Four Winners on Tuesday at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition as the Main Event Opens Wednesday

Tuesday delivered four more trophies at the 2026 Kings of Tallinn, powered by OlyBet, at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park. Denmark’s Nicklas Dehli won the €250 PLO5 Progressive Bounty, Finland’s Jyri Merivirta won his second Kings of Tallinn trophy in the €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw, Estonia’s Romet Mildov topped a 227-entry field in the €200 NLH DeepStack Celebrity Special, and Estonia’s Martin Kõiv defeated Finland’s Ville-Matti Keränen heads-up to take the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty.

Sweden’s Dennis Zetterman leads 16 survivors into the third and final day of the €555 NLH Championship with the €30,005 top prize on the line, while Lithuania’s Andrius Baublys holds the chip lead heading into the final day of the €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty.

And the day the whole festival has been building toward finally arrives. The €1,100 NLH Main Event, with €500,000 guaranteed, opens its first flights on Wednesday.

Nicklas Dehli Wins the €250 PLO5 Progressive Bounty

Nicklas Dehli at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask.

Denmark’s Nicklas Dehli won the €250 PLO5 Progressive Bounty, worth €2,148 plus bounties from 93 entries, from a €9,728 prize pool with €9,300 in additional bounty money, for €19,028 in total prizes. Dehli secured the title and the big progressive bounty after defeating Slovakia’s Tomas Szabo heads-up.

Afghanistan’s Mohammad Hasan Majidi took third for €1,450, and Norway’s Vidar Assersen was fourth for €1,030. Dehli has more than $400,000 in live tournament earnings, according to The Hendon Mob.

€250 buy-in | 93 entries | €9,728 prize pool | €9,300 bounty pool

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Denmark Nicklas DehliDenmark€2,148
2Slovakia Tomas SzaboSlovakia€2,148
3Afghanistan Mohammad Hasan MajidiAfghanistan€1,450
4Norway Vidar AssersenNorway€1,030
5Greece Emmanouil ChalkiotisGreece€740
6Ireland James NoonanIreland€570
7Finland Jari HurriFinland€450
8Finland Kim PihlFinland€370
9Lithuania Kazimieras RamaskaLithuania€300
10Sweden Jens RösselSweden€260
11Norway Tobias NapelNorway€260
  • Bounty prizes are not included in the Prize column above.

Jyri Merivirta Wins the €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw

Jyri Merivirta

Finland’s Jyri Merivirta won the €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw for €2,563, topping 31 entries and a €6,343 prize pool. It is his second Kings of Tallinn trophy, as he shipped the €330 HORSE at the 2020 Kings of Tallinn for €4,280, and now adds a second title in Tallinn more than six years later. With more than $1.3 million in career earnings according to The Hendon Mob, Merivirta is a familiar face in these mixed-game events across the Nordic poker circuit.

Estonia’s Imre Leibold finished runner-up for €1,810, while Norway’s Tarjei Forus took third for €1,170. Estonia’s Erik Põlluveer, who won the €250 High Only Mix on Monday, added a fourth-place finish for €800.

€250 buy-in | 31 entries | €6,343 prize pool

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Finland Jyri MerivirtaFinland€2,563
2Estonia Imre LeiboldEstonia€1,810
3Norway Tarjei ForusNorway€1,170
4Estonia Erik PõlluveerEstonia€800

Romet Mildov Wins the €200 NLH DeepStack Celebrity Special

Romet Mildov

Estonia’s Romet Mildov won the €200 NLH DeepStack Celebrity Special for €7,659, topping a 227-entry field and a €35,889 prize pool. The event was a festival highlight, with each celebrity receiving a warm introduction to the room and an added bounty on their head.

The 1998 WSOP Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen was greeted with a round of applause when he took his seat but was unable to run deep. Kings of Tallinn co-host Evely Pihela showed she still has it at the table, cashing for €450 in 22nd place.

Scotty Nguyen

Mildov navigated the field all the way to the title, defeating Estonian countrymate Tõnis Viik heads-up. Viik took €5,120 as runner-up, with Estonia’s Argo Garamaga rounding out the podium in third for €3,660.

€200 buy-in | 227 entries | €35,889 prize pool

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Estonia Romet MildovEstonia€7,659
2Estonia Tõnis ViikEstonia€5,120
3Estonia Argo GaramagaEstonia€3,660
4Latvia Arnis MednisLatvia€2,790
5Estonia Glen KolmerEstonia€2,130
6Norway Tobias NapelNorway€1,630
7Sweden Nicklas MagyarSweden€1,310
8Lithuania Sarunas DargisLithuania€1,080
9Finland Juha LeinoFinland€890
10Estonia Maksim BelomestnõiEstonia€770
11Finland Jani ForstenFinland€770
12Finland Saara YlianttilaFinland€680
13Sweden Maher Yakob MahmoudSweden€680
14Finland Riku VirtanenFinland€600
15Sweden Simon Hesserud PerssonSweden€600
16Finland Sami MarkkanenFinland€530
17Sweden Lars Gunnar AnderssonSweden€530
18Estonia Tarvi ApsolonEstonia€490
19France Ali BoulacelFrance€490
20Estonia Annemar RimmelEstonia€490
21Estonia Madis OrmissonEstonia€450
22Estonia Evely PihelaEstonia€450
23Sweden Amanda SidarkSweden€450
24Sweden Ludwig HedströmSweden€410
25Sweden Nils DoverklintSweden€410
26Israel Shaul WeinsteinIsrael€410
27Finland Vesa NieminenFinland€410

Martin Kõiv Wins the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty

Estonia’s Martin Kõiv won the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty for €3,325 plus bounties, defeating Finland’s Ville-Matti Keränen heads-up to claim the trophy and the big progressive bounty at the end. The event drew 47 entries, generating €12,455 in the main prize pool and €9,400 in bounty money, for €21,855 in total prizes.

Finland’s Linda Lahdenpää took third for €2,270, and Denmark’s Casper Stelzner Jensen finished fourth for €1,570. Keränen’s runner-up run was one of two deep runs on Tuesday, after he earlier went deep in the €555 NLH Championship before finishing 18th.

€555 buy-in | 47 entries | €12,455 prize pool | €9,400 bounty pool

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Estonia Martin KõivEstonia€3,325
2Finland Ville-Matti KeränenFinland€3,325
3Finland Linda LahdenpääFinland€2,270
4Denmark Casper JensenDenmark€1,570
5Finland Reijo ManninenFinland€1,160
6Finland Henri SchalinFinland€805
  • Bounty prizes are not included in the Prize column above.

Zetterman Leads 16 Into €555 NLH Championship Final Day

Dennis Zetterman

The €555 NLH Championship reached its third and final day with 16 players remaining and €30,005 on the line for the winner. Day 2 saw the field grow to 319 entries for a €148,355 prize pool, with Lithuania’s Mantas Urbonas exiting in 17th for €1,870 and Finland’s Ville-Matti Keränen going out in 18th for €1,870, both just shy of the final 16.

Keränen did not leave empty-handed: he went on to finish runner-up in the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty later in the day as we just mentioned. Sweden’s Dennis Zetterman enters Day 3 as the chip leader with 1,390,000, well ahead of Estonia’s Taago Tamm in second on 910,000. Lithuania’s Marek Zigel is third with 870,000, and Monday’s chip leader, Jawad Habib, is still in the hunt in fourth with 860,000. Norway’s Samuel Adnoy is the short stack with just 10,000 chips.

€555 buy-in | 319 entries | €148,355 prize pool | 16 survivors advancing to the final day

PositionPlayerCountryChipsBBs
1Sweden Dennis ZettermanSweden1,390,00035
2Estonia Taago TammEstonia910,00023
3Lithuania Marek ZigelLithuania870,00022
4Sweden Jawad HabibSweden860,00022
5Belgium Ben DeversBelgium730,00018
6Estonia Siim TaliaruEstonia675,00017
7Norway Noah RogersNorway640,00016
8Estonia Alger PissarevEstonia620,00016
9Italy Mario Antonio ColavitaItaly575,00014
10Latvia Edgars HauksLatvia540,00014
11Spain Adrian Jimenez RuanoSpain435,00011
12Sweden Alf Peter ÖnnestamSweden435,00011
13Norway Joakim BakkeNorway330,0008
14Sweden Andreas JohanssonSweden290,0007
15Denmark Gisle OlsenDenmark255,0006
16Norway Samuel AdnoyNorway10,0000

Baublys Leads Six Into €1,100 Mystery Bounty Final Day

Andrius Baublys

The €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty drew 47 entries on opening day, with a €20,210 prize pool and €23,500 in mystery bounties, for a total of €43,210. Finland’s Ville Niveri bubbled the money at the end of the day, with the remaining six players all in the money for at least a €1,150 minimum cash.

Mystery bounties will be pulled from the start of the second and final day, with big prizes on the line. Lithuania’s Andrius Baublys holds the chip lead with 665,000, ahead of compatriot Vilius Zabarauskas in second on 434,000. Half of the remaining field are Lithuanian, however, it isn’t a done deal for the Baltic country with three strong players still in the mix including 2016 Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Johan Creutz (361,000), Estonia’s Mark Metsla (353,000), and two-time WSOP Circuit Tallinn ring winner Roope Tarmi (261,000) also still in the mix.

€1,100 buy-in | 47 entries | €20,210 prize pool | €23,500 mystery bounty pool | 6 survivors advancing

PositionPlayerCountryChipsBBs
1Lithuania Andrius BaublysLithuania665,00055
2Lithuania Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania434,00036
3Sweden Johan CreutzSweden361,00030
4Estonia Mark MetslaEstonia353,00029
5Lithuania Mantas BurbaLithuania276,00023
6Finland Roope TarmiFinland261,00022

€1,100 Main Event Opens Wednesday at Kings of Tallinn

Wednesday is the day the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026 has been building toward all week. The €1,100 NLH Main Event, with a €500,000 guarantee, fires its first two starting flights today: Flight 1A at noon and Flight 1B at 18:00. Players have been satelliting all week at Olympic Park Casino and on OlyBet online, and now the biggest event on the schedule is finally here.

The day is packed beyond the Main Event. Sweden’s Dennis Zetterman leads 16 survivors into the €555 NLH Championship final day at noon, with €30,005 on the line for the winner. At 12:30, the €3,000 NLH High Roller fires as a one-day, 6-handed event for those looking for the biggest buy-in on the schedule outside the Main Event.

Lithuania’s Andrius Baublys leads six players into the €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty final day at 13:00, where the mystery envelopes are pulled for the first time and every knockout comes with a prize. Also at 13:00, the €350 NLH DeepStack gets underway for players after a full-stack deep run.

At 16:00, the €350 PLO4/PLO5 DeepStack Mystery Bounty fires its Day 1, combining bounty poker with the PLO mix. At 18:00, Main Event Flight 1B opens alongside the day’s second flight. The evening brings a €150 NLH Mega-Satellite at 19:00, guaranteeing 10 Main Event seats, followed by the €350 PLO4/PLO5 Double Board Bomb Pot at 20:00 for 6-handed action, and a late-night €80 NLH satellite at 22:00 offering 7 seats to any €555 event.

TimeEvent
12:00€555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship Final Day ★
12:00€1,100 NLH Kings of Tallinn Main Event Flight 1A (€500,000 GTD)
12:30€3,000 NLH, One-Day Event, 6-handed
13:00€1,100 NLH DeepStack Mystery Bounty Final Day ★
13:00€350 NLH DeepStack
16:00€350 PLO4/PLO5 DeepStack Mystery Bounty Day 1
18:00€1,100 NLH Kings of Tallinn Main Event Flight 1B (€500,000 GTD)
19:00€150 NLH Mega-Satellite to the €1,100 Main Event (10 x €1,100 Seats GTD)
20:00€350 PLO4/PLO5 Double Board Bomb Pot, 6-handed
22:00€80 NLH Satellite to Any €555 (7 x €555 Seats GTD)

★ Late registration closed

The full schedule is available at olybetevents.com.

Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026: FAQ

Who won the €250 PLO5 Progressive Bounty at Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026?

Denmark’s Nicklas Dehli won the €250 PLO5 Progressive Bounty at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026 for €2,148 plus bounties, defeating Slovakia’s Tomas Szabo heads-up to take the trophy and the big progressive bounty. The event drew 93 entries for a €9,728 prize pool and €9,300 in bounty money. Dehli has more than $400,000 in live tournament earnings tracked by The Hendon Mob.

Who won the €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw at Kings of Tallinn Autumn 2026?

Finland’s Jyri Merivirta won the €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026 for €2,563 from 31 entries. Merivirta defeated Estonia’s Imre Leibold heads-up to claim the title. It was his second Kings of Tallinn trophy, following his victory in the €330 HORSE at the 2020 Kings of Tallinn for €4,280. Norway’s Tarjei Forus finished third for €1,170.

Who won the €200 NLH DeepStack Celebrity Special at Kings of Tallinn 2026?

Estonia’s Romet Mildov won the €200 NLH DeepStack Celebrity Special at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026 for €7,659, topping a 227-entry field worth €35,889 in prizes at Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn, Estonia on October 14, 2026. Mildov defeated compatriot Tõnis Viik heads-up to claim the title. Notable participants included 1998 WSOP Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen and Kings of Tallinn co-host Evely Pihela, who cashed in 22nd place.

Who won the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty at Kings of Tallinn Autumn 2026?

Estonia’s Martin Kõiv won the €555 NLH Progressive Bounty for €3,325 plus bounties from 47 entries at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026. Kõiv defeated Finland’s Ville-Matti Keränen heads-up to claim the trophy and the big progressive bounty. The total prize pool including bounties was €21,855.

Who leads the €555 NLH Championship heading into the final day?

Sweden’s Dennis Zetterman leads 16 survivors into the final day of the €555 NLH Championship at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026, holding 1,390,000 chips heading into Day 3. The field grew to 319 entries for a €148,355 prize pool, with €30,005 on the line for the winner. Estonia’s Taago Tamm is second on 910,000 and Lithuania’s Marek Zigel is third on 870,000.

When and where is the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026?

The Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026, powered by OlyBet, takes place Oct. 10-19, 2026, at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park in Tallinn, Estonia. The flagship event is the €1,100 NLH Main Event, with the series also featuring the €555 NLH Championship, the €3,000 NLH High Roller, and a wide range of mixed-game side events.

  • Photos courtesy of OlyBet Poker and Mairo Toom.
  • Article originally produced at poker.pro.

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