Level 30: 40,000/80,000 (60,000)
Entries: 10/617

Ridas Bitauskas was left with under a blind from his last hand and was all-in on the first hand after the break. 

David Bright raised 165,000 from the small blind and Roope Tarmi called from the big.

The flop was - Bright check-folded to Tarmi's bet and both players revealed their cards.

Ridas Bitauskas:
Roope Tarmi:

Bitauskas was only hoping for an ace or a backdoor draw. There was some hope on the turn which gave him a gutshot. The river was another four which made him bust the tournament in 10th place for €4,250

Level 29: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 10/617

Roope Tarmi opened the hand from under the gun and Ridas Bitauskas called 120,000 from the button.

Tarmi bet the flop and Bitauskas just called. The turn paired the board and completed the flush draw and Tarmi slowed down a bit. He checked and Bitauskas put him all in after some thinking. 

Roope Tarmi snap-called and showed his flush against Bitauskas . The Lithuanian was drawing dead and they both had very similar stacks.

After a count, Tarmi had 830,000 and Bitauskas covered him only by 65,000 chips and is left with less than a blind on the final table bubble.

The players will now take their 15-minute break and after that,  everyone will know if the "chip and a chair" stories can come true in the WSOPC Ring Event #3

Level 29: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 10/617


Only 10 players are left at almost midnight here in Olympic Casino Tallinn and only one of them will win the €55,210 first-place prize and the golden WSOPC ring.

The average stack is 1,850,000 and the blinds will be going up in just a few minutes. The Day will finish after just one bust out. Good luck to all of the remaining players.

Level 29: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 11/617


Oleksii Natoptanyi raised the first to 120,000 and got a flat call from one of the chip leaders - Phil Gross sitting on the button. 

Action folded to Latvia's Ruslans Levockins who ripped his remaining 550,000 in the middle. A snap all-in followed by Natoptanyi and Gross said he couldn't call and mucked his cards.

Ruslans Levockins:
Oleksii Natoptanyi:

Levockins was in trouble, his Ukrainian opponent had the better of it, and the flop changed nothing. The turn was another and bricked Levockins hopes of winning a golden ring.


Ruslans Levockin's good play through Day 2 managed to get him in the top 11 and secured a payout of €4,250 for him.

Level 29: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 12/617

Boris Smolianskii was left a bit short and had around 8 blinds when he open-jammed from the hi-jack. Phil Gross looked like he had an easy decision on his left and just called. Everyone else folded.

Boris Smolianskii:
Phil Gross:

With just 8 blinds left Smolianskii managed to run into Aces, even tho he had one in his hand. 

The flop was quite interesting , the two clubs gave Smolianskii a decent chance to double-up, while his opponent hit the one-outer top set of Aces.

The turn wasn't the color Smolianskii needed and the river was a black card, but not the suit he wished for.

Boris Smolianskii finished just 3 positions shy of the final table and will take home €4,250.

Level 28: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 13/617


Rasmus Sihvonen raised from the button to 100,000 and Jan Holte quickly jammed his remaining 11 blind in the middle.

Dmitri Damaskin went a bit into the tank and eventually also announced that he was all in. Sihvonen snap folded and we had another player at risk.

Jan Holte:
Dmitri Damaskin:

Holte couldn't hit any pair on the board and had to get up off his chair. 

Jan Holte's run ended in 13th place for €3,650.

Level 28: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 14/617

Christopher Dowling had a decision to make on the button as his stack was getting shorter and shorter. His decision ended up being all-in. 

Rasmus Sihvonen made the call from the small blind and both went on to showdown.


Christopher Dowling:
Rasmus Sihvonen:

Dowling really hoped to hit something on the flop, as he was behind. The flop king high flop didn't help his cause and he was drawing dead on the turn.

Dowling is eliminated just 13 players away from the golden ring and will take €3,250.

Level 28: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 15/617

Ville-Matti Keränen jammed around 14 blinds from the hi-jack with his  and got called by David Bright's .

The flop came which gave Keranen some backdoor outs. Another spade hit on the turn and yet another one which completed Bright's flush draw.

sm:text- md:text- font-bold leading-none">Ville-Matti Keränen is eliminated in 15th place and will take home €3,250.

Level 27: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 16/617

Jan Holte and Kaido Mikk were heads-up on the river. The board was and they were playing blind on blind. 

There were already 500,000 chips in the middle and Mikk was the first to act, he bet another 300,000 and his opponent announced that he was all-in.

Kaido Mikk had only 430,000 behind and did muck his cards after a while.


Jan Roger Holte wins a nice pot of over 1,100,000 chips right before the eventual final table.

Kaido Mikk busted in one of the next few hands with jc] against Ridas Bitauskas's  and gets paid €2,900 for 16th place.

Level 27: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 17/617

The WSOPC Ring Event #3 is down to its last 16 players and they have been re-drawn to the last 2 tables. 

The day will be played till our final 9 players and the action will continue tomorrow at 13:00.

Level 27: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 17/617

Another all-in took place at table number two. Raise from Ignotas Tamasauskas to 80,000 and Kestutis Jungevicius shoved his last 350,000 chips with his pocket tens . The table folded around to the original raiser and he snap-called with his {jc].

Nothing worked for Jungevicius on the board and his hopes for a ring are over in 17th place which guarantees him a payout of €2,900. He made the pay jump because another player - Aurimas Stanevicius busted before him on the other table in 18th place.

Level 27: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 20/617

Maikel Homin shoved his remaining 4 blinds from the small blind and got instantly called by Phil Gross in the big blind.

Maikel Homin:
Phil Gross:

Behind and at risk Estonian's Homin needed help from the dealer. The had not even one diamond on it, the turn was which gave Homin some additional outs.

The river ended Homin's performance in 20th place and he got €2,550 for it. 

Marios Mansour busted the next hand on the same table and will take home the same prize.

Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 24/617

Edoardo Mancinelli opened from the cutoff to 60,000 and action folded around to Oleksii Natoptanyi who was sitting in the big. He jammed it all in and put his opponent all in to call for his 21 blinds. Mancinelli called.

Edoardo Mancinelli:

Oleksii Natoptanyi:

Mancinelli was in good shape to double up after a safe flop of , Natoptanyi needed to hit a five or a seven for the chop. The dealer turned exactly what he wished for and Mancinelli's tournament life was hanging by a thread. 

No luck for the Italian, river drilled another five to finish a full house for the Ukrainian. He finished in 24th place right before a €250 ladder to €2,250

Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 24/617

The WSOPC Ring Event #3 €555 NLH is now down to the last 24 players out of 617 total entries. This means we do have our last three tables and it's time for a seat redraw.

All players, but the 24th are guaranteed at least €2,250 cash, and only one of them will take home the golden jewelry.

Ranno Sootla who won the €660 Mystery Bounty Ring Event last year busted in 25th place.


Here are the last players who busted before the redraw:

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 29/617


Tommy Piiroinen raised first in and got shoved for 270,000 from Roman Jezov. After the other players folded Piiroinen didn't think much and threw in a chip for the call.

Roman Jezov:
Tommy Piroinen:

Monster hand for Jezov - pocket kings, bu his opponent wasn't in such a bad shape with the three aces still in the deck. 

The flop was crazy - Jezov had a full-house on the flop, while his opponent was drawing to such himself.. 

The turn didn't change much, but oh the river .. it was the which completed a bigger full-house for Piroinen.



Unlucky spot for Roman Jezov saw him bust in 29th place for €1,750

Here is the list of players who busted within the range of 33rd to 53rd place in the WSOPC Ring Event #3.

Players from 32nd to 39th will get €1,550 and  from 40th to 55th will get €1,350.

Level 24: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 36/617

David Bright opened the pot from the button and Jari Juhola jammed it all in for about 430,000 and got quickly called by Bright. 

Jari Juhola:
David Bright:

Bright's Jack didn't have a buddy like Juhola's Jack and that meant he needed to find at least an Ace somewhere along the board. Both had very similar stack and it was basically two tournament lives at stake.

Great flop for Bright, his opponent was now drawing to a backdoor chop or a one outer jack. The turn was and the river . Jari Juhola finished in 36th position and will take €1,550.

Level 24: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 38/617

Jani Tuovinen's tournament life was on the line after he ripped it all in from the small blind after a button raise from Edoardo Mancinelli. He didn't get called by the  Italian, because Jan Holte also went all-in from the big blind. 

Jani Tuovinen: 
Jan Holte:

Two hearts on the gave Tuovinen some chance of a backdoor, that ended fast on the brick turn. His tournament life also ended after the dealer put the on the river. He busts the tournament in 38th place and will cash out €1,550.

Level 23: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 41/617

Phil Gross is on a hot roll as he busts players left and right. He has a staggering amount of 2,200,000 chips which amounts to 110 big blinds on the current level. He is almost a million off the second-biggest stack at the moment. The average stack right now is 475,000.

Level 23: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 46/617

Mykhailo Mikhalov Jammed his last 4 blinds after an early raise from Edoardo Mancinelli, followed by an all-in from  Northern Ireland's David Bright. Everyone folded and both got their cards face up.

Mykhailo Mikhalov:
David Bright:

No luck for Mikhalov on the board. He busts the Day 2 in 46th place and will take home €1,350.

Level 23: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 50/617

Ben Slack was heads-up with Kaido Mikk on a scary board of and there was already 300,000 chips in the middle. Slack checked and after a while Mikk bet 160,000.

With both flush draws missing and maybe a straight draw too Slack made the call and was shown the bad news quickly. Kaido Mikk turned his cards around and he had for a full-house.

Kaido Mikk scoops the huge 620,000 pot and with his 300,000 behind he is now the chipleader of Day 2.

26 players have already busted in just one level after they got into the money, some notable names that left the fight for the ring are Jon Kyte who won the Pot-Limit Omaha Ring Event at WSOPC Tallinn 2023, and Linda Nguyen who played the Day 2, and the final table of the ladies event at the same time.

You can also check out the payouts in our payouts section. 
40th - 55th - €1,350
56th - 71th - €1,200
71th - 79th - €1,100

Here is a list of all the players who busted after they got into the money:

Things went very quickly from 79 down to 53 players before the bigger dinner break which is exactly one-hour long. Players will return to level 23 and blinds 10,000/15,000 - Ante 15,000. They have all now locked up 1,350 and the next ladder is at top 39.

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These are the players who nearly made the money, but won't be taking any from Event #3: €555 No-Limit Hold'em. Good luck to everyone in the other events!

Level 21: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 80/617

Phil Gross from Germany min-raised from under the gun and got shoved on by Totti  Arosuo who was sitting on the button.  Gross had to call off his remaining 215,000 chips without knowing two shorter stacks already bubbled on the other tables, yet he made the call and revealed their cards.

Phil Gross:
Totti Arosuo:

Arosuo clearly wanted to push him off a hand on the stone bubble, but Gross had a pretty strong hand. He made a set on the flop and put a big smile on his face as his opponent was already drawing dead on the turn.  Gross will now continue the fight with a healthy stack of 460,000.

Level 21: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 80/617

Teppo Joentausta was all-in on the same hand as the previous player busted out and it was him from the small blind and his 74,000 chips against the call of Aurimas Stanevicius on the big blind.

Teppo Joentausta:
Aurimas Stanevicius:

Joentausta had a premium one, but unfortunately for him, his opponent hit a ten on the flop and needed help from the next two cards. Jack or an Ace would've probably meant at least €1,100 min-cash for him, but none of these cards came.

Congratulations all of the remaining 79 players are now in the money and still fighting for the golden ring.

Level 21: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 81/617

Nohad Teliani just busted with her against Henri  Schalin's pocket only two away from the money and €1,100 min-cash.

Now the play is hand for hand as we are waiting for the final bust out before everyone is in the money.

Level 20: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 85/617


Kestutis Jungevicius once again opened to 20,000 on table eight and got jammed on by Tero Laurila for 137,000. Just a few players off the money, this all-in looked quite strong. Jungevicius took some time and threw a chip in.

Tero Laurila:
Kestutis Jungevicius:

A flip at first sight, Laurila needed to fade some kings and queens as he was ahead preflop. The window card rolled up and it sure was not good news for Laurila - was the first one and then to complete the flop.

Laurila needed an ace or jack to stay alive but didn't get any on the turn and brick . 

Just minutes later the tournament is already hand for hand and 2 away from the money.

Level 20: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 89/617

Just 10 players off the money Enrique Martinez shoved for 9 big blinds from an early position and everyone folded except for Lithuania's Nikodemas Staniukaitis who tanked a bit and made the call.

Enrique Martinez:
Nikodemas Staniukaitis:

Bad news for Staniukaitis who saw he was dominated by a better hand.  The gave hopes for Staniukaitis only on the turn, but they quickly faded by the fifth card and he was forced to give Spain's Martinez 72,000 chips.

Level 20: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 91/617

A big pot was played between Audrius Laimelis and Kestutis Jungevicius. Laimelis defended an utg open from his opponent and the action was already four cards in after both checked the flop. The turn was led by Laimelis for 26,000 and called by his Lithuanian fellow. 

The river was the and Laimelis pushed his remaining 72,000 in the middle and got a call fairly quickly. 

Audrius Laimelis: - two pair
Kestutis Jungevicius: - top pair

Both got a pair of Jacks on the turn, but Laimelis scooped the pot with his second card, which he had paired already on the flop.

Check out some more of the eliminated players before the money down below:

The day is going fast and we are closing in on the paid place. There are 109 players left out of the 617 entries.  The competitors just finished their 15-minute break and will return to Level 19 on blinds 3,000/6,000 and 6,000 Ante.

Check out some of the bigger stacked players:

Level 18: 2,500/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 115/617

2023 Pot-Limit Omaha Ring Event champion Jon Kyte opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and got re-raised to 22,000 from Antti Veteläinen who had a big stack on the button.

Kyte paid and they saw a flop of on which Kyte checked and his opponent bet 12,000. The Norwegian called and the turn was . this time they both checked.

The river was a which completed a potential one-card straight. Kyte led for 18,000 and Vetelainen put him all-in. Kyte had to decide for his remaining 6 blinds and did make the fold eventually. He managed to double-up after a few hands and is still in the game for the gold.

Level 17: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 125/617

Tommi Lankinen put his tournament life on the line by shoving his last 14 blinds from an early position and got called by Audrius Laimelis from the cutoff.  Both had similar stacks, but Lankinen was at risk.

Tommi Lankinen:
Audrius Laimelis:

Jack in the window for Lankinen had him probably feel good for a second, right before the third card turned out to be another eight . With the turn Lankinen was already drawing dead and busted out of the tournament.

Level 17: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 143/617

Roger Odden jammed his last 17 blinds under the gun and action folded around to Ville-Matti Keränen on the button who also went all-in for a bit more than 180,000. On his left Jorn Martinsen called swiftly after checking the stacks for his remaining 144,000.

Roger Odden:
Ville-Matti Keranen:
Jorn Martinsen:

Martinsen had the best hand preflop with his pocket ladies, while Odden was in bad shape against both players. The gave Odden some hope, since he was given 4 more outs for a straight. The turn was another seven and the river changed nothing.

A big scoop of 350,000 chips for Martinsen, a bust out for Odden, and a small stack left for Keranen was the result of the three-way all-in.

Level 16: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 168/617

Janne Rusanen opened the pot from an early position and got one call right behind him, then Jarri-Pekka Juhola made a 3-bet to 20,000 and an all-in for 32,500 chips followed by Ralf Mikk that had the small blind posted. 

Rusanen didn't think much and shoved it all in as well for about 55,000, Juhola also didn't think twice and snap-called both.

Janne Rusanen:
Jarri-Pekka Juhola:
Ralf Mikk:

All of them had monster stacks, Rusanen had the pocket rockets and Juhola had the second-best starting hand. 

The flop came which was not good at all for both players at risk - Rusanen and Mikk. A very interesting popped on the turn giving Mikk some flush-draw outs, he needed a spade to win the pot and stay alive and that is exactly what he got on the river.

Crazy pot between the 3 players and as usual the underdog won the hand.
Ralf Mikk will continue with 100,000 stack which is just below the average for the level and Juhola won a small side pot worth 40,000.

Ring Event #3: €555 No-Limit Hold'em got a total of 617 entries, and only 189 remain at the time of writing. Payouts for the players have just been announced and a total prize pool of €296,160 will be divided amongst the top 79 of them.

First place is the staggering amount of €55,210, and one lucky person will take the prize home, followed by the third WSOPC golden ring.

All 79 will be guaranteed a min-cash payout of at least €1,100. The full payouts are in the Payouts tab in our coverage.

Here are the next batch of players who busted Day 2 and can no longer re-enter:

Here are some of the bigger stacks on Day 2 after the first four levels were completed.

Marcus Carlsen continues to chip the lead on Day 2 with 212 players left. The average stack is at 87,583 and players will continue at Level 15 - blinds 1,000/2,500 and Ante 2,500.

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The players just finished with Level 14 and this means all 200 of them get to go on a 20-minute break. Late registration for Day 2 will be open until the break ends.

Level 14: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 203/584

Norway's Marcus Carlsen was the top stack heading into Day 2 with an impressive 218,500 chip stack. He got involved in a pot after he raised under the gun to 4,000 and Christopher Dowling shoved his remaining 35,000 chips. Everyone else folded and Carlsen made the call.

Marcus Carlsen:
Christopher Dowling: 

Carlsen was in the lead with the better pocket pair and even managed to hit a set on the flop. The other two cards were not seven and seven which meant only one thing for Dowling - a last chance to re-enter or leave the fight for the third golden ring.

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 198/568


Both Artjoms Hromovs and Greece's Enea Subashi found themselves all-in preflop and they had monster hands. 

Artjoms Hromovs:
Enea Subashi:

Hromovs had his opponent quite dominated and it looked like it was over for Subashi on the
flop with Hromovs hitting top set.  Subashi was already packing his things when the hit the turn and brought some hope for him.

BANG .. what a river - the dealer drills the giving Subashi the straight he needs. Devastating river for Hromovs as he loses a big 94,000 pot, but still has a healthy stack of over a hundred thousand.

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 206/556

Tarjei Forus (pictured below) who managed to get to the 8-Game Ring Event yesterday opened shoved for a little less than 10 big blinds and got called by Kristo Klaassen who was sitting on the big blind.

Tarjei Forus:
Kristo Klaassen:

Forus needed to hit his ace since his opponent had a very strong pocket pair. No help for him on the flop, neither on the turn or river, which meant this bullet in Day 2 is finished for Tarjei Forus.

Here are some of the players who already busted in the Day 2. Hopefully, most of them return and keep battling for the ring as late registration is open for 2 more levels.

Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 235/535

Artjoms Hromovs was heads-up on the river against France's Erwan Pirotais and there were already 40,000 chips in the middle on the board. Hromovs jammed his four chips in each worth 25,000 and got his opponent into the tank. 

After a while, Pirotais ended up folding and Hromovs is up to 150,000 with the average stack being 70,000 at the moment.

Level 11: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 237/519

Once again Joshua Stewart was in play as he put all of his remaining 13,500 chips all-in after a 3,000 raise from Ville-Matti Keränen.  Jarmo Salonen called from the big blind and Keränen put another 10,500 for the call. 

Just like one of the earlier pots it checked around till the river on  board and everyone turned their cards up.

Joshua Stewart:
Jarmo Salonen:
Ville-Matti Keränen:

Salonen had a pair of Kings, which was good against Keränen's pocket fives, but it was no bueno against Stewert's set of nines. A nice triple-up for him and he is up to a bit over 40,000.

Level 11: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 235/497

Joshua Stewart opened up the action on table number 3 with a raise to 3,000 and an all-in followed by Verneri  Häkkinen from the cutoff. It folded around to Sargon Esfendiyari on the big who made the call for 11,500 - Stewert also completed with a call. 

Three-way to the flop no action was made by both still involved. Checks from both on the turn and river got them all to show their cards.

Joshua James Stewart:
Verneri Häkkinen:
Sargon Esfendiyari:

Esfendiyari was likely to win the pot even without the river, but it certainly helped his cause.  Häkkinen busts Day 2, but he still has 4 more levels to re-enter and fight for the golden ring.

Action at Olympic Park Casino starts once again with Day 2 of Ring Event #3: €555 No-Limit Hold'em.

235 players managed to continue from the four starting days and 8 we already have 8 new entries so far. Late registration is open for the first 4 levels and then it's game on for the third golden ring in the WSOP Circuit here in Tallinn.

The three-day Event #3: €555 No-Limit Hold'em ring event completed its four opening flights with the field already attracting 461 entries for a €221,280 prize pool.

These figures will continue to grow as late registration remains open for the first four blind levels of Tuesday's Day 2, which begins at 12 p.m. The first two blind levels of the day will be 1,000/1,500 (1,500) before two levels repeat again with 1,000/2,000 (2,000) blinds. This means players buying in on Day 2 or re-entering if things don't start well will have 20 big blinds at the start with a 30,000 starting stack.

After that, late registration will close, the prizes will be announced, and blinds will continue to increase every 30 minutes until a final table of nine players is reached.

Norway's Marcus Carlssen leads the way heading into Day 2 with an impressive 218,500 chip stack. Finland's Rasmus Sihvonen (208,500) and Jarmo Salonen (205,500) were the only two players to begin the day with at least 200,000 in chips.

We will be live reporting Event #5: €555 No-Limit Hold'em from Day 2 onwards.