The Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026 Is Off to a Flying Start as Solheim Leads Day 1A

The Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition is off to a hot start. Day 1 of the 2026 festival drew hundreds of players to the Olympic Park Casino floor on Friday, with the Mini-Main Event leading the way. The buzz was flying, with hundreds of players bright and early, anticipating an amazing festival before the tournament action moves upstairs to the Hilton Tallinn Park on Saturday, with nonstop cash games continuing at Olympic Park Casino.

The first event in the two-day Event #2: €250 NLH Kings of Tallinn Mini-Main Event recorded 169 entries on its opening flight alone, already building a €34,577 prize pool with two more Day 1 flights still to come on Saturday. Norway’s Havard Erling Solheim bagged the day’s biggest stack at 365,000. The Freebuy Satellite to the Mini-Main sent 17 players through to Day 1A at no cost, setting the tone for a festival that looks set to smash expectations from the jump.

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Solheim Leads 58 Survivors After Mini-Main Day 1A

Norway’s Havard Solheim tops the 58-player bag from Day 1A of the €250 NLH Kings of Tallinn Mini-Main Event with 365,000 chips. Sweden’s Rohan Oberoi, founder of poker staking platform Pebel, is right behind at 333,000, with Estonia’s Taago Tamm rounding out the top three at 256,000.

The 169-entry opening flight already has €34,577 locked in the prize pool, and Day 1B fires at 12:30 on Saturday, followed by a third flight at 19:30 before the Final Day on Sunday at noon.

€250 buy-in | Day 1A: 169 entries | 58 survivors advancing

Position	Player	Country	Chips	BBs
1	Havard Solheim	Norway	365,000	243
2	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	333,000	222
3	Taago Tamm	Estonia	256,000	171
4	Robert Rohr	Germany	244,000	163
5	Mehdi Yazdanpanah	Sweden	226,500	151
6	Henri Antikainen	Finland	217,500	145
7	Vytautas Kacerauskas	Lithuania	204,500	136
8	Janis Juriks	Latvia	170,000	113
9	Siim Kabel	Estonia	165,000	110
10	Andrejs Martinevskis	Latvia	132,500	88
11	Murat Yilmaz	Turkey	127,500	85
12	Ville-Matti Keränen	Finland	123,500	82
13	Amanda Sidark	Sweden	119,000	79
14	Enea Subashi	Greece	118,000	79
15	Mäido Kuusik	Estonia	112,000	75
16	Arnis Mednis	Latvia	111,500	74
17	Maksim Petrov	Estonia	105,000	70
18	Yuliia Taran	Ukraine	103,000	69
19	Casper Jensen	Denmark	100,000	67
20	Keren Cohen Kalif	Israel	99,000	66
21	Jan Risberg	Sweden	98,000	65
22	Pablo Pinol Deltell	Spain	92,000	61
23	Renee Kaine	Estonia	87,500	58
24	Lemmy Drottenmark	Sweden	81,000	54
25	Rejo Manninen	Finland	80,000	53
26	Dennis Einasto	Estonia	79,000	53
27	Yaniv Peretz	Israel	77,000	51
28	Dalius Ulevicius	Lithuania	77,000	51
29	Simon Hassan	Sweden	71,000	47
30	Veeti Vehmasaho	Finland	67,000	45
31	Topi Roiha	Finland	61,500	41
32	Ahto Aruväli	Estonia	60,500	40
33	Reigo Päkk	Estonia	58,500	39
34	Henri Schalin	Finland	58,000	39
35	Helina Tamm	Estonia	58,000	39
36	Josha Matthewman	United Kingdom	57,500	38
37	Frederico Alves Dos Santos	Brazil	55,500	37
38	Noah Rogers	Norway	55,500	37
39	Jerry Villa	Finland	53,000	35
40	Stanislovas Vinicenka	Lithuania	49,000	33
41	Aake Fröling	Sweden	48,000	32
42	Joona Nyholm	Finland	48,000	32
43	Lars Kjestrup	Sweden	47,000	31
44	Antti Gronberg	Finland	44,000	29
45	Gints Ozols	Latvia	42,500	28
46	Liis Rogov	Estonia	41,500	28
47	Jari Lahtinen	Finland	39,000	26
48	Gert Ots	Estonia	36,000	24
49	Eedi Kirves	Estonia	35,500	24
50	Pal Koppegodt	Norway	34,500	23
51	Martin Zobel	Germany	34,000	23
52	Alius Riskevicius	Lithuania	29,500	20
53	Dawid Suchojad	Poland	26,500	18
54	Markus Kivipuro	Finland	26,000	17
55	Espen Andreassen	Norway	20,000	13
56	Peep Kivistik	Estonia	17,000	11
57	Piotr Swietek	Poland	14,500	10
58	Tarjei Forus	Norway	13,500	9

Saturday Schedule at Kings of Tallinn

Saturday is the biggest day of the opening weekend, with two Mini-Main flights still to fire and a full slate of side events. A free mega-satellite fires at noon, offering at least ten Mini-Main seats; Day 1B of the €250 Mini-Main goes at 12:30, and Day 1C at 19:30.

In between, the €350 DeepStack Open-Face Chinese Pineapple opens at 13:00 for anyone looking for something different; the €100 NLH Win TV Series (Event #5) runs at 17:00; and the €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty fires at 20:00 alongside the €80 Mega-Satellite to the €555 Kings of Tallinn Championship.

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