Antti Perttula and Sami Saamanen Claim First Rings of 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn

Monday at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, powered by OlyBet Poker, was one of the busiest days of the festival so far at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park, with five side events crowned, the €350 Mini Main Event’s 175-player field playing deep into Day 2, and two major tournaments launching: the ladies-only €350 NLH Queens Ring Event and the final flights of the €555 NLH Ring Event with Estonia’s Risto Parnat leading the way.

Finland’s Antti Perttula claimed the first ring of the series by topping the Mini Main Event for €54,300. Perttula wasn’t alone as Estonia’s Sami Saamanen also earned a precious gold ring in the €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event for €29,280. Norway’s Sander Ostlyngen won the €1,100 6-Max One Day for €14,915. Finland’s Rasmus Lundstrom claimed the €250 Progressive Bounty for €7,685. Finland’s Jari Mahonen won the €200 PL Baducey for €2,507. Sweden’s Patric Mattsson topped his side event for €5,480. And Norway’s Vilde Fagerbakke grabbed the chip lead in the €350 NLH Queens Ring Event heading into Day 2.

Now the moment everyone has been waiting for: the €1,500 Main Event with a €1,000,000 guarantee fires its first starting flight on Tuesday. The biggest event on the schedule is finally here.

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Antti Perttula Wins €350 Mini Main Event

Finland’s Antti Perttula topped a 175-player field in Day 2 of the €350 NLH Mini Main Event to claim the first ring of the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn and the €54,300 top prize. Spain’s Victor Amat finished runner-up for €36,100, while France’s Robin Vanloot took third for €25,200. Estonia showed up strongly in the final table, with Tarvi Apsolon (4th, €18,000), Martin Piik (5th, €13,000), Hannes Kert (6th, €9,500), and Silver Simulask (7th, €7,100) all cashing deep.

The event drew 1,162 total entries across all starting flights and generated a prize pool of €342,209, a new record for the event at this series.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Antti Perttula	Finland	€54,300
2	Victor Amat	Spain	€36,100
3	Robin Vanloot	France	€25,200
4	Tarvi Apsolon	Estonia	€18,000
5	Martin Piik	Estonia	€13,000
6	Hannes Kert	Estonia	€9,500
7	Silver Simulask	Estonia	€7,100
8	Ivo Petkov	Bulgaria	€5,300
9	Jarmo Salonen	Finland	€4,049
10	Steffen Gjelseth	Norway	€3,200
11	Kaidar Viikman	Estonia	€3,200
12	Ville-Tapio Mesiranta	Finland	€2,610
13	Joel Hernandez	Spain	€2,610
14	Olof Hoeglin	Sweden	€2,610
15	Lihacovs Romans	Latvia	€2,610
16	Karol Korm	Estonia	€2,110
17	Mehdi Yazdanpanah	Sweden	€2,110
18	Konstantin Faerber	Germany	€2,110
19	Robert Kallikorm	Estonia	€2,110
20	Andres Loiv	Estonia	€2,110
21	Jon Ertshus	Norway	€2,110
22	Mika Riikonen	Finland	€2,110
23	Andrejs Nozdrins	Latvia	€2,110
24	Sondre Afdal	Norway	€1,745
25	Ernestas Stalemekas	Lithuania	€1,745
26	Avraham Gabbay	Israel	€1,745
27	Andris Rasins	Latvia	€1,745
28	Fritz Nygren	Sweden	€1,745
29	Aaren Vainoja	Estonia	€1,745
30	Espen Hagen	Norway	€1,745
31	Henri Katila	Finland	€1,745
32	Juozas Kirjanovas	Lithuania	€1,465
33	Fredrik Bratein	Norway	€1,465
34	Piotr Swietek	Poland	€1,465
35	Vitalijus Kuzmicius	Lithuania	€1,465
36	Raigo Vaikma	Estonia	€1,465
37	Benyamin Canatan	Denmark	€1,465
38	Pauli Bergmann	Sweden	€1,465
39	Dmitry Tamurka	Russia	€1,465
40	Andrius Dubietis	Lithuania	€1,250
41	Modestas Kryzanauskas	Lithuania	€1,250
42	Arttu Tapiomaeki	Finland	€1,250
43	Mindaugas Satkauskas	Lithuania	€1,250
44	Joachim Gjerstad	Norway	€1,250
45	Thomas Nielsen	Denmark	€1,250
46	Sebastian Hjartberg	Sweden	€1,250
47	Lukas Rackauskas	Lithuania	€1,250
48	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€1,090
49	Federico Fulciniti	Italy	€1,090
50	Robin Vollmer	Germany	€1,090
51	Athanasios Kostouros	Greece	€1,090
52	Tomas Kovalenka	Lithuania	€1,090
53	David Marfil	Spain	€1,090
54	Jani Johannes	Finland	€1,090
55	Jens-Peter Thomsen	Germany	€1,090
56	Alari Kunnapuu	Estonia	€965
57	Adrian Ruano	Spain	€965
58	Eetu Sutinen	Finland	€965
59	Jimmy Dewerdt	Estonia	€965
60	Niilo-Pekka Niinikoski	Finland	€965
61	Michal Goral	Poland	€965
62	Warsame Osman	Sweden	€965
63	Dalius Balciunas	Lithuania	€965
64	Roger Odden	Norway	€875
65	Kenneth Svendsen	Norway	€875
66	Marten Fredin	Sweden	€875
67	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	€875
68	Taago Tamm	Estonia	€875
69	Mikko Alanne	Finland	€875
70	Tero Hokkanen	Finland	€875
71	Vetle Holum	Norway	€875
72	Lauris Krievs	Latvia	€810
73	Mantvydas Matonis	Lithuania	€810
74	Giuseppe Santolalla	Italy	€810
75	Stein Osnes	Norway	€810
76	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€810
77	Martynas Saltis	Lithuania	€810
78	Maksim Petrov	Estonia	€810
79	Henri Kasper	Estonia	€810
80	Ardo Pinna	Estonia	€760
81	Enea Subashi	Estonia	€760
82	Daniel Clifford	Sweden	€760
83	Erikas Goriacevskis	Lithuania	€760
84	Lennart Damjanovic	Sweden	€760
85	Patrik Falk	Sweden	€760
86	Stefan Odelberg	Sweden	€760
87	Pawel Laskowski	Poland	€760
88	Isla Stewart	New Zealand	€760
89	Liutauras Armanavicius	Lithuania	€760
90	Michel Karim	Sweden	€760
91	Marcis Mednis	Latvia	€760
92	Jaakko Hokkanen	Finland	€760
93	Yeray Echeguren	Estonia	€760
94	Ahto Jarve	Estonia	€760
95	Mette Puromaeki	Finland	€760
96	Morten Norland	Norway	€760
97	Nicolay Pettersen	Norway	€760
98	Vitaliy Kryza	Ukraine	€760
99	Semi Rantanen	Finland	€760
100	Haitian Yang	Norway	€730
101	Baptiste Caim	France	€730
102	Jarkko Rajala	Finland	€730
103	Stig Andersson	Sweden	€730
104	Robin Wikemar	Sweden	€730
105	Johan Creutz	Sweden	€730
106	Margus Kruger	Estonia	€730
107	Alexander Ekstrom	Sweden	€730
108	Krzysztof Chmielowski	Poland	€730
109	Tambet Nugin	Estonia	€730
110	Stanislav Smeluov	Estonia	€730
111	Karita Koppinen	Finland	€730
112	Onni Huttunen	Finland	€730
113	Joonas Reini	Finland	€730
114	Egehan Kiral	Turkey	€730
115	Joonas Laamanen	Finland	€730
116	Jani Junnilainen	Finland	€730
117	Timo Ruuska	Finland	€730
118	Arun Sardana	United States	€700
119	Anu Lilja	Finland	€700
120	Kasper Westman	Finland	€700
121	Artjoms Hromovs	Latvia	€700
122	Dimitrios Petrakis	Greece	€700
123	Emil Mortensen	Denmark	€700
124	Juan Duenas	Spain	€700
125	Jukka-Pekka Saarinen	Finland	€700
126	Vesa Heikkinen	Finland	€700
127	Robert Rohr	Germany	€700
128	Jussi-Pekka Saarinen	Finland	€700
129	Rauno Tahvonen	Estonia	€700
130	Henrik Tellving	Sweden	€700
131	Guillermo Ceballos	Spain	€700
132	Sven Tisler	Estonia	€700
133	Dennis Berglin	Sweden	€700
134	Frederico Dos Santos	Brazil	€700
135	Pyry Kekaelaeinen	Finland	€700
136	Thomas Grahs	Sweden	€700
137	Alius Riskevicius	Lithuania	€700
138	Per Soederberg	Sweden	€700
139	Even Risloev	Norway	€700
140	Artjom Fokin	Estonia	€700
141	Marks Baidjuks	Latvia	€700
142	Saku Turtia	Finland	€700
143	Jose Herreras	Spain	€700
144	Maksim Jankovski	Estonia	€700
145	Marko Paasikoski	Finland	€700
146	Celine Zimmermann	Switzerland	€700
147	Alger Pissarev	Estonia	€700
148	Laurynas Vaitkevicius	Lithuania	€700
149	Miguel Fernandez	Spain	€700
150	Matiss Celmins	Latvia	€700
151	Shreyas Venkatasubramaniam	United States	€700
152	Viktors Stelmacenoks	Latvia	€700
153	Toni Niinivaara	Finland	€700
154	Petteri Laiho	Finland	€700
155	Kjell Harila	Norway	€700
156	Ilvars Gudrimovics	Latvia	€700
157	Mark Metsla	Estonia	€700
158	Martin Mand	Estonia	€700
159	Mohammad Majidi	Finland	€700
160	Ben Gur	Israel	€700
161	Antti Hakala	Finland	€700
162	Jukka Moisio	Finland	€700
163	Juuso Makkonen	Finland	€700
164	Martin Zobel	Germany	€700
165	Atso Lindell	Finland	€700
166	Sander Leigri	Estonia	€700
167	Albertas Voisnarovic	Lithuania	€700
168	Sergi Kapanadze	Georgia	€700
169	Tarmo Tammel	Estonia	€700
170	Kaspar Anderson	Estonia	€700
171	Rasmus Lundstrom	Finland	€700
172	Ruslans Levockins	Latvia	€700
173	Nicolas Alvariza	Sweden	€700
174	Markus Jauhiainen	Finland	€700
175	Simo Puustinen	Finland	€700

Norway’s Vilde Fagerbakke Leads €350 NLH Queens After Day 1

The €350 NLH Queens Ring Event, one of six women-only events on the WSOP Circuit Tallinn schedule, drew 86 entries to generate a €25,327 prize pool with a €735 min-cash. Norway’s Vilde Fagerbakke sits atop the leaderboard with 781,000 chips heading into Day 2, which runs Tuesday at 4 p.m. alongside the opening flight of the €1,500 Main Event. The €555 NLH Ring Event, meanwhile, completed its final opening flight on Monday with nearly 600 total entries already across all flights and a prize pool exceeding €250,000, with Estonia’s Risto Parnat leading Day 1 survivors with 272,500 chips. Late registration remains open for two levels on Day 2.

Sami Saamanen Wins €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event

Estonia’s Sami Saamanen outlasted 281 other entries to win the €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event, taking home €29,280 from a €133,950 prize pool. France’s Pierre Pochat finished as runner-up for €19,390, with Finland’s Ollitapani Ikonen rounding out the podium for €13,250. The field was notable for its depth of Scandinavian and Baltic talent throughout.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sami Saamanen	Estonia	€29,280
2	Pierre Pochat	France	€19,390
3	Ollitapani Ikonen	Finland	€13,250
4	Ludwig Klingberg	Sweden	€9,270
5	Juuso Oksanen	Finland	€6,640
6	Robin Vollmer	Germany	€4,880
7	Olli Muukkonen	Finland	€3,670
8	Kristaps Renga	Latvia	€2,830
9	Mikko Ylamaeki	Finland	€2,250
10	Dawid Koczwara	Poland	€1,830
11	Verners Martinsons	Latvia	€1,830
12	Thomas Aalbers	Netherlands	€1,530
13	Daniel Sauras Lisbona	Estonia	€1,530
14	Einars Muhajevs	Latvia	€1,530
15	Peter Kvisthammar	Sweden	€1,530
16	Quirijn Hoenink	Netherlands	€1,320
17	Igor Pihela	Estonia	€1,320
18	Sami Pulliainen	Finland	€1,320
19	Samuel Aadnoey	Norway	€1,320
20	Matias Knaapinen	Finland	€1,320
21	Akseli Paalanen	Finland	€1,170
22	Jason Glatzer	Lithuania	€1,170
23	Aki Pyysing	Finland	€1,170
24	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€1,170
25	Kasper Mellanen	Finland	€1,170
26	Espen Ringstad	Norway	€1,170
27	Jari Kurikka	Finland	€1,170
28	Riku Maatta	Finland	€1,120
29	Ralfs Blumbergs	Latvia	€1,120
30	Jonas Lapinskas	Lithuania	€1,120
31	Georgi Voomets	Estonia	€1,120
32	Kaspars Renga	Latvia	€1,120
33	Kert Hallik	Estonia	€1,120
34	Michael Schmitz	Germany	€1,120
35	Rait Kaimer	Estonia	€1,120
36	Erlend Melsom	Norway	€1,120
37	Jyri Laitimo	Finland	€1,120
38	Sami Paananen	Finland	€1,120
39	Daniel Clifford	Sweden	€1,120

Sander Ostlyngen Wins €1,100 6-Max One Day

Norway’s Sander Ostlyngen topped a 46-player field in the €1,100 6-Max One Day to claim €14,915 from a €43,700 prize pool. Finland’s Roope Tarmi, who is a two-time WSOP Circuit Tallinn ring winner, finished runner-up for €9,940, with Latvia’s Janis Kulikauskis rounding out the podium for €6,283.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sander Ostlyngen	Norway	€14,915
2	Roope Tarmi	Finland	€9,940
3	Janis Kulikauskis	Latvia	€6,283
4	Simon Svinth	Denmark	€4,302
5	Dennis Berglin	Sweden	€3,213
6	Hugo Loustau	France	€2,639
7	Kert Hallik	Estonia	€2,408

Jari Mahonen Wins €200 PL Baducey

Finland’s Jari Mahonen topped 44 other players in the €200 PL Baducey to win €2,507 from a €7,267 prize pool. Norway’s Alf Jacobsen finished runner-up for €1,650, with compatriot Marius Toverud third for €1,040.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jari Mahonen	Finland	€2,507
2	Alf Jacobsen	Norway	€1,650
3	Marius Toverud	Norway	€1,040
4	Kairit Leibold	Estonia	€710
5	Joonas Keijonen	Finland	€530
6	Jami Juutila	Finland	€430
7	Valentin Girard	France	€400

Rasmus Lundstrom Wins €250 Progressive Bounty

Finland’s Rasmus Lundstrom, who has been a frequent commentating guest at OlyBet Events, and Sweden’s Stig Borg agreed to a heads-up deal before Lundstrom claimed the trophy, both pocketing €7,685 with Estonia’s Fan Yang finished third for €4,070. In addition to the trophy, Lundstrom also collected a massive bounty at the end for his first big score this festival.

The event itself witnessed a field of exactly 400 entries create €83,600 in prizes including €40,000 in progressive bounties.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Rasmus Lundstrom	Finland	€7,685
2	Stig Borg	Sweden	€7,685
3	Fan Yang	Estonia	€4,070
4	Olof Hoeglin	Sweden	€2,810
5	Benjamin Rettore	Norway	€1,980
6	Hanno Liiva	Estonia	€1,430
7	Kristian Heilmann	Finland	€1,060
8	Niko Luhtalampi	Finland	€800
9	Jan Holte	Norway	€620
10	Robert Manner	Germany	€500
11	Sven Reimaa	Estonia	€500
12	Stein Osnes	Norway	€410
13	Herli Olop	Estonia	€410
14	Torben Mikkelsen	Denmark	€410
15	Joonas Laamanen	Finland	€410
16	Petteri Laiho	Finland	€350
17	Johan Purbe	Sweden	€350
18	Robin Wikemar	Sweden	€350
19	Sami Pulliainen	Finland	€350
20	Tomi Arponen	Finland	€350
21	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	€350
22	Jon Persent	Norway	€350
23	Dominykas Matijosaitis	Lithuania	€350
24	Thomas Grahs	Sweden	€300
25	Henri Schalin	Finland	€300
26	Jussi Julkunen	Finland	€300
27	Kasper Westman	Finland	€300
28	Jonas Lapinskas	Lithuania	€300
29	Jawad Habib	Sweden	€300
30	Ole Soltvedt	Norway	€300
31	Aapo Koskinen	Finland	€300
32	Dmitrijs Petrenko	Latvia	€270
33	Jon Ertshus	Norway	€270
34	Per Soederberg	Sweden	€270
35	Mika Surakka	Finland	€270
36	Even Flatekvaal	Norway	€270
37	Daniele Intilisano	Italy	€270
38	Jari Porkka	Sweden	€270
39	Maksim Jankovski	Estonia	€270
40	Stanislav Smeluov	Estonia	€260
41	Timmy Anker	Denmark	€260
42	Lukas Rackauskas	Lithuania	€260
43	Frederico Alves Dos Santos	Brazil	€260
44	Juuso Parviainen	Finland	€260
45	Joachim Norheim	Norway	€260
46	Toni Niinivaara	Finland	€260
47	Fredrik Bratein	Norway	€260
48	Athanasios Kostouros	Great Britain	€260
49	Ben Bonfil	Israel	€260
50	Christoffer Karlen	Sweden	€260
51	Arun Sardana	United States	€260
52	Jukka Perala	Finland	€260
53	Even Risloev	Norway	€260
54	Tom Norheim	Norway	€260
55	Ranno Sootla	Estonia	€260
56	Einius Jurgevicius	Lithuania	€260
57	Semi Rantanen	Finland	€260
58	Bennie Laursen	Denmark	€260
59	Harry Kankaanpaa	Finland	€260
60	Espen Ringstad	Norway	€130
61	Jaakko Hokkanen	Finland	€130

Patric Mattsson Wins Side Event

Sweden’s Patric Mattsson topped a field of 11 finalists to claim €5,480, with Finland’s Akseli Paalanen finishing runner-up for €4,700 after a heads-up deal. The event attracted a field of 72 entries to create a €21,240 prize pool.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Patric Mattsson	Sweden	€5,480
2	Akseli Paalanen	Finland	€4,700
3	Deniss Lebedevs	Latvia	€2,640
4	Tuomas Haerkoenen	Finland	€1,880
5	Jyri Laitimo	Finland	€1,410
6	Risto Ponnio	Finland	€1,110
7	Daniel Rantanen	Finland	€920
8	Lachezar Tsenov	Bulgaria	€810
9	Nicklas Dehli	Denmark	€760
10	Thomas Nielsen	Denmark	€760
11	Niek Geerdink	Netherlands	€760

Tuesday, July 28 Schedule at 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn

Time	Event
12:00	Event #3: €555 NLH Day 2 (Ring Event)
14:00	Event #5: €1,500 Main Event Day 1a (Ring Event)
14:30	Event #42: €200 Satellite to €5,000 NLH Ring Event (Three Seats Guaranteed)
15:00	Event #6: €1,100 PLO4/5 Day 1 (Ring Event)
16:00	Event #43: 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Ladies Meet and Greet with Women-Only Free Satellite to €200 NLH Queens (Three Tickets)
16:00	Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Day 2 — Final Day (Ring Event)
16:00	Event #44: €200 PL Sviten
17:00	2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Meet and Greet Cocktail Hour
18:30	Event #45: €350 PLO5
20:00	Event #46: €555 NLH
22:00	Event #47: €150 Mega Satellite to €1,500 Main Event (10 Seats Guaranteed)

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