the €555 PLO4/5 or the €555 NLH; both which are prestigious ring events.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – Satellites on Saturday, July 26
Time Event Guarantee 7:30 p.m. €80 PLO5 Satellite to Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Five tickets 10:00 p.m. €80 NLH Satellite to Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Ten tickets -
500 Entries in Mini Main Event; Sootla Takes his Seat
Ranno Sootla won the €660 Mystery Bounty during the 2023 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Tournament director Teresa Nousainen just announced that 500 entries have been surpassed in the €350 Mini Main Event (including the 274 entries that were made during Day 1a yesterday). At this current moment, 229 players are in Day 1b.
One who recently took his seat is Ranno Sootla. He’s a strong contender for winning a WSOP Circuit Ring this year; in fact, during the 2023 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, he won the €660 Mystery Bounty, and such claimed his first ring.
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Pihela Sr Chasing a WSOP Circuit Ring and a “Ticket to Paradise”
Igor Pihela Sr during the 2025 Kings of Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Igor Pihela Sr. is another player who’s currently in Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event. He wouldn’t miss a big live poker event on Estonian soil; he recently made decent results during the 2025 Kings of Tallinn, which also was played here at the Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel.
Last year, he also participated in the 2024 WSOP Bahamas. It’s worth to mention that every Ring Event winner during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn will receive a “Ticket to Paradise” for this years WSOP Bahamas, which will be played December 4-18. This includes the buy-in for the $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and various expenses.
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Karlsen is in the Building
Drea Karlsen. Photo: OlyBet As promised, the entries in Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event has increased drastically since the first hand was dealt. 50 minutes in, it has gone from 92 entries to 172. The number is of course still counting; late registration is open until the conclusion of Level 12.
Naturally, the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn attracts player from all over the world, near and far. Norwegian poker icon and Twitch streamer Drea Karlsen is one of the players who’s in Day 1b. Karlsen recently won the Ladies Event during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius, and now she’s chasing more success in the Estonian capital.
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Practice Makes Perfect
Scott Kenyon and other players enjoying the €350 Open-face Chinese. Photo: Jason Glatzer It’s safe to say some of the players in the €350 Open-face Chinese came prepared; rumors has it players such as Scott Kenyon was up ’til 4:00 a.m. practicing for today’s big clash.
22 players are in so far, one of them being Vladimirs Svesnikovs, the title defender from last year.
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The Hunt for the OFC Trophy Begins
Many players, including Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon, Eva “Chic” Jirestrom, Lena Bjorn, and Siim Suviste, were practicing their Open-face Chinese Pineapple skills last night in the lobby of the Hilton Tallinn Park in anticipation for today’s €350 Open-face Chinese Pineapple tournament.
None of those four players were yet in the field when the action kicked off at noon with 10 entries, however, there is still plenty of time with late registration still open. Bjorn will soon be in the field as she was noticed getting ready to register.
Meanwhile, Sascha Manns and Tobias Napel are at the same table at least for the early action. Our live reporter Christoffer Karlen will be spending some time picking up on some of the fun of this event while Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event begins.
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Shuffle Up and Deal
It’s shuffle up and deal for Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event. Photo: Jason Glatzer Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the €350 Mini Main Event, and day 2 of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn is officially underway. 92 players are currently in the mix, a number that will grow in rapid speed, considering the mile-long line to the registration desk.
Among the players who are in so far is the runner-up of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius, Vygerdas Jonikas.
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€350 Mini Main Event – Results so Far
Below are all the results leading up to the final table of Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event.
Place Player Country Prize 10 Anu Lilja Finland €2,740 11 Mika Lax Finland €2,475 12 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €2,475 13 Jussi Mattila Finland €2,210 14 Roope Tarmi Finland €2,210 15 Robert Manner Germany €2,210 16 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia €1,790 17 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania €1,790 18 Terje Bremseth Norway €1,790 19 Joona Tefke Finland €1,790 20 Ville-Tappio Mesiranta Finland €1,790 21 Kim Wells United States €1,790 22 Edvinas Tarasevicius Lithuania €1,790 23 Rapolas Bielskis Lithuania €1,790 24 Krister Wallendahl Finland €1,490 25 Arasch Mirzai Sweden €1,490 26 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia €1,490 27 John Enright Ireland €1,490 28 Jim O’Neill Ireland €1,490 29 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil €1,490 30 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania €1,490 31 Lauri Tuominen Finland €1,490 32 Ishak Noyan Sweden €1,280 33 Nico Kumpulainen Finland €1,280 34 Jami Munukka Finland €1,280 35 Henry-Rein Kielberg Estonia €1,280 36 Carina Wald Sweden €1,280 37 Mäido Kuusik Estonia €1,280 38 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania €1,280 39 Miguel Fernandez Spain €1,280 40 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia €1,140 41 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania €1,140 42 Axel Saarniala Finland €1,140 43 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark €1,140 44 Pekka Tahvanainen Finland €1,140 45 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €1,140 46 Tomasz Kardas Poland €1,140 47 Ali Saidy Norway €1,140 48 Joonas Orava Finland €1,050 49 Martynas Saltis Lithuania €1,050 50 Klavs Garselis Latvia €1,050 51 Martin Mänd Estonia €1,050 52 Ardo Pinna Estonia €1,050 53 Jason Glatzer Lithuania €1,050 54 Henri Pöllänen Finland €1,050 55 Ilja Naparjin Estonia €1,050 56 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic €980 57 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia €980 58 Necati Misto Sweden €980 59 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan €980 60 Gabriel Wolszczak Poland €980 61 Soile Lerviks Finland €980 62 Mateusz Siejka Poland €980 63 Vidar Assersen Norway €980 64 Simo Puustinen Finland €910 65 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €910 66 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia €910 67 Tarmo Tammel Estonia €910 68 Jarmo Salonen Finland €910 69 Yanis Sahli France €910 70 Adrian Ruano Spain €910 71 Mikko Mellanen Finland €910 72 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania €870 73 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €870 74 Kristjan Rausberg Estonia €870 75 Miika Töyräs Finland €870 76 Johan Alen Finland €870 77 Matts Jakobsson Sweden €870 78 Tomi Arponen Finland €870 79 Terje Sirnes Norway €870 80 Andres Nilsen-Aas Norway €830 81 Maksim Belomestnõi Estonia €830 82 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €830 83 Raimo Reimann Estonia €830 84 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €830 85 Simon Hassan Sweden €830 86 Enea Subashi Estonia €830 87 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €830 88 Tanel Evert Estonia €700 89 Kristers Muhins Latvia €700 90 Petri-Kalevi Metsämaa Finland €700 91 Matej Hojka Czech Republic €700 92 Siim Kabel Estonia €700 93 Sergei Oganesjan Estonia €700 94 James O’Neill Ireland €700 95 Rasmus Lundström Finland €700 96 Alejandro Val Spain €700 97 Maksim Jankovski Russia €700 98 Martin Piik Estonia €700 99 Juho Jaakola Finland €700 100 Nils Butevics Latvia €700 101 Franco Spichtig Switzerland €700 102 Raimonds Ozolins Latvia €700 103 Antti Veteläinen Finland €700 104 Gilles Lamy France €700 105 Hendrik Uibo Estonia €700 106 Christian Steinbo Norway €700 107 Pavel Solodovnikov Sweden €700 108 Toni Ravnak Serbia €700 109 Kert Raud Estonia €700 110 Jacyk Krzysztof Poland €700 111 Adria Roura Spain €700 112 Toni Vuolle Finland €700 113 Petter Richardsen Norway €700 114 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania €700 115 Ralf Mikk Estonia €700 116 Marek Marksoo Estonia €700 117 Toni Hämäläinen Finland €700 118 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia €700 119 Jon Jurado Spain €700 120 Jussi Knuutila Finland €700 121 Janis Zablovskis Latvia €700 122 Gatis Pele Latvia €700 123 Sigitas Raila Lithuania €700 124 Romans Krasins Latvia €700 125 Oleksandr Tarashevskyi Ukraine €700 126 Keio Vardi Estonia €700 127 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland €700 128 Ruth Guper Israel €700 129 Thommy Larsson Sweden €700 130 Sami Säämänen Finland €700 131 Ricards Zelneronoks Latvia €700 132 Meelis Ahman Estonia €700 133 Saara Benlamine Finland €700 134 Michal Goral Poland €700 135 Mairo Tori Estonia €700 136 Martins Priede Latvia €700 137 Andrius Mazeika Lithuania €700 138 Kyösti Isberg Finland €700 139 Riku Oksanen Finland €700 140 Rain Kandla Estonia €700 141 Bernd Reich Germany €700 142 Dylan Snyder England €700 -
Chip Counts from Day 1a of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH
Photo: Elena Kask 111 players survived the ten levels of Day 1a of the €555 NLH. Below are the chip counts; the players will return to Day 2 on Tuesday, July 29, and they’ll be accompanied by those who advances through Day 1b and 1c.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 181,500 2 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 148,500 3 Toni Niinivaara Finland 140,000 4 Rait Kaimer Estonia 132,500 5 Martin Zobel Germany 131,500 6 Thomas Sjoholm-Christensen Denmark 120,500 7 Mykyta Ivanov Ukraine 116,000 8 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 114,000 9 Tomasz Kardas Poland 113,000 10 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 112,000 11 Alvils Bijons Latvia 111,500 12 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 105,000 13 Joel Jimenez Spain 104,500 14 Ranel Käsi Estonia 103,500 15 Meelis Ahman Estonia 102,000 16 Raimo Reimann Estonia 101,500 17 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 99,000 18 Lasse Aarninsalo Finland 93,000 19 Meelis Uusen Finland 89,500 20 Yassin Alami Sweden 85,500 21 Ardo Pinna Estonia 84,000 22 Victor Vozian Romania 83,000 23 Kim Wells United States 79,500 24 Siim Suviste Estonia 79,000 25 Aleksandr Daniltsenko Estonia 78,500 26 Björn Lindberg Sweden 78,500 27 Even Rislov Norway 78,000 28 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 76,000 29 Marten Rimmel Estonia 76,000 30 Gregory Cambell United Kingdom 75,000 31 Jyrki Lampinen Finland 74,000 32 Jussi Julkunen Finland 71,000 33 Jussi Kivekäs Finland 70,000 34 David Marfil Spain 70,000 35 Petri Härkönen Finland 69,500 36 Jawad Habib Sweden 67,000 37 Miko Miettinen Finland 65,000 38 Claudio Müller Switzerland 63,500 39 Anton Markachev Russia 63,000 40 Petri Nikkinen Finland 62,000 41 Ismael Dominguez Spain 61,500 42 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 61,000 43 Kristers Muhins Latvia 60,000 44 Rohan Oberoi Sweden 59,500 45 Ishak Noyan Sweden 59,000 46 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 57,500 47 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway 56,000 48 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 55,000 49 Johan Martinsen Finland 52,000 50 Kristiana Stauere Latvia 51,000 51 Pekka Ikonen Finland 50,500 52 Lukas Poskus Latvia 50,500 53 Mario Fenaroli Switzerland 50,000 54 Franco Spichtig Switzerland 49,500 55 Mika Surakka Finland 48,500 56 Mati Pirn Estonia 48,000 57 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 47,000 58 Siim Kabel Estonia 46,500 59 Johan Karlsson Sweden 46,000 60 James Paris Malta 45,500 61 Riku Oksanen Finland 43,500 62 Eriks Krumins Latvia 42,500 63 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 41,000 64 Andrius Mazeika Lithuania 40,500 65 Maya Nilsen Norway 40,500 66 Vita Veidemane Latvia 40,500 67 Jari Kärkkäinen Finland 40,000 68 Aleksei Nedostojev Estonia 40,000 69 Ferhan Turandar Sweden 40,000 70 Andrei Talanov Russia 39,000 71 Marcus Andersson Sweden 37,000 72 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia 36,500 73 Alger Pissarev Estonia 36,000 74 Gatis Popovs Latvia 35,500 75 Rolf Joar Stokke Norway 34,500 76 Martin Lang Estonia 33,500 77 Kelly Limonova Estonia 33,500 78 Nils Butevics Latvia 33,000 79 Rogelio Medrano Sweden 32,500 80 Dylan Snyder England 32,500 81 Deivydas Bulas Lithuania 31,000 82 Kaido Mikk Estonia 31,000 83 Viktor Vandyshev Russia 31,000 84 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 30,000 85 Totti Arosuo Finland 30,000 86 Saara Benlamine Finland 30,000 87 Vetle Holum Norway 30,000 88 Paul Koppe Estonia 30,000 89 Roberts Krigers Latvia 30,000 90 Andreas Moller Denmark 30,000 91 David Tennbäck Sweden 29,500 92 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania 28,500 93 Francisco Racionero Spain 27,000 94 Magnus Tjelle Norway 26,500 95 Aleksander Timonin Estonia 26,000 96 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 25,500 97 Dmitri Marsalok Estonia 25,000 98 Jörg Schneegab Germany 25,000 99 Marius Vaiciulis Lithuania 24,500 100 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 23,000 101 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland 23,000 102 Jimmy Dewerdt France 22,500 103 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 20,500 104 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 20,500 105 Konstantin Färber Germany 20,000 106 Ali Saidy Norway 19,000 107 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 18,000 108 Tariel Zurabashvili Georgia 17,500 109 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 15,500 110 Riho Sagor Estonia 13,000 111 Indrek Kaul Estonia 11,500 -
Aleksi Lindholm Leads WSOP Circuit Tallinn €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event
The two-day WSOP Circuit Tallinn Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event attracted a huge crowd of four and five card players with 268 players creating a €127,300 prize pool on its sole opening day.
The action played deep past the money with the top 41 players earning at least a €1,070 min-cash with the day ending with 26 hopefuls still in contention when the action resumes on Monday at Noon.
Aleksi Lindholm leads the way with 746,000 in chips followed by Carsten Munk Jensen with 713,000 with hopes of securing the coveted WSOP Circuit gold ring and the €27,100 top prize.
Check out the chip counts and Day 2 seat draw below:
Place Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Aleksi Lindholm
Finland 746,000 75 2 Carsten Munk Jensen
Denmark 713,000 71 3 Sami Säämänen
Finland 580,000 58 4 Riku-Matti Vihreasaari
Finland 524,000 52 5 Jani Sortti
Finland 505,000 51 6 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia 475,000 48 7 Jouni Huovila
Finland 465,000 47 8 Arturas Zukovas
Lithuania 440,000 44 9 Serguei Palomera
Sweden 439,000 44 10 Miika Töyräs
Finland 323,000 32 11 Taago Tamm
Estonia 313,000 31 12 Michal Rudnik
Poland 300,000 30 13 Sondre Lunde
Norway 294,000 29 14 Oskar Silow
Sweden 221,000 22 15 Kasper Mellanen
Finland 213,000 21 16 Jami Juutila
Finland 212,000 21 17 Costantino Russo
Italy 204,000 20 18 Tarjei Forus
Norway 190,000 19 19 Danila Slabov
Lithuania 143,000 14 20 Andreas Brendholdt
Denmark 138,000 14 21 Antti Veteläinen
Finland 129,000 13 22 Markku Koplimaa
Estonia 126,000 13 23 Sami Pulliainen
Finland 109,000 11 24 Janne Nevalainen
Finland 95,000 10 25 Miguel Godinez
Spain 87,000 9 26 Akseli Paalanen
Finland 67,000 7 Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 11 1 Akseli Paalanen
Finland 67,000 7 11 2 Serguei Palomera
Sweden 439,000 44 11 3 Miguel Godinez
Spain 87,000 9 11 4 Andreas Brendholdt
Denmark 138,000 14 11 5 Danila Slabov
Lithuania 143,000 14 11 6 Riku-Matti Vihreasaari
Finland 524,000 52 12 1 Janne Nevalainen
Finland 95,000 10 12 2 Jani Sortti
Finland 505,000 51 12 3 Carsten Munk Jensen
Denmark 713,000 71 12 5 Oskar Silow
Sweden 221,000 22 12 6 Markku Koplimaa
Estonia 126,000 13 13 1 Jami Juutila
Finland 212,000 21 13 2 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia 475,000 48 13 3 Kasper Mellanen
Finland 213,000 21 13 5 Costantino Russo
Italy 204,000 20 13 6 Antti Veteläinen
Finland 129,000 13 19 1 Miika Töyräs
Finland 323,000 32 19 3 Sondre Lunde
Norway 294,000 29 19 4 Taago Tamm
Estonia 313,000 31 19 5 Arturas Zukovas
Lithuania 440,000 44 19 6 Tarjei Forus
Norway 190,000 19 20 2 Sami Pulliainen
Finland 109,000 11 20 3 Sami Säämänen
Finland 580,000 58 20 4 Michal Rudnik
Poland 300,000 30 20 5 Aleksi Lindholm
Finland 746,000 75 20 6 Jouni Huovila
Finland 465,000 47 -
Aku Laajus Wins €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix (€5,520)
The turbo-charged Event #20: €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix attracted a banner field of 138 entries to create a €22,287 prize pool. The event created a fun atmosphere in the main hall with Finnish players dominating the field with five Finnish players at the seven-max final table and 11 out of the 17 players that cashed coming from the Scandinavian country.
Finland earned its second trophy of the festival after Aku Laajas defeated Estonian Erio Ermann (second – €3,610) heads-up to earn the €5,520 top prize. Poker streamer Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon earned his second cash in the festival but was busy socializing soon after the money bubble broke after earning a min-cash for 17th place worth €380.
Place Player Country Prize 1 Aku Laajus
Finland €5,520 2 Erio Ermann
Estonia €3,610 3 Paavo Säynäjärvi
Finland €2,580 4 Antti-Tapio Tuomainen
Finland €1,930 5 Kaspars Mallons
Latvia €1,460 6 Roope Keminen
Finland €1,170 7 Jorma Pitkäkangas
Finland €960 8 Krister Wallendahl
Finland €790 9 Joonas Keijonen
Finland €647 10 Toni Hämäläinen
Finland €540 11 Anton Komissarov
Estonia €540 12 Shadi Jamil
Finland €470 13 Jori Myllyneva
Finland €470 14 Gian Sauter
Switzerland €420 15 Runar Skjemstad
Norway €420 16 Mats Palokangas
Finland €380 17 Scott Kenyon
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Live Coverage Done for the Day
Photo: Elena Kask The atmosphere at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel is most definately still swirling. There’s one more level worth of late registration in the €555 PLO4/5. Regarding the €555 NLH; each starting day-flight plays ten levels. Late registration is open until the conclusion of Level 12, though. That means players can jump straight into Day 2 on Tuesday, July 29, if they prefer. In other words, late registration for the ongoing 1a flight is open all the way.
The €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 is also in full swing, while the €150 Mega Satellite will commence at 21:30. Don’t miss out on this one, as it has ten tickets guaranteed for the €1,500 Main Event.
For poker.pro, however, that’s a wrap for today’s live updates. The live reporter will now charge his batteries for tomorrow’s conclusion of the €350 Mini Main Event; the final table is set to begin at noon. Monday’s schedule is an absolute fiest, though, so there’ll be a lot more intriguing action to follow. The chip counts from the €555 PLO and Day 1a of the €555 NLH will be shared as soon as possible.
Thanks to everyone who’s been following along with today’s coverage.
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Results from Ladies’ Freebuy Satellite
The Freebuy Satellite has concluded. The following five lucky ladies all have secured a seat to Ring Event #4: the €350 NLH Queens.
Place Player Prize 1 Lina Olofsson Ticket to Ring Event 4: €350 NLH Queens 2 Hannele Lerviks Ticket to Ring Event 4: €350 NLH Queens 3 Carina Wald Ticket to Ring Event 4: €350 NLH Queens 4 Marie-Elise Jürisoo Ticket to Ring Event 4: €350 NLH Queens 5 Iryna Tsikhanskaya Ticket to Ring Event 4: €350 NLH Queens 6 Marina Jefimova €321 -
€350 Mini Main Event Final Table Chip Count and Seat Draw
Photo: Elena Kask The seat draw for tomorrow’s final table is now official. The nine remaining competitors will take their seats tomorrow at noon; they’ll keep the fight going for the €45,700 first-place payout, and the first WSOP Circuit Ring of the festival.
The will resume play on Level 28; Blinds 50,000/125,000, with a 125,000 Ante. However, there’s only one minute left on the clock, and then they will enter Level 29: Blinds 75,000/150,000, with a 150,000. For the sake of it, the “Big Blinds” column in the table below are calculated with the Big Blind being 150,000.
Table-Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 18-1 Corne Scheel
Netherlands 15,100,000 101 18-2 Nicolai Austad
Norway 8,875,000 59 18-3 Vytautas Riskevicius
Lithuania 2,900,000 19 18-4 Ville-Matti Keränen
Finland 3,225,000 22 18-5 Oleksandr Shokur
Ukraine 1,175,000 8 18-6 Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden 6,975,000 47 18-7 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland 5,525,000 37 18-8 Tobias Napel
Norway 3,050,000 20 18-9 Jevgenijs Sapronenko
Latvia 875,000 6 Below are the remaining payouts.
Place Payout 1 €45,700 2 €30,400 3 €21,220 4 €15,140 5 €10,940 6 €8,040 7 €5,940 8 €4,450 9 €3,490 -
€350 Mini Main Event Day 2 Photos (by Elena Kask)
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Final Table of Mini Main set for Tomorrow
Anu Lilja Level 28: 50,000/125,000 (125,000) Entries: 9/954 Prizes: €280,953 Things have progressed in the €350 Mini Main Event slightly faster than expected. With ten players left, big-stacked Corne Scheel opened to 250,000 UTG. Action folded to Anu Lilja, who moved all in for 945,000 in total from the Big Blind. After receiving the county, Scheel deemed he was priced in to make the call.
Anu Lilja: 3♣3♦
Corne Scheel: Q♣J♠A classic coinflip situation. Lilja was ahead all the way up until the river, as the full board spelled out 2♠7♠5♥10♦J♦. With Lilja out in tenth place for €2,740, the remaining nine players were given the opportunity to play the final table tonight. They respectfully declined, and they will return tomorrow, July 28, at 12:00.
The poker.pro live reporting team will return with the full chip counts and tomorrow’s redraw as soon as possible.
Corne Scheel: 15,075,000
Anu Lilja: 0 -
Chip Counts at the €555 PLO4/5
Break N/A Entries: 80/205 Prizes: TBA The PLO4/5 players are now on a dinner break. Play will resume at Level 9; Blinds 600/1,200, and a 1,200 Ante. Registration will be available until the conclusion of Level 12, but these are the current standings.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Serguei Palomera Sweden 239,000 199 2 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 216,000 180 3 Danila Slabov Lithuania 193,000 161 4 Miika Töyräs Finland 180,000 150 5 Andria Gogelidze Georgia 170,600 142 6 Isa Hihiiev Ukraine 160,000 133 7 Sami Pulliainen Finland 150,000 125 8 Sami Säämänen Finland 145,000 121 9 Jouni Huovila Finland 140,000 117 10 Tero Kilkanen Finland 140,000 117 11 Joona Koivisto Finland 140,000 117 12 Jarkko Ruuskanen Finland 140,000 117 13 Antti Eskola Finland 126,000 105 14 Mikael Koistinen Finland 122,800 102 15 Andreas Moller Denmark 118,000 98 16 Antti Perttula Finland 113,000 94 17 Sondre Lunde Norway 112,000 93 18 Olegas Tiuninas Lithuania 110,000 92 19 Aleksi Lindholm Finland 104,700 87 20 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 99,000 83 21 Bo Stefan Persson Sweden 98,000 82 22 Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk Sweden 95,000 79 23 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 91,000 76 24 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 90,000 75 25 Davis Modans Latvia 87,000 73 26 Tarjei Forus Norway 85,000 71 27 Jani Kristian Sortti Finland 83,000 69 28 Vitaliy Kryza Ukraine 80,000 67 29 Akseli Paalanen Finland 79,900 67 30 Janne Nevalainen Finland 78,000 65 31 Henri Käsper Estonia 77,800 65 32 Jari Mähönen Finland 77,500 65 33 Riku Koivurinne Finland 75,000 63 34 Ilari Westhal Finland 75,000 63 35 Ilkka Heikkilä Finland 74,500 62 36 Justus Kursi Finland 73,000 61 37 Mickael Lacaze France 73,000 61 38 Alexander Norden Sweden 70,000 58 39 Juha Kaitanen Finland 70,000 58 40 Taago Tamm Estonia 70,000 58 41 Miguel Godinez Spain 65,500 55 42 Fabian Bartuschk Germany 64,500 54 43 Sami Kangas Finland 56,200 47 44 Danel Haas Estonia 56,000 47 45 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 56,000 47 46 Timo Ruuska Finland 53,400 45 47 Krzysztof Budka Poland 53,000 44 48 Aki Pyysing Finland 53,000 44 49 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania 53,000 44 50 Sami Partanen Finland 52,000 43 51 Zechariah Montoya United States 51,000 43 52 Nico Frenn Switzerland 50,000 42 53 Jimi Hyvönen Finland 50,000 42 54 Joonas Keijonen Finland 49,000 41 55 Oskar Silow Sweden 46,400 39 56 Sampo Ryynänen Finland 43,000 36 57 Frank Visser Netherlands 43,000 36 58 Veli-Pekka Penttinen Finland 40,400 34 59 Johan Kristensson Sweden 40,000 33 60 Riku-Matti Vihreasaari 40,000 33 61 Mikko Aro Finland 39,400 33 62 Vadims Milovs Latvia 32,000 27 63 Ferhan Turandar Sweden 32,000 27 64 Sascha Manns Germany 30,000 25 65 Vijar Tejapaibul Finland 30,000 25 66 Krister Wallendahl Finland 30,000 25 67 Ari Soini Finland 29,200 24 68 Kimmo Kurko Finland 24,500 20 69 Michael Kerschbaummayer Austria 23,500 20 70 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 22,400 19 71 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 22,000 18 72 Jarmo Salonen Finland 21,000 18 73 Christian Steinbo Norway 21,000 18 74 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 20,000 17 75 Antti Veteläinen Finland 20,000 17 76 Totti Arosuo Finland 15,000 13 77 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 14,700 12 78 Andres Aro Estonia 14,100 12 79 Jussi Kärpänen Finland 12,500 10 -
€555 Ticket Winners
The €80 Satellite to Ring Event #3: the €555 NLH has just finished. The five-ticket guarantee was completely shattered; 20 players got their hands on a ticket, and one player got a decent consolation prize.
Position Player Country Prize 1 Rene Dreismann Germany €555 NLH Ticket 2 Siim Kabel Estonia €555 NLH Ticket 3 Jukka-Pekka Nordman Finland €555 NLH Ticket 4 Fred Martens Estonia €555 NLH Ticket 5 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia €555 NLH Ticket 6 Victor Descalzo Spain €555 NLH Ticket 7 Raimonds Ozolins Latvia €555 NLH Ticket 8 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway €555 NLH Ticket 9 Kaspars Mallons Latvia €555 NLH Ticket 10 Jerry Villa Finland €555 NLH Ticket 11 Svajunas Prismantas Lithuania €555 NLH Ticket 12 Morgan Wald Sweden €555 NLH Ticket 13 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania €555 NLH Ticket 14 Jaanus Veste Estonia €555 NLH Ticket 15 Magnus Tjelle Norway €555 NLH Ticket 16 Morten Johansen Norway €555 NLH Ticket 17 Roberts Krigers Latvia €555 NLH Ticket 18 Juho Härkönen Finland €555 NLH Ticket 19 Kristers Muhins Latvia €555 NLH Ticket 20 Harry Liimal Estonia €555 NLH Ticket 21 Baptiste Caim France € 471.00 -
Things Heating up in the Mini Main
Photo: Elena Kask Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 17/954 Prizes: €280,953 The number of players remaining in the €350 Mini Main Event is reducing drastically. The 17 players remaining have all looked up €1,090, and are still fighting for a table on tomorrow’s final table.
UTG, Joona Tefke moved all in for roughly 800,000. Krzysztof Chmielowski re-shoved for perhaps 900,000 from UTG+1, and the two contestants soon turned over their cards.
Joona Tefke: A♣J♠
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♦Q♠The best hand held up as the board ran out K♣A♠5♦7♥Q♦, and Tefke hit the rail in eighteenth place.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 1,700,000
Joona Tefke: 0 -
€555 NLH in Full Swing
Anu Lilja Level 1: 100/100 (100) Entries: 98/98 Prizes: TBA One of the most anticipated of the series, Ring Event #3: the €555 NLH, started roughly 30 minutes ago. Day 1a is the first out of three starting day flights, and for each of the three, 10 levels will be played before the survivors can bag for Day 2.
Reigning champ is Germany’s Phil Gross, who navigated his way through a field that consisted of 867 entries. He won €55,210, and perhaps, he’ll be in Tallinn this year to defend his title.
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Open-face Chinese Champion Koivurinne is Hungry for More
Riku Koivurinne, winner of the €350 Open-face Chinese during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Last night’s winner of the €350 Open-face Chinese, Riku Koivurinne, just returned to the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel after what hopefully was a good night’s rest. He took his winner’s picture with the trophy, and before he jumped into the €555 PLO4/5 Ring Event, he was kind enough to give poker.pro five minutes for a small chat.
Rumors has it Koivurinne arrived later than expected to Tallinn yesterday on account of traffic in Helsinki to the ferry. Allegedly, his plan was to play the €350 Mini Main Event after he busted the OFC. “Yet, I won the last OFC tournament I played, so you never know”, he added at the end of the quote, and now, here we are.
Riku Koivurinne took his second straight Open-face Chinese title, as he won the €350 Event during the 2025 Irish Poker Open as well. Photo: Evelyn Rom/Irish Poker Open As insane as this sounds, yesterday’s heads-up duel against Fabian Bartuschk was actually a repeat of the €350 Open-face Chinese event during the 2025 Irish Poker Open. Koivurinne got the best of his German opponent on both occasions:
“I kind of felt a little bad for Fabian both here and in Dublin because I ran really good. I really enjoy OFC; it’s a really fun game, you don’t have to stress, you just play your game and have a chat with the other players. It’s very enjoyable.”
Considering this poker.pro reporter is very novice when it comes to OFC, I curiously asked Koivurinne about the variance in the game:
“People feel like OFC is a high-variance game, but in my opinion it’s on the lower side; especially if the structure is as good as it was here.”
Riku Koivurinne also won the €1,100 PLO4/5 during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, claiming his first ring. Photo: Elena Kask It’s safe to say the Finn is a worthy OFC winner. He’s spent time studying the game and playing a lot online, which may not always be the case with all Mixed Games players. OFC isn’t the only discipline Koivurinne is prominent in, though; during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, he won his first Circuit Ring when he emerged victorious in the €1,100 PLO4/5. When asked what event he’s looking forward to the most this coming week, he can’t decide whether it’s the €1,100 8-Game or the €555 Sviten. Luckily, the schedule allows him to play both tournaments.
At the end of our talk, Koivurinnen has a message to all 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn players:
“Play the Mixed Games. They’re a lot of fun and, in my opinion, the most enjoyable forms poker. It’s because the Mixed Games players are always good people and are in it for the fun.”
It’ll be exciting to follow Koivurinnen’s progress this week, and perhaps, he’ll claim his second WSOP Circuit Ring.
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Tuominen is Out
Photo: Elena Kask A short-stacked Lauri Tuominen moved all in for 165,000 from the Cut-off. “165,000, you say?” Arasch Mirzai asked for confirmation. “Then I have to call,” he said as he put in the extra 105,000 required from the Big Blind.
Lauri Tuominen: A♦4♥
Arasch Mirzai: 5♣3♠Things were looking good for Tuominen, but the Q♦5♦K♦ saw Mirzai hitting a pair of fives. He dodged the many outs of Tuominen as the board completed with 10♥7♥. Such, Tuominen was eliminated.
Arasch Mirzai: 1,450,000
Lauri Touminen: 0 -
Luck of the Irish
Photo: Elena Kask Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 35/954 Prizes: €280,953 UTG, Irishman Jim O’Neill moved all in for 340,000. Lauri Tuominen re-shoved for roughly 1,300,000 from UTG+1, and the two of them eventually went to showdown.
Jim O’Neill: K♣J♥
Luri Tuominen: A♣J♦Tuominen had his opponent in rough shape from the get-go, and he was still way ahead on the 5♣9♣8♥ flop. Things were still looking good on the 7♦ turn, but with the K♦ on the river, O’Neill hit a magical three-outer to stay alive in the €350 Mini Main Event.
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€350 Open-face Chinese Photos (by Elena Kask)
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Chip Counts at the First Break
Jason Glatzer busted the €350 Mini Main Event minutes before the first break of the day. Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 50/954 Prizes: €280,953 It’s the first break of the day in the €350 Mini Main Event. 52 players will return to Level 23 after the break (Blinds 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 Ante). Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blind 1 Simon Persson Sweden 3,280,000 82 2 Ville-Matti Keränen Finland 2,640,000 66 3 Jussi Mattila Finland 2,150,000 54 4 Anu Lilja Finland 2,060,000 52 5 Terje Bremseth Norway 1,800,000 45 6 Lauri Tuominen Finland 1,760,000 44 7 Vytautas Riskevicius Lithuania 1,670,000 42 8 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania 1,665,000 42 9 John Enright Ireland 1,460,000 37 10 Igor Sr. Pihela Estonia 1,400,000 35 11 Rapolas Bielskis Lithuania 1,365,000 34 12 Oleksandr Shokur Ukraine 1,160,000 29 13 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 1,105,000 28 14 Nicolai Austad Norway 1,055,000 26 15 Mäido Kuusik Estonia 1,000,000 25 16 Carina Wald Sweden 995,000 25 17 Ville-Tappio Mesiranta Finland 980,000 25 18 Arasch Mirzai Sweden 950,000 24 19 Kim Wells United States 900,000 23 20 Ishak Noyan Sweden 900,000 23 21 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania 880,000 22 22 Tobias Napel Norway 850,000 21 23 Joona Tefke Finland 815,000 20 24 Henry-Rein Kielberg Estonia 800,000 20 25 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 800,000 20 26 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 800,000 20 27 Miguel Fernandez Spain 775,000 19 28 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania 770,000 19 29 Krister Wallendahl Finland 750,000 19 30 Robert Manner Germany 700,000 18 31 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia 690,000 17 32 Mika Lax Finland 685,000 17 33 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 605,000 15 34 Tomasz Kardas Poland 600,000 15 35 Roope Tarmi Finland 595,000 15 36 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania 580,000 15 37 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 575,000 14 38 Joonas Orava Finland 555,000 14 39 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 525,000 13 40 Klavs Garselis Latvia 490,000 12 41 Axel Saarniala Finland 450,000 11 42 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 430,000 11 43 Corne Scheel Netherlands 400,000 10 44 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 375,000 9 45 Edvinas Tarasevicius Lithuania 350,000 9 46 Nico Kumpulainen Finland 335,000 8 47 Pekka Tahvanainen Finland 315,000 8 48 Jami Munukka Finland 300,000 8 49 Ali Saidy Norway 290,000 7 50 Jim O’Neill Ireland 270,000 7 -
The €555 PLO4/5 has Started
Photo: Elena Kask Ring Event #2, the €555 PLO4/5, has now started. This is the first and only starting day flight of the tournament; it will be played down to final eighteen players, before the survivors will bag and get ready for Day 2 tomorrow. Late registration is open until the conclusion of Level 12 (the levels are 30 minutes long).
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Women’s Freebuy Satellite is Afoot
Iryna Tsikhanskaya. Photo: Elena Kask The Freebuy Satellite for all ladies has now started. It’s free to enter for all who want to win their way into Ring Event #4: the €350 NLH Queens. Five seats are guaranteed, and players can rebuy for €20. There’s also an add-on available for the same cost.
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Results from Day 2 so Far
Photo: Elena Kask Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 55/954 Prizes: €280,953 Roughly 100 players have already gone out during Day 2 of the €350 Mini Main Event, while 55 players are keep on chasing for glory. Below are those who’ve busted during Day 2 so far.
Place Player Country Prize 61 Soile Lerviks Finland €1,180 62 Mateusz Siejka Poland €1,180 63 Vidar Assersen Norway €1,180 64 Simo Puustinen Finland €910 65 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €910 66 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia €910 67 Tarmo Tammel Estonia €910 68 Jarmo Salonen Finland €910 69 Yanis Sahli France €910 70 Adrian Ruano Spain €910 71 Mikko Mellanen Finland €910 72 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania €870 73 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €870 74 Kristjan Rausberg Estonia €870 75 Miika Töyräs Finland €870 76 Johan Alen Finland €870 77 MattsJakobsson Sweden €870 78 Tomi Arponen Finland €870 79 Terje Sirnes Norway €870 80 Andres Nilsen-Aas Norway €830 81 Maksim Belomestnõi Estonia €830 82 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €830 83 Raimo Reimann Estonia €830 84 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €830 85 Simon Hassan Sweden €830 86 Enea Subashi Estonia €830 87 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €830 88 Tanel Evert Estonia €700 89 Kristers Muhins Latvia €700 90 Petri-Kalevi Metsämaa Finland €700 91 Matej Hojka Czech Republic €700 92 Siim Kabel Estonia €700 93 Sergei Oganesjan Estonia €700 94 James O’Neill Ireland €700 95 Rasmus Lundström Finland €700 96 Alejandro Escuer Val Spain €700 97 Maksim Jankovski Russia €700 98 Martin Piik Estonia €700 99 Juho Matti Jaakola Finland €700 100 Nils Butevics Latvia €700 101 Franco Spichtig Switzerland €700 102 Raimonds Ozolins Latvia €700 103 Antti Veteläinen Finland €700 104 Gilles Lamy France €700 105 Hendrik Uibo Estonia €700 106 Christian Steinbo Norway €700 107 Pavel Solodovnikov Sweden €700 108 Toni Ravnak Serbia €700 109 Kert Raud Estonia €700 110 Jacyk Krzysztof Poland €700 111 Adria Roura Spain €700 112 Toni Vuolle Finland €700 113 Petter Richardsen Norway €700 114 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania €700 115 Ralf Mikk Estonia €700 116 Marek Marksoo Estonia €700 117 Toni Hämäläinen Finland €700 118 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia €700 119 Jon Jurado Spain €700 120 Jussi Knuutila Finland €700 121 Janis Zablovskis Latvia €700 122 Gatis Pele Latvia €700 123 Sigitas Raila Lithuania €700 124 Romans Krasins Latvia €700 125 Oleksandr Tarashevskyi Ukraine €700 126 Keio Vardi Estonia €700 127 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland €700 128 Ruth Guper Israel €700 129 Thommy Larsson Sweden €700 130 Sami Säämänen Finland €700 131 Ricards Zelneronoks Latvia €700 132 Meelis Ahman Estonia €700 133 Saara Benlamine Finland €700 134 Michal Jakub Goral Poland €700 135 Mairo Tori Estonia €700 136 Martins Priede Latvia €700 137 Andrius Mazeika Lithuania €700 138 Kyösti Isberg Finland €700 139 Riku Oksanen Finland €700 140 Rain Kandla Estonia €700 141 Bernd Reich Germany €700 142 Dylan Paul Snyder England €700 -
Satellite to €555 NLH Starts Now
Photo: Elena Kas The €555 NLH is the third Ring Event of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, scheduled to commence at 17:00 today. Right now, the €80 Satellite kicks off, which has five €555 tickets guaranteed.
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Yesterday’s Results Uploaded
Photo: Elena Kask Make sure to check out the “Results” tab to find out the results from all events during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. The tables have just been updated with the results from yesterday’s two events, the €200 Progressive and the €350 Open-face Chinese.
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Tarmi Chasing Third WSOP Circuit Ring
Roope Tarmi. Photo: Elena Kask Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 102/954 Prizes: €280,953 There are a few former WSOP Circuit Tallinn Ring Event winners still going strong in the €350 Mini Main Event. One of them is Roope Tarmi; he managed to win the €3,000 6-handed NLH in 2023 and claimed his first bracelet. Then, he won the exact same tournament in 2024. He’s proved countless of times he masters the short-handed format; will this perhaps be the year he captures a full-rig title?
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Day 2 has Started, Here are the Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 129/954 Prizes: €280,953 The 142 players in Day 2 of the €350 Mini Main Event have all taken their seats, and the first hands of the day have already been played. Below are the full payouts.
Position Payout 1 €45,700 2 €30,400 3 €21,220 4 €15,140 5 €10,940 6 €8,040 7 €5,940 8 €4,450 9 €3,490 10-11 €2,740 12-15 €2,210 16-23 €1,790 24-31 €1,490 32-39 €1,280 40-47 €1,140 48-55 €1,050 56-63 €980 64-71 €910 72-79 €870 80-87 €830 88-142 €700 -
Photos from €350 Mini Main Event Day 1b
Jason Glatzer Drea Karlsen Enea Subashi Yassin Alami Yassin Alami Jamie Brent Ruth Guper Thommy Larsson Thommy Larsson Yassin Alami Ranno Sootla Jonas Kovacs Summer Westerbur Rogelio Medrano Joachim Gjerstad Joachim Gjerstad Meelis Ahman Markku Koplimaa Sergei Oganesjan Thomas Christensen Anu Lilja Anu Lilja Joonas Kayhty Saara Benlamine Manish Kumar Jarno Saily Henri Wagner Christoffer Karlén Thomas Leyrer, Irmantas Bzeskis, Daniel Eriksson Ranno Sootla Jevgenijs Kritinins Olivier Franceschi Mikko Mellanen Kyosti Isberg Kyosti Isberg Jelena Maidla Yanis Sahli Miguel Fernandez Miguel Fernandez Iryna Tsikhanskaya Konsta Puustinen Aleksandrs Krumins Kim Wells Kristiana Stauere Kim Wells Kim Wells Arasch Mirzai Jerry Li, Day 1b Leader in Main Event The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Rasmus Lundström during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask -
Day 3 is Upon Us
The 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask It’s day three of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, and today is quite the hectic day. With no fewer than three Ring Events on the schedule. It’s going to be yet another day of intriguing poker action in the Estonian capital.
First out is Day 2 of the €350 Mini Main Event. The three starting flights combined attracted 954 entries. This translates to a €280,953 prize pool, and the 142 players who’re set to take their seats today at noon are ready to fight for the biggest slice of it. They are all guaranteed a €700 min-cash. Today, the Mini Main is playing down to a final table. Play will resume at Level 19: Blinds 10,000/15,000, with a 15,000 Ante.
€350 Mini Main Event – Top 10 Stacks
Position Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Ville-Matti Keränen 1,367,000 91 2 Simon Persson 1,345,000 90 3 Terje Bremseth 1,132,000 75 4 Corne Scheel 1,106,000 73 5 Jussi Mattila 1,071,000 73 6 Martynas Saltis 975,000 65 7 Mäido Kuusik 888,000 59 8 Vytautas Litvinas 815,000 54 9 Enea Subashi 783,000 52 10 Dmitri Dudakov 724,000 50 Ring Event number two, the €555 PLO4/5 will kick off at 14:00. This is the only starting flight of this two-day affair, and today, they will play down to 18 players. Eight players secured their seat for this tournament through yesterday’s satellite, and the number of entries chasing Omaha glory is expected to be a big one.
The €555 NLH is the third Ring Event. The first out of three starting day flights is scheduled to 17:00 today, and play will conclude after ten 30-minute levels. German Phil Gross is the title defender; last year, he claimed €55,210 as he conquered a field of 867 entries. Perhaps there’ll be similar numbers this year.
While these are the highlights of the day, there are some fun and intriguing side events and satellite action. For example, players have an excellent opportunity to claim their ticket for the €1,500 Main Event for a cheaper price; the €150 Satellite commences at 21:30 and has a guaranteed ten seats.
What’s more, all ladies can partake in the Freebuy Satellite to the €350 NLH Queens, aka Ring Event number four. The satellite, which starts at 14:00, is free to enter, and re-buys and add-ons are €20 each.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – July 28 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. €350 Mini Main Event Day 2 1:00 p.m. €80 Satellite to €555 NLH (Five Seats Guaranteed) 2:00 p.m. Freebuy Satellite to Ladies Event 2:00 p.m. Ring Event #2: 555 PLO4/5 5:00 p.m. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1a 7:00 p.m. €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 9:30 p.m. €150 Satellite to €1,500 Main Event (Ten Seats Guaranteed) -
Mini Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw
The first WSOP Circuit Tallinn Ring Event this festival didn’t disappoint with 954 runners creating a €280,953 prize pool in Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event with 142 players bagging their way into Day 2 with at least a €700 min-cash with the full payouts to be announced shortly after the cards are in the air.
The action resumes at Noon on Sunday with Finland’s Ville-Matti Keränen in the chip lead with 1,367,000 in chips followed by Simon Persson (1,345,000), and poker.pro’s Teddy Bremseth (1,132,000). Corne Scheel (1,106,000) and Jussi “Pot-Jussi” Mattila (1,071,000) will also begin the penultimate day as chip millionaires.
Check out the Day 2 Seat Draw below and best of luck to everyone in punching their ticket to Monday’s final day.
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 2 1 Jussi Knuutila Finland 110,000 7 2 2 Martin Mänd Estonia 116,000 8 2 3 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 539,000 36 2 4 Adria Comas I Roura Spain 292,000 19 2 5 Arasch Mirzai Sweden 432,000 29 2 6 Toni Vuolle Finland 438,000 29 2 7 Ali Al Saidy Norway 116,000 8 2 8 Tomi Arponen Finland 159,000 11 3 1 Sigitas Raila Lithuania 246,000 16 3 2 Vidar Assersen Norway 322,000 21 3 3 Maksim Belomestnõi Estonia 298,000 20 3 4 Anu Lilja Finland 178,000 12 3 5 Necati Misto Sweden 621,000 41 3 6 Krister Wallendahl Finland 178,000 12 3 7 Saara Benlamine Finland 114,000 8 3 8 Dylan Snyder England 105,000 7 6 1 Adrian Ruano Spain 235,000 16 6 2 Marek Marksoo Estonia 229,000 15 6 3 Ralf Mikk Estonia 75,000 5 6 4 Rapolas Bielskis Lithuania 598,000 40 6 5 Edvinas Tarasevicius Lithuania 569,000 38 6 6 Matts Jakobsson Sweden 164,000 11 6 7 Mikko Mellanen Finland 437,000 29 6 8 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania 163,000 11 7 1 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania 236,000 16 7 2 Andrius Mazeika Lithuania 35,000 2 7 3 Terje Humio Bremseth Norway 1,132,000 75 7 4 Sami Säämänen Finland 223,000 15 7 5 Kert Raud Estonia 205,000 14 7 6 Ville-Matti Keränen Finland 1,367,000 91 7 7 Toni Ravnak Serbia 231,000 15 7 8 Simo Puustinen Finland 292,000 19 8 1 Riku Oksanen Finland 305,000 20 8 2 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania 153,000 10 8 3 John Enright Ireland 335,000 22 8 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 522,000 35 8 6 Lauri Tuominen Finland 505,000 34 8 7 Petri-Kalevi Metsämaa Finland 624,000 42 8 8 Mairo Tori Estonia 172,000 11 9 1 Romans Krasins Latvia 171,000 11 9 2 Nicolai Austad Norway 270,000 18 9 3 Rasmus Lundström Finland 163,000 11 9 4 Ilja Naparjin Estonia 418,000 28 9 5 Alejandro Val Spain 87,000 6 9 6 Oleksandr Shokur Ukraine 345,000 23 9 7 Mäido Kuusik Estonia 888,000 59 9 8 Frederico Alves Dos Santos Brazil 595,000 40 11 1 Kristjan Rausberg Estonia 190,000 13 11 2 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia 724,000 48 11 3 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 232,000 15 11 4 Joonas Orava Finland 185,000 12 11 5 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan 487,000 32 11 6 Sergei Oganesjan Estonia 255,000 17 11 7 Christian Kay Steinbo Norway 139,000 9 11 8 Meelis Ahman Estonia 229,000 15 12 1 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 284,000 19 12 2 Tanel Evert Estonia 192,000 13 12 3 Michal Goral Poland 61,000 4 12 4 Martin Piik Estonia 131,000 9 12 5 Terje Sirnes Norway 230,000 15 12 6 Jussi Mattila Finland 1,071,000 71 12 7 Oleksandr Tarashevskyi Ukraine 310,000 21 12 8 Matej Hojka Czech Republic 92,000 6 13 1 Ville-Tappio Mesiranta Finland 380,000 25 13 2 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 196,000 13 13 3 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland 124,000 8 13 4 Kyösti Isberg Finland 115,000 8 13 5 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 626,000 42 13 6 Miguel Fernandez Spain 315,000 21 13 7 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 246,000 16 13 8 Petter Richardsen Norway 126,000 8 14 1 Ruth Guper Israel 78,000 5 14 2 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 516,000 34 14 3 Vytautas Riskevicius Lithuania 655,000 44 14 4 James O Neill Ireland 274,000 18 14 5 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 33,000 2 14 6 Janis Zablovskis Latvia 182,000 12 14 7 Jason Glatzer Lithuania 343,000 23 14 8 Mateusz Siejka Poland 178,000 12 15 1 Gilles Albert Lamy France 632,000 42 15 2 Jon Jurado Spain 88,000 6 15 3 Henry-Rein Kielberg Estonia 385,000 26 15 4 Yanis Mehdi Sahli France 706,000 47 15 5 Roope Tarmi Finland 709,000 47 15 6 Jarmo Juhani Salonen Finland 214,000 14 15 7 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania 214,000 14 15 8 Jim O Neill Ireland 413,000 28 16 1 Johan Alen Finland 409,000 27 16 2 Toni Hämäläinen Finland 275,000 18 16 3 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia 388,000 26 16 4 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania 815,000 54 16 5 Nils Butevics Latvia 155,000 10 16 6 Jacyk Krzysztof Poland 142,000 9 16 7 Kim Wells United States 123,000 8 16 8 Keio Vardi Estonia 110,000 7 17 1 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 227,000 15 17 2 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 252,000 17 17 3 Ricards Zelneronoks Latvia 67,000 4 17 4 Tobias Napel Norway 417,000 28 17 5 Simon Hassan Sweden 166,000 11 17 6 Andres Nilsen-Aas Norway 174,000 12 17 7 Rain Kandla Estonia 89,000 6 17 8 Corne Scheel Netherlands 1,106,000 74 18 1 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 479,000 32 18 2 Kristers Muhins Latvia 555,000 37 18 3 Henri Pöllänen Finland 170,000 11 18 4 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 522,000 35 18 5 Siim Kabel Estonia 221,000 15 18 6 Robert Manner Germany 561,000 37 18 7 Jami Munukka Finland 97,000 6 18 8 Raimonds Ozolins Latvia 434,000 29 19 1 Enea Subashi Estonia 783,000 52 19 2 Miika Töyräs Finland 680,000 45 19 3 Ishak Noyan Sweden 240,000 16 19 4 Gabriel Wolszczak Poland 523,000 35 19 5 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 190,000 13 19 6 Soile Lerviks Finland 91,000 6 19 7 Gatis Pele Latvia 190,000 13 19 8 Axel Saarniala Finland 333,000 22 20 1 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania 132,000 9 20 2 Pavel Solodovnikov Sweden 244,000 16 20 3 Tomasz Kardas Poland 538,000 36 20 4 Juho Jaakola Finland 199,000 13 20 5 Pekka Tahvanainen Finland 368,000 25 20 6 Antti Veteläinen Finland 426,000 28 20 7 Joona Tefke Finland 183,000 12 20 8 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 975,000 65 21 1 Maksim Jankovski Russia 161,000 11 21 2 Nico Kumpulainen Finland 409,000 27 21 3 Raimo Reimann Estonia 522,000 35 21 4 Bernd Reich Germany 48,000 3 21 5 Mika Lax Finland 426,000 28 21 7 Ardo Pinna Estonia 511,000 34 21 8 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 217,000 14 22 1 Franco Spichtig Switzerland 129,000 9 22 2 Thommy Larsson Sweden 105,000 7 22 3 Carina Wald Sweden 301,000 20 22 4 Simon Persson Sweden 1,345,000 90 22 5 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 126,000 8 22 6 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 596,000 40 22 7 Klavs Garselis Latvia 391,000 26 22 8 Martins Priede Latvia 182,000 12
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That’s a Wrap for Today, Folks
Photo: Elena Kask The live reporting on poker.pro is done for the day. It was a thrilling conclusion both to the Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event, and the Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5. Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens is still in full flare, as is the case with Day 1c of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH.
In the Mini Main Event, Sweden’s Simon Hesserud Persson outlasted a massive 954-entry field to claim the first ring of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. With €280,953 in the prize pool, Persson earned the €45,700 top prize, the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring, and the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise. After seizing the chip lead late at the final table, he never looked back.
Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event – Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden €45,700 (Plus $5,000 Ticket to Paradise) 2 Vytautas Riskevicius
Lithuania €30,400 3 Nicolai Austad
Norway €21,220 4 Corne Scheel
Netherlands €15,140 5 Ville Keränen
Finland €10,940 6 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland €8,040 7 Tobias Napel
Norway €5,940 8 Oleksandr Shokur
Ukraine €4,540 9 Jevgenijs Sapronenko
Latvia € 3,493.00 The PLO4/5 wrapped up with Georgia’s Andria Gogelidze defeating Estonia’s Taago Tamm heads-up to capture the title. Gogelidze topped a 268-player field for a €127,300 prize pool, earning €27,100, a WSOP Circuit Ring, and his own Ticket to Paradise.
Ring Event #2: €555 PLO 4/5 – Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €27,100 2 Taago Tamm
Estonia €18,000 3 Arturas Zukovas
Lithuania €12,100 4 Sami Säämänen
Finland €8,900 5 Christoffer Jensen
Denmark €6,100 6 Sami Pulliainen
Finland €4,500 7 Kasper Mellanen
Finland €3,525 Meanwhile, Ring Event #4: NLH Queens saw 74 entries and a €21,793 prize pool, with the top prize of €6,480 still up for grabs. Eleven players remain in contention when the final day resumes tomorrow at 16:00.
Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Payouts
Position Payout 1 €6,480 2 €4,150 3 €2,770 4 €1,950 5 €1,443 6 €1,120 7 €910 8 €820 9 €750 10-11 €700 The poker.pro live coverage team will return with chip counts and seat draw for both ongoing Ring Events as fast as possible, and tomorrow’s live coverage will commence around noon. Before that, however, a longer recap of today’s action will be published.
Thanks to everyone who’s been tuning into today’s live coverage, and see you tomorrow.
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€350 NLH Queens Day 1 Photos (by Elena Kask)
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Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Payouts
Photo: Elena Kask Position Payout 1 €6,480 2 €4,150 3 €2,770 4 €1,950 5 €1,443 6 €1,120 7 €910 8 €820 9 €750 10-11 €700 -
Chip Counts in €350 NLH Queens
Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 47/64 Prizes: TBA The ladies in the Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens are now on a 15-minute break. They will resume play at Level 8: Blinds 500/1,000, with a 1,000 Ante. Late registration is open until the conclusion of Level 10. Below are the current chip counts.
Number Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Carina Wald Sweden 120,000 120 2 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan 90,000 90 3 Siiri Saar Estonia 90,000 90 4 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 77,000 77 5 Maureen Blöchlinger Switzerland 75,000 75 6 Helina Tamm Estonia 60,000 60 7 Miila Uusi-Pietilä Finland 60,000 60 8 Liisi Voltri Estonia 60,000 60 9 Alevtina Bubnova Russia 58,500 59 10 Evy Albrigtsen Norway 58,000 58 11 Kjersti Grini Norway 56,000 56 12 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 54,000 54 13 Anne Bezdek Finland 50,000 50 14 Marta Porter Lithuania 49,000 49 15 Kristiina Sultangarejev-Tuder Estonia 44,000 44 16 Nina Kiviharju Finland 43,000 43 17 Nadja Sutter Switzerland 43,000 43 18 Iryna Tsikhanskaya Belarus 42,000 42 19 Tereza Vernerova Czech Republic 41,000 41 20 Natalija Ivanova Lithuania 40,000 40 21 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 40,000 40 22 Anna-Mari Hursti Finland 37,000 37 23 Soile Lerviks Finland 36,000 36 24 Anu Lilja Finland 36,000 36 25 Anzelika Urbane Latvia 35,000 35 26 Marita Mägi Estonia 34,000 34 27 Lina Olofsson Sweden 34,000 34 28 Sandra Zilbere Latvia 33,000 33 29 Vita Veidemane Latvia 32,000 32 30 Drea Karlsen Norway 30,000 30 31 Julia Kuusijärvi Finland 30,000 30 32 Milla Tuominen Finland 30,000 30 33 Mirjam Jalak Estonia 26,000 26 34 Marjo Nikkinen Finland 26,000 26 35 Ruth Guper Israel 19,000 19 36 Algina Juknaite Lithuania 18,000 18 37 Aytan Eldarova England 16,200 16 38 Teeranan Chuennirun Thailand 16,000 16 39 Aada Hännikäinen Finland 16,000 16 40 Marie-Eliise Jürisoo Estonia 16,000 16 41 Mette-Marica Puromäki Finland 16,000 16 42 Saara Benlamine Finland 15,000 15 43 Summer Westerbur United States 15,000 15 44 Maili Tannbaum Estonia 13,500 14 45 Christel Haller Estonia 11,000 11 46 Annemar Rimmel Estonia 11,000 11 47 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 10,000 10 48 Karin Ehala Estonia 6,000 6 -
€555 NLH Day 1b Photos (by Elena Kask)
Mounir Tajiou Mounir Tajiou Tomas Graham Tomas Graham Tomas Graham Mounir Tajiou Thomas Rott Mounir Tajiou Kaur Joakit Arasch Tvedt Masoud Fatollahy Masoud Fatollahy Mounir Tajiou -
Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1b Chip Count
Photo: Elena Kask Position Player Country Chips 1 Kazimieras Ramaska Lithuania 240,000 2 Fabian Bartuschk Germany 190,000 3 Jamie Brent Ireland 174,500 4 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 169,000 5 Min Kim South Korea 167,000 6 Andre Mägi Estonia 154,000 7 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 132,000 8 Christian Steinbo Norway 130,000 9 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 129,500 10 Mairo Tori Estonia 124,500 11 Mounir Tajiou Sweden 122,000 12 Arasch Mirzai Sweden 112,000 13 Kristjan Aru Estonia 104,500 14 Michel Karim Sweden 99,500 15 Gonzalo Perez Spain 99,500 16 Davis Modans Latvia 99,000 17 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 98,500 18 Necati Misto Sweden 96,500 19 Miika Töyräs Finland 96,500 20 Lars Eketrapp Sweden 96,000 21 Adrian Espinosa Spain 95,000 22 Kaius Kiidli Estonia 94,500 23 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania 92,500 24 Marko Välitalo Finland 92,000 25 Peter Rees England 89,500 26 Grigory Zima Russia 87,500 27 Christer Foldnes Norway 86,500 28 Janno Pikkat Estonia 86,500 29 Serhii Chalap Ukraine 83,000 30 Krister Wallendahl Finland 81,000 31 Rene Dreismann Germany 76,000 32 Eneko De La Hoz Spain 72,000 33 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 71,000 34 Jon Alba Spain 71,000 35 Glen Kolmer Estonia 71,000 36 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 68,000 37 Fred Martens Estonia 67,500 38 Tero Laurila Finland 66,500 39 Boris Smolianskii Israel 66,500 40 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 65,500 41 Kaspars Zilgalvis Latvia 65,500 42 Thomas Leyrer Germany 65,000 43 Juan Carlos Duenas Spain 65,000 44 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 62,000 45 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 60,000 46 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,500 47 Marius Hakonsen Norway 58,500 48 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 57,500 49 Janne Kotiranta Finland 57,000 50 Maksim Paponov Estonia 53,000 51 Jon Jurado Spain 52,000 52 Jari Porkka Sweden 52,000 53 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 52,000 54 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania 51,500 55 Marko Vest Estonia 51,500 56 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 51,000 57 Terje Sirnes Norway 50,500 58 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 48,500 59 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 48,500 60 Roope Tarmi Finland 48,500 61 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 47,000 62 Kaspars Mallons Latvia 47,000 63 Risto Lepp Estonia 45,000 64 Yanis Sahli France 45,000 65 Michael Bartov Sweden 43,500 66 Morten Johansen Norway 42,000 67 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania 40,500 68 Roman Jezov Estonia 40,000 69 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 39,000 70 De-Han Kim South Korea 38,000 71 Espen Brukstuen Norway 37,500 72 Igor Jr Pihela Estonia 37,500 73 Harem Rafat Sweden 37,000 74 Jerry Villa Finland 37,000 75 Nian Li China 35,000 76 Dan Wald Sweden 35,000 77 Tanel Evert Estonia 32,500 78 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 32,500 79 Andrius Bielskis Lithuania 30,000 80 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 29,500 81 Tuomas Kälvinmäki Finland 29,000 82 Petter Richardsen Norway 28,500 83 Patric Mattsson Sweden 28,000 84 Andres Lõiv Estonia 27,500 85 Artur Külanurk Estonia 26,500 86 Yann Le Frioux France 26,500 87 Aleksejs Supena Latvia 25,500 88 Mickael Lacaze France 25,000 89 Ranno Sootla Estonia 25,000 90 Jussi Mattila Finland 23,000 91 Adrian Ruano Spain 22,500 92 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 21,500 93 Maikel Homin Estonia 21,000 94 Jan Verner Czech Republic 19,000 95 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 17,000 96 Arturs Daugis Latvia 15,000 -
€555PLO 4/5 Final Day Photos (by Elena Kask)
Akseli Paalanen Riku Vihreasaari Riku Vihreasaari Riku Vihreasaari Janne Nevalainen Markku Koplimaa Markku Koplimaa Markku Koplimaa Oskar Silow Serguei Palomera Serguei Palomera Costantino Russo Costantino Russo Danila Slabov Danila Slabov Andria Gogelidze Jouni Huovila Taago Tamm Oskar Silow Sondre Lunde Sondre Lunde Serguei Palomera Christoffer Jensen Janne Nevalainen Andria Gogelidze Arturas Zukovas Sami Säämänen Sami Säämänen Andria Gogelidze Christoffer Jensen Andria Gogelidze Andria Gogelidze Andria Gogelidze Taago Tamm Andria Gogelidze Christoffer Jensen Christoffer Jensen Taago Tamm Andria Gogelidze Janne Nevalainen Christoffer Jensen Serguei Palomera Sondre Lunde Sondre Lunde Oskar Silow Taago Tamm Jouni Huovila Andria Gogelidze Danila Slabov Danila Slabov -
€350 Mini Main Event Final Day Photos (by Elena Kask)
Vytautas Riskevicius Vytautas Riskevicius Nicolai Folstad Oleksandr Shokur Oleksandr Shokur Oleksandr Shokur Oleksandr Shokur Ville Keränen Ville Keränen Simon Hesserud Persson Krzysztof Chmielowski Nicolai Folstad Tobias Napel Tobias Napel Nicolai Folstad Corne Scheel Corne Scheel -
Lina Olofsson Leads Ladies Ring Event at First Break
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Ladies Event The €350 Ladies Ring Event went on its first break after three 30-minute blinds. Lina Olofsson, who qualified yesterday in the Freebuy event, was on the top of the leaderboard after boosting her 30,000 opening stack up to 77,000. Estonia’s Christel Haller (74,500) and 2024 Queens of Tallinn champion Marta Porter (65,000).
Meanwhile, poker.pro strategy content writer Aytan Eldarova (51,500) and poker.pro project manager and Globetrotting Poker founder Maureen Blöchlinger (33,000) were also above a starting stack.
The field thus far has attracted 58 entries with 54 players still in their seats. Late registration is open for another seven levels with tons of value on the line with a $5,000 package to the WSOP Paradise awarded to the winner, along with a coveted gold ring, and a lion’s share of the prize pool awaiting the winner.
Check out all of the chip stacks above a starting stack at the first break below:
Place Player Country Chips 1 Lina Olofsson
Sweden 77,000 2 Christel Haller
Estonia 74,500 3 Marta Porter
Lithuania 65,000 4 Carina Wald
Sweden 56,700 5 Aytan Eldarova
United Kingdom 51,500 6 Liisi Voltri
Estonia 49,000 7 Kjersti Grini
Norway 47,000 8 Helina Tamm
Estonia 45,000 9 Aada Hännikäinen
Finland 44,000 10 Algina Juknaite
Lithuania 36,300 11 Nadja Sutter
Switzerland 34,600 12 Siiri Saar
Estonia 34,000 13 Milla Tuominen
Finland 34,000 14 Maureen Blöchlinger
Switzerland 33,000 15 Mette-Marica Puromäki
Finland 33,000 16 Tereza Vernerova
Czech Republic 33,000 17 Kristiina Sultangarejev-Tuder
Estonia 31,000 18 Marie-Eliise Jürisoo
Estonia 30,600 19 Summer Westerbur
United States 30,500 -
Andria Gogelidze Wins the Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 for €27,100
Andria Gogelidze, winner of Ring Event #2: €555 PLO 4/5 during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 1/268 Prizes: €127,300 Andria Gogelidze is now crowned the champion of the Ring Event #2: €555 PLO 4/5. He eliminated Taago Tamm heads-up and takes home €27,100, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.
Ring Event #2: €555 PLO 4/5 – Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €27,100 2 Taago Tamm
Estonia €18,000 3 Arturas Zukovas
Lithuania €12,100 4 Sami Säämänen
Finland €8,900 5 Christoffer Jensen
Denmark €6,100 6 Sami Pulliainen
Finland €4,500 7 Kasper Mellanen
Finland €3,525 -
Taago Tamm Eliminated in 2nd Place (€18,000)
Taago Tamm. Photo: Elena Kask Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 1/268 Prizes: €127,300 Seated on the Button, Andria Gogelidze limped from the Button. Taago Tamm checked, and the players headed to the flop.
Tamm checked on 3♠8♣6♦, prior to Gogelidze betting 100,000. Tamm then raised to 450,000, but Gogelidze wasn’t going anywhere; he re-pot to 1,350,000. Tamm made the call.
On the 3♣ turn, Tamm checked prior to Gogelidze firing a 550,000 bet. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Tamm moved all in for an additional 2,000,000, and Gogelidze quickly called.
Taago Tamm: J♠7♠5♠3♥
Andria Gogelidze: 10♣7♦6♠6♥Gogelidze was ahead, and the J♣ on the river settled it. Tamm went out in second place, cashing €18,000.
Andria Gogelidze: 8,040,000
Taago Tamm: 0 -
Tamm Doubles Up
Taago Tamm. Photo: Elena Kask Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 2/268 Prizes: €127,300 Andria Gogelidze opened to 150,000 from the Button. Taago Tamm pot to 450,000, Gogelidze re-pot to 1,350,000, and Tamm moved all in for an additional 565,000. Gogelidze made the call.
Taago Tamm: A♥Q♥7♥J♣9♣
Andria Gogelidze: A♣A♠7♣9♥2♥It looked like it would be a split pot as the four first cards on the board were 8♦7♦7♠9♠, but the Q♠ Gave Tamm a superior full house. He evened out the stacks during this heads-up battle.
Andria Gogelidze: 4,110,000
Taago Tamm: 3,930,000 -
Arturas Zukovas Eliminated in 3rd Place (€12,100)
Arturas Zukovas. Photo: Elena Kask Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 2/268 Prizes: €127,300 Arturas Zukovas and Taago Tamm went all in pre-flop. Zukovas was the player at risk with a 460,000 stack.
Arturas Zukovas: A♥9♥10♣2♠
Taago Tamm: A♠Q♥9♣2♣Tamm was declared the winner after the board had spelled out 9♦J♦3♠7♠4♥. As he went out in third place for €12,100, the stage is set for a heads-up between Andria Gogelidze and Taggo Tamm.
Andrea Gogelidze: 5,575,000
Taago Tamm: 2,465,000
Arturas Zukovas: 0 -
Sami Säämänen Eliminated in 4th Place (€8,900)
Sami Säämänen. Photo: Elena Kask Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 3/268 Prizes: €127,300 On a K♥J♣5♠7♣ board, Andria Gogelidze and Sami Säämänen did some betting back and forth, until Säämänen was all in for 650,000.
Andria Gogelidze: 2♣9♠6♣7♠
Sami Säämänen: A♥10♠9♦5♥Gogelidze improved to a flush as the river was the 10♣, and Säämänen was sent to the rail in fourth place. For his achievement, he was awarded €8,900.
Andria Gogelidze: 4,950,000
Sami Säämänen: 0 -
Christoffer Jensen Eliminated in 5th Place (€6,100)
Christoffer Jensen. Photo: Elena Kask Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 4/268 Prizes: €127,300 After some potting back and forth, Andria Gogelidze and Christoffer Jensen was all in on the 6♠J♠3♥ flop. Jensen was the player at risk.
Andria Gogelidze: A♦J♦3♠2♠
Christoffer Jensen: K♠K♣5♠5♦The board completed with Q♥8♥, and Gogelidze had the best hand with two pairs. Jensen went out in fifth place for €6,100, and Gogelidze’s chiplead extended even further.
Andria Gogelidze: 4,400,000
Christoffer Jensen: 0 -
Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens has Commenced
Photo: Elena Kask Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 44/44 Prizes: €127,300 Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens started around an hour ago. 44 ladies are currently in fighting for the prestigious WSOP Circuit Ring. It’s a two-day affair; Day 1 will conclude when 15 % remain, and the conclusion will be live-streamed tomorrow at 16:00. Late registration is open until the end of Level 10.
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Sami Pulliainen Eliminated in 6th Place (€4,500)
Photo: Elena Kask Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 5/268 Prizes: €127,300 With perhaps 1,500,000 in the middle, the board read 8♥6♣3♣. Sami Pullainen had moved all in 110,000, and Arturas Zukovas had made the call. After some consideration, Andria Gogelidze also called.
Zukovas checked on the 4♦ turn, and Gogelidze then moved all in for 1,100,000. Zukovas folded, and it was time for a showdown.
Sami Pullainen: A♦K♠3♦A♥4♥
Andria Gogelidze: A♠8♠3♥Q♥10♦the board completed with the 2♠ on the river. With his two pairs, Gogelidze eliminated Pullainen in sixth place for €4,500.
Moments earlier, Kasper Mellanen had busted in seventh place for €3,525.
Andria Gogelidze: 3,000,000
Sami Pullainen: 0 -
€555 PLO4/5 Final Table Payouts
Photo: Elena Kask Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 6/268 Prizes: €127,300 Position Payout 1 €27,100 2 €18,000 3 €12,100 4 €8,900 5 €6,100 6 €4,500 7 €3,525 -
Results in the Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5
Photo: Elena Kask Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 6/268 Prizes: €127,300 Below are all results from the Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 up until this point.
Place Player Country Prize 7 Kasper Mellanen Finland €3,525 8 Tarjei Forus Norway €2,790 9 Jami Juutila Finland €2,790 10 Riku-Matti Vihreäsaari Finland €2,220 11 Oskar Silow Sweden €2,220 12 Aleksi Lindholm Finland €1,790 13 Sondre Lunde Norway €1,790 14 Jani Sortti Finland €1,790 15 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €1,495 16 Serguei Palomera Sweden €1,495 17 Jouni Huovila Finland €1,495 18 Michal Rudnik Poland €1,280 19 Janne Nevalainen Finland €1,280 20 Danila Slabov Lithuania €1,270 21 Antti Veteläinen Finland €1,270 22 Costantino Russo Italy €1,270. 23 Miika Töyräs Finland €1,270 24 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark €1,120 25 Miguel Godinez Spain €1,120 26 Akseli Paalanen Finland €1,120 -
Final Table of Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 is Set
Photo: Elena Kask Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 7/268 Prizes: €127,300 The 7-handed of Ring Event #2: the €555 PLO4/5 was just set. The players just took their seats, and are resuming the battle for the second ring of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Below are the seat draw for the final table.
Table-Seat Player Country 18-1 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania 18-2 Andria Gogelidze Georgia 18-3 Sami Pulliainen Finland 18-4 Kasper Mellanen Finland 18-5 Taago Tamm Estonia 18-6 Christopher Jensen Denmark 18-7 Sami Säämänen Finland -
Simon Hesserud Persson wins Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event for €45,700
Simon Hesserud Persson. Photo: Elena Kask Level 35: 30,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 1/954 Prizes: €280,953 With his elimination of Vytautas Riskevicius, Sweden’s Simon Hesserud Persson is now declared the winner of the first Ring Event during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. He takes home the ring, the €45,700 first-place payout, and the Ticket to Paradise.
Hesserud Persson entered Day 2 as second in chips (he was the chipleader from Day 1b). He was third most in chips going into the final table, but after winning a big hand against Corne Scheel, he overtook the chip lead and never looked back.
Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event – Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden €45,700 (Plus $5,000 Ticket to Paradise) 2 Vytautas Riskevicius
Lithuania €30,400 3 Nicolai Austad
Norway €21,220 4 Corne Scheel
Netherlands €15,140 5 Ville Keränen
Finland €10,940 6 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland €8,040 7 Tobias Napel
Norway €5,940 8 Oleksandr Shokur
Ukraine €4,540 9 Jevgenijs Sapronenko
Latvia € 3,493.00 For poker.pro, the focus of the live reporting now switches to Ring Event #2: the €555 PLO4/5. The nine remaining players are currently on the final table bubble, and they’re competing for the second ring and a €27,100 first-place payout.
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Vytautas Riskevicius Eliminated in 2nd Place (€30,400)
Vytautas Riskevicius. Photo: Elena Kask Level 35: 30,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 1/954 Prizes: €280,953 After perhaps ten minutes into the heads-up battle, Vytautas Riskevicius moved all in for 6,475,000 from the Button. Simon Hesserud Persson peaked at his hole cards, then made the call.
Vytautas Riskevicius: 2♠2♣
Simon Hesserud Persson: A♠K♦Hesserud Persson completely shattered the A♥10♠A♣ flop. He improved to a full house on the 10♥ turn, and the Q♥ river was a formality. Riskevicius went out in second place for €30,400.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 47,700,000
Vytautas Riskevicius: 0 -
Nicolai Austad Eliminated in 3rd Place (€21,220)
Nicolai Austad. Photo: Elena Kas Level 35: 30,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 2/954 Prizes: €280,953 Nicolai Austad limped from the Button. After Vytautas Riskevicius folded his Small Blind, Simon Hesserud Persson decided to check.
First to act on the J♦2♦5♠ flop, Hesserud Persson checked. Austad bet 600,000, and Hesserud Persson then firmly put in a big stack of 500,000. Austad moved all in for roughly 4,000,000 in total and Hesserud Persson snap-called.
Nicolai Austad: A♦4♦
Simon Hesserud Persson: 5♣2♣The 9♥A♠ runout didn’t help Austad, and he was out in third place for €21,220.
The stage is set for a heads-up duel between Hesserud Persson and Riskevicius, with the former holding a commanding chiplead.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 39,850,000
Vytautas Stanevicius: 7,850,000
Nicolai Austad: 0 -
Corne Scheel Eliminated in 4th Place (€15,150)
Corne Scheel. Photo: Elena Kask Level 34: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 3/954 Prizes: €280,953 Action folded to Simon Hesserud Persson, who moved all in from the Small Blind. Seated in the Big Blind, Corne Scheel made the call for his tournament life, playing roughly 5,500,000.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 9♥8♥
Corne Scheel: A♣7♥Hesserud Persson took the lead on the 9♦Q♥J♦ flop, and he managed to maintain it as the board completed 4♠10♦. Scheel bid farewell in fourth place, claiming a €15,150 paycheck.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 31,550,000
Corne Scheel: 0 -
Austad Doubles Through Scheel
Nicolai Austad. Photo: Elena Kask Level 34: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 4/954 Prizes: €280,953 Simon Hesserud Persson opened to 1,000,000 from the Button. Corne Scheel then moved all in from the Small Blind for 11,200,000. Then, Nicolai Austad decided to go for it; he moved all in for 6,150,000 from the Big Blind. Hesserud Persson got out of the way, and the players turned over their cards.
Corne Scheel: 6♣6♥
Nicolai Austad: A♣J♣“Sweaty,” Scheel declared as the dealer dealt the K♥10♥7♦ flop. Austad then took a solid lead as he improved to a straight on the Q♥ river, but Scheel picked up a flush draw. The Dutchman wasn’t able to improve though, as the river bricked out for him in the form of the 3♣. Such, Austad doubled up.
Nicolai Austad: 12,300,000
Corne Scheel: 5,050,000 -
Riskevicius Hangs on
Level 34: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 4/954 Prizes: €280,953 Vytautas Riskevicius has survived a couple of all-ins, and he’s still a contender for the trophy..
Most recently, he opened to 2,300,000 from the Button, leaving himself with 2,500,000 behind. Simon Hesserud Persson re-shoved from the Small Blind, and the two of them were soon heads-up to the flop.
Vytautas Riskevicius: A♠Q♣
Simon Hesserud Persson: 7♥7♦Hesserud Persson was ahead all the way up until the river, as Riskevicius hit a miracle ace on the 6♥4♦6♦K♠A♣ runout.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 23,500,000
Vytautas Riskevicius: 9,800,000 -
Ville Keränen Eliminated in 5th Place (€10,940)
Ville Keränen. Photo: Elena Kask Level 33: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 4/954 Prizes: €280,953 Ville Keränen moved all in for 4,500,000 from the Button. Seated in the Small Blind, Simon Hesserud Persson asked Corne Scheel (who was seated in the Big Blind) how much he had behind. Eventually, Hesserud Persson went all in himself, and and Scheel folded, the Swede was heads-up against Keränen.
Ville Keränen: K♣Q♥
Simon Hesserud Persson: A♦J♣Keränen was alive, but didn’t manage to connect as the board spelled out 8♥2♣10♥10♣9♠. He went out in fifth place for €10,940, as Hesserud Persson extended his chiplead even further.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 25,600,000
Ville Keränen: 0 -
Krzysztof Chmielowski Eliminated in 6th Place (€8,040)
Krzysztof Chmielowski. Photo: Elena Kask Level 33: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 5/954 Prizes: €280,953 The first hand after the break, Krzysztof Chmielowski moved all in for 3,200,000 from the Small Blind. Corne Scheel twisted and turned for a second, before making the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♠10♣
Corne Scheel: A♦2♥Scheel hit an ace on the A♥J♣4♠ flop, while Chmielowski picked up a straight draw. Corne managed to dodge a queen on the 5♠4♦ runout, and doing so, Chmielowski was sent to the rail in sixth place, cashing for €8,040.
Corne Scheel: 8,350,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 0 -
Chip Counts at the Break
Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 6/954 Prizes: €280,953 It’s the first break of the day for the remaining six players in the €350 Mini Main Event. They will soon return to Level 33: 200,000/400,000 (400,000). Simon Hesserud Persson is the current chip leader; below are the full chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Per Simon Hesserud Persson Sweden 20,100,000 50 2 Nicolai Folstad Austad Norway 9,000,000 23 3 Ville-Matti Keränen Finland 5,500,000 14 4 Corne Scheel Netherlands 5,150,000 13 5 Vytautas Riskevicius Lithuania 4,750,000 12 6 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 3,200,000 8 -
Austad Doubles Through Scheel
Nicolai Austad. Photo: Elena Kask Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 6/954 Prizes: €280,953 “How much do you have?” Corne Scheel asked Nicolai Austad. After receiving the confirmation on 3,400,000, he forced his opponent all in Blind VS Blind. Austad made the call.
Corne Scheel: 10♥4♠
Nicolai Austad: 8♠8♦Austad was ahead, and he secured the full double-up as the board ran out Q♥4♦7♦3♦Q♠.
Nicolai Austad: 6,900,000
Corne Scheel: 3,400,000 -
Tobias Napel Eliminated in 7th Place (€5,940)
Tobias Napel. photo: Elena Kask Level 31: 125,000/250,000 250,000) Entries: 6/954 Prizes: €280,953 Ville Keränen moved all in for roughly 2,800,000 from UTG+1. Tobias Napel re-shoved for 3,300,000 from the Button, and after the players in the blinds folded, the Finn and the Norwegian went to showdown.
Ville Keränen: A♥K♥
Tobias Napel: 8♥8♠Keränen took the lead on the K♠3♥6♠ flop, and Napel wasn’t able to catch up as the board finished 4♥10♣.
After the hand, Napel was left with 475,000. Two hands later, he moved all in from the Hi-jack. Corne Scheel (Cut-off), Nicolai Austad (Small Blind), and Vytautas Riskevicius (Big Blind) all made the call.
Scheel, Austad and Riskevicius checked every street on the 9♠K♥3♦6♥3♠ board.
Tobias Napel: J♦8♦
Corne Scheel: Q♣8♣
Nicolai Austad: A♣8♥
Vytautas Riskevicius: J♠6♣Riskevicius’ pair of sixes was the best hand, and Napel was eliminated in seventh place for €5,940.
Ville Keränen: 6,000,000
Tobias Napel: 0 -
Enormous Pot to Hesserud Persson
Simon Hesserud Persson. Photo: Elena Kask Level 30: 100,000/200,000 200,000) Entries: 7/954 Prizes: €280,953 UTG, Simon Hesserud Persson opened to 400,000. Corne Scheel put in a three-bet to 1,100,000 from the Cut-off. Hesserud Persson decided to make the call.
The flop came 3♠6♣4♣. Hesserud Persson check-called a 600,000 bet from Scheel, and the J♦ made its appearance on the turn. Another check from Hesserud Persson triggered a 2,000,000 bet from Scheel, and once again, Hesserud Persson made the call.
On the J♠ river, it was Hesserud Persson who led out for a small 500,000 bet. Scheel wasn’t slowing down, though; he forced his Swedish opponent all in for 5,150,000 in total. Hesserud Persson made the call as fast as humanly possible.
Corne Scheel: A♠8♥
Simon Hesserud Persson: A♣J♣The biggest pot of the tournament so far went the way of Hesserud Persson who overtook the chiplead from Scheel.
Simon Hesserud Persson: 17,500,000
Corne Scheel: 4,800,000 -
Oleksandr Shokur Eliminated in 8th Place (€4,450)
Oleksandr Shokur. Photo: Elena Kask Level 30: 100,000/200,000 200,000) Entries: 7/954 Prizes: €280,953 From UTG+1, chipleader Corne Scheel opened to 400,000. When action came around to Ville Keränen, he moved all in for 1,500,000 from the Cut-off. Seated on the Button, short-stacked Oleksandr Shokur looked agonized; eventually, he too moved all in for roughly 500,000.
Things wouldn’t stop there, though, as Krzysztof Chmielowski called the 1,500,000 from the Big Blind. Back to Scheel who wished the three musketeers good luck, before he decided to fold.
Ville Keränen: A♥Q♦
Oleksandr Shokur: 7♠7♦
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 8♠8♦The board spelled out 2♣Q♠3♣10♣Q♥, resulting in Keränen trippling up, and Shokur going out in eighth place for €4,450.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 5,800,000
Ville Keränen: 4,700,000
Oleksandr Shokur: 0 -
Chmielowski Wins a Decent One
Ville Keranen during the 2025 Kings of Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 29: 75,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 8/954 Prizes: €280,953 Ville Keränen opened to 325,000 from the Cut-off. Krzysztof Chmielowski pondered for a minute before he made the call from the Big Blind.
Chmielowski check-called a 175,000 bet from Keränen on the 6♥K♠A♥ flop. He checked again on the 2♣ turn, and Keränen now bet 475,000. Chmielowski made the call.
Both players checked the 6♦ river. Chmielowski turned over A♣7♥; the hand was good seeing as Keränen mucked.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 6,500,000
Ville Keränen: 2,200,000 -
Jevgenijs Sapronenko Eliminated in 9th Place (€3,490)
Jevgenijs Sapronenko. Photo: Elena Kask Level 28: 50,000/125,000 (125,000) Entries: 8/954 Prizes: €280,953 During the very first hand of the final table, action folded all the way to Tobias Napel in the Small Blind. He announced all in, effectively forcing Big Blind-player Jevgenijs Sapronenko all in for 875,000. Sapronenko made the call.
Tobias Napel: Q♥5♠
Jevgenijs Sapronenko: A♣10♦A good spot for Sapronenko, but the Q♠J♠J♥7♦9♣ board wasn’t in his favor. He was the first one to leave the finale and was awarded €3,490 for his feat.
Tobias Napel: 3,925,000
Jevgenijs Sapronenko: 0 -
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 28: 50,000/125,000 (125,000) Entries: 9/954 Prizes: €280,953 It’s showtime! The first hand of the €350 Mini Main Event is currently being dealt. In a few hours, the first Ring Event winner of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn will be crowned.
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€350 Mini Main Event – Results so Far
Below are all the results leading up to the final table of Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event.
Place Player Country Prize 10 Anu Lilja Finland €2,740 11 Mika Lax Finland €2,475 12 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €2,475 13 Jussi Mattila Finland €2,210 14 Roope Tarmi Finland €2,210 15 Robert Manner Germany €2,210 16 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia €1,790 17 Vytautas Litvinas Lithuania €1,790 18 Terje Bremseth Norway €1,790 19 Joona Tefke Finland €1,790 20 Ville-Tappio Mesiranta Finland €1,790 21 Kim Wells United States €1,790 22 Edvinas Tarasevicius Lithuania €1,790 23 Rapolas Bielskis Lithuania €1,790 24 Krister Wallendahl Finland €1,490 25 Arasch Mirzai Sweden €1,490 26 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia €1,490 27 John Enright Ireland €1,490 28 Jim O’Neill Ireland €1,490 29 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil €1,490 30 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania €1,490 31 Lauri Tuominen Finland €1,490 32 Ishak Noyan Sweden €1,280 33 Nico Kumpulainen Finland €1,280 34 Jami Munukka Finland €1,280 35 Henry-Rein Kielberg Estonia €1,280 36 Carina Wald Sweden €1,280 37 Mäido Kuusik Estonia €1,280 38 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania €1,280 39 Miguel Fernandez Spain €1,280 40 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia €1,140 41 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania €1,140 42 Axel Saarniala Finland €1,140 43 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark €1,140 44 Pekka Tahvanainen Finland €1,140 45 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €1,140 46 Tomasz Kardas Poland €1,140 47 Ali Saidy Norway €1,140 48 Joonas Orava Finland €1,050 49 Martynas Saltis Lithuania €1,050 50 Klavs Garselis Latvia €1,050 51 Martin Mänd Estonia €1,050 52 Ardo Pinna Estonia €1,050 53 Jason Glatzer Lithuania €1,050 54 Henri Pöllänen Finland €1,050 55 Ilja Naparjin Estonia €1,050 56 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic €980 57 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia €980 58 Necati Misto Sweden €980 59 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan €980 60 Gabriel Wolszczak Poland €980 61 Soile Lerviks Finland €980 62 Mateusz Siejka Poland €980 63 Vidar Assersen Norway €980 64 Simo Puustinen Finland €910 65 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €910 66 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia €910 67 Tarmo Tammel Estonia €910 68 Jarmo Salonen Finland €910 69 Yanis Sahli France €910 70 Adrian Ruano Spain €910 71 Mikko Mellanen Finland €910 72 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania €870 73 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €870 74 Kristjan Rausberg Estonia €870 75 Miika Töyräs Finland €870 76 Johan Alen Finland €870 77 Matts Jakobsson Sweden €870 78 Tomi Arponen Finland €870 79 Terje Sirnes Norway €870 80 Andres Nilsen-Aas Norway €830 81 Maksim Belomestnõi Estonia €830 82 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €830 83 Raimo Reimann Estonia €830 84 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €830 85 Simon Hassan Sweden €830 86 Enea Subashi Estonia €830 87 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €830 88 Tanel Evert Estonia €700 89 Kristers Muhins Latvia €700 90 Petri-Kalevi Metsämaa Finland €700 91 Matej Hojka Czech Republic €700 92 Siim Kabel Estonia €700 93 Sergei Oganesjan Estonia €700 94 James O’Neill Ireland €700 95 Rasmus Lundström Finland €700 96 Alejandro Val Spain €700 97 Maksim Jankovski Russia €700 98 Martin Piik Estonia €700 99 Juho Jaakola Finland €700 100 Nils Butevics Latvia €700 101 Franco Spichtig Switzerland €700 102 Raimonds Ozolins Latvia €700 103 Antti Veteläinen Finland €700 104 Gilles Lamy France €700 105 Hendrik Uibo Estonia €700 106 Christian Steinbo Norway €700 107 Pavel Solodovnikov Sweden €700 108 Toni Ravnak Serbia €700 109 Kert Raud Estonia €700 110 Jacyk Krzysztof Poland €700 111 Adria Roura Spain €700 112 Toni Vuolle Finland €700 113 Petter Richardsen Norway €700 114 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania €700 115 Ralf Mikk Estonia €700 116 Marek Marksoo Estonia €700 117 Toni Hämäläinen Finland €700 118 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia €700 119 Jon Jurado Spain €700 120 Jussi Knuutila Finland €700 121 Janis Zablovskis Latvia €700 122 Gatis Pele Latvia €700 123 Sigitas Raila Lithuania €700 124 Romans Krasins Latvia €700 125 Oleksandr Tarashevskyi Ukraine €700 126 Keio Vardi Estonia €700 127 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland €700 128 Ruth Guper Israel €700 129 Thommy Larsson Sweden €700 130 Sami Säämänen Finland €700 131 Ricards Zelneronoks Latvia €700 132 Meelis Ahman Estonia €700 133 Saara Benlamine Finland €700 134 Michal Goral Poland €700 135 Mairo Tori Estonia €700 136 Martins Priede Latvia €700 137 Andrius Mazeika Lithuania €700 138 Kyösti Isberg Finland €700 139 Riku Oksanen Finland €700 140 Rain Kandla Estonia €700 141 Bernd Reich Germany €700 142 Dylan Snyder England €700 -
Four Ring Events on Day Four
Good morning, Tallinn! After a successful first weekend, the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn keeps rollin’ on like a train on the mainland, and the action will most certainly not slow down. The fourth day of the festival is a Monday for the ages, with the conclusion of the first two WSOP Circuit Ring Events on the schedule. As if that wasn’t enough, two more starting flights of Ring Event #3: the €555 NLH will be played, and Ring Event #4: NLH Queens will commence. There’s also some intriguing side events and some juicy satellites. Without further ado, let’s break down today’s schedule.
11-Tournament Schedule Features Four Ring Events
Arguably, the highlight of the day will be the conclusion of Ring Event #1: the €350 Mini Main Event. After a somewhat quick Day 2 yesterday, the nine remaining players will resume the battle at 12:00 today. They’re competing for the €45,700 first-place payout, the WSOP Circuit Event Ring, the “Ticket to Paradise”, and, of course, eternal poker glory.
Corne Scheel during yesterday’s Day 2-flight of the €350 Mini Main Event. Photo: Elena Kask Leading the field is Corne Scheel. The Dutch is off to a good start during the Festival; he finished third in the €350 Open-face Chinese for €2,310, and now, he’ll try to convert his fairly big chip lead to his first WSOP Circuit Ring.
€350 Mini Main Event – Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Table-Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 18-1 Corne Scheel
Netherlands 15,100,000 101 18-2 Nicolai Austad
Norway 8,875,000 59 18-3 Vytautas Riskevicius
Lithuania 2,900,000 19 18-4 Ville-Matti Keränen
Finland 3,225,000 22 18-5 Oleksandr Shokur
Ukraine 1,175,000 8 18-6 Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden 6,975,000 47 18-7 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland 5,525,000 37 18-8 Tobias Napel
Norway 3,050,000 20 18-9 Jevgenijs Sapronenko
Latvia 875,000 6 There will be one more Ring Event winner crowned today, though, as Ring Event #2: the €555 PLO4/5 will also play until only one player is standing. 26 players bagged from Day 1, and the remaining warriors will take their seats at 13:00.
The first starting flight of the Ring Event #3: the €555 NLH, was played yesterday, and 111 players made it to Day 2. That means €102,600 has been contributed to the prize pool. Day 1b and 1c are both of today’s schedule; it’s worth mentioning that late registration will be open until the conclusion of Level 12, but all starting flights play ten levels. That means, players can register during the first two levels of Day 2.
Ring Event #4: the €350 NLH Queens will kick off at 13:00. Presumably, there will be many ladies ready to put all their poker skills on full display, and Day 1 will be played until 15 % of the field remains.
These four Ring Events aside, there’s loads of more action in the form of side events and satellites. Today’s schedule is most certainly filled to the brim.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – July 28 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1b 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event Day 3 (Final Day) 1:00 p.m. €350 H.O.R.S.E 1:00 p.m. Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Day 2 (Final Day) 2:00 p.m. €200 NLH Deepstack 4:00 p.m. Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens 5:00 p.m. €350 Progressive Bounties (€100 Bounties) 6:00 p.m. €150 Main Event Satellite (Ten €1,500 Tickets Guaranteed) 7:00 p.m. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1c 9:00 p.m. €80 PLO4/5 Satellite (Five €1,100 Tickets Guaranteed) 10:00 p.m. €200 NLH Turbo The fun never stops at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, and the excitement for the coming week is indescribable.
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Thanks for Today
Photo: Elena Kask That’s a wrap for today’s poker.pro live coverage. Yet another intriguing day with loads of action, where Drea Karlsen’s win in Ring Event #3: €350 NLH Queens could be considered the highlight.
The players in Day 1a of Ring Event 5: €1,500 Main Event have just bagged their chips; 47 players secured their Day 2 spot, and poker.pro will be back with the chip counts. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH is still going; 38 players remain, and Day 2 will end when 16 remain.
Ring Event €6: €1,100 PLO4/5 is also still running; they are playing down to 15 % of the field, and 70 players are still in.
Tomorrow’s live coverage will commence around noon, and focus will be on the conclusion of €555 NLH and €1,100 PLO4/5. That being said, this live reporter will jump around like a mongoose, trying to catch as much action as possible.
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Drea Karlsen wins Ring Event #3: €350 NLH Queens for €6,480
Drea Karlsen, winner of Ring Event #3: €350 NLH Queens during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 1/74 Prizes: €21,793 After eliminating Sindy Ygborn heads-up, Drea Karlsen is now declared the winner of Ring Event #3: €350 NLH Queens. A €6,480 paycheck, a prestigious WSOP Circuit Ring, and the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise; quite the smorgasbord of prizes now belongs to the Norwegian, who entered the final day of the event as the chipleader and never looked back.
Ring Event #3: €350 NLH Queens – Results
Position Player Country Prize 1 Drea Karlsen
Norway €6,480 + $5,000 Ticket to Paradise 2 Sindy Ygborn
Sweden €4,150 3 Nadja Sutter
Switzerland €2,770 4 Vita Veidemane
Latvia €1,950 5 Saara Benlamine
Finland €1,443 6 Iryna Tsikhanskaya
Belarus €1,120 7 Helina Tamm
Estonia €910 8 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden €820 9 Anzelika Urbane
Latvia €750 10 Maureen Blöchinger
Switzerland €700 11 Svetlana Aubakirova
Kazakhstan €700 -
Sindy Ygborn Eliminated in 2nd Place (€4,150)
Sindy Ygborn. Photo: Elena Kask Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 1/74 Prizes: €21,793 Sindy Ygborn moved all in for 470,000 from the Button. Drea Karlsen made the call from the Big Blind in an attempt to eliminate Ygborn.
Drea Karlsen: 6♥6♠
Sindy Ygborn: Q♦4♣Sindy was optimistic and got her rail cheering for her survival. However, the 9♣4♥K♠5♥7♥ wasn’t enough for the Swede, and such, Ygborn was eliminated in second place for €4,150.
Drea Karlsen: 2,200,000
Sindy Ygborn: 0 -
Nadja Sutter Eliminated in 3rd Place (€2,770)
Nadja Sutter. Photo: Elena Kask Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 2/74 Prizes: €21,793 After Sindy Ygborn folded on the Button, Small Blind-player Drea Karlsen forced Nadja Sutter all in for 605,000. Sutter took a peak at her holdings, then instantly called from the Big Blind for her tournament life.
Drea Karlsen: K♥4♣
Nadja Sutter: J♠J♣Sutter had woken up with a monster, and the 6♣A♦5♥ flop didn’t feature a scare. Karlsen picked up a gutshot on the 2♦ turn, but she didn’t need it; the K♣ for the river sent Sutter to the rail in brutal fashion. Sutter received €2,770 for her third-place finish.
Drea Karlsen: 1,700,000
Sindy Ygborn: 500,000
Nadja Sutter: 0 -
€555 NLH Day 2 Photos (by Elena Kask)
Veikka Tokoi Toni Niinivaara Kalle Karttunen Andrei Mjagkov Andrei Mjagkov Marius Hakonsen Mykyta Ivanov Hanna Heinlo Jawad HAbib Yanis Sahli Gian Sauter Michael Bartov Mario Fenaroli Mario Fenaroli Akseli Paalanen Akseli Paalanen Kaspars Zilgalvis Kaspars Zilgalvis Kaspars Zilgalvis Yanis Sahli Mika Surakka Mika Surakka Mika Surakka Terje Sirnes Jari Karkkainen Casimir Seire John Enright Veikka Tokoi Jerry Villa Aleksandre Apryan Aleksandre Apryan Björn Lindberg Peter Rees Maksim Petrov Inge Miettinen Nicolas Alvariza Petri Harkonen Nicolas Bacigalupe Kimmo Kurko Hendrik Uibo Hendrik Uibo Hanna Heinloo Janis Vasiljevs -
Vita Veidemane Eliminated in 4th Place (€1,950)
Vita Veidemane. Photo: Elena Kask Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 3/74 Prizes: €21,793 Nadja Sutter opened to 60,000 UTG. Seated in the Big Blind, Vita Veidemane was the sole caller.
As fast as humanly possible, Veidemane moved all in for 295,000 on the 10♥2♣7♥ flop. Sutter made the call just as fast.
Vita Veidemane: J♣10♦
Nadja Sutter: A♠A♦Veidemane was in rough shape, and the 7♦2♦ didn’t help her. All her chips went the way of Sutter, and Veidemane went to collect a €1,950 paycheck for her fourth-place finish.
Nadja Sutter: 785,000
Vita Veidemane: 0 -
Saara Benlamine Eliminated in Fifth Place (€1,443)
Saara Benlamine. Photo: Elena Task Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 4/74 Prizes: €21,793 Saara Benlamine committed 220,000 of her 250,000 to a pre-flop raise from the Button. Drea Karlsen made the call from the Big Blind.
Karlsen bet one Big Bind on the Q♠10♠8♠ flop, and Benlamine called for her tournament life.
Drea Karlsen: A♦7♦
Saara Benlamine: K♣J♦Benlamine was a small favorite percent-wise, but ace-high was good for Karlsen as the board completed 4♣8♥. That meant Benlamine was out in sixth place for €1,443, and now she can focus solely on the €555 NLH.
Drea Karlsen: 955,000
Saara Benlamine: 0 -
€555 NLH Chip Counts
Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 61/744 Prizes: €353,400 The remaining 61 players in the €555 NLH will soon return from the dinner break. Below are the chip counts as they’re entering Level 21 (6,000/12,000, with a 12,000 Ante).
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Maikel Homin Estonia 910,000 76 2 Jamie Ryan Brent Ireland 833,000 69 3 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 819,000 68 4 Andris Rasins Latvia 760,000 63 5 Raivis Pucurs Latvia 667,000 56 6 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 660,000 55 7 Ardo Pinna Estonia 658,000 55 8 Jawad Habib Sweden 653,000 54 9 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 632,000 53 10 Harem Rafat Sweden 628,000 52 11 Roberts Krigers Latvia 617,000 51 12 Hryhorii Meleshenko Ukraine 569,000 47 13 Risto Pärnat Estonia 549,000 46 14 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 542,000 45 15 Martin Piik Estonia 508,000 42 16 Thomas Leyrer Germany 503,000 42 17 Zigmas Pekarskas Lithuania 493,000 41 18 Mario Fenaroli Switzerland 485,000 40 19 Miko Miettinen Finland 470,000 39 20 Nico Frenn Switzerland 465,000 39 21 Vetle Holum Norway 458,000 38 22 Jussi Julkunen Finland 458,000 38 23 Jack Markus Sweden 440,000 37 24 Kristers Muhins Latvia 423,000 35 25 Akseli Paalanen Finland 411,000 34 26 David Marfil Spain 386,000 32 27 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway 372,000 31 28 Meelis Uusen Finland 371,000 31 29 Toni Niinivaara Finland 358,000 30 30 Saulius Tumosa Lithuania 358,000 30 31 Tõnis Viik Estonia 353,000 29 32 Jimmy Dewerdt France 332,000 28 33 Gonzalo Perez Spain 323,000 27 34 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 316,000 26 35 Serhii Chalap Ukraine 309,000 26 36 Gintaras Naglius Lithuania 304,000 25 37 Maksim Petrov Estonia 298,000 25 38 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 254,000 21 39 Taago Tamm Estonia 245,000 20 40 Kristis Kaupe Latvia 231,000 19 41 Svajunas Prismantas Lithuania 225,000 19 42 Miika Töyräs Finland 196,000 16 43 Artur Külanurk Estonia 193,000 16 44 Christian Steinbo Norway 184,000 15 45 Saara Benlamine Finland 179,000 15 46 Anton Markachev Russia 176,000 15 47 Aleksandr Daniltsenko Estonia 162,000 14 48 Casimir Seire Finland 159,000 13 49 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 156,000 13 50 David Kozma Hungary 154,000 13 51 Min Kim Korea, South 153,000 13 52 Mairo Tori Estonia 152,000 13 53 Baptiste Caim France 140,000 12 54 Aleksander Timonin Estonia 109,000 9 55 Janis Vasiljevs Latvia 103,000 9 56 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 99,000 8 57 Petri Härkönen Finland 95,000 8 58 Osku Karttunen Finland 79,000 7 59 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 53,000 4 60 Petter Richardsen Norway 47,000 4 61 Linus Englund Sweden 44,000 4 62 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 17,000 1 -
€350 NLH Queens Day 2 Photos (by Elena Kask)
Mirjam Jalak Drea Karlsen Helina Tamm Jenny Westerlund Drea Karlsen Anzelika Urbane Vita Veidemane Sindy Ygborn Sindy Ygborn Sindy Ygborn Nadja Mutter Vita Veidemane Drea Karlsen Drea Karlsen Sindy Ygborn Anzelika Urbane Iryna Tsikhanskaya Saara Benlamine Jenny Westerlund Nadja Sutter Anzelika Urbane Iryna Tsikhanskaya Iryna Tsikhanskaya Iryna Tsikhanskaya Iryna Tsikhanskaya Iryna Tsikhanskaya Anzelika Urbane Sindy Ygborn Helina Tamm Jenny Westerlund Saara Benlamine Vita Veidemane Nadja Sutter -
Iryna Tsikhanskaya Eliminated in 6th Place (€1,120)
Iryna Tsikhanskaya. Photo: Elena Kask Level 20: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 6/74 Prizes: €21,793 Iryna Tsikhanskaya moved all in for 200,000 from the Cut-off. Drea Karlsen re-shoved for 580,000 from the Small Blind, and eventually, the two contestants went heads-up to the flop.
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: A♥8♦
Drea Karlsen: K♦Q♥Karlsen took a solid lead on the 5♥Q♠5♣ flop, and the 9♥7♥ runout sealed Tsikhanskaya’s fate. She bid farewell in sixth place for €1,120.
Drea Karlsen: 830,000
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 0 -
Helina Tamm Eliminated in 7th Place (€910)
Level 20: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 6/74 Prizes: €21,793 UTG, Helina Tamm moved all in for 245,000. Right next to her, Drea Karlsen re-shoved for 345,000. The remaining players folded, and the two players turned over their cards.
Helina Tamm: A♠K♦
Drea Karlsen: Q♦Q♣A classic coinflip situation would decide the winner of this rather hefty pot. Karlsen hit a set of queens on the K♥9♥Q♥ flop, and Tamm wasn’t able to catch up as the board completed with 5♦4♣. Tamm went out in seventh place for €910.
Drea Karlsen: 630,000
Helina Tamm: 0 -
Chip Counts of Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5
Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 58/118 Prizes: TBA There’s a break in Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5. When the players return, they will resume play on Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000). Late registration is availabile until the conclusion of Level 10. Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Michel Karim Sweden 240,000 240 2 Tarjei Forus Norway 235,000 235 3 Markus Ristola Finland 135,000 135 4 Renars Skanis Latvia 131,200 131 5 Viljami Salakari Finland 122,000 122 6 Francisco Racionero Spain 109,200 109 7 Eetu Sepponen Finland 103,000 103 8 Vladislavs Petrovs Latvia 101,000 101 9 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 98,000 98 10 Antti Suominen Finland 97,000 97 11 Roope Tarmi Finland 96,000 96 12 Manish Kumar Norway 92,200 92 13 Einars Muhajevs Latvia 90,000 90 14 Mathias Siljander Finland 90,000 90 15 Jan Holte Norway 89,300 89 16 Sampo Ryynänen Finland 88,000 88 17 Michael Kerschbaummayer Austria 81,000 81 18 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 79,900 80 19 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 77,000 77 20 Terje Wangberg Norway 75,000 75 21 Davis Modans Latvia 74,300 74 22 Constantino Russo Italy 73,000 73 23 Iisakki Ullakonoja Finland 72,100 72 24 Frank Visser Netherlands 70,000 70 25 Riku Koivurinne Finland 65,400 65 26 Vijar Tejapaibul Finland 61,000 61 27 Jari Mähönen Finland 58,000 58 28 Tero Laurila Finland 55,400 55 29 Antti Veteläinen Finland 54,000 54 30 Rolands Norietis Latvia 49,000 49 31 Kaspars Butans Latvia 47,000 47 32 Miguel Godinez Spain 45,000 45 33 Gilles Lamy France 40,000 40 34 Jyri Merivirta Finland 39,300 39 35 Michal Rudnik Poland 39,000 39 36 Jarkko Suokas Finland 39,000 39 37 Kai Välimäki Finland 38,000 38 38 Pasi Laihinen Finland 37,000 37 39 Fredrik Lindström Finland 37,000 37 40 Henrik Ostby Norway 37,000 37 41 Andria Gogelidze Georgia 36,000 36 42 Samir Lemmini Finland 33,800 34 43 Joona Koivisto Finland 33,000 33 44 Jussi Mattila Finland 31,000 31 45 Akseli Hosia Estonia 30,000 30 46 Janne Nevalainen Finland 28,700 29 47 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 27,500 28 48 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 27,000 27 49 Oskar Silow Sweden 27,000 27 50 Kimmo Kurko Finland 25,000 25 51 Jarkko Kivistö Finland 24,100 24 52 Aki Pyysing Finland 19,000 19 53 Mikael Koistinen Finland 18,000 18 54 Martin Schamaun Switzerland 17,300 17 55 Timo Koivuniemi Finland 16,000 16 56 Krister Wallendahl Finland 15,500 16 57 Kasper Mellanen Finland 14,000 14 58 Ilkka Heikkilä Finland 9,000 9 -
€555 NLH – Results so far
Photo: Elena Kask Level 20: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 91 Prizes: €535,400 Below are all results from the €555 NLH so far.
Place Player Country Prize 92 Kaius Kiidli Estonia €1,100 93 Ismael Dominguez Spain €1,100 94 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €1,100 95 Joel Lehtinen Finland €1,100 96 Luka Sorainen Finland €1,100 97 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania €1,100 98 Ranel Käsi Estonia €1,100 99 Kimmo Kurko Finland €1,100 100 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €1,100 101 Marko Vest Estonia €1,100 102 Joel Haapio Finland €1,100 103 Tommi Ylönen Finland €1,100 104 Timmy Anker Denmark €1,100 105 Mounir Tajiou Sweden €1,100 106 Riku Oksanen Finland €1,100 107 Kaspars Zilgalvis Latvia €1,100 108 Siim Kabel Estonia €1,100 109 Arasch Mirzai Sweden €1,100 110 Janne Ojala Finland €1,100 111 Fred Martens Estonia €1,100 112 Ishak Noyan Sweden €1,100 -
€350 NLH Queens – Chip Counts
Photo: Elena Kask Break N/A Entries: 7/74 Prizes: €21,793 The remaining seven players in the €350 NLH Queens are now on a break. They are set to return to Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000). Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Saara Fatiha Benlamine Finland 490,000 33 2 Drea Karlsen Norway 405,000 27 3 Vita Veidemane Latvia 330,000 22 4 Nadja Monica Sutter Switzerland 315,000 21 5 Helina Tamm Estonia 315,000 21 6 Sindy Yaneth Ygborn Sweden 235,000 16 7 Iryna Tsikhanskaya Belarus 130,000 9 -
Jenny Westerlund Eliminated in 8th Place (€820)
Level 20: 5000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 7/74 Prizes: €21,793 UTG+1, Jenny Westerlund pushed all in for 77,000. Seated right next to her, Helina Tamm made the call.
Jenny Westerlund: K♣10♦
Helina Tamm: 7♠7♣Westerlund had two live cards, but she didn’t connect on the A♥5♥4♣J♠9♣ board. She was eliminated in eighth place, and was awarded €820 for her accomplishments.
Helina Tamm: 377,000
Jenny Westerlund: 0 -
The Bubble has Burst in the €555 NLH
Photo: Elena Kask Level 19: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 111/744 Prizes: €353,400 During the first round of hand-by-hand play, there were four all in and call-situations on four different tables.
The board read 10♦3♥5♥ at Table 5, with roughly 60,000 in the middle. Rene Dreismann moved all in for 65,000, and was called by Kristers Muhins.
Rene Dreismann: A♥A♦
Kristers Muhins: J♥9♥“Too many outs,” one of the spectators declared as the dealer revealed the Q♣ turn. That wasn’t the case, though, as Muhins did improve to a flush on the Q♥ to send Dreismann to the rail.
Such, all remaining players are now all guaranteed a €1,100 min-cash.
Kristers Muhins: 490,000
Rene Dreismann: 0 -
Anzelika Urbane Eliminated in 9th Place (€750)
Anzelika Urbane. Photo: Elena Kask Level 19: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 8/74 Prizes: €21,793 Action folded to Drea Karlsen in the Cut-off, who opened to 20,000. Anzelika Urbane decided to defend from the Big Blind.
Urbane check-called a 12,000 bet from Karlsen on the 4♣Q♠K♣ flop. Urbane checked again on the 2♠ turn, and Karlsen now forced her opponent all in for 78,000. After perhaps two minute’s consideration, Urbane made the call.
Drea Karlsen: 8♠5♠
Anzelika Urbane: K♦10♦Urbane was ahead, but Karlsen hit her flush as the river was the 10♠. A disappointed Urbane went out in ninth place for €750.
Drea Karlsen: 522,000
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Stanevičius is here
Aurimas Stanevičius won the €1,500 WSOPC Tallinn 2024 Main Event. Photo: Elena Kask Level 5: 400/800 (800) Entries: 87/105 Prizes: TBA The title defender in the WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event, Aurimas Stanevičius, is not one of the 87 players currently in the Day 1a flight. In fact, the Lithuanian is still in the €555 NLH, where they currently are two players away from the money.
One would have to assume Stanevičius will take his chance in the Main Event in one of the other flights.
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Bubble Approaching in €555 NLH
Photo: Elena Kask Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 116/744 Prizes: €353,400 After roughly six hours of play, the bubble is approaching in Ring Event #3: €555 NLH. Five more players will have to go before the top 111 all will be guaranteed €1,100 min-cash.
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Final Table of NLH Queens is Set
Saara Benlamine enters the final table as the chip leader. Photo: Elena Kask Level 19: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 9/74 Prizes: €21,793 After Maureen Bloechlinger blinded out, a nine-handed final table of Ring Event #3: €350 NLH Queens is now set. The ladies are soon to resume play, and below are the seat draw and chip counts.
Fun story; chip leader Saara Benlamine is currently also in Day 2 of the €555 NLH. She’s running back and forth between the two tables.
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 50 1 Helina Tamm Estonia 283,000 28 50 2 Vita Veidemane Latvia 215,000 22 50 3 Drea Karlsen Norway 440,000 44 50 4 Nadja Monica Sutter Switzerland 188,000 19 50 5 Sindy Yaneth Ygborn Sweden 200,000 20 50 6 Anzelika Urbane Latvia 64,000 6 50 7 Iryna Tsikhanskaya Belarus 98,000 10 50 8 Saara Fatiha Benlamine Finland 539,000 54 50 9 Jenny Sofia Westerlund Sweden 192,000 19 -
Adaptation Key to Success for Mini Main Event Winner Hesserud Persson
Simon Hesserud Persson won the €350 Mini Main Event during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask On Monday, the first two WSOP Circuit Ring Event winners were crowned during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Ring Event #1: the €350 Mini Main Event was the first tournament to kick off the whole festival, and it’s safe to say the interest was big. 2025 is the first year the Mini Main Event is ring-certified here in Tallinn, and a whopping 954 entries took up the fight for eternal poker glory.
After three days of play, it was Sweden’s Simon Hesserud Persson who emerged victorious. He built up a solid stack already on Day 1b, and he never really looked back. Simon was kind enough to spare ten minutes of his time for a short interview with the poker.pro live reporter.
Photo: Elena Kask While the initial start of the tournament was a rocky road for Simon, he managed to turn things around rather quickly:
“I late-registrated for Day 1b, perhaps three hours after the tournament had started. I went down to 12,000 from the 50,000 start stack fairly early. Then, I managed to triple up, and then double up, pretty much back-to-back.”
One of Simon’s strengths in live poker is his ability to adapt to the other players. While he considers himself a somewhat aggressive player in general, he’s very conscious of his opponent’s styles of play, and if needed, he’ll tighten up and wait for a better spot. Simon recalls one very crucial hand from Day 1b:
“I opened from middle position, and a somewhat crazy player called from the Cutoff. A short-stack then went all in, and when action came back to me, I decided to isolate with pocket sevens. I shoved almost 40 Big Blinds, but the Cutoff-player snap-called with jack-nine suit. Luckily, my sevens held up, and I now had one of the biggest stacks.”
A big stack might be an understatement. In fact, the Swede entered Day 2 with the second-most in chips. During the later stages of Day 1b, he managed to convert his 500,000 stack to 1,345,000, just by opening pretty much any hand and stealing chips from the more passive players. This gave him great presumptions for a deep run, and the lowest he got during Day 2 was still well above the average stack.
Needless to say, Day 2 was pretty rutine for Simon, and the next day, he entered the final table as third most in chips. Perhaps, some had Corne Scheel as the favorite to win the tournament; the Dutch chipleader had more than double of Norwegian Nicolai Austad, who was second in the counts. Simon, however, won the biggest pot of the tournament (at that particular stage) against Scheel. Doing so, he overtook the chiplead, and he never lost it on his way to the title.
Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event – Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden €45,700 (Plus $5,000 Ticket to Paradise) 2 Vytautas Riskevicius
Lithuania €30,400 3 Nicolai Austad
Norway €21,220 4 Corne Scheel
Netherlands €15,140 5 Ville Keränen
Finland €10,940 6 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland €8,040 7 Tobias Napel
Norway €5,940 8 Oleksandr Shokur
Ukraine €4,540 9 Jevgenijs Sapronenko
Latvia € 3,493 The tournament victory means Simon secures the biggest cash of his career so far. He’s far from a novice, though; it’s his fourth live tournament win, and he’s also a prominent online player. After Tallinn, the next live poker adventure for Simon will be the 2025 Battle of Malta, October 28-November 5.
Simon is the third Swede to win a WSOP Circuit Ring. During the 2023 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, Alexander Hallenstam won the €660 PLO Hi-Lo. During last year’s festival, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk won the €350 8-Game. Not only did Simon win the coveted ring and €45,700; he also won a $5,000 Ticket to Paradise. That means he’ll pack his bags and travel to the 2025 WSOP Paradise, which will be played at the Bamahas, December 4-18.
He’s not done in Tallinn just yet, though. Simon is staying until the very end, and right now, he has a 170,000 stack in Ring Event #3: €555 NLH. With its 744 entries, it’s the biggest €555 tournament ever on Estonian soil. Will the Swede be able to win back-to-back WSOP Circuit Rings? Time will tell.
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Aubakirova First one to go
Svetlana Aubakirova. Photo: Elena Kask Level 17: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 10/74 Prizes: €21,793 UTG, Helina Tamm opened to 12,000. Svetlana Aubakirova then moved all in for 105,000 from the Button. When action came back to Tamm, she made the call.
Svetlana Aubakirova: A♥10♠
Helina Tamm: J♠J♥Tamm was ahead, and her pocket jacks held up as the board ran out 2♥9♥7♣10♦3♠. Aubakirova became the first victim of Day 2, and the remaining ten players are now on the final table bubble.
Helina Tamm: 306,000
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Live Stream of Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens
Drea Karlsen enters the €350 NLH Queens final table as the chipleader. Photo: Elena Kask Level 17: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 11/74 Prizes: €21,793 The live stream of Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens has now started. Andreas “Wiseguy” Höglund and George Stanford are commentating with a 30-minute delay. Of course, the poker.pro live reporting team will also report from the tournament here on the live blog.
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The Main Event has Begun
Photo: Elena Kask Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 46/47 Prizes: TBA Finally, it’s time for the much-anticipated Ring Event #5: the €1,500 Main Event to kick off. With a €1,00,000 guarantee, the general fuzz and buzz around this tournament has been heard for weeks prior to the event.
Right now, 46 players have signed up for Day 1a. Ten levels will be played in all five starting day-flights, but registration will be open until the conclusion of Level 12(i.e., the second level of Day 2).
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Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Payouts
Photo: Elena Kask Place Payout 1 €62,100 2 €42,250 3 €29,250 4 €20,650 5 €14,750 6 €10,800 7 €8,000 8 €6,100 9 €4,700 10-11 €3,700 12-15 €2,950 16-23 €2,450 24-31 €2,000 32-39 €1,750 40-47 €1,500 48-55 €1,350 56-63 €1,250 64-71 €1,150 72-111 €1,100 -
Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 2 Seat Draw & Chip Counts
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Martin Lang Estonia 33,500 22 1 2 Kristiana Stauere Latvia 51,000 34 1 3 Dmitri Dudakov Estonia 16,000 11 1 4 Jörg Schneegab Germany 25,000 17 1 6 Jon Jurado Spain 52,000 35 1 7 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 105,000 70 1 8 Osku Karttunen Finland 91,500 61 1 9 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 17,000 11 2 2 Riho Sagor Estonia 13,000 9 2 3 Vidar Assersen Norway 82,000 55 2 4 Benjamin Gros France 36,500 24 2 5 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 29,500 20 2 6 Björn Lindberg Sweden 78,500 52 2 7 Marius Hakonsen Norway 58,500 39 2 8 Andrius Mazeika Lithuania 40,500 27 2 9 Hryhorii Meleshenko Ukraine 102,000 68 3 1 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 51,000 34 3 2 Jari Kärkkäinen Finland 40,000 27 3 3 John Enright Ireland 90,000 60 3 4 Adrian Espinosa Spain 95,000 63 3 6 Harem Rafat Sweden 37,000 25 3 7 Mykyta Ivanov Ukraine 116,000 77 3 8 Hanna Heinlo Estonia 29,000 19 3 9 Jawad Habib Sweden 67,000 45 4 1 Kaspars Zilgalvis Latvia 65,500 44 4 2 David Kozma Hungary 22,000 15 4 3 Mario Fenaroli Switzerland 50,000 33 4 4 Martin Zobel Germany 131,500 88 4 5 Aleksandrs Krumins Latvia 36,500 24 4 7 Gian Noe Sauter Switzerland 79,000 53 4 8 Dan Wald Sweden 35,000 23 4 9 Ali Saidy Norway 19,000 13 5 1 Mika Surakka Finland 48,500 32 5 2 Naing The 61,000 41 5 3 Tomasz Kardas Poland 113,000 75 5 5 Janne Kotiranta Finland 57,000 38 5 7 Michael Bartov Sweden 43,500 29 5 8 Serhii Chalap Ukraine 83,000 55 5 9 Roberts Krigers Latvia 30,000 20 6 1 Zigmas Pekarskas Lithuania 98,000 65 6 2 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 15,500 10 6 4 Vita Veidemane Latvia 40,500 27 6 5 Inge Fagerbakke Norway 47,500 32 6 6 Miko Miettinen Finland 65,000 43 6 7 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 71,000 47 6 8 Simon Hassan Sweden 31,500 21 6 9 Alvils Bijons Latvia 111,500 74 7 1 Jonas Klaus Germany 47,000 31 7 2 Kristers Muhins Latvia 60,000 40 7 3 Andrei Talanov Russia 39,000 26 7 5 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 60,000 40 7 6 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 99,000 66 7 7 Maksim Petrov Estonia 38,500 26 7 8 Peter Rees England 89,500 60 7 9 Peter Bergman Sweden 106,500 71 8 1 Victor Vozian Romania 83,000 55 8 3 Terje Sirnes Norway 50,500 34 8 4 Oskar Ojaveer Estonia 26,500 18 8 5 Dmitri Marsalok Estonia 25,000 17 8 6 Roman Jezov Estonia 40,000 27 8 7 Kimmo Kurko Finland 61,500 41 8 8 Petri Nikkinen Finland 62,000 41 8 9 Rolf Stokke Norway 34,500 23 9 1 Erkki Kaira Finland 11,000 7 9 2 Tariel Zurabashvili Georgia 17,500 12 9 3 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 114,000 76 9 5 Arturs Daugis Latvia 15,000 10 9 6 Alberto Gonzalez Spain 72,000 48 9 7 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 41,000 27 9 8 Glen Kolmer Estonia 71,000 47 9 9 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 55,000 37 10 1 Indrek Kaul Estonia 11,500 8 10 2 Gregory Cambell United Kingdom 75,000 50 10 3 Rokas Barzdzius Latvia 78,500 52 10 4 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,500 40 10 6 Jussi Kivekäs Finland 70,000 47 10 7 Andreas Moller Denmark 30,000 20 10 8 Andres Lõiv Estonia 27,500 18 14 1 Pyry Kekäläinen Finland 23,000 15 14 2 Totti Arosuo Finland 30,000 20 14 3 Maikel Homin Estonia 21,000 14 14 4 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 148,500 99 14 6 Johan Karlsson Sweden 46,000 31 14 7 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 52,000 35 14 8 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 28,000 19 14 9 Stefan Jansson Sweden 62,500 42 15 1 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 69,500 46 15 2 Mati Pirn Estonia 48,000 32 15 3 Ardo Pinna Estonia 84,000 56 15 4 Dylan Snyder England 32,500 22 15 5 Magnus Tjelle Norway 26,500 18 15 6 Ali Boulacel France 41,500 28 15 7 Risto Lepp Estonia 45,000 30 15 9 Jerry Villa Finland 37,000 25 16 2 David Tennbäck Sweden 29,500 20 16 3 Janis Vasiljevs Latvia 59,500 40 16 4 Toni Niinivaara Finland 140,000 93 16 5 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 65,500 44 16 6 Saara Benlamine Finland 90,000 60 16 7 Anton Markachev Russia 63,000 42 16 8 Nian Li China 35,000 23 17 1 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 68,000 45 17 2 Mickael Lacaze France 25,000 17 17 3 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 89,000 59 17 4 Deivydas Bulas Lithuania 31,000 21 17 5 Kristis Kaupe Latvia 37,500 25 17 7 Thomas Sjoholm-Christensen Denmark 120,500 80 17 8 Marius Vaiciulis Lithuania 24,500 16 17 9 David Marfil Spain 70,000 47 20 1 Eneko De La Hoz Spain 72,000 48 20 2 Franco Spichtig Switzerland 49,500 33 20 3 Raimo Reimann Estonia 101,500 68 20 4 Matiss Celmins Latvia 163,500 109 20 7 Jimmy Dewerdt France 22,500 15 20 8 Aleksei Nedostojev Estonia 40,000 27 20 9 Rasmus Lundström Finland 76,000 51 21 2 Viktor Vandyshev Russia 31,000 21 21 3 Saulius Tumosa Lithuania 47,000 31 21 4 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 20,500 14 21 5 Gintaras Naglius Lithuania 20,500 14 21 6 Tommi Ylönen Finland 108,000 72 21 7 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 32,500 22 21 8 Aleksandr Daniltsenko Estonia 78,500 52 21 9 Jyrki Lampinen Finland 74,000 49 22 1 Tuomas Kälvinmäki Finland 29,000 19 22 2 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 23,000 15 22 3 Rohan Oberoi Sweden 59,500 40 22 5 Hans Hagberg Sweden 53,500 36 22 6 Joel Jimenez Spain 104,500 70 22 7 Roope Keminen Finland 20,000 13 22 8 Rene Dreismann Germany 76,000 51 22 9 Riku Oksanen Finland 43,500 29 23 1 James Noonan Ireland 50,500 34 23 3 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 20,500 14 23 5 Ishak Noyan Sweden 59,000 39 23 6 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 48,500 32 23 7 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 112,500 75 23 8 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 21,500 14 23 9 Marten Rimmel Estonia 76,000 51 25 1 Veikka Keto-Tokoi Finland 20,000 13 25 2 Even Rislov Norway 78,000 52 25 4 Eriks Krumins Latvia 42,500 28 25 5 Marius Morel Estonia 103,500 69 25 6 Abraham Uittenbogaard Netherlands 88,000 59 25 7 Konstantin Färber Germany 20,000 13 25 8 Espen Brukstuen Norway 37,500 25 25 9 Yanis Sahli France 45,000 30 26 1 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 112,000 75 26 2 Kaido Mikk Estonia 31,000 21 26 4 Francisco Racionero Spain 27,000 18 26 5 Petri Härkönen Finland 69,500 46 26 6 Tanel Evert Estonia 32,500 22 26 7 Roberto Olsen Sweden 51,500 34 26 8 Fred Martens Estonia 67,500 45 27 2 Jonatan Fors Finland 33,000 22 27 3 Andris Rasins Latvia 144,500 96 27 4 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 25,500 17 27 5 Yassin Alami Sweden 85,500 57 27 6 Baptiste Caim France 45,000 30 27 7 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 30,000 20 27 8 Siim Kabel Estonia 46,500 31 27 9 Jan Verner Czech Republic 19,000 13 28 1 Kaspars Mallons Latvia 47,000 31 28 2 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania 92,500 62 28 3 Arnaud Esquevin France 52,000 35 28 4 Igor Jr Pihela Estonia 37,500 25 28 5 Svajunas Prismantas Lithuania 33,500 22 28 7 Hamid Salehi Sweden 93,500 62 28 8 Maya Nilsen Norway 40,500 27 28 9 Johan Martinsen Finland 52,000 35 29 1 Jari Porkka Sweden 52,000 35 29 2 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 18,000 12 29 3 Rait Kaimer Estonia 132,500 88 29 4 Martin Piik Estonia 38,000 25 29 5 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 47,000 31 29 7 Vetle Holum Norway 30,000 20 29 8 De-Han Kim Korea, South 38,000 25 29 9 Kristoffer Winterstein Sweden 57,500 38 30 1 James Paris Malta 45,500 30 30 2 Kaspars Renga Latvia 38,500 26 30 3 Meelis Uusen Finland 89,500 60 30 4 Lars Eketrapp Sweden 96,000 64 30 5 Juan Duenas Spain 65,000 43 30 6 Ranno Sootla Estonia 25,000 17 30 7 Paul Koppe Estonia 30,000 20 30 9 Markus Jauhiainen Finland 52,500 35 31 1 Raivis Pucurs Latvia 188,500 126 31 2 Siim Suviste Estonia 79,000 53 31 4 Kelly Limonova Estonia 33,500 22 31 5 Simon Hesserud Persson Sweden 159,000 106 31 6 Irmantas Bzeskis Lithuania 54,500 36 31 7 Miika Töyräs Finland 96,500 64 31 9 Krister Wallendahl Finland 81,000 54 32 1 Kaius Kiidli Estonia 94,500 63 32 2 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 62,000 41 32 3 Gonzalo Perez Spain 99,500 66 32 4 Andre Mägi Estonia 154,000 103 32 6 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 71,000 47 32 7 Herli Olop Estonia 30,500 20 32 8 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 169,000 113 32 9 Patric Mattsson Sweden 28,000 19 33 1 Yann Le Frioux France 26,500 18 33 2 Jon Alba Spain 71,000 47 33 4 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 11,000 7 33 5 Christian Steinbo Norway 130,000 87 33 6 Necati Misto Sweden 96,500 64 33 7 Arasch Mirzai Sweden 112,000 75 33 8 Jordi Baixas Spain 50,500 34 33 9 Fabian Bartuschk Germany 190,000 127 34 1 Marko Välitalo Finland 92,000 61 34 2 Artur Külanurk Estonia 26,500 18 34 4 Jussi Mattila Finland 73,500 49 34 5 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 48,500 32 34 6 Kazimieras Ramaska Lithuania 240,000 160 34 7 Mounir Tajiou Sweden 122,000 81 34 8 Mairo Tori Estonia 124,500 83 35 1 Kristjan Aru Estonia 104,500 70 35 3 Linus Englund Sweden 44,500 30 35 4 Thomas Leyrer Germany 65,000 43 35 5 Jamie Brent Ireland 174,500 116 35 6 Grigory Zima Russia 87,500 58 35 7 Adria Roura Spain 150,500 100 35 8 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 132,000 88 35 9 Janne Nevalainen Finland 76,500 51 36 1 Morten Johansen Norway 42,000 28 36 2 Min Kim South Korea 167,000 111 36 3 Michel Karim Sweden 99,500 66 36 4 Aleksandr Naumov Lithuania 51,500 34 36 5 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 129,500 86 36 6 Janno Pikkat Estonia 86,500 58 36 8 Nico Frenn Switzerland 33,500 22 36 9 Ingvar Linne Sweden 58,500 39 37 3 Tero Laurila Finland 66,500 44 37 4 Matthew Micallef Malta 94,500 63 37 5 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 98,500 66 37 6 Lukas Poskus Latvia 50,500 34 37 7 Marcus Andersson Sweden 37,000 25 37 8 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 181,500 121 37 9 Ralf Mikk Estonia 72,000 48 38 2 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 61,000 41 38 3 Anton Niemelä Finland 25,000 17 38 4 Meelis Ahman Estonia 102,000 68 38 5 Juho Suutari Finland 87,500 58 38 6 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 39,000 26 38 7 Nils Butevics Latvia 33,000 22 38 8 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 57,500 38 38 9 Christer Foldnes Norway 86,500 58 39 1 Andrius Bielskis Lithuania 30,000 20 39 2 Lasse Aarninsalo Finland 93,000 62 39 3 Rene Cifuentes Spain 25,000 17 39 4 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 57,500 38 39 5 Roope Tarmi Finland 48,500 32 39 7 Rogelio Medrano Sweden 32,500 22 39 8 Kim Pesonen Finland 56,000 37 39 9 Aleksander Timonin Estonia 26,000 17 40 2 Claudio Müller Switzerland 63,500 42 40 4 Jussi Julkunen Finland 71,000 47 40 5 Maksim Paponov Estonia 53,000 35 40 6 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway 56,000 37 40 7 Ferhan Turandar Sweden 40,000 27 40 8 Miguel Fernandez Spain 91,000 61 40 9 Johan Broström Sweden 92,000 61 41 1 Adrian Ruano Spain 22,500 15 41 2 Tomi Arponen Finland 30,000 20 41 3 Davis Modans Latvia 99,000 66 41 4 Ranel Käsi Estonia 103,500 69 41 6 Boris Smolianskii Israel 66,500 44 41 7 Pekka Ikonen Finland 50,500 34 41 8 Tõnis Viik Estonia 136,500 91 41 9 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 55,000 37 42 1 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 76,000 51 42 3 Mykolas Savickas Lithuania 28,500 19 42 4 Marko Vest Estonia 51,500 34 42 5 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 43,000 29 42 6 Gatis Popovs Latvia 35,500 24 42 7 Tomas Graham New Zealand 80,000 53 42 8 Petter Richardsen Norway 28,500 19 42 9 Ismael Dominguez Spain 61,500 41 43 1 Andrew King Ireland 65,500 44 43 2 Casimir Seire Finland 117,000 78 43 3 Aleksejs Supena Latvia 25,500 17 43 4 Erling Olsen Norway 30,000 20 43 5 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 47,000 31 43 6 Raimondas Juknevicius Lithuania 40,500 27 43 7 Alger Pissarev Estonia 36,000 24 43 8 Kim Wells United States 79,500 53 -
Day Five’s Ring Event Action
Photo: Elena Kask Rise and shine, poker lovers. Day 5 of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn is here, and there’s yet another day of unparalleled poker action to look forward to. The atmosphere is boiling in the Estonian capital, and the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel is the place to be.
Today, two WSOP Circuit Ring Events will be resumed, and a winner will be crowned in one of them. Not only that, but two other Ring Events will also commence; one of them being the first flight of the much-anticipated €1,500 Main Event. Of course, there’s also some juicy side event action going on, as well as one of the most intriguing satellites of the whole festival. Let’s break down today’s menu and see what’s in store.
Main Event, One of Four Ring Events Today
This lovely Tuesday will kick off with Day 2 of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH. Through the three starting flights, a combined 285 out of 602 entries have made it through. €285,950 has been contributed to the prize pool; however, late registration will be open during the first two levels today. Day 2 will start on Blinds 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 Ante, and play will not conclude until only 16 players remain.
Then, at 15:00, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for – Day 1a of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. With a €1,000,000 guarantee, the hype around this tournament has been overwhelming, and no doubt is this the crème de lá cremé of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn.
Svetlana Aubakirova. Photo: Elena Kask The remaining ladies in Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens will take their seats at 16:00. After yesterday’s entertaining Day 1-flight, which attracted 74 entries to create a €21,793 prize pool, the eleven survivors will continue the battle for the €6,480 first-place payout and the WSOP Circuit Ring. Norway’s Drea Karlsen is the current chipleader, but at this stage, anything can happen. The tournament will also be the first subject of this year’s live streaming; Andreas “Wiseguy” Höglund and George Sandford will kick off the broadcast at 16:30 (i.e., a 30-minute delay will be applied).
Speaking of the ladies, there’ll also be a Ladies’ Meet and greet at 16:00. A Ladies-Only Freebuy Satellite will be conducted, and the top three will win a ticket each to the €200 NLH Queens side event, which is scheduled for August 2.
Andria Gogelidze. Photo: Elena Kask Let’s leave the Ladies event, but stay at 16:00. Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 should be a juicy one, and perhaps, Andria Gogelidze (who won yesterday’s Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5) will participate, competing for back-to-back PLO Ring Event titles.
While this is it in terms of Ring Events during the day, there’s a bunch of intriguing side events, such as the €200 NLH WSOP Circuit Tallinn Special; at 20:30, a draw will be conducted, and a random player in the tournament will win a ticket to the €1,500 Main Event.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – Tuesday July 29 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 2 3:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1a 3:00 p.m. €200 NLH Turbo Bounty 4:00 p.m. Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Day 2 (Final Day) 4:00 p.m. Women Only Freebuy Satellite (Three €200 NLH Queens Tickets) 4:00 p.m. Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 Day 1 6:00 p.m. €200 NLH WSOP Circuit Tallinn Special 8:00 p.m. €350 PLO5 9:00 p.m. €150 Satellite to Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH (Three Seats Guaranteed) The action is ramping up in Tallinn, and each day, new poker history is written. The fun never stops, and the expectations are high for yet another day of immense poker action.
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That’s All She Wrote
That concludes the poker.pro live coverage for today. However, if you’re still thirsty for action, follow the action from Ring Event #7: 5,000 NLH live on our YouTube channel (link below).
Except for the €5,000 NLH, Day 1 of Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game is still in full flare. Late registration is open until the conclusion of Level 10, and the players are just about to begin Level 8. Day 1c of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event started roughly two hours ago, and those who survive ten levels will bag their chips for Day 2.
As always, a full recap of today’s action will be published tomorrow around noon, and that’s also when the live coverage will begin. See you all tomorrow.
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€5,000 NLH Photos (by Elena Kask)
Igor Pihela Sr. and Igor Pihela Jr. Aliaksandr Shylko Ottomar Ladva Rauno Kiviloo Rauno Kiviloo Rauno Kiviloo Ottomar Ladva Markkos Ladev Marko Olop Marko Olop Marko Olop Juha Helppi Eero Abbey Steven Tool Steven Tool Tarmo Tammel Tarmo Tammel Helppi Helppi Juha Helppi David Vinaya David Vinaya -
Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1b Chip Counts
68 players out of 157 players made it through Day 1b of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Harem Rafat Sweden 359,500 2 David Marfil Spain 305,000 3 Jussi Julkunen Finland 261,000 4 James Paris Malta 250,000 5 Kimmo Kurko Finland 204,000 6 Andreas Moller Denmark 201,000 7 Maksim Kules Estonia 196,500 8 Martin Piik Estonia 193,500 9 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 192,000 10 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 191,500 11 Terje Wangberg Norway 181,500 12 Andreas Moser Switzerland 165,500 13 Matthew Micallef Malta 163,500 14 Marco Bognanni Italy 158,500 15 Joel Lehtinen Finland 154,500 16 Kyösti Isberg Finland 149,000 17 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 147,000 18 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 146,500 19 Martin Zobel Germany 144,000 20 Simon Svinth Denmark 142,000 21 Kasper Mellanen Finland 132,000 22 Totti Arosuo Finland 130,500 23 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 130,000 24 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 129,000 25 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 123,000 26 Miika Töyräs Finland 121,500 27 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 121,000 28 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 120,500 29 Janne Ojala Finland 117,000 30 Jawad Habib Sweden 116,500 31 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,500 32 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 114,000 33 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 113,000 34 Andres Lõiv Estonia 112,500 35 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 103,500 36 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 98,500 37 Ishak Noyan Sweden 96,000 38 Keng Tan Singapore 93,000 39 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 91,500 40 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 87,000 41 Alexander Norden Sweden 85,000 42 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 82,500 43 Giuseppe Di Stasio Italy 81,000 44 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 80,500 45 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 80,000 46 Samuel Richards England 79,000 47 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 77,500 48 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 73,000 49 Rene Cifuentes Spain 72,000 50 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 70,000 51 Tõnis Viik Estonia 69,000 52 Carl Lundh Sweden 68,500 53 Ermo Kosk Estonia 68,000 54 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,500 55 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 62,000 56 David Kozma Hungary 59,000 57 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,500 58 Robert Kallikorm Estonia 55,000 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 52,500 60 Mati Pirn Estonia 49,500 61 James Noonan Ireland 48,500 62 Timmy Anker Denmark 47,500 63 Victor Vozian Romania 43,000 64 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 42,500 65 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 38,500 66 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 29,000 67 Jonatan Fors Finland 26,500 68 Jaime Susarte Spain 24,500 -
Payouts in Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH
Juha Helppi is one of the players currently in the €5,000 NLH Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 22/64 Prizes: €94,280 Late registration is over for Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH. Nine players will be in the money, and below are the full payouts.
Position Payout 1 €94,280 2 €59,750 3 €39,850 4 €28,100 5 €20,950 6 €16,650 7 €14,200 8 €12,700 9 €11,504 -
Toni Niinivaara Wins Ring Event #3: €555 NLH for €62,100
Toni Niinivaara Level 37: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 1/744 Prizes: €353,400 The biggest ever €555 tournament on Estonian soil has come to an end. Toni Niinivaara is crowned the winner of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Heads-up, he eliminated Dutchman Roy Van Der Reijnst to claim the €62,100 first-place prize, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and of course, the prestigious WSOP Circuit Ring.
Ring Event #3: €555 NLH – Full Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Toni Niinivaara Finland €62,100 2 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €42,250 3 Raivis Pucurs Latvia €29,250 4 Risto Pärnat Estonia €20,650 5 Kristers Muhins Latvia €14,750 6 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway €10,800 7 Svajunas Prismantas Lithuania €8,000 8 Roberts Krigers Latvia €6,100 9 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €6,400 10 Hryhorii Meleshenko Ukraine €3,700 11 David Marfil Spain €3,700 12 Gonzalo Perez Spain €2,950 13 Baptiste Caim France €2,950 14 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,950 15 Martin Piik Estonia €2,950 16 Zigmas Pekarskas Lithuania €2,450 17 Maikel Homin Estonia €2,450 18 Anton Markachev Russia €2,450 19 Jamie Brent Ireland €2,450 20 Casimir Seire Finland €2,450 21 Christoffer Jensen Denmark €2,450 22 Jawad Habib Sweden €2,450 23 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia €2,450 24 Harem Rafat Sweden €2,450 25 Nico Frenn Switzerland €2,000 26 Jack Markus Sweden €2,000 27 Lukas Poskus Lithuania €2,000 28 Jimmy Dewerdt France €2,000 29 Saulius Tumosa Lithuania €2,000 30 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden €2,000 31 Christian Steinbo Norway €2,000 32 Krists Kaupe Latvia €2,000 33 Thomas Leyrer Germany €1,750 34 Miko Miettinen Finland €1,750 35 Meelis Uusen Finland €1,750 36 Gintaras Naglius Lithuania €1,750 37 Vetle Holum Norway €1,750 38 Ardo Pinna Estonia €1,750 39 Osku Karttunen Finland €1,750 40 Jussi Julkunen Finland €1,750 41 Tõnis Viik Estonia €1,500 42 Saara Benlamine Finland €1,500 43 Andris Rasins Latvia €1,500 44 Hendrik Uibo Estonia €1,500 45 David Kozma Hungary €1,500 46 Taago Tamm Estonia €1,500 47 Aleksander Timonin Estonia €1,500 48 Petri Härkönen Finland €1,500 49 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia €1,350 50 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €1,350 51 Aleksandr Daniltsenko Estonia €1,350 52 Akseli Paalanen Finland €1,350 53 Mario Fenaroli Switzerland €1,350 54 Serhii Chalap Ukraine €1,350 55 Linus Englund Sweden €1,350 56 Miika Töyräs Finland €1,350 57 Min Kim South Korea €1,250 58 Mairo Tori Estonia €1,250 59 Janis Vasiljevs Latvia €1,250 60 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €1,250 61 Petter Richardsen Norway €1,250 62 Artur Külanurk Estonia €1,250 63 Rasmus Lundström Finland €1,250 64 Borja Martinez Spain €1,250 65 Tomi Arponen Finland €1,150 66 Grigory Zima Russia €1,150 67 Simon Hesserud Persson Sweden €1,150 68 Janno Pikkat Estonia €1,150 69 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania €1,150 70 Yann Le Frioux France €1,150 71 Jyrki Lampinen Finland €1,150 72 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania €1,150 73 Lars Eketrapp Sweden €1,100 74 Oliver Gamble Denmark €1,100 75 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland €1,100 76 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland €1,100 77 Victor Vozian Romania €1,100 78 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €1,100 79 Mika Surakka Finland €1,100 80 Gatis Popovs Latvia €1,100 81 Jan Verner Czech Republic €1,100 82 Rohan Oberoi Sweden €1,100 83 Lasse Aarninsalo Finland €1,100 84 Ralf Mikk Estonia €1,100 85 Dmitri Marsalok Estonia €1,100 86 Matthew Micallef Malta €1,100 87 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €1,100 88 Andres Lõiv Estonia €1,100 89 Herli Olop Estonia €1,100 90 Egidijus Matonis Lithuania €1,100 91 Alvils Bijons Latvia €1,100 92 Kaius Kiidli Estonia €1,100 93 Ismael Dominguez Spain €1,100 94 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €1,100 95 Joel Lehtinen Finland €1,100 96 Luka Sorainen Finland €1,100 97 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania €1,100 98 Ranel Käsi Estonia €1,100 99 Kimmo Kurko Finland €1,100 100 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €1,100 101 Marko Vest Estonia €1,100 102 Joel Haapio Finland €1,100 103 Tommi Ylönen Finland €1,100 104 Timmy Anker Denmark €1,100 105 Mounir Tajiou Sweden €1,100 106 Riku Oksanen Finland €1,100 107 Kaspars Zilgalvis Latvia €1,100 108 Siim Kabel Estonia €1,100 109 Arasch Mirzai Sweden €1,100 110 Janne Ojala Finland €1,100 111 Fred Martens Estonia €1,100 112 Ishak Noyan Sweden €1,100 -
Roy Van Der Reijnst Eliminated in 2nd Place (€42,250)
Roy Van Der Reijnst Level 37: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 1/744 Prizes: €353,400 Seated on the Button, Toni Niinivaara decided just to call the Big Blind. Roy Van Der Reijnst checked.
Both players checked the 3♥Q♣9♦ flop. On the 2♠ turn, Van Der Reijnst check-called a 800,000 bet from Niinivaara.
The river was the 10♣. Van Der Reijnst checked again, and Niinivaaaa fired a 2,000,000 bet. Then, Van Der Reijnst announced he was all in for 7,200,000. Niinivaara was visibly uncomfortable, and he asked the floor if he was allowed to stand up while he pondered his decision. After approval, he rose from his chair, asked the dealer from the count, and eventually, he made the call.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: A♠4♣
Toni Niinivaara: 2♥2♣“Well played,” Van Der Reijnst gracefully saluted his opponent as he turned over his cards. The Dutch was out in second place for €42,250.
Toni Niinivaara: 22,320,000
Roy Van Der Reijnst: 0 -
Mathias Siljander Wins Ring Event 6: €1,100 PLO4/5 for €41,000
Mathias Siljander, the Winner of Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 During the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 1/185 Prizes: €175,750 With his elimination of Aleksi Lindholm in second place, Mathias Siljander is now crowned the winner of Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5. It was a thrilling Day 2 that lasted roughly seven hours, and the experienced finn walks away with the WSOP Circuit Ring, a €41,000 first-place payout, and the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise.
Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 – Full Results
Position Player Country Prize 1 Mathias Siljander
Finland € 41,000.00 2 Aleksi Lindholm
Finland € 27,150.00 3 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia € 18,300.00 4 Frank Visser
Netherlands € 13,150.00 5 Renars Skanis
Latvia € 9,250.00 6 Riku Koivurinne
Finland € 6,900.00 7 Antti Veteläinen
Finland € 5,350.00 8 Samir Lemmini
Finland € 3,850.00 9 Roope Tarmi
Finland € 3,850.00 10 Michel Karim
Sweden € 2,900.00 11 Aklilu Laitinen
Finland € 2,900.00 12 Antti Suominen
Finland € 2,550.00 13 Viljami Salakari
Finland € 2,550.00 14 Fredrik Lindström
Finland € 2,550.00 15 Eetu Sepponen
Finland € 2,300.00 16 Henrik Ostby
Norway € 2,300.00 17 Nicklas Dehli
Denmark € 2,300.00 18 Mikael Koistinen
Finland € 2,300.00 19 Markus Ristola
Finland € 2,300.00 20 Joona Koivisto
Finland € 2,200.00 21 Francisco Racionero
Spain € 2,200.00 22 Veikka Keto-Tokoi
Finland € 2,200.00 23 Toni Ravnak
Serbia € 2,200.00 24 Christoffer Jensen
Denmark € 2,200.00 25 Kai Lehto
Finland € 2,200.00 26 Lauri Liuttula
Finland € 2,200.00 27 Akseli Hosia
Estonia € 2,200.00 28 Mariusz Medlewski
Poland € 2,200.00 29 Henri Ojala
Finland € 2,200.00 -
Aleksi Lindholm Eliminated in 2nd Place (€27,150)
Aleksi Lindholm Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 1/185 Prizes: €175,750 Mathias Siljander opened to 120,000 from the Button. His Finnish compatriot Aleksi Lindholm three-bet to 360,000 from the Big Blind, and Siljander made the call.
Lindholm put in a pot-sized 760,000 bet on the K♠10♦5♥ flop. Siljander forced his opponent all in for an additional 240,000, and Lindholm made the call.
Mathias Siljander: K♣8♣7♣6♠
Aleksi Lindholm: Q♠Q♦J♦6♣Siljander was ahead with a pair of kings and Lindholm wasn’t able to catch up on the 4♥7♠ runout. Such, he was eliminated in second place for €27,150.
Mathias Siljander: 5,600,000
Aleksi Lindholm: 0 -
Andria Gogelidze Eliminated in 3rd Place (€18,300)
Andria Gogelidze Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 2/185 Prizes: €175,750 Andria Gogelidze opened to 100,000 from the Button. Mathias Siljander called from the Big Blind.
Both players quickly checked the 10♣Q♠4♣ flop. On the 3♥ turn, Siljander bet 200,000, before Gogelidze announced pot for 920,000. Siljander re-pot his opponent all in for an additional 380,000, and Gogelidze made the call.
Andria Gogelidze: Q♥10♥8♦7♦5♦
Mathias Siljander: A♥Q♦10♠10♦9♦Gogelidze was drawing very slim, and the 2♦ river didn’t help him. Such, there won’t be back-to-back PLO Ring Event wins for Gogelidze. For his third-place finish, he was awarded €18,300.
Mathias Siljander: 4,100,000
Aleksi Lindholm: 1,500,000
Andria Gogelidze: 0 -
Heads-up in the €555 NLH
Toni Niinivaara Level 35: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 2/744 Prizes: €353,400 Roy Van Der Reijnst and Toni Niinivaara are the only two players remaining in Ring Event #3: €555 NLH. It’s Finland’s Niinivaara who enters the one-versus-one as a slight chipleader.
Toni Niinivaara: 13,900,000
Roy Van Der Reijnst: 8,400,000 -
Frank Visser Eliminated in 4th Place (€13,150)
Frank Visser Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 3/185 Prizes: €175,750 Action folded to Frank Visser in the Small Blind, who called the 25,000. Seated in the Big Blind, Mathias Siljander checked.F
First to act, Visser potted 320,000 on the J♦7♠2♦ flop. Siljander raised his opponent all in for an additional 40,000, and Visser made the call.
Frank Visser: J♣10♥6♥5♣4♣
Mathias Siljander: A♠Q♥J♠10♦3♣No dice for Visser as the board completed with 8♠J♥. The Dutchman was eliminated in fourth place for €13,150.
Mathias Siljander: 2,800,000
Frank Visser: 0 -
Renars Skanis Eliminated in 5th Place (€9,250)
Renars Skanis Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 4/185 Prizes: €175,750 Seated UTG, Aleksi Lindholm opened to 75,000. Renars Skanis announced pot for 250,000, and Lindholm made the call.
Skanis moved all in for his remaining 110,000 on the 4♥5♥9♣ flop. Lindholm called.
Renars Skanis: A♦K♦Q♣10♥
Aleksi Lindholm: J♣10♣9♦8♥The board completed with A♥8♦, meaning Lindholm had the best hand with his two-pair. Skanis bad farewell in fifth place for €9,250.
Aleksi Lindholm: 1,000,000
Renars Skanis: 0 -
Riku Koivurinnen Eliminated in 6th Place (€6,900)
Riku Koivurinne Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 5/185 Prizes: €175,750 From the Hi-jack, Andria Gogelidze decided just to call the 25,000 Big Blind. Frank Visser called from the Button, and Riku Koivurinnen checked, seated in the Big Blind.
First to act, Koivurinnen potted 125,000 on the 10♦6♥Q♣ flop. Gogelidze re-pot to 500,000, and Visser quickly mucked his hand.
Riku Koivurinne: K♠Q♠10♣4♦
Andria Gogelidze: J♥9♥9♣8♦Gogelidze improved to a straight on the 7♣ turn, and the 3♦ didn’t help Koivurinne. As such, the defending champ went out in sixth place for €6,900.
Andria Gogelidze: 2,100,000
Riku Koivurinne 0 -
Antti Veteläinen Eliminated in 7th Place (€5,350)
Antti Veteläinen Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 6/185 Prizes: €175,750 Mathias Siljander opened to 75,000 from the Cut-off. Then, Veteläinen raised to 225,000 from the Button. Siljander made the call.
Siljanderforced his opponent all in for 250,000 on the K♣6♠J♦ flop. Veteläinen made the call.
Mattias Siljander: A♣J♣10♦8♥7♣
Antti Veteläinen: A♠A♥10♠8♦5♠The board completed with 10♣5♦. XSiljander’s two-pair were the best hand, and Veteläinen was sent to the rail in seventh place. He cashed €5,350.
Mathias Siljander: 1,400,000
Antti Veteläinen: 0 -
€1,100 PLO4/5 Photos (by Elena Kask)
Andria Gogelidze Samir Lemmini Samir Lemmini Frank Visser Frank Visser Frank Visser Antti Suominen Roope Tarmi Antti Suominen Frank Visser Roope Tarmi Roope Tarmi Roope Tarmi Mathias Siljander Mathias Siljander Roope Tarmi Mathias Siljander Mathias Siljander Roope Tarmi Renars Skanis Mathias Siljander Renars Skanis Gianluca Dimonte Riku Koivurinne Antti Suominen Antti Suominen Riku Koivurinne Aleksi Lindholm Aleksi Lindholm Aklilu Laitinen Antti Vetelainen Michel Karim Michel Karim Andria Gogelidze Frank Visser Frank Visser Andria Gogelidze -
Cards in the Air for Ring Event #7: €1,100 8-Game
Martin “Franke” vonn Zweigbergk handing out ice cream Level 1: 100/100 (100) Entries: 25/25 Prizes: TBA It’s time for Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game to commence. 25 players are registered from the get-go. Missing is the title defender from last year, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, Perchance, he’ll utilize the late registration.
The following six players secured their seats through the €150 Satellite.
Position Player Country Prize 1 Cory Desmond England €1,100 8-Game Ticket 2 Lars Hole Norway €1,100 8-Game Ticket 3 Krister Wallendahl Finland €1,100 8-Game Ticket 4 Mats Palokangas Finland €1,100 8-Game Ticket 5 Markus Piippola Finland €1,100 8-Game Ticket 6 Vidar Assersen Norway €1,100 8-Game Ticket -
Final Table of Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5
Break N/A Entries: 7/185 Prizes: €175,750 With the elimination of Samir Lemmini in eighth place, a 7-handed final table of Ring Event #6:€1,100 PLO4/5 is now set. Two names that are note-worthy are still contending for the title. Riku Koivurinne, who won the €350 Open-face Chinese a couple of days ago, is the title defender as he won the €1,100 PLO 4/5 during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn.
The other name is Andria Gogelidze. He’s a massive chip leader, and he won Ring Event 2: €555 PLO4/5 two days ago. Will he be able to pull off the back-to-back win?
The final table will resume on Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000).
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 49 1 Aleksi Daniel Lindholm Finland 555,000 37 49 2 Frank Visser Netherlands 595,000 40 49 3 Mathias H. M. Siljander Finland 880,000 59 49 4 Antti E. E. Veteläinen Finland 750,000 50 49 5 Riku Matias Koivurinne Finland 420,000 28 49 6 Renars Skanis Latvia 320,000 21 49 7 Andria Gogelidze Georgia 2,020,000 135 -
More Eliminations in €555 NLH
Level 32: 75,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 5/744 Prizes: €353,400 There has been some more eliminations on the final table of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH.
Place Player Prize 6 Ronny Albrigtsen €10,800 7 Svajunas Prismantas €8,000 8 Roberts Krigers €6,100 9 Kenneth Svendsen €4,700 -
€555 NLH Day 3 Photos (by Elena Kask)
Raivis Pucurs Svajunas Prismantas Kenneth Svendsen Ronny Albrigtsen Baptiste Caim Baptiste Caim Ronny Albrigtsen Ronny Albrigtsen Kenneth Svendsen Martin Piik Kristers Muhins Kristers Muhins Raivis Pucurs Martin Piik Maikel Homin Kenneth Svendsen Maikel Homin Gonzalo Perez Gonzalo Perez Anton Markachev David Marfil David Marfil Toni Niinivaara David Niinivaara Maksim Petrov Maksim Petrov Hryhorii Meleshenko Hryhorii Meleshenko Roberts Krigers Risto Parnat Risto Parnat Zigmas Pekarskas Roy Van Der Reijnst Roberts Krigers Roy Van Der Reijnst Kristers Muhins Toni Niinivaara Toni Niinivaara Raivis Pucurs Risto Parnat Risto Parnat Kristers Muhins Risto Parnat Svajunas Prismantas Svajunas Prismantas Ronny Albrigtsen Roberts Krigers -
Roberts Krigers Eliminated in 8th Place (€6,100)
Roberts Krigers Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 7/744 Prizes: €353,400 Action folded to Roberts Krigers on the Button, who committed 475,000 out of his 500,000 stack to a pre-flop raise. Kristers Muhins made the call from the Big Blind.
Muhins proceeded to force Krigers all in for one fourth of a Big Blind on the 10♣Q♥6♣ flop. Krigers made the call.
Kristers Muhins: A♣3♦
Roberts Krigers: J♠9♠Muhins hit a runner-runner flush on the 9♣K♣ runout, eliminating Krigers in the process. Krigers went out in eigth place for €6,100.
Kristers Muhins: 3,300,000
Roberts Krigers: 0 -
Krumins is in the Building
Eriks Krumins during the 2025 Kings of Tallinn Level 6: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 35/41 Prizes: TBA Eriks Krumins is one of the players currently in Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH. In fact, the Latvian was the chipleader after the first break. Krumins is chasing his second WSOP Circuit Ring, and presumably, he’s playing the best poker of his life. His most recent cash on The Hendon Mob is his win in the €350 Heads-up Championship during the 2025 Irish Poker Open, where he outlasted a field of 128 entries to win €10,000.
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€1,500 Main Event Day 1a – Chip Counts
47 players made it through Day 1a of the €1,500 Main Event. Below are the chip counts.
Position Player Sweden Chips 1 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 305,500 2 Roberto Olsen Sweden 298,500 3 Aku Laajus Finland 252,500 4 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 244,000 5 Sami Säämänen Finland 241,000 6 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 234,500 7 Peter Jaksland Denmark 223,000 8 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 219,500 9 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 216,500 10 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 205,500 11 Stephen Groom England 197,500 12 Corne Scheel Netherlands 194,500 13 Assad Jalil Sweden 191,000 14 Gunnar Wedde Norway 187,000 15 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 182,500 16 Erki Andressoo Estonia 151,500 17 Arnaud Esquevin France 151,500 18 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 146,500 19 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 144,000 20 Adria Roura Spain 139,000 21 Andre Mägi Estonia 125,000 22 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 119,500 23 Veiko Kond Estonia 119,500 24 Henri Puhm Estonia 116,000 25 Mihhail Kilinkarov Estonia 115,500 26 Johan Martinsen Finland 114,000 27 Gints Ozols Latvia 111,000 28 Romans Tumulis Latvia 111,000 29 Majid Rostami Sweden 110,500 30 Jon Alba Spain 107,500 31 Soile Lerviks Finland 107,000 32 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 89,500 33 Benjamin Gros France 85,500 34 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 80,500 35 Timo Ruuska Finland 78,500 36 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 72,500 37 Elias Suhonen Finland 72,000 38 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 69,000 39 Kaido Kuusemäe Estonia 56,000 40 Arturs Daugis Latvia 54,500 41 Adrian Ruano Spain 49,500 42 Juan Duenas Spain 44,500 43 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 44,000 44 Eriks Krumins Latvia 39,000 45 Magnus Pukk Estonia 37,000 46 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 35,000 47 Madis Ormisson Estonia 32,500 -
€555 NLH – Chip Counts
Break N/A Entries: 8/744 Prizes: €353,400 The final table of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Started around one hour ago. Kenneth Svendsen has already busted in ninth place for €4,700, and below are the chip counts for the players still in. They will soon resume play at Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000). See the remaining payouts further down.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Raivis Pucurs Latvia 7,000,000 70 2 Kristers Muhins Latvia 3,800,000 38 3 Svajunas Prismantas Lithuania 2,705,000 27 4 Risto Pärnat Estonia 2,685,000 27 5 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 2,645,000 26 6 Toni H. J. Niinivaara Finland 1,855,000 19 7 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway 1,000,000 10 8 Roberts Krigers Latvia 995,000 10 And, the remaining payouts:
Position Payout 1 €62,100 2 €42,250 3 €29,250 4 €20,650 5 €14,750 6 €10,800 7 €8,000 8 €6,100 -
Andria Gogelidze Going for Back-to-back PLO Rings
Andria Gogelidze won Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Two days ago, Monday 28, Andria Gogelidze claimed his first WSOP Circuit Ring as he won Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5. The Georgian is not done yet, though, as he’s one of the 18 players remaining in Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5. Will he be able to get back-to-back circuit rings in the same game? The poker.pro live reporting team sat down with Andria to talk about his win, his journey in the €1,100, and his poker in general.
Even though specializing in cash game, Andria proved his ability to adapt to the tournament format. He was a big stack all throughout the €555 event, and even though losing his chiplead Taago Tamm during heads-up, he managed to turn things around and claim the title.
One must admire how fast Andria’s been able to develop his PLO tournament skills:
“I started studying PLO MTT’s roughly two months ago. I play Texas NLH as well, but I’m much better in PLO. In tournaments, you should be more aggressive than cash games. I think many players are a little bit too passive. My agression is the biggest key to my success.”
Ring Event #2: €555 PLO 4/5 – Final Table Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €27,100 2 Taago Tamm
Estonia €18,000 3 Arturas Zukovas
Lithuania €12,100 4 Sami Säämänen
Finland €8,900 5 Christoffer Jensen
Denmark €6,100 6 Sami Pulliainen
Finland €4,500 7 Kasper Mellanen
Finland €3,525 Andria’s profile on The Hendon Mob confirms he’s mainly a cash game player. Don’t look down on his tournament resumé, though; at the 2024 WSOP Europe Rozvadov, he finished twenty-seventh out of 768 entries in the €10,350 Main Event for €40,700.
Considering this reporter is far from a PLO specialist, Andria had to tell me whether the 4- or 5-card orbit is the most manageable:
“I am better with four cards. I actually started to study som 6-card a while ago, but 5-card is my worst game out of the three.”
Andria Gogelidze As previously stated, Andria is one of the remaining players in the €1,100 edition, competing for his second WSOP Circuit Ring and back-to-back titles. €41,000 is the first-place payout, and after eliminating Markus Ristola during the last hand before the break, Andria is now fifth in the chip counts. Time will tell if he’ll be able to pull off what would be a very impressive second WSOP Ring Event win.
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Lundström Stacks Hesserud Persson
Rasmus Lundström during the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Level 1: 100/200 (200) Entries: 82/87 Prizes: TBA The winner of Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event, Simon Hesserud Persson, took his seat in Day 1b of Ring Event #5: 1,500 Main Event.
From middle position, he opened to 600. Rasmus Lundström put in a 3-bet to 1,800, and another player called. Then, Hesserud Persson 4-bet, but the pre-flop action didn’t stop there as Lundström 5-bet to 10,000. Player X folded, before Hesserud Persson settled with a call.
Hesserud Persson check-called a 2,000 continuation bet from Lundström on the 7♣4♣2♠ flop. Action repeated itself on the 4♠ turn, this time with a 12,000 bet. Hesserud Persson completed the check trifecta on the 7♦ river, prior to Lundström moving all in for perhaps 25,000. After some consideration, Hesserud Persson made the call.
Rasmus Lundström: K♥4♥
Simon Hesserud Persson: Q♠Q♦With his trips of fours, Lundström sent Hesserud Persson to the rail. Time will tell if the Swede decides to re-enter.
Rasmus Lundström: 100,000
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Live Stream of the €1,100 PLO4/5
Level 16: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 25/185 Prizes: €175,750 On poker.pro’s YouTube channel, you can follow the action from Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 live. Andreas “Wiseguy” Höglund and George Sandford are doing the live commentary.
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€555 NLH Day 3 – Results so far
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 13/744 Prizes: €353,400 Out of the 20 players who began Day 3 of the €555 NLH, seven have already gone out. Below are all the results today so far.
Position Player Country Prize 14 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,950 15 Martin Piik Estonia €2,950 16 Zigmas Pekarskas Lithuania €2,450 17 Maikel Homin Estonia €2,450 18 Anton Markachev Russia €2,450 19 Jamie Ryan Brent Ireland €2,450 20 Casimir L. M. Seire Finland €2,450 -
Big Names in €5,000 NLH
Level 1: 100/300 (300) Entries: 11/11 Prizes: TBA Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH is somewhat historic; it’s the first-ever Ring Event in Tallinn with that specific buy-in. That being said, there was a €5,000 NLH tournament during the 2025 Kings of Tallinn that attracted 58 entries. Kestutis Jungevicius won it for €90,380.
Jungevicius is one of the 11 players currently in the tournament.
Player Country Biggest Live Cash to Date Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania €13,993 Andrius Bielskis Lithuania €147,760 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark €53,000 Mario Colavita Italy €303,158 Juha Helppi Finland €454,219 Atte Hietaoja Finland €11,700 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €473,481 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €17,131 Enrique Martinez Spain N/A Aliaksandr Shylko Belarus €2,701,648 Casper Schantz Finland €19,350 -
Off to the Races
Photo: Elena Kask Cards are in the air for the four Ring Events kicking off at noon. The poker.pro live reporting team will jump back and forth between the events and cover everything from significant hands to funny moments.
Since yesterday, Juhani Tyrisevä also provides live updates on Finnish. Click here to be redirected to the Finnish live blog.
Also, don’t forget to check out yesterday’s interview with the winner of Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event, Simon Hesserud Persson. The goal of poker.pro is to conduct a small interview with all the Ring Event winners.
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Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 Day 2 Seat Draw
Photo: Elena Kask Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 46 1 Lauri A. T. Liuttula Finland 26,500 9 46 2 Markus O. A. Ristola Finland 262,000 87 46 3 Toni Ravnak Serbia 79,000 26 46 4 Veikka Väinö Keto-Tokoi Finland 69,000 23 46 5 Francisco Jose Blanco Racionero Spain 143,500 48 46 6 Viljami E. J. Salakari Finland 255,500 85 47 1 Akseli V. J. Hosia Estonia 140,000 47 47 2 Antti E. E. Veteläinen Finland 82,500 28 47 3 Henrik Ostby Norway 436,000 145 47 4 Frank Visser Netherlands 252,000 84 47 5 Fredrik Nikolai Lindström Finland 147,000 49 47 6 Andria Gogelidze Georgia 262,000 87 48 1 Joona J. K. Koivisto Finland 91,000 30 48 2 Nicklas Krohn Dehli Denmark 82,000 27 48 3 Mathias H. M. Siljander Finland 491,000 164 48 4 Antti Matias Suominen Finland 143,500 48 48 5 Mikael Juhani Koistinen Finland 220,000 73 48 6 Roope O. O. Tarmi Finland 133,000 44 49 1 Eetu Johannes Sepponen Finland 130,500 44 49 2 Renars Skanis Latvia 122,000 41 49 3 Henri V. J. Ojala Finland 13,500 5 49 4 Riku Matias Koivurinne Finland 93,000 31 49 5 Christoffer Munk Jensen Denmark 142,000 47 50 1 Samir Zakaria Lemmini Finland 434,000 145 50 2 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 231,500 77 50 3 Kai E. J. Lehto Finland 575,000 192 50 4 Aleksi Daniel Lindholm Finland 255,000 85 50 5 Michel Karim Sweden 488,000 163 50 6 Mariusz Medlewski Poland 135,000 45 -
Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 3 Seat Draw
Photo: Elena Kask Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 11 1 Jamie Brent Ireland 335,000 7 11 2 Risto Pärnat Estonia 1,025,000 21 11 3 Casimir Seire Finland 770,000 15 11 5 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 2,580,000 52 11 6 Roberts Krigers Latvia 1,395,000 28 11 7 Hryhorii Meleshenko Ukraine 895,000 18 11 8 Zigmas Pekarskas Lithuania 465,000 9 18 1 Raivis Pucurs Latvia 3,950,000 79 18 2 Martin Piik Estonia 995,000 20 18 3 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 2,375,000 48 18 5 Ronny Albrigtsen Norway 205,000 4 18 6 Baptiste Caim France 250,000 5 18 8 Svajunas Prismantas Lithuania 2,020,000 40 19 2 Kristers Muhins Latvia 515,000 10 19 3 Maksim Petrov Estonia 410,000 8 19 4 Gonzalo Perez Spain 1,015,000 20 19 5 Anton Markachev Russia 400,000 8 19 6 Maikel Homin Estonia 615,000 12 19 7 David Marfil Spain 1,040,000 21 19 8 Toni Niinivaara Finland 1,040,000 21 -
Day 6 Offers Five Ring Events
Photo: Elena Kask It’s day 6 of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, and one of the most action-packed days of the entire festival lies ahead. No fewer than five star-spangled ring events are on today’s schedule, and two new winners will be crowned. On top of that, there’s an excellent opportunity to secure one’s seat to the €1,500 Main Event for a cheaper prize. Let’s dissect today’s schedule.
Ring Events Galore
Straight from the get-go at 12:00, the action will kick off with four Ring Events. For starters, it’s the conclusion of Ring Event #3: €555 NLH. 20 players are returning to Day 3, and Raivis Pucurs is currently the chipleader. This is the biggest ever €555 tournament in Estonia, and the remaining contestants are competing for the €62,100 first-place payout.
Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 will also wrap up today, meaning there’ll be more WSOP Ring owners crowned today. 29 players made it through yesterday’s Day 1; one of them being Andria Gogelidze, who won the €555 PLO 4/5 the other day. Will he be able to get back-to-back titles?
Andria Gogelidze. Photo: Elena Kask Day 1b of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event also kicks off at noon. 47 players out of 125 entries came through yesterday’s 1a flight, meaning €161,595 has already been collected towards the €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
There’s more Texas NLH action today, though, as Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH also is scheduled to commence at 12:00. Last years edition of the WSOP Circuit Tallinn didn’t feature a Ring Event of this buy-in caliber; it’ll be intriguing to see which players decide to compete for high stakes glory.
Then, at 17:00, it’s time for Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game. Rumors has it Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk will pay the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel a visit in an attempt to defend his title.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – Schedule July 30
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Day 3 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 Day 2 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1b 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH 3:00 p.m. €350 NLH 5:00 p.m. Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game Day 1 7:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1c 7:00 p.m. €150 Mega Satellite to Main Event (Ten €1,500 Seats Guaranteed) 10:00 p.m. €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Needless to say, yet another hot day here in Tallinn. Let’s do this.
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€1,500 Main Event: Chip Counts and Seat Draw for Day 2
With the conclusion of Day 1e, all five starting flights of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event are now done and dusted. All five flights combined, 764 entries have been made, and 328 players hav bagged for Day 2. Reminder that late registration wil be open during the first two 60-minute levels of Day 2, so the number or entries will increase.
Below is the chip count for Day 2, and a breakdown of all starting flights. poker.pro will return as fast as possible with the seat draw.
€1,500 Main Event – Chip Counts
1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 2 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 3 Harem Rafat Sweden 359,500 4 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 5 Luka Sorainen Finland 313,000 6 Johan Karlsson Sweden 310,500 7 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 305,500 8 David Marfil Spain 305,000 9 Aiguo Xu China 304,000 10 Roberto Olsen Sweden 298,500 11 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 12 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 13 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 14 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 15 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 16 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 262,500 17 Jussi Julkunen Finland 261,000 18 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 19 Aku Laajus Finland 252,500 20 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 21 James Paris Malta 250,000 22 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 23 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 24 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 244,000 25 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 26 Sami Säämänen Finland 241,000 27 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 234,500 28 Borja Martinez Spain 233,000 29 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 30 Renars Skanis Latvia 225,000 31 Peter Jaksland Denmark 223,000 32 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 33 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 34 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 35 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 219,500 36 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 216,500 37 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 38 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 205,500 39 Kimmo Kurko Finland 204,000 40 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 41 Andreas Moller Denmark 201,000 42 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 43 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 198,500 44 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 45 Stephen Groom England 197,500 46 Eetu Sepponen Finland 197,000 47 Maksim Kules Estonia 196,500 48 Corne Scheel Netherlands 194,500 49 Martin Piik Estonia 193,500 50 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 192,000 51 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 191,500 52 Assad Jalil Sweden 191,000 53 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 187,000 54 Gunnar Wedde Norway 187,000 55 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 182,500 56 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 57 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 58 Terje Wangberg Norway 181,500 59 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 60 Dylan Snyder England 177,000 61 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,500 62 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 63 Kwan Lau China 172,000 64 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 65 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 66 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 67 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 68 Andreas Moser Switzerland 165,500 69 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 70 Matthew Micallef Malta 163,500 71 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 72 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 73 Marco Bognanni Italy 158,500 74 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 75 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 76 Joel Lehtinen Finland 154,500 77 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 78 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 79 Erki Andressoo Estonia 151,500 80 Arnaud Esquevin France 151,500 81 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 151,500 82 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 83 Kyösti Isberg Finland 149,000 84 Sander Leigri Estonia 148,500 85 Nian Li China 147,500 86 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 147,000 87 De-Han Kim South Korea 147,000 88 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 146,500 89 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 146,500 90 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 91 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 92 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 93 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 144,000 94 Martin Zobel Germany 144,000 95 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 96 Simon Svinth Denmark 142,000 97 Petteri Laiho Finland 139,500 98 Adria Roura Spain 139,000 99 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 100 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 101 Henri Ojala Finland 137,000 102 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 103 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 104 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 105 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 106 Kasper Mellanen Finland 132,000 107 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 108 Totti Arosuo Finland 130,500 109 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 130,000 110 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 130,000 111 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 112 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 129,000 113 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 114 Michel Karim Sweden 126,500 115 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 116 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 117 Andre Mägi Estonia 125,000 118 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 119 Jukka Perälä Finland 124,000 120 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 121 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 123,000 122 Miika Töyräs Finland 121,500 123 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 121,000 124 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 120,500 125 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 126 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 119,500 127 Veiko Kond Estonia 119,500 128 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 129 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 130 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 131 Janne Ojala Finland 117,000 132 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 133 Jawad Habib Sweden 116,500 134 Henri Puhm Estonia 116,000 135 Jani Tuovinen Finland 116,000 136 Mihhail Kilinkarov Estonia 115,500 137 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 138 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 139 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,500 140 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 114,000 141 Johan Martinsen Finland 114,000 142 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 143 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 144 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 113,000 145 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 146 Andres Lõiv Estonia 112,500 147 Gints Ozols Latvia 111,000 148 Romans Tumulis Latvia 111,000 149 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 150 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 151 Majid Rostami Sweden 110,500 152 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 153 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 154 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 155 Jon Alba Spain 107,500 156 Soile Lerviks Finland 107,000 157 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 158 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 159 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 160 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 161 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 103,500 162 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 163 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 164 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 165 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 166 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 167 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 168 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 98,500 169 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 170 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 171 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 172 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 173 Ishak Noyan Sweden 96,000 174 Max Avela Finland 95,500 175 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 176 Eero Abbey Finland 93,500 177 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 178 Keng Tan Singapore 93,000 179 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 92,000 180 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 181 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 91,500 182 Bengt Johansson Finland 91,000 183 Johan Purbe Sweden 90,500 184 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 89,500 185 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 186 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 187 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 188 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 189 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 190 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 87,000 191 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 192 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 193 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 194 Tommi Lankinen Finland 86,000 195 Benjamin Gros France 85,500 196 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 197 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 85,000 198 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 199 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 200 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 201 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 202 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 203 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 82,500 204 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 205 Tero Laurila Finland 81,500 206 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 207 Giuseppe Stasio Italy 81,000 208 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 209 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 210 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 80,500 211 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 80,500 212 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 80,000 213 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 214 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 215 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 216 Samuel Richards England 79,000 217 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 218 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 219 Timo Ruuska Finland 78,500 220 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 221 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 77,500 222 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 223 Yannick Palacio France 75,500 224 Sven-Erik Taru Estonia 75,000 225 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 226 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 227 Thomas Santerne France 74,000 228 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 73,000 229 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 230 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 72,500 231 Rene Cifuentes Spain 72,000 232 Elias Suhonen Finland 72,000 233 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 234 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 235 Cory Desmond England 70,000 236 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 70,000 237 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 69,000 238 Jan Verner Czech Republic 69,000 239 Tõnis Viik Estonia 69,000 240 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 241 Carl Lundh Sweden 68,500 242 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 243 Ermo Kosk Estonia 68,000 244 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 245 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 246 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 247 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 248 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 249 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 250 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 251 Teemu Sattanen Finland 64,000 252 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,500 253 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 254 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 255 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 62,000 256 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 257 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 258 David Kozma Hungary 59,000 259 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 260 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 261 Kaido Kuusemäe Estonia 56,000 262 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 55,500 263 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,500 264 Robert Kallikorm Estonia 55,000 265 Arturs Daugis Latvia 54,500 266 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 267 Johan Kristensson Sweden 53,500 268 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 269 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 52,500 270 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 271 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 272 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 273 Adrian Ruano Spain 49,500 274 Mati Pirn Estonia 49,500 275 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 276 James Noonan Ireland 48,500 277 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 278 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 279 Timmy Anker Denmark 47,500 280 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 281 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 282 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 283 Touko Berndtson Finland 44,500 284 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 285 Juan Duenas Spain 44,500 286 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 44,000 287 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 288 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 289 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 290 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 291 Victor Vozian Romania 43,000 292 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 42,500 293 John Enright Ireland 42,000 294 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 41,000 295 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 296 Eriks Krumins Latvia 39,000 297 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 298 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 299 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 38,500 300 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 301 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 302 Magnus Pukk Estonia 37,000 303 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 304 Victor Buitrago Spain 36,500 305 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 306 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 307 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 35,000 308 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 309 Madis Ormisson Estonia 32,500 310 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 311 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 312 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 313 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 29,500 314 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 315 Ismael Dominguez Spain 29,000 316 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 29,000 317 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 318 Jonatan Fors Finland 26,500 319 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 320 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 321 Jaime Susarte Spain 24,500 322 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 323 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 324 Henri Katila Finland 21,000 325 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 326 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 327 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 €1,500 Main Event – Starting Flights Breakdown
Flight Entries Players to Day 2 Day 1a 125 47 Day 1b 157 68 Day 1c 72 28 Day 1d 272 122 Day 1e 138 63 -
€1,500 Main Event: Day 1e Chip Counts
Day 1e of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event registered 138 entries. The following 62 players bagged for tomorrow’s Day 2.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 2 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 3 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 4 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 5 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 6 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 7 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 8 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 9 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 10 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 11 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 12 Kwan Lau China 172,000 13 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 14 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 15 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 16 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 17 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 18 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 19 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 20 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 21 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 22 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 23 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 24 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 25 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 26 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 27 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 28 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 29 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 30 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 31 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 32 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 33 Max Avela Finland 95,500 34 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 35 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 36 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 37 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 38 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 39 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 40 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 41 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 42 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 43 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 44 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 45 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 46 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 47 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 48 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 49 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 50 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 51 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 52 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 53 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 54 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 55 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 56 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 57 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 58 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 59 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 29,500 60 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 61 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 62 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 -
See you Tomorrow
The poker.pro live coverage team is signing out for today. It’s been a thrilling day with the conclusion of Ring Event #8: €1,000 8-Game and two flights of Ring Event €5: €1,500 Main Event. In fact, Day 1e is still going.
Day 2 of the Main Event starts tomorrow at 12:00. poker.pro will provide the Day 2 chip counts and seat draw as fast as possible. The organizers of the event recommends all players to arrive at least 30 minutes before cards are in the air, as the line to the wristband queue is expected to be long.
This reporter will dedicate most of his focus to the Main Event tomorrow. Chip counts, crucial hands, funny moments and much more will be covered. Of course, the occasional update from the other Ring Events will also come.
See you all tomorrow for yet another exciting day here at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn!
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La Terra Returns to Tallinn for First Ever Sviten WSOP Circuit Ring Event
Peter La Terra. Photo: The Festival Tomorrow, August 1, Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event is arguably the golden nugget on the tournament schedule. That being said, tomorrow will also be a historical day in the Estonian capital, as Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten, is scheduled to commence at 15:00. This is the first-ever WSOP Circuit Ring Event of the very popular game that is Sviten, and presumably, many experienced players will join the action in an attempt to write their name into the poker history books.
There are many players who are capable of winning the title in this Five-Card Draw/PLO-hybrid of a game. One of them is Sweden’s Peter La Terra. Peter arrived to Tallinn the other day, and yesterday, he could be seen in Olympic Park Casino playing a €5/€5 Sviten cash game with fellow Scandinavians. He is, without a doubt, a serious contender for the trophy, and you’d better believe he’s here to win it.
This reporter was lucky enough to have a small chat with Peter, who’s currently playing the €200 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw side event.
An impressive Resumé
Peter has to be considered one of the most prominent Sviten players in the world. According to his profile on The Hendon Mob, he has two titles in the discipline and a horde of final table results. On top of that, he also has two Five-card Draw titles. A very impressive resumé, and he’s the most proud of a certain title that he got back in 2019:
“2019, I won the €220 Pot-Limit Drawmaha Championship here in Tallinn. It was branded like the it was the “World Championship” of Sviten, but I expect tomorrow’s tournament to be much bigger.”
During the 2024 wSOP Circuit Tallinn, Peter La Terra explained the rules of Sviten to host Teele Viira. The inaugural event is indeed expected to be a big one. Every Mixed Games enthusiast that you speak to here at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel all expresses their excitement for the tournament. An educated guess is that the unparalleled action that Sviten brings is why so many players are fond of this game.
According to Peter, it’s crucial to know the strength of your hand in Sviten, something the average player may not be aware of:
“The most common mistake I see amongst players is that they over-value their PLO hand and bet too frequently on the flop. You have better chances scooping the pot if you instead bet on the turn and/or the river.”
While Peter hasn’t hit the books studying the Scandinavian-invented game, he’s been playing PLO and Five-card Draw more than most people on earth. When asked about his biggest strength in Sviten, Peter claims patience is the most important skill to master, not only in Sviten but in poker in general. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Who will win the WSOP Circuit Ring in tomorrow’s Sviten event? Considering the vast amount of skillful and merited players we’re expected to see tomorrow, I asked Peter if there’s any particular name who may appear in the field that he fears. “Not Peter Bergman, he should stick to selling sandwiches,” Peter jokes as Bergman bursts out in laugh from the other table. Seriously though, Peter is way too experienced to underestimate any player who’s seated at his table.
Once again, the tournament starts at 15:00 tomorrow. Late registration will close at the end of Level 10, approximately at 21:45. It’s a two-day event; Day 1 will be played until 15 % of the field remains. Those who make it through will return to Day 2, August 2 at 12:00.
This tournament will go down in poker history, and time will tell who manages to snag the prestigious WSOP Circuit Ring.
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Payouts and Mystery Bounties
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 41/176 Prizes: €76,824 In terms of side events, the €750 Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty was the most hyped tournament today. 46 players are remaining out of the 176 entries, and below are both the payouts and the mystery bounties up for grabs.
Payouts
Position Payout 1-2 €6,360 3 €4,160 4 €2,990 5 €2,300 6 €1,790 7 €1,430 8 €1,210 9 €1,030 10-11 €890 12-13 €757 14-15 €660 16-17 €590 18-20 €520 21-23 €480 Mystery Bounties
Prize Quantity €6,000 1 €5,000 1 €4,000 1 €3,000 2 €2,000 3 €1,500 3 €1,000 5 €800 1 €600 1 €500 5 -
Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1d Chip Counts
Day 1d of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event scored 272 entries. Below are the 122 players who made it through to Day 2.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 2 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 3 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 4 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 5 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 6 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 7 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 8 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 9 Renars Skanis Latvia 225,000 10 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 11 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 220,000 12 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 13 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 14 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 15 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 16 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 17 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 18 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 19 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 20 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 21 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 22 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 23 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 24 Jukka Perälä Finland 153,500 25 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 26 Nian Li China 147,500 27 De-Han Kim Korea, South 147,000 28 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 29 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 30 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 31 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 32 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 33 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 34 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 35 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 36 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 37 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 38 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 123,500 39 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 40 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 41 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 42 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 43 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 44 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 45 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 46 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 47 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 48 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 49 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 50 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 51 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 52 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 53 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 54 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 55 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 56 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 57 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 58 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 59 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 60 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 61 Johan Kristensson Sweden 91,000 62 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 63 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 64 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 65 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 66 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 67 Johan Purbe Sweden 87,000 68 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 69 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 70 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 71 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 72 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 73 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 74 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 75 Thomas Santerne France 80,000 76 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 77 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 78 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 79 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 80 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 81 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 75,000 82 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 83 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 84 Cory Desmond England 70,000 85 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 86 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 87 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 88 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 89 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 90 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 91 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 92 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 93 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 94 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 95 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 96 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 97 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 98 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 99 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 100 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 101 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 102 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 103 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 104 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 105 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 106 Jan Verner Czech Republic 45,000 107 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 108 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 109 John Enright Ireland 42,000 110 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 111 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 112 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 113 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 114 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 115 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 116 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 117 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 118 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 119 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 120 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 121 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 122 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 -
Siljander Closing in on Tarmi After €1,100 PLO4/5 Win
Mathias Siljander won Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 During the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Yesterday was the conclusion of Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5. It was a star-spangled final table, featuring players such like Riku Koivurinne (who was the title defender) and Andria Gogelidze (who was going for back-to-back titles after winning Ring Event #3: €555 PLO4/5). All seven players put all of their poker skills on full display, and in the end, it was Finland’s Mathias Siljander who was crowned the winner. This poker.pro reporter was fortunate enough to have a small chat with Siljander.
With the €41,000 he got for winning, Siljander’s total live tournament earnings now exceed €1,000,000, according to his profile on The Hendon Mob. That’s not what’s he’s currently chasing, though:
“I am chasing Roope Tarmi, but I don’t think this win was enough. So I guess I have to win the Main Event as well.”
Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 – Final Table Results
Position Player Country Prize 1 Mathias Siljander
Finland €41,000 + $5,000 Ticket to Paradise 2 Aleksi Lindholm
Finland €27,150 3 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €18,300 4 Frank Visser
Netherlands €13,150 5 Renars Skanis
Latvia €9,250 6 Riku Koivurinne
Finland €6,900 7 Antti Veteläinen
Finland €5,350 It was a joyful journey for Mathias more or less the tournament throughout. Even though being matched up with some competent opponents initially, he managed to build up a big stack fairly quickly:
“I don’t think I lost an all-in during the whole tournament. The seat draw for the first table was bad; there were only good, Finnish players at the table, probably better than me. I got lucky here and there, and now, here we are.”
When asked whether he preferred the four- or five-card orbit, Mathias was very straight forward:
“5-card PLO is not a great game. You have to be tight, and that’s no fun. If you have a big stack it’s an okay game, but otherwise, I don’t like it.”
Mathias is hungry for more, and today, he managed to bag 155,000 from Day 1d of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Patience was his key to get the decent stack. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint,” Mathias preached when we briefly discussed multi-table tournament strategies.
“I’ve been patient, letting the other guys play. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Mathis won the €1,500 Main Event during the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition t’s safe to say Mathias has some experience when it comes to winning big Main Event titles in the Estonian capital. In fact, he won the €1,100 Main Event during the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition for €130,300, his biggest live cash in his career so far.
Time will tell if Mathias manages to do a deep run in the Main Event, and pass his rival Roope Tarmi on The Hendon Mob rankings.
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Krzysztof Budka Wins Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game for €22,390
Krzysztof Budka Game: Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo Bring-in 30,000, Limits 100,000/200,000 Entries: 1/79 Prizes: €75,050 With the 5♦ as his revealed card, Pasi Laihinen brought in for 30,000. Krzysztof Budka, having the 7♣ in front of him, raised to 100,000. Laihinen made the call.
The dealer dealt Budka the 10♦ and Laihinen the 5♠. Laihinen bet 100,000 and Budka called.
Budka then got the 2♥ and Laihinen the 4♣. Laihinen now bet 200,000, before Budka forced his opponent all in for roughly 400,000 in total. Laihinen made the call.
Krzysztof Budka: 7♠6♠ / 7♣10♦2♥
Pasi Laihinen: 3♥4♠ / 5♦5♠4♣Budka was dealt 9♥7♥ as his two final cards, while Laihinen got 7♦9♦. Budka won the pot, and with that, he eliminated his heads-up opponent Laihinen.
That means that Krzystof Budka is the winner of Ring Event #8: €1,000 8-Game. He conquered a field consisting of 79 entries, and he during heads-up, he really showcased that he masters of all of the games. For his achievements, he gets the WSOP Circuit Ring, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and the €22,390 first-place payout.
Ring Event #8: €1,000 8-Game – Full Results
Position Player Country Prize 1 Krzysztof Budka
Poland €22,390 2 Pasi Laihinen
Finland €14,370 3 Verneri Häkkinen
Finland €9,640 4 Nicklas Dehli
Denmark €6,780 5 Thor Morstol
Norway €4,920 6 Jyri Merivirta
Finland €3,930 7 Aki Pyysing
Finland €3,140 8 Lars Hole
Norway €2,640 9 Hanno Kerem
Estonia €2,640 10 Sampo Ryynänen
Finland €2,300 11 Simen Gulbrandsen
Norway €2,300 -
Sleeping on the Job?
Game: Seven-card Stud 30,000 Bring-in Entries: 2/79 Prizes: €75,050 The poker.pro live coverage team would just like to inform that we are NOT sleeping on the job. We’re just following the conclusion of the €1,000 8-Game, and it’s quite the intriguing heads-up battle.
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€750 Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty in Full Flare
Level 6: 300/600 (600) Entries: 94/115 Prizes: TBA The €750 Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty is in full flare with 94 players currently. This is the first-ever tournament of this format, and Tournament Director Teresa Nousainen credited the Poker Experience Tour for the initial idea.
€240 goes into the prize pool, €200 are put on the player’s head as a progressive bounty, and €40 goes into the mystery bounty prize pool. The mystery bounties will be introduced once players are in the money.
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What’s the Best Starting Hand in Sviten?
During the break of Ring Event €5: €1,500 Main Event, this reporter ran into Riku Koivurinne and Scott Kenyon. God knows what they were talking about before I interrupted them.
Knowing they both are Mixed Games enthusiasts, I asked them if they’re excited for Ring Event #: €555 Sviten. This is the first time ever that the Five-card Draw/PLO-hybrid game is WSOP Circuit Ring Event-certified, and presumably, many players are excited about this one.
Indeed, Kenyon plans to enter the tournament. For Koivurinne, it depends on whether he makes Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Currently, he’s in Day 1d with a 90,000 stack (average is 68,956). Considering Koivurinne won the Sviten event last year (once again, not a Ring Event back then), I thought he could help me answer the age-old question: what is the best starting hand in poker?
There doesn’t seem to be a 100 % known answer, though. One can argue for the royal flush since you lock up half of the pot directly, but it may not connect that good with the community cards. Kenyon believes a middle-card straight flush may be the way to go. Perhaps, time will tell during tomorrow’s tournament.
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€1,000 8-Game Final Day Photos (by Elena Kask)
Hanno Kerem Eva Jivetorn Eva Jivetorn Sampo Ryynanen Krzysztof Budka Pasi Laihinen Simen Gulbrandsen Lars Hole Eva Jiretorn Eva Jiretorn Sampo Ryynanen Verneri Hakkinen Aki Pyysing Aki Pyysing Krzysztof Budka Nicklas Dehli Nicklas Dehli Jyri Merivirta Nicklas Dehli Aki Pyysing Thor Morstol Lars Hole Hanno Kerem Lars Hole Thor Morstol Verneri Hakkinen Juhani Tyrisevä -
Merivirta Busts from 8-Game
Jyri Merivirta Game: Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 5/79 Prizes: €75,050 A short-stacked Jyri Merivirta moved all in for 15,000 UTG. Pasi Laihinen raised to 60,000 from the Button, before Thor Morstol made it 90,000 from the Big Blind. Laihinen wasn’t done and raised again to 120,000. Morstol made the call.
Morstol and Laihinen discarded one card each on the first draw, while Merivirta got rid of two. Morstol then check-called a 30,000 bet from Laihinen.
On the second draw, Morstol discarded one, Merivirta two, and Laihinen stood pat. Morstol checked, Laihinen bet 60,000, Morstol raised to 120,000 and Laihinen called.
Morstol and Laihinen both stood pat on the third and final draw, while Merivirta bought one. Morstol bet 60,000 and Laihinen made the call.
Jyri Merivirta: K♣7♦6♠4♠2♦
Thor Morstol: 7♠6♥4♥3♥2♥
Pasi Laihinen: 7♣6♦4♦3♣2♠Morstol and Laihinen split the pot, as Merivirta was sent to the rail in sixth place for €4,920.
Pasi Laihinen: 940,000
Thor Morstol: 670,000
Jyri Merivirta: 0 -
Vinaya won Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH
David Vinaya Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH had quite the late finish last night. Norway’s David Vinaya emerged victorious, claiming the €84,280 first-place payout. Of course, he also was awarded with the WSOP Circuit Ring, and the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise.
The €5,000 NLH attracted 64 entries, which created a €297,984 prize pool.
Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH – Full Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 David Vinaya
Norway €94,280 2 Ritvars Cekalins
Latvia €59,750 3 Juan Carlos Vecino Duenas
Spain €39,850 4 Chaofei Wang
China €28,100 5 Casimir Seire
Finland €20,950 6 Roman Petelytskyi
Ukraine €16,650 7 Richard Koppel
Estonia €14,200 8 Juho Suutari
Finland €12,700 9 Kestutis Jungevicius
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Chip Counts and Results from 8-Game
Break N/A Entries: 8/79 Prizes: €75,050 Things are progressing rapidly in Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game. The players are soon returning from break, and below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips 1 Krzysztof Budka Poland 1,380,000 2 Pasi Laihinen Finland 875,000 3 Thor Morstol Norway 470,000 4 Nicklas Dehli Denmark 380,000 5 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 355,000 6 Jyri Merivirta Finland 255,000 7 Aki Pyysing Finland 145,000 8 Lars Hole Norway 90,000 Here are the results/elimination from today so far.
Position Player Prize 9 Hanno Kerem €2,640 10 Sampo Ryynänen €2,300 11 Simen Gulbrandsen €2,300 -
Bubble Burst in 8-Game
Level 19: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 11/79 Prizes: €75,050 With the elimination of Eva Jivetorn in twelth place, the remaining 11 players are now in the money in Ring Event 8: €1,100 8-Game. They keep fighting on for the WSOP Circuit Ring, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and the €22,390 first-place payout.
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€1,100 8-Game Payouts
Level 18: 8,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 14/79 Prizes: €75,050 The bubble is approaching in Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game. Below are the payouts.
Position Payout 1 €22,390 2 €14,370 3 €9,640 4 €6,780 5 €4,920 6 €3,930 7 €3,140 8-9 €2,640 10-11 €2,300 -
Former WSOP Circuit Ring Winners in Day 1d
Level 2: 200/300 (300) Entries: 165/167 Prizes: TBA Day 1d of the €1,500 Main Event is in full flare. Today are the last two starting flights for the tournament that holds a €1,000,000 guarantee. There’s quite a few former WSOP Circuit Ring winners in the field, such as Simon Hesserud Persson, Roope Tarmi, Ranno Sootla, Riku Koivurinne, and Rasmus Lundström.
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€1,500 Main Event Day 1c Results
29 players made it through Day 1c of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. All in all, the flight had 72 entries.
1 Luka A. O. Sorainen Finland 313,000 2 Karl Johan Karlsson Sweden 310,500 3 Aiguo Xu China 304,000 4 Borja Urrea Martinez Spain 233,000 5 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 198,500 6 Eetu Johannes Sepponen Finland 197,000 7 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 187,000 8 Dylan Paul Snyder England 177,000 9 Sander Leigri Estonia 148,500 10 Petteri Laiho Finland 139,500 11 Henri V. J. Ojala Finland 137,000 12 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 130,000 13 Michel Karim Sweden 126,500 14 Jani Alexanteri Tuovinen Finland 116,000 15 Eero I. A. Abbey Finland 93,500 16 Christoffer Munk Jensen Denmark 92,000 17 Bengt Anders Johansson Finland 91,000 18 Tommi Petteri Lankinen Finland 86,000 19 Tero Tapio Laurila Finland 81,500 20 Yannick .G .L .D Palacio France 75,500 21 Sven-Erik Taru Estonia 75,000 22 Teemu J. K. Sattanen Finland 64,000 23 Leevi Pietari Kangasluoma Finland 55,500 24 Touko Teivonpoika Berndtson Finland 44,500 25 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 41,000 26 Victor Mateo Buitrago Spain 36,500 27 Ismael Alvarez Dominguez Spain 29,000 28 Henri Johannes Katila Finland 21,000 29 Mounir Tajiou Sweden 17,000 -
€1,100 8-Game Seat Draw
Table Seat Player Country Chips 11 1 Martin Schamaun Switzerland 109,000 11 2 Bernd Reich Germany 50,000 11 3 Nicklas Dehli Denmark 310,000 11 4 Jyri Merivirta Finland 131,000 11 5 Kwan Lau China 103,000 11 6 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 214,000 18 2 Frank Visser Netherlands 201,000 18 3 Thor Morstol Norway 66,000 18 4 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 129,000 18 5 Aki Pyysing Finland 326,000 18 6 Eva Jiretorn Sweden 130,000 19 1 Hanno Kerem Estonia 440,000 19 2 Sampo Ryynänen Finland 650,000 19 3 Krzysztof Budka Poland 412,000 19 5 Pasi Laihinen Finland 192,000 19 6 Lars Hole Norway 356,000 -
8-Game Finale and More on Day 7
The best way to describe the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn is as a mighty train of joy that never stops rolling. Next stop on the ride is Day 7, and just like all the previous stations, this too is a marvelous destination. Today, one new WSOP Circuit Ring winner will be crowned, as it’s the final day of Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game. There’ll also be a bunch of more players on the hunt for glory in Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event, as there’s not one, but two starting flights on the schedule. In terms of side events, there’s exciting news in the form of the €750 NLH Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty. Let’s break down what is yet another day in poker paradise.
8-Game Champion to be Crowned
Being a poker player at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel today is like being a kid in a candy store; everything you lay your eyes on, you want. The first lollipop is Day 1d of the €1,500 Main Event. Through the previous three starting flights, a total of 144 players have secured their bags for Day 2. 361 entries have been made in total, which means that €487,350 already has been contributed to the guaranteed €1,000,000.
Sampo Ryynänen is the chipleader of Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game going into Day 2 The next Ring Event on the schedule is Day 2 of the €1,100 8-Game. 8-Game is one of the most popular Mixed Games, and yesterday’s Day 1-flight scored 79 entries. 16 players made it through to Day 2, who will resume play at 13:00 today.
The third Ring Event-installment is Day 1e of the €1,500 Main Event, scheduled to commence at 19:00. While this is what’s going on today in terms of Ring Events, there are a few side events on the menu, one of which is very intriguing.
Of course, poker.pro is referring to the €750 NLH Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty. This is a special one; €240 goes to the prize pool, €200 is the initial bounty on all players, and €230 is going towards the Mystery Bounty prize pool. The Mystery Bounties will be in play once players are in the money. This truly is an interesting tournament that players do not want to miss.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – July 31 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1d 12:00 p.m. €80 Satellite to €750 NLH Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty (Five Tickets Guaranteed) 1:00 p.m. Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game Day 2 (Final Day) 3:00 p.m. €750 NLH Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty 7:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1e 7:00 p.m. €200 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw 8:00 p.m. €350 Progressive Bounty 10:00 p.m. €80 Satellite to Ring Event #10: €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty In short, get ready for yet another day of unparalleled action at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn.
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Day 3 Results
Below are all the eliminations from Day 3, after reaching ITM.
Place Player Country Payout 82 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €3,050 83 Kaspars Butans Latvia €2,950 84 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia €2,950 85 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania €2,950 86 Kristers Muhins Latvia €2,950 87 Per Michael Engström Sweden €2,950 88 Ronnie Youssef Sweden €2,950 89 Jamie Ryan Brent Ireland €2,950 90 Karev Tralla Estonia €2,950 91 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan €2,850 92 Juha Ilmari Helppi Finland €2,850 93 Lasse Rod Hansen Norway €2,850 94 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus €2,850 95 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania €2,850 96 Klavs Garselis Latvia €2,850 97 Jan Roger Holte Norway €2,850 98 Eero I. A. Abbey Finland €2,850 99 Gundars Zelcs Latvia €2,850 100 Nina Susanna Kiviharju Finland €2,850 101 Yannick .G .L .D Palacio France €2,850 102 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia €2,850 103 Aku Ilari Laajus Finland €2,850 104 Terje Wangberg Norway €2,850 105 Matthew Micallef Malta €2,850 106 Michel Karim Sweden €2,850 107 Jonas Klaus Germany €2,850 108 Martin Zobel Germany €2,850 109 Johan Anders Högberg Sweden €2,850 110 Vu Hoang Vuong Finland €2,850 111 Jukka Tapani Perälä Finland €2,850 112 Nils J. E. Linden Sweden €2,850 113 Ishak Noyan Sweden €2,850 114 Marius Brandhagen Hakonsen Norway €2,850 115 Luka A. O. Sorainen Finland €2,850 116 Nicolas Salomaa Bacigalupe Alvariza Sweden €2,850 117 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania €2,850 118 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland €2,850 119 Trond Aanestad Norway €2,850 120 Roope O. O. Tarmi Finland €2,850 121 Davis Modans Latvia €2,850 122 Roberts Krigers Latvia €2,850 123 Remy Mägi Estonia €2,850 124 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,850 125 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €2,850 126 Zahid Hasan Bhuiyan Bangladesh €2,850 127 Yossef Ifergan France €2,850 128 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €2,850 129 Daniel Rudd England €2,850 130 Janne Antero Ojala Finland €2,850 131 Andre Mägi Estonia €2,850 132 Jani E. J. Junnilainen Finland €2,850 133 Romans Tumulis Latvia €2,850 134 Kambiz A. R. Kashi Sweden €2,850 135 Tomas E. J. Graham New Zealand €2,850 136 Mathias H. M. Siljander Finland €2,850 137 Urmo Velvelt Estonia €2,850 138 Kaido Mikk Estonia €2,850 -
Day 3 Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Below is the seat draw and chip count for Day 3 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event.
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 12 1 Chaofei Wang China 570,000 38 12 2 Roberts Rumba Latvia 540,000 36 12 3 Tobias Napel Norway 145,000 10 12 4 Joel Lehtinen Finland 275,000 18 12 5 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 455,000 30 12 6 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 455,000 30 12 7 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 75,000 5 12 8 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 330,000 22 13 1 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 1,015,000 68 13 2 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 200,000 13 13 3 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 865,000 58 13 4 Saara Benlamine Finland 110,000 7 13 5 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 670,000 45 13 6 De-Han Kim Korea, South 790,000 53 13 7 Hamid Salehi Sweden 795,000 53 13 8 Ilari Sahamies Finland 410,000 27 14 1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 365,000 24 14 2 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia 125,000 8 14 3 David Marfil Spain 600,000 40 14 4 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 745,000 50 14 5 Henri Schalin Finland 570,000 38 14 6 Eero Ihaksi Finland 215,000 14 14 7 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 355,000 24 14 8 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 3,150,000 210 15 1 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 510,000 34 15 2 David Vinaya Norway 865,000 58 15 3 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 695,000 46 15 4 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 480,000 32 15 5 Nian Li China 345,000 23 15 6 Aiguo Xu China 750,000 50 15 7 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 330,000 22 15 8 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 660,000 44 16 1 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 615,000 41 16 2 Tõnis Viik Estonia 310,000 21 16 3 Timmy Anker Denmark 380,000 25 16 4 Gunnar Wedde Norway 855,000 57 16 5 David Kozma Hungary 710,000 47 16 6 Harem Rafat Sweden 460,000 31 16 7 Mario Colavita Italy 525,000 35 16 8 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 795,000 53 17 1 Sondre Lunde Norway 470,000 31 17 2 Jonatan Fors Finland 90,000 6 17 3 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 515,000 34 17 4 Tero Laurila Finland 865,000 58 17 5 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 955,000 64 17 6 Tanel Evert Estonia 490,000 33 17 7 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 535,000 36 17 8 Yngve Lommerud Norway 745,000 50 19 1 Andrew King Ireland 1,125,000 75 19 2 Roberto Ahane Olsen Sweden 640,000 43 19 3 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 370,000 25 19 4 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 420,000 28 19 5 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 1,295,000 86 19 6 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 785,000 52 19 7 Jussi Mattila Finland 755,000 50 19 8 Stephen Groom England 1,745,000 116 20 1 Maikel Homin Estonia 450,000 30 20 2 Eetu Porkka Finland 150,000 10 20 3 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 430,000 29 20 4 Peter Jaksland Denmark 260,000 17 20 5 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 265,000 18 20 6 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 257,000 17 20 7 Even Rislov Norway 360,000 24 20 8 Tommi Lankinen Finland 690,000 46 21 1 Kimmo Kurko Finland 555,000 37 21 2 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 485,000 32 21 3 Gints Ozols Latvia 365,000 24 21 5 Borja Martinez Spain 195,000 13 21 6 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 705,000 47 21 7 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 140,000 9 21 8 James Paris Malta 450,000 30 23 1 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 400,000 27 23 2 Rasmus Lundström Finland 1,055,000 70 23 3 Jon Alba Spain 360,000 24 23 4 Thomas Santerne France 725,000 48 23 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 345,000 23 23 6 Vidar Assersen Norway 200,000 13 23 8 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 765,000 51 -
€1,500 Main Event Day 2 Photos (by Elena Kask)
Martin Surovec Glenn Brown & Andreas Höglund Urmo Velvelt Urmo Velvelt Christoffer Karlén Mauri Dorbek Mauri Dorbek Mauri Dorbek Andreas Möller & Erik Lindqwist Keng Tan Erling Olsen Martin Piik Mathias Siljander Mathias Siljander Alexey Cherkasov Erling Olsen Rasmus Lundström Kalle Ly Juhani Tyrisevä Vadims Milovs Mykhailo Mikhalov Mykhailo Mikhalov Mykhailo Mikhalov Glenn Brown Christoffer Karlén Christoffer Karlén Christoffer Karlén Tonis Viik Tonis Viik Jargo Alavali Svetlana Aubakirova Svetlana Aubakirova Ruslan Stserbjuk Jani Junnilainen Andre Magi Jenny Westerlund Nina Kiviharju De Kim Ville Mesiranta Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Adria Roura Vladimiras Meckovskis Alevtina Bubnova Alevtina Bubnova Alevtina Bubnova Alina Paliahoshka Alina Paliahoshka Borja Martinez Tero Laurila Gaudrius Dzikaras Tero Laurila Joel Lehtinen Bahadir Hatipoglu Joel Lehtinen Michel Karim Michel Karim Ilari Sahamies Ruslan Stserbjuk Ruslan Stserbjuk Kaido Mikk Tobias Napel James Paris James Paris James Paris Tobias Napel Alexander Norden Markku Koplimaa Markku Koplimaa Anthony Geniaux Henri Schalin Henri Schalin Aklilu Laitinen Aklilu Laitinen Catalin Pop Catalin Pop Luka Sorainen Harem Rafat Jari Juhola & Celine Zimmermann Einius Jurgevicius Nian Li Olivier Franceschi Jussi Mattila Karev Tralla & Mauri Dorbek Harem Rafat Kenneth Svendsen & Even Rislov Stephen Groom Per Engström Stephen Groom Rasmus Lundström Elias Vaaraniemi Karolis Kutkauskas Karolis Kutkauskas Karolis Kutkauskas -
That’s a Wrap
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 78/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event has concluded with 78 players bagging their chips for tomorrow’s Day 3. If this reporter is to be trusted, Karolis Kutkauskas should be the chip leader going into Day 3 with 3,150,000.
It was quite the hectic second day of the highly-anticipated Main Event. The €1,000,000 guarantee was surpassed and with a €200,200 first-place payout, the stakes are high for Day 3. Some notable bustouts in the field are Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi, reigning Main Event champion Aurimas Stanevicius, and this year’s winner of the €1,100 PLO4/5, Mathias Siljander.
Below are the remaining payouts in the tournament.
Position Payout 1 €200,200 2 €128,500 3 €90,200 4 €62,500 5 €46,000 6 €33,100 7 €25,060 8 €19,500 9 €14,200 10-11 €11,200 12-15 €9,100 16-23 €7,500 24-31 €6,250 32-39 €5,250 40-47 €4,550 48-55 €4,000 56-63 €3,650 64-71 €3,300 72-79 €3,050 That concludes the poker.pro live coverage for today, but before we leave you, we will share all the photos from today, as well as the chip counts and seat draw for tomorrow. A full recap of today’s action will be up by noon tomorrow as per usual.
Tomorrow’s live coverage will commence with the start of Day 3 at 12:00. See you then!
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A Somewhat Strange Hand
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 80/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The board read 10♦5♦2♠ with 94,000 in the middle. Ruslan Stserbjuk was the first to act, and he spent a somewhat long time thinking over his decision. Eventually, the floor called the clock on Stserbjuk, and he was given 30 seconds to make his decision. Eventually, his clock went down to zero, and chip leader Karolis Kutkauskas then bet 20,000. Quietly, Stserbjuk announced he was all in for perhaps 300,000. Kutkauskas immediately made the call.
Ruslan Stserbjuk: K♠7♠
Karolis Kutkauskas: Q♦2♦Stserbjuk was alive, but he wasn’t able to improve as the board completed with the 4♣3♥ runout. Such, Kutkauskas’ already impressive stack grew even bigger.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 3,350,000
Ruslan Stserbjuk: 0 -
Another Insane Pot send Helppi to the Rail
Juha Helppi Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 88/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From the Hi-jack, Karolis Kutkauskas opened to 25,000. Juha Helppi called from the Button, and Jari-Pekka Juhola defended his Big Blind.
Action was checked to Helppi on the 7♦4♥9♦ flop, and the Finnish poker legend bet 47,000. Juhola and Kutkauskas both made the call.
Juhola and Kutkauskas both checked again on the 10♥ turn. Helppi now bet 225,000, and after a fold from Juhola, Kutkauskas immideately forced Helppi all in for roughly 800,000. After perhaps five minutes worth of consideration. Helppi made the call.
Karolis Kutkauskas: J♠8♠
Juha Helppi: 7♠7♥Helppi didn’t improve to a full house as the 6♣ fell on the river. Kutkauskas expressed great joy as he won the insanely large pot, and eliminating one of the most skillful opponenets in the process.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 2,700,000
Juha Helppi: 0 -
Enormous Pot Sends Karim to the Rail
Michel Karim Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 99/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 UTG, Stephen Groom opened to 20,000. When action came to Michel Karim on the Button, he re-raised to 65,000. Groom then put in a four-bet to 180,000. Karim made the call.
Groom continued for 75,000 on the A♣8♠J♦ flop, and Karim made the call fairly quickly. Groom sized up to 195,000 on the 4♠ turn. After receiving the count, Karim again called.
Groom wasted little time before going all in on the 5♣ turn, effectively forcing Karim all in for 350,000. Karim took a good five minutes before making the call.
Stephen Groom: A♥A♦
Michel Karim: A♠Q♥After what perhaps is the biggest pot so far in the tournament, Karim was sent to the rail.
Stephen Groom: 1,620,000
Michel Karim: 0 -
Results so far
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 115/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Below are all the results so far, since reaching ITM.
Place Player Country Prize 116 Nicolas Salomaa Bacigalupe Alvariza Sweden €2,850 117 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania €2,850 118 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland €2,850 119 Trond Aanestad Norway €2,850 120 Roope O. O. Tarmi Finland €2,850 121 Davis Modans Latvia €2,850 122 Roberts Krigers Latvia €2,850 123 Remy Mägi Estonia €2,850 124 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,850 125 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €2,850 126 Zahid Hasan Bhuiyan Bangladesh €2,850 127 Yossef Ifergan France €2,850 128 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €2,850 129 Daniel Rudd England €2,850 130 Janne Antero Ojala Finland €2,850 131 Andre Mägi Estonia €2,850 132 Jani E. J. Junnilainen Finland €2,850 133 Romans Tumulis Latvia €2,850 134 Kambiz A. R. Kashi Sweden €2,850 135 Tomas E. J. Graham New Zealand €2,850 136 Mathias H. M. Siljander Finland €2,850 137 Urmo Velvelt Estonia €2,850 138 Kaido Mikk Estonia €2,850 -
Mesiranta not Mesmerized
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 114/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 De-Han Kim opened to 16,000 from the Cut-off. Within half of a second, Ville-Tapio Mesiranta moved all in for 55,000 from the Button. Kim called quickly.
Ville-Tapio Mesiranta: 7♠7♥
De-Han Kim: A♣K♥Kim got the better of Mesiranta as the board ran out K♠3♣8♠6♠4♣.
De-Han Kim: 515,000
Ville-Tapio Mesiranta: 0 -
The Bubble has Burst
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 135/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The floor decided to commence with hand-by-hand play when 137 players remained. When 136 were left, there were four all-in and call-situations on four different table. Two of the short stacks doubled up, and another one was eliminated.
Cao Doan moved all in from the Button for 66,000, and Yngve Lommerud called from the Big Blind.
Cao Doan: K♥J♥
Yngve Lommerud: Q♠8♠Doan took a solid lead on the 7♥6♦K♠, but as we all know, poker can be a brutal game sometimes. The board completed with 8♣Q♣, giving Lommerud a runner-runner two-pair. Such, Doan was eliminated in brutal fashion.
That means that the remaining 135 players all are in the money.
Yngve Lommerud: 645,000
Cao Doan: 0 -
Three Kings
Luka Sorainen Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 140/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Luka Sorainen opened to 16,000 from UTG+1. Karolis Kutkauskas (Cut-off), and big-stacked Juha Helppi (Big Blind) both made the call.
Action was checked to Kutkauskas on the K♥6♣9♦ flop, who continued for 15,000. Both of his opponents made the call.
All three players checked the K♣ turn. On the J♥ river, it was once again checked to Kutkauskas who now bet 34,000. Helppi folded, but Sorainen snap-called.
Kutkauskas revealed his K♠Q♥, which appeared to be the best hand seeing as Sorainen mucked.
Juha Helppi: 1,210,000
Karolis Kutkauskas: 440,000
Luka Sorainen: 330,000 -
Set over Set
Martin Piik Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 146/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 After David Marfil opened to 16,000, Martin Piik went all in from the Small Blind for 102,000. Jan Holte re-shoved for 308,000 from the Big Blind, and Marfil folded.
Martin Piik: 8♠8♣
Jan Holte: A♠A♣Piik took a solid lead on the 8♥10♥J♥ flop, but Holte was saved in the end as the board completed J♦A♦. He got some extra chips and knocked Piik out.
Jan Holte: 410,000
Martin Piik: 0 -
Big One for Lindqwist
Renars Skanis Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 152/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Renars Skaris opened to 16,000 from the Lo-jack. Erik Lindqwist then re-raised to 48,000. Skaris moved all in for roughly 200,000, and Lindqwist made the call.
Renars Skaris: A♥Q♥
Erik Lindqwist: Q♠Q♦Lindqwist managed to dodge an ace on the 7♦9♠5♥K♦3♠ board, eliminating Skaris doing so.
Erik Lindqwist: 555,000
Renars Skaris: 0 -
Erlandsson Wins a Decent One
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 156/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Hans Erlandsson, who finished fourteenth in EPT Paris 2024, opened to 13,000 from UTG+1. Gunnar Wedde made the call from the Lo-jack.
Erlandsson fired a 8,000 continuation bet on the 5♥9♣7♦ flop. On the K♥ turn, Erlandsson check-called a 17000 bet from Wedde. Both players then checked the A♠ river.
Erlandsson turned over A♦Q♦ which was the best hand.
Hans Erlandsson: 400,000
Gunnar Wedde: 280,000 -
Navickas’ Jacks are Good
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 167/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martijn Blom opened to 12,000 UTG. Seated right next to him, Ignas Navickas three-bet to 32,000. Back to Blom who moved all in for 98,000 in total. Navickas made the call.
Martijn Blom: A♣K♦
Ignas Navickas: J♥J♣It was a classic coinflip scenario, and today, jacks held up on the 5♠5♦9♦10♠10♦ runout.
Ignas Navickas: 428,000
Martijn Blom: 0 -
Important Information! Change in the Schedule
Because of the big interest in the tournaments that are going on right now, there is a modification in the schedule that affects the tournaments starting at 18:00. Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty will start at 18:00 (i.e., on time), while the €200 NLH Progressive Bounty is delayed to 19:00.
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€555 Sviten – Chip Counts at the Break
Rauno Kiviloo Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Torgil Hellman Sweden 96,000 192 2 Visa Kiviharju Finland 96,000 192 3 Gry-Helene Ostlie Norway 73,300 147 4 Gia Carneström Sweden 71,000 142 5 Stein Narland Norway 63,000 126 6 Vijar Tejapaibul Finland 46,000 92 7 Fabian Bartuschk Germany 45,000 90 8 Thor Morstol Norway 44,500 89 9 Tommy Bergman Sweden 42,800 86 10 Riku Koivurinne Finland 42,000 84 11 Frank Visser Netherlands 40,600 81 12 Jyri Merivirta Finland 39,200 78 13 Jens Riis Denmark 38,500 77 14 Toni Hämäläinen Finland 37,600 75 15 Peter Bergman Sweden 37,500 75 16 Jari Mähönen Finland 37,500 75 17 Anna Tängström Sweden 36,800 74 18 Peter La Terra Sweden 34,900 70 19 Erik Öhman Sweden 34,100 68 20 Torsti Kettula Finland 33,500 67 21 Patric Mattsson Sweden 33,200 66 22 Celine Zimmermann Switzerland 30,100 60 23 Allan Arjut Estonia 30,000 60 24 Klaus Grönberg Finland 30,000 60 25 Zechariah Montoya United States 30,000 60 26 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 30,000 60 27 Berit Tängström Sweden 30,000 60 28 Kris Tikka Estonia 30,000 60 29 Sebastian Wahl Finland 30,000 60 30 Scott Kenyon England 29,900 60 31 Gilles Lamy France 29,500 59 32 Toomas Mäkikokko Finland 29,000 58 33 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 28,500 57 34 Nicklas Nordblom Sweden 28,100 56 35 Jesper Larsson Sweden 27,500 55 36 Manuel Cardoso Portugal 27,000 54 37 Herli Olop Estonia 26,800 54 38 Alexander Hallenstam Sweden 25,000 50 39 Sascha Manns Germany 25,000 50 40 Jari Virta Sweden 24,100 48 41 Olli Siitonen Finland 24,000 48 42 Amir Hallenstam Sweden 23,500 47 43 Pasi Trollhjärta Sweden 21,400 43 44 Nicklas Dehli Denmark 20,000 40 45 Martin Svan Sweden 20,000 40 46 Niko Palonen Finland 19,200 38 47 Martin von Zweigbergk Sweden 18,400 37 48 Meelis Ahman Estonia 18,300 37 49 Eva Jiretorn Sweden 14,000 28 50 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 13,400 27 51 Kwan Lau China 10,400 21 -
Chip Counts at the Break
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 215/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Andrew King Ireland 834,000 139 2 Juha Helppi Finland 614,000 102 3 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 550,000 92 4 Roberto Olsen Sweden 544,000 91 5 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 536,000 89 6 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 528,000 88 7 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 520,000 87 8 James Paris Malta 513,000 86 9 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 510,000 85 10 David Marfil Spain 510,000 85 11 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 504,000 84 12 Luka Sorainen Finland 500,000 83 13 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 493,000 82 14 Aku Laajus Finland 476,000 79 15 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 475,000 79 16 Harem Rafat Sweden 458,000 76 17 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 454,000 76 18 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 418,000 70 19 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 414,000 69 20 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 401,000 67 21 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 400,000 67 22 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 400,000 67 23 Alevtina Bubnova Russia 390,000 65 24 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 387,000 65 25 Jon Alba Spain 370,000 62 26 Nian Li China 367,000 61 27 Enea Subashi Greece 366,000 61 28 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 343,000 57 29 Gunnar Wedde Norway 342,000 57 30 Martin Zobel Germany 324,000 54 31 Jan Holte Norway 312,000 52 32 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 310,000 52 33 Trond Aanestad Norway 309,000 52 34 Jarkko Suokas Finland 307,000 51 35 Romans Tumulis Latvia 307,000 51 36 Kaido Mikk Estonia 305,000 51 37 Kaspars Butans Latvia 300,000 50 38 Karev Tralla Estonia 300,000 50 39 Lasse Hansen Norway 299,000 50 40 Terje Wangberg Norway 290,000 48 41 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 287,000 48 42 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 285,000 48 43 Maikel Homin Estonia 282,000 47 44 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 281,000 47 45 Vidar Assersen Norway 277,000 46 46 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 274,000 46 47 Stephen Groom England 273,000 46 48 Mario Colavita Italy 268,000 45 49 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 267,000 45 50 Jonas Klaus Germany 267,000 45 51 De-Han Kim Korea, South 263,000 44 52 Adria Roura Spain 261,000 44 53 Rasmus Lundström Finland 261,000 44 54 Davis Modans Latvia 261,000 44 55 Sondre Lunde Norway 260,000 43 56 Maksim Petrov Estonia 258,000 43 57 Saara Benlamine Finland 250,000 42 58 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 250,000 42 59 Thomas Santerne France 250,000 42 60 Even Rislov Norway 247,500 41 61 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 245,000 41 62 Jukka Perälä Finland 245,000 41 63 Joel Lehtinen Finland 243,000 41 64 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 243,000 41 65 Nils Linden Sweden 240,000 40 66 Jussi Mattila Finland 240,000 40 67 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 238,000 40 68 Timmy Anker Denmark 236,000 39 69 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 236,000 39 70 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia 235,000 39 71 Tobias Napel Norway 235,000 39 72 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 235,000 39 73 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 233,000 39 74 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 231,000 39 75 Aiguo Xu China 228,000 38 76 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 226,000 38 77 Diego Aquilio Italy 226,000 38 78 Borja Martinez Spain 225,000 38 79 Peter Jaksland Denmark 221,000 37 80 Jonatan Fors Finland 220,000 37 81 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 220,000 37 82 Martin Piik Estonia 220,000 37 83 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 215,000 36 84 Yannick Palacio France 211,000 35 85 Tanel Evert Estonia 210,000 35 86 Oliver Gamble Denmark 210,000 35 87 David Kozma Hungary 210,000 35 88 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 210,000 35 89 Naing The Singapore 200,000 33 90 Gints Ozols Latvia 196,000 33 91 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 195,000 33 92 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 192,000 32 93 Gisle Olsen Denmark 190,000 32 94 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 190,000 32 95 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 190,000 32 96 Urmo Velvelt Estonia 186,000 31 97 Eero Abbey Finland 183,000 31 98 Jani Junnilainen Finland 181,000 30 99 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 178,000 30 100 Per Engström Sweden 175,000 29 101 Kristers Muhins Latvia 174,500 29 102 Renars Skanis Latvia 173,000 29 103 Mathias Siljander Finland 168,000 28 104 Michel Karim Sweden 167,000 28 105 Henri Schalin Finland 166,000 28 106 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 163,000 27 107 Tomas Graham New Zealand 162,000 27 108 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 160,000 27 109 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 160,000 27 110 David Vinaya Norway 159,500 27 111 Eero Ihaksi Finland 159,000 27 112 Kalle Ly Sweden 159,000 27 113 Roope Tarmi Finland 159,000 27 114 Eetu Porkka Finland 158,000 26 115 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 156,000 26 116 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 155,000 26 117 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 154,000 26 118 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 150,000 25 119 Kimmo Kurko Finland 150,000 25 120 Johan Kristensson Sweden 149,000 25 121 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 149,000 25 122 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 146,000 24 123 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 146,000 24 124 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan 145,000 24 125 Johan Högberg Sweden 145,000 24 126 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 145,000 24 127 Ishak Noyan Sweden 143,000 24 128 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 142,000 24 129 Andre Mägi Estonia 141,000 24 130 Yngve Lommerud Norway 140,000 23 131 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 139,000 23 132 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 137,000 23 133 Tommi Lankinen Finland 135,000 23 134 Chaofei Wang China 135,000 23 135 Johannes Cleven Norway 134,000 22 136 Jani Tuovinen Finland 133,000 22 137 Nina Kiviharju Finland 132,000 22 138 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 129,000 22 139 Jamie Brent Ireland 127,000 21 140 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 126,000 21 141 Mairo Tori Estonia 125,000 21 142 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 123,000 21 143 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 122,000 20 144 Max Avela Finland 120,000 20 145 Cao Doan Sweden 120,000 20 146 Ari Soini Finland 120,000 20 147 Vadims Milovs Latvia 119,000 20 148 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 117,000 20 149 Roberts Rumba Latvia 116,000 19 150 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,000 19 151 Sami Säämänen Finland 113,000 19 152 Tõnis Viik Estonia 113,000 19 153 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 112,000 19 154 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 111,000 19 155 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,000 18 156 Marius Hakonsen Norway 109,000 18 157 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 109,000 18 158 Steven Tool Estonia 109,000 18 159 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 108,000 18 160 Tomi Hietala Finland 108,000 18 161 Roberts Krigers Latvia 107,000 18 162 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 105,000 18 163 Kyösti Isberg Finland 105,000 18 164 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 105,000 18 165 Matthew Micallef Malta 104,000 17 166 Janne Ojala Finland 102,000 17 167 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 101,000 17 168 Tero Laurila Finland 100,000 17 169 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 100,000 17 170 Klavs Garselis Latvia 98,000 16 171 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 95,000 16 172 Daniel Rudd England 94,000 16 173 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 91,500 15 174 Lars Nord Sweden 91,000 15 175 Touko Berndtson Finland 86,000 14 176 Alvils Bijons Latvia 85,000 14 177 Majid Rostami Sweden 85,000 14 178 Ilari Sahamies Finland 85,000 14 179 Vladas Tamasauskas Lithuania 83,000 14 180 Hamid Salehi Sweden 80,000 13 181 Johan Karlsson Sweden 72,000 12 182 Yossef Ifergan France 69,000 12 183 Remy Mägi Estonia 67,000 11 184 Elias Suhonen Finland 64,000 11 185 Johan Purbe Sweden 61,000 10 186 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 57,000 10 187 Maksim Kules Estonia 55,000 9 188 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 51,000 9 189 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 39,000 7 190 Simon Svinth Denmark 37,000 6 191 Vu Vuong Finland 37,000 6 192 Andrius Mazurkevicius Lithuania 19,000 3 193 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,000 11 194 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 40,000 7 -
Parkkinen Knows What he’s Doing
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 215/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Maksim Kules opened to 10,000 from the Button. Finnish poker legend Seppo Parkkinen defended his Big Blind.
Parkkinen donk-bet 10,000 on the 6♠7♠K♦ flop, and Kules made the call. On the 9♣ turn, Parkkinen forced his opponent all in for 65,000. Kules folded and received praise from his opponent in form of a verbal “good fold”.
Seppo Parkkinen: 131,000
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Sick Hand Sends Apryan to the Rail
Aleksandre Apryan Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 238/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Aleksandre Apryan (Button and Gundars Zelcs were heads-up to the 5♠6♠4♣ flop, with 56,000 in the middle. Both players checked the flop, then, before the dealer had revealed the turn card, Zelcs moved all in, putting his opponent at risk for roughly 60,000. The dealer turned over the J♥, and Apryan made the call.
Gundars Zelcs: A♦5♦
Aleksandre Apryan: Q♦J♠There were some arguing on the table whether Apryan should have been allowed to see the turn card, considering Zelcs had moved all in before it was dealt. The floor confirmed that Apryan was entitled to the information, and all was good.
Sadly for Apryan, though, Zelcs improved to trips on the 5♥ river. “Oh, you do him dirty, mate,” table mate Allan Arjut said, referring to the unfortunate runout for Apryan.
Gundars Zelcs: 265,000
Aleksandre Apryan: 0 -
Pihela Sr. Eliminates Ödeen
Igor Pihela Sr. Level 13: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 255/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Modestas Kryzanauskas, who opened to 6,000 from the Cut-off. Jerry Ödeen then moved all in for 36,500 from the Small Blind. Igor Pihela Sr. put in a big stack of green 25,000 chips, and Kryzanauskas folded.
Jerry Ödeen: A♥Q♠
Igor Pihela Sr.: 4♣4♦It was a flip, but Ödeen came up short on the 3♥10♦2♣3♣J♣ runout.
Igor Pihela Sr.: 516,000
Jerry Ödeen: 0 -
Meanwhile, Sviten has Started
While poker.pro will focus mainly on the €1,500 Main Event, there will be occasional updates from the two other Ring Events that are on today’s schedule: Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten, and Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty.
Sviten just started. It’s the first time ever a Sviten tournament is being played as a WSOP Circuit-event, and many players are contending for the ring. One of them is Peter La Terra, who poker.pro interviewed yesterday.
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Payouts Announced
Break N/A Entries: 311/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The payouts for the €1,500 Main Event have now been announced.
Position Payout 1 €200,200 2 €128,500 3 €90,200 4 €62,500 5 €46,000 6 €33,100 7 €25,060 8 €19,500 9 €14,200 10-11 €11,200 12-15 €9,100 16-23 €7,500 24-31 €6,250 32-39 €5,250 40-47 €4,550 48-55 €4,000 56-63 €3,650 64-71 €3,300 72-79 €3,050 80-87 €2,950 88-135 €2,850 -
Records Broken; Here are the Chip Counts
Juha Helppi Break N/A Entries: 311/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The break is over and registration is closed. 888 entries means that this is the biggest Main Event out of all the WSOP Circuit Tallinn events in the past.
Below are the chip counts. Players will resume the game at Level 13: Blinds 1,500/3,000, and Ante 3,000.
Roberto Olsen Sweden 561,000 187 Juha Ilmari Helppi Finland 515,000 172 Harem Rafat Sweden 475,000 158 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 464,000 155 Luka Sorainen Finland 455,000 152 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 390,000 130 David Marfil Spain 385,000 128 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 383,000 128 Aku Laajus Finland 364,500 122 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 361,000 120 Matthew Micallef Malta 355,500 119 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 355,500 119 Kaspars Butans Latvia 351,000 117 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 350,000 117 Sondre Lunde Norway 346,000 115 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 341,500 114 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 339,000 113 Cao Doan Sweden 335,000 112 Alvils Bijons Latvia 327,000 109 Rasmus Lundström Finland 317,000 106 James Paris Malta 310,000 103 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 305,000 102 Joel Lehtinen Finland 305,000 102 Maksim Petrov Estonia 300,000 100 Even Rislov Norway 296,000 99 Andreas Moller Denmark 295,000 98 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 293,000 98 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 290,000 97 Aiguo Xu China 290,000 97 Jon Alba Spain 289,500 97 Martin Piik Estonia 280,000 93 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 275,000 92 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 268,500 90 Johan Karlsson Sweden 268,000 89 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 260,000 87 Jussi Julkunen Finland 259,500 87 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 257,000 86 De-Han Kim Korea, South 255,000 85 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 251,500 84 David Vinaya Norway 250,500 84 Jukka Perälä Finland 250,000 83 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 248,000 83 Davis Modans Latvia 240,000 80 Jan Holte Norway 239,500 80 Samuel Richards England 237,500 79 Mathias Siljander Finland 236,500 79 Erki Andressoo Estonia 236,000 79 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 235,500 79 Borja Martinez Spain 235,000 78 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 233,500 78 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 227,500 76 Andrew King Ireland 226,000 75 Gunnar Wedde Norway 224,000 75 Karev Tralla Estonia 222,000 74 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 220,000 73 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 216,500 72 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 210,000 70 Terje Wangberg Norway 210,000 70 Stephen Groom England 205,500 69 Yngve Lommerud Norway 205,000 68 Enea Subashi Greece 205,000 68 Lasse Hansen Norway 203,000 68 Eero Ihaksi Finland 200,000 67 Peter Jaksland Denmark 197,000 66 Erling Olsen Norway 197,000 66 Simon Svinth Denmark 197,000 66 Roberts Krigers Latvia 196,000 65 Hamid Salehi Sweden 195,000 65 Arturas Zukovas Lithuania 194,000 65 Ermo Kosk Estonia 192,500 64 Andre Mägi Estonia 192,500 64 Ari Soini Finland 188,000 63 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 188,000 63 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 187,500 63 Renars Skanis Latvia 187,000 62 Romans Tumulis Latvia 179,000 60 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 177,000 59 Ishak Noyan Sweden 177,000 59 Kimmo Kurko Finland 175,500 59 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 175,000 58 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,000 58 Victor Vozian Romania 174,000 58 Marco Bognanni Italy 171,000 57 Kyösti Isberg Finland 170,000 57 Trond Aanestad Norway 166,500 56 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 166,000 55 Assad Jalil Sweden 165,000 55 Nico Frenn Switzerland 164,000 55 Jussi Mattila Finland 162,500 54 Jarkko Suokas Finland 160,500 54 Tanel Evert Estonia 158,000 53 Martijn Blom Netherlands 157,000 52 Kaido Mikk Estonia 156,000 52 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 155,500 52 Timo Viitanen Finland 155,000 52 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 153,000 51 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 151,500 51 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 150,000 50 Sami Säämänen Finland 148,500 50 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 148,500 50 Kalle Kampus Ireland 148,000 49 Touko Berndtson Finland 145,000 48 Jonas Klaus Germany 145,000 48 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 145,000 48 Catalin Pop Romania 145,000 48 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 145,000 48 Vadim Guk Russia 143,500 48 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 141,500 47 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 140,500 47 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 140,000 47 Rene Cifuentes Spain 139,000 46 Ranno Sootla Estonia 139,000 46 Lars Nord Sweden 137,500 46 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 137,000 46 Eero Abbey Finland 136,000 45 Adria Roura Spain 136,000 45 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 136,000 45 Benjamin Gros France 135,000 45 Jari Mähönen Finland 135,000 45 Tobias Napel Norway 135,000 45 Timo Ruuska Finland 135,000 45 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 135,000 45 Nian Li China 134,000 45 Alevtina Bubnova Russia 133,500 45 Mario Colavita Italy 133,000 44 Arnaud Esquevin France 131,500 44 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 131,500 44 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 131,000 44 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 130,500 44 Casimir Seire Finland 130,500 44 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 128,000 43 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 127,000 42 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 126,000 42 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 126,000 42 Sebastian Wahl Finland 126,000 42 Tero Laurila Finland 125,000 42 Daniel Rudd England 125,000 42 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 125,000 42 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 124,500 42 Oliver Gamble Denmark 124,000 41 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 124,000 41 Andreas Moser Switzerland 123,500 41 Gints Ozols Latvia 122,500 41 Jamie Brent Ireland 122,000 41 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 120,500 40 Robert Rohr Germany 119,500 40 Jani Junnilainen Finland 117,500 39 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 117,500 39 Maksim Kules Estonia 117,500 39 Quoc Ly Sweden 117,000 39 Daniel Novak Austria 117,000 39 Johan Kristensson Sweden 116,500 39 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 116,000 39 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 115,500 39 Dan Wald Sweden 115,000 38 Hai Hoang Finland 114,500 38 Fred Martens Estonia 113,500 38 Nina Kiviharju Finland 111,000 37 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 111,000 37 Sander Leigri Estonia 110,500 37 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan 110,000 37 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 109,000 36 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia 108,500 36 Majid Rostami Sweden 108,000 36 Janne Ojala Finland 107,500 36 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 107,500 36 Urmo Velvelt Estonia 107,500 36 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 106,500 36 Thomas Santerne France 106,500 36 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 106,000 35 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 105,500 35 Henri Puhm Estonia 105,500 35 Timmy Anker Denmark 105,000 35 Johan Högberg Sweden 105,000 35 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 105,000 35 Miika Töyräs Finland 104,500 35 Allan Arjut Estonia 103,000 34 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 102,500 34 Roberts Rumba Latvia 102,000 34 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 102,000 34 Jarmo Salonen Finland 100,500 34 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 100,000 33 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 100,000 33 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 100,000 33 Keng Tan Singapore 99,000 33 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 98,500 33 Artur Külanurk Estonia 98,000 33 Martin Zobel Germany 97,500 33 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 97,000 32 Henri Schalin Finland 96,500 32 Dylan Snyder England 96,500 32 Andrejs Kovalovs Latvia 96,000 32 Nils Linden Sweden 95,500 32 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 95,500 32 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 95,000 32 Miguel Fernandez Spain 94,000 31 Oskars Zommers Latvia 91,500 31 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 91,000 30 Jawad Habib Sweden 90,000 30 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 90,000 30 Per Engström Sweden 87,500 29 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia 87,500 29 Vadims Milovs Latvia 85,500 29 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 85,000 28 Yossef Ifergan France 85,000 28 Kristers Muhins Latvia 85,000 28 Juho Suutari Finland 84,000 28 Rimon Yousef Sweden 81,500 27 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 81,000 27 Yannick Palacio France 80,500 27 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 80,000 27 Anton Markachev Russia 80,000 27 Richard Melby Norway 77,000 26 Corne Scheel Netherlands 75,000 25 Diego Aquilio Italy 74,000 25 Tomas Graham New Zealand 73,500 25 Eriks Krumins Latvia 71,500 24 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 71,000 24 Casper Von Schantz Finland 69,000 23 Tommi Lankinen Finland 68,000 23 Eetu Porkka Finland 65,000 22 Tomi Hietala Finland 64,500 22 Kasper Mellanen Finland 64,500 22 Remy Mägi Estonia 64,000 21 Steven Tool Estonia 63,500 21 Johan Martinsen Finland 60,500 20 Riku Koivurinne Finland 56,000 19 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 55,000 18 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,000 18 Michel Karim Sweden 54,000 18 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 54,000 18 Johannes Cleven Norway 53,500 18 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 53,000 18 Aki Pyysing Finland 53,000 18 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 50,500 17 Petri Nikkinen Finland 50,500 17 Totti Arosuo Finland 50,000 17 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 50,000 17 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 50,000 17 Klavs Garselis Latvia 50,000 17 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 50,000 17 Marius Hakonsen Norway 50,000 17 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 50,000 17 Aku Matti Joentausta Finland 50,000 17 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 50,000 17 Juuso Koskela Finland 50,000 17 David Kozma Hungary 50,000 17 Pasi Laihinen Finland 50,000 17 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 50,000 17 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 50,000 17 Andrius Mazurkevicius Lithuania 50,000 17 Turlough McHugh Ireland 50,000 17 Janne Nevalainen Finland 50,000 17 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 50,000 17 Oskar Ojaveer Estonia 50,000 17 Gisle Olsen Denmark 50,000 17 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 50,000 17 Johan Purbe Sweden 50,000 17 Ilari Sahamies Finland 50,000 17 Maximilian Sanders England 50,000 17 Martin Schamaun Switzerland 50,000 17 Elias Suhonen Finland 50,000 17 Mounir Tajiou Sweden 50,000 17 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 50,000 17 Roope Tarmi Finland 50,000 17 Naing The Singapore 50,000 17 Mairo Tori Estonia 50,000 17 Jani Tuovinen Finland 50,000 17 Mats Ullereng Norway 50,000 17 Jan Verner Czech Republic 50,000 17 Tõnis Viik Estonia 50,000 17 Vu Vuong Finland 50,000 17 Chaofei Wang China 50,000 17 Celine Zimmermann Switzerland 50,000 17 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 17 Cory Desmond England 48,500 16 Max Avela Finland 48,000 16 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 48,000 16 James Noonan Ireland 48,000 16 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 47,500 16 Lauri Laast Estonia 46,000 15 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 45,500 15 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 45,500 15 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 45,000 15 Ali Boulacel France 45,000 15 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 45,000 15 Toni Ylitervo Finland 44,000 15 Jonatan Fors Finland 41,500 14 Teemu Sattanen Finland 41,000 14 Vidar Assersen Norway 40,000 13 Priit Vanem Estonia 39,500 13 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 39,000 13 Vladas Tamasauskas Lithuania 38,000 13 Igor Pihela Jr. Estonia 37,500 13 Grigory Zima Russia 37,500 13 Petteri Laiho Finland 36,500 12 John Enright Ireland 35,500 12 Soile Lerviks Finland 35,500 12 Daniel Olsson Sweden 35,000 12 Saara Benlamine Finland 32,000 11 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 31,500 11 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 27,500 9 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 27,000 9 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 26,500 9 Yassin Alami Sweden 23,500 8 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 23,500 8 Madis Ormisson Estonia 21,500 7 Maikel Homin Estonia 20,600 7 Rohan Oberoi Sweden 20,500 7 Jörg Schneegass Germany 14,000 5 Henri Ojala Finland 12,000 4 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,000 21 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 40,000 13 -
First Break of the Day; Last Change to Register
Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 304/855 Prizes: TBA It’s the first break of the day, and the 20-minute break is the last chance for players to register for the tournament. In other words, the final numbers will soon be official.
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Sootla Survives Against Ödeen
Ranno Sootla Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 304/855 Prizes: TBA Table 3 is quite the star-packed table. The WSOP Bracelet winner Jerry Ödeen, and the WSOP Circuit Ring winner Ranno Sootla are two of the players battling it out on the table.
A small-stacked Sootla moved all in for 26,500 UTG. Ödeen re-shoved for 45,000 from the Button, and the two players were heads-up to the flop.
Ranno Sootla: 9♠8♠
Jerry Ödeen: 10♥10♣Ödeen was ahead, but Sootla picked up all the draws on the 10♠7♣A♠ flop. He improved to a flush on the 2♠ turn, and the 8♥ river didn’t help Ödeen.
Ranno Sootla: 60,500
Jerry Ödeen: 18,500 -
Assersen Triples with Aces
Vidar Assersen Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 308/846 Prizes: TBA Vidar Assersen opened to 9,000 from UTG+1. Nicolas Alvariza then three-bet to 20,000, before No Filter Poker Series-founder Mounir Tajiou moved from the Button all in for 40,000. Assersen re-shoved for 43,000, and Alvariza made the call, having both of his opponents covered.
Mounir Tajiou: 8♥8♦
Vidar Assersen: A♥A♠
Nicolas Alvariza: A♦K♠Assersen was ahead, and the best hand held up on the 2♠J♥3♠10♠A♣ board. Tajiou was eliminated in the process, but perhaps he’ll re-enter.
Nicolas Alvariza: 155,000
Vidar Assersen: 136,500
Mounir Tajiou: 0 -
Reigning Champion Improves his Stack
Aurimas Stanevičius, winner of the €1,500 WSOPC Tallinn 2024 Main Event Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 316/839 Prizes: TBA Romans Tumulis opened to 6,000 from the Cut-off. The 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event champion, Aurimas Stanevicius, defended his Big Blind.
Stanevicius check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Tumulis on the Q♥J♣9♦ flop. He checked again on the 9♠ turn. Tumulis now bet 13,000; again, Stanevicius made the call.
Both players checked the A♣ river. Stanevicius showed K♠Q♣, which was good as Tumulis mucked his hand.
Aurmias Stanevicius: 116,000
Romans Tumulis: 92,000 -
Back-to-back for Dos Santos
Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 319/832 Prizes: TBA Frederico Dos Santos opened to 6,000 from UTG+1. Action then folded to Giuseppe Di Stasio, who raised to 11,500. Back to Dos Santos, who now 4-bet to 36,500. Di Stasio forced his opponent all in for 48,000 in total, and Dos Santos made the call.
Giuseppe Di Stasio: J♣J♦
Frederico Dos Santos: Q♣Q♦Big pair against big pair, and queens were good on the 4♦10♥8♥9♣A♥ board.
On the very next hand, Dos Santos again opened to 5,500, this time from UTG. Again, it was Di Stasio to take up the battle, this time with a 11,500. Dos Santos was up for the task as he re-raised to 35,500. Di Stasio folded, and Dos Santos revealed K♠K♥ for back-to-back premium holdings.
Frederico Dos Santos: 137,500
Giuseppe Di Stasio: 47,500 -
Baltutis Gets the Pot
Level 11: 1,000/2,5000 (2,500) Entries: 327/824 Prizes: TBA Modestas Kryzanauskas opened to 5,000 UTG. The 2024 Irish Poker Open Main Event champion Tero Laurila called from the Lo-jack, and so did Aurimas Baltutis (Cut-off), Richard Melby (Small Blind), and Arkadiusz Liszewski (Big Blind).
Action was checked to Kryzanauskas on the Q♠Q♥10♣ flop, who continued for 6,000. Laurila then raised to 17,000, and Baltutis cold-called. Melby, Liszweski, and Kryzanauskas all folded.
Laurila checked the 8♥ turn, prior to Baltutis betting 10,000. Laurila let his hand go.
Tero Laurila: 121,000
Aurimas Baltutis: 87,000 -
Jurgevicius Finishes off Garjonis
Level 11: 1,000/2,5000 (2,500) Entries: 331/820 Prizes: TBA Seated UTG+1, Klaudijus Garjonis moved all in for 41,000. Einius Jurgevicius called from the Button.
Klaudijus Garjonis: A♣8♥
Einius Jurgevicius: 7♦7♣It was a flip, but Jurgevicius’ pair of sevens was good on the 10♠J♥6♥5♣2♦ board.
Einius Jurgevicius: 308,000
Klaudijus Garjonis: 0 -
Shuffle Up and Deal; Day 2 Chip Counts and Seat Draw
Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 335/772 Prizes: TBA Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Below is the seat draw and chip count for the day; of course it’s still somewhat subject of change, as late registration is open for two more levels.
Position Player Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Timmy Anker Denmark 47,500 19 1 2 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 31 1 3 Aiguo Xu China 304,000 122 1 4 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 86 1 5 Max Avela Finland 95,500 38 1 6 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 40 1 7 James Paris Malta 250,000 100 1 9 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 23 2 1 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 52,500 21 2 3 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 32 2 4 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 147,000 59 2 5 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 24 2 6 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 42 2 7 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 65 2 8 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 39 2 9 Sami Säämänen Finland 241,000 96 3 1 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 40 3 2 Andreas Moller Denmark 201,000 80 3 4 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 72,500 29 3 5 Borja Martinez Spain 233,000 93 3 6 Igor Pihela Jr. Estonia 50,000 20 3 7 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 18 3 8 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 62 3 9 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 48 4 1 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 34 4 2 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 27 4 3 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 30 4 4 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 85,000 34 4 5 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 98 4 6 Miika Töyräs Finland 121,500 49 4 7 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 81 4 9 Peter Jaksland Denmark 223,000 89 5 1 Martin Piik Estonia 193,500 77 5 2 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 234,500 94 5 3 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 100 5 4 Jaime Susarte Spain 24,500 10 5 5 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 33 5 7 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 19 5 8 Jukka Perälä Finland 124,000 50 5 9 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 18 6 1 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 26 6 2 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 11 6 3 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 130,000 52 6 5 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 130,000 52 6 6 Soile Lerviks Finland 107,000 43 6 7 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 73 6 8 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 17 6 9 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,500 70 7 1 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 88 7 2 Keng Tan Singapore 93,000 37 7 3 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 37 7 4 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 80,500 32 7 5 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 62 7 6 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 129,000 52 7 7 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 16 7 8 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 27 8 1 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 21 8 2 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 105 8 3 Gunnar Wedde Norway 187,000 75 8 4 Anton Markachev Russia 50,000 20 8 6 Andres Lõiv Estonia 112,500 45 8 7 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 64 8 8 Matthew Micallef Malta 163,500 65 8 9 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 52 9 2 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 30 9 3 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 9 9 4 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 51 9 5 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 146,500 59 9 6 Jani Tuovinen Finland 116,000 46 9 7 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 61 9 8 Elias Suhonen Finland 72,000 29 9 9 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 29 10 1 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 91,500 37 10 2 Andrius Mazurkevicius Lithuania 50,000 20 10 3 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 15 10 4 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 58 10 5 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 44 10 6 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 52 10 7 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 113,000 45 10 9 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 216,500 87 11 1 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 47 11 3 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 10 11 4 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 35 11 5 Kimmo Kurko Finland 204,000 82 11 6 Gints Ozols Latvia 111,000 44 11 7 Thomas Santerne France 74,000 30 11 8 Ismael Dominguez Spain 29,000 12 11 9 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 103,500 41 12 1 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 38 12 3 Jonas Silfver Sweden 29,500 12 12 4 Mati Pirn Estonia 49,500 20 12 5 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 114,000 46 12 6 Stephen Groom England 197,500 79 12 7 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 25 12 8 Touko Berndtson Finland 44,500 18 12 9 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 58 13 1 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 79 13 2 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 187,000 75 13 3 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 219,500 88 13 4 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 31 13 5 Yannick Palacio France 75,500 30 13 6 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 192,000 77 13 7 Jimmy Dewerdt France 50,000 20 13 8 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 35 14 1 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 151,500 61 14 2 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 62,000 25 14 3 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 41 14 4 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 174 14 6 Martin Zobel Germany 144,000 58 14 7 Johan Martinsen Finland 114,000 46 14 8 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 32 14 9 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 80 15 1 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 244,000 98 15 2 Teemu Sattanen Finland 64,000 26 15 3 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 45 15 4 Eriks Krumins Latvia 39,000 16 15 6 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 33 15 7 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 13 15 8 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 44 15 9 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 82,500 33 16 1 Dylan Snyder England 177,000 71 16 2 Adria Roura Spain 139,000 56 16 3 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 57 16 4 John Enright Ireland 42,000 17 16 5 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 5 16 6 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 55,500 22 16 7 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 15 16 8 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 42,500 17 17 2 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,500 22 17 3 Maksim Kules Estonia 196,500 79 17 5 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 50 17 6 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 27 17 7 Andre Mägi Estonia 125,000 50 17 8 De-Han Kim South Korea 147,000 59 17 9 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 44 18 1 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 16 18 2 Joel Lehtinen Finland 154,500 62 18 3 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 42 18 5 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 89,500 36 18 6 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 110 18 7 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 35 18 8 Henri Ojala Finland 137,000 55 18 9 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 34 19 1 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 50 19 2 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 72 19 3 Victor Vozian Romania 43,000 17 19 5 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 34 19 6 Johan Karlsson Sweden 310,500 124 19 7 Jan Verner Czech Republic 69,000 28 19 8 Corne Scheel Netherlands 194,500 78 19 9 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 12 20 1 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 262,500 105 20 2 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 19 20 3 Petteri Laiho Finland 139,500 56 20 4 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 31 20 5 Timo Ruuska Finland 78,500 31 20 6 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 12 20 7 Terje Wangberg Norway 181,500 73 20 8 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 41 21 1 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 305,500 122 21 2 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 89 21 3 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 15 21 5 Andreas Moser Switzerland 165,500 66 21 6 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 38 21 7 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 5 21 8 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 38 21 9 Robert Kallikorm Estonia 55,000 22 22 1 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 21 22 2 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 69,000 28 22 3 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 49 22 4 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,500 25 22 5 Renars Skanis Latvia 214,000 86 22 6 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 121,000 48 22 7 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 32 22 9 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 88 23 1 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 55 23 2 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 27 23 3 Kyösti Isberg Finland 149,000 60 23 5 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 29 23 6 Giuseppe Di Stasio Italy 81,000 32 23 7 Eero Abbey Finland 93,500 37 23 8 Romans Tumulis Latvia 111,000 44 23 9 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 54 26 2 Johan Kristensson Sweden 53,500 21 26 3 Carl Lundh Sweden 68,500 27 26 4 Jarkko Suokas Finland 50,000 20 26 5 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 62 26 6 Eetu Sepponen Finland 197,000 79 26 7 Magnus Pukk Estonia 37,000 15 26 8 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 18 26 9 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 91 27 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 70,000 28 27 2 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 35 27 3 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 39 27 4 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 132 27 5 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 22 27 6 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 120,500 48 27 9 Kaido Kuusemäe Estonia 56,000 22 28 1 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 23 28 2 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 7 28 3 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 34 28 4 Tõnis Viik Estonia 69,000 28 28 6 Mihhail Kilinkarov Estonia 115,500 46 28 7 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 191,500 77 28 8 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 16 28 9 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 68 29 1 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 50 29 2 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 24 29 4 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 149 29 6 Ishak Noyan Sweden 96,000 38 29 7 Luka Sorainen Finland 313,000 125 29 8 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 45 29 9 Janne Ojala Finland 117,000 47 30 1 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 26 30 2 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 53 30 3 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 12 30 4 Benjamin Gros France 85,500 34 30 5 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 27 30 6 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 109 30 7 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 80,000 32 30 8 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,500 46 31 1 Veiko Kond Estonia 119,500 48 31 2 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 40 31 4 Bengt Johansson Finland 91,000 36 31 5 Johan Purbe Sweden 90,500 36 31 6 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 26 31 7 James Noonan Ireland 48,500 19 31 8 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 33 31 9 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 44,000 18 32 1 Kwan Lau China 172,000 69 32 2 Simon Svinth Denmark 142,000 57 32 3 Victor Buitrago Spain 36,500 15 32 4 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 42 32 7 Assad Jalil Sweden 191,000 76 32 8 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 19 32 9 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 73,000 29 33 1 Jussi Julkunen Finland 261,000 104 33 2 Nian Li China 147,500 59 33 3 Cory Desmond England 70,000 28 33 4 Arnaud Esquevin France 151,500 61 33 6 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 12 33 7 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 44 33 8 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 48 33 9 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 29,000 12 34 1 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 146,500 59 34 2 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 37 34 3 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden 50,000 20 34 4 Tero Laurila Finland 81,500 33 34 5 Harem Rafat Sweden 359,500 144 34 7 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 35 34 8 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 14 34 9 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 98,500 39 35 1 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 30 35 2 Erki Andressoo Estonia 151,500 61 35 3 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 54 35 4 Adrian Ruano Spain 49,500 20 35 5 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 80,500 32 35 6 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 17 35 8 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 66 35 9 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 68 36 1 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 32 36 3 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 46 36 4 Henri Katila Finland 21,000 8 36 5 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 102 36 6 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 10 36 7 Jawad Habib Sweden 116,500 47 36 8 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 38,500 15 36 9 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 119,500 48 37 1 Henri Puhm Estonia 116,000 46 37 2 Jonatan Fors Finland 26,500 11 37 3 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 17 37 4 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 73 37 5 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 46 37 6 Juan Duenas Spain 44,500 18 37 8 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 45 37 9 Lauri Laast Estonia 50,000 20 38 1 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 36 38 3 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 198,500 79 38 4 Karel Kratochvil Czech Republic 50,000 20 38 5 Sven-Erik Taru Estonia 75,000 30 38 6 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 35,000 14 38 7 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 144,000 58 38 8 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 99 38 9 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 32 39 1 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 47 39 3 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 29 39 4 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 56 39 5 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 34 39 6 Roberto Olsen Sweden 298,500 119 39 7 Totti Arosuo Finland 130,500 52 39 8 Ermo Kosk Estonia 68,000 27 39 9 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 106 40 2 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 60 40 3 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 67 40 4 Rene Cifuentes Spain 72,000 29 40 5 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 123,000 49 40 6 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 36 40 7 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 19 40 8 Jon Alba Spain 107,500 43 41 1 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 67 41 2 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 182,500 73 41 3 Madis Ormisson Estonia 32,500 13 41 4 Nadja Sutter Switzerland 50,000 20 41 5 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 92,000 37 41 6 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 21 41 8 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 47 41 9 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 87,000 35 42 1 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 20 42 2 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 26 42 3 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 10 42 4 David Kozma Hungary 59,000 24 42 5 Tommi Lankinen Finland 86,000 34 42 6 Aku Laajus Finland 252,500 101 42 7 Kasper Mellanen Finland 132,000 53 42 8 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 55 43 1 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 41,000 16 43 2 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 25 43 4 Arturs Daugis Latvia 54,500 22 43 5 Michel Karim Sweden 126,500 51 43 6 Samuel Richards England 79,000 32 43 8 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 44 43 9 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 41 44 1 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 15 44 2 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 98 44 3 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 58 44 4 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 33 44 5 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 77,500 31 44 6 Marco Bognanni Italy 158,500 63 44 9 Sander Leigri Estonia 148,500 59 45 1 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 20 45 3 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 42 45 4 David Marfil Spain 305,000 122 45 6 Majid Rostami Sweden 110,500 44 45 7 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 205,500 82 45 8 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 69 45 9 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 107 -
Main Event Day 2 and More on Today’s Schedule
It’s Day 8 of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, which means that one week of this golden nugget of a poker festival already has passed. Time is flying in the Estonian capital, as are the cards and the chips on the poker tables; it’s safe to say the action has been mezmerizing.
On today’s schedule Day 2 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event is the highlight. That being said, there are two other Ring Events on the schedule, both very intriguing.
After five starting flights, it’s now time for Day 2 of the €1,500 Main Event. 764 entries have been made in the tournament so far, and 327 are returning to Day 2. Registration is open for two more 60-minute levels; it’s an educated guess that the total number of entries will exceed 800 by some margin. The chip leader going into Day 2 is Markku Koplimaa.
At 15:00, it’s one of the most hyped events of the whole circuit. Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten marks the first time ever a Sviten tournament is WSOP Circuit Ring certified, and presumably, all Mixed Games players should be very interested competing for this inaugural title. The tournament is a two-day event, and Day 1 will be played down to 15 % of the field.
Ten, at 18:00, it’s Day 1 of Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty. Nothing beats the thrill of a live poker mystery bounty tournament. Day 1 will play 10 levels, before the survivors will bag n’ tag.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – August 1 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 2 12:00 p.m. €20 Satellite to Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten (Three Seats Guaranteed) 3:00 p.m. Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten Day 1 3:00 p.m. €80 Satellite to Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Day 1 6:00 p.m. (Five Seats Guaranteed) 6:00 p.m. €200 NLH Progressive Bounty 9:00 p.m. €200 PLO6 10:00 p.m. €150 Satellite to Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH -
€1,500 Main Event: Chip Counts and Seat Draw for Day 2
With the conclusion of Day 1e, all five starting flights of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event are now done and dusted. All five flights combined, 764 entries have been made, and 328 players hav bagged for Day 2. Reminder that late registration wil be open during the first two 60-minute levels of Day 2, so the number or entries will increase.
Below is the chip count for Day 2, and a breakdown of all starting flights. poker.pro will return as fast as possible with the seat draw.
€1,500 Main Event – Chip Counts
1 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 435,500 2 Aklilu Laitinen Finland 371,500 3 Harem Rafat Sweden 359,500 4 Catalin Pop Romania 329,500 5 Luka Sorainen Finland 313,000 6 Johan Karlsson Sweden 310,500 7 Igor Pihela Sr. Estonia 305,500 8 David Marfil Spain 305,000 9 Aiguo Xu China 304,000 10 Roberto Olsen Sweden 298,500 11 David Vinaya Norway 274,000 12 Cao Doan Sweden 272,500 13 Kaido Mikk Estonia 267,500 14 Trond Aanestad Norway 265,000 15 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 263,000 16 Jack Kiriakus Sweden 262,500 17 Jussi Julkunen Finland 261,000 18 Martynas Saltis Lithuania 256,000 19 Aku Laajus Finland 252,500 20 Lasse Hansen Norway 251,000 21 James Paris Malta 250,000 22 Hamid Salehi Sweden 248,000 23 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania 245,000 24 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 244,000 25 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 244,000 26 Sami Säämänen Finland 241,000 27 Mauri Dorbek Estonia 234,500 28 Borja Martinez Spain 233,000 29 Juha Helppi Finland 228,000 30 Renars Skanis Latvia 225,000 31 Peter Jaksland Denmark 223,000 32 Ronnie Youssef Sweden 221,500 33 Sondre Lunde Norway 220,500 34 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 220,000 35 Alexey Cherkasov Estonia 219,500 36 Rytis Pranarauskas Lithuania 216,500 37 Alvils Bijons Latvia 216,000 38 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 205,500 39 Kimmo Kurko Finland 204,000 40 Kambiz Kashi Sweden 203,000 41 Andreas Moller Denmark 201,000 42 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 199,000 43 Audrius Navickas Lithuania 198,500 44 Oskars Zommers Latvia 198,500 45 Stephen Groom England 197,500 46 Eetu Sepponen Finland 197,000 47 Maksim Kules Estonia 196,500 48 Corne Scheel Netherlands 194,500 49 Martin Piik Estonia 193,500 50 Peter Kvisthammar Sweden 192,000 51 Vladimer Vaganian Georgia 191,500 52 Assad Jalil Sweden 191,000 53 Riccardo Trevisani Italy 187,000 54 Gunnar Wedde Norway 187,000 55 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus 182,500 56 Ari Soini Finland 182,500 57 Andrew King Ireland 181,500 58 Terje Wangberg Norway 181,500 59 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey 180,000 60 Dylan Snyder England 177,000 61 Sergei Krementsukov Estonia 175,500 62 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 173,000 63 Kwan Lau China 172,000 64 Even Rislov Norway 171,000 65 Tanel Evert Estonia 169,500 66 Jonas Klaus Germany 168,500 67 Jari Mähönen Finland 167,000 68 Andreas Moser Switzerland 165,500 69 Nina Kiviharju Finland 164,000 70 Matthew Micallef Malta 163,500 71 Rasmus Lindström Finland 161,500 72 Henri Schalin Finland 160,000 73 Marco Bognanni Italy 158,500 74 Konstantin Färber Germany 155,000 75 Mathias Siljander Finland 155,000 76 Joel Lehtinen Finland 154,500 77 Erling Olsen Norway 154,500 78 Kenneth Svendsen Norway 152,000 79 Erki Andressoo Estonia 151,500 80 Arnaud Esquevin France 151,500 81 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 151,500 82 Kalle Kampus Ireland 151,000 83 Kyösti Isberg Finland 149,000 84 Sander Leigri Estonia 148,500 85 Nian Li China 147,500 86 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania 147,000 87 De-Han Kim South Korea 147,000 88 Modestas Kryzanauskas Lithuania 146,500 89 Gundars Zelcs Latvia 146,500 90 Tony Latvaniemi Finland 146,000 91 Mario Colavita Italy 145,000 92 Daniel Rudd England 144,500 93 Zydrunas Karcemarskas Lithuania 144,000 94 Martin Zobel Germany 144,000 95 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 143,500 96 Simon Svinth Denmark 142,000 97 Petteri Laiho Finland 139,500 98 Adria Roura Spain 139,000 99 Chaofei Wang China 139,000 100 Aurimas Stanevicius Lithuania 138,000 101 Henri Ojala Finland 137,000 102 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 136,500 103 Saara Benlamine Finland 136,000 104 Lars Nord Sweden 135,000 105 Jamie Brent Ireland 132,000 106 Kasper Mellanen Finland 132,000 107 Roope Tarmi Finland 131,000 108 Totti Arosuo Finland 130,500 109 Ibrahim Kiriakus Sweden 130,000 110 Vitalijs Korhs Latvia 130,000 111 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 130,000 112 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia 129,000 113 Daniel Olsson Sweden 127,500 114 Michel Karim Sweden 126,500 115 Thor Morstol Norway 126,000 116 Hendrik Uibo Estonia 126,000 117 Andre Mägi Estonia 125,000 118 Seppo Parkkinen Finland 124,000 119 Jukka Perälä Finland 124,000 120 Jan Holte Norway 123,000 121 Lukas Poskus Lithuania 123,000 122 Miika Töyräs Finland 121,500 123 Andrei Mjagkov Estonia 121,000 124 Vygerdas Jonikas Lithuania 120,500 125 Sindy Ygborn Sweden 120,000 126 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh 119,500 127 Veiko Kond Estonia 119,500 128 Jussi Mattila Finland 119,000 129 Jorn Martinsen Norway 118,500 130 Gabriel Rymar Poland 118,000 131 Janne Ojala Finland 117,000 132 Vadim Guk Russia 116,500 133 Jawad Habib Sweden 116,500 134 Henri Puhm Estonia 116,000 135 Jani Tuovinen Finland 116,000 136 Mihhail Kilinkarov Estonia 115,500 137 Karev Tralla Estonia 115,000 138 Rolf Jauring Sweden 114,500 139 Jarmo Salonen Finland 114,500 140 Liutauras Armanavicius Lithuania 114,000 141 Johan Martinsen Finland 114,000 142 Andreas Brendholdt Denmark 113,500 143 Aleksandre Apryan Georgia 113,000 144 Rihards Rusanovs Latvia 113,000 145 Nils Linden Sweden 112,500 146 Andres Lõiv Estonia 112,500 147 Gints Ozols Latvia 111,000 148 Romans Tumulis Latvia 111,000 149 Martijn Blom Netherlands 110,500 150 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland 110,500 151 Majid Rostami Sweden 110,500 152 Andreas Fröhli Switzerland 109,000 153 Enea Subashi Greece 109,000 154 Andreas Theodorou Cyprus 109,000 155 Jon Alba Spain 107,500 156 Soile Lerviks Finland 107,000 157 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia 105,500 158 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania 105,500 159 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia 105,000 160 Riku Koivurinne Finland 104,500 161 Norberts Nikitenko Latvia 103,500 162 Remy Mägi Estonia 103,000 163 Allan Arjut Estonia 101,500 164 Christophe Diserens Switzerland 101,500 165 Maksim Petrov Estonia 100,500 166 Egon Norden Estonia 100,000 167 Jevgenijs Zotovs Latvia 100,000 168 Arkadiusz Liszewski Poland 98,500 169 Mairo Tori Estonia 98,500 170 Martin Keskküla Estonia 97,000 171 Roberts Krigers Latvia 96,000 172 Morgan Lien Norway 96,000 173 Ishak Noyan Sweden 96,000 174 Max Avela Finland 95,500 175 Grigory Zima Russia 95,000 176 Eero Abbey Finland 93,500 177 Tomas Graham New Zealand 93,500 178 Keng Tan Singapore 93,000 179 Christoffer Jensen Denmark 92,000 180 Jargo Alaväli Estonia 91,500 181 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 91,500 182 Bengt Johansson Finland 91,000 183 Johan Purbe Sweden 90,500 184 Simen Gulbrandsen Norway 89,500 185 Davis Modans Latvia 89,500 186 Vu Vuong Finland 89,000 187 Yngve Lommerud Norway 88,500 188 Rimon Yousef Sweden 88,000 189 Diego Aquilio Italy 87,500 190 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 87,000 191 Janne Nevalainen Finland 87,000 192 Roman Petelytskyi Ukraine 87,000 193 Masoud Fatollahy Sweden 86,000 194 Tommi Lankinen Finland 86,000 195 Benjamin Gros France 85,500 196 Marius Hakonsen Norway 85,500 197 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden 85,000 198 Johan Högberg Sweden 84,000 199 Niilo Niinikoski Finland 84,000 200 Timo Viitanen Finland 84,000 201 Fred Martens Estonia 83,500 202 Vadims Milovs Latvia 83,000 203 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 82,500 204 Tarmo Tammel Estonia 82,000 205 Tero Laurila Finland 81,500 206 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania 81,500 207 Giuseppe Stasio Italy 81,000 208 Robert Rohr Germany 81,000 209 Svajunas Seduikis Lithuania 81,000 210 Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania 80,500 211 Jarkko Tuuri Finland 80,500 212 Sergej Babincev Lithuania 80,000 213 Tommy Piiroinen Finland 80,000 214 Casimir Seire Finland 79,500 215 Dan Wald Sweden 79,500 216 Samuel Richards England 79,000 217 Maikel Homin Estonia 78,500 218 Artur Külanurk Estonia 78,500 219 Timo Ruuska Finland 78,500 220 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 78,500 221 Dmitri Damaskin Estonia 77,500 222 Tobias Napel Norway 76,000 223 Yannick Palacio France 75,500 224 Sven-Erik Taru Estonia 75,000 225 Hai Hoang Finland 74,500 226 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia 74,500 227 Thomas Santerne France 74,000 228 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia 73,000 229 Steven Tool Estonia 73,000 230 Jerry Ödeen Sweden 72,500 231 Rene Cifuentes Spain 72,000 232 Elias Suhonen Finland 72,000 233 Mats Ullereng Norway 72,000 234 Aki Pyysing Finland 71,500 235 Cory Desmond England 70,000 236 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 70,000 237 Rolandas Aglinskas Lithuania 69,000 238 Jan Verner Czech Republic 69,000 239 Tõnis Viik Estonia 69,000 240 Petri Härkönen Finland 68,500 241 Carl Lundh Sweden 68,500 242 Frederico Dos Santos Brazil 68,000 243 Ermo Kosk Estonia 68,000 244 Gytis Lazauninkas Lithuania 67,000 245 Evripidis Papas Cyprus 67,000 246 Mikko Saarremaa Finland 67,000 247 Quoc Ly Sweden 66,000 248 Sebastian Wahl Finland 66,000 249 Feras Abid Finland 64,500 250 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania 64,000 251 Teemu Sattanen Finland 64,000 252 Paul O’Brien Australia 63,500 253 Mikael Haapaniemi Finland 63,000 254 Tomi Hietala Finland 62,000 255 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France 62,000 256 Roberts Rumba Latvia 60,000 257 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 59,000 258 David Kozma Hungary 59,000 259 Kristers Muhins Latvia 58,500 260 Ahmet Canatan Denmark 58,000 261 Kaido Kuusemäe Estonia 56,000 262 Leevi Kangasluoma Finland 55,500 263 Ricardas Lukauskas Lithuania 55,500 264 Robert Kallikorm Estonia 55,000 265 Arturs Daugis Latvia 54,500 266 Oliver Gamble Denmark 54,000 267 Johan Kristensson Sweden 53,500 268 Aku Joentausta Finland 53,000 269 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania 52,500 270 Nico Frenn Switzerland 51,500 271 Jörg Schneegass Germany 51,500 272 Aleksandr Jelpidiforov Russia 49,500 273 Adrian Ruano Spain 49,500 274 Mati Pirn Estonia 49,500 275 Aurimas Bielskas Lithuania 49,000 276 James Noonan Ireland 48,500 277 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania 48,000 278 Sergejs Piratovs Latvia 48,000 279 Timmy Anker Denmark 47,500 280 Vidar Assersen Norway 47,000 281 Edgaras Truskauskas Lithuania 46,500 282 Jevgenijs Kritinins Latvia 45,500 283 Touko Berndtson Finland 44,500 284 Tadas Gencerauskas Lithuania 44,500 285 Juan Duenas Spain 44,500 286 Rokas Barzdzius Lithuania 44,000 287 Ranno Sootla Estonia 44,000 288 Eero Ihaksi Finland 43,000 289 Deivydas Sirvaitis Lithuania 43,000 290 Juho Suutari Finland 43,000 291 Victor Vozian Romania 43,000 292 Berhan Ahmadi Finland 42,500 293 John Enright Ireland 42,000 294 Ivane Khazaradze Georgia 41,000 295 Hanno Kerem Estonia 39,500 296 Eriks Krumins Latvia 39,000 297 Petri Nikkinen Finland 39,000 298 Aleksandras Rusinovas Lithuania 39,000 299 Vladimiras Meckovskis Lithuania 38,500 300 Casper Von Schantz Finland 38,000 301 Andrei Piatrushchanka Belarus 37,000 302 Magnus Pukk Estonia 37,000 303 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania 37,000 304 Victor Buitrago Spain 36,500 305 Necati Misto Sweden 36,500 306 Markus Gjerde Norway 35,000 307 Verneri Häkkinen Finland 35,000 308 Antti Ranta-Nilkku Finland 33,500 309 Madis Ormisson Estonia 32,500 310 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine 30,500 311 Rickard Andersson Sweden 30,000 312 Miguel Fernandez Spain 30,000 313 Jonas Eriksson Silfver Sweden 29,500 314 Audrius Pavasaris Lithuania 29,500 315 Ismael Dominguez Spain 29,000 316 Aurimas Baltutis Lithuania 29,000 317 Vetle Holum Norway 27,000 318 Jonatan Fors Finland 26,500 319 Yossef Ifergan France 25,500 320 Edijs Sidko Latvia 25,500 321 Jaime Susarte Spain 24,500 322 Daniel Novak Austria 24,500 323 Krisjanis Balodis Latvia 22,000 324 Henri Katila Finland 21,000 325 Gatis Pele Latvia 17,500 326 Simon Hassan Sweden 13,000 327 Maximilian Sanders England 13,000 €1,500 Main Event – Starting Flights Breakdown
Flight Entries Players to Day 2 Day 1a 125 47 Day 1b 157 68 Day 1c 72 28 Day 1d 272 122 Day 1e 138 63
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€1,500 Main Event – Day 3 Results
Place Player Country Prize 10 Chaofei Wang China €11,200 11 Vidar Assersen Norway €11,200 12 Gunnar Wedde Norway €9,100 13 Andrew King Ireland €9,100 14 Henri Schalin Finland €9,100 15 Maikel Homin Estonia €9,100 16 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia €7,500 17 Nian Li China €7,500 18 Erik Lindqwist Sweden €7,500 19 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €7,500 20 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania €7,500 21 Rasmus Lundström Finland €7,500 22 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €7,500 23 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania €7,500 24 Tobias Napel Norway €6,250 25 Tõnis Viik Estonia €6,250 26 Timmy Anker Denmark €6,250 27 Kimmo Kurko Finland €6,250 28 Ilari Sahamies Finland €6,250 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania €6,250 30 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €6,250 31 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €6,250 32 Tommi Lankinen Finland €5,250 33 Ignas Navickas Lithuania €5,250 34 Tero Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
The Final Table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event
Below is the seat draw and the chip counts for tomorrow’s final table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Czech Martin Surovec is the chip leader going into tomorrow’s final.
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Elias Vääräniemi
Finland 2,925,000 29 1 2 David Vinaya
Norway 6,790,000 68 1 3 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden 6,885,000 69 1 4 Karolis Kutkauskas
Lithuania 1,715,000 17 1 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland 4,025,000 40 1 6 Stephen Groom
England 5,855,000 59 1 7 Martin Surovec
Czech Republic 7,715,000 77 1 8 Jari-Pekka Juhola
Finland 2,495,000 25 1 9 Igor Pihela Sr
Estonia 5,880,000 59 These are the remaining payouts:
Position Payout 1 €200,200 2 €128,500 3 €90,200 4 €62,500 5 €46,000 6 €33,100 7 €25,060 8 €19,500 9 €14,200 -
Groom Eliminates Chaofei Wang; Final Table is Set
Chaofei Wang Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Stephen Groom opened to 200,000 UTG. Action folded to Chaofei Wang, who moved all in from the Small Blind for 2,550,000. Groom called as fast as humanly possible.
Chaofei Wang: 4♠4♣
Stephen Groom: A♣K♣‘Groom took a solid lead on the A♦K♠9♠ flop, and Wang wasn’t able to catch up as the board completed 3♣10♦. With Wang out in tenth place, the final table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event is now set.
Stephen Groom: 5,855,000
Chaofei Wang: 0The final table will be played tomorrow at 12:00. It will be livestreamed with a 30-minute delay on the poker.pro YouTube channel.
That’s a wrap for today’s live coverage from poker.pro, but before we leave you, the seat draw and chip counts for tomorrow will be uploaded, as well as all results from today.
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Westerlund Eliminates Assersen
Vidar Assersen Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 10/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 UTG, Jenny Westerlund opened to 225,000. Action folded to Vidar Assersen, who moved all in for 820,000 from the Button. After doing the math, Westerlund decided to go for the call.
Vidar Assersen: A♥J♥
Jenny Westerlund: K♥10♠Both players hit a piece of the Q♦10♥J♣ flop, and Westerlund picked up a straight draw in addition to her pair. The 3♦ turn didn’t change anything, but the 9♠ saw the Swede hitting her straight, sending Norway’s Assersen to the rail in eleventh place.
Jenny Westerlund: 6,800,000
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Surovec Knocks out two Players
Martin Surovec Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 11/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martin Surovec opened to 200,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated on the Button, Gunnar Wedde three-bet to 550,000. The action didn’t stop there, as Andrew King then moved all in for 1,100,000. Back on Surovec, who re-shoved, effectively forcing Wedde all in for 3,200,000. Wedde made the call.
Andrew King: 4♥4♣
Martin Surovec: K♠K♥
Gunnar Wedde: J♠J♥Surovec had both of his opponents in rough shape. King picked up additional outs on the 2♦5♥3♠ flop, but in the end, victory belonged to Surovec, as the board completed with 9♠10♦. Surovec sent two players to the rail and won a very significant pot.
Martin Surovec: 6,700,000
Gunnar Wedde: 0
Andrew King: 0 -
Chip Counts at the Break
The remaining 14 players are soon returing from the break on Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000). Below are the current chip counts:
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 6,330,000 63 2 David Vinaya Norway 5,695,000 57 3 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 4,295,000 43 4 Stephen Groom England 4,205,000 42 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 4,115,000 41 6 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 3,400,000 34 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 3,170,000 32 8 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 3,040,000 30 9 Gunnar Wedde Norway 2,630,000 26 10 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 1,740,000 17 11 Chaofei Wang China 1,675,000 17 12 Vidar Assersen Norway 1,545,000 15 13 Andrew King Ireland 1,220,000 12 14 Henri Schalin Finland 745,000 7 -
Homin is Out
Maikel Homin Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 14/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Gunnar Wedde opened to 160,000 from UTG+1. From the Cut-off, a shortstacked Maikel Homin moved all in for 240,000. Wedde made the call.
Maikel Homin: A♠4♠
Gunnar Wedde: A♥10♣Wedde got the better of his opponent on the 6♦Q♥7♣10♠Q♠ board. Homin was sent to the rail in fifteenth place, cashing for €9,100.
Gunner Wedde: 2,630,000
Maikel Homin: 0 -
Big One for Vinaya
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 15/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 After some raising back and forth, Maikel Homin and David Nivaya both were all in pre-flop. The stacksizes were very even, but Vinaya was the player at risk, playing 3,400,000.
Maikel Homin: K♣K♥
David Vinaya: A♥A♦A brutal cooler for Homin, and he didn’t get any help on the J♦10♣9♥4♦6♣ board. Vinaya won a big pot, while Homin was left with crumbs.
David Vinaya: 6,600,000
Maikel Homin: 220,000 -
Kutkauskas Doubles Through Westerlund
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 15/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Jenny Westerlund who opened to 160,000 from the Button. Seated in the Big Blind, Karolis Kutkauskas moved all in for 810,000. Westerlund snap-called.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 4♥4♦
Jenny Westerlund: K♣Q♣Kutkauskas survived as the board spelled out 8♣5♦8♦2♦6♣.
Jenny Westerlund: 4,745,000
Karolis Kutkauskas: 1,700,000 -
Another Pot Goes to Westerlund
Stephen Groom Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 15/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 UTG+1, Stephen Groom opened to 125,000. From the Hi-jack, chip leader Jenny Westerlund three-bet to 325,000. Groom made the call.
Groom check-called a 250,000 bet from Westerlund on the 9♥K♦4♦ flop. He checked again on the 6♠ turn, and Westerlund continued for 550,000. Again, Groom made the call.
Groom completed the check trifecta on the 9♣ turn, and then, the called a 1,000,000 bet from Westerlund. Westerlund, who’s the only lady remaining in the tournament, turned over K♥K♠ for a full house. Groom mucked his hand.
Jenny Westerlund: 8,100,000
Stephen Groom: 2,940,000 -
Chmielowski Survives
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 26: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 16/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Karolis Kutkauskas opened to 125,000 from the Lo-jack. Krzysztof Chmielowski moved all in for 315,000 from the Button, and Kutkauskas made the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 9♠9♣
Karolis Kutkauskas: A♠10♥Kutkauskas picked up additional outs the 6♥K♣J♥ flop, but as the board completed 7♠K♥, he didn’t get there.
Karolis Kutkauskas: 3,100,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 1,000,000 -
Jarkko Suokas Wins Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten for €14,035
Jarkko Suokas Nicklas Nordblom announced pot for 450,000. Jarkko Suokas re-pot 1,350,000, effectively forcing Nordblom all in for 1,050,000. Nordblom made the call.
After the dealer revealed the 10♠9♦8♦ flop, Suokas discarded two cards. Nordblom only asked for one new card, and after declining the 9♠, he got another card face down.
Nicklas Nordblom: K♥K♦J♠7♣6♠
Jarkko Suokas: Q♥Q♠Q♣K♣3♥Suokas had already locked up the five-card draw-pot, but Nordblom was ahead on the board with a straight. Unlucky for him, however, Suokas improved to a superior straight as the board completed with 3♦J♥.
That means that Jarkko Suokas wins Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten. He overcame a field that consisted of 113 entries, and for his achievement, he wins €14,035, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and most importantly, the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.
Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten – Full Results
Place Player Country Prize 1 Jarkko Suokas
Finland €14,035 + $5,000 Ticket to Paradise 2 Nicklas Nordblom
Sweden €9,260 3 Sami Säämänen
Finland €6,300 4 Torgil Hellman
Sweden €4,430 5 Anders Öhman
Sweden €3,230 6 Peter La Terra
Sweden €2,440 7 Niko Palonen
Finland €1,920 8 Sebastian Wahl
Finland €1,450 9 Alexander Hallenstam
Sweden €1,450 10 Patric Mattsson
Sweden €1,190 11 Klaus Grönberg
Finland €1,190 12 Frank Visser
Netherlands €1,130 13 Timo Lämsä
Finland €1,130 14 Annika Tängström
Sweden €1,130 15 Jan Holte
Norway €1,130 16 Gry-Helene Ostlie
Norway €1,130 17 Olli Aleksi Siitonen
Finland €1,130 -
€555 Sviten Day 2 Photos (By Elena Kask)
Alexander Hallenstam Patric Mattsson Patric Mattsson Patric Mattsson Sami Säämänen Peter La Terra Anders Öhman Anders Öhman Peter La Terra Sami Säämänen Sami Säämänen Sami Säämänen Timo Lamsa Timo Lamsa Alexander Hallenstam Niko Palonen Niko Palonen Niko Palonen Patric Mattsson Klaus Grönberg Annika Tängström Frank Visser Torgil Hellman Sebastian Wahl Torgil Hellman Nicklas Nordblom Nicklas Nordblom Jarkko Suokas -
Chip Counts at the Third Break
Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 17/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The 17 players remaining in the Main Event are now on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return to Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000). Below are the chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 8,225,000 137 2 Stephen Groom England 4,545,000 76 3 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 3,840,000 64 4 Chaofei Wang China 3,760,000 63 5 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 3,120,000 52 6 Andrew King Ireland 3,015,000 50 7 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 2,925,000 49 8 Maikel Homin Estonia 2,860,000 48 9 David Vinaya Norway 2,735,000 46 10 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 2,070,000 35 11 Henri Schalin Finland 1,710,000 29 12 Gunnar Wedde Norway 1,700,000 28 13 Vidar Assersen Norway 1,205,000 20 14 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 810,000 14 15 Nian Li China 777,000 13 16 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 750,000 13 17 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 345,000 6 -
Lindqwist Says Goodbye
Andreas Möller & Erik Lindqwist Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 17/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 A short-stacked Erik Lindqwist moved all in UTG for 510,000. Right next to him, Gunnar Wedde re-shoved for 1,100,000. The two of them were heads-up to the flop.
Erik Lindqwist: A♥J♠
Gunnar Wedde: A♦K♦Wedde was ahead, and Lindqwist didn’t connect on the 6♣3♥10♣4♥4♦ board. Such, he was eliminated in eighteenth place for 7,500.
Gunnar Wedde: 1,700,000
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Vinaya Finds the Straight
David Vinaya Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 18/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Gunnar Wedde opened to 105,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated on the Button, David Vinaya was the sole caller.
Wedde fired a 110,000 continuation bet on the 10♦5♦K♣ flop, and Vinaya made the call. On the 2♣ turn, Wedde sized up to 150,000; Vinaya went for the call again.
Wedde slowed down on the J♥ river and checked. Vinaya now took over the aggression and bet 280,000. Wedde made the call fairly quickly.
Vinaya revealed his A♠Q♥ for a rivered straight.
David Vinaya: 2,850,000
Gunnar Wedde: 1,150,000 -
Updated List of Eliminations
Jussi Mattila Place Player Country Prize 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Göran Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Urrea Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony C. M. Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Santalla Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Reza Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Frisk Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Ahane Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Emil Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi P. K. Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Gurrutxaga Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas F. L. Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander F. M. Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Mikael Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Johannes Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Kristjan Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan J. S. Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Fatiha Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
Lundström is Out
Rasmus Lundström Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 20/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Rasmus Lundström bet roughly 660,000, and left himself with 5,000 behind. Gonzalo Soriano called from the Big Blind, and being under the impression Lundström had moved all in, Soriano turned over his A♦A♣ holdings. According to the rules, the dealer dealt the flop, and Soriano had to play the rest of the hand with his cards faced up.
Lundström then went all in for his remaining 5,000 on the J♠7♣5♣ flop. Naturally, Soriano made the call.
Rasmus Lundström: 9♠9♥
No help for Lundström on the 10♥K♣ runout, and he was eliminated in twenty-first place for €7,500.
Gonzalo Soriano: 1,800,000
Rasmus Lundström: 0 -
Another Big Pot to Westerlund
Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 24/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Justinas Adomauskas opened to 80,000 UTG. Chip leader Jenny Westerlund then made it 200,000 from the Cut-off. Then, Tõnis Viik moved all in for 705,000 from the Button. The players in the blinds then folded, and when it came back to Adomauskas, he min-raised to 1,205,000. After perhaps two minute’s worth of consideration, Westerlund smooth-called.
Adomauskas checked the 9♠2♠6♠ flop, and Westerlund then forced him all in for 1,630,000. Adomauskas sighed heavily before he folded, showing he had A♣K♣.
Tõnis Viik: J♣J♥
Jenny Westerlund: Q♠Q♣The board completed 4♣7♥, and Westerlund extended her chip lead even further.
Jenny Westerlund: 6,365,000
Justinas Adomauskas: 1,630,000
Tõnis Viik: 0 -
Chip Counts at Second Break
Jenny Westerlund is the current chip leader Break N/A Entries: 26/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The players are now on the second break of the day. They will soon return to Level 23, which features Blinds 20,000/40,000, and a 40,000 Ante. Below are the chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 4,375,000 109 2 Chaofei Wang China 4,110,000 103 3 Stephen Groom England 3,245,000 81 4 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 3,015,000 75 5 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 2,730,000 68 6 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 2,705,000 68 7 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 2,575,000 64 8 Andrew King Ireland 2,450,000 61 9 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 2,375,000 59 10 Maikel Homin Estonia 2,000,000 50 11 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 1,980,000 50 12 David Vinaya Norway 1,960,000 49 13 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 1,590,000 40 14 Henri Schalin Finland 1,330,000 33 15 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 1,125,000 28 16 Gunnar Wedde Norway 1,020,000 26 17 Rasmus Lundström Finland 995,000 25 18 Tobias Napel Norway 805,000 20 19 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 635,000 16 20 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 600,000 15 21 Tõnis Viik Estonia 570,000 14 22 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 560,000 14 23 Vidar Assersen Norway 550,000 14 24 Timmy Anker Denmark 500,000 13 25 Nian Li China 455,000 11 26 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 230,000 6 -
Updated List of Day 3 Eliminations
Place Player Country Prize 27 Kimmo Kurko Finland €6,250 28 Ilari Sahamies Finland €6,250 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania €6,250 30 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €6,250 31 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €6,250 32 Tommi Lankinen Finland €5,250 33 Ignas Navickas Lithuania €5,250 34 Tero Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
Monster Pot to Westerlund
Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Level 21: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 28/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From the Cut-off, Jenny Westerlund opened to 65,000. Markku Koplimaa called from the Big Blind.
Koplimaa check-called a 50,000 bet from Westerlund on the 5♣10♠Q♣ flop. Koplimaa checked again on the J♣ turn, and Westerlund now bet 125,000. Then, Koplimaa raised to 375,000. Westerlund wouldn’t have it, and she re-raised to 825,000. Koplimaa wasn’t done yet; he moved all in for 1,200,000, and Westerlund snap-called.
Markku Koplimaa: K♣8♣
Jenny Westerlund: A♣3♣Absolutely brutal for Koplimaa, and the 5♦ river was a pure formality. He was eliminated, as Westerlund’s stack grew to enormous proportions.
Jenny Westerlund: 3,960,000
Markku Koplimaa: 0 -
Lankinen bids Farewell
Tommi Lankinen Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 31/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Tommi Lankinen moved all in UTG for 220,000. Action folded to Gunnar Wedde, who made the call from the Small Blind.
Tommi Lankinen: K♠J♥
Gunner Wedde: A♠6♣The board 2♠4♣A♣8♠9♥ saw Lankinen going out in thirty-second place for €5,250.
Gunnar Wedde: 1,950,000
Tommi Lankinen: 0 -
Updated Results
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 33/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Below are all eliminations so far from today.
Place Player Country Prize 34 Tero Tapio Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Smedheim Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Antonio Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Nordbjorn Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Göran Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Urrea Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony C. M. Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Santalla Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Reza Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Frisk Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Ahane Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Emil Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi P. K. Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Gurrutxaga Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas F. L. Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander F. M. Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Mikael Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Johannes Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Kristjan Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan J. S. Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Fatiha Benlamine Finland €3,050 -
Brutal Cooler Makes Big Pot
Roy Van Der Reijnst Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 34/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The board read Q♦K♠6♥7♠ with 940,000 in the middle. Chaofei Wang bet 425,000, Roy Van Der Reijnst quickly forced his opponent all in for an additional 1,260,000, and Wang snap-called.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: Q♠Q♥
Chaofei Wang: K♦K♥A brutal cooler, and Van Der Reijnst didn’t improve to quads on the 5♥ river. The enormous pot went the way of Wang.
Chaofei Wang: 3,460,000
Roy Van Der Reijnst: 2,440,000 -
Final Table in Sviten
Peter La Terra The final table of Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten is being played in the same room as the Main Event. There are only six players remaining battling for this first-ever WSOP Circuit Ring Event of Sviten.
A short-stacked Peter La Terra just moved all in from UTG for 95,000. Action folded to Sami Säämänen, who made the call from the Big Blind.
After the dealer dealt the 8♠A♣8♥ flop, Säämänen discarded two cards. La Terra bought one new; he declinded the 2♥ and got another one face down.
Peter La Terra: K♠K♣J♠J♦10♦
Sami Säämänen: A♦5♥5♣6♦3♥The board completed 9♠Q♥, which meant that La Terra scooped the pot with two-pair on the hand and a straight on the board.
Sami Säämänen: 745,000
Peter La Terra: 205,000 -
Another One Bites the Dust
Eldars Sadih-Zade Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 38/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martin Surovec opened to 55,000 from the Lo-jack. Roy Van Der Reijnst then three-bet to 130,000 from the Button, prior to Eldars Sadih-Zade moving all in for roughly 1,150,000. Surovec quickly folded, but Van Der Reijnst snap-called.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: Q♥Q♦
Eldars Sadih-Zade: 9♥9♦‘Sadih-Zade picked up additional outs on the 6♣7♥8♣ flop, but Van Der Reijnst managed to avoid disaster as the board completed 8♦7♦. Van Der Reijnst sent another player to the rail as his already impressive stack increased.
Roy Van Der Reijnst: 4,000,000
Eldars Sadih-Zade: 0 -
Chip Counts at the First Break
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 44/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The Main Event players are now on the first break of the day. They will soon resume play at Level 21: Blinds 10,000/25,000, with a 25,000 Ante. Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania 3,425,000 137 2 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands 2,735,000 109 3 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 2,680,000 107 4 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 2,475,000 99 5 Stephen Groom England 2,440,000 98 6 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 1,730,000 69 7 Maikel Homin Estonia 1,555,000 62 8 Markku Koplimaa Estonia 1,470,000 59 9 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 1,425,000 57 10 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania 1,205,000 48 11 Gunnar Wedde Norway 1,200,000 48 12 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia 1,160,000 46 13 Andrew King Ireland 1,055,000 42 14 Hans Erlandsson Sweden 1,050,000 42 15 Gonzalo Soriano Spain 1,010,000 40 16 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 975,000 39 17 Chaofei Wang China 965,000 39 18 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia 895,000 36 19 Tero Laurila Finland 815,000 33 20 Ignas Navickas Lithuania 810,000 32 21 Mario Colavita Italy 800,000 32 22 Rasmus Lundström Finland 785,000 31 23 Kimmo Kurko Finland 765,000 31 24 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 725,000 29 25 Tobias Napel Norway 720,000 29 26 Tõnis Viik Estonia 705,000 28 27 Tanel Evert Estonia 685,000 27 28 Sondre Lunde Norway 680,000 27 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania 655,000 26 30 Nian Li China 650,000 26 31 Henri Schalin Finland 630,000 25 32 David Vinaya Norway 540,000 22 33 Erik Lindqwist Sweden 385,000 15 34 Timmy Anker Denmark 375,000 15 35 Vidar Assersen Norway 350,000 14 36 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania 340,000 14 37 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania 275,000 11 38 Even Rislov Norway 255,000 10 39 Mikko Ylämäki Finland 255,000 10 40 Tommi Lankinen Finland 230,000 9 41 James Paris Malta 200,000 8 42 Ilari Sahamies Finland 175,000 7 -
Van Der Reijnst Looking for Redemption
Roy Van Der Reijnst Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 44/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Roy Van Der Reijnst finished second in Ring Event #3: €555 NLH, which is the biggest tournament of that buy-in to ever be played during the WSOP Circuit Tallinn (744 entries). Van Der Reijnst is still alive in the €1,500 Main Event, roughly playing 2,450,000. Will he be able to get redemption this time?
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A Decent Flop
Ritvars Cekalins & Jenny Westerlund Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 53/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Borja Martinez opened to 40,000 from UTG+1. Jenny Westerlund, seated in the Small Blind, was the sole caller.
Westerlund check-called a 30,000 bet from Martinez on the A♥9♦A♦ flop. After another check from the Swede on the 10♣ turn, Martinez now sized up to 95,000. Westerlund made the call.
Action went check-check on the 6♥ river. Westerlund turned over A♣9♠ for a flopped full house; now that’s a decent flop.
Jenny Westerlund: 975,000
Borja Martinez: 800,000 -
Miracle Jack for Chmielowski
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 57/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 30,000 from the Button. Jack Kiriakus then made it 165,000 from the Big Blind. Chmielowski pondered for a minute before moving all in for 475,000 in total. Kiriakus made the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♠J♥
Jack Kiriakus: A♥Q♠Kiriakus was way ahead, but he didn’t fancy the J♦6♥4♣ flop. The 2♠10♣ runout didn’t help him, and he lost a big chunk of his stack to Chmielowski.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 1,000,000
Jack Kiriakus: 375,000 -
Triple-up for Juhola
Jari-Pekka Juhola Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 58/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 On a 2♠K♥8♠A♥ board with roughly 250,000 in the middle, some kind of action led out to Igor Pihela Sr raising an earlier bet to 475,000. Kestutis Jungevicius made the call before Jari-Pekka Juhola moved all in for 550,000 in total. Pihela Sr then attempted to go all in himself, but the door wasn’t open, and he had to settle with a call. Jungevicius also called.
Pihela Sr and Jungevicius both checked the 9♣ river.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 8♥8♦
Kestutis Jungevicius: A♣2♥
Igor Pihela Sr: A♠3♠With his set of eights, Juhola won the pot and tripled up his stack.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 2,000,000
Kestutis Jungevicius: 975,000
Igor Pihela Sr: 295,000 -
Battle of the Swedes
Andreas Möller & Erik Lindqwist Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 68/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From the Hi-jack, Harem Rafat opened to 35,000. Erik Lindqwist then put in a three-bet to 90,000 from the Button. Back to Rafat who moved all in for roughly 400,000 in total. Lindqwist made the call.
Harem Rafat: Q♥Q♣
Erik Lindqwist: A♦K♣Rafat was devastated to see the 3♠8♠K♦ flop. He didn’t hit a miracle queen on the 9♠8♦ runout, and all his chips went the way of Lindqwist.
Erik Lindqwist: 1,330,000
Harem Rafat: 0 -
No Flush
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 73/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Jon Alba on the Button, who opened to 30,000. Krzysztof Chmielowski defended his Big Blind.
Chmielowski check-called a 15,000 bet from Alba on the 5♥10♠6♥ flop. Action went check-check on the 3♥ turn. Chmielowski checked on the 9♥ river, and Alba then bet 55,000. Chmielowski took some time before calling.
Alba immediately mucked his hand, and Chmielowski was awarded the pot.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 535,000
Jon Alba: 50,000 -
Shuffle up and Deal
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 78/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The remaining 78 players in Ring Event #5; €1,500 Main Event have taken their seats, and the dealers are now shuffling the cards. The battle for eternal poker glory is resuming.
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Five Ring Events During Day 9
Kenneth Svendsen & Even Rislov Time flies when you’re having fun, they say. That has proven to be the case during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Eight days have flew by at rapid speed, and today, it’s the second-to-last day. That doesn’t imply that the fun is anywhere near done, though. In fact, today’s tournament schedule is one of the most packed one so far, with no less than five WSOP Circuit Ring Events on the schedule.
Kicking things off is Day 3 of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. What a journey this tournament has been so far. Five starting flights led up to yesterday’s Day 2. When registration closed after the two first 60-minute levels, it was confirmed the tournament had registered 888 entries. Not only is this the biggest WSOP Circuit Main Event ever on Estonian soil, but the €1,00,000 guarantee has also been shattered (€1,138,860). The 88 remaining survivors will resume the battle for the €200,200 first-place payout at noon.
Also starting at 12:00 is Day 2 of Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten. This is the first-time ever a Sviten tournament is WSOP Circuit Ring certified, and out of the 113 entries, 17 player remain. Patric Mattsson is the chip leader, and time will tell if he manages to navigate his way all the way to the title.
One hour later, it’s time for the conclusion of Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty. The defending champion Rasmus Lundström is not one of the 41 players still in (out of a total 210 entries) as he’s still in the Main Event. Instead, there’ll be a new winner; will it be the current chip leader Andrius Mazurkevicius who emerges victorious, or perhaps another candidate?
Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH is also starting at 13:00. This is the tournament that holds the second-biggest buy-in of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, and presumably, many players will throw their name into the competition.
Stephen Groom Last in terms of WSOP Circuit Ring Events, it’s Ring Event #12: €350 Online Event. Registration is open for the tournament in the OlyBet online poker client, and this virtual affair is a nice addition to what has already been a superb live poker event.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – August 2 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 3 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten Day 2 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. €200 NLH Deepstack 1:00 p.m. Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Day 2 (Final Day) 1:00 p.m. Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH Day 1 2:00 p.m. €200 NLH Queens 5:00 p.m. €350 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty 7:00 p.m. €555 NLH 8-Handed 8:00 p.m. Ring Event #12: €350 Online Event 9:00 p.m. €200 Turbo All in all, there’s yet another great day of unparalleled poker fun waiting for all in Tallinn. The poker.pro live coverage will commence at noon; see you soon.
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Jenny Westerlund Writes History after Winning the €1,500 Main Event during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn
The 2025 Wsop Circuit Tallinn has officially concluded. It was a live poker festival that will remembered for years to come for many different reasons. Featuring no less that 12 unique WSOP Circuit Ring Events, the €1,500 Main Event was the one tournament that was on everyone’s lips. With a €1,000,000 tournament guarantee, the hype before the event was unparalleled, and it’s safe to say it didn’t disappoint. Not only is there a new WSOP Circuit Main Event winner, but a new chapter has also been written in global poker history, as the first-ever female winner of a WSOP Circuit Event in Tallinn has now been crowned.
Westerlund Claims Maiden WSOP Circuit Title
Poker players from all across the world travelled to Tallinn, Estonia, to participate in what would prove to be one of the biggest ever live poker events in Northern Europe. The tables were set at the luxurious Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel, and with a tournament schedule packed to the absolute brim, there were events for everyone, no matter one’s preferred game and/or buy-in.
What was always set to be the undisputed star of the show, however, was the €1,500 Main Event. The tournament boosted a €1,000,000 guarantee, and even though that’s an incomprehensibly large number, it would be shattered. The tournament registered 888 entries, which created a €1,138,860 prize pool. Not only was there the €200,200 first-place payout up top for the winner, but also an added $5,000 Ticket to Paradise (which includes a $2,700 tournament buy-in and hospitality during the 2025 WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas) and, most importantly, the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.
It was a three-day affair with five starting flights, and the top 138 players all were entitled to a €2,850 min-cash. After Day 3, 78 players had become nine, and these brave competitors all bagged their chips for the final table which was scheduled to be played on August 3, 12:00.
Eventually, D-day came and the players took their seats. Leading the field going into the final table was Czech Martin Surovec, and right behind him was the only woman left standing in the tournament, Sweden’s Jenny Westerlund. Entering the tournament with the shortest stack was Karolis Kutkauskas. The Lithuanian had been the chip leader at one point during Day 3, but on the final stage, he resumed the competition with 17 Big Blinds. Eventually, he got it all in with J♦J♣, and sadly for him, he got called by the A♥A♦ of Finland’s Jari-Pekka Juhola. As such, Kutkauskas was the first one to bid farewell from the final table, receiving €14,200 for his ninth-place finish.
The next one to hit the rail was the sole remaining Brit, Stephen Groom. All of his chips went in before the flop with A♥K♦, but the board did not help him crack the pocket kings of Surovec. For his feat, Groom was awarded €19,500.
Jari-Pekka Juhola Juhola and Elias Vääräniemi were the two Finnish players left in the tournament, competing to claim a fourth Finnish WSOP Circuit Ring Event win during the festival. However, Juhola was the next player to be eliminated, as Estonian Igor Pihela Sr knocked him out in absolutely brutal fashion, hitting a two-outer on the turn. Juhola hit the payout desk to collect his €25,060 paycheck.
One of the biggest story lines before the final table was the sunshine run of David Vinaya. Earlier during the festival, he had claimed victory in Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH for €297,984, and he was arguably one of the most skillful players on the final table. It wouldn’t be back-to-back wins for the Norwegian, though, as he went out in sixth place for €33,100 after a decent call from Poland’s Krzysztof Chmielowski under pressure.
David Vinaya Meanwhile, Vääräniemi was trying his best to keep the Finnish flag waving in the tournament, but some lost pots had taken their toll on his stack. Eventually, the math dictated that he needed to put it all in with pocket fours, and he lost the coin flip against Chmielowski. Vääräniemi bid farewell in fifth place for €46,000.
Four players now remained, and it would take some time before Surovec would go out in fourth place for €62,500. He got it in good against Westerlund as his A♦10♣ dominated her A♠9♠ holdings, but Westerlund hit a nine on the flop and never looked back.
Krzysztof Chmielowski Three left then, Pihela Sr being the shortest stack. During the very first hand of three-handed play, he put in a big three-bet after an initial open from Chmielowski. Westerlund then four-bet, trying to force Chmielowski to fold. Chmielowski wouldn’t have it, though, and he moved all in. Much to the rail’s surprise, Pihela Sr and Westerlund both made the call.
The players turned over their cards, and Chmielowski’s Q♠Q♣ were up against the A♣6♥ of Pihela Sr, and the A♥J♦ of Westerlund. Everyone was full aware of the importance of this pot; all chips were in the middle, and if Chmielowski’s queens would be good after the runout, he would have a commanding chiplead. If Westerlund were able to suck out, she would be crowned the champion.
The 2♦9♦3♦ brought eight additional outs to Westerlund. Then, she took a commanding lead as the A♠ came on the turn. She could now taste victory, and Chmielowski was looking for the case Q♥ on the river to stay alive. Much to Westerlund’s delight, the dealer turned over the 5♥, and just like that, it was all over. Pihela Sr got €90,200 for his third-place finish, while runner-up Chmielowski was awarded €128,500.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Final Table Payouts
Place Player Country Payout 1 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden €200,200 2 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland €128,500 3 Igor Pihela Sr
Estonia €90,200 4 Martin Surovec
Czech Republic €62,500 5 Elias Vääräniemi
Finland €46,000 6 David Vinaya
Norway €33,100 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola
Finland €25,060 8 Stephen Groom
England €19,500 9 Karolis Kutkauskas
Lithuania €14,200 With her win, Westerlund becomes one of the first women ever to win a WSOP Circuit Main Event; she joins the company of such as Jessica Vierling (winner of the 2024 WSOP Circuit Los Angeles $1,700 Main Event). It’s the biggest-ever cash for the former poker dealer, and without any doubt, her joyful celebration together with her rail will be a moment they all will cherish forever.
That concludes the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. It truly was one for the ages, and the 12 WSOP Circuit Rings have now all found their new owners. While the action in Tallinn may be over, the circuit doesn’t stop. In fact, the 2025 WSOP Circuit Bratislava started on August 1, and after August 12, another WSOP Circuit Main Event champion will be crowned.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – All Ring Event Winners
Event Winner Country First-place Payout Total Number of Entries Total Prize Pool Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event Simon Hesserud Persson
Sweden €45,700 954 €280,953 Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Andria Gogelidze
Georgia €27,100 268 €127,300 Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Toni Niinivaara
Finland €62,100 744 €353,400 Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Drea Karlsen
Norway €6,480 74 €21,793 Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Jenny Westerlund
Sweden €200,200 888 €1,138,860 Ring Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 Mathias Siljander
Finland €41,000 185 €175,750 Ring Event #7: €5,000 NLH David Vinaya
Norway €94,280 64 €297,984 Ring Event #8: €1,100 8-Game Krzysztof Budka
Poland €22,390 79 €75,050 Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten Jarkko Suokas
Finland €14,035 113 €53,675 Ring Event #10: €1,100 Mystery Bounty Fabian Bartuschk
Germany €61,050 210 €94,500 Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH Enrique Martinez
Spain €80,500 106 €287,896 Ring Event #12: €350 Online Ring Event Eriks Krumins
Latvia €8,507 168 €55,440 -
Jenny Westerlund Wins the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event for €200,200
Jenny Westerlund Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 1/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 With her double elimination during the very first hand of three-handed play, Jenny Westerlund is now crowned the champion of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. This is a historic win in all ways; she wins the record-breaking Main Event that registered 888 entries, and she also becomes the first-ever woman to win a WSOP Circuit Main Event. She is now entitled to the €200,200 first-place payout, the $5,000 Ticket to Paradise, and most importantly, the coveted, legendary WSOP Circuit Ring.
That’s a wrap for the poker.pro live coverage for this time, however, a longer recap of today’s Main Event action will be uploaded within the hour. Stay tuned!
2025 WSOP Circuit €1,500 Main Event – Results
Place Player Sweden Prize 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden €200,200 2 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland €128,500 3 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia €90,200 4 Martin Surovec Czech Republic €62,500 5 Elias Vääräniemi Finland €46,000 6 David Vinaya Norway €33,100 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland €25,060 8 Stephen Groom England €19,500 9 Karolis Kutkauskas Lithuania €14,200 10 Chaofei Wang China €11,200 11 Vidar Assersen Norway €11,200 12 Gunnar Wedde Norway €9,100 13 Andrew King Ireland €9,100 14 Henri Schalin Finland €9,100 15 Maikel Homin Estonia €9,100 16 Jevgenijs Sapronenko Latvia €7,500 17 Nian Li China €7,500 18 Erik Lindqwist Sweden €7,500 19 Gonzalo Soriano Spain €7,500 20 Justinas Adomauskas Lithuania €7,500 21 Rasmus Lundström Finland €7,500 22 Roy Van Der Reijnst Netherlands €7,500 23 Aurelijus Sipavicius Lithuania €7,500 24 Tobias Napel Norway €6,250 25 Tõnis Viik Estonia €6,250 26 Timmy Anker Denmark €6,250 27 Kimmo Kurko Finland €6,250 28 Ilari Sahamies Finland €6,250 29 Zinartas Jasiunas Lithuania €6,250 30 Markku Koplimaa Estonia €6,250 31 Mikko Ylämäki Finland €6,250 32 Tommi Lankinen Finland €5,250 33 Ignas Navickas Lithuania €5,250 34 Tero Laurila Finland €5,250 35 Sondre Lunde Norway €5,250 36 Mario Colavita Italy €5,250 37 Even Rislov Norway €5,250 38 Tanel Evert Estonia €5,250 39 Eldars Sadih-Zade Latvia €5,250 40 James Paris Malta €4,550 41 Hans Erlandsson Sweden €4,550 42 Kestutis Jungevicius Lithuania €4,550 43 Borja Martinez Spain €4,550 44 Anthony Lesoismier-Geniaux France €4,550 45 David Marfil Spain €4,550 46 Hamid Salehi Sweden €4,550 47 Bahadir Hatipoglu Turkey €4,550 48 Yngve Lommerud Norway €4,000 49 Kenneth Svendsen Norway €4,000 50 Roberts Rumba Latvia €4,000 51 Jevgenijs Ratners Latvia €4,000 52 Lina Svilainyte Lithuania €4,000 53 Roberto Olsen Sweden €4,000 54 Marijus Dirgela Lithuania €4,000 55 Joel Lehtinen Finland €4,000 56 Jack Kiriakus Sweden €3,650 57 David Kozma Hungary €3,650 58 Kristaps Deksnis Latvia €3,650 59 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,650 60 Aiguo Xu China €3,650 61 Gints Ozols Latvia €3,650 62 Jussi Mattila Finland €3,650 63 Jon Alba Spain €3,650 64 Mykhailo Mikhalov Ukraine €3,300 65 Thomas Santerne France €3,300 66 Alexander Holmberg Norden Sweden €3,300 67 De-Han Kim Korea, South €3,300 68 Aklilu Laitinen Finland €3,300 69 Ritvars Cekalins Latvia €3,300 70 Harem Rafat Sweden €3,300 71 Eetu Porkka Finland €3,300 72 Eero Ihaksi Finland €3,050 73 Mauri Dorbek Estonia €3,050 74 Peter Jaksland Denmark €3,050 75 Rauno Kiviloo Estonia €3,050 76 Guillermo Cifuentes Estonia €3,050 77 Jonatan Fors Finland €3,050 78 Saara Benlamine Finland €3,050 79 Jussi Julkunen Finland €3,050 80 Paul O’Brien Australia €3,050 81 Klaudijus Garjonis Lithuania €3,050 82 Stanislovas Vinicenka Lithuania €3,050 83 Kaspars Butans Latvia €2,950 84 Ruslan Stserbjuk Estonia €2,950 85 Tomas Pinkevicius Lithuania €2,950 86 Kristers Muhins Latvia €2,950 87 Per Engström Sweden €2,950 88 Ronnie Youssef Sweden €2,950 89 Jamie Brent Ireland €2,950 90 Karev Tralla Estonia €2,950 91 Svetlana Aubakirova Kazakhstan €2,850 92 Juha Helppi Finland €2,850 93 Lasse Hansen Norway €2,850 94 Alina Paliahoshka Belarus €2,850 95 Mindaugas Kriauciunas Lithuania €2,850 96 Klavs Garselis Latvia €2,850 97 Jan Holte Norway €2,850 98 Eero Abbey Finland €2,850 99 Gundars Zelcs Latvia €2,850 100 Nina Kiviharju Finland €2,850 101 Yannick Palacio France €2,850 102 Stanislav Smeljov Estonia €2,850 103 Aku Laajus Finland €2,850 104 Terje Wangberg Norway €2,850 105 Matthew Micallef Malta €2,850 106 Michel Karim Sweden €2,850 107 Jonas Klaus Germany €2,850 108 Martin Zobel Germany €2,850 109 Johan Högberg Sweden €2,850 110 Vu Vuong Finland €2,850 111 Jukka Perälä Finland €2,850 112 Nils Linden Sweden €2,850 113 Ishak Noyan Sweden €2,850 114 Marius Hakonsen Norway €2,850 115 Luka Sorainen Finland €2,850 116 Nicolas Alvariza Sweden €2,850 117 Arminas Nemeika Lithuania €2,850 118 Ville-Tapio Mesiranta Finland €2,850 119 Trond Aanestad Norway €2,850 120 Roope Tarmi Finland €2,850 121 Davis Modans Latvia €2,850 122 Roberts Krigers Latvia €2,850 123 Remy Mägi Estonia €2,850 124 Maksim Petrov Estonia €2,850 125 Audrius Navickas Lithuania €2,850 126 Zahid Bhuiyan Bangladesh €2,850 127 Yossef Ifergan France €2,850 128 Einius Jurgevicius Lithuania €2,850 129 Daniel Rudd England €2,850 130 Janne Ojala Finland €2,850 131 Andre Mägi Estonia €2,850 132 Jani Junnilainen Finland €2,850 133 Romans Tumulis Latvia €2,850 134 Kambiz Kashi Sweden €2,850 135 Tomas Graham New Zealand €2,850 136 Mathias Siljander Finland €2,850 137 Urmo Velvelt Estonia €2,850 138 Kaido Mikk Estonia €2,850 -
Igor Pihela Sr Eliminated in 3rd Place (€90,200); Krzysztof Chmielowski Eliminated in 2nd Place (€128,500)
Igor Pihela Sr Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 1/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 During the first hand of three-handed play, Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 600,000 UTG. Within a split second, Igor Pihela Sr then three-bet to 4,200,000. Now, the action was on Jenny Westerlund. The Swedish chip leader decided to four-bet to 10,000,000. Chmielowski took an extra peak on his cards, went into the tank for a minute or two, before moving all in himself for 14,000,000 in total. Pihela Sr committed his last 1,100,000 for the call, and Westerlund called for an additional 4,000,000.
Krzysztof Chmielowski Krzysztof Chmielowski: Q♠Q♣
Igor Pihela Sr: A♣6♥
Jenny Westerlund: A♥J♦All the tournament chips were now in the middle. Westerlund had both of her opponents at risk, while Chmielowski would be a huge chip leader if his queens were to hold. It was time for the flop.
There were all diamonds on the 2♦9♦3♦, giving Westerlund an additional eight outs. The turn wasn’t a diamond, but the A♠ turn was enough to put Westerlund in a very solid lead. Chmielowski was now drawing to one out on the river, the Q♥. It was the 5♥ that finished the board, though, and such, Pihela Sr and Chmielowski both were eliminated in the same hand. Since Chmielowski had the superior stack, he got the €128,500 second-place payout, while Pihela Sr got €90,200 for his third-place finish.
Jenny Westerlund: 44,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 0
Igor Pihela Sr: 0 -
Martin Surovec Eliminated in 4th Place (€62,500)
Martin Surovec Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 3/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Jenny Westerlund opened to 600,000 UTG. Action folded all the way to Martin Surovec in the Big Blind. Being the shortest stack on the table, Surovec moved all in for 4,700,000. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Westerlund made the call.
Martin Surovec: A♦10♣
Jenny Westerlund: A♠9♠Surovec had his opponent in rough shape, but it was Westerlund who took the lead on the 5♠9♣7♣ flop. The 8♠ turn gave both players additional draws, but, in the end, it was Westerlund who emerged victorious as the river was the 7♥. Surovec bid farewell in fourth place for €62,500.
Jenny Westerlund: 25,000,000
Martin Surovec: 0 -
Chmielowski Gets There
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 32: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Chip leader Jenny Westerlund opened to 650,000 from the Small Blind. Krzysztof Chmielowski called from the Big Blind; this was for from the first time these two had tango’d in a Blind versus Blind battle.
Action went check-check on the 6♦2♦Q♠ flop. Westerlund bet 500,000 on the 3♠ turn, and Chmielowski made the call.
The river was the K♦ and Westerlund now bet 1,400,000. Then, Chmielowski put in a raise to 3,500,000. Westerlund gave a look of confusion, and eventually, she made the call.
Chmielowski turned over 10♦3♦ for a rivered flush, and Westerlund mucked her hand. Her Q♥Q♣ holdings were revealed on the stream.
Jenny Westerlund: 19,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 15,000,000 -
Pihela Sr and Surovec Trades Places
Martin Surovec Level 31: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The shortest stack, Igor Pihela Sr, opened to 750,000 UTG. Martin Surovec, seated in the Big Blind, was the sole caller.
Surovec check-called a 400,000 bet from Pihela Sr on the 7♥K♣2♠ flop. Surovec checked again on the Q♠, and Pihela Sr now sized up to 725,000. Surovec wasn’t going anywhere.
Surovec checked for a third time on the 4♦ river. Pihela Sr bet 450,000, and Surovec made the call.
Pihela Sr turned over A♦K♣, and as Surovec threw his hand into the muck, the pot belonged to Pihela Sr. According to the graphics on the stream, Surovec had K♦10♣.
Igor Pihela Sr: 6,900,000
Martin Surovec: 2,900,000 -
Flush Versus Flush
Jenny Westerlund Level 31: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to Jenny Westerlund who opened to 625,000 from the Small Blind. Krzysztof Chmielowski called from the Big Blind.
Westerlund fired a 400,000 continuation bet on the 10♠A♣6♣ flop, and Chmielowski made the call. Both players checked the J♣ turn. Westerlund bet 1,200,000 on the 2♣ river, and Chmielowski made the call.
Westerlund turned over Q♣9♣ for a flush. Chmielowski mucked his hand, but from the stream, we knew he held 10♣6♠.
Jenny Westerlund: 20,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 11,000,000 -
Chip Counts at the Second Break
Break N/A Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The four remaining players are enjoying the second 20-minute break of the day. They will soon resume play on Level 31: 125,000/250,000 (250,000). Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Sofia Westerlund Sweden 17,675,000 71 2 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 14,050,000 56 3 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 6,550,000 26 4 Igor Sr Pihela Estonia 6,100,000 24 -
Elias Vääräniemi Eliminated in 5th Place (€46,000)
Elias Vääräniemi Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 4/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 First to act, Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 400,000 UTG. When action came to Elias Vääräniemi in the Small Blind, the Finn moved all in for 1,700,000. Chmielowski made the call.
Elias Vääräniemi: 4♥4♣
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♣J♥It was a classic flip scenario, and unfortunately for Vääräniemi, his pair didn’t hold up as the board spelled out 2♣2♠J♠3♦Q♥. He bid farewell in fifth place for €46,000, and all his chips went the way of Chmielowski.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 16,000,000
Elias Vääräniemi: 0 -
David Vinaya Eliminated in 6th Place (€33,100)
Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 5/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 The winner of Ring Event #3: €5,000 NLH, David Nivaya, opened to 400,000 UTG. Krzysztof Chmielowski called from the Cut-off, and Igor Pihela Sr joined in on the fun from the Small Blind.
Action was checked to Chmielowski on the 2♠K♣7♥ flop, who bet 425,000. Pihela Sr folded, before Nivaya announced a raise to 1,200,000. Chmielowski double-checked his holdings before making the call.
Nivaya then moved all in for 2,600,000 on the 9♦ turn. Chmielowski pondered for a couple of minutes, before making the call.
David Nivaya: 10♥9♥
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♦Q♦Chmielowski had made the right decision, and Nivaya received no help on the A♠.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 13,000,000
David Nivaya: 0 -
Chmielowski Wins with Ace High
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 6/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski limped from the Small Blind. Martin Surovec wouldn’t allow it and raised to 500,000. Chmielowski made the call.
Chmielowski check-called a 325,000 bet from Surovec on the Q♦7♥2♣ flop. Action went check-check on the 7♠ turn.
Chmielowski completed the check trifecta on the 2♠ river, and Surovec fired a hefty 975,000 bet. Chmielowski called after perhaps 20 seconds.
Martin Surovec: J♥9♣
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♣9♥A good call awarded Chmielowski the pot.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 8,100,000
Martin Surovec: 7,900,000 -
Jari-Pekka Juhola Eliminated in 7th Place (€25,060)
Jari-Pekka Juhola Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 6/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Martin Surovec opened to 300,000 from the Hi-jack. Jari-Pekka Juhola then three-bet to 800,000 from the Cut-off. Igor Pihela Sr smooth-called from the Button, before Surovec decided to fold.
First to act, Juhola moved all in for 1,700,000 on the 8♥A♥K♥. Pihela Sr pondered for a moment before making the call.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: A♠10♥
Igor Pihela Sr: 4♠4♥Juhola was a 95 % favorite, but poker can be a brutal game sometimes. The 4♦ on the turn saw Pihela Sr taking a commanding lead, and Juhola didn’t improve to a flush on the 10♦ river. The Finn was eliminated in seventh place in brutal fashion. He was awarded €25,0060 for his feats.
Igor Pihela Sr: 8500,000
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 0 -
Stephen Groom Eliminated in 8th Place (€19,500)
Stephen Groom Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 7/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Stephen Groom opened to 300,000 UTG. Seated right next to him, Martin Surovec put in a three-bet to 875,000. Action folded back to Groom, who moved all in for 5,000,000 in total. Surovec snap-called.
Stephen Groom: A♥K♦
Martin Surovec: K♥K♣Groom was in rough shape, and he didn’t hit an ace on the 6♦J♥4♥10♥3♣ board. Groom became the second one to bust from the final table; for his eighth place finish, he got €19,500.
Martin Surovec: 11,000,000
Stephen Groom: 0 -
Westerlund is on Fire
Jenny Westerlund Level 29: 100,000/150,000 (150,000) Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Jenny Westerlund opened to 325,000 from the Lo-jack. Martin Surovec called from the Button, and Igor Pihela Sr joined the party as well, seated in the Big Blind.
First to act, Pihela Sr checked the 10♥7♠3♠ flop, before Westerlund. fired a 250,000 continuation bet. Surovec and Pihela Sr both made the call.
Pihela Sr checked again on the 7♣ turn, and Westerlund sized up to 650,000. Surovec folded, but Pihela Sr decided to stick around.
The river was the 9♦, and now, it was Pihela Sr to take over the aggression as he bet 450,000.Westerlund pondered for a minute or two, before making the call.
Jenny Westerlund: J♦10♦
Igor Pihela Sr: 10♣5♣Westerlund had the superior kicker, and she extended her chiplead even further.
Jenny Westerlund: 11,000,000
Igor Pihela Sr: 5,400,000 -
Chip Counts at the Break
Break N/A Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 It’s the first break of the day. The players will soon resume play at Level 29: Blinds 100,000/150,000, and 150,000 Ante. Below are the current chip counts.
Position Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 Jenny Westerlund Sweden 7,600,000 51 2 Igor Pihela Sr Estonia 7,200,000 48 3 Martin Surovec Czech Republic 6,900,000 46 4 Krzysztof Chmielowski Poland 6,675,000 45 5 Elias Vääräniemi Finland 5,325,000 36 6 Stephen Groom England 4,950,000 33 7 Jari-Pekka Juhola Finland 3,275,000 22 8 David Vinaya Norway 2,450,000 16 -
€1,500 Main Event Final Table Photos (by Elena Kask)
Jenny Westerlund Martin Surovec Martin Surovec Jari-Pekka Juhola Igor Pihela Sr Elias Vääräniemi Jenny Westerlund Jenny Westerlund Stephen Groom -
Westerlund gets Back from Vinaya
David Vinaya Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Action folded to David Vinaya, who raised to 325,000 from the Small Blind. Then, Jenny Westerlund put in a three-bet to 920,000 from the Big Blind. Vinaya wouldn’t be bullied, and he forced his opponent all in for an additional 3,000,000. Westerlund made the call.
David Vinaya: Q♥10♥
Jenny Westerlund: 9♥9♦Westerlund didn’t like the Q♠ in the window, but the flop also featured 9♠2♥. Vinaya picked up additional outs on the 5♥ turn, but with the J♣ river, the double-up belonged to Westerlund.
Jenny Westerlund: 7,900,000
David Vinaya: 3,300,000 -
Karolis Kutkauskas Eliminated in 9th Place (€14,200)
Karolis Kutkauskas Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 8/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 From UTG+1, Karolis Kutkauskas opened to 250,000. Jari-Pekka Juhola three-bet to 600,000, and Kutkauskas moved all in for 1,600,000. Juhola snap-called.
Karolis Kutkauskas: J♦J♣
Jari-Pekka Juhola: A♥A♦Juhola was way ahead, and he improved to a set on the A♣Q♥3♣2♠9♣ board. As such, Kutkauskas became the first casualty of the final table, going out in ninth place for €14,200.
Jari-Pekka Juhola: 3,800,000
Karolis Kutkauskas: 0 -
Vääräniemi Doubles through Westerlund
Elias Vääräniemi Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Seated UTG+1, Jenny Westerlund opened to 250,000. Elias Vääräniemi called from the Big Blind.
Vääräniemi checked the Q♥10♠4♥ flop, and Westerlund continued for 250,000. Vääräniemi then put in a 625,000 raise. Westerlund considered the situation for a minute or two, before forcing her opponent all in for 2,000,000. Vääräniemi made the call.
Jenny Westerlund: K♦Q♣
Elias Vääräniemi: Q♦10♣Vääräniemi was ahead, and Westerlund didn’t improve as the board completed with 6♣2♦.
Elias Vääräniemi: 5,900,000
Jenny Westerlund: 4,000,000 -
Straight for Pihela
Igor Pihela Sr Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 250,000 UTG. Igor Pihela Sr called from the Hi-jack, and Karolis Kutkauskas defended his Big Blind.
After a check from Kutkauskas, Chmielowski continued for 300,000. Within seconds, Pihela Sr put in a raise to 600,000. Kutkauskas quickly folded, before Chmielowski made the call.
Both players quickly checked the J♠ turn. Pihela Sr bet 300,000 on the 9♥ river, and Chmielowski made the call.
Krzysztof Chmielowski: K♥J♥
Igor Pihela Sr: K♣Q♣Pihela Sr had the best hand with a straight, and he took down the pot.
Igor Pihela Sr: 7,600,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 4,400,000 -
Chmielowski Wins pre-flop
Krzysztof Chmielowski Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 200,000 from UTG+1. Igor Pihela Sr smooth-called from the Cut-off, before Elias Vääräniemi three-bet to 575,000 from the Button. Then, Chmielowski four-bet to 1,700,000. The bet was enough to force both his opponents to fold.
Thanks to the stream, the holdings of the players are revealed:
Igor Pihela Sr: 10♠10♥
Krzysztof Chmielowski: A♦K♥
Elias Vääräniemi: A♠Q♦Igor Pihela Sr: 6,000,000
Krzysztof Chmielowski: 5,500,000
Elias Vääräniemi: 2,100,000 -
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 9/888 Prizes: €1,138,860 Cards are in the air for the final table of Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event. Watch the final table live with a 30-minute delay on the YouTube link above. The poker.pro live coverage will follow the delay.
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Chipleader Surovec Looking to Claim Main Event win
Martin Surovec It’s the bittersweet last day of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. What a festival this has been! All guarantees have been smashed, and new WSOP Circuit Ring winners have been crowned. But it’s not done quite yet.
The final table of Ring Event #4: €1,500 Main Event is obviously the highlight of today. Nine players are taking their seats at noon, where they will keep fightning for the €200,000 first-place payout. Czech Martin Surovec is the chip leader, and time will tell if he manages to convert his monster stack to a win.
Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event – Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Count
Table Seat Player Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Elias Vääräniemi
Finland 2,925,000 29 1 2 David Vinaya
Norway 6,790,000 68 1 3 Jenny Westerlund
Sweden 6,885,000 69 1 4 Karolis Kutkauskas
Lithuania 1,715,000 17 1 5 Krzysztof Chmielowski
Poland 4,025,000 40 1 6 Stephen Groom
England 5,855,000 59 1 7 Martin Surovec
Czech Republic 7,715,000 77 1 8 Jari-Pekka Juhola
Finland 2,495,000 25 1 9 Igor Pihela Sr
Estonia 5,880,000 59 The other WSOP Circuit Ring Event on today’s schedule is Day 2 of Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH. 106 entries have become 14 players, and Lankinen is at the top of the rankings going into Day 2.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – August 3 Schedule
Time Event 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 4 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. Ring Event #11: €3,000 NLH Day 2 (Final Day) 12:00 p.m. €350 NLH Progressive Bounty 2:00 p.m. €200 NLH Turbo Let’s see the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn conclude in fitting fashion.
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Cash Games
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €5,000 NLH Final Day
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,100 PLO5/PLO5 Final Day
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €350 NLH Queens Final
WSOPC Event #1: €350 NLH Mini-Main Event
- Buy-in: €350
- Entries: 954
- Prize Pool: €280,953
- Winner:
Simon Hesserud Persson
- Report: Persson and Gogelidze Claim First Two WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Hesserud Persson | Sweden | €45,700 |
2 | Vytautas Riskevicius | Lithuania | €30,400 |
3 | Nicolai Austad | Norway | €21,220 |
4 | Corne Scheel | Netherlands | €15,140 |
5 | Ville Keränen | Finland | €10,940 |
6 | Krzysztof Chmielowski | Poland | €8,040 |
7 | Tobias Napel | Norway | €5,940 |
8 | Oleksandr Shokur | Ukraine | €4,540 |
9 | Jevgenijs Sapronenko | Latvia | €3,943 |
10 | Anu Lilja | Finland | €2,740 |
11 | Mika Lax | Finland | €2,475 |
12 | Stanislovas Vinicenka | Lithuania | €2,475 |
13 | Jussi Mattila | Finland | €2,210 |
14 | Roope Tarmi | Finland | €2,210 |
15 | Robert Manner | Germany | €2,210 |
16 | Igor Pihela Sr. | Estonia | €1,790 |
17 | Vytautas Litvinas | Lithuania | €1,790 |
18 | Terje Bremseth | Norway | €1,790 |
19 | Joona Tefke | Finland | €1,790 |
20 | Ville-Tappio Mesiranta | Finland | €1,790 |
21 | Kim Wells | United States | €1,790 |
22 | Edvinas Tarasevicius | Lithuania | €1,790 |
23 | Rapolas Bielskis | Lithuania | €1,790 |
24 | Krister Wallendahl | Finland | €1,490 |
25 | Arasch Mirzai | Sweden | €1,490 |
26 | Dmitri Dudakov | Estonia | €1,490 |
27 | John Enright | Ireland | €1,490 |
28 | Jim O’Neill | Ireland | €1,490 |
29 | Frederico Dos Santos | Brazil | €1,490 |
30 | Egidijus Matonis | Lithuania | €1,490 |
31 | Lauri Tuominen | Finland | €1,490 |
32 | Ishak Noyan | Sweden | €1,280 |
33 | Nico Kumpulainen | Finland | €1,280 |
34 | Jami Munukka | Finland | €1,280 |
35 | Henry-Rein Kielberg | Estonia | €1,280 |
36 | Carina Wald | Sweden | €1,280 |
37 | Mäido Kuusik | Estonia | €1,280 |
38 | Raimondas Juknevicius | Lithuania | €1,280 |
39 | Miguel Fernandez | Spain | €1,280 |
40 | Norberts Nikitenko | Latvia | €1,140 |
41 | Aleksandr Naumov | Lithuania | €1,140 |
42 | Axel Saarniala | Finland | €1,140 |
43 | Andreas Brendholdt | Denmark | €1,140 |
44 | Pekka Tahvanainen | Finland | €1,140 |
45 | Rauno Kiviloo | Estonia | €1,140 |
46 | Tomasz Kardas | Poland | €1,140 |
47 | Ali Saidy | Norway | €1,140 |
48 | Joonas Orava | Finland | €1,050 |
49 | Martynas Saltis | Lithuania | €1,050 |
50 | Klavs Garselis | Latvia | €1,050 |
51 | Martin Mänd | Estonia | €1,050 |
52 | Ardo Pinna | Estonia | €1,050 |
53 | Jason Glatzer | Lithuania | €1,050 |
54 | Henri Pöllänen | Finland | €1,050 |
55 | Ilja Naparjin | Estonia | €1,050 |
56 | Karel Kratochvil | Czech Republic | €980 |
57 | Jevgenijs Kritinins | Latvia | €980 |
58 | Necati Misto | Sweden | €980 |
59 | Svetlana Aubakirova | Kazakhstan | €980 |
60 | Gabriel Wolszczak | Poland | €980 |
61 | Soile Lerviks | Finland | €980 |
62 | Mateusz Siejka | Poland | €980 |
63 | Vidar Assersen | Norway | €980 |
64 | Simo Puustinen | Finland | €910 |
65 | Mikko Ylämäki | Finland | €910 |
66 | Aleksandrs Krumins | Latvia | €910 |
67 | Tarmo Tammel | Estonia | €910 |
68 | Jarmo Salonen | Finland | €910 |
69 | Yanis Sahli | France | €910 |
70 | Adrian Ruano | Spain | €910 |
71 | Mikko Mellanen | Finland | €910 |
72 | Mykolas Savickas | Lithuania | €870 |
73 | Gonzalo Soriano | Spain | €870 |
74 | Kristjan Rausberg | Estonia | €870 |
75 | Miika Töyräs | Finland | €870 |
76 | Johan Alen | Finland | €870 |
77 | Matts Jakobsson | Sweden | €870 |
78 | Tomi Arponen | Finland | €870 |
79 | Terje Sirnes | Norway | €870 |
80 | Andres Nilsen-Aas | Norway | €830 |
81 | Maksim Belomestnõi | Estonia | €830 |
82 | Aklilu Laitinen | Finland | €830 |
83 | Raimo Reimann | Estonia | €830 |
84 | Roy Van Der Reijnst | Netherlands | €830 |
85 | Simon Hassan | Sweden | €830 |
86 | Enea Subashi | Estonia | €830 |
87 | Ritvars Cekalins | Latvia | €830 |
88 | Tanel Evert | Estonia | €700 |
89 | Kristers Muhins | Latvia | €700 |
90 | Petri-Kalevi Metsämaa | Finland | €700 |
91 | Matej Hojka | Czech Republic | €700 |
92 | Siim Kabel | Estonia | €700 |
93 | Sergei Oganesjan | Estonia | €700 |
94 | James O’Neill | Ireland | €700 |
95 | Rasmus Lundström | Finland | €700 |
96 | Alejandro Val | Spain | €700 |
97 | Maksim Jankovski | Russia | €700 |
98 | Martin Piik | Estonia | €700 |
99 | Juho Jaakola | Finland | €700 |
100 | Nils Butevics | Latvia | €700 |
101 | Franco Spichtig | Switzerland | €700 |
102 | Raimonds Ozolins | Latvia | €700 |
103 | Antti Veteläinen | Finland | €700 |
104 | Gilles Lamy | France | €700 |
105 | Hendrik Uibo | Estonia | €700 |
106 | Christian Steinbo | Norway | €700 |
107 | Pavel Solodovnikov | Sweden | €700 |
108 | Toni Ravnak | Serbia | €700 |
109 | Kert Raud | Estonia | €700 |
110 | Jacyk Krzysztof | Poland | €700 |
111 | Adria Roura | Spain | €700 |
112 | Toni Vuolle | Finland | €700 |
113 | Petter Richardsen | Norway | €700 |
114 | Arturas Zukovas | Lithuania | €700 |
115 | Ralf Mikk | Estonia | €700 |
116 | Marek Marksoo | Estonia | €700 |
117 | Toni Hämäläinen | Finland | €700 |
118 | Sergejs Piratovs | Latvia | €700 |
119 | Jon Jurado | Spain | €700 |
120 | Jussi Knuutila | Finland | €700 |
121 | Janis Zablovskis | Latvia | €700 |
122 | Gatis Pele | Latvia | €700 |
123 | Sigitas Raila | Lithuania | €700 |
124 | Romans Krasins | Latvia | €700 |
125 | Oleksandr Tarashevskyi | Ukraine | €700 |
126 | Keio Vardi | Estonia | €700 |
127 | Pyry Kekäläinen | Finland | €700 |
128 | Ruth Guper | Israel | €700 |
129 | Thommy Larsson | Sweden | €700 |
130 | Sami Säämänen | Finland | €700 |
131 | Ricards Zelneronoks | Latvia | €700 |
132 | Meelis Ahman | Estonia | €700 |
133 | Saara Benlamine | Finland | €700 |
134 | Michal Goral | Poland | €700 |
135 | Mairo Tori | Estonia | €700 |
136 | Martins Priede | Latvia | €700 |
137 | Andrius Mazeika | Lithuania | €700 |
138 | Kyösti Isberg | Finland | €700 |
139 | Riku Oksanen | Finland | €700 |
140 | Rain Kandla | Estonia | €700 |
141 | Bernd Reich | Germany | €700 |
142 | Dylan Snyder | United Kingdom | €700 |
WSOPC Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5
- Buy-in: €555
- Entries: 268
- Prize Pool: €127,300
- Winner:
Andria Gogelidze
- Report: Persson and Gogelidze Claim First Two WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Andria Gogelidze | Georgia | €27,100 |
2 | Taago Tamm | Estonia | €18,000 |
3 | Arturas Zukovas | Lithuania | €12,100 |
4 | Sami Säämänen | Finland | €8,900 |
5 | Christoffer Munk Jensen | Denmark | €6,100 |
6 | Sami Pulliainen | Finland | €4,500 |
7 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | €3,525 |
8 | Tarjei Forus | Norway | €2,790 |
9 | Jami Juutila | Finland | €2,790 |
10 | Riku-Matti Vihreäsaari | Finland | €2,220 |
11 | Oskar Silow | Sweden | €2,220 |
12 | Aleksi Lindholm | Finland | €1,790 |
13 | Sondre Lunde | Norway | €1,790 |
14 | Jani Sortti | Finland | €1,790 |
15 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | €1,495 |
16 | Serguei Palomera | Sweden | €1,495 |
17 | Jouni Huovila | Finland | €1,495 |
18 | Michal Rudnik | Poland | €1,280 |
19 | Janne Nevalainen | Finland | €1,280 |
20 | Danila Slabov | Lithuania | €1,270 |
21 | Antti Veteläinen | Finland | €1,270 |
22 | Costantino Russo | Italy | €1,270 |
23 | Miika Töyräs | Finland | €1,270 |
24 | Andreas Brendholdt | Denmark | €1,120 |
25 | Miguel Godinez | Spain | €1,120 |
26 | Akseli Paalanen | Finland | €1,120 |
WSOPC Event #3: €555 NLH
- Buy-in: €555
- Entries: 744
- Prize Pool: €353,400
- Winner:
Toni Niinivaara
- Report: Niinivaara, Siljander, and Vinaya Win WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings on Wednesday
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Finland | €62,100 | |
2 | Netherlands | €42,250 | |
3 | Latvia | €29,250 | |
4 | Estonia | €20,650 | |
5 | Latvia | €14,750 | |
6 | Norway | €10,800 | |
7 | Lithuania | €8,000 | |
8 | Latvia | €6,100 | |
9 | Norway | €4,700 | |
10 | Ukraine | €3,700 | |
11 | Spain | €3,700 | |
12 | Spain | €2,950 | |
13 | France | €2,950 | |
14 | Estonia | €2,950 | |
15 | Estonia | €2,950 | |
16 | Lithuania | €2,450 | |
17 | Estonia | €2,450 | |
18 | Russia | €2,450 | |
19 | Ireland | €2,450 | |
20 | Finland | €2,450 | |
21 | Denmark | €2,450 | |
22 | Sweden | €2,450 | |
23 | Georgia | €2,450 | |
24 | Sweden | €2,450 | |
25 | Switzerland | €2,000 | |
26 | Sweden | €2,000 | |
27 | Lithuania | €2,000 | |
28 | France | €2,000 | |
29 | Lithuania | €2,000 | |
30 | Sweden | €2,000 | |
31 | Norway | €2,000 | |
32 | Latvia | €2,000 | |
33 | Germany | €1,750 | |
34 | Finland | €1,750 | |
35 | Finland | €1,750 | |
36 | Lithuania | €1,750 | |
37 | Norway | €1,750 | |
38 | Estonia | €1,750 | |
39 | Finland | €1,750 | |
40 | Finland | €1,750 | |
41 | Estonia | €1,500 | |
42 | Finland | €1,500 | |
43 | Latvia | €1,500 | |
44 | Estonia | €1,500 | |
45 | Hungary | €1,500 | |
46 | Estonia | €1,500 | |
47 | Estonia | €1,500 | |
48 | Finland | €1,500 | |
49 | Estonia | €1,350 | |
50 | Latvia | €1,350 | |
51 | Estonia | €1,350 | |
52 | Finland | €1,350 | |
53 | Switzerland | €1,350 | |
54 | Ukraine | €1,350 | |
55 | Sweden | €1,350 | |
56 | Finland | €1,350 | |
57 | South Korea | €1,250 | |
58 | Estonia | €1,250 | |
59 | Latvia | €1,250 | |
60 | Lithuania | €1,250 | |
61 | Norway | €1,250 | |
62 | Estonia | €1,250 | |
63 | Finland | €1,250 | |
64 | Spain | €1,250 | |
65 | Finland | €1,150 | |
66 | Russia | €1,150 | |
67 | Sweden | €1,150 | |
68 | Estonia | €1,150 | |
69 | Lithuania | €1,150 | |
70 | France | €1,150 | |
71 | Finland | €1,150 | |
72 | Lithuania | €1,150 | |
73 | Sweden | €1,100 | |
74 | Denmark | €1,100 | |
75 | Finland | €1,100 | |
76 | Poland | €1,100 | |
77 | Romania | €1,100 | |
78 | Lithuania | €1,100 | |
79 | Finland | €1,100 | |
80 | Latvia | €1,100 | |
81 | Czech Republic | €1,100 | |
82 | Sweden | €1,100 | |
83 | Finland | €1,100 | |
84 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
85 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
86 | Malta | €1,100 | |
87 | Lithuania | €1,100 | |
88 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
89 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
90 | Lithuania | €1,100 | |
91 | Latvia | €1,100 | |
92 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
93 | Spain | €1,100 | |
94 | Sweden | €1,100 | |
95 | Finland | €1,100 | |
96 | Finland | €1,100 | |
97 | Lithuania | €1,100 | |
98 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
99 | Finland | €1,100 | |
100 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
101 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
102 | Finland | €1,100 | |
103 | Finland | €1,100 | |
104 | Denmark | €1,100 | |
105 | Sweden | €1,100 | |
106 | Finland | €1,100 | |
107 | Latvia | €1,100 | |
108 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
109 | Sweden | €1,100 | |
110 | Finland | €1,100 | |
111 | Estonia | €1,100 | |
112 | Sweden | €1,100 |
WSOPC Event #4: €350 NLH Queens
- Buy-in: €350
- Entries: 74
- Prize Pool: €21,793
- Winner:
Drea Karlsen
- Report: Drea Karlsen Wins WSOP Circuit Queens Ring
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | €6,480 | |
2 | Sweden | €4,150 | |
3 | Switzerland | €2,770 | |
4 | Latvia | €1,950 | |
5 | Finland | €1,443 | |
6 | Belarus | €1,120 | |
7 | Estonia | €910 | |
8 | Sweden | €820 | |
9 | Latvia | €750 | |
10 | Switzerland | €700 | |
11 | Kazakhstan | €700 |
WSOPC Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/PLO5
- Buy-in: €1,100
- Entries: 185
- Prize Pool:€175,750
- Winner:
Mathias Siljander
- Report: Niinivaara, Siljander, and Vinaya Win WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings on Wednesday
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | Finland | €41,000 | |
2 | Finland | €27,150 | |
3 | Georgia | €18,300 | |
4 | Netherlands | €13,150 | |
5 | Latvia | €9,250 | |
6 | Finland | €6,900 | |
7 | Finland | €5,350 | |
8 | Finland | €3,850 | |
9 | Finland | €3,850 | |
10 | Sweden | €2,900 | |
11 | Finland | €2,900 | |
12 | Finland | €2,550 | |
13 | Finland | €2,550 | |
14 | Finland | €2,550 | |
15 | Finland | €2,300 | |
16 | Norway | €2,300 | |
17 | Denmark | €2,300 | |
18 | Finland | €2,300 | |
19 | Finland | €2,300 | |
20 | Finland | €2,200 | |
21 | Spain | €2,200 | |
22 | Finland | €2,200 | |
23 | Serbia | €2,200 | |
24 | Denmark | €2,200 | |
25 | Finland | €2,200 | |
26 | Finland | €2,200 | |
27 | Estonia | €2,200 | |
28 | Poland | €2,200 | |
29 | Finland | €2,200 |
WSOPC Event #7: €5,000 NLH
- Buy-in: €5,000
- Entries: 64
- Prize Pool: €297,984
- Winner:
David Vinaya
- Report: Niinivaara, Siljander, and Vinaya Win WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings on Wednesday
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | €94,280 | |
2 | Latvia | €59,750 | |
3 | Spain | €39,850 | |
4 | China | €28,100 | |
5 | Finland | €20,950 | |
6 | Ukraine | €16,650 | |
7 | Estonia | €14,200 | |
8 | Finland | €12,700 | |
9 | Lithuania | €11,504 |
WSOPC Event #8 €1,100 8-Game
- Buy-in: €1,100
- Entries: 75
- Prize Pool: €75,050
- Winner:
Krzysztof Budka
- Report: Krzysztof Budka Wins WSOP Circuit Tallinn 8-Game as Main Event Reaches Day 2
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Poland | €22,390 | |
2 | Finland | €14,370 | |
3 | Finland | €9,640 | |
4 | Denmark | €6,780 | |
5 | Norway | €4,920 | |
6 | Finland | €3,930 | |
7 | Finland | €3,140 | |
8 | Norway | €2,640 | |
9 | Estonia | €2,640 | |
10 | Finland | €2,300 | |
11 | Norway | €2,300 |
Event #14: €350 Open-face Chinese Pineapple (Jul. 26)
- Buy-in: €350
- Entries: 55
- Prize Pool: €16,198
- Winner:
Riku Koivurinne
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Finland | €5,140 | |
2 | Germany | €3,360 | |
3 | Netherlands | €2,310 | |
4 | Norway | €1,630 | |
5 | United Kingdom | €1,250 | |
6 | Finland | €1,000 | |
7 | France | €754 | |
8 | France | €754 |
Event #15: €200 NLH Progressive Bounty
- Buy-in: €200
- Entries: 141
- Prize Pool: €11,492
- Winner:
Janis Leja
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Latvia | €2,120 | |
2 | Brazil | €2,120 | |
3 | Norway | €1,440 | |
4 | Finland | €1,050 | |
5 | Finland | €820 | |
6 | Latvia | €640 | |
7 | Finland | €530 | |
8 | Estonia | €430 | |
9 | Finland | €360 | |
10 | Ukraine | €300 | |
11 | Finland | €300 | |
12 | Latvia | €260 | |
13 | Luxembourg | €260 | |
14 | Finland | €230 | |
15 | Estonia | €230 | |
16 | Lithuania | €201 | |
17 | Ukraine | €201 |
Event #22: €350 HORSE
- Buy-in: €350
- Entries: 72
- Prize Pool: €21,204
- Winner:
Anton Markachev
- Report: Persson and Gogelidze Claim First Two WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Anton Markachev | Russia | €6,354 |
2 | Mikael Koistinen | Finland | €4,230 |
3 | Justinas Adomauskas | Lithuania | €2,970 |
4 | Ville Konttinen | Finland | €2,170 |
5 | Thor Morstol | Norway | €1,580 |
6 | Marius Toverud | Norway | €1,300 |
7 | Simen Gulbrandsen | Norway | €1,060 |
8 | Virginijus Lapenas | Norway | €850 |
9 | Toomas Mäkikokko | Finland | €690 |
Event #23: €200 NLH Deep Stack
- Buy-in: €200
- Entries: 190
- Prize Pool: €30,685
- Winner:
Pyry Kekäläinen
- Report: Persson and Gogelidze Claim First Two WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pyry Kekäläinen | Finland | €6,925 |
2 | Gatis Pele | Latvia | €4,470 |
3 | Mindaugas Livanas | Lithuania | €3,200 |
4 | Jussi Julkunen | Finland | €2,490 |
5 | Daniel Vasser | Estonia | €1,920 |
6 | Benyamin Canatan | Denmark | €1,490 |
7 | Erio Ermann | Estonia | €1,190 |
8 | Timo Malo | Finland | €990 |
9 | Oleksandr Tarashevskyi | Ukraine | €850 |
10 | Martin Surovec | Czech Republic | €710 |
11 | Norberts Nikitenko | Latvia | €710 |
12 | Magnus Tjelle | Norway | €620 |
13 | Ardo Pinna | Estonia | €620 |
14 | Jukka Moisio | Finland | €540 |
15 | Joonas Laamanen | Finland | €540 |
16 | Robert Manner | Germany | €480 |
17 | Gregory Cambell | United Kingdom | €480 |
18 | Ranel Käsi | Estonia | €430 |
19 | Jawad Habib | Sweden | €430 |
20 | Nicolas Alvariza | Sweden | €430 |
21 | Anders Holm | Denmark | €390 |
22 | Antti Eskola | Finland | €390 |
23 | Riku Oksanen | Finland | €390 |
Event #24: €350 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty
- Buy-in: €350
- Entries: 159
- Prize Pool: €46,826
- Winner:
Renars Stepins
- Report: Persson and Gogelidze Claim First Two WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Renars Stepins | Latvia | €5,600 |
2 | Joonas Keijonen | Finland | €5,600 |
3 | Isa Hihiiev | Ukraine | €3,870 |
4 | Bo Stefan Persson | Sweden | €2,780 |
5 | Jani Forsten | Finland | €2,160 |
6 | Väinö Ketvell | Finland | €1,680 |
7 | Aku Laajus | Finland | €1,280 |
8 | Viktor Snõtko | Estonia | €1,020 |
9 | Serguei Palomera | Sweden | €825 |
10 | Eetu Sepponen | Finland | €690 |
11 | Brage Aasen | Norway | €690 |
12 | Dainis Teicans | Latvia | €610 |
13 | Miika Töyräs | Finland | €610 |
14 | Ailo Hegge | Norway | €550 |
15 | Kaspars Kalnozols | Latvia | €550 |
16 | Veli-Pekka Penttinen | Finland | €500 |
17 | Teemu Toikkanen | Finland | €500 |
18 | Sami Partanen | Finland | €470 |
19 | Juha Kaikusalo | Finland | €470 |
20 | Iisakki Ullakonoja | Finland | €470 |
Event #27: €200 NLH Turbo
- Buy-in: €200
- Entries: 161
- Prize Pool: €26,002
- Winner:
Tobias Napel
- Report: Persson and Gogelidze Claim First Two WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tobias Napel | Norway | €6,050 |
2 | Marko Olop | Estonia | €4,030 |
3 | Christoffer Munk Jensen | Denmark | €2,910 |
4 | Amin Asikainen | Finland | €2,270 |
5 | Marvin Muhk | Estonia | €1,760 |
6 | Jawad Habib | Sweden | €1,370 |
7 | Niclas Westman | Finland | €1,070 |
8 | Lasse Aarninsalo | Finland | €860 |
9 | Henri Pöllänen | Finland | €690 |
10 | Kaspars Mallons | Latvia | €581 |
11 | Julia Kuusijärvi | Finland | €581 |
12 | Assad Jalil | Sweden | €500 |
13 | Berhan Ahmadi | Finland | €500 |
14 | Johan Karlsson | Sweden | €450 |
15 | Anders Holm | Denmark | €450 |
16 | Glenn Brown | England | €410 |
17 | Svajunas Seduikis | Lithuania | €410 |
18 | Mario Fenaroli | Switzerland | €370 |
19 | Kasper Westman | Finland | €370 |
20 | Risto Pönniö | Finland | €370 |
Event #30: €200 NLH WSOPC Tallinn Special
- Buy-in: €200
- Entries: 61
- Prize Pool: €42,152
- Winner:
Marta Porter
- Report: Drea Karlsen Wins WSOP Circuit Queens Ring
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lithuania | €8,600 | |
2 | Lithuania | €5,780 | |
3 | Finland | €4,100 | |
4 | Sweden | €3,060 | |
5 | Italy | €2,340 | |
6 | Sweden | €1,820 | |
7 | Finland | €1,450 | |
8 | Estonia | €1,172 | |
9 | China | €990 | |
10 | Finland | €830 | |
11 | Brazil | €830 | |
12 | Finland | €730 | |
13 | Russia | €730 | |
14 | Finland | €640 | |
15 | Finland | €640 | |
16 | Finland | €570 | |
17 | Greece | €570 | |
18 | Australia | €510 | |
19 | Latvia | €510 | |
20 | Estonia | €510 | |
21 | Finland | €470 | |
22 | Lithuania | €470 | |
23 | Finland | €470 | |
24 | Spain | €430 | |
25 | Finland | €430 | |
26 | Finland | €430 | |
27 | Finland | €430 | |
28 | Finland | €390 | |
29 | Finland | €390 | |
30 | Denmark | €390 | |
31 | Finland | €390 | |
32 | Estonia | €360 | |
33 | Lithuania | €360 | |
34 | Lithuania | €360 |
Event #31: €350 PLO5
- Buy-in: €350
- Entries: 55
- Prize Pool: €16,198
- Winner:
Rolf Stokke
- Report: Drea Karlsen Wins WSOP Circuit Queens Ring
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | €5,490 | |
2 | Ukraine | €3,540 | |
3 | Finland | €2,360 | |
4 | Finland | €1,680 | |
5 | Germany | €1,270 | |
6 | Switzerland | €1,020 | |
7 | Finland | €838 |
Place | Player | Prize |
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