Queens of Tallinn Returns With a €555 Main Event
OlyBet’s women-only festival is back in Tallinn with a bigger championship, more side action and a livestreamed final table.
Queens of Tallinn is returning to Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel from August 27-30 with a larger €555 Main Event, more than 10 side events, a PokerNews-branded Deepstack, the Team Challenge and 24/7 cash games.
Queens of Tallinn was created by OlyBet Poker as the first festival of its kind in the region, and it has continued to grow year after year, attracting players from across the Baltics, Scandinavia, and beyond.
The biggest change is the Main Event buy-in, which has climbed from €350 to €555. That makes this year’s championship the biggest Main Event in festival history, while also marking the first time the higher entry fee has been used for Queens of Tallinn.
The event has been building steadily. The inaugural 2023 Main Event drew 65 entries, the field grew to 85 in 2024, and last year it reached a record 96 entries. The 2025 Main Event generated a €27,677 prize pool, and Lithuania’s Giedre Valgemäe won €5,690 after a four-way deal at the final table.
This year’s Main Event starts on Friday, August 28, with nine levels on Day 1. Players return on Saturday to play down to the final nine, and the final table is set for Sunday, August 30, with a livestream planned for the finish.
Players who do not want to buy in directly can still qualify online through satellites. The satellite path includes daily Queens Centrolls feeding weekly finals that award Main Event seats.
Beyond the headline event, the schedule includes the €200 PokerNews Queens Crown Deepstack on Saturday, August 29, at 2:30 p.m. It comes with 30,000 starting chips and 20-minute blind levels, and it debuted at last year’s festival before becoming one of the standouts on the schedule.
The rest of the festival leans into variety. PokerNews lists deepstack tournaments, bounty events, mixed games, turbo events, satellites and an open-field Win TV Series tournament.
The Team Challenge is also back as one of Queens of Tallinn’s signature features. Teams of three women score points through women-only events and cashes, and the 2026 version adds more point-scoring opportunities, free entry, staff help for players who need teammates, and a 2% Team Prize Pool shared by the top three teams.
