Kings of Tallinn Celebrating 10 Year Anniversary in Style

Northern Europe’s biggest poker festival, the Kings of Tallinn powered by OlyBet Poker, is just one month away at the luxurious surroundings of Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park in the heart of the Estonian capital of Tallinn from February 21 to March 2. This version is set out to be truly special as the Kings of Tallinn celebrates its glorious 10-year anniversary. There’s little doubt that the 2025 Kings of Tallinn will be among the poker highlights of the first quarter of 2025, with many special plans to commemorate this historic milestone.

With a €1,000,000 GTD Main Event, more than 60 tournaments, and cash game action around the clock, Kings of Tallinn seeks to attract players from all over the world. This year’s edition will be extraordinary, as the festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

The Kings of Tallinn was designed by esteemed tournament director Teresa Nousiainen more than a decade ago with the players in mind. It has helped set trends around the world as well as helped grow the mixed-game community with always a plethora of choices for every time of player throughout the schedule. This year’s festival will be the most special to date. Read on to learn more:

High Roller Action Accompanies Main Event

The Kings of Tallinn is known for providing players with tons of options throughout the festival, and this is even more true this year at the 2025 Kings of Tallinn schedule. Nousiainen and her team at OlyBet Poker spent countless hours curating a robust poker tournament schedule based on player feedback and the fact that the 10th anniversary is a special milestone.

The highlight of the festival is easily the 2025 Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event from Feb. 25 to March 2. The event, which boasts a massive €1 million guarantee, is expected to break records in the Baltics with the guarantee double of the €500,000 for the 2024 Kings of Tallinn Main Event.

Players at the Kings of Tallinn will have great opportunities to secure their main event seats for a cheaper price. Multiple satellites are scattered across the schedule, most guaranteeing as many as 10 tickets. Plenty of players have already punched their seats as well at OlyBet Poker, which will continue to run feeder tournaments into satellites for as low as $0.01.

While most of the schedule boasts lower buy-ins to that of the Main Event, there are two other huge events bound to grab the attention of poker players both in attendance or following from home. The 2025 Kings of Tallinn hosts the one-day €5,000 NLH High Roller on Feb. 26. Last year, the trophy stayed home in this six-handed affair after Estonian poker beast Markkos Ladev won the €47,290 top prize.

Near the end of the festival, players will also have a chance to play for a high buy-in, with the popular €3,000 NLH returning on March 1-2.

Team Competition and Schedule Create an Electric Atmosphere

Kings of Tallinn has grown increasingly popular because the festival is open to everyone. OlyBet Poker has strived for inclusiveness throughout the years, promoting women in poker through various endeavors, including the stand-alone Queens of Tallinn or the camaraderie in the robust mixed game schedule and team competition being just a couple of examples.

The €150 Queens of Tallinn will return on March 1 with mixed games starting at a €150 buy-in running throughout the schedule. Of course, there are plenty of no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha tournaments with massive prizes throughout the schedule.

While we can’t highlight every single piece of golden nugget in such a good schedule, the €555 NLH Kings of Tallinn Championship deserves its time on center stage. With four opening day flights and the opportunity to buy in during the first hours of Day 2 as well, this multi-day tournament surely will be one of the most popular side events during the entire festival, as it has proven in the past.

Mixed Games are extremely popular in Northern Europe, and Kings of Tallinn is the poker festival to attend if you want to play as many different poker games as possible. Founded in Scandinavia, Sviten is one of the most popular mixed games, and players should circle February 28 in the calendar. The €555 Sviten Championship is a two-day event, and action is guaranteed in this game, which combines five-card Draw and PLO.

Mystery Bounty has become increasingly popular at live poker events, and the €555 NLH Deepstack Mystery Bounty will not disappoint. Players will play until 13% of the field remains before the survivors bag their chips and return the next day when the mystery envelopes will be introduced.

As if an intriguing tournament schedule wasn’t enough, a team competition will run during Kings of Tallinn. A total of 2% of all prize pools (excluding satellites, online events, and the ladies’ event) will go to the team challenge prize pool. Form a team of 4 players and compete for a share of the team prize pool by earning points. The deeper you and your teammates make it into various events, the more points you earn.

• Register your team on OlyBet Poker’s Kings of Tallinn landing page.

OlyBet will be adding some special surprises and twists to the Team Competition. So we recommend you form your team soon or seek out assistance from the friendly OlyBet staff when you arrive, who can help you form a team before you hop into your first tournament.

Poker.pro can’t highlight the fun the Team Competition provides with players on rails, even in the tiniest of events, rooting on their team for the coveted points.

The 2025 Kings of Tallinn will be played at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel & Olympic Park Casino from February 20 to March 2. Presumably, many poker players are counting the days before the event kicks off, and there’s no doubt it will be one of the live poker events of the year.

Of course, the PokerPro team will be on-site reporting from Kings of Tallinn. Who will take down the main event title in 2025 and cement his or her legendary poker status? Kings of Tallinn, we’re ready.

2025 Kings of Tallinn Schedule