2026 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn

In the main lobby area, the €200 PLO5 Hi/Lo is up and running; 42 players are currently battling it out on the third blind level, with a good two and a half hours left of late registration to go.

Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon is one of the players currently in the tournament. Kenyon is chasing his first Kings of Tallinn trophy; he’s come close before. Last year, he finished second in the €200 PLO Hi/Lo, and during the 2024 Kings of Tallinn, he came third in the €350 PLO 4/5 Progressive Bounty. Time will tell whether this proves to be Kenyon’s year.

The 2025 Kings of Tallinn broke all kinds of records. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and see which players wrote eternal poker history during last year’s festival.

Event	Winner	Country	First-Place Payout	Entries	Prize Pool
€200 NLH Opening Event	Timo Tamminen	Finland	€10,260	319	€50,434
€350 Kings of Tallinn Cup	Stanislav Smeljov	Estonia	€26,100	555	€131,176
€150 PLO 4/5/6 6-Handed	Andreas Backlund	Finland	€5,228	209	€25,268
€555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship	Benyamin Canatan	Denmark	€66,050	710	€330,150
€200 Open-Face Chinese	Artem Berliand	Ukraine	€4,035	87	€13,755
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty	N/A	N/A	€2,920	221	€17,260
€200 PLO 4/5	Olaf Larssen	Norway	€6,880	204	€32,252
€350 H.O.R.S.E.	Antti Suominen	Finland	€7,510	89	€25,659
€200 NLH Deepstack	Cato Vonheim	Norway	€6,895	224	€35,414
€200 PL 7-Card Stud/7-Card Stud Hi/Lo	Jason Glatzer	Lithuania	€3,010	56	€8,854
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty	Henri Schalin	Finland	€3,070	230	€17,963
€350 Dealer’s Choice	Olli Huuskonen	Finland	€6,949	77	€22,199
€350 8-Game	Niko Heikkinen	Finland	€8,300	98	€28,253
€555 NLH Deepstack Mystery Bounty	Robert Kaggerud	Norway	€9,045	197	€42,355
€200 NLH Deepstack Estonian Independence Day Special	Elias Jalovaara	Finland	€10,840	338	€53,438
€200 NLH/PLO 4/5	Sebastian Wahl	Finland	€4,275	92	€145,435
€1,100 NLH Main Event	Kaspars Butans	Latvia	€182,000	1,181	€1,098,330
€350 Open-Face Chinese Deepstack	Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus	€8,979	106	€30,559
€150 NLH Turbo	Aleksi Roine	Finland	€5,470	212	€25,631
€200 PL Razz	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	€3,190	67	€10,593
€200 NLH The Royal Challenge	Vilius Zabarauskas	Lithuania	€10,610	330	€52,173
€5,000 NLH High Roller	Kestutis Jungevicius	Lithuania	€90,380	58	€264,480
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty	Juho Suutari	Finland	€4,650	384	€29,990
€1,100 PLO 4/5 Championship	Gisle Olsen	Denmark	€52,280	271	€252,030
€200 PL Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw	Elias Suhonen	Finland	€3,317	70	€11,067
€200 NLH 8-Handed	Samuel Saariaho	Finland	€6,680	273	€43,161
€350 PLO 4/5/6 Progressive Bounty	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€6,210	191	€35,965
€200 PL Sökö Lo/5-Card Stud Lo	Ville Mesiranta	Finland	€3,330	77	€12,174
€555 NLH	Henri Kettunen	Finland	€13,645	115	€53,475
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty	Meelis Ahman	Estonia	€4,360	359	€28,038
€555 PL Sviten Championship	Espen Sandvik	Norway	€12,165	89	€41,385
€1,100 NLH Deepstack Progressive Bounty	Panagiotis Mavritsakis	Greece	€16,100	167	€88,510
€200 PLO Hi/Lo	Marek Selgeveer	Estonia	€5,350	136	€21,502
€150 NLH Queens Ladies Event	Monica Thingbot	Norway	€3,256	99	€12,226
€3,000 NLH 6-Handed	Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Greece	€51,200	65	€172,900
€200 NLH	Max Rotko	Finland	€11,910	379	€59,920
€750 PLO 4/5 Mystery Bounty	Roi Gibstein	Germany	€10,115	150	€48,465
€150 PLO 4/5/6 Progressive Bounty Turbo	Bradley Whitehouse	England	€1,685	111	€8,980
€200 NLH Mini Main Event	Samuel Saariaho	Finland	€5,610	152	€24,031

It’s the first break for the €200 Mini Main Event Day 1b players. As they soon will resume play with Blinds 200/500 and a 500 Ante, here are four of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	113,500	227
Alger Avi	Estonia	88,000	176
Gary Fisher	England	84,000	168
Peer Zahl	Norway	79,000	158

Day 1b of the €200 Mini Main Event is off to a stellar start, with 137 entries and counting. It’s destined to be a great tournament, and considering this is only the start of the 2026 Kings of Tallinn, it’s safe to say this is going to be an intense 10 days.

One notable name in the field thus far is Sebastian Wahl, who won the €200 NLH/PLO 4/5 event during the 2025 Kings of Tallinn. Perhaps, he’ll claim his second Kings of Tallinn trophy this year.

During break, players will be able to enjoy hot, fresh food at the OlyBet Grill, located on the second floor of the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel. The buffet will be open daily between 16:00-18:00 and 19:00-21:00.

One of the biggest strengths of Kings of Tallinn is its very diversified schedule. While flagship affairs such as the €1,100 Main Event and the €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup are destined to be superb Texas NLH tournaments, there are multiple Mixed Games on the schedule. The 2026 Kings of Tallinn is designed to satisfy all poker players, no matter one’s preferred discipline.

Today, one of the more niche games will commence at 19:30. The €200 PL Baducey/Badacey will be an interesting affair, and if this poker.pro live reporter has done his research, this is the first-ever tournament of its kind during Kings of Tallinn. It will indeed be exciting to see the tournament unfold.

The live blog is about to ramp up here on poker.pro. While another freebuy satellite to the €200 Mini Main Event kicked off at 12:00, the dealers are starting to arrive at the main tournament room, preparing for Day 1b of the Mini Main Event.

Stay tuned to take part of the photos from yesterday, captured by the superb event photographer Elena Kask.

Good Friday morning, all poker enthusiasts. It’s only February, but one of the undisputed highlights of the 2026 poker year is already running in Tallinn. Welcome, all, to the 2026 Kings of Tallinn.

Northern Europe’s biggest live poker festival has quite a noble history. The inaugural edition was held in 2015, and since then, it’s only grown bigger and better. It’s an impeccable event, and all poker players are in for a whopping 11 days of unparalleled entertainment and action.

The poker.pro editorial office is beyond pleased to be a part of the media coverage team. Live reporter Christoffer Karlén will be on-site throughout the festival and responsible for most of the content shared on the live blog. Crucial information, entertaining moments, big hands, tournament results, chip counts, player interviews…Karlén will do his very best to cover every nook and cranny at Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel. The CEO of poker.pro, Jason Glatzer, will be commentating on the various live-streams, and poker media icon Glenn Brown will host the festival together with Teele Viira. It’s a well-oiled team that will strive to deliver a top-notch experience to all followers.

The trio arrived last night, and even though the live coverage will commence today around noon, the team had to pay the casino a visit and take in the atmosphere during the festival’s first day. It did not disappoint; the freebuy satellite to the €200 Mini Main Event attracted a whopping 206 entries. The guarantee of 10 tickets was shattered; 25 lucky contestants got their hands on a ticket, and a €92 conzellation prize was awarded to the twenty-sixth-place finisher.

The second and final event of the first day was Day 1a of the aforementioned Mini Main Event. One hundred ninety-eight entries were impressive numbers to say the least, and it’s an educated guess that it will be one of the most entertaining tournaments of the festival. All and all, it was a busy room from the get-go, and keep in mind it was all played inside the casino; imagine the atmosphere tomorrow and onwards, when the second floor of the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel will roll out the red carpet for all players. This is, without a doubt, going to be a festival for the ages.

Today’s schedule features a smorgasbord of different events. There are four satellites to various events, through which players can try to secure tickers for a cheaper buck. The final two starting-day flights of the Mini Main Event will also kick off; it’s worth mentioning that late registration will be open during the first few levels of Day 2 (which is scheduled to commence Saturday, February 7, at 13:00). What’s more, Day 1a of the €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup should also be a popular event amongst the competitors. The schedule also features two Mixed Games events and a €555 NLH; it’s a diversified tournament schedule, and all players should be able to find a tournament of their liking.

2026 Kings of Tallinn – February 6 Tournament Schedule

It’s great to be here in the Estonian capital; 11 days in poker heaven await. Good luck to all the players, and poker.pro hope that everyone will enjoy the content here on the live blog. Again, today’s coverage will commence around noon; see you all then.