In the spring of 2026, the Baltic Poker calendar will welcome a brand new stop – the Olympic Showdown Tallinn. This series will be held from April 10th to 19th at the Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park in Tallinn, Estonia, spanning 10 days and featuring over 40 tournaments, making it one of the most anticipated new live poker series in the Baltic region this year.
This year's OlyBet Showdown Tallinn features the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event and the €555 No-Limit Hold'em Showdown Championship as its two core events, while also incorporating PLO4/PLO5, mixed games, mystery bounties, progressive bounties, and numerous satellite tournaments leading to the Main Event. For players looking to enter the Baltic Sea live event scene, Tallinn is not only a brand-new venue but also a well-structured and diverse ten-day series.
Why is Tallinn, the creator of OlyBet Showdown, worth following?
The biggest highlight of OlyBet Showdown Tallinn is not just its first time landing in Tallinn, but that the organizers planned it as a full-fledged series from the outset. From the main event and secondary main event tournaments to side events at different buy-in levels, as well as multiple satellite tournaments and 24-hour cash games, the overall setup shows that this is not a short-term event relying solely on a single main event, but a live poker festival with a complete range of participation levels.
This tournament structure is quite attractive to players. You can go straight for the main event or enter through lower-barrier satellite tournaments; if you're better at Omaha or mixed games, there are also corresponding tournaments to choose from. This makes the OlyBet Showdown Tallinn suitable not only for high-buy-in players, but also for players who want to control their bankroll and gradually move into live series.
OlyBet Showdown Tallinn Key Highlights
- A brand new poker series site launched for the first time in Tallinn, Estonia
- 10-day tournament, over 40 championship matches
- The event is structured around a dual-core format, featuring the €555 Showdown Championship and the €1,100 Main Event.
- Covering NLH, PLO4/PLO5, mixed games, mystery bounty tournaments, and women's tournaments.
- Multiple satellite tournaments and low-threshold qualifying rounds offer more flexible entry options.
Tallinn's two core tournaments
The two most important events at this year's OlyBet Showdown Tallinn are the €555 No-Limit Hold'em Showdown Championship and the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event. The former will begin on April 14th, with the first day of competition reaching the money bubble and a second day to determine the champion; the latter will officially begin on April 15th, with four starting classes: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. Day 2 will be held on April 17th, and the final day will be on April 18th.
In terms of the tournament schedule, the €555 Showdown Championship is a mid-level buy-in main event, which usually attracts a large and diverse field of participants; while the €1,100 Main Event is the most significant main event of the entire tournament, and is the most noteworthy for both players who want to achieve a good result on a large live event and those who want to accumulate European tour experience.
OlyBet Showdown Tallinn Main Event Structure
- Group 1A: April 15th
- Group 1B: April 15th
- Group 1C: April 16th
- Group 1D: April 16th
- Day 2: April 17th
- Final Day: April 18
OlyBet Showdown Tallinn Key Match Schedule
To avoid the full schedule being too long and affecting readability, the first 6 lines of the schedule are presented below. To view the complete OlyBet Showdown Tallinn schedule, please see the full table below.
Full OlyBet Showdown Tallinn Schedule
| date | time | Tournament | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 10 (Friday) | 15:00 | #1 OlyBet Win TV Superlive | €250 |
| April 10 (Friday) | 19:00 | #2 PLO4 Bounty | €200 |
| April 10 (Friday) | 22:00 | #3 NLH Satellite | €20 |
| April 11 (Saturday) | 12:00 | #4 NLH Superlive | €555 |
| April 12 (Sunday) | 14:30 | #9 OlyBet Showdown Mini Main Event 1A | €200 |
| April 13 (Monday) | 15:00 / 21:00 | #9 Mini Main Event 1B / 1C | €200 |
| April 14 (Tuesday) | 15:00 | €555 OlyBet Showdown Tournament Day 1 | €555 |
| April 15 (Wednesday) | 12:00 / 19:00 | €1,100 Main Event Day 1A / 1B | €1,100 |
| April 16 (Thursday) | 12:00 / 19:00 | €1,100 Main Event Day 1C / 1D | €1,100 |
| April 17 (Friday) | 12:00 | €1,100 Main Event Day 2 | — |
| April 18 (Saturday) | 12:00 | €1,100 Main Event Final Day | — |
Besides the main event, what else is worth noting at the Tallinn event?
While the €1,100 Main Event and the €555 Showdown Tournament are the overall highlights, the completeness of OlyBet Showdown Tallinn extends beyond these two core events. The schedule also includes several €350 NLH Progressive Bounty Tournaments, €350 NLH DeepStack Mystery Bounty Tournaments, €200 PLO4/PLO5 Increasing Bounty Tournaments, and €200 Five-Card Mixed Games, among other special events.
The tournament also includes several satellite tournaments leading to the €1,100 Main Event, with a minimum entry threshold starting from €80. Some tournaments even offer free or low-cost entry opportunities. This structure is clearly more friendly to players who don't want to invest a high buy-in upfront, and it also makes the Tallinn event more flexible in terms of participation.
Other matches worth noting
- €350 NLH Progressive Bounty
- €350 NLH DeepStack Mystery Bounty
- €200 PLO4 / PLO5 Progressive Bounty
- €200 Five-card Mixed Game
- Multiple online satellite tournaments leading to the €1,100 Main Event
Another Baltic stop: OlyBet Showdown Riga will also take place concurrently in March.
In addition to the Tallinn event in April, OlyBet is also hosting the OlyBet Showdown Riga – Voodoo Spring Edition 2026 this spring. Held from March 14th to 22nd at the Olympic Voodoo Casino in Latvia, the event features a €1,100 Main Event, a €555 NLH Championship, and over 30 other tournaments.
Riga can be seen as an ongoing preliminary stage, while Tallinn is the key series to lock in early in April. The two events, occurring consecutively, make OlyBet's Baltic Sea strategy more complete in the spring of 2026.
From the density of the tournament schedule and the configuration of the main event to the arrangement of online satellite tournaments and diverse side events, OlyBet Showdown Tallinn 2026 is more than just a new stop experiment; it's a significant step for OlyBet to continuously expand its live poker footprint in the Baltic region. With over 40 events in 10 days, Tallinn also has the potential to become a regular annual stop.
For players looking to enter the Baltic live poker scene, Tallinn's appeal is quite straightforward: it offers a main event to contend for, along with a plethora of online satellite tournaments and side events to choose from. If you're planning your European live poker trip for the first half of 2026, this is definitely a stop worth watching.
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