Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026: Three Champions and 166 Players in the Mini-Main Final

The Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition 2026 has been underway since Friday at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel & Olympic Park Casino. The first three winners have now been crowned at the latest edition of the well-known OlyBet Poker Festival. In addition, the players who have advanced to the final of the €250 NLH Kings of Tallinn Mini-Main Event have been determined.

The first starting day of the Mini-Main Event on Friday saw 169 entries. This has already raised €34,577 for the prize pool. Of the players who started, 58 survived Day 1 and qualified for Sunday’s final. Yesterday, 169 entries were added on Day 1B. Of those, 69 made it through to Day 2. Igor Pihela from Estonia secured the victory with 255,500 chips. Day 1C was also played on Saturday, adding another 122 entries. From this flight, 41 players remain in the tournament. Here, Finland’s Tom Backman secured the largest stack with 223,000 chips.

This brings the total number of entries in the €250 NLH Kings of Tallinn Mini-Main Event to 460, creating a prize pool of €94,116. 166 players are still in the running. The chip leader from Day 1a, Harvard Solheim from Norway, leads the entire field with 365,000 chips. Late registration is still open on Sunday for the first two 40-minute levels of Day 2.

Event #4: €350 DeepStack Open-Face Chinese Pineapple

The first title at the 2026 Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition was decided in Event #4. 32 players paid the buy-in for the €350 DeepStack Open-Face Chinese Pineapple, creating a prize pool of €9,226. Tobias Napel of the Netherlands secured €3,316 in prize money and his first OFC trophy.

Event #5: €100 NLH Win TV Series

Event #5 saw the first victory by a local player. Igor Aleksandrov emerged victorious in Event #5, the €100 NLH Win TV Series, taking home €4,580 in prize money. A total of 280 entries contributed €22,610 to the prize pool. Imre Leibold and Mari-Liis Joa rounded out the Estonian one-two-three finish.

Event #6: €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty

The €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty attracted 82 entries. This resulted in a prize pool of €8,577 and €8,200 in bounties (for a total of €16,777). In the end, the victory and €1,900 (plus bounties) went to Carl Lockmer of Finland.

OlyBet provides further information on qualification options and the tournament.

Photos and information courtesy of OlyBet Poker / Mairo Toom.