2025 Kings of Tallinn – Event #36: €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 Championship

The Kings of Tallinn €1,100 PLO Championship broke all records by attracting a field of 271 entries. After two days of play, only Gisle Olsen was left standing, hoisting the trophy. Having lost five heads-up battles in his long career, this marks Olsen’s first-ever recorded live tournament victory. The Danish player, whose first recorded cash stems from 2010, was awarded €52,280 for his efforts, a new all-time best score.

Olsen started the final table in the middle of the pack but quickly rose to the top as he wrapped up the final table in under 90 minutes of play. The last hurdle on his way to victory was heads-up opponent Tero Laurilla, who only lasted a few hands in the duel and had to console himself with the runner-up prize of €34,350.

Meanwhile, 2019 Main Event finalist Jussi Mattila finished in fifth for €14,400, while start-of-day chipleader Tobias Leknes was the first to bow out from the final table, receiving €8,650 for his seventh place.

€1,100 PLO Championship Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Gisle Olsen	Denmark	€52,280
2	Tero Laurila	Finland	€34,350
3	Alexander Holmberg	Sweden	€24,500
4	Fredrik Lindstrom	Finland	€18,600
5	Jussi Mattila	Finland	€14,400
6	Kristian Kostiander	Finland	€11,250
7	Tobias Leknes	Norway	€8,650

Day 2 Action

At the start of Day 2, 52 players remained, all eyeing a piece of the €252,030 prize pool. However, such luck was only reserved for the top 35 finishers, meaning 17 players had to leave the field empty-handed. Sebastian Wahl was the first casualty of the day, and he was soon followed by the likes of Mystery Bounty winner Robert Kagerud and Pot-Limit Razz champion Blaz Zerjav.

Igor Pihela Jr. busted five spots from the money, and, after about an hour and a half of play, the bubble burst as Mikael Haapaniemi was eliminated in 36th before the tournament even went hand-for-hand.

Min-cashes were picked up by Vivian Saliba (32nd – €2,100) and first-ever Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Ranno Sootla (31st – €2,100). Sootla’s fellow Tallinn royalty Juha Helppi (26th – €2,350) and Kai Lehto (24th – €2,340) picked up some pay jumps, while Espen Sandvik (17th – €3,350) and Mathias Siljander (16th – €3,350) waved goodbye at the final three tables. The best Estonian player was Henrik Puija, who finished in 13th place for €3,950.

After three levels of play with two tables, the short-stacked Jyri Merivirta was eliminated in eighth place, setting the final table of seven in stone. Leknes had lost a big pot just before the start of the final table, leaving him as the shortest stack. He tried to claw back, but his fate as seventh-place finisher was sealed when he jammed into the flush of Fredrik Lindstrom.

Kristian Kostiander (6th – €11,250) soon followed after losing out on a chop pot thanks to a flushy river. It was at this point that Olsen started to heat up. First, he eliminated Matilla in a preflop confrontation before winning a big pot from a bluffing Lindstrom.

Lindstrom was left short after the encounter with Olsen. The double-suited aces he was dealt looked like a promising way out of the hole, but Laurila’s kings turned quads to eliminate Lindstrom in fourth instead, receiving €18,600.

Not much later, Olsen cracked the kings of Alexander Holmberg to eliminate him in third for €24,500. Olsen started the heads-up with about three times as many chips as Laurila and finished the job within a couple of hands. Olsen got it in with aces preflop against the queens of Laurila. Olsen made a set on the flop and turned a full house to win the tournament without much of a sweat, ending a 15-year-long drought.

Thus concludes the live report for the PLO Championship. Tune back in tomorrow as the prestigious €1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event heads into Day 2, and will, of course, be live reported from start to finish.

Gisle Olsen conquered a field of 271 entries to capture his first-ever tournament win and a new high score of €52,280.

Stay tuned for a recap of the finale.

5-Card Omaha

After a few small pots, Tero Laurila and Gisle Olsen got their stacks in preflop, with Laurila’s stack of 2,100,000 being the lesser of the two.

Tero Laurila: Q♥Q♣8♥8♦4♦
Gisle Olsen: A♠A♣7♥4♠2♣

The A♦2♥3♠3♦9♦ board provided little sweat as Olsen locked up the pot with his turned full house. Laurila had gotten close to capturing his first-ever Kings of Tallinn trophy but fell just short and ended as the runner-up.

4-Card Omaha

Alexander Holmberg raised his small blind to 300,000 and was called by Gisle Olsen in the big blind. Holmberg and Olsen quickly decided to get it in on the 5♠3♥7♥ flop, with Holmberg’s stack of 990,000 at risk.

Alexander Holmberg: A♦K♠K♦2♣
Gisle Olsen: K♣9♦8♥7♦

Holmberg’s kings were still best, but that changed on the 8♠ turn as Olsen made two pair. The Q♣ river changed nothing, seeing Holmberg fall in third place.

Gisle Olsen – 5,900,000
Alexander Holmberg – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tero Laurila raised his button to 280,000. Fredrik Lindstrom then moved in from the small blind for 625,000 and was quickly called by Laurila.

Fredrik Lindstrom: A♠A♦Q♦4♦3♠
Tero Laurila: K♠K♦5♠5♦4♣

Lindstrom was ahead with his aces, but Laurila casually made quads on the K♥J♣2♦K♣5♥ board to win the pot and knock Lindstrom out in fourth.

Tero Laurila – 2,000,000
Frederik Lindstrom – 0

5-Card PLO

In a limped pot to the 6♥8♣J♠7♠ turn, Frederik Lindstrom fired a bet of 240,000 from the small blind, seeing Gisle Olsen make the call under the gun.

The 4♥ river then completed the board. Lindstrom loaded up 525,000 chips and put them in the middle, but snap-folded his Q♥9♥9♦8♦ when Olsen jammed all-in with A♣K♥10♥9♣3♣.

Gisle Olsen – 3,900,000
Fredrik Lindstrom – 1,000,000

4-Card Omaha

Gisle Olsen raised his button to 200,000 and quickly called when Jussi Mattila put in his stack of 540,000 from the big blind.

Jussi Mattila: Q♣8♠7♣6♥
Gisle Olsen: K♠J♥10♠4♠

Olsen flopped two pair on K♣5♠10♦, taking a big lead. The 2♣ turn brought Mattila a flush draw, but it failed to come in on the A♥ river, eliminating him in fifth place.

Gisle Olsen – 2,800,000
Jussi Mattila – 0

5-Card Omaha

In a four-way limped pot to the 6♦2♣5♣ flop, Alexander Holmberg checked from the small blind to Kristian Kostiander in the big blind. Kostiander bet the pot of 300,000, after which the action folded back to Holmberg.

Holmberg took some time and then put Kostiander all-in for 630,000 in total. Kostiander quickly put in the other half of his stack, leading to a showdown.

Kristian Kostiander: 10♥7♣6♠5♥4♦
Alexander Holmberg: Q♥10♣8♥7♦4♣

Both players made the same straight on the 8♠ turn, but the 8♣ river made Holmberg a flush to take down the pot and eliminate Kostiander in sixth.

Alexander Holmberg – 2,100,000
Kristian Kostiander – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tobias Leknes opened to 210,000 under the gun, leaving 90,000 back. It folded to his nemesis Fredrik Lindstrom in the big blind, who made the call.

The flop brought J♦K♦Q♦. Lindstrom checked, Leknes committed the rest of his chips, and Lindstrom snapped him off.

Tobias Leknes: A♠K♣Q♠3♣2♠
Fredrik Lindstrom: A♣10♥8♦5♦4♦

Lindstrom had flopped a flush for a dominating lead over Leknes’ two pair. The 9♦A♦ runout brought even more diamonds for Lindstrom, securing him the pot and making Leknes the first exit from the final table.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 2,100,000
Tobias Leknes – 0

Tobias Leknes saw K♥10♦9♠7♠ in the cutoff and raised to 120,000. It folded to Gisle Olsen in the big blind, who defended A♥J♥9♣5♠.

Leknes continued for 150,000 on the 8♦J♣3♠ flop and was swiftly check-called by Olsen. Olsen then promptly led out for 500,000 on the A♠ turn, the vast majority of Leknes’ stack.

Leknes spent some time thinking it over before making the call with his plethora of draws but had no option but to fold when Olsen put him all-in for 300,000 on the 3♣ river.

Gisle Olsen – 2,200,000
Tobias Leknes – 300,000

4-Card Omaha

Tobias Leknes raised to 175,000 under the gun and saw Fredrik Lindstrom defend his big blind. The flop fell J♥3♥7♥, prompting Leknes to commit the rest of his 260,000 chips.

Lindstrom asked for a count, thought about it for a bit, and put in the call.

Tobias Leknes: K♠K♦4♥4♦
Fredrik Lindstrom: K♥J♠10♠9♣

Leknes was in great shape with his kings, and they held on the 6♥3♠ runout to secure his double-up.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 1,600,000
Tobias Leknes – 945,000

The players have been sent on a 30-minute break before the final table commences.

The seat draw for the final table is listed below

4-Card Omaha

Tero Laurila raised to 125,000 under the gun. It then folded to Jyri Merivirta in the big blind, who moved all in for 160,000 and was snap-called.

Jyri Merivirta: Q♥8♣7♦3♦
Tero Laurila: A♦Q♠J♦7♣

Laurila made the better two pair on the J♣K♥5♣8♦5♥ board. Merivirta left the tournament in eighth place as the final table bubble.

Tero Laurila – 1,100,000
Jyri Merivirta – 0

5-Card Omaha

Arriving on the 9♣6♠7♣ flop, Tobias Leknes bet 140,000 into the pot of 275,000 from the big blind. Fredrik Lindstrom called under the gun, after which Leknes sized up to 320,000 on the 10♦ turn.

Lindstrom inquired after Leknes’ remaining chips before making a call. The Q♠ river then completed the board, seeing Leknes size down to 125,000.

Lindstrom quickly moved all in, and Leknes snap-folded his hand, leaving himself about eight big blinds.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 2,100,000
Tobias Leknes – 410,000

5-Card Omaha

Gisle Olsen raised to 120,000 in the cutoff. Aklilu Laitinen defended his big blind before the pair checked through the 7♦3♠4♥ flop.

The 10♣ then came on the turn. Laitinen checked for a second time before being put all-in for 125,000 by Olsen.

Laitinen mulled it over for a minute or so before committing his chips for his tournament life.

Aklilu Laitinen: J♥J♣6♥6♣4♠
Gisle Olsen: A♥10♦9♣8♥4♣

Olsen’s two pair became a full house on the 10♠ river, besting the jacks of Laitinen and sending him to the rail in ninth place.

Gisle Olsen – 1,200,000
Aklilu Laitinen – 0

4-Card Omaha

Jyri Merivirta raised to 140,000 on the button. Tero Laurila then made it 460,000 to go in the small blind, after which Jussi Mattila four-bet jammed for 1,300,000 from the big blind.

Merivirta tanked for a while before folding Q♦10♣9♠8♣. Laurila snapped off his remaining 290,000 chips, and the cards were flipped up.

Tero Laurila: K♠K♣J♠8♠
Jussi Mattila: A♥A♣J♥3♦

Laurila made a set on the Q♣2♣K♥ flop to have a good chance of cracking Mattila’s aces. The A♦ turn reversed the situation, with Mattila reclaiming a dominating lead.

The 10♥ river made both the stame straight, however, and the players chopped up the pot as play continued.

Jussi Matilla – 1,400,000
Tero Laurila – 840,000
Jyri Merivirta – 335,000

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Lindstrom raised to 100,000 as first to act. Tobias Leknes defended his big blind and check-called Lindstrom’s continuation-bet of 100,000 on the K♣A♥9♦ flop.

Lindstrom sized up to 150,000 on the 9♣ turn, seeing his opponent check-call again. The 6♥ river was knuckled by both.

Leknes quickly showed ace-king, but Lindstrom won the pot with A♠Q♥9♠8♣5♣ for a full house.

Frederik Lindstrom – 1,550,000
Tobias Leknes – 500,000

4-Card Omaha

Renars Skanis moved all in for 395,000 in the small blind and was called by Tero Laurila on the button.

Renars Skanis: A♠7♦6♦4♠
Tero Laurila: A♣K♠Q♦6♠

Laurila’s king kicker turned out to be the deciding factor after the 2♣A♦9♥9♦8♣ board had been completed, eliminating the Latvian in tenth.

Tero Laurila – 1,100,000
Renars Skanis – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tobias Leknes limped in from the small blind and Fredrik Lindstrom checked his option in the big blind.

The pair then checked through the 9♥2♥7♦6♥ flop and turn before Leknes also checked the 4♠ river.

Lindstrom fired 90,000, which Leknes raised to 360,000. Lindstrom spent a few minutes in the tank but eventually put in a call.

Leknes tabled K♥Q♦9♦7♣3♣ for a bluff, leaving Lindstrom to take the pot with A♣J♥6♦3♥3♠ for a jack-high flush.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 1,300,000
Tobias Leknes – 1,200,000

4-Card Omaha

Hans Holst was down to just 80,000, which he got in from the big blind against Tero Laurila in the small blind.

Hans Holst: 10♠10♣5♥3♣
Tero Laurila: A♥7♥4♠4♣

Laurila paired his ace on the A♦2♥5♠9♠9♣ board, which was enough to knock Holst out in 11th.

Tero Laurila – 665,000
Hans Holst – 0

4-Card Omaha

Mikael Koistinen raised to 85,000 on the button. Small blind Tobias Leknes three-bet to 180,000, after which Koistinen shoved for 250,000 total.

Leknes made a quick call, and the cards hit their backs.

Mikael Koistinen: Q♣10♥10♣9♦
Tobias Leknes: A♣K♣Q♠9♠

Leknes made the nut flush on J♣6♥K♠3♣2♣, securing the pot and sending Koistinen out in 12th.

Tobias Leknes – 1,500,000
Mikael Koistinen – 0

Henrik Puija limped in under the gun before Tobias Leknes made it 100,000 to go in the small blind. Puija made the call and a flop of 9♠5♣10♥ was fanned.

The rest of Puija’s 335,000 chips flew in the middle, and the cards went face-up.

Henrik Puija: Q♠J♣10♦8♥
Tobias Leknes: A♥A♣10♣6♣

Leknes’ aces made a full house on the 9♣A♦ runout, knocking out Puija and setting up the final two tables.

Tobias Leknes – 1,200,000
Henrik Puija – 0

The remaining players have been sent on a quick 30-minute dinner break.

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Brink got his final 125,000 chips in the middle from the small blind against Jyri Merivirta in the big blind.

Frederik Brink: A♥J♠J♣4♥3♦
Jyri Merivirta: K♠K♦9♥8♥3♥

Brink could not improve his jacks on the 3♠6♦Q♦10♠9♠ board, leaving him stranded in 13th place.

Jyri Merivirta – 335,000
Frederik Brink – 0

Tero Laurila raised to 60,000 under the gun. Mikael Koistinen then moved in for 110,000 from the small blind, quickly being looked up by Laurila.

Mikael Koistinen: 10♥8♥6♠4♠
Tero Laurila: A♠A♥5♣2♣

Koistinen needed to crack Laurila’s aces to stay in the tournament, and he did just so when the 9♣J♣6♥5♦6♦ board gave him three of a kind.

Tero Laurila – 500,000
Mikael Koistinen – 260,000

5-Card Omaha

Tony Westby open-jammed his final 56,000 on the button and was looked up by Aklilu Laitinen in the big blind.

Tony Westby: A♠A♥Q♦7♦5♠
Aklilu Laitinen: J♥10♦9♣8♦6♣

Laitinen’s clubs made him a flush on 4♦5♦8♣5♣10♣, eliminating the Norwegian from the tournament and creating an all-Finnish table.

Aklilu Laitinen – 1,450,000
Tony Westby – 0

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Brink raised to 55,000 under the gun. The action folded to Jussi Mattila in the big blind, who defended. He then led all-in for 85,000 on the 7♣9♠5♣ flop, eventually being looked up by Brink.

Jussi Mattila: A♠Q♣J♦8♥7♥
Frederik Brink: A♥10♦7♦6♠4♠

The 7♠ turn and Q♦ river gave Mattila a full house, doubling him up and leaving Brink with about 7 big blinds.

Jussi Mattila – 310,000
Frederik Brink – 105,000

5-Card Omaha

Aklilu Laitinen raised to 50,000 under the gun and called when Mathias Siljander three-bet to 175,000 in the cutoff.

Laitinen then led all-in on the 10♦Q♠4♣ flop, seeing Siljander make a quick call for his stack of 290,000.

Mathias Siljander: A♠A♦J♥10♠6♦
Aklilu Laitinen: K♠K♦J♠9♣7♣

The 2♠ turn remained safe for Siljander’s aces, but the J♣ river made Laitinen his straight. Siljander’s big pile of chips was shipped to Laitinen, who knocked his neighbor out in 16th.

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Brink raised his button to 40,000, after which Mikael Koistinen three-bet all in from the small blind for 135,000. Brink made a swift call and the cards went face-up.

Mikael Koistinen: K♥K♣9♥6♠5♥
Frederik Brink: A♦10♦8♠7♠5♣

Koistinen made a straight on the 10♣J♥7♦5♠Q♣ board to double up to roughly 20 big blinds.

Frederik Brink – 310,000
Mikael Koistinen – 300,000

5-Card Omaha

Fredrik Lindstrom raised to 30,000 under the gun, only being called by Mathias Siljander in the small blind.

Siljander check-called bets of 32,000 and 154,000 on the 5♥K♥10♠7♦ flop and turn, after which the 6♠ appeared on the river.

Siljander took some time and then put Lindstrom all-in for 149,000. Lindstrom wasted no time calling and tabled A♣10♥10♣9♥8♠ for the nut straight. Siljander sheepishly showd A♥Q♥J♠4♠3♦ for the bottom end of the straight before he paid Lindstrom his chips.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 724,000
Mathias Siljander – 665,000

4-Card Omaha

It folded to Mathias Siljander in the small blind, who raised to 36,000. Jonas Juhlen called in the big blind, leaving only 10,000 behind.

The rest of Juhlen’s chips flew in on the 6♥9♥K♣ flop, and the cards were tabled.

Jonas Juhlen: J♣10♠4♥3♥
Mathias Siljander: Q♥Q♦4♦2♣

Juhlen’s flush draw came in on the A♥ turn, rendering the 6♠ river meaningless. He doubled up to a stack of roughly 9 big blinds.

Mathias Siljander – 960,000
Jonas Juhlen – 104,000

4-Card Omaha

Michal Danka raised to 35,000 under the gun. It then folded to Jussi Mattila in the big blind, who weighed his options before putting in a call.

The flop fell 5♣9♥5♠. Mattila checked to Danka, who shoved all in for 65,000. Mattila made a quick call, revealing the cards.

Michal Danka: K♥K♦Q♣3♣
Jussi Mattila: Q♥9♠6♣5♥

Mattila had flopped a full house, taking a big lead over the kings of Danka. Neither the 10♣ turn nor the 8♥ river saw Danka improve, spelling the end of his tournament run.

Jussi Mattila – 250,000
Michal Danka – 0

5-Card Omaha

Gisle Olsen limped in from the small blind and called when Espen Sandvik made it 30,000 to go in the big blind. Sandvik continued for 20,000 on the 5♥3♦6♠ flop, which Olsen check-called.

Olsen checked to Sandvik again on the A♦ turn, after which he was faced with a bet of 50,000. Olsen then put Sandvik all-in for 143,000, which the Norwegian snap-called.

Espen Sandvik: A♣K♠7♣6♦4♦
Gisle Olsen: A♠A♥8♠4♠3♠

Sandvik had flopped a straight and survived the encounter with Olsen’s aces as the J♣ did not pair the board.

Espen Sandvik – 433,000
Gisle Olsen – 200,000

4-Card Omaha

Seppo Parkkinen, who started the day as the shortest stack with just 15,000 chips, tossed in 30,000 from the cutoff for an all-in bet.

It folded to Tony Westby in the big blind, who called off to put Parkkinen at risk.

Seppo Parkkinen: 9♥8♠6♠4♥
Tony Westby: K♣9♠7♥4♣

Westby made two pair on the J♣A♦K♠2♦7♠ board, leaving Parkkinen pairless and without chips.

Tony Westby – 175,000
Seppo Parkkinen – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tran Xuan raised to 24,000 in the small blind. Alexander Holmberg sat in the big blind and made the call, after which Xuan tossed in his 18,000 remaining chips on the 9♦3♣A♦ flop.

Holmberg tossed in a call after some thought and the cards went on their backs.

Tran Xuan: K♦Q♥J♠7♦4♥
Alexander Holmberg: J♣8♣6♠5♠4♣

Neither player had a pair, but both made a pair of jacks on the J♥ turn. The 8♠ river upgraded only Holmberg to two pair, eliminating Xuan from the tournament.

Alexander Holmberg – 485,000
Tran Xuan – 0

5-Card Omaha

Renars Skanis raised his small blind to 24,000 and was called by Jarkko Suokas in the big blind. Skanis continued for 15,000 on the K♥K♣4♦ flop, after which the 9♦ hit the turn.

Skanis slowed down and checked, prompting Suokas to move in for roughly 50,000. Skanis snap-called and the cards went face-up.

Jarkko Suokas: A♦K♦8♥5♠3♣
Renars Skanis: K♠10♠9♠9♥8♠

Both players had flopped trips, but only Skanis had improved to a full house on the turn. The Q♦ river changed nothing, sending Suokas to the rail to pick up his min-cash.

Renars Skanis – 320,000
Jarkko Suokas – 0

4-Card Omaha

With 45,000 chips in the middle, small blind Mikael Haapaniemi committed his final 52,000 chips on a flop of 7♠10♠6♥ against Jussi Perlinen on the button.

Mikael Haapaniemi: J♠J♦10♥6♠
Jussi Perlinen: Q♥J♥8♣7♦

The board ran out Q♣5♣, giving Perlinen a higher two pair and giving Haapaniemi the title of bubble boy.

Jussi Perlinen – 190,000
Mikael Haapaniemi – 0

4-Card Omaha

Stanislovas Vinicenka raised to 21,000 in the hijack, leaving only 15,000 behind. Espen Sandvik in the cutoff then made it 72,000 to go. Vinicenka called off his remaining chips once it folded back to him, revealing the cards/

Stanislovas Vinicenka: K♠K♦Q♣4♣
Espen Sandvik: A♠A♥10♥4♠

Sandvik’s aces held on the Q♦J♥8♠10♦3♠ runout, sending Vinicenka to the rail and leaving the field two away from the money.

Espen Sandvik – 221,000
Stanislovas Vinicenka – 0

5-Card Omaha

Jonas Juhlen in the small blind and Michal Rudnik in the big blind were at a river of 9♣Q♥A♠5♦8♣. Juhlen bet the pot of 54,000, sending Rudnik in the tank.

After some minutes, Rudnik counted out a call and put it in the middle. Juhlen tabled J♠10♥5♠2♥2♣ for the nuts and took down the pot, leaving Rudnik with just a few big blinds three away from the money.

Jonas Juhlen – 322,000
Michal Rudnik – 29,000

5-Card Omaha

Tran Xuan raised to 17,000 under the gun. Renars Skanis called on the button, as did Minh Thang Ngo in the big blind. The flop fell 7♠8♦J♣ and was checked to Skanis, who made a bet of 20,000.

Ngo quickly mucked his cards before Xuan committed his stack of 47,000. Skanis quickly called and the cards were tabled.

Tran Xuan: A♣K♥K♦7♦7♣
Renars Skanis: Q♣10♣9♠9♥8♣

Xuan’s set was up against the straight of Skanis. However, Xuan made a flush on the 5♦Q♦ runout to get the checkmark and receive a vital double-up.

Renars Skanis – 275,000
Tran Xuan – 152,000
Minh Thang Ngo – 55,000

4-Card Omaha

Veli-Pekka Penttinen was all-in for 57,000 in the big blind against Frederik Lindstrom in the small blind.

Veli-Pekka Penttinen: A♠K♥J♦10♦
Frederik Lindstrom: Q♠Q♣6♥6♣

Lindstrom made a set of queens on the Q♥A♥9♦7♦3♣ board to win the pot and knock Penttinen out ten spots before the money.

Frederik Lindstrom – 150,000
Veli-Pekka Penttinen – 0

5-Card Omaha

Blaz Zerjav had gone all in for 56,000 from the small blind, being up against Aklilu Laitinen in the big blind.

Blaz Zerjav: Q♦Q♣J♠10♥10♣
Aklilu Laitinen: K♠K♣10♠4♥3♠

Laitinen’s kings remained ahead on the J♦5♣2♦4♣ flop and turn before the K♦ river made him top set to lock up the pot.

Zerjav was left without chips and quickly headed to the exit to no doubt register for another tournament as he hunts for a second trophy this week.

Aklilu Laitinen – 400,000
Blaz Zerjav – 0

5-Card Omaha

After each putting in 12,000 preflop, Michal Rudnik’s stack of 17,000 went in from the big blind on a flop of 2♣6♠5♠ against Jan Ostlund in the small blind.

Michal Rudnik: A♣Q♦J♥6♦4♦
Jan Ostlund: A♠J♦J♣7♣2♦

Rudnik made trips on the 6♣ turn and was upgraded to a full house on the A♥ river to take the pot and double up.

Jan Ostlund – 80,000
Michal Rudnik – 62,000

Yesterday evening, Day 1 of the €1,100 PLO Championship took place at the tenth anniversary of Kings of Tallinn. The tournament, which tests players’ skills in both four- and five-card Omaha, saw 271 entries made at Olympic Park Casino. They played 14 levels of 30 minutes before bagging up, shrinking the field to 52 players in the meantime. Topping the charts at the end of the night is Norwegian player Tobias Leknes. Leknes is one of the most decorated online mixed games players of all time but once again proved he can do it on the live poker tables as well, bagging up 670,000 chips at the end of Day 1 on his search to add another trophy to his vast collection.

Leknes’ stack of 670,000 will be worth 168 big blinds when play resumes at 1 p.m. local time. He will be in prime position to abuse the incoming bubble, as only 35 players will receive a slice of the €252,030 prize pool. Leknes is followed in the counts by reigning Autumn Edition Main Event champion Mathias Siljander, who brings 485,000 chips to Day 2. Also in the top ten are Irish Open champion Tero Laurila (237,000) and Finnish poker millionaire Jyri Merivirta (228,000).

€1,100 PLO Championship Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Tobias Leknes	Norway	670,000	168
2	Mathias Siljander	Finland	485,000	121
3	Henrik Puija	Estonia	409,000	102
4	Aklilu Laitinen	Finland	361,000	90
5	Tran Xuan	Finland	284,000	71
6	Tero Laurila	Finland	237,000	59
7	Jussi Mattila	Finland	231,000	58
8	Jyri Merivirta	Finland	228,000	57
9	Michal Danka	Sweden	227,000	57
10	Alexander Holmberg	Sweden	223,000	56

Other players to find a bag for Day 2 include Igor Pihela Jr. (161,000), Kings of Tallinn Main Event champions Kai Letho (132,000), Ranno Sootla (122,000), and Juha Helppi (109,000), Pot-Limit Razz champion Blaz Zerjav (68,000), Mystery Bounty winner Robert Kaggerud (60,000), and the ever-enthusiastic Scott “PokerBrahs” Kenyon (30,000).

The min-cash of €2,100 is 17 spots away, being reserved for the top 35 finishers. Five-figure payouts will start from the top six, while the eventual champion will be awarded €52,280 alongside a beautiful Kings of Tallinn trophy for their efforts.

€1,100 PLO Championship Payouts

The tournament will resume in Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. All levels will be 30 minutes in length throughout the day, with a break after every four of them. A TV table will also be streamed throughout the day.

A new PLO Champion will be crowned today, so stay tuned as the live reporting team will bring you all the four- and five-card action straight from the tournament floor.

The Kings of Tallinn €1,100 PLO Championship broke all records by attracting a field of 271 entries. After two days of play, only Gisle Olsen was left standing, hoisting the trophy. Having lost five heads-up battles in his long career, this marks Olsen’s first-ever recorded live tournament victory. The Danish player, whose first recorded cash stems from 2010, was awarded €52,280 for his efforts, a new all-time best score.

Olsen started the final table in the middle of the pack but quickly rose to the top as he wrapped up the final table in under 90 minutes of play. The last hurdle on his way to victory was heads-up opponent Tero Laurilla, who only lasted a few hands in the duel and had to console himself with the runner-up prize of €34,350.

Meanwhile, 2019 Main Event finalist Jussi Mattila finished in fifth for €14,400, while start-of-day chipleader Tobias Leknes was the first to bow out from the final table, receiving €8,650 for his seventh place.

€1,100 PLO Championship Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Gisle Olsen	Denmark	€52,280
2	Tero Laurila	Finland	€34,350
3	Alexander Holmberg	Sweden	€24,500
4	Fredrik Lindstrom	Finland	€18,600
5	Jussi Mattila	Finland	€14,400
6	Kristian Kostiander	Finland	€11,250
7	Tobias Leknes	Norway	€8,650

Day 2 Action

At the start of Day 2, 52 players remained, all eyeing a piece of the €252,030 prize pool. However, such luck was only reserved for the top 35 finishers, meaning 17 players had to leave the field empty-handed. Sebastian Wahl was the first casualty of the day, and he was soon followed by the likes of Mystery Bounty winner Robert Kagerud and Pot-Limit Razz champion Blaz Zerjav.

Igor Pihela Jr. busted five spots from the money, and, after about an hour and a half of play, the bubble burst as Mikael Haapaniemi was eliminated in 36th before the tournament even went hand-for-hand.

Min-cashes were picked up by Vivian Saliba (32nd – €2,100) and first-ever Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Ranno Sootla (31st – €2,100). Sootla’s fellow Tallinn royalty Juha Helppi (26th – €2,350) and Kai Lehto (24th – €2,340) picked up some pay jumps, while Espen Sandvik (17th – €3,350) and Mathias Siljander (16th – €3,350) waved goodbye at the final three tables. The best Estonian player was Henrik Puija, who finished in 13th place for €3,950.

After three levels of play with two tables, the short-stacked Jyri Merivirta was eliminated in eighth place, setting the final table of seven in stone. Leknes had lost a big pot just before the start of the final table, leaving him as the shortest stack. He tried to claw back, but his fate as seventh-place finisher was sealed when he jammed into the flush of Fredrik Lindstrom.

Kristian Kostiander (6th – €11,250) soon followed after losing out on a chop pot thanks to a flushy river. It was at this point that Olsen started to heat up. First, he eliminated Matilla in a preflop confrontation before winning a big pot from a bluffing Lindstrom.

Lindstrom was left short after the encounter with Olsen. The double-suited aces he was dealt looked like a promising way out of the hole, but Laurila’s kings turned quads to eliminate Lindstrom in fourth instead, receiving €18,600.

Not much later, Olsen cracked the kings of Alexander Holmberg to eliminate him in third for €24,500. Olsen started the heads-up with about three times as many chips as Laurila and finished the job within a couple of hands. Olsen got it in with aces preflop against the queens of Laurila. Olsen made a set on the flop and turned a full house to win the tournament without much of a sweat, ending a 15-year-long drought.

Thus concludes the live report for the PLO Championship. Tune back in tomorrow as the prestigious €1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event heads into Day 2, and will, of course, be live reported from start to finish.

Gisle Olsen conquered a field of 271 entries to capture his first-ever tournament win and a new high score of €52,280.

Stay tuned for a recap of the finale.

5-Card Omaha

After a few small pots, Tero Laurila and Gisle Olsen got their stacks in preflop, with Laurila’s stack of 2,100,000 being the lesser of the two.

Tero Laurila: Q♥Q♣8♥8♦4♦
Gisle Olsen: A♠A♣7♥4♠2♣

The A♦2♥3♠3♦9♦ board provided little sweat as Olsen locked up the pot with his turned full house. Laurila had gotten close to capturing his first-ever Kings of Tallinn trophy but fell just short and ended as the runner-up.

4-Card Omaha

Alexander Holmberg raised his small blind to 300,000 and was called by Gisle Olsen in the big blind. Holmberg and Olsen quickly decided to get it in on the 5♠3♥7♥ flop, with Holmberg’s stack of 990,000 at risk.

Alexander Holmberg: A♦K♠K♦2♣
Gisle Olsen: K♣9♦8♥7♦

Holmberg’s kings were still best, but that changed on the 8♠ turn as Olsen made two pair. The Q♣ river changed nothing, seeing Holmberg fall in third place.

Gisle Olsen – 5,900,000
Alexander Holmberg – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tero Laurila raised his button to 280,000. Fredrik Lindstrom then moved in from the small blind for 625,000 and was quickly called by Laurila.

Fredrik Lindstrom: A♠A♦Q♦4♦3♠
Tero Laurila: K♠K♦5♠5♦4♣

Lindstrom was ahead with his aces, but Laurila casually made quads on the K♥J♣2♦K♣5♥ board to win the pot and knock Lindstrom out in fourth.

Tero Laurila – 2,000,000
Frederik Lindstrom – 0

5-Card PLO

In a limped pot to the 6♥8♣J♠7♠ turn, Frederik Lindstrom fired a bet of 240,000 from the small blind, seeing Gisle Olsen make the call under the gun.

The 4♥ river then completed the board. Lindstrom loaded up 525,000 chips and put them in the middle, but snap-folded his Q♥9♥9♦8♦ when Olsen jammed all-in with A♣K♥10♥9♣3♣.

Gisle Olsen – 3,900,000
Fredrik Lindstrom – 1,000,000

4-Card Omaha

Gisle Olsen raised his button to 200,000 and quickly called when Jussi Mattila put in his stack of 540,000 from the big blind.

Jussi Mattila: Q♣8♠7♣6♥
Gisle Olsen: K♠J♥10♠4♠

Olsen flopped two pair on K♣5♠10♦, taking a big lead. The 2♣ turn brought Mattila a flush draw, but it failed to come in on the A♥ river, eliminating him in fifth place.

Gisle Olsen – 2,800,000
Jussi Mattila – 0

5-Card Omaha

In a four-way limped pot to the 6♦2♣5♣ flop, Alexander Holmberg checked from the small blind to Kristian Kostiander in the big blind. Kostiander bet the pot of 300,000, after which the action folded back to Holmberg.

Holmberg took some time and then put Kostiander all-in for 630,000 in total. Kostiander quickly put in the other half of his stack, leading to a showdown.

Kristian Kostiander: 10♥7♣6♠5♥4♦
Alexander Holmberg: Q♥10♣8♥7♦4♣

Both players made the same straight on the 8♠ turn, but the 8♣ river made Holmberg a flush to take down the pot and eliminate Kostiander in sixth.

Alexander Holmberg – 2,100,000
Kristian Kostiander – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tobias Leknes opened to 210,000 under the gun, leaving 90,000 back. It folded to his nemesis Fredrik Lindstrom in the big blind, who made the call.

The flop brought J♦K♦Q♦. Lindstrom checked, Leknes committed the rest of his chips, and Lindstrom snapped him off.

Tobias Leknes: A♠K♣Q♠3♣2♠
Fredrik Lindstrom: A♣10♥8♦5♦4♦

Lindstrom had flopped a flush for a dominating lead over Leknes’ two pair. The 9♦A♦ runout brought even more diamonds for Lindstrom, securing him the pot and making Leknes the first exit from the final table.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 2,100,000
Tobias Leknes – 0

Tobias Leknes saw K♥10♦9♠7♠ in the cutoff and raised to 120,000. It folded to Gisle Olsen in the big blind, who defended A♥J♥9♣5♠.

Leknes continued for 150,000 on the 8♦J♣3♠ flop and was swiftly check-called by Olsen. Olsen then promptly led out for 500,000 on the A♠ turn, the vast majority of Leknes’ stack.

Leknes spent some time thinking it over before making the call with his plethora of draws but had no option but to fold when Olsen put him all-in for 300,000 on the 3♣ river.

Gisle Olsen – 2,200,000
Tobias Leknes – 300,000

4-Card Omaha

Tobias Leknes raised to 175,000 under the gun and saw Fredrik Lindstrom defend his big blind. The flop fell J♥3♥7♥, prompting Leknes to commit the rest of his 260,000 chips.

Lindstrom asked for a count, thought about it for a bit, and put in the call.

Tobias Leknes: K♠K♦4♥4♦
Fredrik Lindstrom: K♥J♠10♠9♣

Leknes was in great shape with his kings, and they held on the 6♥3♠ runout to secure his double-up.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 1,600,000
Tobias Leknes – 945,000

The players have been sent on a 30-minute break before the final table commences.

The seat draw for the final table is listed below

4-Card Omaha

Tero Laurila raised to 125,000 under the gun. It then folded to Jyri Merivirta in the big blind, who moved all in for 160,000 and was snap-called.

Jyri Merivirta: Q♥8♣7♦3♦
Tero Laurila: A♦Q♠J♦7♣

Laurila made the better two pair on the J♣K♥5♣8♦5♥ board. Merivirta left the tournament in eighth place as the final table bubble.

Tero Laurila – 1,100,000
Jyri Merivirta – 0

5-Card Omaha

Arriving on the 9♣6♠7♣ flop, Tobias Leknes bet 140,000 into the pot of 275,000 from the big blind. Fredrik Lindstrom called under the gun, after which Leknes sized up to 320,000 on the 10♦ turn.

Lindstrom inquired after Leknes’ remaining chips before making a call. The Q♠ river then completed the board, seeing Leknes size down to 125,000.

Lindstrom quickly moved all in, and Leknes snap-folded his hand, leaving himself about eight big blinds.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 2,100,000
Tobias Leknes – 410,000

5-Card Omaha

Gisle Olsen raised to 120,000 in the cutoff. Aklilu Laitinen defended his big blind before the pair checked through the 7♦3♠4♥ flop.

The 10♣ then came on the turn. Laitinen checked for a second time before being put all-in for 125,000 by Olsen.

Laitinen mulled it over for a minute or so before committing his chips for his tournament life.

Aklilu Laitinen: J♥J♣6♥6♣4♠
Gisle Olsen: A♥10♦9♣8♥4♣

Olsen’s two pair became a full house on the 10♠ river, besting the jacks of Laitinen and sending him to the rail in ninth place.

Gisle Olsen – 1,200,000
Aklilu Laitinen – 0

4-Card Omaha

Jyri Merivirta raised to 140,000 on the button. Tero Laurila then made it 460,000 to go in the small blind, after which Jussi Mattila four-bet jammed for 1,300,000 from the big blind.

Merivirta tanked for a while before folding Q♦10♣9♠8♣. Laurila snapped off his remaining 290,000 chips, and the cards were flipped up.

Tero Laurila: K♠K♣J♠8♠
Jussi Mattila: A♥A♣J♥3♦

Laurila made a set on the Q♣2♣K♥ flop to have a good chance of cracking Mattila’s aces. The A♦ turn reversed the situation, with Mattila reclaiming a dominating lead.

The 10♥ river made both the stame straight, however, and the players chopped up the pot as play continued.

Jussi Matilla – 1,400,000
Tero Laurila – 840,000
Jyri Merivirta – 335,000

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Lindstrom raised to 100,000 as first to act. Tobias Leknes defended his big blind and check-called Lindstrom’s continuation-bet of 100,000 on the K♣A♥9♦ flop.

Lindstrom sized up to 150,000 on the 9♣ turn, seeing his opponent check-call again. The 6♥ river was knuckled by both.

Leknes quickly showed ace-king, but Lindstrom won the pot with A♠Q♥9♠8♣5♣ for a full house.

Frederik Lindstrom – 1,550,000
Tobias Leknes – 500,000

4-Card Omaha

Renars Skanis moved all in for 395,000 in the small blind and was called by Tero Laurila on the button.

Renars Skanis: A♠7♦6♦4♠
Tero Laurila: A♣K♠Q♦6♠

Laurila’s king kicker turned out to be the deciding factor after the 2♣A♦9♥9♦8♣ board had been completed, eliminating the Latvian in tenth.

Tero Laurila – 1,100,000
Renars Skanis – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tobias Leknes limped in from the small blind and Fredrik Lindstrom checked his option in the big blind.

The pair then checked through the 9♥2♥7♦6♥ flop and turn before Leknes also checked the 4♠ river.

Lindstrom fired 90,000, which Leknes raised to 360,000. Lindstrom spent a few minutes in the tank but eventually put in a call.

Leknes tabled K♥Q♦9♦7♣3♣ for a bluff, leaving Lindstrom to take the pot with A♣J♥6♦3♥3♠ for a jack-high flush.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 1,300,000
Tobias Leknes – 1,200,000

4-Card Omaha

Hans Holst was down to just 80,000, which he got in from the big blind against Tero Laurila in the small blind.

Hans Holst: 10♠10♣5♥3♣
Tero Laurila: A♥7♥4♠4♣

Laurila paired his ace on the A♦2♥5♠9♠9♣ board, which was enough to knock Holst out in 11th.

Tero Laurila – 665,000
Hans Holst – 0

4-Card Omaha

Mikael Koistinen raised to 85,000 on the button. Small blind Tobias Leknes three-bet to 180,000, after which Koistinen shoved for 250,000 total.

Leknes made a quick call, and the cards hit their backs.

Mikael Koistinen: Q♣10♥10♣9♦
Tobias Leknes: A♣K♣Q♠9♠

Leknes made the nut flush on J♣6♥K♠3♣2♣, securing the pot and sending Koistinen out in 12th.

Tobias Leknes – 1,500,000
Mikael Koistinen – 0

Henrik Puija limped in under the gun before Tobias Leknes made it 100,000 to go in the small blind. Puija made the call and a flop of 9♠5♣10♥ was fanned.

The rest of Puija’s 335,000 chips flew in the middle, and the cards went face-up.

Henrik Puija: Q♠J♣10♦8♥
Tobias Leknes: A♥A♣10♣6♣

Leknes’ aces made a full house on the 9♣A♦ runout, knocking out Puija and setting up the final two tables.

Tobias Leknes – 1,200,000
Henrik Puija – 0

The remaining players have been sent on a quick 30-minute dinner break.

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Brink got his final 125,000 chips in the middle from the small blind against Jyri Merivirta in the big blind.

Frederik Brink: A♥J♠J♣4♥3♦
Jyri Merivirta: K♠K♦9♥8♥3♥

Brink could not improve his jacks on the 3♠6♦Q♦10♠9♠ board, leaving him stranded in 13th place.

Jyri Merivirta – 335,000
Frederik Brink – 0

Tero Laurila raised to 60,000 under the gun. Mikael Koistinen then moved in for 110,000 from the small blind, quickly being looked up by Laurila.

Mikael Koistinen: 10♥8♥6♠4♠
Tero Laurila: A♠A♥5♣2♣

Koistinen needed to crack Laurila’s aces to stay in the tournament, and he did just so when the 9♣J♣6♥5♦6♦ board gave him three of a kind.

Tero Laurila – 500,000
Mikael Koistinen – 260,000

5-Card Omaha

Tony Westby open-jammed his final 56,000 on the button and was looked up by Aklilu Laitinen in the big blind.

Tony Westby: A♠A♥Q♦7♦5♠
Aklilu Laitinen: J♥10♦9♣8♦6♣

Laitinen’s clubs made him a flush on 4♦5♦8♣5♣10♣, eliminating the Norwegian from the tournament and creating an all-Finnish table.

Aklilu Laitinen – 1,450,000
Tony Westby – 0

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Brink raised to 55,000 under the gun. The action folded to Jussi Mattila in the big blind, who defended. He then led all-in for 85,000 on the 7♣9♠5♣ flop, eventually being looked up by Brink.

Jussi Mattila: A♠Q♣J♦8♥7♥
Frederik Brink: A♥10♦7♦6♠4♠

The 7♠ turn and Q♦ river gave Mattila a full house, doubling him up and leaving Brink with about 7 big blinds.

Jussi Mattila – 310,000
Frederik Brink – 105,000

5-Card Omaha

Aklilu Laitinen raised to 50,000 under the gun and called when Mathias Siljander three-bet to 175,000 in the cutoff.

Laitinen then led all-in on the 10♦Q♠4♣ flop, seeing Siljander make a quick call for his stack of 290,000.

Mathias Siljander: A♠A♦J♥10♠6♦
Aklilu Laitinen: K♠K♦J♠9♣7♣

The 2♠ turn remained safe for Siljander’s aces, but the J♣ river made Laitinen his straight. Siljander’s big pile of chips was shipped to Laitinen, who knocked his neighbor out in 16th.

5-Card Omaha

Frederik Brink raised his button to 40,000, after which Mikael Koistinen three-bet all in from the small blind for 135,000. Brink made a swift call and the cards went face-up.

Mikael Koistinen: K♥K♣9♥6♠5♥
Frederik Brink: A♦10♦8♠7♠5♣

Koistinen made a straight on the 10♣J♥7♦5♠Q♣ board to double up to roughly 20 big blinds.

Frederik Brink – 310,000
Mikael Koistinen – 300,000

5-Card Omaha

Fredrik Lindstrom raised to 30,000 under the gun, only being called by Mathias Siljander in the small blind.

Siljander check-called bets of 32,000 and 154,000 on the 5♥K♥10♠7♦ flop and turn, after which the 6♠ appeared on the river.

Siljander took some time and then put Lindstrom all-in for 149,000. Lindstrom wasted no time calling and tabled A♣10♥10♣9♥8♠ for the nut straight. Siljander sheepishly showd A♥Q♥J♠4♠3♦ for the bottom end of the straight before he paid Lindstrom his chips.

Fredrik Lindstrom – 724,000
Mathias Siljander – 665,000

4-Card Omaha

It folded to Mathias Siljander in the small blind, who raised to 36,000. Jonas Juhlen called in the big blind, leaving only 10,000 behind.

The rest of Juhlen’s chips flew in on the 6♥9♥K♣ flop, and the cards were tabled.

Jonas Juhlen: J♣10♠4♥3♥
Mathias Siljander: Q♥Q♦4♦2♣

Juhlen’s flush draw came in on the A♥ turn, rendering the 6♠ river meaningless. He doubled up to a stack of roughly 9 big blinds.

Mathias Siljander – 960,000
Jonas Juhlen – 104,000

4-Card Omaha

Michal Danka raised to 35,000 under the gun. It then folded to Jussi Mattila in the big blind, who weighed his options before putting in a call.

The flop fell 5♣9♥5♠. Mattila checked to Danka, who shoved all in for 65,000. Mattila made a quick call, revealing the cards.

Michal Danka: K♥K♦Q♣3♣
Jussi Mattila: Q♥9♠6♣5♥

Mattila had flopped a full house, taking a big lead over the kings of Danka. Neither the 10♣ turn nor the 8♥ river saw Danka improve, spelling the end of his tournament run.

Jussi Mattila – 250,000
Michal Danka – 0

5-Card Omaha

Gisle Olsen limped in from the small blind and called when Espen Sandvik made it 30,000 to go in the big blind. Sandvik continued for 20,000 on the 5♥3♦6♠ flop, which Olsen check-called.

Olsen checked to Sandvik again on the A♦ turn, after which he was faced with a bet of 50,000. Olsen then put Sandvik all-in for 143,000, which the Norwegian snap-called.

Espen Sandvik: A♣K♠7♣6♦4♦
Gisle Olsen: A♠A♥8♠4♠3♠

Sandvik had flopped a straight and survived the encounter with Olsen’s aces as the J♣ did not pair the board.

Espen Sandvik – 433,000
Gisle Olsen – 200,000

4-Card Omaha

Seppo Parkkinen, who started the day as the shortest stack with just 15,000 chips, tossed in 30,000 from the cutoff for an all-in bet.

It folded to Tony Westby in the big blind, who called off to put Parkkinen at risk.

Seppo Parkkinen: 9♥8♠6♠4♥
Tony Westby: K♣9♠7♥4♣

Westby made two pair on the J♣A♦K♠2♦7♠ board, leaving Parkkinen pairless and without chips.

Tony Westby – 175,000
Seppo Parkkinen – 0

5-Card Omaha

Tran Xuan raised to 24,000 in the small blind. Alexander Holmberg sat in the big blind and made the call, after which Xuan tossed in his 18,000 remaining chips on the 9♦3♣A♦ flop.

Holmberg tossed in a call after some thought and the cards went on their backs.

Tran Xuan: K♦Q♥J♠7♦4♥
Alexander Holmberg: J♣8♣6♠5♠4♣

Neither player had a pair, but both made a pair of jacks on the J♥ turn. The 8♠ river upgraded only Holmberg to two pair, eliminating Xuan from the tournament.

Alexander Holmberg – 485,000
Tran Xuan – 0

5-Card Omaha

Renars Skanis raised his small blind to 24,000 and was called by Jarkko Suokas in the big blind. Skanis continued for 15,000 on the K♥K♣4♦ flop, after which the 9♦ hit the turn.

Skanis slowed down and checked, prompting Suokas to move in for roughly 50,000. Skanis snap-called and the cards went face-up.

Jarkko Suokas: A♦K♦8♥5♠3♣
Renars Skanis: K♠10♠9♠9♥8♠

Both players had flopped trips, but only Skanis had improved to a full house on the turn. The Q♦ river changed nothing, sending Suokas to the rail to pick up his min-cash.

Renars Skanis – 320,000
Jarkko Suokas – 0

4-Card Omaha

With 45,000 chips in the middle, small blind Mikael Haapaniemi committed his final 52,000 chips on a flop of 7♠10♠6♥ against Jussi Perlinen on the button.

Mikael Haapaniemi: J♠J♦10♥6♠
Jussi Perlinen: Q♥J♥8♣7♦

The board ran out Q♣5♣, giving Perlinen a higher two pair and giving Haapaniemi the title of bubble boy.

Jussi Perlinen – 190,000
Mikael Haapaniemi – 0

4-Card Omaha

Stanislovas Vinicenka raised to 21,000 in the hijack, leaving only 15,000 behind. Espen Sandvik in the cutoff then made it 72,000 to go. Vinicenka called off his remaining chips once it folded back to him, revealing the cards/

Stanislovas Vinicenka: K♠K♦Q♣4♣
Espen Sandvik: A♠A♥10♥4♠

Sandvik’s aces held on the Q♦J♥8♠10♦3♠ runout, sending Vinicenka to the rail and leaving the field two away from the money.

Espen Sandvik – 221,000
Stanislovas Vinicenka – 0

5-Card Omaha

Jonas Juhlen in the small blind and Michal Rudnik in the big blind were at a river of 9♣Q♥A♠5♦8♣. Juhlen bet the pot of 54,000, sending Rudnik in the tank.

After some minutes, Rudnik counted out a call and put it in the middle. Juhlen tabled J♠10♥5♠2♥2♣ for the nuts and took down the pot, leaving Rudnik with just a few big blinds three away from the money.

Jonas Juhlen – 322,000
Michal Rudnik – 29,000

5-Card Omaha

Tran Xuan raised to 17,000 under the gun. Renars Skanis called on the button, as did Minh Thang Ngo in the big blind. The flop fell 7♠8♦J♣ and was checked to Skanis, who made a bet of 20,000.

Ngo quickly mucked his cards before Xuan committed his stack of 47,000. Skanis quickly called and the cards were tabled.

Tran Xuan: A♣K♥K♦7♦7♣
Renars Skanis: Q♣10♣9♠9♥8♣

Xuan’s set was up against the straight of Skanis. However, Xuan made a flush on the 5♦Q♦ runout to get the checkmark and receive a vital double-up.

Renars Skanis – 275,000
Tran Xuan – 152,000
Minh Thang Ngo – 55,000

4-Card Omaha

Veli-Pekka Penttinen was all-in for 57,000 in the big blind against Frederik Lindstrom in the small blind.

Veli-Pekka Penttinen: A♠K♥J♦10♦
Frederik Lindstrom: Q♠Q♣6♥6♣

Lindstrom made a set of queens on the Q♥A♥9♦7♦3♣ board to win the pot and knock Penttinen out ten spots before the money.

Frederik Lindstrom – 150,000
Veli-Pekka Penttinen – 0

5-Card Omaha

Blaz Zerjav had gone all in for 56,000 from the small blind, being up against Aklilu Laitinen in the big blind.

Blaz Zerjav: Q♦Q♣J♠10♥10♣
Aklilu Laitinen: K♠K♣10♠4♥3♠

Laitinen’s kings remained ahead on the J♦5♣2♦4♣ flop and turn before the K♦ river made him top set to lock up the pot.

Zerjav was left without chips and quickly headed to the exit to no doubt register for another tournament as he hunts for a second trophy this week.

Aklilu Laitinen – 400,000
Blaz Zerjav – 0

5-Card Omaha

After each putting in 12,000 preflop, Michal Rudnik’s stack of 17,000 went in from the big blind on a flop of 2♣6♠5♠ against Jan Ostlund in the small blind.

Michal Rudnik: A♣Q♦J♥6♦4♦
Jan Ostlund: A♠J♦J♣7♣2♦

Rudnik made trips on the 6♣ turn and was upgraded to a full house on the A♥ river to take the pot and double up.

Jan Ostlund – 80,000
Michal Rudnik – 62,000

Yesterday evening, Day 1 of the €1,100 PLO Championship took place at the tenth anniversary of Kings of Tallinn. The tournament, which tests players’ skills in both four- and five-card Omaha, saw 271 entries made at Olympic Park Casino. They played 14 levels of 30 minutes before bagging up, shrinking the field to 52 players in the meantime. Topping the charts at the end of the night is Norwegian player Tobias Leknes. Leknes is one of the most decorated online mixed games players of all time but once again proved he can do it on the live poker tables as well, bagging up 670,000 chips at the end of Day 1 on his search to add another trophy to his vast collection.

Leknes’ stack of 670,000 will be worth 168 big blinds when play resumes at 1 p.m. local time. He will be in prime position to abuse the incoming bubble, as only 35 players will receive a slice of the €252,030 prize pool. Leknes is followed in the counts by reigning Autumn Edition Main Event champion Mathias Siljander, who brings 485,000 chips to Day 2. Also in the top ten are Irish Open champion Tero Laurila (237,000) and Finnish poker millionaire Jyri Merivirta (228,000).

€1,100 PLO Championship Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Tobias Leknes	Norway	670,000	168
2	Mathias Siljander	Finland	485,000	121
3	Henrik Puija	Estonia	409,000	102
4	Aklilu Laitinen	Finland	361,000	90
5	Tran Xuan	Finland	284,000	71
6	Tero Laurila	Finland	237,000	59
7	Jussi Mattila	Finland	231,000	58
8	Jyri Merivirta	Finland	228,000	57
9	Michal Danka	Sweden	227,000	57
10	Alexander Holmberg	Sweden	223,000	56

Other players to find a bag for Day 2 include Igor Pihela Jr. (161,000), Kings of Tallinn Main Event champions Kai Letho (132,000), Ranno Sootla (122,000), and Juha Helppi (109,000), Pot-Limit Razz champion Blaz Zerjav (68,000), Mystery Bounty winner Robert Kaggerud (60,000), and the ever-enthusiastic Scott “PokerBrahs” Kenyon (30,000).

The min-cash of €2,100 is 17 spots away, being reserved for the top 35 finishers. Five-figure payouts will start from the top six, while the eventual champion will be awarded €52,280 alongside a beautiful Kings of Tallinn trophy for their efforts.

€1,100 PLO Championship Payouts

The tournament will resume in Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. All levels will be 30 minutes in length throughout the day, with a break after every four of them. A TV table will also be streamed throughout the day.

A new PLO Champion will be crowned today, so stay tuned as the live reporting team will bring you all the four- and five-card action straight from the tournament floor.