Saturday’s OlyBet action was through the roof at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park with many players traveling throughout the world for a chance at WSOP Circuit Tallinn glory from July 25 to August 3.
The €350 Mini Main Event loomed large, with 954 entries getting into the mix to create a €280,953 prize pool. The 142 surviving players during the first three opening flights already earned a €700 min-cash for their efforts. Ville-Matti Keränen leads the way with 1,367,000 in chips, followed by Simon Persson (1,345,000) and poker.pro’s Teddy Bremseth (1,132,000). Corne Scheel (1,106,000) and Jussi “Potti-Jussi” Mattila (1,071,000) will also begin the penultimate day as chip millionaires.
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Meanwhile, the star of the day was Finland’s Riku Koivurinne, who shipped the one-day Event #14: €350 Open Face Chinese Pineapple for €5,140. Koivurinne is halfway to matching last year’s impressive feat, where he won both a coveted WSOP Circuit Ring in the €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 and a trophy in the €250 Sviten Special, making him a man to watch out for in mixed games.
Janis Leja got Latvia on the trophy scoreboard after defeating Brazil’s Frederico Alves Dos Santos heads-up to win the €200 NLH Progressive Bounty for €2,120 plus bounties.
The cash games and satellites were also booming on Saturday. Read on to learn more about the second day at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park.
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Déjà vu for Koivurinne and Bartuschk in the €350 OFC
The €350 Open Face Chinese Pineapple proved popular with 55 entries, creating a €16,198 prize pool. Players from six different countries found their way into the winner’s circle, including British streamer Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon, who displayed a taste live on stream to his fans.
Corne Scheel, one of the five chip millionaires in the €350 Mini Main Event, had a day off and advanced to the podium before bowing out in third place for €2,310. This led to a moment of déjà vu with the duo of Riku Koivurinne and German flag hunter Fabian Bartuschk facing off in a similar event a few months ago at the 2025 Irish Poker Open. Koivurinne won that event before history repeated itself with Koivurinne snagging another trophy to his impressive collection after defeating his opponent to win the €5,140 top prize, leaving Bartuschk with the healthy €3,360 runner-up prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Riku Koivurinne | Finland | €5,140 |
| 2 |  Fabian Bartuschk | Germany | €3,360 |
| 3 |  Corne Scheel | Netherlands | €2,310 |
| 4 |  Runar Skjemstad | Norway | €1,630 |
| 5 |  Scott Kenyon | United Kingdom | €1,250 |
| 6 | Sami Peisanen | Finland | €1,000 |
| 7 |  Gilles Lamy | France | €754 |
| 8 | Mickael Lacaze | France | €754 |
Janis Leja Earns Trophy for Latvia in €200 NLH PKO
The one-day Event #15: €200 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted 141 entries, generating €22,772 in prizes, €11,492 added to the prize pool, and € 11,280 in bounties.
Norway’s Morten Bremseth had a deep run before bowing out in third place for €1,440. This guaranteed both Latvia’s Janis Leja and Brazil’s Frederico Alves Dos Santos the €2,120 top prize, with a massive bounty still to be played for at the end. Leja came out on top to earn the trophy.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Janis Leja | Latvia | €2,120 |
| 2 |  Frederico Alves Dos Santos | Brazil | €2,120 |
| 3 | Morten Bremseth | Norway | €1,440 |
| 4 | Ville Rantanen | Finland | €1,050 |
| 5 | Juha Kaikusalo | Finland | €820 |
| 6 | Romans Tumulis | Latvia | €640 |
| 7 | Timo Malo | Finland | €530 |
| 8 |  Maksim Paponov | Estonia | €430 |
| 9 | Jesper Eronen | Finland | €360 |
| 10 |  Oleksandr Tarashevskyi | Ukraine | €300 |
| 11 | Soile Lerviks | Finland | €300 |
| 12 | Kristians Naudiss | Latvia | €260 |
| 13 |  Quinten Spyckerelle | Luxembourg | €260 |
| 14 | Jere Hedman | Finland | €230 |
| 15 | Dmitri Marsalok | Estonia | €230 |
| 16 |  Irmantas Bzeskis | Lithuania | €201 |
| 17 | Mykyta Ivanov | Ukraine | €201 |
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Day 3 Schedule (Saturday, July 27)
Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Tallinn €350 Mini Main Event kicks off the day at Noon with two other ring events also kicking off their action, including Event #2: WSOPC €555 PLO4/PLO5 hosting its opening flight at 2 p.m., followed by the first of three opening flights of Event #3: WSOPC €555 NLH at 5 p.m.
One trophy will be on the line starting at 7 p.m. when the games switch every round in the €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5.
Ladies will have their big day tomorrow with the €350 WSOP Circuit Ring Event kicking off. However, on Sunday at least five players will get in for free or at least for pennies on the Euro with a Freebuy satellite taking place just for women at 2 p.m. There are two other satellites open for all at 1 p.m. for the €555 NLH with a €80 buy-in and the €150 Mega Satellite which guarantees at least 10 seats to the €1 million guaranteed WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #1: WSOPC €350 NLH Mini-Main Event Day 2 |
| 13:00 | Event #18: €80 Satellite to WSOPC €555 NLH (5 Seats GTD) |
| 14:00 | Event #19: Freebuy Satellite to €350 WSOPC Ladies Event (5 Seats GTD) |
| 14:00 | Event #2: WSOPC €555 PLO4/PLO5 Day 1 |
| 17:00 | Event #3: WSOPC €555 NLH Day 1a |
| 19:00 | Event #20: €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 |
| 21:30 | Event #21: €150 NLH Mega Satellite to €1,500 WSOPC Tallinn Main Event (10 Seats GTD) |
