Daily Editorial Recap | Kings of Tallinn 2024: Autumn Edition

Don’t miss a single (bad) beat! Poker journalist Jason Glatzer will keep you updated throughout the entire Kings of Tallinn 2024: Autumn Edition poker festival with daily editorial recaps capturing all the major events, turns and rivers.

• Day 1: Friday, 18 October
• Day 2: Saturday, 19 October
• Day 3: Sunday, 20 October
• Day 4: Monday, 21 October
• Day 5: Tuesday, 22 October
• Day 6: Wednesday, 23 October
• Day 7: Thursday, 24 October
• Day 8: Friday, 25 October
• Day 9: Saturday, 26 October
• Day 10: Sunday, 27 October

Day 10: Sunday, 27 October

Matias Siljander Wins Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition Main Event (€130,300)

The final day of the inaugural 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park produced the biggest champions. Many players emotionally shared their tearful goodbyes to their teammates and friends, while competing for a final shot at Kings of Tallinn glory and the final chances at leaderboard points for the Team Competition.

Finland’s Matias Siljander was not only the star of the day but the star of the entire festival as he came back from a massive deficit during heads-up play against fellow Finn Elias Suhonen before storming back to victory in the €1,100 Main Event to win the huge €130,300 top prize. The action played out in front of a live-streamed audience, while Frank Visser was busy reporting the action on OlyBet.tv and provided the recap below about this epic event.

Meanwhile, Marius Bareisis shipped the two-day €3,000 NLH 6-Max for €47,930. The two-day event attracted 53 entries for a €140,980. You can read more about this event in the live blog provided by this author on OlyBet.tv.

Finland’s Teemu Toikkanen defeated Rasmus Lundstrom heads-up to win the one-day €555 NLH for €9,740 with 61 entries getting into the mix to create a €28,670 prize pool.

Meanwhile, another Finnish player won the two-day €350 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty with both Totti Arouso defeating Estonia’s Andres Abakanov to win the trophy. Both Arouso and Abakanov earned the €3,330 top prize with Arouso claiming the big bounty at the end of the event after eliminating his final opponent.

Meanwhile, the €150 Queens champion Indre Martoviciute-Kasten became the only player to win two trophies at the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition after she defeated Finland’s Jari Saviaho heads-up in the €150 Mini Main Event Hyper Turbo for €2,960 to cap off an amazing festival.

The online event at OlyBet Poker took place Saturday evening with Estonia’s Ralf Mikk defeating a field of 57 entries to win €2,545.

Read on to learn more about the epic final day of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition €1,100 Main Event:

Siljander’s Epic Road to Victory in the Main Event

For many a poker player, winning a Main Event is the stuff of dreams. The glory, trophy, and of course the loads of cash that come with victory encapsulate everything a tournament player is after. However, for Matias Siljander it seemed to be just another day at the office at Olympic Park Casino. He sat down for his sixth Main Event final table at the venue, and, like he had done twice before, came out on top as the victor.

Siljander captured his first official Kings of Tallinn Main Event trophy at the Autumn Edition and won €130,300, his best-ever score and first six-figure one. He started his heads-up battle against fellow Finnish grinder Elias Suhonen with a one-to-six chip disadvantage but managed to turn it around to ultimately be crowned the champion.

Siljander and Suhonen were part of the same team in the iconic Kings of Tallinn team competition. Each team consists of a maximum of four players, so to have two of them navigate the field of 701 entries to end up heads-up is a remarkable feat. However, while the valuable points they earned for their team resulted in some extra cash, it must have felt like just a bonus to the gargantuan sums they walked away with in the Main Event, with Suhonen’s runner-up performance netting him a not-too-shabby €83,400.

Meanwhile, Greek player Enea Subashi took home the third-largest share of the €658,940 prize pool, with the €55,200 bronze medal tripling his total live earnings. Ukrainians Vasyl Laba and Serhii Leonov completed the top five, both hauling career-best scores as well.

€1,100 Main Event Final Table Results

Day 4 Action

With the final nine returning to the table with an average stack of 60 big blinds, it was no surprise that the day started slowly. In fact, two levels went by without any eliminations, and not much had changed when the first break had been reached. Start-of-day chip leader Leonov still sat at the top, while short stacks Subashi and Simon Hassan remained at the bottom.

After the break, the fireworks finally kicked off. Hassan was the first to be eliminated when he got his top pair in against Subashi on the turn. Subashi had the same pair but rivered two pair to provide a sour exit in ninth for Hassan. About an hour later, Estonia’s last hope Ruslan Stserbjuk got his chips in preflop with kings. He was up against the ace-king of Suhonen in a huge cooler. Suhonen spiked an ace on the flop to take down the pot, take over the chip lead, and eliminate Stserbjuk in eighth.

Stserbjuk’s exit may have been sour, but it paled in comparison to Daniel Clifford’s. Clifford had made a full house on the river and shoved in all of his chips. However, Suhonen had made a straight flush on the turn, knocking out the disillusioned Clifford in eighth place. Aku-Oskari Uotila was next in line to get coolered by Suhonen. He had rivered jacks full of aces but Suhonen had the last jack in his hand and eliminated his fellow countryman in sixth.

At that point, Suhonen had created a huge gap between him and Subashi in second place. Subashi closed the gap a bit by eliminating Leonov in fifth place with jacks against tens, only to see Suhonen knock out Laba in fourth in a preflop flip not much later, undoing his gains.

Short-Handed Play

Three-handed play lasted for two hours. It was here where Subashi, who had been relatively quiet up until that point, unleashed relentless aggression upon his two Finnish opponents, netting him a sizable chip lead. However, as he lived by the sword, he would die by the sword. After pulling off several successful bluffs, Subashi fired three streets with ace-high against Suhonen. Suhonen called down with top pair to reclaim his lead.

Not much later, Subashi called down with top pair against Suhonen’s trips, leaving him with just ten big blinds. After a few orbits, he committed those to the middle and lost them to his nemesis as well.

By knocking out Subashi in third place, Suhonen started the heads-up match with a gigantic chip advantage. He had nearly 18 million chips at his disposal while Siljander was stuck with three million. However, Siljander quickly doubled up with a flush against a straight, after which he won the majority of pots to balance the chip counts evenly.

After some back-and-forth, Siljander finally created a gap with Suhonen when he called his triple barrel bluff with two pair. Suhonen started to mount a comeback from his one-to-four disadvantage, but ultimately the tournament ended like so many others: the players got it in the middle in a preflop flip. Siljander’s ace-king made top pair against Suhonen’s pocket tens, crowning him the Kings of Tallinn: Autumn Edition Main Event champion.

That concludes the live coverage of Kings of Tallinn: Autumn edition. However, the organization of renowned tournament series has more in store in the near future.

The Kings are stepping foot outside Estonia for the very first time as Kings of Vilnius takes place in the Lithuanian capital from November 15 to November 24, with a €250,000 guarantee Main Event.

Next up is the ladies-only Queens of Tallinn. After a successful first edition last year, the event returns to Olympic Park Casino from November 28 to December 1.

Last, but certainly not least, is the 10th Anniversary of Kings of Tallinn, which is already confirmed for February 21 to March 2 at the same Olympic Park Casino. The schedule is not yet known, but no doubt that more information will be made public soon.

Stay tuned for information and coverage of all the events above as the enthusiastic Baltic and Scandinavian poker scenes never rest.

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Day 9: Saturday, 26 October

Six Players Win Trophies on Penultimate Day of the 2024 KoT Autumn Edition

Today is a bittersweet day at the inaugural 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park. Many players will share their tearful goodbyes on the final day, while others will compete on the final days of the multiday events and try to get their last team points in the final one-day events.

Six new champions were crowned on Saturday’s penultimate day of the festival, with Italy’s Giuliano Boellis winning the biggest prize of the day after defeating a field of 88 entries for a €82,720 prize pool, including €35,200 in progressive bounties in the two-day €1,100 NLH Progressive Bounty after defeating Lithuania’s Rytis Pranarauskas heads-up. The final two players were each awarded the €10,270 top prize, with Boellis claiming the big bounty and the trophy after earning all of the chips.

The two-day €250 Sviten Special Championship attracted 84 entries on its opening day to generate a €17,371 prize pool. Another Italian came out on top in mixed-game guru Carlo Braccini, who earned the €5,110 top prize after defeating the formidable Norwegian Niclas Mjelstad heads-up.

The €250 NLH Bounty attracted a healthy field of 217 entries to create a €44,876 prize pool including €10,850 in bounties. The title went to Latvia after Andrejs Stepanovs defeated Finland’s Samuli Segerman heads-up to win the €6,920 top prize plus bounties.

The €150 Queens Ladies Only proved to be as popular as ever with 46 entries creating a €5,741 prize pool. Two women who have been witnessed battling deep before in Ladies Events in Lithuania’s Indre Martoviciute-Kasten and Finland’s Anne Bezdek were the final two women battling it out before Martoviciute-Kasten defeated Bezdek to earn the €1,950 top prize.

The exciting new €150 Five Card Mix which included Sviten Special, PLO5, and PL 5-Card Triple Draw proved to be a hit with a €7,454 prize pool created from the 61 player field. Finland earned its only title of the day after Risto Ponnio defeated Norway’s Tobias Napel heads-up to claim the €2,544 top prize.

Finally, the €250 NLH Hyper Turbo was a fun nightly affair that attracted 80 entries to create a €16,544 prize pool. The local country of Estonia got into the winner’s circle at the end of the day after Estonia’s Henry Arnhold defeated Norway’s Bernt Wetten heads-up to earn the €4,860 top prize.

Meanwhile, the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition €1,100 Main Event is down to just nine hopefuls from the original field of 701 entries. The action will not only be live reported by Frank Visser at OlyBet.tv, but you can also check out the live stream on a 30-minute delay with the hole cards exposed commentated by Kings of Tallinn commentator George Sandford and guests.

The nine hopefuls have each locked up at least a €11,800 prize with their eyes on the coveted trophy and the massive €130,300 top prize. Ukrainian poker beast Serhii Leonov leads the way with 3,550,000 with Finland’s Elias Suhonen (3,400,000) and Ukraine’s Vasyl Laba (3,250,000) not too far behind.

Check out the OlyBet.tv Main Event blog for the full opening chip counts, seat draw, and a detailed account about the flow of this prestigious event.

Day 10 Schedule (October 27, 2024)

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Day 8: Friday, 25 October

Veipans and Paukkenen Win Trophies on Friday

While most eyes were on the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition €1,100 Main Event on Friday at the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park, two more champions were crowned in Latvia’s Nils Veipans and Finland’s Marko Paukkunen.

The Main Event attracted a banner field of 701 entries when late registration closed on Day 2 to smash the €500,000 guarantee with a €658,940 prize pool. The action played down to the money on Day 2, with the 87 returning players locking up at least a €2,200 min-cash in hopes of advancing to Sunday’s final table when the €130,300 top prize will be on the line.

Ukraine’s Serhii Leonov ended the day as the only chip millionaire and will start Day 3 with 1,052,000 in chips with blinds at 4,000/8,000 (8,000). Finland’s Elias Suhonen (896,000), Greece’s Enea Subashi (712,000), Spain’s Angel Rodriguez (665,000), and Finland’s Tommy Piiroinen (653,000) round out the top five on the leaderboard.

Day 3 of the four-day Main Event will be live-streamed all day long at OlyBet.tv and will also be live reported in English and Finnish also at OlyBet.tv.

Meanwhile, the two-day €250 PL Sviten Special Championship attracted 84 entries to create a €17,371 prize pool. Two Norwegians in Nils Kollandsrud and Tony Westby top the leaderboard of the 10 Day 2 players. The €1,100 NLH Progressive Bounty also played out its opening day on Friday with 88 entries getting into the mix. Lithuania’s Marius Bareisis will lead the 25 Day 2 players when the action resumes for its final day.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 7 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Nils Veipans Wins €150 Hyper Turbo Progressive Bounty

Latvia’s Nils Veipans was hungry for a trophy, and his wish came true after he defeated Finland’s Juuso Lepisto heads-up to win the fast-paced €150 Hyper Turbo Progressive Bounty. Both Veipans and Lepisto took down the €3,000 top prize, and Veipans won the big bounty at the end along with the coveted trophy.

The event itself attracted a sizeable field of 209 entries, creating a €25,540 prize pool, including €8,360 reserved for progressive bounties.

Marko Paukkunen Wins €250 Hyper Turbo

The €250 Hyper Turbo attracted 96 entries to create a €19,853 prize pool, with the top 11 players cashing for at least a €520 min-cash.

The title was guaranteed to go to a Finnish player after Norway’s Sondre Stormyr exited in third place for €2,620. Marko Paukkunen won the battle of the Finns to win the trophy and the €5,833 top prize, while Eero Rahnasto earned €3,790 for his runner-up performance.

Day 9 Schedule (October 26, 2024)

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Day 7: Thursday, 24 October

Six Kings of Tallinn Champions Crowned on Thursday

Thursday witnessed fireworks and excitement at the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park, where six different champions were crowned.

Finland’s Joel Haapio was the star of the day after coming from behind to defeat fellow Finn Rasmus Lundstrom heads-up in the three-day €555 NLH Championship for €47,560 in front of a live-streamed audience at OlyBet.tv with the history of this event immortalized through the live reporting also at OlyBet.tv.

Swedish WSOP Tallinn ring winner Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk added another trophy to his collect after he defeated a field of 51 entries in the €250 PL Stud / Stud Hi-Lo for €3,590, while Finland’s Miska Vihervouri won a different stud even in the five-card €150 Soko Hi / Soko Lo for €2,365.

Sweden’s Nils Linden defeated a field of 126 entries in the €250 NLH to win €6,680, while the legendary Ilari “Ziigmund” Saharies proved that time was no test and defeated a field of 145 entries in the €250 PLO4 / PLO5 / PLO6 Progressive Bounty for €2,840 plus bounties.

Estonia got on the board with a trophy after Rasmus Parts came out on top of a field of 126 entries in the €150 NLH Hyper Turbo to claim the €3,710 top prize.

Meanwhile, the €500,000 guarantee was smashed yesterday in the €1,100 Kings of Tallinn Main Event with 554 entries already in the mix. Day 2 will start on Friday at Noon with more players getting into the mix with unlimited re-entries and late registration still open during the first four hour-long blind levels of the day.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 7 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Joel Haapio Comes From Behind to Win the €555 NLH Championship

“Never give up,” and “a chip and a chair.” Phrases every poker player has heard at some point at the tables, but sometimes a situation looks dire enough to throw them into the wind. However, today, Joel Haapio proved that there is truth to the common statements. Haapio was down to a ten-to-one chip disadvantage at one point in the heads-up battle for the Kings of Tallinn: Autumn Edition €555 Championship, but ultimately persevered over Rasmus Lundstrom to take home the trophy and a career-best score of €47,560.

Meanwhile, Lundstrom limited the damage as he walked away with €41,200, also a record-setting score for him, as the players had made a heads-up deal when Lundstrom started the heads-up with a small chip advantage. Turkey’s Koray Korkmaz took home the bronze medal and added €24,500 to his seven-figure live earnings, while €5,000 Progressive Bounty runner-up Justas Vaiciulionis and Finnish grinder Tommi Lankinen also made an appearance at the final table.

€555 Championship Final Table Results

* = denotes heads-up deal

Day 3 Action

At the start of Day 3, only 16 of the 583 entries returned to Olympic Park Casino to divide the lion’s share of the €274,010 prize pool and determine who would walk away the champion. Estonian Powerhouses Tarmo Tammel and Igor Pihela Sr. started the day short and were quickly dispatched off in 16th and 14th place, earning €2,700 and €3,100 respectively.

The entertaining Timo Ruuska’s (12th – €3,550) fate was ultimately decided by a dice roll as that is how he decided to call off against Vaiciulionis’ flush. Ultimately, Finnish regular Juho Suutari ended up as the final table bubble boy, also eliminated by Vaiciulionis.

Lundstrom came into the third day as a massive chip leader, but Korkmaz had worked his way up the rankings throughout the first two and a half hours of poker and started the final table with a slight edge.

Two ladies were still in contention when the final table got underway. Hanna Heinlo and Kristiana Stauere had been short throughout the later stages of Day 2 and the entirety of Day 3, but managed to climb the pay-jump ladder all the way to the final table. That is where their story ended, however, as Heinlo, Estonia’s last hope, ended in ninth place while Stauere got her final ladder to eighth.

While Korkmaz and Lundstrom were busy battling for the chip lead, Vaiciulionis knocked out Lankinen in seventh. Six-handed play then continued for a while, and the stacks ended up relatively even at the first break of the final table.

However, Lundstrom soon pulled away from the pack again as he eliminated Thanh Doan in sixth place and not long after Vaiciulionis in fifth. Korkmaz joined him atop the counts by knocking out Algirdas Saveikis in fourth place, leaving Haapio as the absolute short stack three-handed.

Korkmaz’s stay at the top would be short-lived, however, as Lundstrom hero-called his bluff with bottom pair before Haapio eliminated him not much later. The two Finns then agreed to a deal heads-up, leaving €8,000 and the trophy to play for.

Heads-Up Play

Lundstrom started the heads-up with a slight chip advantage and soon pulled away further as every pot seemed to head in his direction. A pattern occurred where Lundstrom had Haapio on the ropes and Haapio doubled up to stay in contention. In fact, Haapio won four at-risk all-ins until he finally had the chip advantage.

Finally, Haapio had Lundstrum at risk with pocket deuces against ace-deuce. The board remained free of any aces, and Haapio’s rail rushed toward him. They embraced him in an emotional spectacle. He hoisted the trophy before cashing out his best-ever score and heading into the night to celebrate.

• Frank Visser, who live reported this event, wrote the €555 NLH Championship recap. Check out the live reports of the €555 NLH Championship at OlyBet.tv.

Day 8 Schedule (October 25, 2024)

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Day 6: Wednesday, 23 October

Four Players From Four Countries Win KoT Trophies on Wednesday

Wednesday was another spectacular day at the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park. Four players from four different countries were crowned champions.

Finland’s Jarmo Salonen shipped the €150 NLH Deepstack Progressive Bounty for €2,340 plus bounties, while shortly afterward, the Irish poker community won its first trophy after Edmond Fogerty won the €150 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix for €4,292.

The €250 2-7 Triple Draw Six-Max trophy stayed in Estonia after local Estonian beast Markku Koplimaa, who has been recently branching out into mixed games, defeated Finland’s Mikko Ylamaki to win the €3,366 top prize. Meanwhile, Germany’s Sascha Manns, who often visits Estonia during international poker events, won the €250 NLH Hyper Turbo for €5,390.

The €555 Championship played out its penultimate day, with the field reaching 583 entries during the opening moments of Wednesday’s Day 2 to create a €274,010 prize pool. The final 16 players return on Thursday at 1 p.m. with €2,700 already locked up in hopes of winning the €52,760 top prize. OlyBet.tv will continue with its live reporting of this event led by Rasmus Lundstrom and live stream the entire day with hole cards exposed on a 30 minute delay.

The €500,000 guaranteed €1,100 Kings of Tallinn Main Event also began on Wednesday with 143 entries hopping into Day 1a. Latvia’s Andrejs Perederejevs bagged the overnight chip lead after parlaying his 30,000 opening stack into 217,500 in chips.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 6 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Jarmo Salonen Wins €150 Deepstack Progressive Bounty

A day hardly passes at the Kings of Tallinn without a Finnish winner in recent festivals. The trend was almost bucked in the €150 Deepstack Progressive Bounty.

The event attracted 157 entries to create a €19,185 prize pool, including €6,280 set aside for progressive bounties. Finland’s Jarmo Salonen found himself surrounded by a trio of Estonians with four players left. Kaido Kuus and Eedi Kirves were both eliminated, leaving Salonen and Maksim Paponov heads-up, with both players already locking in the €2,340 top prize. Salonen won the trophy and the big bounty at the end to save Finland from being blanked on the day with no other events producing a Finnish champion on Wednesday.

Edmond Fogarty Wins €150 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix

The €150 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 proved to be popular among hold’em and Omaha enthusiasts alike, with 142 entries creating a €17,352 prize pool.

It appeared there could be a chance for a second Finnish trophy on Wednesday with two Finns still battling with three players remaining. However, Ireland’s Edmond Fogarty shined the brightest by winning the event for €4,292 with the Finnish duo of Mikael Haapaniemi (second – €2,810) and Aku-Oskari Uotila (third – €2,010) also handsomely rewarded for their podium performances.

Markku Koplimaa Wins €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw

Markku Koplimaa is one of the most successful poker players in Estonian poker history. The online poker beast has won countless events over the years at Olympic Park Casino and is third on Estonian All-Time Money List at The Hendon Mob with more than $1.5 million in cashes, just slightly behind chess grandmaster Ottomar Ladva and Ilya Nikiforov.

Koplimaa, who is better known as a hold’em beast, has recently shown he can compete with the best in mixed games as well. Last night, he won the €250 PL 2-7 Triple Draw for €3,386 after defeating Finland’s Mikko Ylamaki (second – €2,330) during heads-up play.

The event attracted a field of 45 entries to create a €9,306 prize pool with the top five players earning at least a €720 min-cash.

Sascha Manns Wins €250 NLH Hyper Turbo

Germany’s Sascha Manns, who frequently visits Tallinn during the larger international events, arrived on Wednesday and immediately hopped into action.

After he was unable to get things going during the earlier events, Manns entered the last chance saloon of the day in the €250 NLH Hyper Turbo which attracted 98 runners for a €20,266 prize pool.

Manns was surrounded by three Finns with four players left eager to win the trophy. He eventually defeated Kim-Erik Pihl in a fast-paced final table during heads-up play to win the €5,390 top prize for an amazing start to the festival.

Day 7 Schedule (October 24, 2024)

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Day 5: Tuesday, 22 October

Juha Helppi Adds More Hardware to His Legendary Collection

Four new players earned trophies on Tuesday at the inaugural Kings of Tallinn 2024 Autumn Edition on Tuesday at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

Two-time WSOP Bracelet winner and 2018 Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Juha Helppi has done it again as he shipped the €5,000 NLH Progressive Bounty for €14,800 plus bounties.

Latvia’s Deniss Lebedevs won the biggest prize of the day and the festival thus far after winning the two-day €1,100 PLO 4/5 Championship on the live-streamed final table for €30,570. Estonia’s Mauro-Mark Musting won the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty for €3,260, while Veikka Keto-Tokoi won the popular €150 NLH Celebrity Event for €8,964.

The final two of three opening flights concluded on Tuesday, bringing the field up to 447 entries, with 194 players bagging into Day 2. Late registration will remain open for the first three blind levels of Day 2 with Day 1a chip leader Theophile George from France kicking off the action with the chip lead.

Cash games were booming on Tuesday, including two high-stakes games with the €50/€50 PLO witnessed on the stream on Monday, moved to the casino floor for hours on end. Of course, every day players had plenty to choose from with €1/€3 no-limit hold’em and €2/€2 pot-limit Omaha also proving to be popular yesterday evening.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 5 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Juha Helppi Wins €5,000 NLH Progressive Bounty

Legends are sometimes born, but more often, they are self-made as is the case for Juha Helppi, who has just about done it all on poker’s biggest stages.

Helppi, who often frequents Olympic Park Casino during the big festivals throughout the year, remained calm, cool, and collected as he cruised to victory in the €5,000 NLH Progressive Bounty for €14,800 plus the big bounty at the end after defeating Lithuania’s Justas Vaiciulionis heads-up en route to the title.

The event attracted a talented field of 15 entries to create a €68,400 prize pool including €30,000 reserved for bounties.

Head to OlyBet.tv to read all about this prestigious event which was live reported from the beginning until the end.

Deniss Lebedevs Wins €1,100 PLO 4/5 Championship

Latvia’s Deniss Lebedevs bagged the overnight chip lead in the €1,100 PLO 4/5 Championship. He came back on Day 2 to finish the day in style with a title along with the €30,570 top prize after defeating Ukraine’s Mykhailo Chekarev heads-up.

Many eyes were watching to see how Finnish poker legend Aki Pyysing would perform on the live-streamed final table, and he managed to become the first player in the event to collect a five-figure prize after taking fourth place for €10,500.

The event itself proved to be as popular as always with 123 entries creating a €115,620 prize pool.

Mauro-Mark Musting Wins €250 NLH Progressive Bounty

Estonia’s Mauro-Mark Musting shined in the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty after defeating Norway’s Even Eidebakk heads-up. Both Musting and Eidebakk earned the €3,260 top prize with Musting winning the big bounty at the end to win the trophy.

The event attracted a healthy field of 175 entries to create a €36,190 prize pool including €17,500 reserved for bounties.

Veikka Keto-Tokoi Wins €150 Celebrity Special

The €150 NLH Celebrity Special always lives up to its billing as a fun event. The tournament was warmed up by a Meet and Greet open to all players, during which time the House Band dazzled the crowd with a bit of rock and roll.

The celebrities were welcomed one-by-one into the event and each had a special added bounty on their heads. For the first time, a Lithuanian celebrity in Lithuanian rapper and performer Dominykas Jezerys, also known as OG Version. Jezerys accomplished a rare feat with a celebrity advancing to the final table before bowing out in eighth place for €1,160 to become best performing celebrity in the Celebrity Special.

Meanwhile, after defeating fellow Finn Mika Hallstrom heads-up, Veikka Keto-Tokoi shipped the event for an impressive €8,964 for his €150 buy-in.

The event itself attracted a banner field of 370 entries to create a €45,214 prize pool.

Day 6 Schedule (October 23, 2024)

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Day 4: Monday, 21 October

Vihakas Wins €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup on Day 4

Five new players earned trophies on Monday at the inaugural Kings of Tallinn 2024: Autumn Edition on Monday at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

Finland’s Tapio Vihakas was the star of the day after winning the two-day Event #6: €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup for €20,197 top prize, for the largest prize thus far this festival. Two other Finns won titles making it five total this far this festival from the Scandinavian country with Juho Suutari winning the two-day Event #12: €2,000 NLH Progressive Bounty for €8,009 plus bounties and Totti Arosuo shipping Event #22: €350 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix for €7,733.

Norway’s Niclas Mjelstad cruised to victory on the final table of the two-day Event #14: €250 HORSE for €3,537, while Estonia added its third title this festival after Maksim Paponov won Event #16: €150 NLH Progressive Bounty for €2,401 plus bounties to cap off an exciting Monday.

Meanwhile, 135 entries got into the mix on the first of three opening flights of the three-day €555 Championship with France’s Theophile George leading the way after parlaying his 30,000 starting stack into 273,700 in chips. The two-day Event #17 PLO 4/5 Championship attracted 123 entries on its opening day for a €115,620 prize pool with the final 14 players will battle it out to a winner on Tuesday with Latvia’s Deniss Lebedevs earning the overnight chip lead.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 4 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Tapio Vihakas Wins Largest Prize Thus Far at KoT Autumn Edition

The €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup proved to be popular, with 357 entries, creating a tasty €98,897 prize pool. The top 41 players earned at least a €700 min-cash.

Northern Ireland’s Joshua Stewart was witnessed with a short stack at the start of the final table and managed to survive until heads-up play began against Tapio Vihakas. Vihakas earned the trophy, which came with a huge €20,197 top prize, while Stewart walked away with a healthy €13,500 consolation prize for his runner-up efforts.

Juho Suutari Wins €2,000 NLH Progressive Bounty

The €2,000 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted 31 entries to create a €53,909 prize pool, including €24,800 reserved for bounties. The final five players, who were already in the money for at least a €2,941 min-cash plus bounties resumed action on Monday, with Juho Suutari eventually battling against France’s Julien Fuchs for the title with both players locking up €8,009 with a big bounty still on the line for the winner.

Fuchs was denied the first title for France this festival, and instead, Finland won its fourth title, separating itself from the rest of the pack after Suutari defeated Fuchs to earn the trophy.

Niclas Mjelstad Wins €250 HORSE

The €250 HORSE witnessed 51 entries battling it out under a rotation of five limit games on its opening day on Sunday to create a €10,547 prize pool. The final six players returned to action on Monday with at least a €640 min-cash in their pockets in what turned out to be one of the quickest final tables this festival.

Norway’s Niclas Mjelstad had momentum the entire way as he cruised to victory to earn the €3,537 top prize after making quick work of countrymate Thor Morstal head-up to win the first title this festival for Norway.

Maksim Paponov Wins €150 NLH Progressive Bounty

The €150 NLH Progressive Bounty finished in one day with 120 entries generating a €17,952 prize pool including €4,800 reserved for bounties.

Estonia earned its third title of the festival after Maksim Paponov defeated Turkey’s Koray Korkmaz heads-up. Both of the heads-up players earned the €2,401 top prize, and Paponov earned the big bounty at the end of the event en route to victory.

Totti Arouso Wins €350 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix

Finland’s Totti Arouso earned the third title of the day for Finland and their fifth overall this festival after winning the €350 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix for €7,733. The event attracted 89 entries to create a €26,353 prize pool.

Norway nearly earned its second title of the day with two formidable players in Sondre Stormyr (second – €5,030) and Espen Sandvik (third – €3,480) earned their spots on the podium.

Day 5 Schedule (October 22, 2024)

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Day 3: Sunday, 20 October

Koistinen, Suviste, and Nildo Hoist Trophies on Day 3

The inaugural Kings of Tallinn 2024 Autumn Edition crowned its fourth, fifth, and sixth champions on a busy Sunday at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

Finland’s Mikael Koistinen won the first trophy of the day after winning the two-day Event #6: €350 8-Game for €4,636. The Estonian flag was finally waved for the first time after Siim Suviste won the one-day Event #10: €250 OFC Pineapple. After Estonia became the fourth country represented in the winner’s circle during the festival, with players from Bulgaria, Finland, and Latvia already winning trophies during the first two days, a second player from Estonia in Siim Niido won the one-day Event #11: €150 NLH DeepStack for €4,888.

In other news, the two-day Event #7: €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup played out its second and third opening flights. The field has already reached 245 entries to add €72,544 to the prize pool. Many more are expected to join the action when it resumes on Monday at Noon for the second and final day, with late registration remaining open during the first two blind levels of the day. Finland’s Miika Toyras (214,000) and Poland’s Bartosz Wesolek (207,500) were the only two players to catapult their 30,000 opening stacks into more than 200,000 in chips during the opening flights.

Meanwhile, 31 entries entered the two-day Event #12: €2,000 NLH Progressive Bounty, with the final five players battling it out for their share of the €53,909 prize pool, which includes €24,800 in progressive bounties. The first day of the two-day Event #14: €250 HORSE attracted 51 entries for a €10,546 prize pool, with the final six players returning on Monday to compete for €3,537 top prize with already a €640 min-cash locked up.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 3 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Mikael Koistinen Wins €350 8-Game (€4,636)

The €350 8-Game was one of the many tournaments on the schedule to receive a makeover with a 30-minute blind structure and a second day added. A total of 42 entries got into the mix to generate a €12,436 prize pool, with the final five competing on Day 2 already in the money.

The title was guaranteed to be awarded to either a player from Finland or the home country of Estonia. Two Finns in Ville Kontinen (fourth – €1,380) and Juho Suutari (fifth – €790) were the first two players on the rail before Estonia’s Andres Abakanov (third – €2,210) was the first player out on the podium.

This left Estonian poker beast Markku Koplimaa battling it out for the first Estonian title this festival against Finland’s Mikael Koistinen for the title. Koistinen defeated his opponent to win the €4,636 top prize, while Koplimaa added the runner-up prize of €3,420 to his bankroll for his efforts.

Suviste Wins First Trophy for Estonia

The one-day €250 OFC Pineapple proved to be popular once again with 68 entries creating a €14,062 prize pool.

The pressure was on Estonia’s Siim Suviste, the only local player among the 33 remaining players, as the first four trophies were awarded to players from outside Estonia.

Suviste trucked along as he witnessed his opponents hit the rail including German flag hunter Fabian Bartuschk (third – €2,000), Latvia’s Regnars Lindemanis (fourth – €1,420), Norway’s Sondre Stormyr (fifth – €1,080), Norway’s Tobias Napel (sixth – €870), Finland’s Sauli Haapaniemi (seventh – €680), and Finland’s Risto Ponnio (eighth – €540).

Eduards Rakuss was competing for the second title for Latvia but had to settle for the €2,920 runner-up prize instead with Suviste claiming the first trophy for the home country which came with the €4,552 top prize.

Niido Wins Second Trophy for Estonia

The one-day €150 NLH DeepStack lived up to its billing with 172 entries creating a €21,018 prize pool with the top 20 players earning at least a €300 min-cash for double the buy-in.

It seemed likely that a player from Finland would win their third trophy of the festival with three Finns and one Estonian battling it out with just four players remaining after Latvia’s Reinis Zdanovskis exited in fifth place for €1,420.

However, Siim Niido witnessed a trio of Finns, including Teemu Toikkanen (second – €3,260), Ville Vallenius (third – €2,350), and Roope Keminen (fourth – €1,830), hit the rail before becoming the second Estonian to win a trophy. The trophy came with the biggest prize of the day, with Niido banking €4,888 for his hard-earned victory.

Day 4 Schedule (21 October, 2024)

Monday will be an exciting day with five Kings of Tallinn trophies awarded, including three for two-day events.

Players will also have a free chance at winning their way into Tuesday’s two-day €5,000 NLH Progressive Bounty via a free path starting with a Freebuy Satellite at 7:30 into a €150 satellite, which will award at least two tickets into this prestigious event.

The two-day €1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship and the €555 Championship begin their multi-day affairs on Monday, while the live stream will begin on Monday at 6:30 p.m. with a high-octane €25/€50 PLO cash game affair.

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Day 2: Saturday, 19 October

Kovalovs and Huusko Wins Trophies on Day 2

The inaugural Kings of Tallinn 2024 Autumn Edition crowned its second and third champions on Saturday, October 19, at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

Latvia’s Andrejs Kovalovs earned the biggest prize thus far in the festival after winning the two-day Event #2: €250 NLH DeepStack Opening Event for €12,010. Finland’s Kalle Huusko also won a trophy late in the evening in the one-day Event #8: €150 PLO 4&5&6 Progressive Bounty Hyper Turbo for €1,863 plus bounties.

Three different countries were represented in the winner’s circle thus far with Bulgaria’s Aleksandar Georgiev also winning a trophy on the opening day.

Meanwhile, a pair of two-day events kicked off on Saturday. Event #6: €350 8-Game witnessed 42 entries create a €12,436 prize pool. The action played down to the money, with the final five returning at noon to play down to a winner, with Finland’s Mikael Koistenen starting with the chip lead in hopes of winning the trophy and the €4,636 top prize. Koistenen will have his work cut out for him with others eager to win the trophy, including Estonian poker legend Markku Koplimaa, who is just behind Koistenen in second place.

The two-day Event #7: €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup featured its first of three opening flights on Saturday with the final two opening flights slated for Sunday. Latvia’s Romans Kirilenkovs led the 39 survivors after bagging 158,500 in chips from his 30,000 starting stack.

Read on to learn more about what transpired on Day 2 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition:

Andrejs Kovalovs Wins €250 NLH DeepStack Opening Event (€12,010)

The €250 DeepStack Opening Event attracted nearly 80 more entries during the start of Day 2, bringing the field to 284 entries for a €58,731 prize pool, the largest thus far during the festival.

Players battled along, with many hitting the rail until Estonia’s Dmitri Damaskin bubbled after his queens were unable to hold against ace-ten. The final 34 players then locked in at least a €500 min-cash for double their buy-in.

The final table was reached hours later as players continued to battle. Estonian poker veteran Igor Pihela was the first out on the podium in third place for €5,710, leaving Andrejs Kovalovs and Finland’s Jukka Moisio competing for the title. Kovalovs came out on top to win the €12,010 top prize, while Moisio collected a healthy €8,061 for his runner up efforts.

Kalle Huusko Wins €150 PLO 4&5&6 Progressive Bounty Hyper Turbo (€1,863 + Bounties)

The €150 PLO 4&5&6 attracted a banner field of 121 entries to create a €14,786 prize pool including €9,946 awarded in prizes and another €4,840 reserved for progressive bounties.

The final five was a nearly all-Finnish affair and was still the case after two-time WSOP Circuit Tallinn ring winner Roope Tarmi exited in fifth place for €730 plus bounties. The title was guaranteed to head to Finland after Germany’s Steffen Logen was out of gas in fourth place for €940 plus bounties.

Finland’s Phenporn Laatikainen busted in third place for €1,280 plus bounties leaving Joona Koivisto and Kalle Huusko heads-up for the title with both players locking in the €1,863 top prize. Huusko won the big bounty at the end and the first trophy for Finland after defeating Koivisto to win the title.

Day 3 Schedule (20 October, 2024)

Three more trophies will be awarded on Day 3 of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park in the €350 8-Game, the €250 Open-face Chinese Pineapple, and the €150 NLH DeepStack. Three other events boast opening flights, including Day 1b and Day 1c of the €350 Kings of Tallinn Cup, the €2,000 NLH Progressive Bounty, and the €250 HORSE.

Other players will enjoy the two satellites on Sunday’s schedule while cash games will be running all day and all night at Olympic Park Casino, including expected high stakes cash games starting this evening.

Check out the full schedule of Day 3 below:

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Day 1: Friday, 18 October

Aleksandar Georgiev Finds Gold on the Opening Day

The inaugural 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition officially launched on Friday, marking an exciting new chapter for poker enthusiasts from October 18 to 27 at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park. The first Autumn Edition of the popular Kings of Tallinn brand is set to dazzle with a record 59 events, showcasing a diverse range of tournament formats and structures. The highlight, of course, is the €1,100 Main Event, which comes with an impressive €500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Bulgaria’s Aleksandar Georgiev was the star of the opening day after winning the only trophy on the opening day in the one-day Event #3: €150 NLH Progressive Bounty Hyper Turbo for €2,170. Georgiev put down his pen and pad that he had been using the last two years in Tallinn for the World Series of Poker Circuit Tallinn when he joined the OlyBet Poker live reporting team, capturing the action to memorialize a piece of poker history.

Meanwhile, the poker room was buzzing with action, with an impressive 205 entries hopping into Day 1 of the two-day Event #2: €250 NLH Deepstack to add €42,394 to the prize pool. More players are expected to hop into this event during the first blind level of Day 2 beginning on Saturday at 1 p.m. with the action playing down to a winner. Finland’s Akseli Valaja bagged the overnight chip lead after parlaying his 30,000 opening stack into a pile of 255,500 in chips.

This is not all, as a pair of satellites took place on Friday, including Event #1: Freebuy Satellite, to any €250 event, which attracted 138 entries and awarded 11 tickets. The evening boasted Event #4: €80 Mega Satellite to the €555 Championship. This event added value to the players that cashed with the 52 entries, coming up slightly short on the 10-seat guarantee.

Aleksandar Georgiev Puts His Stamp on the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition

Event #3: €150 NLH Progressive Bounty Hyper Turbo attracted 132 entries to create a €16,130 prize pool. This included €5,280 in progressive bounties and €10,850 on tap for players to earn from the prize pool.

It was an international affair which can be witnessed from the 15 players that cashed, which included players from Estonia, Finland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Germany, Spain, and Poland.

The podium was an international affair with the local Estonian crowd still alive to win their first trophy until Sergei Oganesjan hit the rail in third place for €1,420 in bounties leaving Finland’s Tomi Arponen and Aleksandar Georgiev competing for the title with both already locking up the €2,170 top prize designated for the top two players.

Georgiev won the big bounty at the end after defeating the formidable Arponen to earn the first trophy of the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition and forever enter his name into the ever-growing list of Kings of Tallinn side event champions.

Day 2 Schedule (19 October, 2024)

Day 2 boasts six different events including two satellites. The day begins with the final day of Event #2: €250 DeepStack Opening Event at noon with the start of the first mixed-game event beginning two hours later with cards in the air for the two-day Event #6: €350 8-Game at 2 p.m.

Players can start building their stacks on Day 1a of Event #7: €350 NLH Kings of Tallinn Cup at 5 p.m. with Event #8: €150 PLO4/PLO5/PLO6 Progressive Bounty awarding a trophy on Saturday with cards in the air at 8 p.m.

Check out the full schedule of Day 2 below:

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