At the Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026, powered by OlyBet, the Main Event entered its second day yesterday at the Olympic Park Casino in the Hilton Tallinn Park. 64 players remain in the running. Among them is Scotty Nguyen, who went all-in just before the bubble burst and hit a set on the flop. In addition, three other events came to a close.
The Main Event field, with 607 entries, generated a prize pool of €564,510, which is significantly higher than the guaranteed total of 500,000 euros. Lithuanian Grantas Naujokas took the lead with 909,000 chips, well ahead of Finland’s Ville-Tapio Mesiranta in second place with 820,000 and Spain’s David Santalla Marfil in third place with 745,000. The average chip stack among the 64 remaining players is approximately 284,000 chips, which corresponds to about 47 big blinds.
Scotty Nguyen caused quite a stir. The five-time WSOP bracelet winner and 1998 world champion has been a regular on the European Tour in Tallinn for over a month. At Level 17 (2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante), Nguyen had only 37,000 chips in the big blind when Finnish player Julius Kettunen went all-in with a significantly larger stack. Nguyen called with ace-nine. The flop brought a nine, briefly making Nguyen the clear favorite to win. Kettunen hit a straight draw on the turn, but the river brought no change, allowing Nguyen to double his stack and carry 138,000 chips into Day 3.
Two former Kings of Tallinn Main Event champions are also still in the running. Sweden’s Johan Karlsson, winner of the 2020 edition for €126,900, returns with 393,000 chips. His compatriot Johan Creutz, the 2016 champion who won €52,200, is carrying 358,000 chips. No player has ever won the Kings of Tallinn Main Event twice.
Iryna Tsikhanskaya of Belarus secured the largest chip stack among all remaining women with 395,000 chips. Sweden’s Mounir Tajiou, runner-up in the 2025 Kings of Tallinn Main Event, is also back in the running with 242,000 chips. Mantas Bagocius of Lithuania, the defending champion of the Kings of Vilnius Main Event, has 302,000 chips. Linas Bulksas of Lithuania, the defending champion of the Kings of Vilnius Championship, is in seventh place in the overall standings with 512,000 chips.
On Day 3, the field of 64 players must be reduced to a final table of nine players. Here are the chip counts after Day 2:
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Grantas Naujokas | Lithuania | 909,000 |
| 2 | Ville-Tapio Mesiranta | Finland | 820,000 |
| 3 | David Marfil | Spain | 745,000 |
| 4 | Tomas Kirchovas | Lithuania | 644,000 |
| 5 | Edgars Hauks | Latvia | 595,000 |
| 6 | Juho Suutari | Finland | 558,000 |
| 7 | Linas Bulksas | Lithuania | 512,000 |
| 8 | Juhani Hassi | Finland | 489,000 |
| 9 | Jorgen Andersen | Denmark | 475,000 |
| 10 | Jawad Habib | Sweden | 450,000 |
| 11 | Julian Selinger | Germany | 428,000 |
| 12 | Igor Pihela | Estonia | 422,000 |
| 12 | Arturs Krasnoluckis | Latvia | 422,000 |
| 14 | Pasi Sormunen | Finland | 422,000 |
| 15 | Kert Soitu | Estonia | 398,000 |
| 16 | Iryna Tsikhanskaya | Belarus | 395,000 |
| 17 | Johan Karlsson | Sweden | 393,000 |
| 18 | Martin Zobel | Germany | 380,000 |
| 19 | Jon Martinez De Antonana Garaial | Spain | 370,000 |
| 20 | Antoine Vranken | Belgium | 368,000 |
| 21 | Johan Creutz | Sweden | 358,000 |
| 22 | Erhan Arican | Turkey | 343,000 |
| 23 | Sander Leigri | Estonia | 342,000 |
| 24 | Jesus Martinez Ucero | Spain | 328,000 |
| 25 | Mantas Bagocius | Lithuania | 302,000 |
| 26 | Andrei-Iustin Birgaoanu | Romania | 291,000 |
| 27 | Philippe Lefrancois | Canada | 289,000 |
| 28 | Jordi Conejos Baixas | Spain | 281,000 |
| 29 | Lluis Murcia Grano | Spain | 280,000 |
| 30 | Evgeny Vyal | Ukraine | 278,000 |
| 31 | Mikael Haapaniemi | Finland | 266,000 |
| 32 | Miika Töyräs | Finland | 254,000 |
| 33 | Pasi Laihinen | Finland | 252,000 |
| 34 | Iiro Elomaa | Finland | 245,000 |
| 35 | Mounir Tajiou | Sweden | 242,000 |
| 36 | Eedi Kirves | Estonia | 208,000 |
| 37 | Adrian Jimenez Ruano | Spain | 195,000 |
| 37 | Samuel Ju | United States | 195,000 |
| 39 | Martins Poritis | Latvia | 182,000 |
| 40 | Mikko Ylämäki | Finland | 180,000 |
| 41 | Tiiu Naar | Estonia | 173,000 |
| 42 | Oskar Ojaveer | Estonia | 171,000 |
| 43 | Xavier Lyu | France | 169,000 |
| 44 | Martin Piik | Estonia | 164,000 |
| 44 | Kaarle Parikka | Finland | 164,000 |
| 46 | Samuel Adnoy | Norway | 155,000 |
| 47 | Yaniv Peretz | Israel | 151,000 |
| 48 | Totti Arosuo | Finland | 144,000 |
| 49 | Scotty Nguyen | Vietnam | 138,000 |
| 50 | Andrei Rozinko | Ukraine | 109,000 |
| 51 | Julius Kettunen | Finland | 106,000 |
| 52 | Mario Boos | Germany | 101,000 |
| 52 | Lars Kjestrup | Denmark | 101,000 |
| 54 | Krisjanis Balodis | Latvia | 92,000 |
| 54 | James Noonan | Ireland | 92,000 |
| 56 | Kristaps Kalva | Latvia | 91,000 |
| 57 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 88,000 |
| 58 | Artjoms Skvarkovskis | Latvia | 71,000 |
| 59 | Sergi Kapanadze | Georgia | 68,000 |
| 59 | Audrius Navickas | Lithuania | 68,000 |
| 61 | Rokas Barzdzius | Lithuania | 64,000 |
| 62 | Erik Põlluveer | Estonia | 57,000 |
| 63 | Ludwig Hedström | Sweden | 52,000 |
| 64 | Teemu Sattanen | Finland | 50,000 |
Three champions were also crowned on Friday. Sweden’s Andreas Reimblad won the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty for €3,090 plus bounties, France’s Baptiste Caim secured victory in the €200 NLH Turbo (8-Handed) for €4,446, and Onni Huttunen from Finland took the title in the €555 NLH for €7,260.
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