<div id="header"><img src="https://coolbet-cms.imgix.net/blog/Banco-casino_1683879162657.jpg" alt="Coolbet Open returns in 2023!" width="100%"><h1>Coolbet Open returns in 2023!</h1></div><p>After the last edition of the Coolbet Open in May 2022, many players have been asking about the next one. Now it is time to  share the good news – Coolbet Open will return on <strong>4-10 September 2023</strong>!</p><p>This time the venue will be Banco Casino in Bratislava, Slovakia, which has been hosting many poker events in recent years.</p><p>Coolbet Poker Manager Thomas Hviid explains the choice of venue:</p><p>“In March we were in Bratislava for the Poker North Masters and had many players staying at the Crowne Plaza Hotel where Banco Casino is situated. We got very good feedback from the players regarding the city and the venue overall so we think that Bratislava will be a great new home for Coolbet Open”.</p><p>“Banco Casino is very experienced with hosting similar poker events like ours and is currently undergoing renovations to accommodate even bigger events. With plenty of hotel capacity and plenty of flight options from Coolbet’s markets to nearby Vienna, we believe that our regular Coolbet Open players will also find it attractive to join us in Bratislava”.</p><p>Jan Packa, Marketing Director at Banco Casino, adds:</p><p>“Banco Casino is pleased to host the Coolbet Open and will be very happy to create a great event in Bratislava! Banco Casino is located in the centre of the historic Old Town and offers its guests "full house" experiences - poker, location, party, delicious and variety food and of course tasty beer!</p><p>The schedule for Coolbet Open will be announced during June but already now we can reveal that the Main Event will be a €550 event with multiple starting days as in the previous editions.</p><p>€1600 Packages to Coolbet Open can be won through the <u><a href="https://www.coolbet.com/en/coolbet-passport">Coolbet Passport campaign</a></u>. The packages include buy-in for the Main Event, 6 nights hotel accommodation, €300 travel compensation as well as a bar bracelet from Banco Casino and a goodiebag from Coolbet.</p><p>Coolbetopen.com will be updated in the coming weeks with more information regarding the schedule, the event in Bratislava, and information about hotel deals. Stay tuned!</p><br>

After the last edition of the Coolbet Open in May 2022, many players have been asking about the next one. Now it is time to  share the good news – Coolbet Open will return on 4-10 September 2023!

This time the venue will be Banco Casino in Bratislava, Slovakia, which has been hosting many poker events in recent years.

Coolbet Poker Manager Thomas Hviid explains the choice of venue:

“In March we were in Bratislava for the Poker North Masters and had many players staying at the Crowne Plaza Hotel where Banco Casino is situated. We got very good feedback from the players regarding the city and the venue overall so we think that Bratislava will be a great new home for Coolbet Open”.

“Banco Casino is very experienced with hosting similar poker events like ours and is currently undergoing renovations to accommodate even bigger events. With plenty of hotel capacity and plenty of flight options from Coolbet’s markets to nearby Vienna, we believe that our regular Coolbet Open players will also find it attractive to join us in Bratislava”.

Jan Packa, Marketing Director at Banco Casino, adds:

“Banco Casino is pleased to host the Coolbet Open and will be very happy to create a great event in Bratislava! Banco Casino is located in the centre of the historic Old Town and offers its guests "full house" experiences - poker, location, party, delicious and variety food and of course tasty beer!

The schedule for Coolbet Open will be announced during June but already now we can reveal that the Main Event will be a €550 event with multiple starting days as in the previous editions.

€1600 Packages to Coolbet Open can be won through the Coolbet Passport campaign. The packages include buy-in for the Main Event, 6 nights hotel accommodation, €300 travel compensation as well as a bar bracelet from Banco Casino and a goodiebag from Coolbet.

Coolbetopen.com will be updated in the coming weeks with more information regarding the schedule, the event in Bratislava, and information about hotel deals. Stay tuned!

Coolbet Open returns in 2023!

<div id="header"><img src="https://coolbet-cms.imgix.net/blog/Coolbetopen2022_1658404760466.jpg" alt="The future of Coolbet Open" width="100%"><h1>The future of Coolbet Open</h1></div><br><p>The fifth edition of Coolbet Open was a huge success with +€300k in the prize pool for the Main Event and more than 2500 total entries over the 27 events. Players from all over Europe travelled to Estonia for the event and even players from Japan and Chile came especially for the event in May.</p><p>It will unfortunately be the last Coolbet Open at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn. Olympic Casino has decided that competing operators to their own local online brand, including Coolbet, will no longer be allowed to host tournaments or festivals at their premises.</p><p>This means that the planned event in October 2022 will not happen.</p><p>Coolbet Poker Manager Thomas Hviid says:</p><p>“We would like to thank Olympic Casino for their cooperation regarding the previous editions of Coolbet Open. “We are however very disappointed with getting this information from Olympic Casino after an otherwise very successful event which went very smoothly. Coolbet Open has been helping the casino with branding Tallinn as a poker destination and also generated quite some revenue for the casino as well as the adjacent Hilton hotel”.</p><p>Coolbet will now work on finding a new venue for Coolbet Open with the aim to have the event again in 2023.</p><p>“Coolbet has thanks to its customers made Coolbet Open to one of the strongest and warmest poker festivals in our region. We are confident that with the experience in our team and all the investments already made for the poker festival, we will find a cool venue that will bring Coolbet Open to the next level next year”.</p><p>Package holders for Coolbet Open will be contacted soon regarding their package. For any questions, please contact us on poker@coolbet.com.</p>

The fifth edition of Coolbet Open was a huge success with +€300k in the prize pool for the Main Event and more than 2500 total entries over the 27 events. Players from all over Europe travelled to Estonia for the event and even players from Japan and Chile came especially for the event in May.

It will unfortunately be the last Coolbet Open at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn. Olympic Casino has decided that competing operators to their own local online brand, including Coolbet, will no longer be allowed to host tournaments or festivals at their premises.

This means that the planned event in October 2022 will not happen.

“We would like to thank Olympic Casino for their cooperation regarding the previous editions of Coolbet Open. “We are however very disappointed with getting this information from Olympic Casino after an otherwise very successful event which went very smoothly. Coolbet Open has been helping the casino with branding Tallinn as a poker destination and also generated quite some revenue for the casino as well as the adjacent Hilton hotel”.

Coolbet will now work on finding a new venue for Coolbet Open with the aim to have the event again in 2023.

“Coolbet has thanks to its customers made Coolbet Open to one of the strongest and warmest poker festivals in our region. We are confident that with the experience in our team and all the investments already made for the poker festival, we will find a cool venue that will bring Coolbet Open to the next level next year”.

Package holders for Coolbet Open will be contacted soon regarding their package. For any questions, please contact us on poker@coolbet.com.

The future of Coolbet Open

<div id="header"><img src="https://coolbet-cms.imgix.net/blog/Coolbet-Open-ME-Final-Day-85-by-Elena-Kask_1654016751601.jpg" alt="Kaido Mikk wins the Coolbet Open Main Event" width="100%"><h1>Kaido Mikk wins the Coolbet Open Main Event</h1></div><br><p>After an almost 5 hour long heads-up, the longest in the history of Coolbet Open, Kaido Mikk from Estonia became the winner of the fifth edition of Coolbet Open Main Event.</p><p>Mikk came from behind to beat Finn Mikko Ylämäki who started the heads-up with a healthy lead. But the battle for the title went back and forth many times and eventually the cards fell in the favour of the Estonian who won with a pair of fours against Ylämäki’s J7.</p><p>Besides the title and a nice trophy, Kaido Mikk also received €65,700 while Ylämäki had to settle for €42,800.</p><p>Kaido Mikk became the second Estonian to win Coolbet Open after Ott-Kaarli Toome won in November 2019. Coincidently, Mikk and Toome actually shared a flat back when the latter won the event and they have been studying poker together.</p><p>The €550 Coolbet Open Main Event had a total of 648 entries and created a massive prize pool of €311,040. This made the fifth edition the second biggest Coolbet Open Main Event, only bettered by the November 2019 event with 686 entries.</p><p>80 players made it to the money, including the legendary Finnish highstakes player Ilari Sahamies who finished as number 50.</p><p>Read the full recap of the event in the <a href="https://coolbetopen.com/live-blog/26/full/kaido-mikk-wins-the-2022-coolbet-open-spring-edition-main-event-e65700" target="_blank">live blog provided by Pokerlistings</a> or see the full payouts below:</p><br><div style="padding:0.5rem 2rem"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><thead style="text-align:left"><tr><th>#</th><th>Name</th><th>Country</th><th>Prize</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Kaido Mikk</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;65.700</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Mikko Tapani Ylämäki</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;42.800</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kalle T. M. Mikkonen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;26.600</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Paulius Kostickis</td><td>Lithuania</td><td>€&nbsp;20.700</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Vegard Melgalvis Andreassen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;15.260</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Atli Thrastarson</td><td>Iceland</td><td>€&nbsp;10.170</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Quang T Doan</td><td>Sweden</td><td>€&nbsp;8.000</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Ylva Thorsrud</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;6.800</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>David O. O. Berggren</td><td>Sweden</td><td>€&nbsp;5.650</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Eetu Johannes Sepponen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;4.600</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Renta Eline Kris Gatos</td><td>Greece</td><td>€&nbsp;3.700</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Thomas Hansen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;3.700</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Ranno Sootla</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;2.900</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Tarmo Tammel</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;2.900</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Quoc D. K. Ly</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;2.450</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Marthe Sterten Lyngvar</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;2.450</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Raymond Vilnes</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Tanel Evert</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Olav I. Snildal</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Reeti Eduard Polon</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Keimo I. T. Suominen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Enri Orav</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Erik Alexander Femdal Roe</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Jon Per Persent</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;2.100</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Edgars Beizaks</td><td>Latvia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Audrius Navickas</td><td>Lithuania</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>David John Land</td><td>Australia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Toni Taimo Juhani Hämäläinen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Kim Peter Vilhem Öfverström</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Kenneth Olaisen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Petur Mar Hardarson</td><td>Iceland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Akseli E.M Valaja</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.800</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Joel Christian Salmirinne</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Taago Tamm</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Simon Forendal</td><td>Sweden</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Eirik Lavik</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Ville H. J. Konttinen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Mariann Berg Olufsen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Jaanus Veste</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Roy Thomas Sorknes</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.550</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>Are Tengelsen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>Alex Podadera Lianes</td><td>Spain</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>Sondre Smedheim Lunde</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>Halldor Jonsson</td><td>Iceland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Yuri Ishida</td><td>Japan</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td>Jarno Matias Jokiniemi</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Marko L. J. Härkönen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>Gunnar Wedde</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>Andrey Koks</td><td>Esto</td><td>€&nbsp;1.350</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>Ilari Aaretti Sahamies</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td>Espen Ringstad</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td>Tuomas Kälvinmäki</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td>Igor Pihela</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td>Alberto Sanchez Jimenez</td><td>Spain</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td>Andri Steinn Hilmarsson</td><td>Iceland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td>Benjamins Fonarjovs</td><td>Latvia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.200</td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td>Marko Vest</td><td>Estona</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td>Leino Piller</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td>Jarmo Juhani Salonen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td>Jari Pekka Saarinen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td>Kert Hallik</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td>Dmitri Dudakov</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td>Bo Mikael Zackariasen</td><td>Sweden</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td>Helge Voll Hustad</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td>Sverre Eilif Rydning</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td>Eero Johannes Ihaksi</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td>Juho Santala</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td>Christian Arstad</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td>Andres Lõiv</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>Joona Pyry Rainamaa</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.100</td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td>Markus Tapani Puisto</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td>Raigo Aasmaa</td><td>Estonia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td>Alf Jacobsen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td>Juuso R. P. Elsinen</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td>Kristian A.J Aitio</td><td>Finland</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td>Conny Gustaf Eriksson</td><td>Sweden</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>Janis Vasiljevs</td><td>Latvia</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td>Steffen Andersen</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;1.020</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td>Line Lindsholm</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;510</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td>Henning Stalsberg</td><td>Norway</td><td>€&nbsp;510</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br>

After an almost 5 hour long heads-up, the longest in the history of Coolbet Open, Kaido Mikk from Estonia became the winner of the fifth edition of Coolbet Open Main Event.

Mikk came from behind to beat Finn Mikko Ylämäki who started the heads-up with a healthy lead. But the battle for the title went back and forth many times and eventually the cards fell in the favour of the Estonian who won with a pair of fours against Ylämäki’s J7.

Besides the title and a nice trophy, Kaido Mikk also received €65,700 while Ylämäki had to settle for €42,800.

Kaido Mikk became the second Estonian to win Coolbet Open after Ott-Kaarli Toome won in November 2019. Coincidently, Mikk and Toome actually shared a flat back when the latter won the event and they have been studying poker together.

The €550 Coolbet Open Main Event had a total of 648 entries and created a massive prize pool of €311,040. This made the fifth edition the second biggest Coolbet Open Main Event, only bettered by the November 2019 event with 686 entries.

80 players made it to the money, including the legendary Finnish highstakes player Ilari Sahamies who finished as number 50.

Read the full recap of the event in the live blog provided by Pokerlistings or see the full payouts below:

Kaido Mikk wins the Coolbet Open Main Event