Sebastian Crane and Einars Muhajevs Win Big on Omaha Day at Kings of Tallinn

Thursday turned into an absolute Omaha extravaganza at the 2026 Kings of Tallinn here at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park, with three PLO champs lifting trophies, including two under the bright lights of the Kings of Tallinn live stream!

The United Kingdom’s Sebastian Crane made it look easy, shipping the two-day €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 Championship for €32,070 right in front of the cameras after outdueling German trophy-hunter Fabian Bartuschk heads-up and denying him a second title this series. The stream then flipped to the one-day €3,000 PLO4/PLO5 High Roller, where Latvia’s own Einars Muhajevs owned the final table en route to the €34,070 victory, while Sweden’s Patrik Rössel turned a €150 satellite seat into a stellar €23,850 runner-up payday.

Off-stream, the Finns invaded the €350 PLO4/PLO5/PLO6 Progressive Bounty with five of them in the top five before Miska Vihervuori grabbing the win for €5,460 plus bounties.

Three Omaha titles in one day is wild, but Thursday kept delivering: Sweden’s Dennis Jacobsen banked €3,020 plus bounties in the €200 NLH Deep Stack Progressive Bounty, Poland’s Maciej Komorowski took the €555 NLH for €6,415 after a heads-up deal with Sweden’s Peder Behr, and Lithuania’s Gintautas Danilevicius snagged the €200 NLH Turbo winner’s pic for €4,780.

Even with five trophies Thursday and seven more Friday, all eyes are on the four-day Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event charging toward smashing that €1 million guarantee on Friday’s Day 2. The four opening flights drew 839 entries, Cyprus’s Georgios Tsouloftas topping the 303 survivors, with poker.pro live reporting back at noon and the stream firing up Saturday. The Main Event field will continue to climb during the early part of Friday with late registration open through the first four 60-minute levels until around 4:30 p.m.

Sebastian Crane Wins €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 Championship

The two-day €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 Championship attracted 139 entries on Wednesday’s opening day to create a €129,270 prize pool. The opening day action ended with two players splitting a min-cash on the bubble before Thursday’s Day 2 began in the money with the live stream looming once the final table began.

The action was hot and heavy and as usual, there was a heavy Finnish contingency with three Finns in the field with seven players remaining. However, it was an international affair with no Finns in the top four after Sami Paananen (fifth – €8,480), Klaus Grönberg (sixth – €6,780), and Jari Kurikka (seventh – €5,580) ran out of chips on the live-streamed final table.

Slovakia’s Tomas Szabo ended his impressive run in third place for €11,180 before cash game player Arunas Garunkstis earned €14,960 for his third-place performance.

The ending would be a story regardless of which of the final two players were able to seal the deal. Germany’s Fabian Bartuschk was hunting for his second trophy this festival and his third at OlyBet events after also earning a trophy at the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker in January, while Sebastian Crane entered this just because it was an open tournament when he was ready to battle.

It was a back and forth battle before Crane pulled out on top to win the trophy and the €32,070 top prize. While Bartuschk may not have added a trophy to his collection, he is one of the OlyBet Team Competition unofficial MVPs with another impressive run ending one player shy in second place for €20,940.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sebastian Crane	United Kingdom	€32,070
2	Fabian Bartuschk	Germany	€20,940
3	Arunas Garunkstis	Lithuania	€14,960
4	Tomas Szabo	Slovakia	€11,180
5	Sami Paananen	Finland	€8,480
6	Klaus Grönberg	Finland	€6,780
7	Jari Kurikka	Finland	€5,580
8	Deniss Lebedevs	Latvia	€4,580
9	Roi Gibstein	Germany	€3,700
10	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€3,120
11	Oleksandr Novoselskyi	Ukraine	€3,120
12	Mikko Ylämäki	Finland	€2,740
13	Janne Peltoniemi	Finland	€2,740
14	Vytautas Semaska	Lithuania	€2,440
15	Arturas Zukovas	Lithuania	€2,440
16	Anthony Phillips	United Kingdom	€2,200
17	Antti Nieminen	Finland	€1,100
18	Karl Sjöqvist	Sweden	€1,100

Einars Muhajevs Wins €3,000 PLO4/PLO5 High Roller

The stream hosts Andreas “Wiseguy” Hoglund and poker.pro CEO Jason Glatzer took a small break as players began to file back from dinner break in the €3,000 PLO4/PLO5 High Roller. The field attracted 32 entries for a €85,120 with WSOP bracelet winners and two former Kings of Tallinn champions in the mix in Juha Helppi and Kai Lehto. While Helppi ran out of gas short of the money, Lehto managed a min-cash of €10,900 for his fourth-place performance.

The Finnish dominated field was denied a legitimate shot at the title for the second straight PLO affair with Finland’s Jyri Merivirta exiting in third place for €16,300, leaving Latvia’s Einars Muhajevs and Sweden’s Patrik Rössel competing for the title. The heads-up affair had the appearance at the wee hours of the morning as a home game with the duo smiling throughout and friendly talk creating a fun atmosphere.

Muhajevs had more than half the chips with five players left and was too much to overcome for Rössel to win the €34,070 top prize. Meanwhile, Rössel was through the Moon as he qualified in a €150 satellite only to eventually earn the €23,850 runner-up prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Einars Muhajevs	Latvia	€34,070
2	Patrik Rössel	Sweden	€23,850
3	Jyri Merivirta	Finland	€16,300
4	Kai Lehto	Finland	€10,900

Miska Vihervuori Ends Finnish Drought in €350 PLO4/PLO5/PLO6 Progressive Bounty

Finnish poker players were dominant in the €350 PLO4/PLO5/PLO6 Progressive Bounty, which attracted 168 entries to create €48,434 in prizes including €16,800 in progressive bounties.

The top five players were waving the Finnish flag after Germany’s Roi Gibstein exited in sixth place for €1,550 plus bounties. Jussi Julkunen (third – €3,690 + bounties), Eetu Porkka (fourth – €2,690 + bounties), and Joni Nenonen (fifth – €1,980 + bounties) exited one by one, guaranteeing both Miska Vihervuori and Aleksi Heikkinen the €5,450 top prize with still a massive bounty and the trophy to be played for. Vihervuori earned the trophy, and the national bragging rights of being the only Finnish player to win an Omaha trophy out of the three hosted Omaha tournaments.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Miska Vihervuori	Finland	€5,450
2	Aleksi Heikkinen	Finland	€5,450
3	Jussi Julkunen	Finland	€3,690
4	Eetu Porkka	Finland	€2,690
5	Joni Nenonen	Finland	€1,980
6	Roi Gibstein	Germany	€1,550
7	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€1,224
8	Paavo Säynäjärvi	Finland	€960
9	Stefano Moi	Italy	€960
10	Deniss Lebedevs	Latvia	€780
11	Matias Knaapinen	Finland	€780
12	Per Engström	Sweden	€640
13	Juris Bonders	Latvia	€640
14	Robert Tahirovic	Serbia	€640
15	Gisle Guldbrandsen	Norway	€540
16	Jarkko Suokas	Finland	€540
17	Vili Turunen	Finland	€540
18	Barrie Dear	United Kingdom	€470
19	Erik Risberg	Sweden	€470
20	Jyri Laitimo	Finland	€470
21	Espen Hagen	Norway	€390
22	Lars Maaseide	Norway	€390
23	Abbe Mardiny	Sweden	€390

Dennis Jacobsen Wins €200 NLH Progressive Bounty

The €200 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted 241 runners to create €38,102 in prizes, including €19,280 in bounties. It was an international affair with the top six players hailing from different countries.

Sweden’s Dennis Jacobsen and Lithuania’s Mindaugas Grigaitis were locked in on a heads-up battle with both players already earning the €3,020 top prize and whatever bounties they collected along the way. Jacobsen earned the big bounty at the end to cap off an impressive victory.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Dennis Jacobsen	Sweden	€3,020
2	Mindaugas Grigaitis	Lithuania	€3,020
3	Thibaut Larger	France	€2,040
4	Michael Rolt	United Kingdom	€1,450
5	Robert Aigro	Estonia	€1,042
6	Oleksandr Tarashevskyi	Ukraine	€830
7	Rico Järve	Estonia	€690
8	Anders Smeds	Sweden	€570
9	Ailo Hegge	Norway	€500
10	Ernestas Stalemekas	Lithuania	€430
11	Peter Bergman	Sweden	€430
12	Ciaran Mccullagh	Ireland	€370
13	Juha Railosvuo	Finland	€370
14	Julius Kettunen	Finland	€310
15	Peer Zahl	Norway	€310
16	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	€270
17	John Stark	Finland	€270
18	Lawrence Cook	United Kingdom	€240
19	Hans Jacobsen	Sweden	€240
20	Konsta Pekkarinen	Finland	€240
21	Inese Petrova	Latvia	€220
22	Edgars Beizaks	Latvia	€220
23	Kristoffer Josefsson	Finland	€220
24	Martin Hermo	Norway	€200
25	Andres Rebane	Estonia	€200
26	Leino Piller	Estonia	€200
27	Siim Sooäär	Estonia	€200
28	Aleksi Heikkinen	Finland	€180
29	Dani Pano	Sweden	€180
30	Maksim Paponov	Estonia	€180
31	Ville Niveri	Finland	€180

Gintautas Danilevicius Wins €200 NLH Turbo

The €200 NLH Turbo attracted 118 entries to create a €18,656 prize pool. Lithuania’s Gintautas Danilevicius defeated Finland’s Joel Holmberg (second – €3,210) to win the €4,780 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Gintautas Danilevicius	Lithuania	€4,780
2	Joel Holmberg	Finland	€3,210
3	Kasperi Kannisto	Finland	€2,230
4	Torbjorn Larsen	Norway	€1,620
5	Baptiste Caim	France	€1,250
6	Christian Hoffmann	Germany	€980
7	Onni Huttunen	Finland	€800
8	Robertas Jasnauskas	Lithuania	€670
9	Godfred Wannis	Sweden	€570
10	Erik Karlberg	Sweden	€480
11	Kevin Wood	United Kingdom	€480
12	Amos Aaltio	Finland	€420
13	Jani Pekonen	Finland	€420
14	Konsta Pekkarinen	Finland	€373
15	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€373

2026 Kings of Tallinn Schedule (February 12)

Friday promises a packed house as the day begins with 4.5 hours of late registration on Day 2 of the 2026 Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event, where the €1 million guarantee is expected to be smashed.

Another multi-day event begins at 5 p.m. in the two-day €555 PL Sviten Championship with a €20 PLO5 satellite guaranteeing at least three seats to this event at 1 p.m. The two-day €1,100 NLH Deep Stack Progressive Bounty kicks off 2.5 hours later at 7:30.

Players will also have the chance to win one of three trophies on the line in one day events including in the €350 NLH Deep Stack at 3 p.m., the €350 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Button Round of Each at 9 p.m., and the €200 NLH Turbo at 10:30 p.m. Additionally, players will be hunting for value in the €150 NLH satellite at 6 p.m., guaranteeing at least three seats to the two-day €3,000 NLH running over the weekend.

Check out the full schedule for Friday 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 #38: €1,100 NLH Kings of Tallinn Main Event Day 2
13:00	Event #55: €20 PLO5 Satellite, €20 Rebuys & Add-On, 3 x €555 Sviten Championship Seats GTD!
15:00	Event #56: €350 NLH DeepStack
17:00	Event #57: €555 PL Sviten Championship Day 1, PLO5 & Draw, 6-handed
18:00	Event #58: €150 NLH Satellite to the €3,000 NLH, 3 x €3,000 SEATS GTD!
19:30	Event #59: €1,100 NLH DeepStack Progressive Bounty Day 1
21:00	Event #60: €350 NLH/PLO4/PLO5, Button Round Each
22:30	Event #61: €200 NLH Turbo

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