Hannes Kert Leads Final Nine of Record-Breaking Mini Main Event at WSOP Circuit Tallinn

Day 4 of the 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn, powered by OlyBet Poker, delivered its biggest storyline yet as the record-breaking €350 Mini Main Event whittled down to a final table of nine, with Estonia’s Hannes Kert bagging the chip lead heading into Monday’s finale. Ring Event #3: €555 NLH banked its first two flights, and 42 players bagged up in Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5 with poker.pro’s own Terje “Teddy” Bremseth and Jason Glatzer both surviving into the final day. Finland’s Sami Saamanen has the overall chip lead ahead of Monday’s final day, with a WSOP Circuit ring and a $5,000 WSOP Paradise Bahamas package on the line.

Three more trophies were handed out on Sunday. Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk added yet another memento to his remarkable 2026 with a three-handed win in the €555 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple, Poland’s Bartosz Wesolek topped a large 224-entry field in the €200 NLH 8-Handed, and Finland’s Onni Huttunen claimed the quirky €350 PLO4/PLO5/Sviten Mix.

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Kert Leads the Way as Record-Breaking Mini Main Event Reaches Final Table

The record-setting field of 1,162 entries in the €350 Mini Main Event has been whittled all the way down to a final table of nine, and it’s Estonia’s Hannes Kert who takes the chip lead into Monday’s decisive session. Kert built his stack in dramatic fashion on Sunday evening, making what Finland’s Ville-Tapio Mesiranta himself called a “sick call” when he flatted a 2,705,000 shove holding 9♠9♣, only to see Mesiranta’s A♦3♦ never catch up through a 10♥3♥5♦7♦2♥. The double-up rocketed Kert to 5,710,000, while Mesiranta never recovered and was eliminated in 12th place shortly after.

Elsewhere on the felt, Sweden’s last hope, Olof Höglin, hit the rail in 14th place for €2,610 when his K♦9♠ open-shove ran into Steffen Gjelseth’s 5♣5♥, with the Norwegian turning a set to end any chance of the trophy staying with reigning champion Simon Hesserud Persson’s countrymen.

The final table bubble burst when Gjelseth fell in tenth. Opening to 1,500,000 on the Button and left with just 90,000 behind, Gjelseth called off his remaining chips against Estonia’s Silver Simulask, whose A♥J♣ ran down Gjelseth’s A♣K♥ on a Q♥9♠10♥8♣3♦ board. The nine survivors bagged up their chips and will reunite at 12:00 on Monday to crown the champion of the largest Mini Main Event in the series’ history.

One name to watch: Finland’s Jarmo Salonen, who was down to just 5,000 in chips (one eighth of a big blind) on Blinds 20,000/400,000, and has somehow fought his way all the way to the final table. Should he go on to win it, it would be one of the great comeback stories of the WSOP Circuit season.

Follow all the final table action live on poker.pro live reporting page.

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – €350 NLH Mini-Main Event Final Table Chips Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Hannes Kert	Estonia	8,450,000
2	Robin Vanloot	France	7,150,000
3	Victor Fernandez Amat	Estonia	7,000,000
4	Martin Piik	Estonia	6,525,000
5	Antti Perttula	Finland	4,425,000
6	Tarvi Apsolon	Estonia	4,225,000
7	Silver Simulask	Estonia	3,775,000
8	Jarmo Salonen	Finland	2,225,000
9	Ivo Petkov	Bulgaria	2,150,000

Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Banks First Two Flights

Ring Event #3, the €555 NLH, got underway on Sunday with Day 1A drawing 141 entries and Day 1B adding another 56, pushing the prize pool to €142,500 so far, with Day 1C and Day 1D still to come on Monday. In total, 78 players survived the first two flights and will return for Day 2.

Norway’s Kenneth Svendsen set the pace out of Day 1A, bagging up 189,000 to hold the overall chip lead, with Spain’s David Santalla Marfil (185,000) and Italy’s Daniele Intilisano (179,500) not far behind. All three are products of the opening flight, while Spain’s Joel Hernandez topped Day 1B with 165,000.

2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn – €555 NLH Flight 1A & 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Kenneth Svendsen	Norway	189,000	157
2	David Santalla Marfil	Spain	185,000	154
3	Daniele Intilisano	Italy	179,500	149
4	Joel Hernandez	Spain	165,000	137
5	Shreyas Venkatasubramaniam	United States	159,500	132
6	Christian Blumensaadt	Denmark	152,500	127
7	Maksym Kasianov	Ukraine	148,000	123
8	Lukas Poskus	Lithuania	145,000	120
9	Martynas Saltis	Lithuania	142,500	118
10	Marta Porter	Lithuania	134,500	112

Franke Strikes Again in €555 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple

Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk just cannot stop winning in 2026. The Swede took down the €555 Open-Face Chinese Pineapple three-handed, picking up his eighth title of the year and his third OFC trophy alone. The win capped a whirlwind stretch of travel that has taken him from Vilnius to Tallinn, from Liechtenstein to Taipei, and to Antwerp for an OFC title less than two weeks ago, before returning to Tallinn to add yet another.

The 34-entry field created a €16,150 prize pool, and this one proved the most lucrative stop yet on von Zweigbergk’s run, netting him €6,055. He defeated Estonia’s Mati Pirn heads-up, with Pirn taking home €3,775 as the runner-up.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk	Sweden	€6,055
2	Mati Pirn	Estonia	€3,775
3	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€2,795
4	Johnny Johansen	Norway	€2,025
5	Maxime Tanneur	France	€1,500

Wesolek Wins Massive €200 NLH 8-Handed Field

Event #32, the €200 NLH 8-Handed, was one of the best-attended side events of the festival, pulling in 224 entries for a €36,176 prize pool with 34 places paid. Poland’s Bartosz Wesolek came out on top, defeating his Swedish opponent, Rolftomas Jauring, heads-up to secure the trophy and €8,384. Jauring settled for €5,453 as the runner-up.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Bartosz Wesolek	Poland	€8,384
2	Rolftomas Jauring	Sweden	€5,453
3	Martynas Saltis	Lithuania	€3,656
4	Ilvars Gudrimovics	Latvia	€2,525
5	Ben Bonfil	Israel	€1,797
6	Ahmet Canatan	Denmark	€1,320
7	Marko Kolula	Finland	€1,002
8	Tomas Kovalenka	Lithuania	€786
9	Roni Bonfil	Israel	€639
10	Jiawei Zhao	China	€538
11	Marks Baidjuks	Latvia	€538
12	Sebastian Szymla	Poland	€470
13	Dmitrijs Petrenko	Latvia	€470
14	Niilo-Pekka Niinikoski	Finland	€470
15	Thomas Nielsen	Denmark	€470
16	Arturas Kuzmenka	Lithuania	€427
17	Harri Karenius	Finland	€427
18	Samuel Aznar Dura	Spain	€427
19	Semi Rantanen	Finland	€427
20	Joonas Helin	Finland	€427
21	Viktor Sahhatski	Estonia	€404
22	Carina Wald	Sweden	€404
23	Jukka Moisio	Finland	€404
24	Gintaras Naglius	Lithuania	€404
25	Haitian Yang	Norway	€404
26	Martynas Volungevicius	Lithuania	€404
27	Erikas Goriacevskis	Lithuania	€404
28	Antero Raisanen	Finland	€385
29	Bennie Laursen	Denmark	€385
30	Kari Martikainen	Finland	€385
31	Piotr Swietek	Poland	€385
32	Dennis Wassbro	Sweden	€385
33	Danil Lebedev	Estonia	€385
34	Sultans Ertinhajevs	Latvia	€385

Huttunen Takes Down Quirky PLO4/PLO5/Sviten Mix

Event #33 offered up one of the more unusual formats of the festival: the €350 PLO4/PLO5/Sviten Mix, played with a button round of each game and capped at six-handed. The mix, which of course couldn’t skip fan-favorite Sviten Special, attracted 83 entries for a €24,433 prize pool.

It came down to a head-to-head battle between Finland’s Onni Huttunen and Lithuania’s Darius Tamulevicius, with Huttunen sealing the trophy and €6,963. Tamulevicius had to settle for the runner-up prize of €4,610.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Onni Huttunen	Finland	€6,963
2	Darius Tamulevicius	Lithuania	€4,610
3	Joonas Keijonen	Finland	€3,010
4	Sergei Oganesjan	Estonia	€2,060
5	Erik Risberg	Sweden	€1,480
6	Paraw Safari	Sweden	€1,120
7	Teemu Sattanen	Finland	€900
8	Eetu Sepponen	Finland	€770
9	Lars Nord	Sweden	€770
10	Timothee Rey	France	€700
11	Petteri Laiho	Finland	€700
12	Aria Farahi Nobarjan	Sweden	€680
13	Juuso Parviainen	Finland	€680

Saamanen Leads €555 PLO4/PLO5 Into the Final Day

The two-day Ring Event #2, the €555 PLO4/PLO5, attracted 282 entries for a €133,950 prize pool. After 17 levels of play on Sunday, 42 players bagged up and will return for the final day on Monday, July 27, with a WSOP Circuit ring and a €29,280 top prize on the line, not to mention a $5,000 WSOP Paradise Bahamas package!

Among the survivors are two familiar faces, poker.pro’s own Terje “Teddy” Bremseth and Jason Glatzer. Glatzer bagged up the 14th-biggest stack of the day with 214,000, while Bremseth has considerably more work ahead of him, returning as the shortest stack in the field with 21,000. Both are already locked into a payday, with 43 places paid.

The stack to catch belongs to Finland’s Sami Saamanen, who bagged an enormous 633,000 to take the overall chip lead. His countryman Mikko Ylämäki (569,000) and Sweden’s Ludwig Klingberg (559,000) round out the top three heading into Monday’s restart.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Sami Saamanen	Estonia	633,000	126
2	Mikko Ylamaeki	Finland	569,000	113
3	Ludwig Klingberg	Sweden	559,000	111
4	Juuso Oksanen	Finland	456,000	91
5	Kristaps Renga	Latvia	452,000	90
6	Kert Hallik	Estonia	420,000	84
7	Pierre Pochat	France	385,000	77
8	Igor Pihela	Estonia	373,000	74
9	Thomas Aalbers	Netherlands	358,000	71
10	Ollitapani Ikonen	Finland	314,000	62

Monday, July 27 Schedule at 2026 WSOP Circuit Tallinn

Time	Event
12:00	Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Flight 1C
12:00	Event #35: FREEBUY WSOPC Women-Only NLH Satellite! (€20 Re-entry, Five Seats Guaranteed)
12:00	Ring Event #1: €350 NLH Mii -Main Event Final Day
13:00	Ring Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5 Final Day
13:00	Event: 36: €1,100 NLH, 6-handed, One-Day Event
14:00	Event #37: €80 PLO5 Satellite to Ring Event #6 €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 (Five Seats Guaranteed)
15:00	Ring Event #4: €350 NLH Queens (Women-Only)
16:00	Event #38: €200 PL Baducey
18:00	Event #39: €250 NLH Progressive Bounty
19:00	Ring Event #3: €555 NLH Flight 1D
20:00	Event #40: €350 PLO4/PLO5 BOMB POT
22:00	Event #41: €150 NLH Mega Satellite to the €1,500 WSOPC Tallinn Main Event (10 Seats Guanrateed)

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