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Noah Rogers Banks €30K as Kings of Tallinn Reaches Main Event Week
- Noah Rogers won the €555 Kings of Tallinn Championship for €30,005 after beating 319 entries.
- Emmanouil Chalkiotis took the 555-entry Mini-Main, winning €19,875 after a deal.
- The €1,100 Main Event with a €500,000 guarantee began October 14 and plays through October 18.
Even though we're just barely passed the halfway point, the opening half of Kings of Tallinn Autumn Edition has already handed out some of its biggest trophies.
Norway’s Noah Rogers won the €555 Kings of Tallinn Championship on Wednesday, while Emmanouil Chalkiotis wrapped up the 555-entry Mini-Main, before the Main Event’s move towards Day 2.
Given all that, this feels like as good a time as any to recap the first portion of the 2026 Autumn Edition.
Main Event Gets Underway With €500,000 Guaranteed
The €1,100 Kings of Tallinn Main Event began on October 14 with the first two of four starting flights.
Flight 1A drew 124 entries, with 38 players surviving the nine levels. Finland’s Mikael Haapaniemi bagged the biggest stack at 256,000, narrowly ahead of Estonia’s Tiiu Naar on 242,800 and Sander Leigri on 230,500.
| Flight 1A Leader | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| Mikael Haapaniemi | Finland | 256,000 |
| Tiiu Naar | Estonia | 242,800 |
| Sander Leigri | Estonia | 230,500 |
| Stanislav Smeljov | Estonia | 202,900 |
| Siim Suviste | Estonia | 189,900 |
Flight 1B followed on Wednesday evening, with Flights 1C and 1D scheduled for October 15. Late registration remains available into Day 2 on Friday, before the field plays through Saturday and the champion is crowned on October 18.
Players start with 30,000 chips, while the regular opening flights use 60-minute levels and the faster flights shorten the clock.
The €500,000 guarantee gives the autumn Main Event half the guarantee of February’s flagship Kings of Tallinn Main Event, which attracted 1,033 entries and was won by Veli-Pekka Penttinen for €149,775.
Rogers Wins €555 Championship After 319 Entries
Noah Rogers already had one Tallinn trophy under his belt before sitting down for the festival’s €555 NLH Championship.
The 21-year-old Norwegian won the €200 Turbo earlier in the week for €1,868, then went considerably bigger on Wednesday. Just for comparsion, the Championship drew 319 entries, creating a €148,335 prize pool.
Rogers beat Estonia’s Alger Pissarev heads-up for the €30,005 top prize after the pair exchanged the lead several times during a lengthy final duel.
€555 Kings of Tallinn Championship Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah Rogers | €30,005 |
| 2 | Alger Pissarev | €20,290 |
| 3 | Dennis Zetterman | €14,830 |
| 4 | Marek Zigel | €11,130 |
| 5 | Ben Devers | €7,930 |
| 6 | Jawad Habib | €5,770 |
| 7 | Edgars Hauks | €4,530 |
| 8 | Siim Taliaru | €3,760 |
| 9 | Mario Colavita | €3,140 |
Chalkiotis Takes the 555-Entry Mini-Main
The first major field of the week belonged to the €250 Mini-Main.
Late registration eventually pushed the tournament to 555 entries and €113,553 in prize money, after which Greece’s Emmanouil Chalkiotis took home the trophy after a heads-up deal with local player Simo Saarniit.
The pair locked in money before leaving €3,650 to play for. Chalkiotis finished the job and collected €19,875, while Saarniit took €16,618.
€250 Mini-Main Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmanouil Chalkiotis | Greece | €19,875* |
| 2 | Simo Saarniit | Estonia | €16,618* |
| 3 | Ranel Käsi | Estonia | €10,160 |
| 4 | Casper Jensen | Denmark | €7,480 |
| 5 | Oskar Ojaveer | Estonia | €5,480 |
| 6 | Gerardas Luksenas | Lithuania | €4,140 |
| 7 | Enea Subashi | Greece | €3,040 |
| 8 | Marko Paasikoski | Finland | €2,400 |
| 9 | Atso Lindell | Finland | €1,940 |
*Heads-up deal.
This most recept win is only a continuation of an already strong 2026 for Chalkiotis, who had already finished runner-up in the Novibet Poker Championship Main Event and recorded several podium finishes at APT Jeju Classic.
Zeltmatis Adds PLO Championship to Tallinn Record
One of the larger buy-ins in the first half of the Autumn Edition came with the €1,100 PLO4/PLO5 Championship. Ultimately, the field produced €51,150 in prize money.
Latvia’s Marcis Zeltmatis topped 55 entries for €17,340, beating compatriot Deniss Lebedevs in a heads-up showdown.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcis Zeltmatis | €17,340 |
| 2 | Deniss Lebedevs | €11,210 |
| 3 | Roope Tarmi | €7,440 |
| 4 | Mathias Christensen | €5,300 |
| 5 | Gisle Olsen | €4,120 |
| 6 | Simen Lampe | €3,220 |
| 7 | Vidar Assersen | €2,520 |
This was Zeltmatis’ second Tallinn title for this year, after an earlier PLO/PLO5/NLHE Progressive Bounty win at April’s OlyBet Showdown.
From now on, however, the side-event trophies fall into the background. The last Main Event flights run Thursday before Day 2 begins on Friday, with the €500,000 guarantee and the final Kings of Tallinn crown still up for grabs.
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