Niinivaara, Siljander, and Vinaya Win WSOP Circuit Tallinn Rings on Wednesday

Wednesday was full of action and amazing emotions with three ring winners crowned at the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn at OlyBet’s flagship home, Olympic Park Casino, and the Hilton Tallinn Park.

The day began with four ring events kicking off simultaneously at noon. The second and third opening flight of the €1 million guaranteed 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 NLH Main Event with already 452 entries in the mix with two more opening flights to go on Thursday along with late registration remaining open for the first two blind levels of Friday’s Day 2, when the Main Event coverage kicks into full force at poker.pro.

Sweden’s Harem Rafat leads the way over the 144 survivors in the Main Event thus far with 359,500 in chips from his opening stack of 50,000, followed by the formidable Finn Luka Sorainen with 313,000 and the 2020 Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Johan Karlsson with 310,500.

Finland’s Toni Niinivaara was the first player of the day to earn a ring in the three-day €555 NLH for €62,100. The 2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event champion and the 2024 Kings of Tallinn champion from Finland, Mathias Siljander, earned a ring on the OlyBet Poker live stream in the two-day €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 for €41,000.

The live stream then moved over to cover the €5,000 NLH. The one-day affair lasted around 17 hours before Norway’s David Vinaya won the largest prize thus far this festival, €94,280. All three ring winners also earned a trip to the WSOP Paradise, valued at $5,000.

In addition to the three rings awarded, two players earned trophies in side events. Finland’s Thomas Sjoholm-Christensen won the €350 NLH for €12,340, Tomi Arponen shipped the €200 NLH/PLO4/PLO5 Mix Turbo for €5,160, and the €1,100 8-Game ring event finished its opening day.

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Toni Niinivaara Wins €555 NLH (€62,100)

The three-day €555 NLH attracted 744 entries to create a €353,400 prize pool. The third and final day witnessed 20 runners return, hoping to become the latest WSOP Circuit Tallinn ring winner.

Norway’s Ronny Albrigtsen may not have earned a win, but he laddered up significantly after a tremendous run as the short stack to start the day with a sixth-place performance worth €10,800.

Instead, Finland’s Toni Niinivaara joined the exclusive ring-winner club after defeating the Netherlands’ Roy Van Der Reijnst (second – €42,250) to earn the €62,100 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Toni Niinivaara	Finland	€62,100
2	Roy Van Der Reijnst	Netherlands	€42,250
3	Raivis Pucurs	Latvia	€29,250
4	Risto Pärnat	Estonia	€20,650
5	Kristers Muhins	Latvia	€14,750
6	Ronny Albrigtsen	Norway	€10,800
7	Svajunas Prismantas	Lithuania	€8,000
8	Roberts Krigers	Latvia	€6,100
9	Kenneth Svendsen	Norway	€4,700
10	Hryhorii Meleshenko	Ukraine	€3,700
11	David Marfil	Spain	€3,700
12	Gonzalo Perez	Spain	€2,950
13	Baptiste Caim	France	€2,950
14	Maksim Petrov	Estonia	€2,950
15	Martin Piik	Estonia	€2,950
16	Zigmas Pekarskas	Lithuania	€2,450
17	Maikel Homin	Estonia	€2,450
18	Anton Markachev	Russia	€2,450
19	Jamie Brent	Ireland	€2,450
20	Casimir Seire	Finland	€2,450
21	Christoffer Munk Jensen	Denmark	€2,450
22	Jawad Habib	Sweden	€2,450
23	Aleksandre Apryan	Georgia	€2,450
24	Harem Rafat	Sweden	€2,450
25	Nico Frenn	Switzerland	€2,000
26	Jack Markus	Sweden	€2,000
27	Lukas Poskus	Lithuania	€2,000
28	Jimmy Dewerdt	France	€2,000
29	Saulius Tumosa	Lithuania	€2,000
30	Peter Kvisthammar	Sweden	€2,000
31	Christian Steinbo	Norway	€2,000
32	Krists Kaupe	Latvia	€2,000
33	Thomas Leyrer	Germany	€1,750
34	Miko Miettinen	Finland	€1,750
35	Meelis Uusen	Finland	€1,750
36	Gintaras Naglius	Lithuania	€1,750
37	Vetle Holum	Norway	€1,750
38	Ardo Pinna	Estonia	€1,750
39	Osku Karttunen	Finland	€1,750
40	Jussi Julkunen	Finland	€1,750
41	Tõnis Viik	Estonia	€1,500
42	Saara Benlamine	Finland	€1,500
43	Andris Rasins	Latvia	€1,500
44	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	€1,500
45	David Kozma	Hungary	€1,500
46	Taago Tamm	Estonia	€1,500
47	Aleksander Timonin	Estonia	€1,500
48	Petri Härkönen	Finland	€1,500
49	Andrei Mjagkov	Estonia	€1,350
50	Ritvars Cekalins	Latvia	€1,350
51	Aleksandr Daniltsenko	Estonia	€1,350
52	Akseli Paalanen	Finland	€1,350
53	Mario Fenaroli	Switzerland	€1,350
54	Serhii Chalap	Ukraine	€1,350
55	Linus Englund	Sweden	€1,350
56	Miika Töyräs	Finland	€1,350
57	Min Guk Kim	South Korea	€1,250
58	Mairo Tori	Estonia	€1,250
59	Janis Vasiljevs	Latvia	€1,250
60	Marijus Dirgela	Lithuania	€1,250
61	Petter Richardsen	Norway	€1,250
62	Artur Külanurk	Estonia	€1,250
63	Rasmus Lundström	Finland	€1,250
64	Borja Martinez	Spain	€1,250
65	Tomi Arponen	Finland	€1,150
66	Grigory Zima	Russia	€1,150
67	Simon Hesserud Persson	Sweden	€1,150
68	Janno Pikkat	Estonia	€1,150
69	Aurimas Stanevicius	Lithuania	€1,150
70	Yann Le Frioux	France	€1,150
71	Jyrki Lampinen	Finland	€1,150
72	Vygerdas Jonikas	Lithuania	€1,150
73	Lars Eketrapp	Sweden	€1,100
74	Oliver Gamble	Denmark	€1,100
75	Mikael Haapaniemi	Finland	€1,100
76	Arkadiusz Liszewski	Poland	€1,100
77	Victor Vozian	Romania	€1,100
78	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	€1,100
79	Mika Surakka	Finland	€1,100
80	Gatis Popovs	Latvia	€1,100
81	Jan Verner	Czech Republic	€1,100
82	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	€1,100
83	Lasse Aarninsalo	Finland	€1,100
84	Ralf Mikk	Estonia	€1,100
85	Dmitri Marsalok	Estonia	€1,100
86	Matthew Micallef	Malta	€1,100
87	Stanislovas Vinicenka	Lithuania	€1,100
88	Andres Lõiv	Estonia	€1,100
89	Herli Olop	Estonia	€1,100
90	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	€1,100
91	Alvils Bijons	Latvia	€1,100
92	Kaius Kiidli	Estonia	€1,100
93	Ismael Dominguez	Spain	€1,100
94	Alexander Norden	Sweden	€1,100
95	Joel Lehtinen	Finland	€1,100
96	Luka Sorainen	Finland	€1,100
97	Vladimiras Meckovskis	Lithuania	€1,100
98	Ranel Käsi	Estonia	€1,100
99	Kimmo Kurko	Finland	€1,100
100	Markku Koplimaa	Estonia	€1,100
101	Marko Vest	Estonia	€1,100
102	Joel Haapio	Finland	€1,100
103	Tommi Ylönen	Finland	€1,100
104	Timmy Anker	Denmark	€1,100
105	Mounir Tajiou	Sweden	€1,100
106	Riku Oksanen	Finland	€1,100
107	Kaspars Zilgalvis	Latvia	€1,100
108	Siim Kabel	Estonia	€1,100
109	Arasch Mirzai	Sweden	€1,100
110	Janne Ojala	Finland	€1,100
111	Fred Martens	Estonia	€1,100
112	Ishak Noyan	Sweden	€1,100

Mathias Siljander Wins Ring and Passes $1 Million at The Hendon Mob

Finland’s Mathias Siljander is a bit of a legend at Olympic Park Casino. The Finn has come to most of the major poker festivals in the Estonian capital and consistently runs deep, whether playing with two cards or, in this case, four and five cards.

Siljander cemented his status as a local poker hero with a memorable victory on the live stream in the €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 ring event for €41,000. This was enough to catapult Siljander past the elusive $1 million mark in total tracked cashes at The Hendon Mob after defeating countrymate Aleksi Lindholm (second – $27,150) heads-up.

Several other storylines emerged at the final table. Georgia’s Andria Gogelidze won the first PLO ring in the two-day Event #2: €555 PLO4/PLO5 for €27,100 and nearly did the unthinkable by winning a ring in the €1,100 PLO4/PLO5. He fell out in third place for €18,300 just after Frank Visser, who in the Winter was at the Kings of Tallinn reporting for poker.pro, busted in fourth place for $13,150.

Meanwhile, last year, Riku Koivurinne won a trophy in this event, followed by a ring in a side event. This time, he won a trophy on the first day in the €350 Open Face Chinese Pineapple and was aiming for back-to-back victories in the €1,100 PLO4/PLO5. His deep run ended in sixth place for €6,900.

Finland’s Roope Tarmi also aimed for a historic achievement. Tarmi won a ring both at the WSOP Circuit Tallinn in 2023 and repeated it in 2024. The Finn was aiming for three years in a row, but will need to try to get a ring in a different event after exiting in ninth place for €3,850.

The €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 attracted 185 entries, creating a €175,750 prize pool. Check out the full payouts below:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mathias Siljander	Finland	€41,000
2	Aleksi Lindholm	Finland	€27,150
3	Andria Gogelidze	Georgia	€18,300
4	Frank Visser	Netherlands	€13,150
5	Renars Skanis	Latvia	€9,250
6	Riku Koivurinne	Finland	€6,900
7	Antti Veteläinen	Finland	€5,350
8	Samir Lemmini	Finland	€3,850
9	Roope Tarmi	Finland	€3,850
10	Michel Karim	Sweden	€2,900
11	Aklilu Laitinen	Finland	€2,900
12	Antti Suominen	Finland	€2,550
13	Viljami Salakari	Finland	€2,550
14	Fredrik Lindström	Finland	€2,550
15	Eetu Sepponen	Finland	€2,300
16	Henrik Ostby	Norway	€2,300
17	Nicklas Dehli	Denmark	€2,300
18	Mikael Koistinen	Finland	€2,300
19	Markus Ristola	Finland	€2,300
20	Joona Koivisto	Finland	€2,200
21	Francisco Racionero	Spain	€2,200
22	Veikka Keto-Tokoi	Finland	€2,200
23	Toni Ravnak	Serbia	€2,200
24	Christoffer Munk Jensen	Denmark	€2,200
25	Kai Lehto	Finland	€2,200
26	Lauri Liuttula	Finland	€2,200
27	Akseli Hosia	Estonia	€2,200
28	Mariusz Medlewski	Poland	€2,200
29	Henri Ojala	Finland	€2,200

David Vinaya Wins €5,000 NLH (€94,280)

The €5,000 NLH attracted some of the top players in the world including the likes of Juha Helppi, cash game beast Markkos Ladev, chess grandmaster Ottomar Ladva, and one of Lithuania’s brightest poker minds, Gytis Lazauninkas.

While none of those four made the winner’s circle, the nine players from eight different countries who cashed all joined the TV table, where the action continued until the wee hours of the morning.

David Vinaya was the star of the show after defeating Latvia’s Ritvars Cekalins (second – €59,750) heads-up to earn the €94,280 top prize, the largest single prize thus far this festival.

The event attracted a banner field of 64 players for a €297,984 prize pool with the full payouts listed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	David Vinaya	Norway	€94,280
2	Ritvars Cekalins	Latvia	€59,750
3	Juan Carlos Vecino Duenas	Spain	€39,850
4	Chaofei Wang	China	€28,100
5	Casimir Seire	Finland	€20,950
6	Roman Petelytskyi	Ukraine	€16,650
7	Richard Koppel	Estonia	€14,200
8	Juho Suutari	Finland	€12,700
9	Kestutis Jungevicius	Lithuania	€11,504

2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Day 7 Schedule (Thursday, July 31)

Time	Event
12:00	Event #5: WSOPC €1,500 NLH Main Event Day 1d
12:00	Event #36: €80 NLH Satellite to €750 NLH Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty (5 Seats GTD)
13:00	Event #8: WSOPC €1,100 8-Game Final Day
15:00	Event #37: €750 NLH Progressive Bounty & Mystery Bounty
19:00	Event #5: WSOPC €1,500 NLH Main Event Day 1e
19:00	Event #38: €200 PL Deuce to Seven Triple Draw
20:00	Event #39: €350 NLH Progressive Bounty
22:00	Event #40: €80 Satellite to €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty (7 Seats GTD)

• Photos compliments of Elena Kask / OlyBet Poker.