Players kept filing in left and right for the 2025 World Series of Poker Circuit Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park. Cash games kept the casino floor busy throughout the day and evening, while the tournament arena was electric with players competing for WSOP Circuit glory in the Estonian capital.
Finland’s Aku Laajus was the star of the day, earning the sole trophy after defeating Estonia’s Erio Ermann in the €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 side event to earn the €5,520 top prize.
In other news, three ring events were in play on Sunday. Netherlands’ Corne Scheel is in the pole position on the final table of the three-day Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event with a €45,700 top prize on the line.
The two-day Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event witnessed 268 players creating a €127,300 prize pool on its sole opening day. The action in that event played deep in the money with the top 41 players earning at least a €1,070 min-cash with the day ending with 26 hopefuls still in contention for the ring and the €27,100 top prize when the action resumes on Monday at Noon.
Meanwhile, the three-day Event #3: €555 NLH attracted 213 entries on the first of three opening flights, adding €101,175 to the prize pool.
Read on to learn more about the third day at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park.
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Aku Laajus Earns Second Trophy for Finland
The turbo-charged Event #20: €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix attracted a banner field of 138 entries to create a €22,287 prize pool. The event created a vibrant and fun atmosphere in the main hall, with Finnish players dominating the field. Five Finnish players were at the seven-max final table, and 11 out of the 17 players who cashed came from the Scandinavian country.
Finland earned its second trophy of the festival after Aku Laajas defeated Estonian Erio Ermann (second – €3,610) heads-up to earn the €5,520 top prize. Poker streamer Scott “Pokerbrahs” Kenyon earned his second cash in the festival but was busy socializing soon after the money bubble broke, earning a min-cash for 17th place worth €380.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aku Laajus | Finland | €5,520 |
| 2 |  Erio Ermann | Estonia | €3,610 |
| 3 | Paavo Säynäjärvi | Finland | €2,580 |
| 4 | Antti-Tapio Tuomainen | Finland | €1,930 |
| 5 |  Kaspars Mallons | Latvia | €1,460 |
| 6 | Roope Keminen | Finland | €1,170 |
| 7 | Jorma Pitkäkangas | Finland | €960 |
| 8 | Krister Wallendahl | Finland | €790 |
| 9 | Joonas Keijonen | Finland | €647 |
| 10 | Toni Hämäläinen | Finland | €540 |
| 11 | Anton Komissarov | Estonia | €540 |
| 12 | Shadi Jamil | Finland | €470 |
| 13 | Jori Myllyneva | Finland | €470 |
| 14 |  Gian Sauter | Switzerland | €420 |
| 15 |  Runar Skjemstad | Norway | €420 |
| 16 | Mats Palokangas | Finland | €380 |
| 17 |  Scott Kenyon | United Kingdom | €380 |
Corne Scheel in Pole Position for First Ring in Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event
The three-day Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event witnessed 142 players out of the 954-entry field battle on Day 2 until a final table of nine hopefuls was reached. The action went deep in the money as players dipped into the whopping €280,953 prize pool, with players going deep into the money, with all returning players guaranteed a min-cash of at least €700 for double the buy-in.
This author, Jason Glatzer, managed a deep run before bowing out in 53rd place for €1,050. Meanwhile, two of the players who started the day in the top five bowed out just before the final table was reached including Jussi “Potti-Jussi” Mattila (13th – €2,210) and Norway’s Teddy Bremseth (18th – €1,790) hitting the rail on the penultimate table with two-time WSOP Circuit Tallinn champion Roope Tarmi (14th – €2,210) and Igor Pihela Sr. (16th – €1,790) also managing deep runs.
Three of the other top five stacks to start the day advanced to the final table after Anu Lilja bubbled at the final table to end Day 2 in 10th place for €2,740, including the start of the day chip leader Ville-Matti Keränen with 3,225,000. Simon Hesserud Persson had an even better day with more than double the stack with 6,975,000 when the action restarts on Monday at Noon, while Corne Scheel parlayed his big stack into the overall final table chip lead with a massive stack of 15,100,000 in chips.
Check out the seat draw below and follow the live reporting coverage of the final table at poker.pro.
| Table-Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-1 |  Corne Scheel | Netherlands | 15,100,000 | 101 |
| 18-2 | Nicolai Austad | Norway | 8,875,000 | 59 |
| 18-3 |  Vytautas Riskevicius | Lithuania | 2,900,000 | 19 |
| 18-4 | Ville-Matti Keränen | Finland | 3,225,000 | 22 |
| 18-5 |  Oleksandr Shokur | Ukraine | 1,175,000 | 8 |
| 18-6 |  Simon Hesserud Persson | Sweden | 6,975,000 | 47 |
| 18-7 |  Krzysztof Chmielowski | Poland | 5,525,000 | 37 |
| 18-8 | Tobias Napel | Norway | 3,050,000 | 20 |
| 18-9 | Jevgenijs Sapronenko | Latvia | 875,000 | 6 |
Aleksi Lindholm Leads WSOP Circuit Tallinn €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event
The two-day WSOP Circuit Tallinn Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5 Ring Event attracted a huge crowd of four- and five-card players, with 268 players creating a €127,300 prize pool on its sole opening day.
The action played deep past the money, with the top 41 players earning at least a €1,070 min-cash. The day ended with 26 hopefuls still in contention when the action resumes on Monday at Noon.
Aleksi Lindholm leads the way with 746,000 in chips, followed by Carsten Munk Jensen with 713,000, hoping to secure the coveted WSOP Circuit gold ring and the €27,100 top prize.
Check out the chip counts and follow the pot-limit Omaha action at poker.pro until a ring winner is crowned.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksi Lindholm | Finland | 746,000 | 75 |
| 2 |  Carsten Munk Jensen | Denmark | 713,000 | 71 |
| 3 | Sami Säämänen | Finland | 580,000 | 58 |
| 4 | Riku-Matti Vihreasaari | Finland | 524,000 | 52 |
| 5 | Jani Sortti | Finland | 505,000 | 51 |
| 6 |  Andria Gogelidze | Georgia | 475,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Jouni Huovila | Finland | 465,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Arturas Zukovas | Lithuania | 440,000 | 44 |
| 9 | Serguei Palomera | Sweden | 439,000 | 44 |
| 10 | Miika Töyräs | Finland | 323,000 | 32 |
| 11 | Taago Tamm | Estonia | 313,000 | 31 |
| 12 | Michal Rudnik | Poland | 300,000 | 30 |
| 13 | Sondre Lunde | Norway | 294,000 | 29 |
| 14 | Oskar Silow | Sweden | 221,000 | 22 |
| 15 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | 213,000 | 21 |
| 16 | Jami Juutila | Finland | 212,000 | 21 |
| 17 |  Costantino Russo | Italy | 204,000 | 20 |
| 18 | Tarjei Forus | Norway | 190,000 | 19 |
| 19 | Danila Slabov | Lithuania | 143,000 | 14 |
| 20 | Andreas Brendholdt | Denmark | 138,000 | 14 |
| 21 | Antti Veteläinen | Finland | 129,000 | 13 |
| 22 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 126,000 | 13 |
| 23 | Sami Pulliainen | Finland | 109,000 | 11 |
| 24 | Janne Nevalainen | Finland | 95,000 | 10 |
| 25 |  Miguel Godinez | Spain | 87,000 | 9 |
| 26 | Akseli Paalanen | Finland | 67,000 | 7 |
2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Day 4 Schedule (Monday, July 29)
Players will be battling in four different ring events and a plethora of side events on Monday, July 29 at the 2025 World Series of Poker Circuit Tallinn.
Many women are in town for their chance for a second straight year to earn a WSOP gold ring in the €350 NLH Queens at 4 p.m.
Check out the rest of the schedule below and head to OlyBetEvents.com to see the full schedule throughout the festival.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1b |
| 12:00. | Event #1: €350 Mini Main Event Day 3 (Final Table) |
| 13:00 | Event #22: €350 H.O.R.S.E |
| 13:00 | Event #2: €555 PLO4/5 Day 2 (Final Day) |
| 14:00 | Event #23: €200 NLH Deepstack |
| 16:00 | Event #4: €350 NLH Queens Day 1 |
| 17:00 | Event #24: €350 Progressive Bounties (€100 Bounties) |
| 18:00 | Event #25 €150 Satellite to €1,500 Main Event (10 Seats GTD) |
| 19:00 | Event #3: €555 NLH Day 1c |
| 21:00 | Event #26: €80 PLO4/5 Satellite (5 Seats GTD) |
| 22:00 | Event #27: €200 NLH Turbo |
