Records Fall at the 2026 Coolbet Open as Blomberg Leads 54 Into the Main Event Final Day

Friday at the 2026 Coolbet Open was historic. The €550 Main Event shattered the all-time Coolbet Open attendance record, the €1,100 NLH High Roller set its own record field, and the €150 Ladies Event produced the biggest entry count in the event’s history.

The house was packed, the energy in the room was exactly what a festival record-breaking day should feel like, and three chip leaders bagged overnight stacks to carry into Saturday’s final days. John Blomberg of Finland leads 54 survivors heading into the €550 Main Event Final Day, Germany’s Martin Zobel leads 11 players in the High Roller, and Portugal’s Manuel Lopes leads 13 in the PLO4/5 Mystery Bounty. Netherlands’ Paula Ensink won the €150 Ladies Event.

The 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen, who is in Europe for three months on a tour with Teddy.poker, also entered the action of the Main Event on Day 2 to much fanfare but was unable to make the money.

Follow all the live reporting at poker.pro, and when the Main Event gets down to 24 players on Saturday the stream goes live on the Coolbet Open social media channels.

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John Blomberg Leads Final 54 in Record-Breaking €550 Main Event

The all-time Coolbet Open Main Event entry record has been broken. The 2022 edition at this same venue drew 652 entries, a number that stood as the benchmark for four years. The 2026 edition has now surpassed it with 753 entries, generating a massive €357,675 prize pool. Day 2 ran deep into the money with the top 95 players each earning at least €1,120, more than double their buy-in. At the end of the day, 54 players bagged their chips with all of them locked into a minimum cash of €5,450 and the top prize of €65,415 waiting at the end of a Final Day that begins Saturday at 12:00 noon with blinds at 10,000/15,000 (15,000 ante) and increasing every 40 minutes until a champion is crowned.

Finland’s John Blomberg leads the way with 1,570,000 chips (104 big blinds), a substantial advantage over Norway’s Oystein Stai in second with 1,090,000. American Xavier Lyu sits third with 765,000. The defending champion Guillermo “GGordo” Cifuentes of Spain, who won the 2025 Coolbet Open Main Event, is still in the hunt in 48th position with 180,000 chips. Follow every chip count and elimination as they happen at poker.pro, and when the field reaches 24 players the live stream begins on the Coolbet Open social media channels.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	BBs
1	John Blomberg	Finland	1,570,000	104
2	Oystein Stai	Norway	1,090,000	72
3	Xavier Lyu	United States	765,000	51
4	Joonas Helin	Finland	735,000	49
5	Ranel Käsi	Estonia	725,000	48
6	Atso Lindell	Finland	715,000	47
7	Yevhen Pavlenko	Ukraine	700,000	46
8	Jarmo Salonen	Finland	685,000	45
9	Payam Seyedzadeh	Norway	640,000	42
10	Sergi Kapanadze	Georgia	620,000	41
11	Petter Berg	Norway	615,000	41
12	Tomas Bulksas	Lithuania	560,000	37
13	Kristaps Renga	Latvia	555,000	37
14	Olaf Larssen	Norway	550,000	36
15	Julia Kuusijärvi	Finland	525,000	35
16	Bjorn Ophaug	Norway	515,000	34
17	Jon Thorvaldsson	Iceland	485,000	32
18	Maria Ling	Sweden	475,000	31
19	Pal Koppegodt	Norway	470,000	31
20	Andreas Backlund	Finland	425,000	28
21	Gunnar Leifsson	Iceland	420,000	28
22	Lluis Murcia Grano	Spain	385,000	25
23	Tomi Bondarew	Finland	375,000	25
24	Ville-Matti Keränen	Finland	365,000	24
25	Ragnar Linde	Estonia	365,000	24
26	Rene Lazaro Cifuentes	Spain	340,000	22
27	Alger Pissarev	Estonia	335,000	22
28	Korneliusz Jelinski	Poland	330,000	22
29	Frederico Alves Dos Santos	Brazil	325,000	21
30	William Aravena	Chile	325,000	21
31	Ranno Sootla	Estonia	315,000	21
32	Kristian Dahl	Norway	310,000	20
33	Erik Hamre	Norway	305,000	20
34	Robert Rohr	Germany	300,000	20
35	Mihkel Ustav	Estonia	300,000	20
36	Gabriel Terol	Spain	295,000	19
37	Kjetil Hanstvedt	Norway	290,000	19
38	Leo Alatalo	Finland	270,000	18
39	Conny Eriksson	Finland	270,000	18
40	Kenneth Olaisen	Norway	260,000	17
41	Hans Fernkvist	Sweden	250,000	16
42	Halldor Sverrisson	Iceland	250,000	16
43	Axel Hilmisson	Iceland	245,000	16
44	Jarno Jokiniemi	Finland	235,000	15
45	Priit Brikker	Estonia	225,000	15
46	Dominykas Buda	Lithuania	220,000	14
47	Atte Franssila	Finland	220,000	14
48	Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes	Spain	180,000	12
49	Arasch Mirzai	Sweden	165,000	11
50	Roar Wang	Norway	165,000	11
51	Raimo Ahola	Finland	160,000	10
52	Sindre Roenquist	Norway	160,000	10
53	Pekka Ikonen	Finland	110,000	7
54	Lauri Tuominen	Finland	110,000	7

Martin Zobel Leads Final 11 in Record €1,100 High Roller

The €1,100 NLH High Roller set its own record at the 2026 Coolbet Open with 97 entries generating a €92,150 prize pool. Martin Zobel is well known to anyone who plays regularly at Olympic Park Casino. The German who has made Estonia his home is a constant presence at the tables here and he showed why on Friday, bagging the overnight chip lead with 1,170,000 chips (97 big blinds), a commanding advantage over second-placed France’s Paul Le Cheviller with 526,000. All 11 remaining players are in the money with a minimum guaranteed cash of €2,410. The winner earns €27,070. The High Roller Final Day plays out on Saturday alongside the Main Event.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	BBs
1	Martin Zobel	Germany	1,170,000	97
2	Paul Le Cheviller	France	526,000	44
3	Eskil Kvamvold	Norway	499,000	41
4	Raivo Grislis	Latvia	438,000	36
5	Edgars Hauks	Latvia	422,000	35
6	David Marfil	Spain	402,000	33
7	Tommy Soerensen	Norway	367,000	30
8	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	341,000	28
9	Anders Karlsen	Norway	295,000	24
10	Jari-Pekka Juhola	Finland	258,000	21
11	Antti Takala	Finland	134,000	11

Manuel Lopes Leads Final 13 in €350 PLO4/5 Mystery Bounty

Portugal’s Manuel Lopes leads 13 survivors in the €350 PLO4/5 Deepstack Mystery Bounty, bagging 892,600 chips heading into Saturday’s final day. Lopes is a familiar face at Olympic Park Casino and has made the trip to Tallinn many times over the years, though it has been a while since his last visit. He is clearly back in form. The 104-entry field produced a €15,028 prize pool and all 13 remaining players have secured their minimum cash of €330. Mystery bounty prizes range from €300 to €4,000, with the overall winner taking home €4,000 on top of their prize pool money.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	BBs
1	Manuel Lopes	Portugal	892,600	74
2	Mathias Christensen	Sweden	443,000	36
3	Bo Göthlin	Sweden	433,000	36
4	Jani Forsten	Finland	293,000	24
5	Tommi Hakala	Finland	264,000	22
6	Mikko Harmaa	Finland	151,000	12
7	Hans Karonen	Sweden	124,000	10
8	Antti Pietarinen	Finland	120,000	10
9	Daniel Rantanen	Finland	109,000	9
10	Toni Ojala	Finland	108,000	9
11	Andre Sivertsen	Norway	83,000	6
12	Jouni Huovila	Finland	80,000	6
13	Raimonds Svans	Latvia	47,000	3

Paula Ensink Wins the €150 Coolbet Open Ladies Event

The €150 Coolbet Open Ladies Event set a new entry record for the event with 57 entries, generating €4,760 in the prize pool plus €2,280 in €40 bounties for €7,040 in total prizes. Netherlands’ Paula Ensink won the title outright without a chop, winning the final bounty at the same time she won the tournament. Ensink has appeared at Coolbet Open events before and the win marks her first recorded live tournament victory on the Hendon Mob, a milestone for any player. Finland’s Phenporn Laatikainen finished runner-up for €1,170, and New Zealand’s Isla Stewart finished third for €760 in a result that brought multiple nationalities to the podium.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Paula Ensink	Netherlands	€1,170
2nd	Phenporn Laatikainen	Finland	€1,170
3rd	Isla Stewart	New Zealand	€760
4th	Kjersti Jocumsen	Norway	€560
5th	Isabelle Winther	Norway	€440
6th	Katri Käsper	Estonia	€360
7th	Elisabeth Harestad	Norway	€300

Heikki Haapasaari Wins the €200 NLH Supreme

Finland’s Heikki Haapasaari has been one of the busiest players at the 2026 Coolbet Open, cashing multiple events throughout the week, and on Friday he cashed the biggest of them all, winning the €200 NLH Supreme from a 151-entry field for €6,046. The result featured a genuinely international final table with six different nationalities represented, with Russia’s Danil Lebedev finishing runner-up for €4,010 and Finland’s Niko Penttinen third for €2,820.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Heikki Haapasaari	Finland	€6,046
2nd	Danil Lebedev	Russia	€4,010
3rd	Niko Penttinen	Finland	€2,820
4th	Rudolfs Vosvenieks	Latvia	€2,110
5th	Felipe Barrios Ormeno	Chile	€1,600
6th	Marius Iversen	Norway	€1,280
7th	Lars Olofsson	Sweden	€1,050
8th	Barbro Aaberg	Norway	€850
9th	Timo Koivusalo	Finland	€700

Joonas Salo Wins Sycksbe’s Hyper Turbo

The late-night Hyper Turbo carries the name of Sycksbe, another beloved figure from the Coolbet streaming and community world, continuing the festival’s tradition of naming its late-night events after the streamers who have helped build the Coolbet Open community over the years alongside Jevakim and Leffern. Finland’s Joonas Salo won the 84-entry €200 NLH/PLO4 edition for €3,611, defeating Norway’s Atle Larsen heads-up.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Joonas Salo	Finland	€3,611
2nd	Atle Larsen	Norway	€2,955
3rd	Miska Vihervuori	Finland	€1,790
4th	Jussi Hautanen	Finland	€1,300
5th	Lisbeth Sunde	Norway	€960
6th	Raymond Forsland	Norway	€730
7th	Maciej Szahaj	Poland	€600
8th	Leif Iversen	Norway	€490
9th	Asgeir Lund	Norway	€410

Saturday at the 2026 Coolbet Open

Saturday is the biggest day of the ninth Coolbet Open. The €550 Main Event Final Day begins at 12:00 noon with 54 players returning and a €65,415 top prize waiting at the end. The live stream begins on the Coolbet Open social media channels when 24 players remain. The High Roller Final Day, the PLO4/5 Mystery Bounty Final Day, and the €1,100 NLH DeepStack Final Day all also play out on Saturday, making it the day when four champions are crowned.

The €200 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple begins at 13:00 and the €350 NLH Deepstack with Added Prizes fires at 15:00 as the first side events on the biggest day of the festival. The €250 PLO4/5/6 Progressive Bounty commences at 18:00 and Sycksbe’s Hyper Turbo closes the night at 22:30. Sunday brings the final €200 Coolbet Closer Hyper Turbo at the Hilton with a Gold and Poker Tournament in between at 9 p.m., giving players one last chance to gather before the ninth edition closes its doors and everyone says their goodbyes until next time.

Time	Event
12:00	Event #7: €550 Coolbet Open Main Event Final Day ★
13:00	Event #27: €200 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple
13:00	Event #24: €350 PLO4/5 Deepstack Mystery Bounty Final Day
13:00	Event #22: €1,100 NLH Deepstack Final Day
15:00	Event #28: €350 NLH Deepstack (With Added Prizes)
18:00	Event #29: €250 PLO4/5/6 Progressive Bounty
21:00	Event #30: Golf and Poker Tournament
22:30	Event #31: €200 Sycksbe’s Hyper Turbo

★ Stream begins when 24 players remain on the Coolbet Open social media channels. All live updates and chip counts at poker.pro.

• Images courtesy of Elena Kask / Coolbet Open
• Article originally produced at poker.pro.