Livingston Wins the 10k Championship as Blumbergs Banks €221,000 Across Two Events in Tallinn

The Diamond Poker Series PLO Grand Slam has its 10k Championship winner. Alex Livingston, the Canadian PLO specialist and two-time WSOP bracelet winner, claimed the biggest title of the Tallinn stop on Tuesday, taking €161,500 from a field that grew to 58 entries after late registration extended into the final day. The festival closes tonight at Olympic Park Casino with the High Roller Quattro Bounty, the Omaha 4/5/6 Card Mix, and a livestreamed, high-octane €25/25 PLO cash game featuring Scotty Nguyen at 20:00.

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Livingston Wins the 10k Championship

The €10,400 10k Championship started Day 1 on Sunday with 35 entries and the best field of the week, extended late registration into the final day, and finished with 58 total entries and a €545,400 prize pool. Nine places were paid, with €21,600 as the min-cash. Imad Derwiche bubbled the money. Nino Pansier was first out at the final table in ninth for €21,600. Richard Gryko, who had led the chip counts all week, finished fourth for €55,200. Finland’s Juha Helppi took third for €74,500. And Ralfs Blumbergs, who had already won the 5k Million for €123,100 earlier in the week, returned to collect the runner-up spot in the 10k Championship for a further €97,800, making him the standout performer of the Tallinn stop with €221,000 across two events.

Livingston, who won his first WSOP bracelet in $1,500 Seven Card Stud in 2022 and his second in the $3,000 PLO 6-Handed in 2024, collected €161,500 for the title. He took two entries in the 5k Million Day 1A earlier in the week and did not advance. The 10k Championship was a different story.

€10,400 buy-in | 58 entries | €545,400 prize pool

Place	Player	Prize
1st	Alex Livingston	€161,500
2nd	Ralfs Blumbergs	€97,800
3rd	Juha Helppi	€74,500
4th	Richard Gryko	€55,200
5th	Robert Cowen	€43,700
6th	Carlo Stefano Van Ravenswoud	€35,900
7th	Youness Barakat	€29,900
8th	Einars Muhajevs	€25,300
9th	Nino Pansier	€21,600

Ryynänen Wins the €4,200 PLO Bounty Turbo

Monday evening’s €4,200 PLO Bounty Turbo drew 8 entries for a €14,720 prize pool with only one paid place. Finland’s Sampo Ryynänen took the trophy and the full €14,720. Danielle Noja of Australia finished runner-up and Jonas Kronwitter third, a strong close to a Tallinn stop that had already seen Kronwitter win the High Roller.

€4,200 buy-in | 8 entries | €14,720 prize pool

Place	Player	Prize
1st	Sampo Ryynänen	€14,720

Scotty Nguyen at the Cash Game Stream Tonight!

Scotty Nguyen played the 5k Million Day 1A last Thursday, one of the biggest names in the Day 1A field, but did not advance to Day 2. He has remained in Tallinn as part of an extended European trip with Teddy.poker, the poker travel and VIP experience brand that partnered with poker.pro for the Diamond Poker Series Tallinn week. Tonight at 20:00, Nguyen takes his seat at the Diamond’s TV cash game table for a €25/25 PLO session alongside Meyer Michel Dahan, Christian Stratmeyer and Noneedmoney, with further guests expected. The game will be livestreamed.

With the 10k Championship settled, the Diamond Poker Series Tallinn closes out its final evening with two more events. The High Roller Quattro Bounty fires at 17:00 for players looking to add one more result to the week.

The Omaha 4/5/6 Card Mix follows at 20:00, the festival’s final tournament and a fitting closer for a dedicated PLO series. Running alongside it from 20:00 is the livestreamed €25/25 PLO cash game at the Diamond’s TV table, where Scotty Nguyen takes his seat with Meyer Dahan, Christian Stratmeyer and Noneedmoney.

Season Rankings After Tallinn

Jonas Kronwitter came to Tallinn needing a result and delivered one of the season’s best weeks. The High Roller victory alone added 31,330 ranking points and €149,000 in prize money, catapulting him two spots up the leaderboard and back to the top of the 2026 Diamond Poker Series standings with 114,050 points.

Gergo Nagy drops to second, Nino Pansier third. Ralfs Blumbergs is the biggest mover of the stop, jumping four places to seventh on €221,000 in combined prize money across two events. Livingston enters the top 15 after jumping 33 spots to 11th. One stop remains.

Rank	Player	Events	Points	Prize
1 ↑2	Jonas Kronwitter	13	114,050	€436,200
2 ↓1	Gergo Nagy	15	96,396	€322,230
3 ↓1	Nino Pansier	20	96,141	€363,505
4 ↓1	Lucas Van den Belt	17	77,198	€321,290
5 ↓1	Youness Barakat	19	61,870	€221,300
6 ↑2	Lauri Varonen	8	58,180	€239,300
7 ↑4	Ralfs Blumbergs	7	53,480	€220,900
8 ↑2	Dennis Weiss	16	53,396	€178,630
9 ↓1	Robert Cowen	12	49,260	€161,900
10 ↓1	Richard Gryko	9	46,660	€178,700

Full standings at diamondpokerseries.com/ranking.

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