Can Marta Porter Defend Her Queens of Tallinn Main Event Title in 2024?
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The Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel is again hosting the Queens of Tallinn festival, with the 2024 edition running from November 28 through to December 1. The Queens of Tallinn festival is a celebration of women in poker, and continues OlyBet's dedication to inclusiveness.
In 2023, the Queens of Tallinn schedule featured seven events, including a �350 buy-in Main Event. Following its successful debut 12 months ago, the 2024 edition has grown to 11 tournaments, with the eagerly anticipated Main Event seeing its total buy-in reduced to a more affordable �250.
Ladies have the chance to win their way into the Main Event for free, thanks to a free satellite scheduled for 9:00 p.m. local time on November 28 and another at 3:00 p.m. local time on November 29.
Speaking of the Main Event, Lithuania's Marta Porter (lead image) is expected to head to Tallinn and attempt to defend her title. Porta has some impressive results on her resume despite only recording her first cash on her Hendon Mob profile in August 2022.
Porter finished fifth in a ��110 NLHE Women's Championship Event in the United Kingdom for ��1,060, cashed in the 2022 WSOP Online $500 Ladies Championship, and banked $4,421 for a third-place finish in a $200 NLHE event in Las Vegas.
After taking down the 2023 Queens of Tallinn Main Event for a career-best �6,167, Porter won the �60 NLHE/PLO Mix event for an additional �441. More recently, Porter was the fourth-place finisher in the �250 NLHE Ladies event and in the �150 NLHE at the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Tallinn festival, raking in �1,820 and �3,520, respectively.
2024 Queens of Tallinn Schedule
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 28 Nov | 5:00 p.m. | Queens of Tallinn 2024 Meet and Greet |
| 5:30 p.m. | �80 NLHE Deep Stacks Queens of Tallinn 2024 Opening Event | |
| 9:00 p.m. | Free Satellite to �250 Main Event | |
| Fri 29 Nov | 1:00 p.m. | �250 NLHE Queens of Tallinn 2024 Main Event Day 1A |
| 3:00 p.m. | Free Satellite to �250 Main Event | |
| 8:00 p.m. | �80 NLHE/PLO 4/5 Card Round of Each | |
| 8:00 p.m. | �250 NLHE Queens of Tallinn 2024 Main Event Day 1B | |
| 10:00 p.m. | �40 Satellite to Ladies NLHE �555 | |
| Sat 30 Nov | 12:00 p.m. | �250 NLHE Queens of Tallinn 2024 Main Event Day 2 |
| 2:30 p.m. | Free Entry Satellite to Ladies NLHE �555 | |
| 5:00 p.m. | �150 NLHE Ladies & Gentlemen* | |
| 8:00 p.m. | �555 NLHE 6-Handed Day 1 | |
| 10:00 p.m. | �80 NLHE Hyper Turbo | |
| Sun 1 Dec | 12:00 p.m. | Queens of Tallinn 2024 Main Event Final Day |
| 12:00 p.m. | �555 NLHE 6-Handed Final Day | |
| 2:00 p.m. | �350 NLHE Progressive Bounty |
*Event is open to everyone
"I'm happy to be able to support women's poker and develop women's poker"
OlyBet Tournament Director Teresa Nousiainen is eager for the 2024 Queens of Tallinn to get underway and is delighted to be running the show in the Estonian capital.
"The support that women poker players give each other, and the extraordinary warm vibes we had at last year's Queens of Tallinn festival is second to none. And as a tournament director, I'm happy to be able to support women's poker and develop women's poker events all together, and I'm happy that OlyBet gives all their support for any women's poker events and Queens of Tallinn."
Queens of Tallinn 2023 Results
The aforementioned Porter triumphed in last year's Queens of Tallinn Main Event and was the festival's largest winner. Two other players helped themselves to four figure scores, too. Finland's Riitta Sahala came out on top in the�100 NLHE Deep Stack, outlasting 60 opponents on her way to collecting �1,434. Imre Leibold won the �60 NLHE Ladies & Gentlemen event for �1,408, leaving 110 opponents in his wake.
| Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| �350 Main Event | 65 | �19,246 | Marta Porter | �6,167 |
| �100 NLHE Deep Stack | 61 | �4,874 | Riitta Sahala | �1,434 |
| �60 NLHE Ladies & Gentlemen | 111 | �5,328 | Imre Leibold | �1,408 |
| �250 NLHE Mystery Bounty | 31 | �6,410 | Kelly Limonova | �951 |
| �70 NLHE Turbo | 18 | �1,015 | Giedre Valgemae | �516 |
| �60 NLHE/PLO Mix | 23 | �1,081 | Marta Porter | �441 |
| �60 NLHE | 14 | �658 | Jennifer Steele | �328 |
