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Calling all golf playing poker fans!&nbsp;
As part of this year&rsquo;s Coolbet Open we have set up a Coolbet Golf &amp; Poker Championship to see who is able to master both of these two great sports!
The tournament will be played on Wednesday 13 August starting at <a href="https://egcc.ee/en/">Estonian Golf &amp; Country Club</a>&rsquo;s fabulous Sea Course in the morning and at Chesterfield Poker Club in the evening.&nbsp;
It is played as a team event with 2 players in each team in golf as well as in poker. Based on the score in golf, the teams get a certain amount of chips in poker where we play down to the winners have been found.
There will be nice prizes from Coolbet, Bombay Group and Estonian Golf &amp; Country Club for the top 5 teams and winners of the special competitions. The prizes include buy-ins for Coolbet Open events.
You can register to the Coolbet Golf &amp; Poker Championships through this&nbsp;<a href="https://coolbet.typeform.com/golfpoker">sign-up form</a>. The participation cost is &euro;119 which includes green fee, merchandise and food after the round at Estonian Golf &amp; Country Club.&nbsp;
You are welcome to register a full team of two players but you can also register as an individual and we will pair you with another player. Kindly note that you should be a green card holder to participate.&nbsp;
You can read more about the competition format of the Coolbet Golf &amp; Poker Championships <a href="https://egcc.ee/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Coolbet_Golf_Poker_Championship_format_sheet-2025.pdf">here</a>.

Play the Coolbet Golf & Poker Championship during Coolbet Open

The schedule for the Coolbet Open 2025 in Tallinn has now been confirmed. This year&rsquo;s event features more than 30 events played during 11-17 August at the Chesterfield Poker Club and Nordic Hotel Forum.
The Coolbet Open Main Event will be played on 13-16 August. As always, the buy-in is &euro;550 and there will be the option to re-enter until the first level on day 2. The starting days will be Wednesday 13 August (day 1A) and Thursday 14 August (day 1B).
The expected prize pool for the Main Event will be around &euro;250.000.
This year, the Coolbet Open will be kicked off by a &euro;330 Mystery Bounty event on Tuesday 12 August. This will be a 2-day event where the final day will be played on Wednesday after the Main Event day 1A has been completed.
A new edition to the schedule is a Mystery Bounty tournament for PLO fans. The &euro;330 PLO Mystery Bounty will be played on Friday and Saturday (15-16 August).
As always, the schedule will have plenty of NLHE and PLO events and there are also many side events for fans of other variants such as Sviten Special, OFC and 8-game.&nbsp; 
See the schedule&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coolbetopen.com/schedule">here</a>.
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Coolbet Open 2025 schedule is out!

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The dates for the eight edition of Coolbet Open have now been confirmed for 11-17 August 2025.
Like last year, the event will take place in Tallinn at the Chesterfield Poker Club and Nordic Hotel Forum.&nbsp;
This time Tallinn&rsquo;s new luxury casino&nbsp;<a href="https://bombayclub.com/">Bombay Club</a> will also be used for selective exclusive events during Coolbet Open. The venue opened last year and has recently hosted some of Europe&rsquo;s elite poker players in the Bombay High Stakes Week.
&ldquo;Last year we had the pleasure of inviting players back to our home town of Tallinn, and this year we are excited to invite everybody back yet again, for a new and improved version of Coolbet Open. We are very much looking forward to welcoming customers, friends and partners to Tallinn for Europe's coolest poker festival in the middle of August,&rdquo; Coolbet B2C President Endre Nesset says.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The schedule will be published during the spring but as always, Coolbet Open will offer a large variety of tournaments with an affordable buy-in. The buy-in for the Main Event will stay at &euro;550.&nbsp;
Tournament Director for Coolbet Open will again be Zuzana Mikulikova who held the same position in 2023 and 2024.&nbsp;
&ldquo;As the tournament director for the third consecutive year, I&rsquo;m excited to once again work with who I consider as the best team. Each year, the competition and friendships continue to grow, bringing together players of all skill levels and staff members for an unforgettable experiences,&rdquo; Zuzana Mikulikova says and adds,&nbsp;
&ldquo;Our team is dedicated to making this year&rsquo;s Coolbet Open even better, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable atmosphere for everyone involved. I look forward to seeing familiar faces and welcoming new ones - both at the tables and behind the scenes.&rdquo;
You can win &euro;1600 packages to the event, including buy-in for the Main Event, 5 nights accommodation at the Nordic Hotel Forum and &euro;225 travel compensation, on Coolbet.com. See more&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coolbet.com/en/coolbet-passport">here</a>.

Coolbet Open 2025 dates confirmed

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The Coolbear has already shared some heartful goodbye hugs and expressed farewell to the vibrant poker community in attendance for a thrilling first visit to the Chesterfield Poker Club and the Nordic Hotel Forum.&nbsp;
Before we let the final winners of the Coolbet Open have their time in the sun, we would like to thank all the players who helped contribute to the fantastic vibe at the festival. You are all champions in our hearts, and we look forward to seeing you at our next Coolbet Open in 2025.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Norway&rsquo;s Anders Bjorkheim earned the festival&rsquo;s spotlight on Saturday after he entered his name into the Coolbet Open history books after shipping The Coolbet Open &euro;550 Main Event for &euro;50,000 on the live-streamed feature table. However, several other players on Saturday and one more on Sunday also earned trophies to close out the 2024 Coolbet Open.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Sturla Hiller Wins Mystery Bounty<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Norway&rsquo;s Sturla Hiller is a treasured part of the Coolbet Open family, having attended many festivals. Hiller&rsquo;s friends were thrilled when he shared that he advanced to the second and final day of the &euro;440 Mystery Bounty when the envelopes began to be drawn.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
The event attracted 124 entries, creating a &euro;24,506 prize pool along with &euro;24,800 for the mystery bounty envelopes. The atmosphere was electric as players began to open envelopes until Hiller was the last player standing after defeating Finland&rsquo;s Akseli Valaja heads-up to win the &euro;5,550 top prize.&nbsp;
Despite eliminating four players on the final day and winning the title, Hiller wasn&rsquo;t the biggest winner. He was unable to find more than a &euro;600 min-bounty on three of his envelopes, with the other envelope containing a bit more juice, a &euro;1,400. This brought his total haul up to &euro;8,750, including &euro;3,200 in bounties.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Meanwhile, while Vajala did miss out on his trophy he was easily the biggest cash winner in the event. Like Hiller, Vajala also eliminated four players. Lady luck was on his side as he collect the three biggest bounties of &euro;5,000, &euro;5,000, and &euro;2,500 to supplement one min-bounty of &euro;600 for &euro;13,100 in total bounties. This is in addition to the &euro;4,000 earned from the prize pool from his runner-up performance to earn a total of &euro;17,100 for nearly double Hiller&rsquo;s haul.<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Heidi R&oslash;neid Wins Coolbet Open Ladies Event<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Norwegian chess commentator Heidi R&oslash;neid is another long-time friend of the Coolbet Open to win a title on Saturday. R&oslash;neid joined the commentating booth during the 2023 Coolbet Open in Bratislava and it is fair to say her chess acumen crosses over to poker.<o:p></o:p>
R&oslash;neid joined in on the action in the &euro;150 Coolbet Open Ladies Event, which attracted 37 entries for a &euro;4,845 prize pool and agreed to a deal with Sissel Naalsund during heads-up action with a &euro;1,250 package to The Festival Ladies added to the event. Naalsund managed to earn a four-figure prize of &euro;1,435 thanks to the deal after R&oslash;neid came out on top to win the trophy, The Festival package, and the &euro;1,754 top prize.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Tone Fester Becomes Second Woman Champion on Saturday<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
R&oslash;neid wasn&rsquo;t the only woman to win an event on Saturday as Tone Fester did the same in an event with men and women after hoisting the trophy in the &euro;150 Coolbet Live Special.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
The Coolbet Live Special runs monthly at the Chesterfield Poker Club for the vibrant Estonian poker community. However, this Coolbet Live Special proved to be more special than usual as it was the largest to date, with 244 entries, creating a &euro;31,952 prize pool.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Fester earned the largest prize, according to The Hendon Mob, in an international poker tournament after defeating Joonas Laamanen during heads-up action.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Jon Gurrutxaga Alba Wins &euro;1,500 Masterclass<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Jon Gurrutxaga Alba is part of the Spanish poker community that has called Tallinn home for a number of years. On Saturday, he faced off against a talent group of 29 entries for a piece of the &euro;37,975 prize pool in the &euro;1,500 Masterclass and taught the field a lesson after shipping the event for &euro;18,000.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Local poker beast Steven Tool was the only Estonian to cash after bowing out on the podium in third place for &euro;6,000.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, a pair of Finnish players also cashed in the event, including runner-up Teemu Toikkanen (second -&nbsp; &euro;11,000) and min-casher Arto Lehtonen (fourth - &euro;2,975).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Ronny Olsen Wins Final Event<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
While many players said their goodbyes Saturday evening, it wasn&rsquo;t just the locals that stuck around for the only event on Sunday in the &euro;150 Hyper Turbo Version of the Main Event.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
The event attracted 72 entries to create a &euro;9,428 prize pool. Norway&rsquo;s Ronny Olsen and local Estonian Toivo Ojasoo agreed to a heads-up deal to flatten the payouts, guaranteeing Ojasoo at least &euro;2,413.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Olsen went onto glory by defeating Ojasoo to collect &euro;3,027 and the final trophy of the 2024 Coolbet Open.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
Once again, a special thanks to all of the players, and of course The Coolbet Open staff, for making the 2024 Coolbet Open a success. We couldn&rsquo;t have done it without you, and we look forward to seeing you the next time.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
See all the winner photos <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=CoolbetOpen&amp;set=a.924407256373174">here</a>.
Author: Jason Glatzer<o:p></o:p>
Photos: Elena Kask<o:p></o:p>
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