2025 Kings of Tallinn Day 3: Stanislav Smeljov Wins Largest of 5 Titles on Saturday

The 2025 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn completed its third day of celebrations of the festival’s 10th anniversary with a massive bang at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park. The festival boasts tons of value via giveaways and an action-packed 64-event schedule that includes the €1 million guaranteed Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event.

While we are still a week away from a player earning their spot on the Wall of Fame hanging prominently outside the TV table reserved for those that have won Kings of and Queens of events the past decade, five players from five different countries Uwound up striking gold in side events on Saturday.

The largest prize and most prestigious trophy awarded thus far will stay home in Estonia as Stanislav Smeljov defeated Norway’s Sondre Stormyr in the two-day Event #4: €350 NLH Kings of Tallinn Cup for €26,100.

In what turned out to be a glorious nine-hour affair, the Redtooth Invitational, part of the 2025 Kings of Tallinn, didn’t disappoint. A massive rail of nearly 40 people gathered, with many others watching on the Redtooth Poker live stream, witnessed Michael Ashton secure himself a Las Vegas package valued at €1,800. He will eventually be playing for a share of £25,000 and a chance at becoming the latest UK Pub Poker Champion from May 25-31. Our team at poker.pro was on the scene, live reporting the event for the first time in grassroots poker history.

• Read more: Learn at the poker.pro live reports how Michael Ashton defeated 80 other pub league players to win the Redtooth Invitational title at the 2025 Kings of Tallinn.

Ukraine’s Artem Berliand won Event #8: €200 Open Face Chinese Pineapple for €4,035, Greece’s Enea Subashi shipped Event #9: €200 NLH Progressive Bounty for €2,920 plus bounties, and Norway’s Olaf Larsson won Event #10: €200 NLH/PLO/PLO5 for €6,880.

Read on to learn more about Day 3 of the 2025 Kings of Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park or click on the links below to read about the event.

Stanislav Smeljov Wins Event #4: €350 NLH Kings of Tallinn Cup

The two-day Event #4: €350 NLH Kings of Tallinn Cup attracted 455 entries, including 90 entries on Day 2, to create a hefty €131,177 prize pool.

Stanislav Smeljov earned the title after battling through a talented field to earn the €26,100 top prize, eclipsing his previous largest tournament haul of €10,700 when he took fourth place at the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn in Event #1: €250 No-Limit Hold’em Ring Event.

Norway’s Sondre Stormyr (second – €16,560) and Finland’s Joel Haapio (third – €11,800) also earned five-figure hauls and, like Smeljov, added valuable points to the OlyBet Team Competition leaderboard.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Stanislav Smeljov	Estonia	€26,100
2	Sondre Stormyr	Norway	€16,560
3	Joel Haapio	Finland	€11,800
4	Aklilu Laitinen	Finland	€9,070
5	Dmitri Zatsik	Estonia	€6,850
6	Tommi Lankinen	Finland	€4,920
7	Ville Rutanen	Finland	€3,810
8	Darius-Valentin Neagoe	France	€3,116
9	Sultans Ertinhajevs	Latvia	€2,660
10	Robert Kaggerud	Norway	€2,260
11	Darren Kennedy	Canada	€2,260
12	Oleh Pritsak	Ukraine	€1,940
13	Markus Ylänne	Finland	€1,940
14	Phil Gross	Germany	€1,660
15	Henri Wagner	Finland	€1,660
16	Christoffer Kaspar	Sweden	€1,430
17	Veikka Keto-Tokoi	Finland	€1,430
18	Adrian Ziemichod	Poland	€1,240
19	Dmitri Damaskin	Estonia	€1,240
20	Sebastian Wahl	Finland	€1,240
21	Svajunas Prismantas	Lithuania	€1,090
22	Henri Ojala	Finland	€1,090
23	Juho Suutari	Finland	€1,090
24	Jyrki Lampinen	Finland	€960
25	Sander Leigri	Estonia	€960
26	Thuy Anh Dao	Vietnam	€960
27	Glen Gaines	United Kingdom	€960
28	Marten Rimmel	Estonia	€860
29	Andrei-Sorin Spataru	Romania	€860
30	Mykhailo Mikhalov	Ukraine	€860
31	Robertas Spakis	Lithuania	€860
32	Janne Kotiranta	Finland	€780
33	Niko Heikkinen	Finland	€780
34	Mikael Haapaniemi	Finland	€780
35	Ville Lönngren	Finland	€780
36	Petteri Laiho	Finland	€780
37	Leino Piller	Estonia	€780
38	Pascal Pflock	Germany	€780
39	Kent Wulff	Sweden	€780
40	Max Rotko	Finland	€700
41	Markku Ihamäki	Finland	€700
42	Valentin Francois	France	€700
43	Silver Simulask	Estonia	€700
44	Roope Tarmi	Finland	€700
45	Pasi Laihinen	Finland	€700
46	Rail Ageni	Estonia	€700
47	Vivian Saliba	Brazil	€700
48	Egon Kaljulaid	Estonia	€700
49	Joni Rantamäki	Finland	€700
50	Victor Prior Fernandez Amat	Spain	€700
51	Andrei Mjagkov	Estonia	€700
52	Thomas De Leiris	France	€700
53	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€700
54	Oskar Ojaveer	Estonia	€700
55	Timo Koivusalo	Finland	€700

Artem Berliand Wins Event #8: €200 Open Face Chinese Pineapple

The Event #8: €200 Open Face Chinese Pineapple created tons of fun and excitement as the game allows for plenty of banter with no bluffing allowed. The event attracted a field of 87 entries to generate a €13,755 prize pool with the top 11 players earning at least a €360 min-cash.

Some of those well-known for their OFC prowess over the years were unable to get much going in this event. Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk bubbled the event, while Risto Ponnio hit the rail a bit earlier. Norway’s Johnny Johansen, known to travel to festivals just to play OFC, squeaked into the money with a min-cash while friends of poker.pro Borge Dypvik and Tarjei Forus each laddered up a spot to earn €460.

Sweden’s Lena Bjorn was the first out on the podium to collect €1,810. The night before, she was practicing OFC with Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon and Eva “Chic” Jiretorn. Shortly after, Artem Berliand won the €4,035 top prize after defeating Jonas Nilsen (second – €2,630) for the trophy.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Artem Berliand	Ukraine	€4,035
2	Jonas Nilsen	Norway	€2,630
3	Lena Björn	Sweden	€1,810
4	Topias Wahlbeck	Finland	€1,320
5	Sami Peisanen	Finland	€980
6	Riku Koivurinne	Finland	€750
7	Aku Laajus	Finland	€590
8	Borge Dypvik	Norway	€460
9	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€460
10	Nikolay Ponomarev	United Kingdom	€360
11	Johnny Johansen	Norway	€360

Enea Subashi Waves Greek Flag in Event #9: €200 NLH Progressive Bounty

Greece’s Enea Subashi has been coming to just about ever major festival at Olympic Park Casino over the past couple of years. In October, he had a deep run in the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition €1,100 Main Event before bowing out in third place for €55,200.

While Subashi has had many deep runs in international events in Tallinn, he finally got a monkey off his back with his first live poker victory recorded at The Hendon Mob. He denied Ukraine a second title of the day after defeating Oleksandr Tarashevskyi heads-up to win the big bounties at the end with both players earning €2,920 from the prize pool. The PKO affair attracted 221 entries to create a €34,940 prize pool that included €17,680 in progressive bounties.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Enea Subashi	Greece	€2,920
2	Oleksandr Tarashevskyi	Ukraine	€2,920
3	Lauri Nugin	Estonia	€1,960
4	Jarkko Suokas	Finland	€1,400
5	Ossi Krankkala	Finland	€1,020
6	Roberts Leja	Latvia	€780
7	Karri Uusi-Äijö	Finland	€630
8	Tony Nyberg	Finland	€520
9	Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Greece	€430
10	Siim Sikk	Estonia	€370
11	Vygerdas Jonikas	Lithuania	€370
12	Agneta Nordenstam	Sweden	€330
13	Robin Hogg	United Kingdom	€330
14	Teet Puurits	Estonia	€290
15	Tomi Arponen	Finland	€290
16	Janis Muitinieks	Latvia	€260
17	Jukka Kalliokoski	Finland	€260
18	Espen Kristofferstuen	Norway	€240
19	Jukka Moisio	Finland	€240
20	Märt Sikkar	Estonia	€240
21	Leonidas Georgopoulos	Greece	€220
22	Oskari Piira	Finland	€220
23	Darius Tamulevicius	Lithuania	€220
24	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	€200
25	Jouni Huovila	Finland	€200
26	Nikita Zarovs	Latvia	€200
27	Stef Hack	Netherlands	€200

_{*Prizes exclude bounties}

Olaf Larssen Ships Event #10: €200 NLH/PLO/PLO5

The final trophy event in Event #10: €200 NLH/PLO/PLO5 proved popular. After each orbit, games rotated, with 204 entries creating a €32,252 prize pool.

After Vidar Assersen hit the rail in third place for €3,290, Glen Gaines was in a unique spot after already having a deep run earlier in the day in the €350 NLH Kings of Tallinn Cup before exiting in 27th place for €960.

Gaines was the final player to win a Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event in 2022 for €62,400 before it was rebranded as part of the Kings of Tallinn. Gaines nearly added his first trophy this week but settled for the runner-up prize of €4,600. Meanwhile, Olaf Larssen got the job done to win the first trophy for Norway this festival.

Place
1	Olaf Larssen	Norway	€6,880
2	Glen Gaines	United Kingdom	€4,600
3	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€3,290
4	Kaspar Laursoo	Estonia	€2,510
5	Niklavs Zindulis	Latvia	€1,920
6	Constantin Lau	France	€1,460
7	Sauli Haapaniemi	Finland	€1,180
8	Juuso Kauppi	Finland	€972
9	Mark Adams	United Kingdom	€800
10	Lorenc Boci	Greece	€690
11	Paul Hilden	Sweden	€690
12	Yurii Zabrodotskyi	Ukraine	€610
13	Jari Mähönen	Finland	€610
14	Antti Suominen	Finland	€540
15	Per-Thorben Kasten	Germany	€540
16	Sondre Lunde	Norway	€480
17	Ville Krankkala	Finland	€480
18	Steinn Thanh Du Karlsson	Iceland	€440
19	Valdis Skudra	Latvia	€440
20	Georgi Voomets	Estonia	€440
21	Jami Munukka	Finland	€400
22	Henri Ojala	Finland	€400
23	Markku Ihamäki	Finland	€400
24	Tapio Aaltonen	Finland	€370
25	Juho Suutari	Finland	€370
26	Henri Schalin	Finland	€370
27	Antti Raasu	Finland	€370

2025 Kings of Tallinn Schedule Day 3 (Saturday, Feb. 22)

Five trophies were awarded on Saturday and five more will be awarded on Sunday with a packed schedule featuring a healthy mix of no-limit hold’em and mixed game events alike.

The final two opening flights of the three-day Event #7: €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship take place at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. In addition, the night will end with a €150 Mega Satellite awarding at least 10 seats to the €1 million guaranteed Main Event.

Check out Sunday’s schedule below or head to the OlyBetEvents.com landing page to see the full schedule and more.

Time	Event
12:00	Event #7: €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship Day 1c
12:00	Event #13: €350 HORSE
14:00	Event #14: €200 NLH DeepStack
17:00	Event #15: €200 PL 7 Card Stud/7 Card Stud Hi-Lo
19:00	Event #7: €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship Day 1d
19:00	Event #16: €200 NLH Progressive Bounty
21:00	Event #17: €350 Dealer’s Choice High Only
22:00	Event #18: €150 Mega Satellite to the €1,100 KoT Main Event (10 x €1,100 Seats GTD)

*Photos courtesy of Elena Kask