2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Wraps Up in Style

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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
1Netherlands Jelco BurgerNetherlands€15,510
2Sweden Nicklastorsten NordblomSweden€10,280
3Finland Mika TuomaFinland€6,890
4Latvia Kaspars RengaLatvia€4,780
5Denmark Nicklas DehliDenmark€3,430
6Sweden Erik SoederholmSweden€2,560
7Finland Ville KeraenenFinland€1,990
8Sweden Jari PorkkaSweden€1,600
9Finland Eetu PorkkaFinland€1,600
10Estonia Meelis AhmanEstonia€1,350
11Norway Tobias Ten NapelNorway€1,350
12Finland Mikko AroFinland€1,190
13Finland Aki PyysingFinland€1,190
14Sweden Kristoffer WintersteinSweden€1,190
15France Timothee ReyFrance€1,190
16Estonia Mati PirnEstonia€1,190
17Estonia Erik PolluveerEstonia€1,190
18Estonia Martin Von ZweigbergkEstonia€1,090
19Sweden Peter BergmanSweden€1,090
20Bulgaria 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
1Lithuania Jonas LapinskasLithuania€27,660
2Lithuania Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania€18,250
3Austria Mathias BayerAustria€12,440
4Estonia Deividas ButnorasEstonia€8,690
5Lithuania Vladas TamasauskasLithuania€6,220
6Denmark Mikkel PlumDenmark€4,560
7Lithuania Edgaras GendvilisLithuania€3,440
8Norway Steffen GjelsethNorway€2,660
9Switzerland Kevin HaslerSwitzerland€2,110
10Lithuania Rapolas BielskisLithuania€1,730
11China Chengzhou ZhouChina€1,730
12Norway Espen HagenNorway€1,450
13Belarus Andrei PiatrushchankaBelarus€1,450
14Latvia Jevgenijs ZotovsLatvia€1,450
15Argentina Raul Battalla ReynaArgentina€1,450
16Finland Jari-Pekka JuholaFinland€1,260
17Finland Ville MyllymaekiFinland€1,260
18Finland Seppo ParkkinenFinland€1,260
19Latvia Raivo GrislisLatvia€1,260
20Norway Oskar BilstadNorway€1,260
21Lithuania Adomas JuozapaviciusLithuania€1,130
22Latvia Krisjanis LauksLatvia€1,130
23China Nian LiChina€1,130
24Latvia Martins SulteLatvia€1,130
25Finland Tony NybergFinland€1,130
26Poland Michal DydymskiPoland€1,130
27Norway Kim-Erik Doerum-PedersenNorway€1,130
28Lithuania Tomas KovalenkaLithuania€1,070
29India Arsh GroverIndia€1,070
30Finland Justus KursiFinland€1,070
31Estonia Victor Fernandez AmatEstonia€1,070
32Denmark Oliver GambleDenmark€1,070
33Estonia Martin PiikEstonia€1,070
34Finland Juho SuutariFinland€1,070
35Estonia Simo SaarniitEstonia€1,070
36Estonia Jon Gurrutxaga AlbaEstonia€1,070
37United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Juan Vecino DuenasUnited Kingdom€1,070
38Lithuania Vygerdas JonikasLithuania€1,070
39Norway Thomas SyversenNorway€1,070
40Estonia Tarmo TammelEstonia€1,070
41Austria Fabian BartuschkAustria€1,070
42Estonia 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
1Latvia Raivo GrislisLatvia€9,403
2Latvia Trezegue64Latvia€7,153
3Estonia AleksandrPetrovEstonia€5,441
4Estonia h0ldm3diilahEstonia€4,139
5Estonia TopeltmordaEstonia€3,148
6Estonia whatever4everEstonia€2,395
7Finland hyvisFinland€1,822
8Estonia Martin PiikEstonia€1,386
9Estonia CopperCoinOBEstonia€1,054
10Estonia allinPROEstonia€926
11Estonia minbet91Estonia€926
12Estonia TheosisEstonia€926
13Estonia SuchAGooodBoyEstonia€926
14Finland PaistiTimoFinland€814
15Finland sofa surferFinland€814
16Lithuania SuperSteinerLithuania€814
17Estonia 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
1Norway Patrick PedersenNorway€69,372
2Estonia Ranno SootlaEstonia€44,960
3Finland Jussi MattilaFinland€30,310
4China Chengzhou ZhouChina€21,250
5Denmark Anders HolmDenmark€15,540
6China Chaofei WangChina€11,850
7Finland Onni HuttunenFinland€9,460
8Romania Darius-Valentin NeagoeRomania€7,920
9Sweden Johan CreutzSweden€6,960
10Estonia Ilya NikiforovEstonia€6,450
11Norway Oskar BilstadNorway€6,450
12Cyprus Georgios SkarparisCyprus€6,450
13Finland Casimir SeireFinland€6,450
14Finland 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.

2026QueensofTallinn – Women’s Poker Returns Saturday at WSOP Circuit Tallinn as Preview to Queens of Tallinn

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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