Gambledore Visits WSOP Circuit Tallinn as WSOP Circuit Tallinn Mini Main Event Shatters Records

A record-setting Mini Main Event and a high-profile appearance by Estonia’s own high-stakes legend turned Saturday into a showcase day at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, powered by OlyBet Poker, as the festival’s first ring event entered its decisive stages and multiple side titles were decided at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park.

The €350 Mini Main Event shattered the series’ local attendance record, drawing 1,162 entries to create a €342,209 prize pool, the largest in the event’s history. With 175 players returning to the felt, Finland’s Ville Mesiranta carried a massive 1,465,000-chip stack into Day 2 play, while a deep and international field, including several Estonian contenders, chased the top prize.

Off the felt, Vladimir “Gambledore” Korzinin, the Estonian businessman who became a poker sensation with his legendary Triton performances in 2024, made a surprise appearance, firing multiple bullets in the €200 Deep Stack before eventually tossing in the towel during late registration. Meanwhile, five side events crowned winners: Finland’s Riku Koivurinne went back-to-back in the €350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple, Finland’s Jari Kurikka took down the €555 PLO4/PLO5 for €9,770 as the largest single prize of the day, Estonia’s Ralf Mikk won the €555 6-Handed in an all-Estonian heads-up, Norway’s Tarjei Forus claimed the €350 PLO5/PLO5 Hi-Lo, and Latvia’s Toms Civcs closed out the €200 NLH Deep Stack.

With momentum peaking mid-festival and eyes firmly on the record-breaking Mini Main, Saturday cemented Tallinn’s status as a key stop on the WSOP International Circuit.

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Riku Koivurinne Goes Back-to-Back in €350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple

Finland’s Riku Koivurinne has become a legend among Open-Face Chinese players and has now gone back-to-back in the €350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple at WSOP Circuit Tallinn.

During the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, Koivurinne defeated Germany’s Fabian Bartuschk heads-up to claim the trophy and the €5,140 top prize. He shipped the same event again on Saturday, defeating Norway’s Vidar Assersen heads-up to add another trophy to his collection along with a €5,476 payout.

The €350 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple attracted 57 runners for a €16,786 prize pool with the top eight players in the money.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Riku Koivurinne	Finland	€5,476
2	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€3,540
3	Tero Kilkanen	Finland	€2,350
4	Tomasz Walkowiak	Poland	€1,635
5	Mati Pirn	Estonia	€1,225
6	Johnny Johansen	Norway	€1,020
7	Siim Suviste	Estonia	€820
8	Lena Bjoern	Sweden	€721

Ralf Mikk Wins €555 NLH 6-Handed

The €555 NLH 6-Handed witnessed 35 entries battle it out for a €16,625 prize pool. It was an all-Estonian heads-up affair before Ralf Mikk defeated Tony Tammiruusu to win the trophy and the €5,943 top prize.

This was Mikk’s first trophy in Tallinn recorded at The Hendon Mob, but he has a rare trifecta in place, having won the €250 NLH at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition for €2,921. He now only needs a trophy in Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius during an international festival to complete the 2026 Baltic capital trophy collection.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Ralf Mikk	Estonia	€5,943
2	Tony Tammiruusu	Estonia	€3,960
3	Feras Abid	Finland	€2,493
4	Hugo Loustau	France	€1,729
5	Tero Hokkanen	Finland	€1,336
6	Dennis Berglin	Sweden	€1,164

Tarjei Forus Wins €350 PLO5/PLO5 Hi-Lo

Norway’s Tarjei Forus has done it again. He proved his prowess in the €350 PLO5/PLO5 Hi-Lo, defeating Latvia’s Agris Klaise heads-up to earn the €3,365 top prize. The event attracted 30 entries for an €8,865 prize pool.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Tarjei Forus	Norway	€3,365
2	Agris Klaise	Latvia	€2,230
3	Thomas Grahs	Sweden	€1,400
4	Michael Schmitz	Germany	€1,000
5	Risto Ponnio	Finland	€840

Jari Kurikka Wins €555 PLO4/PLO5

Finland’s Jari Kurikka recorded his first Hendon Mob victory in style, defeating an experienced field to win the €555 PLO4/PLO5 for €9,770, the largest single prize of the day.

A total of 69 entries drove the prize pool up to €32,775, with the top 11 players finishing in the money.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jari Kurikka	Finland	€9,770
2	Nicklas Dehli	Denmark	€6,510
3	Robert Erhart	Sweden	€4,186
4	Roy Van Der Reijnst	Netherlands	€2,848
5	Tony Kokko	Finland	€2,057
6	Frederik Brink	Denmark	€1,583
7	Marcis Zeltmatis	Latvia	€1,303
8	Simeon Tsonev	Bulgaria	€1,154
9	Deniss Lebedevs	Latvia	€1,154
10	Jami Juutila	Finland	€1,105
11	Christoffer Jensen	Denmark	€1,105

Toms Civcs Wins €200 NLH Deep Stack

Gambledore may have grabbed the early headlines in the €200 NLH Deep Stack, firing several bullets before eventually tossing in the towel during late registration. But as the tournament moved on, it grew into a competitive battle with a story of its own.

The final three players agreed to a deal before Latvia’s Toms Civcs came out on top with the trophy and a €4,544 payday. Estonia’s Arnis Mednis and Ukraine’s Aleksander Lapin both fared well with a €3,444 payout each thanks to the deal.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Toms Civcs	Latvia	€4,544
2	Arnis Mednis	Estonia	€3,444
3	Aleksander Lapin	Ukraine	€3,444
4	Arsen Petrunin	Finland	€1,720
5	Joel Haapio	Estonia	€1,253
6	Ahto Aruvali	Lithuania	€945
7	Vytautas Kacerauskas	Spain	€738
8	Samuel Aznar Dura	Denmark	€599
9	Bennie Laursen	Sweden	€505
10	Per Soederberg	Sweden	€442
11	Jone Tallgren	Finland	€442
12	Egidijus Matonis	Germany	€404
13	Robin Vollmer	Germany	€404
14	Thuy Dao	Lithuania	€385
15	Vitalijus Kuzmicius	Lithuania	€385
16	Eetu Sutinen	Norway	€385
17	Ole Soltvedt	Finland	€385
18	Markku Ihamaeki	Norway	€385
19	Espen Ringstad	Norway	€385
20	Maryia Lozhkina	Finland	€385
21	Onni Huttunen	Finland	€385

Ring Event #1: €350 Mini Main Start-of-Day 2 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Blinds
1	Ville Mesiranta	Finland	1,465,000	146
2	Jaakko Hokkanen	Finland	999,000	99
3	David Santalla Marfil	Spain	770,000	77
4	Ahmet Canatan	Denmark	762,000	76
5	Steffen Gjelseth	Norway	754,000	75
6	Tomas Kovalenka	Lithuania	725,000	72
7	Lennart Damjanovic	Sweden	709,000	70
8	Mantvydas Matonis	Lithuania	670,000	67
9	Jukka-Pekka Nordman	Finland	640,000	64
10	Joel Hernandez	Spain	594,000	59
11	Fritzarvid Nygren	Sweden	579,000	57
12	Konstantin Faerber	Austria	553,000	55
13	Fredrik Bratein	Norway	552,000	55
14	Karol Korm	Estonia	549,000	54
15	Jens-Peter Thomsen	Germany	534,000	53
16	Martin Piik	Estonia	523,000	52
17	Dalius Balciunas	Lithuania	517,000	51
18	Haitian Yang	Norway	515,000	51
19	Warsame Osman	Sweden	513,000	51
20	Mehdi Yazdanpanah	Sweden	512,000	51
21	Enea Subashi	Estonia	495,000	49
22	Semi Rantanen	Finland	480,000	48
23	Martynas Saltis	Lithuania	458,000	45
24	Victor Fernandez Amat	Estonia	456,000	45
25	Dmitry Tamurka	Russia	452,000	45
26	Silver Simulask	Estonia	448,000	44
27	Henrik Tellving	Sweden	442,000	44
28	Per Soederberg	Sweden	426,000	42
29	Marten Fredin	Sweden	413,000	41
30	Robin Vollmer	Germany	413,000	41
31	Roger Odden	Norway	412,000	41
32	Tarjei Forus	Norway	410,000	41
33	Shreyas Venkatasubramaniam	United States	408,000	40
34	Andris Rasins	Latvia	402,000	40
35	Mika Riikonen	Finland	397,000	39
36	Lauris Krievs	Latvia	395,000	39
37	Antti Perttula	Finland	385,000	38
38	Dimitrios Petrakis	Greece	384,000	38
39	Jimmy Dewerdt	Estonia	363,000	36
40	Ivo Petkov	Bulgaria	356,000	35
41	Athanasios Kostouros	Great Britain	353,000	35
42	Juozas Kirjanovas	Lithuania	352,000	35
43	Patrik Falk	Sweden	334,000	33
44	Robin Wikemar	Sweden	333,000	33
45	Jani Johannes	Finland	329,000	32
46	Robin Vanloot	France	325,000	32
47	Guillermo Giner Ceballos	Spain	320,000	32
48	Adrian Jimenez Ruano	Spain	316,000	31
49	Mindaugas Satkauskas	Lithuania	309,000	30
50	Ulfthomas Grahs	Sweden	305,000	30
51	Alexander Ekstroem	Sweden	302,000	30
52	Nicolay Pettersen	Norway	295,000	29
53	Jarmo Salonen	Finland	293,000	29
54	Arun Sardana	United States	288,000	28
55	Sebastian Hjartberg	Sweden	287,000	28
56	Aaren Vainoja	Estonia	286,000	28
57	Mette Puromaeki	Finland	286,000	28
58	Andrejs Nozdrins	Latvia	286,000	28
59	Ahto Jarve	Estonia	286,000	28
60	Tero Hokkanen	Finland	281,000	28
61	Hannes Kert	Estonia	280,000	28
62	Michel Karim	Sweden	278,000	27
63	Olof Hoeglin	Sweden	275,000	27
64	Tarvi Apsolon	Estonia	266,000	26
65	Ben Gur	Israel	251,000	25
66	Liutauras Armanavicius	Lithuania	249,000	24
67	Antti Hakala	Finland	248,000	24
68	Federico Fulciniti	Italy	247,000	24
69	Rauno Tahvonen	Finland	243,000	24
70	Alger Pissarev	Estonia	242,000	24
71	Mohammad Majidi	Finland	240,000	24
72	Raigo Vaikma	Estonia	239,000	24
73	Jarkko Rajala	Finland	237,000	23
74	Frederico Alves Dos Santos	Brazil	229,000	22
75	Stig Andersson	Sweden	227,000	22
76	Marko Paasikoski	Finland	227,000	22
77	Morten Norland	Norway	225,000	22
78	Egehan Kiral	Turkey	224,000	22
79	Giuseppe Germana Santolalla	Italy	223,000	22
80	Andrius Dubietis	Lithuania	216,000	21
81	Karita Koppinen	Finland	214,000	21
82	Joachim Gjerstad	Norway	213,000	21
83	Jukka Moisio	Finland	213,000	21
84	Ilvars Gudrimovics	Latvia	213,000	21
85	Marcis Mednis	Latvia	211,000	21
86	Dennis Berglin	Sweden	209,000	20
87	Vidar Assersen	Norway	208,000	20
88	Jon Ertshus	Norway	206,000	20
89	Petteri Laiho	Finland	206,000	20
90	Viktors Stelmacenoks	Latvia	205,000	20
91	Maksim Jankovski	Estonia	204,000	20
92	Emil Mortensen	Denmark	202,000	20
93	Toni Niinivaara	Finland	202,000	20
94	Artjoms Hromovs	Latvia	199,000	19
95	Vesa Heikkinen	Finland	199,000	19
96	Onni Huttunen	Finland	198,000	19
97	Jani Junnilainen	Finland	195,000	19
98	Eetu Sutinen	Finland	194,000	19
99	Andres Loiv	Estonia	193,000	19
100	Stein Osnes	Norway	192,000	19
101	Vitalijus Kuzmicius	Lithuania	192,000	19
102	Ardo Pinna	Estonia	192,000	19
103	Jussi-Pekka Saarinen	Finland	192,000	19
104	Ernestas Stalemekas	Lithuania	189,000	18
105	Even Risloev	Norway	183,000	18
106	Erikas Goriacevskis	Lithuania	181,000	18
107	Baptiste Caim	France	178,000	17
108	Kjell Harila	Norway	174,000	17
109	Avraham Gabbay	Israel	174,000	17
110	Michal Goral	Poland	173,000	17
111	Espen Hagen	Norway	172,000	17
112	Daniel Clifford	Sweden	172,000	17
113	Robert Kallikorm	Estonia	168,000	16
114	Henri Katila	Finland	168,000	16
115	Alari Kunnapuu	Estonia	165,000	16
116	Anu Lilja	Finland	164,000	16
117	Marks Baidjuks	Latvia	162,000	16
118	Kenneth Svendsen	Norway	161,000	16
119	Thomas Nielsen	Denmark	157,000	15
120	Henri Kasper	Estonia	155,000	15
121	Joonas Laamanen	Finland	153,000	15
122	Lihacovs Romans	Latvia	150,000	15
123	Kaidar Viikman	Estonia	149,000	14
124	Timo Ruuska	Finland	149,000	14
125	Modestas Kryzanauskas	Lithuania	148,000	14
126	Joonas Reini	Finland	143,000	14
127	Artjom Fokin	Estonia	142,000	14
128	Vetle Holum	Norway	142,000	14
129	Arttu Tapiomaeki	Finland	142,000	14
130	Tambet Nugin	Estonia	133,000	13
131	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	130,000	13
132	Johan Creutz	Sweden	129,000	12
133	Taago Tamm	Estonia	128,000	12
134	Sven Tisler	Estonia	128,000	12
135	Celine Zimmermann	Switzerland	128,000	12
136	Maksim Petrov	Estonia	126,000	12
137	Juan Vecino Duenas	Great Britain	126,000	12
138	Pyry Kekaelaeinen	Finland	124,000	12
139	Laurynas Vaitkevicius	Lithuania	123,000	12
140	Sondre Afdal	Norway	121,000	12
141	Atso Lindell	Finland	120,000	12
142	Vitaliy Kryza	Poland	117,000	11
143	Kasper Westman	Finland	114,000	11
144	Krzysztof Chmielowski	Poland	114,000	11
145	Martin Zobel	Estonia	113,000	11
146	Stefan Odelberg	Sweden	112,000	11
147	Lukas Rackauskas	Lithuania	111,000	11
148	Piotr Swietek	Poland	109,000	10
149	Mikko Alanne	Finland	107,000	10
150	Niilo-Pekka Niinikoski	Finland	106,000	10
151	Robert Rohr	Germany	105,000	10
152	Pawel Laskowski	Poland	105,000	10
153	Paulimikael Bergmann	Sweden	101,000	10
154	Jose Benavides Herreras	Spain	98,000	9
155	Sergi Kapanadze	Georgia	97,000	9
156	Simo Puustinen	Finland	97,000	9
157	Isla Stewart	New Zealand	96,000	9
158	Kaspar Anderson	Estonia	96,000	9
159	Nicolas Bacigalupe Alvariza	Sweden	94,000	9
160	Yeray Cuesta Echeguren	Estonia	93,000	9
161	Rasmus Lundstrom	Finland	89,000	8
162	Martin Mand	Estonia	89,000	8
163	Saku Turtia	Finland	88,000	8
164	Tarmo Tammel	Estonia	86,000	8
165	Mark Metsla	Estonia	81,000	8
166	Juuso Makkonen	Finland	80,000	8
167	Ruslans Levockins	Latvia	71,000	7
168	Sander Leigri	Estonia	67,000	6
169	Stanislav Smeluov	Estonia	63,000	6
170	Margus Kruger	Estonia	62,000	6
171	Markus Jauhiainen	Finland	60,000	6
172	Miguel Cuevas Fernandez	Spain	55,000	5
173	Alius Riskevicius	Lithuania	54,000	5
174	Albertas Voisnarovic	Lithuania	46,000	4
175	Matiss Celmins	Latvia	29,000	2

Sunday Schedule at WSOP Circuit Tallinn 2026

Time	Event
12:00	Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event Day 2
12:00	Event #29: €555 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple
14:00	Event #30: Freebuy Satellite to €350 Women-Only Event (Five Seats Guaranteed)
14:30	Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Day 1 (Ring Event)
15:00	Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1a (Ring Event)
16:00	Event #31: €80 Mega Satellite to €555 NLH Ring Event (10 Seats Guaranteed)
19:00	Event #32: €80 Satellite to €1,100 NLH (Five Seats Guaranteed)
20:00	Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1b (Ring Event)
20:30	Event #33: €350 PLO4/5/Sviten Mix
22:00	Event #34: €150 Mega Satellite to €1,500 Main Event (10 Seats Guaranteed)

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