The Noble History of Open-Face Chinese During Kings of Tallinn

Open-Face Chinese has been a part of the Kings of Tallinn ever since the inaugural edition back in 2015. The buy-in may have varied over the year, and it wasn’t always played as Pineapple, but the history is noble. Finland’s Henri Antikainen is so far the only two-time champion; Finland overall has the most titles.

Last year’s event – the €350 edition – has scored the biggest field so far with 106 entries. The ongoing tournament currently has 70 entries scored, with a good 40 minutes left of late registration. Below is a breakdown of all Open-Face Chinese events since the birth of the Kings of Tallinn.

Festival	Event	Winner	Country	First-Place Payout	Entries	Prize Pool
2025 Kings of Tallinn	€200 Open-Face Chinese	Artem Berliand	Ukraine	€4,035	87	€13,755
2025 Kings of Tallinn	€350 Open-Face Chinese Deepstack	Siarhei Narozhny	Belarus	€8,979	106	€30,559
2024 Kings of Tallinn	€150 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Valerii Krhapal	Finland	€2,520	71	€8,676
2024 Kings of Tallinn	€350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Henri Antikainen	Finland	€4,750	52	€15,397
2023 Kings of Tallinn	€350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Henri Antikainen	Finland	€4,635	41	€12,140
2022 Kings of Tallinn	€350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Kevin Wood	Scotland	€3,435	29	€8,587
2021 Kings of Tallinn	€330 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Risto Ponnio	Finland	€4,634	47	€13,254
2020 Kings of Tallinn	€550 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Antti Veteläinen	Finland	€8,870	55	€25,125
2019 Kings of Tallinn	€330 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Tuomas Nurmi	Finland	€9,175	99	€28,125
2018 Kings of Tallinn	€330 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Johnny Johansen	Norway	€5,800	67	€19,095
2017 Kings of Tallinn	€550 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	Sweden	€9,100	49	€24,010
2016 Kings of Tallinn	€550 Open-Face Chinese	Joakim Garp	Sweden	€5,920	20	€10,290
2015 Kings of Tallinn	€550 Open-Face Chinese	Jonas Pohjonen	Finland	€5,057	32	€15,680