Simon Hesserud Persson wins Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event for €45,700

WSOPCTallinn2025MiniMainEvent(FinalDay)PerSimonHesserudPersson – Enormous Pot to Hesserud Persson
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

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Sweden Simon Hesserud PerssonSweden€45,700 (Plus $5,000 Ticket to Paradise)
2Lithuania Vytautas RiskeviciusLithuania€30,400
3Norway Nicolai AustadNorway€21,220
4Netherlands Corne ScheelNetherlands€15,140
5Finland Ville KeränenFinland€10,940
6Poland Krzysztof ChmielowskiPoland€8,040
7Norway Tobias NapelNorway€5,940
8Ukraine Oleksandr ShokurUkraine€4,540
9Latvia Jevgenijs SapronenkoLatvia€ 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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