The 2023 Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown has crowned its Main Event champion, and Finland's Kai Lehto is the man who will forever be remembered as being the king of Tallinn.
The €1,100 buy-in Main Event attracted 564 players from across Europe and further afield, proving the lure of this incredible series is as strong as ever. Those entrants created a €530,160 prize pool that the top 71 finishers shared. A min-cashed weighed in at €2,000, progressing to the final table increased that payout to €7,700, with a cool €108,260 reserved for the eventual champion.
A double elimination late into Day 2 resulted in the money bubble bursting and the curtain coming down on proceedings. The surviving 71 in-the-money players bagged up for the night, knowing they had locked in at least a min-cash for their efforts.
Day 3 saw 71 players reduced to only ten over the course of 13 hours of intense poker action. Lehto bagged up the chip lead, but he had the chasing pack breathing down his neck.
The €1,100 buy-in Main Event attracted 564 players from across Europe and further afield, proving the lure of this incredible series is as strong as ever. Those entrants created a €530,160 prize pool that the top 71 finishers shared. A min-cashed weighed in at €2,000, progressing to the final table increased that payout to €7,700, with a cool €108,260 reserved for the eventual champion.
A double elimination late into Day 2 resulted in the money bubble bursting and the curtain coming down on proceedings. The surviving 71 in-the-money players bagged up for the night, knowing they had locked in at least a min-cash for their efforts.
Day 3 saw 71 players reduced to only ten over the course of 13 hours of intense poker action. Lehto bagged up the chip lead, but he had the chasing pack breathing down his neck.