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Table Of Contents

  • Quad Kings? Tough Break…
  • New Main Event Record as Guarantee Nears
  • Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
  • Gisle Olsen Triumphs in the PLO 4/5/6 Card Event for a Career-Best €52,280
  • €1,100 PLO4/5 Championship Final Table Results
  • Other winners
  • Kings of Tallinn Remaining Schedule
  • 2025 Kings of Tallinn Results

It was a wild Thursday at Olympic Park Casino as the Kings of Tallinn Festival, ran by OlyBet, turned up the heat. The €1 million guaranteed Main Event smashed its previous entry record, but over in the cash game area, the real celebration was happening at a low-stakes Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha table.

That’s where the Bad Beat Jackpot hit in an absolutely brutal hand—though when a BBJ lands, nobody really walks away a loser.

Now in its 10th year, Kings of Tallinn continues to be a festival packed with action. The tournaments are world-class, but the cash games are just as juicy.

Quad Kings? Tough Break…

The action unfolded in a five-card PLO game, where two players got tangled in a monster cooler. Miko Männisto, with KKJ63, must have been feeling pretty good after making a set of kings on the KJ4flop, only for things to get better on the turn when the Kdropped.

But the river had other ideas as 9rolled off, completing Klaus Gronberg's straight flush draw as they held Q10998, good for a king-high straight flush.

Cue the stunned silence, followed by the jackpot celebrations.

While the four-of-a-kind technically “lost” the hand, Männisto walked away with the biggest slice of the jackpot—€20,350. Gronberg collected €10,175, and every other player at the table got a €2,035 share just for being in the right place at the right time.

One of those players, Sebastian Ville-Oskari, almost missed out entirely—he had been about to switch tables but decided to play just one more hand. Talk about perfect timing.

Second Largest Bad Beat Jackpot Ever Hits — $2.2 Million

New Main Event Record as Guarantee Nears

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Back in the tournament streets, the Kings of Tallinn Main Event wrapped up its Day 1 flights in record-breaking fashion. Day 1D was the busiest of the bunch, with 149 of its 352 entries advancing to today’s Day 2, while Day 1E saw 66 players move on from a field of 162 entries.

That brings the total entry count to 947, surpassing last year’s record of 914. So far, 373 players have bagged and tagged a stack, but if you’re not among them, there’s still hope—late registration remains open for the first four levels of Day 2.

Rune Brunes topped the charts in Day 1D with a stack of 279,000 to take second in the overall chip counts. Piotr Sztenkiel performed best in Day 1E, ending with 245,000.

Even this poker writer managed to squeak their way into Day 2 with an albeit more modest stack of 51,600. It was a tough day on the felt, with momentum hard to come by, especially when Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies joined my table. The online poker legend and former High Stakes Pokerplayer also managed to make it through Day 1D and will start with an above average 91,300.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Veikka Väinö Keto-TokoiFinland300,000250
2Rune BrunesNorway279,000232
3Rauno RattEstonia253,500211
4Piotr SztenkielPoland245,000204
5Mauri DorbekEstonia229,700191
6Richard MelbyNorway224,600187
7Konstantyn HolskyiUkraine221,500184
8Dmitri ZatsikEstonia211,400176
9Enea SubashiGreece205,000170
10Sebastian WahlFinland199,300166

Gisle Olsen Triumphs in the PLO 4/5/6 Card Event for a Career-Best €52,280

Gisle Olsen
Gisle Olsen

Denmark's Gisle Olsen will forever fondly look back at the 2025 Kings of Tallinn festival because it is where they recorded their first live poker tournament victory. Olsen navigated his way through a 271-strong field in the €1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 4/5/6 card event and scooped €52,280 of the €252,030 prize pool. Olsen's haul represents a career-best score and takes his lifetime earnings to over $510,000.

The seven-handed final table was a Scandinavian and Nordic affair, with one Dane, a player from Sweden, a Norwegian, and four Finnish grinders present and correct.

The Norwegian was none other than Tobias Leknes, the online poker mixed game genius who plays at PokerStars under the "Senkel92" alias, where he has captured 13 World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles. There would be no live victory in this event for Leknes because he bowed out in seventh, much to the delight of his former table mates.

Sixth place and the first five-figure prize of the final table wen to Finland's Kristian Kostiander. You may recall that Kostiander won the €1,650 Patrick Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event in Tallinn in April 2022 for a career-best €70,050. That win came at the same venue that's hosting the 2025 Kings of Tallinn festival!

Remarkably, fifth-place finisher Jussi Matilla finished second in the Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event, meaning he was sharing this final table with a familiar face. The €14,400 Matilla collected in this event was the 21st five-figure score of his career.

Another Finn, Frederik Lindstrom, busted in fourth for €18,600, his first Kings of Tallinn cash. The PLO4/5/6 Card event progressed to heads-up soon after when Alexander Norden was cut down in third for €24,500. Norden's latest haul pushed his live tournament earnings through the $500,000 barrier.

Heads-up saw Olsen take on Tero Laurila, the reigning Irish Open champion. The one-on-one clash could have gone either way, but it was Olsen who came out on top and clinched the €52,280 top prize, a new carer-high. Laurila headed into the night with the €34,350 consolation prize in tow.

€1,100 PLO4/5 Championship Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Gisle OlsenDenmark€52,280
2Tero LaurilaFinland€34,350
3Alexander NordenSweden€24,500
4Fredrik LindströmFinland€18,600
5Jussi MattilaFinland€14,400
6Kristian KostianderFinland€11,250
7Tobias LeknesNorway€8,650

Other winners

While Olsen was marching onto victory in the €1,100 PLO 4/5/6 Card event, four other Kings of Tallinn attendees were striding towards win in other events.

Samuel Saariaho turned €200 into €8,689 in the No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed event, while Tarjei Forus will forever be known as the €350 PLO 4/5/6 Card PKO champion, an accolade that also came with €6,210. Forus won a €150 PLO 4/5 card event at the 2024 WSOPC Tallinn festival last July.

Ville-Tapio Mesiranta's second recorded live score is also his first outright victory. The Finn won the €200 Pot-Limit Sökö Nullo, outlasting 76 opponents to collect €3,30.

Last but not least, a shout-out to Henri Kettunen, who took down the €555 No-Limit Hold'em for €13,645. This was only Kettunnen's second cash since June 2023, but it was worth the wait.

Kings of Tallinn Remaining Schedule

DateTimeEvent
Fri, Feb 2812 p.m.No Limit Hold'em - Kings of Tallinn Main Event Day 2
Fri, Feb 2812 p.m.Freebuy Satellite (€150 Tickets to €3,000 NLH Satellite at 9 p.m., €10 Rebuys & Add-On, 7 x €150 Seats GTD)
Fri, Feb 283 p.m.€120 + 80 No Limit Hold'em - Progressive Bounty
Fri, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 15 p.m.€555 Pot Limit Sviten Championship Day 1
Fri, Feb 287 p.m.€150 Satellite to €3,000 Event (3 x €3,000 Seats GTD)
Fri, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 18 p.m.€700 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack Progressive Bounty Day 1
Fri, Feb 2810 p.m.€150 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Card Turbo
Sat, Mar 112 p.m.Free Freezeout Satellite (5 x €150 Tickets)
Sat, Mar 112 p.m.No Limit Hold'em - Kings of Tallinn Main Event Day 3
Sat, Mar 11 p.m.€150 Satellite to €3,000 Event (3 x €3,000 Seats GTD)
Sat, Mar 11 p.m.€200 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
Sat, Mar 13 p.m.€150 No Limit Hold'em - Queens Ladies Event (Entry restricted)
Sat, Mar 1 - Sun, Mar 24 p.m.€3,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed Day 1
Sat, Mar 15 p.m.€200 5 Card Mix (Sviten/PLO5/5-card Triple Draw, Pot Limit, High Only, 6-handed)
Sat, Mar 17 p.m.€200 No Limit Hold'em
Sat, Mar 1 - Sun, Mar 27 p.m.€750 Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Card Mystery Bounty Day 1
Sat, Mar 19 p.m.€150 No Limit Hold'em - Online Event (Entry restricted)
Sat, Mar 110 p.m.€150 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo
Sun, Mar 212 p.m.No Limit Hold'em - Kings of Tallinn Main Event Final
Sun, Mar 212 p.m.No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed Final
Sun, Mar 21 p.m.Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Card Mystery Bounty Final
Sun, Mar 22 p.m.€110 + 40 Pot Limit Omaha 4/5/6 Card - Progressive Bounty Turbo
Sun, Mar 23 p.m.€200 No Limit Hold'em - Mini Main Event

2025 Kings of Tallinn Results

EventEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
€200 NLH Deepstack319€50,434Timo Tamminen€10,260
€350 Kings of Tallinn Cup455€131,177Stanislav Smeljov€26,100
€150 PLO 4/5/6 Mix209€25,268Andreas Backlund€5,228
€200 OFC Pineapple87€13,755Artem Berliand€4,035
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty221€17,260Enea Subashi€2,920
€200 NLH/PLO 4/5204€32,252Olaf Larssen€6,880
€350 HORSE89€25,659Antti Suominen€7,510
€200 NLH Deepstack224€35,414Cato Vonheim€6,895
€200 PL 7 Card Stud/7 Card Stud Hi-Lo56€8,854Jason Glatzer€3,010
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty230€17,963Henri Schalin€3,070
€350 Dealer's Choice (Hi Only)77€22,199Olli-Pekka Huuskonen€6,640
€350 8-Game98€28,253Niko Heikkinen€8,300
€200 NLH Estonian Independence Day Special338€53,438Elias Jalovaara€10,840
€200 NLH/PLO 4/592€14,545Sebastian Wahl€4,275
€555 Kings of Tallinn Championship710€330,150Benyamin Canatan€66,050
The Royal Showdown (Restricted)12€2,500Karl Karlsson/Juha Helppi€1,000
€350 OFC Pinapple Championship106€30,560Siarhei Narozhny€8,980
€555 Mystery Bounty197€91,605Robert Kaggerud€16,045
€150 NLH Turbo212€25,631Aleksi Roine€5,470
€200 PL Razz67€10,593Blaz Zerjav€3,190
€200 NLH Royal Challenge330€52,173Vilius Zabarauskas€10,610
€5,000 High Roller58€264,480Kestutis Jungevicius€90,380
€200 NLH Progressive Bounty384€29,990Juho Suutari€4,650
€ 200 PL 2-7 Triple Draw70€11,067Elias Suhonen€3,317
€1,100 PLO 4/5 Card Championship271€252,030Gisle Olsen€52,280
€200 NLH 8-Handed273€43,161Samuel Saariaho€8,689
€350 PLO4/5/6 Progressive Bounty191€35,965Tarjei Forus€6,210
€200 PL Sökö Nullo77€12,174Ville-Tapio Mesiranta€3,330
€555 NLH115€53,475Henri Kettunen€13,645

Images courtesy of Elena Kask/Kings of Tallinn

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