2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Wraps Up in Style

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn 3k Final Table
Final day at 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Photo: Elena Kask

It’s a wrap on another fantastic 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn. Across Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park, 12 coveted gold rings were handed out and more than 60 players lifted trophies in the side events, once again proving why this festival is Northern Europe’s biggest stop on the poker calendar.

The headline story, of course, was Julian Selinger’s win in the record-breaking Main Event for €210,000. For all the biggest moments from the Main Event felt, check out poker.pro live blog, and the full recap from Christoffer Karlén will follow shortly. However, this wrap-up turns the spotlight on the other Ring Events that concluded over the weekend: Sviten, Mystery Bounty, an online ring, and the festival-closing €3,000 NLH.

Burger Denies the Nordics to Win Ring Event #9: €555 Sviten

Jelco Burger 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Ring Win
Jelco Burger. Photo: Elena Kask

Ring Event #9 €555 Sviten kicked off with Day 1 on Friday and drew 130 entries to what might be Northern Europe’s darling game. The €61,750 prize pool set the stage for 20 players to return on Saturday and settle who would take home €15,510, a gold Circuit ring, a WSOP Paradise Bahamas package, plus the bragging rights as the best in the world at Sviten.

In the end, it was the Netherlands’ Jelco Burger who left the entire Nordic and Baltic contingent behind, defeating Sweden’s Nicklas “Rullekung” Nordblom heads-up for the ring. It was another heartbreak for the Swede, who found himself in the Sviten heads-up for the second year running. Last year, he had to shake hands with Finland’s Jarkko Suokas, who claimed the historic first-ever WSOP Circuit ring awarded in the event’s debut. Nordblom still walked away with €10,280 for the runner-up finish.

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €555 SVITEN Full Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Jelco BurgerNetherlands€15,510
2 Nicklastorsten NordblomSweden€10,280
3 Mika TuomaFinland€6,890
4 Kaspars RengaLatvia€4,780
5 Nicklas DehliDenmark€3,430
6 Erik SoederholmSweden€2,560
7 Ville KeraenenFinland€1,990
8 Jari PorkkaSweden€1,600
9 Eetu PorkkaFinland€1,600
10 Meelis AhmanEstonia€1,350
11 Tobias Ten NapelNorway€1,350
12 Mikko AroFinland€1,190
13 Aki PyysingFinland€1,190
14 Kristoffer WintersteinSweden€1,190
15 Timothee ReyFrance€1,190
16 Mati PirnEstonia€1,190
17 Erik PolluveerEstonia€1,190
18 Martin Von ZweigbergkEstonia€1,090
19 Peter BergmanSweden€1,090
20 Simeon TsonevBulgaria€1,090

Lapinskas Wins All-Lithuanian Battle in Ring Event #10: €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty

Jonas Lapinskas 2026 WSOP Circuit Ring Win
Jonas Lapinskas. Photo: Elena Kask

Friday also saw the launch of one of the most popular formats in recent years, the €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty. A field of 279 entries built a €265,050 prize pool, of which €125,550 was in regular payouts and €139,500 in mystery bounties. Forty-two players advanced to Saturday’s final day, where the mystery envelopes came into play, including a golden €25,000 top envelope and a couple more worth €10,000 apiece.

The lucky recipient of the biggest jackpot was Finland’s Jari-Pekka Juhola, who busted in 16th place for a modest €1,260 in regular winnings but walked away a big winner regardless, thanks to the envelope.

Four of the last five players standing were Lithuanian, and fittingly, the final heads-up came down to two of them. Jonas Lapinskas prevailed over Vilius Zabarauskas, pocketing €27,660 along with the gold ring and a WSOP Paradise package. Zabarauskas collected €18,250 for the runner-up finish, with both players also cashing in on their share of mystery bounties along the way.

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,100 Mystery Bounty Full Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Jonas LapinskasLithuania€27,660
2 Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania€18,250
3 Mathias BayerAustria€12,440
4 Deividas ButnorasEstonia€8,690
5 Vladas TamasauskasLithuania€6,220
6 Mikkel PlumDenmark€4,560
7 Edgaras GendvilisLithuania€3,440
8 Steffen GjelsethNorway€2,660
9 Kevin HaslerSwitzerland€2,110
10 Rapolas BielskisLithuania€1,730
11 Chengzhou ZhouChina€1,730
12 Espen HagenNorway€1,450
13 Andrei PiatrushchankaBelarus€1,450
14 Jevgenijs ZotovsLatvia€1,450
15 Raul Battalla ReynaArgentina€1,450
16 Jari-Pekka JuholaFinland€1,260
17 Ville MyllymaekiFinland€1,260
18 Seppo ParkkinenFinland€1,260
19 Raivo GrislisLatvia€1,260
20 Oskar BilstadNorway€1,260
21 Adomas JuozapaviciusLithuania€1,130
22 Krisjanis LauksLatvia€1,130
23 Nian LiChina€1,130
24 Martins SulteLatvia€1,130
25 Tony NybergFinland€1,130
26 Michal DydymskiPoland€1,130
27 Kim-Erik Doerum-PedersenNorway€1,130
28 Tomas KovalenkaLithuania€1,070
29 Arsh GroverIndia€1,070
30 Justus KursiFinland€1,070
31 Victor Fernandez AmatEstonia€1,070
32 Oliver GambleDenmark€1,070
33 Martin PiikEstonia€1,070
34 Juho SuutariFinland€1,070
35 Simo SaarniitEstonia€1,070
36 Jon Gurrutxaga AlbaEstonia€1,070
37 Juan Vecino DuenasUnited Kingdom€1,070
38 Vygerdas JonikasLithuania€1,070
39 Thomas SyversenNorway€1,070
40 Tarmo TammelEstonia€1,070
41 Fabian BartuschkAustria€1,070
42 Jan SvendsenEstonia€1,070

Grislis Adds an Online Ring to a Big Weekend

Raivo Grislis 2026 WSOP Circuit Ring Win
Raivo Grislis. Photo: Elena Kask

While 11 rings were contested live at the Hilton and Olympic Park Casino, one was decided entirely online. Event #12, the €350 WSOPC Tallinn Online Ring Event, carried a €35,000 guarantee and kicked off at 20:00 on Saturday, drawing 130 entries for a €42,900 prize pool shared by the top 17 finishers.

After a little more than 6 hours of play, it was Latvia’s Raivo Grislis who came out on top, securing a €9,403 top prize, the WSOP Circuit ring, and a $5,000 WSOP Paradise Bahamas package. Grislis is no stranger to the live felt either as he also won Friday’s side event, the €750 NLH Mystery Bounty, for €7,560 plus bounties, capping off quite the weekend.

Raivo Grislis 2026 WSOP Circuit Ring Win

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €350 Online Ring Event Full Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Raivo GrislisLatvia€9,403
2 Trezegue64Latvia€7,153
3 AleksandrPetrovEstonia€5,441
4 h0ldm3diilahEstonia€4,139
5 TopeltmordaEstonia€3,148
6 whatever4everEstonia€2,395
7 hyvisFinland€1,822
8 Martin PiikEstonia€1,386
9 CopperCoinOBEstonia€1,054
10 allinPROEstonia€926
11 minbet91Estonia€926
12 TheosisEstonia€926
13 SuchAGooodBoyEstonia€926
14 PaistiTimoFinland€814
15 sofa surferFinland€814
16 SuperSteinerLithuania€814
17 P9631-6696Estonia€814

Pedersen Fends Off Sootla to Win the Festival’s Final Ring

Patrick Pedersen 2026 WSOP Circuit Ring Win
Patrick Pedersen. Photo: Elena Kask

The last ring of the festival went to Ring Event #11, the €3,000 NLH. The two-day event kicked off Saturday with 92 entries, pushing the prize pool to €249,872, with 14 players advancing to Sunday’s final day.

Norway’s Patrick Pedersen brought the biggest stack into the final table and held strong throughout, fending off a late surge from Sootla, who briefly grabbed the chip lead of his own, to close out the win. Pedersen collected the ring, €69,372, and (as has become the refrain all festival long), a $5,000 WSOP Paradise Bahamas package.

In the heads-up, he defeated Estonian poker legend and past Circuit ring winner Ranno Sootla, who took home €44,960. Sootla started the day tenth in chips, clawed his way to the overall chip lead during the final table, but ultimately came up just short of a home-soil ring. Finland’s Jussi Mattila rounded out the podium in third for €30,310.

It was Pedersen’s first WSOP Circuit ring, and he arrived at the table on the back of a deep Main Event run, having busted in 39th place for €5,610. Not a bad weekend at all for the Norwegian.

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €3,000 NLH Full Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Patrick PedersenNorway€69,372
2 Ranno SootlaEstonia€44,960
3 Jussi MattilaFinland€30,310
4 Chengzhou ZhouChina€21,250
5 Anders HolmDenmark€15,540
6 Chaofei WangChina€11,850
7 Onni HuttunenFinland€9,460
8 Darius-Valentin NeagoeRomania€7,920
9 Johan CreutzSweden€6,960
10 Ilya NikiforovEstonia€6,450
11 Oskar BilstadNorway€6,450
12 Georgios SkarparisCyprus€6,450
13 Casimir SeireFinland€6,450
14 Mikael HaapaniemiFinland€6,450

What’s Next in Tallinn

With that, the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn concludes on a high note. Another spectacular festival for the books, but the action at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park is far from over.

The 2026 Queens of Tallinn returns to the same venues from August 27-30, just four weeks after the Circuit wraps up. Created by OlyBet Tournament Director Teresa Nousainen, the festival has grown into Europe’s premier women-only poker event since its 2023 debut, and this year’s edition brings its biggest headline event yet: the €555 NLH Queens of Tallinn Main Event, an upgrade from last year’s €350 buy-in. The three-day Main Event culminates in a TV-streamed final table on August 30, and the broader schedule features more than 10 events across four days, alongside a revamped Team Challenge and round-the-clock cash games. The ring is already claimed. The queens table is already set. August 27 is not far away.

And in October, the second installment of the popular Kings of Tallinn returns, with the autumn edition running October 9-18 at Olympic Park Casino. Details are still to come, but it’s already worth saving the dates.

Lead image courtesy of Elena Kask / OlyBet Poker
Article originally produced at poker.pro.

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