The seventh edition of the Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown runs at the Olympic Park Casino and the adjacent Hilton Tallinn Park from July 21-30, and we predict it is going to go down a storm.

The Summer Showdown looks to build on a hugely successful 2023 Kings of Tallinn festival, which ran in late February, by inviting players worldwide to compete across 53 events.

Renowned tournament director Teresa Nousiainen has spent countless hours creating an action-packed schedule of events that has something for everyone. Each event’s structure has been designed from the ground up to ensure poker enthusiasts from all around the world are treated to a phenomenal poker experience.

Having looked at the Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown schedule, PokerNews is most impressed. There is not only a wide range of buy-ins, from €60 to €5,000, but the variety of formats and poker variants rivals what would usually be reserved for series’ held in Las Vegas.

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There are mystery bounties, progressive bounties, Pot-Limit Omaha, No-Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha Mix, 8-Game, Pot-Limit Finnish 5-Card Stud, and the incredibly exciting Sviten Special.

Although challenging and unfair to pick a single Summer Showdown tournament from the amazing schedule, PokerNews must say that the €1,100 NLHE Main Event is the event everyone will have their eye on.

When a similar tournament ran at the 2023 Kings of Tallinn festival, 716 entrants ensured the €500,000 guarantee was blown clean out of the water, with €673,040 awarded. Estonian grinder Priit Parmasto was the player that came out on top, and they banked €90,000 after a three-way deal involving Petteri Laiho (€102,500), and Antti Vetelainen (€90,000).

Olympic Entertainment Group Poker Director Christer Larsson cannot wait to welcome back thousands of poker players from far and wide.

“The Tallinn Summer Showdown is the most popular poker festival in Northern Europe during the summer as it offers amazing poker action with 53 events designed by world-renowned tournament director Teresa Nousiainen and a fun vibe for both recreational and professional poker players.”

“The festival offers something for everyone thanks to the many different poker formats at a variety of buy-ins, a team competition, cash games running around the clock, and a four-day Main Event that can’t be missed. The weather in Tallinn during the summer is fantastic for players that wish to take a break from the poker action with the sun nearly always shining day and night.”

Full Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown Schedule

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Popular Team Competition Returns

It is worthwhile traveling to the Kings of Tallinn Summer Showdown with friends, or at least making some new friends on the ground once you arrive in Estonia. Why? Because the Team Competition is in play throughout the series.

The Team Competition is free to enter, and sees 2% of the prize pools from qualifying events reserved for it. The best five performing teams win a share of the pot, with the winning team banking 40% of the prize pool, the runner-up reeling in 25%, third place 15%, with the fourth and fifth-place finishers each scooping 10%.

Your team cannot have more than four players, and you gain points by cashing in qualifying events, which are made clear at the venue. The organisers love this team element so much that they are offering participating teams free custom T-shirts if you register your squad!

Don’t worry if you are traveling alone or only have a couple of people in your team, there will be help on hand at the Olympic Park Casino so you can fill your quota and stand a chance of banking some additional prize money, all why making some poker friends for life!