All-Time Coolbet Open Entry Record Under Threat as Five More Winners Crowned on Day 3

Thursday was the day the 2026 Coolbet Open €550 Main Event came fully into focus. Two starting flights completed at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park, 243 more players added to the field, and the combined three-flight total is already breathing down the neck of the all-time Coolbet Open Main Event attendance record with already 595 entries in the mix. Ukraine’s Yevhen Pavlenko holds the Day 1B chip lead and Norway’s Gunnar Jacobsen bagged the top stack in Day 1C. All 243 survivors return for Day 2 on Friday, when the record could fall. Follow every hand live at poker.pro.

The action outside the Main Event was equally as busy with five new side event winners crowned on Thursday. Read on to learn more:

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An All-Time Coolbet Open Main Record Within Reach

The all-time Coolbet Open Main Event attendance record stands at 652 entries, set at the 2022 edition at this very venue with Kaido Mikk winning the title. Three flights have now closed at the 2026 edition with 595 entries registered. Day 2 on Friday opens with late registration available for the first three levels, which means more players will enter before the field closes for good. With the momentum this festival has built across three days, the record of 652 is not just within reach. It is likely to fall on Friday morning. That would make the ninth Coolbet Open the biggest in the tournament’s history, back at the venue where the record was first set.

Flight	Entries	Survivors	Chip Leader
Day 1A (Wed)	169	67	Baldvin Borgarsson
Day 1B (Thu)	242	103	Yevhen Pavlenko
Day 1C (Thu Eve)	184	73	Gunnar Jacobsen
Total	595	243

Halldor Sverrisson Wins the €100 Icelandic Private Tournament

Iceland brought its own private tournament to the 2026 Coolbet Open and the result was remarkable. A total of 97 entries, every single one from Iceland, generated a €7,833 prize pool in a country pride event that tells you everything about how seriously the Icelandic poker community has traveled to Tallinn this week. Ninety-seven players from a single nation in a single tournament at a festival in Estonia is the kind of number that raises eyebrows. The Icelanders have been everywhere at this Coolbet Open, leading Main Event flights, cashing in side events across the schedule, and now filling an entire private tournament by themselves. Halldor Sverrisson won it for €2,083.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Halldor Sverrisson	Iceland	€2,083
2nd	Hafthor Sigmundsson	Iceland	€1,440
3rd	Haukur Bodvarsson	Iceland	€990
4th	Magnus Gylfason	Iceland	€720
5th	Jakob Jonsson	Iceland	€550
6th	Styrmir Steinthórsson	Iceland	€450
7th	Pall Palsson	Iceland	€360
8th	Aron Kristinsson	Iceland	€290
9th	Aron Gylfason	Iceland	€230

Jyri Laitimo Wins the €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty

Finland swept the top four spots in the €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty, with Jyri Laitimo and Juho Kiuttu both earning €2,488 plus bounties, with Laitimo hoisting the trophy and the final big bounty. Omaha has always been popular at the Coolbet Open and was once again the case in this event with a 114-entry field generating €23,826 in total prizes. Finnish domination of Omaha events has also been a running theme at the 2026 Coolbet Open and this result continued it emphatically.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Jyri Laitimo	Finland	€2,488
2nd	Juho Kiuttu	Finland	€2,488
3rd	Riku Alatalo	Finland	€1,630
4th	Jouni Huovila	Finland	€1,130
5th	Raymond Forsland	Norway	€860
6th	Hans Holst	Sweden	€680
7th	Alessandro Barone	Canada	€560
8th	Mikko Harmaa	Finland	€470
9th	Jani Forsten	Finland	€400

Jonas Lapinskas Wins the €200 NLH

Lithuania’s Jonas Lapinskas is one of the nicest people in the poker world, the kind of player who makes a tournament feel better just by being in it, and nice guys don’t always finish last. Thursday evening, Lapinskas won the €200 NLH from an 87-entry field for €4,120, defeating Finland’s Olli Holappa heads-up to earn the €4,120 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Jonas Lapinskas	Lithuania	€4,120
2nd	Olli Holappa	Finland	€2,680
3rd	Uku Valner	Estonia	€1,850
4th	Janek Hin	Estonia	€1,350
5th	Jila Sani	Sweden	€1,000
6th	Karo Virtanen	Finland	€750
7th	Raivo Grislis	Latvia	€620
8th	Anders Bjorkheim	Norway	€510
9th	Anu Lilja	Finland	€430

Joakim Fjar Wins the €200 Five-Card Mix

Norway’s Joakim Fjar won the €200 Five-Card Mix from a 76-entry field for €3,664. The event rotated through Sviten, PLO5, and Five-Card Triple Draw, a combination that rewards versatility across Omaha variants and draw games. Fjar defeated Finland’s Joni Nenonen heads-up to take the title, with Sweden’s Lars Fredriksson finishing third.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Joakim Fjar	Norway	€3,664
2nd	Joni Nenonen	Finland	€2,450
3rd	Lars Fredriksson	Sweden	€1,720
4th	Jan Holte	Norway	€1,260
5th	Sascha Manns	Germany	€920
6th	Raimonds Svans	Latvia	€750
7th	Terje Jahn	Norway	€620
8th	Aku Laajus	Finland	€490
9th	Jari Mähönen	Finland	€400

Jari Pursiainen Wins Leffern’s Hyper Turbo

The late-night €200 NLH Hyper Turbo is named after Jonatan “Leffern” Wedde, another of the Coolbet community’s beloved Norwegian streamers whose name has been given to one of the festival’s recurring events in recognition of what he has contributed to the Coolbet player community. The 2026 edition drew 118 entries and generated a €19,057 prize pool, and Finland swept the top four spots with Jari Pursiainen taking the title for €4,867 after defeating Antti-Jussi Puotiniemi heads-up. Four Finns in the top four of a hyper turbo on a Thursday night is the Coolbet Open in a nutshell.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Jari Pursiainen	Finland	€4,867
2nd	Antti-Jussi Puotiniemi	Finland	€3,280
3rd	Jukka Moisio	Finland	€2,280
4th	Niklas Anäs	Finland	€1,660
5th	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	€1,280
6th	Gudjon Gislason	Iceland	€1,000
7th	Niko Juusola	Finland	€820
8th	Andreas Raudsepp	Estonia	€690
9th	Martin Willborg	Sweden	€580

Friday at the 2026 Coolbet Open

Friday is the day the 2026 Coolbet Open Main Event gets serious. All 243 survivors return to Olympic Park Casino at 12:00 noon for Day 2. Late registration is open for the first four levels, giving players a final opportunity to get into the action and the all-time record one final opportunity to fall. Day 2 plays down to the money, meaning the bubble bursts on Friday and every player remaining at the end of the day is guaranteed a cash. Follow every hand live at poker.pro.

The €1,100 NLH Coolbet Open DeepStack fires its Day 1 at 17:00. The €150 Coolbet Ladies event fires at 17:00 with many women still in town from the Queens of Tallinn including FLIP founder Daiva Byrne, who has a healthy stack entering Day 2 of the Main Event.

The €350 PLO4/5 Deepstack Mystery Bounty opens Day 1 at 18:00. The evening brings the €200 NLH Supreme at 20:00, followed by the €200 NLH/PLO4 Hyper Turbo at 22:30.

Time	Event
12:00	Event #7: €550 Main Event Day 2
13:00	Event #21: €80 Last Chance Satellite to €1,100 NLH DeepStack (Three Seats GTD)
17:00	Event #22: €1,100 NLH Coolbet Open DeepStack Day 1
17:00	Event #23: €150 NLH Coolbet Ladies
18:00	Event #24: €350 PLO4/5 Deepstack Mystery Bounty Day 1
20:00	Event #25: €200 NLH Supreme
22:30	Event #26: €200 NLH/PLO4 Hyper Turbo

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• Images courtesy of Elena Kask / Coolbet Open
• Article originally produced at poker.pro.