Drea Karlsen Wins WSOP Circuit Queens Ring

Drea Karlsen

The action was electric on Tuesday at OlyBet’s flagship home, Olympic Park Casino, and the Hilton Tallinn Park. Women in poker were the center of attention as the OlyBet Poker live stream kicked off in style with the second and final day of the WSOP Circuit Tallinn €350 NLH Queens ring event. Norway’s Drea Karlsen was the star of the show in front of the lights and cameras after defeating Sweden’s Sindy Ygborn heads-up to win the coveted WSOP Circuit ring, the €6,480 top prize, and a trip to the WSOP Paradise valued at $5,000.

The €1 million guaranteed WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event witnessed 125 players get into the mix with local poker hero Igor Pihela Sr. leading the 47 survivors with a huge stack of 305,500 from his starting stack of 50,000.

Latvia’s Raivis Pucurs leads the final 20 from a field of 744 entries in the €555 NLH ring event with players already locking up €2,450 from the massive €353,400 with a €62,100 top prize on the line. The 2023 Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event champion Kai Lehto is looking to add more poker hardware as he leads the final 29 players from a field of 185 entries in the €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 ring event.

Karlsen wasn’t the only woman with a reason to celebrate last night. The 2023 Queens of Tallinn champion Marta Porter shipped the €200 NLH WSOPC Tallinn Special for €8,600, and Norway’s Rolf Stokke earned the trophy and the €5,490 top prize after winning the €350 PLO5 8-Max.

Read on to learn more about the fourth day at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Tallinn Park.

Second Queens Victory for Karlsen This Year

The €350 NLH Queens attracted 74 entries on its opening day on Monday to create a €21,793 prize pool. Players were in the money to start the second and final day for at least a min-cash of €700 with the chance to play in front of family, friends, and poker fans with hole cards shown on a delay on the official OlyBet Poker social media channels.

Players were visibly enjoying the moment with plenty of banter throughout the table. Drea Karlsen, who recently won the €80 Queens Event at the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius, entered the action with the chip lead and was near the top of the chip counts throughout the day en route to victory.

With three players remaining, Karlsen shoved with king-four to eliminate Nadja Sutter with jacks in third place for €2,770 after a king spiked the river. At this point, Karlsen held most of the chips in play and eliminated Sindy Ygborn in second place for €4,250 when her sixes held strong against queen-four.

Sindy Ygborn

Ygborn, her rail, and Karlsen’s rail erupted in applause and hugs to celebrate Karlsen’s epic victory that should cement her status as a feared opponent for years to come.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Norway Drea KarlsenNorway€6,480
2Sweden Sindy YgbornSweden€4,150
3Switzerland Nadja SutterSwitzerland€2,770
4Latvia Vita VeidemaneLatvia€1,950
5Finland Saara BenlamineFinland€1,443
6Belarus Iryna TsikhanskayaBelarus€1,120
7Estonia Helina TammEstonia€910
8Sweden Jenny WesterlundSweden€820
9Latvia Anzelika UrbaneLatvia€750
10Switzerland Maureen BlöchingerSwitzerland€700
11Kazakhstan Svetlana AubakirovaKazakhstan€700

Marta Porter Wins €200 NLH WSOPC Tallinn Special

Marta Porter

Lithuania’s Marta Porter will be forever recognized as the first-ever Queens of Tallinn champion back in 2023. While she was unable to cash in the Queens Ring Event, she did manage to earn a trophy of her own on Tuesday after defeating fellow Lithuanian Aleksandr Naumov to win the €8,600 top prize in the €200 NLH WSOPC Tallinn Special.

The event attracted 261 entries, creating a €42,152 prize pool. The top 34 players earned at least a €360 min-cash.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Lithuania Marta PorterLithuania€8,600
2Lithuania Aleksandr NaumovLithuania€5,780
3Finland Riku OksanenFinland€4,100
4Sweden Rohan OberoiSweden€3,060
5Italy Massimiliano MoriItaly€2,340
6Sweden Martin AmatoSweden€1,820
7Finland Kasper WestmanFinland€1,450
8Estonia Kevin AmonEstonia€1,172
9Switzerland Haitian YangChina€990
10Finland Olli SiitonenFinland€830
11Brazil Frederico Alves Dos SantosBrazil€830
12Finland Markus KiveläFinland€730
13Russian Federation Aleksandr JelpidiforovRussia€730
14Finland Atte SyrjäläFinland€640
15Finland Henri SchalinFinland€640
16Finland Ville LönngrenFinland€570
17Greece Enea SubashiGreece€570
18Australia Jeremy KellyAustralia€510
19Latvia Rihards RusanovsLatvia€510
20Estonia Ardo KiirkiviEstonia€510
21Finland Niclas WestmanFinland€470
22Lithuania Irmantas BzeskisLithuania€470
23Finland Sakari MattilaFinland€470
24Spain Jon Aldecoa JuradoSpain€430
25Finland Miila Uusi-PietiläFinland€430
26Finland Marjo NikkinenFinland€430
27Finland Tino KaukonenFinland€430
28Finland Jani SaranenFinland€390
29Finland Petri NikkinenFinland€390
30Denmark Thomas Sjoholm-ChristensenDenmark€390
31Finland Anu LiljaFinland€390
32Estonia Herli OlopEstonia€360
33Lithuania Martynas SaltisLithuania€360
34Lithuania Andrius BielskisLithuania€360

Rolf Stokke Wins €350 PLO5 8-Max

Norway’s Rolf Stokke won the final trophy on tap on Tuesday after defeating Ukraine’s Isa Hihiiev (second – €3,540) to win the €5,490 top prize.

The event attracted a field of 55 entries to generate €16,198 in prizes with the top seven players collecting at least €838 from the prize pool.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Norway Rolf StokkeNorway€5,490
2Ukraine Isa HihiievUkraine€3,540
3Finland Pasi HeinonenFinland€2,360
4Finland Markus PiippolaFinland€1,680
5Germany Fabian BartuschkGermany€1,270
6Switzerland Andreas FrohliSwitzerland€1,020
7Finland Jarkko RuuskanenFinland€838

2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Day 6 Schedule (Wednesday, July 30)

Wednesday will be full of excitement straight out of the gate with four ring events kicking off simultaneously. Three of those ring events in the three-day €555 NLH, the two-day €1,100 PLO4/PLO5, and the one-day €5,000 NLH 6-Handed.

This is not all. The €1,100 8-Game, which mixed game players have been chattering about all week, will begin its first of two days at 5 p.m., while the highlight of the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn in the €1 million guaranteed €1,500 Main Event hosts both Day 1b and Day 1c on Wednesday.

Players can also choose to aim for a trophy in two side events. Later in the day, they can earn a €1,500 Main Event seat in a Mega Satellite guaranteeing 10 seats at 7 p.m.

TimeEvent
12:00Event #3: WSOPC €555 NLH Final Day
12:00Event #6: WSOPC €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 Final Day
12:00Event #5: WSOPC €1,500 NLH Main Event Day 1b
12:00Event #7: WSOPC €5,000 NLH, 6-Handed
15:00Event #33: €350 NLH
17:00Event #8: WSOPC €1,100 8-Game Day 1
19:00Event #5: WSOPC €1,500 NLH Main Event Day 1c
19:00Event #34: €150 NLH Mega Satellite to the €1,500 WSOPC Tallinn Main Event (10 Seats GTD)
22:00Event #35: €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix Turbo

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