Four New Kings of Tallinn Champions Crowned as Live Stream Begins Today

Monday delivered non-stop action at Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park as the 2026 Kings of Tallinn powered by OlyBet saw four new champions rise in side events.

WSOP Circuit Tallinn ring winner Riku Koivurinne claimed the €350 8-Game for €6,931. Greece’s Romperto Koskinidis took the €200 NLH Progressive Bounty for €4,070 plus bounties. Jukka Moisio won the €200 NLH Short Deck for €1,720. Markus Ylänne captured the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty title for €5,800 plus bounties.

Meanwhile, the €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn championship added 185 entries on Day 2, bringing the total to 608 entries and the prize pool to €282,720. Play pushed deep into the money with Lithuania’s Mindaugas Grigaitis atop the final 25 players. The final day also marks the start of the live stream at OlyBet social media and PokerProWorld YouTube, hosted by Andreas “Wiseguy” Hoglund and poker.pro CEO Jason Glatzer with guests including Rasmus Lundström, who finished 32nd for €1,450 on Day 2.

The poker.pro live reporting team, headlined by Christoffer Karlén, covers the action until a €555 NLH Championship winner is crowned, while also shifting focus to the popular €200 NLH Celebrity Event at 6 p.m.

The two-day €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty drew 80 entries for €74,400 in prizes, including €40,000 in mystery bounties. All of the prizes will be awarded on Tuesday, with the action down to a final table of nine players in the money, led by Lithuania’s Vasilij Barna, with 2020 Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Johan Karlsson not too far behind.

Riku Koivurinne Wins 8-Game

The €350 8-Game attracted 80 mixed-game enthusiasts, resulting in €23,641 in prizes. While most final tables at the 2026 Kings of Tallinn are international affairs, this one in particular was dominated by Finnish players, with five of the six remaining players from the Scandinavian country after Estonia’s Kairit Leibold exited in seventh place for €1,010.

The podium was all Finns after Germany’s Benedict Kaiser (fourth – €2,270) and the Finnish duo of Ville Konttinen (fifth – €1,680) and Klaus Grönberg (sixth – €1,300) collected their payout slips.

Riku Koivurinne, who won the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,100 Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Card Ring Event for €41,200, has found success both at Olympic Park Casino and in mixed-game events across Europe. He added another trophy to his collection after defeating Pasi Laihinen (second – €4,510) heads-up to win the €6,931 top prize. Finland’s Antti Suominen was also on the podium with a third-place performance worth €3,120.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Riku Koivurinne	Finland	€6,931
2	Pasi Laihinen	Finland	€4,510
3	Antti Suominen	Finland	€3,120
4	Benedict Kaiser	Germany	€2,270
5	Ville Konttinen	Finland	€1,680
6	Klaus Grönberg	Finland	€1,300
7	Kairit Leibold	Estonia	€1,010
8	Toomas Mäkikokko	Finland	€790
9	Andrew Ward	United Kingdom	€790
10	Morten Antonsen	Norway	€620
11	Bernd Reich	Germany	€620

Romperto Koskinidis Wins €200 NLH Progressive Bounty

The €200 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted a banner field of 328 entries, creating €51,777 in prizes, including €26,160 reserved for progressive bounties.

After Norway’s Morten Hermo (third – €2,817 plus bounties) was out of gas, Greece’s Romperto Koskinidis and Estonian resident from Spain Victor Prior Fernandez Amat both locked up the €4,070 top prize with still a massive bounty left to play for. Koskinidis got the job done to win the trophy, the only one of the day not won by a Finnish poker player.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Romperto Koskinidis	Greece	€4,070
2	Victor Prior Fernandez Amat	Spain	€4,070
3	Morten Hermo	Norway	€2,817
4	Jori Myllyneva	Finland	€1,940
5	Kenneth Heimdal	Norway	€1,390
6	Giuseppe Bondi	United Kingdom	€1,010
7	Patric Mattsson	Sweden	€800
8	Robertas Jasnauskas	Lithuania	€670
9	Markus Pohjola	Finland	€560
10	Matts Rundby	Sweden	€480
11	Seyed Tabaei	Sweden	€480
12	Harry Nilsson	Sweden	€420
13	Feras Abid	Finland	€420
14	Hans Helander	Sweden	€370
15	Jakob Löfgren	Sweden	€370
16	Leino Piller	Estonia	€330
17	Joshua Theilemann	Germany	€330
18	Amber Sullivan	United Kingdom	€290
19	Matiss Celmins	Latvia	€290
20	Lawend Himmo	Sweden	€290
21	Urmo Einard	Estonia	€260
22	Daniel Raissar	Estonia	€260
23	Baptiste Caim	France	€260
24	Jake Marston	United Kingdom	€240
25	Julius Kettunen	Finland	€240
26	Henri Schalin	Finland	€240
27	Jenny Westerlund	Sweden	€240
28	Giedre Valgemäe	Lithuania	€220
29	Martin Hrivnak	Slovakia	€220
30	Tomi Rissanen	Finland	€220
31	Daniels Vorobjovs	Latvia	€220
32	Jyrki Lampinen	Finland	€200
33	Linas Bulksas	Lithuania	€200
34	Daniel Lopez Marquez	Spain	€200
35	Teet Puurits	Estonia	€200
36	John Ivares	Sweden	€200
37	Rostyslav Sabishchenko	Ukraine	€200
38	Christian Hoffmann	Germany	€200
39	David Oconnor	Ireland	€200

Jukka Moisio Wins €200 NLH Short Deck

The €200 NLH Short Deck attracted 26 entries to create a €4,111 prize pool with the top four players collecting at least a €500 min-cash.

Scott “PokerBrahs” Kenyon was live-streaming the action before bowing out in fourth place for €500. Estonian resident from Spain’s Adria Comas I Roura (third – €741) followed Kenyon to the payout desk before Finland’s Jukka Moisio defeated the United Kingdom’s Kyee Browne (second – €1,150) to win the trophy and the €1,720 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jukka Moisio	Finland	€1,720
2	Kyee Browne	United Kingdom	€1,150
3	Adria Comas I Roura	Spain	€741
4	Scott Kenyon	United Kingdom	€500

Markus Ylänne Wins €555 NLH Progressive Bounty

The €555 NLH Progressive Bounty witnessed 104 entries, creating €48,360 in prizes, including €20,800 in bounties.

The 2025 Kings of Tallinn champion from Latvia, Kaspars Butans, had another deep run before exiting in third place for €3,730, leaving Finland’s Markus Ylänne and USA’s Robert Schiffbauer heads-up for the title, with already the top prize of €5,800 locked up each.

Ylänne defeated Schiffbauer to win the trophy, the final big bounty, and, of course, bragging rights about becoming a champion at the 2026 Kings of Tallinn.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Markus Ylänne	Finland	€5,800
2	Robert Schiffbauer	United States	€5,800
3	Kaspars Butans	Latvia	€3,730
4	Simonas Juocys	Lithuania	€2,760
5	Kim Öfverström	Finland	€2,070
6	Mindaugas Satkauskas	Lithuania	€1,580
7	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€1,260
8	Sebastian Wahl	Finland	€1,030
9	Vegard Nygaard	Norway	€830
10	Barrie Dear	United Kingdom	€720
11	Phil Gross	Germany	€720
12	Henri Schalin	Finland	€630
13	Anton Niemelä	Finland	€630

2026 Kings of Tallinn Schedule (February 10)

The Tuesday tournament action at the 2026 Kings of Tallinn kicks off at Noon with the final day of the three-day €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship with the live stream kicking off on a delay with hole cards exposed on a 30-minute delay. Also beginning at Noon is the inaugural €555 NLH Seniors Event and a Freebuy Mega Satellite guaranteeing at least 10 seats to the €200 NLH Celebrity Special.

There is plenty to choose from after that as well, with the one-day €350 NLH Deepstack beginning at 1 p.m., followed by the €200 PL Razz at 2 p.m., and the €2,000 PLO4 at 4 p.m.

Meanwhile, the €200 NLH Celebrity Special kicks off 6 p.m. and a massive crowd is expected as has been the case in previous years. The 17 marked Estonian and Finnish celebrities will all have mystery-prize bounties on their heads while players compete for a share of what promises to be a massive prize pool. The celebrities include:

1. Erkki Sarapuu (Estonian TV host, DJ, and event host)
2. Jüri Butšakov (Estonian TV host & journalist)
3. Kristjan Jõekalda (Estonian TV host)
4. Maarja-Liis Ilus (Estonian singer)
5. Marjen Võsujalg (Estonian media, marketing, and big events expert)
6. Priit Pajusaar (Estonian composer)
7. Robert Rool (Estonian TV host)
8. Silver Laas (Estonian singer, member of the band Traffic)
9. Uudo Sepp (Estonian singer)
10. Jaan Pehk (Estonian singer and writer)
11. Kaspar Velberg (Estonian actor)
12. Liis Lusmägi (Estonian TV host and journalist)
13. Anti Reinthal (Estonian producer and actor)
14. Amin Asikainen (Finnish boxer)
15. Kim Herold (Finnish musician)
16. Ilari Sahamies (Finnish poker superstar)
17. Juhani Tyrisevä (Finnish poker journalist)

The tournament action concludes with the €200 NLH Satellite at 8:30 p.m. guaranteeing at least three seats to Wednesday’s €5,000 NLH High Roller, and the €150 Mega Satellite at 10:30 p.m., guaranteeing at least 10 seats to the €1 million guaranteed Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event.

In other news, for the first time ever, players can experience the Spin&Gold format in a live setting on the tournament floor thanks to the partnership between GGPoker and OlyBet Poker. The Spin&Gold Arena will run daily from February 10-14, from 4 p.m to 10 p.m., where players can win exclusive prizes and Main Event seats while playing fast-paced, three-max poker.

Check out the full schedule for Tuesday below and head to the Kings of Tallinn landing page at OlyBetEvents.com to review the full schedule, sign up for the OlyBet Team Challenge, a player’s guide, and more.

Time	Event
12:00	Event #14: €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship Final Day
12:00	Event #30: €555 NLH Seniors Event
12:00	Event #31: FREEBUY NLH Mega-Satellite ( 10 x €200 Celebrity Event Seats GTD)
13:00	Event #25: €1,100 NLH DeepStack Mystery Bounty Final Day
13:00	Event #32: €350 NLH DeepStack
14:00	Event #33: €200 PL Razz Progressive Bounty
16:00	Event #34: €2,000 PLO4
18:00	Event #35: €200 NLH Celebrity Special
20:30	Event #36: €200 NLH Satellite to €5,000 Highroller (3 x €5,000 SEATS GTD)
22:30	Event #37: €150 NLH Mega-Satellite to the €1,100 Kings of Tallinn Main Event (10 x €1,100 SEATS GTD)

• Photos courtesy of Elena Kask / OlyBet Poker
• Article originally produced at poker.pro.