€1,100 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€254,600
Entries
268
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Juha Helppi Cruises to Chip Lead After Day 2 of the Kings of Tallinn Main Event
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Finnish poker superstar Juha Helppi, whose $7.1 million in live tournament cashes is only behind the $7.3 million achieved by Patrick Antonius on The Hendon Mob Finland All Time Money List, cruised his way to a chip lead at the end of Day 2 of the OlyBet Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at the Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Park Hotel with 316,500 in chips.
During the last break of the day, Helppi shared that he has been to every Kings of Tallinn event and is looking forward to playing in the big €50/€100 pot-limit Omaha game with Antonius and others running in the casino's poker room.
Late registration was open until the beginning of the day. By the time the last players joined the field, a new Kings of Tallinn Main Event record was established with 268 entrants generating a massive €254,600 prize pool.
A total of 181 players began the days in hopes of being in contention for the €62,000 top prize or at least the min-cash paid guaranteed to the 31 players that cash of €2,110. By the end of the day's seven one hour blind levels, the field was trimmed down by almost two-thirds with 61 players bagging chips to Day 3.
Not too far behind Helppi are two Lithuanian players in [Removed:174] with a second-place stack of 313,000 and Arunas Garunkstis with a third-place stack of 282,000 in chips.
Behind this duo is Estonian charismatic poker player Kelly Limonova with a fourth-place stack of 278,000. Limonova began the day short on chips with 24,900 in chips. She was down to just 4,000 in chips before she won double after double and zoomed up to nearly 200,000 in a little more than a blind level.
At one point, Limonova shared that her stack was up to 380,000 but she began taking risks including calling an all-in bet from a short-stack without looking at her cards. That being said, she is on top of the world and shared that she has never felt better entering into a Day 3 in an event.
All three of the Team OlyBet pros began in contention. However, Estonia's Carmen-Elina Vist wasn't able to make it through the day after her king-jack proved to be no good against pocket aces held by her opponent.
Fellow Estonian Team OlyBet pro Raigo Aasmaa survived the day with 139,500 in chips while Latvian Team OlyBet pro Dmitrijs Meless wasn't too far behind bagging 131,500 in chips.
Day 3 of the Main Event will kick off at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow with blinds at 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500. Tournament organizers expect players to be in the money by the time the day ends and we will share the starting seat assignments before the action resumes.
As was the case the past two days, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage tomorrow and beyond until a winner is declared.
*Photos courtesy of Rene Velli
Final Chip Counts From Day 2 (full)
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
316,500 | 21,500 |
![[Removed:174]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
313,000 | 183,000 |
|
282,000 | 7,000 |
|
278,000 | -29,000 |
|
277,500 | -22,500 |
|
269,500 | 119,500 |
|
|
269,000 | 69,000 |
|
|
209,000 | -21,000 |
|
205,000 | 80,000 |
|
203,500 | 93,000 |
|
|
199,500 | 138,100 |
|
|
199,000 | 162,000 |
|
194,500 | 132,100 |
|
|
173,500 | 74,800 |
|
|
172,500 | 72,800 |
|
|
161,500 | 57,500 |
|
|
150,500 | 25,500 |
|
|
149,500 | 49,000 |
|
|
149,500 | 106,200 |
|
149,000 | 119,200 |
|
145,500 | 45,500 |
|
139,500 | 17,500 |
|
|
138,000 | 6,000 |
|
133,500 | 23,500 |
|
|
132,500 | 26,500 |
Bag and Tag
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Players are now bagging chips. There are a handful around the 300,000 chip count. We will have full chip counts and a recap shortly.
Final Three Hands
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The tournament director stopped the clocked and announced dealers should deal three more hands before the remaining players bag chips to Day 3.
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Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Day 1 Chip Leader Feras Abid Eliminated
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Finland's Feras Abid headed into Day 2 with the chip lead but this wasn't enough to get into the money let alone bag chips for Day 3.
He lost more than half his stack before getting the rest of his chips in with ace-king only to find himself very behind the pocket kings held by Lithuania's Arunas Garunkstis.
Abid quickly left the tournament area after the board was of no help while Garunkstis, who was holding an average stack throughout most of the day, propelled himself near the top of the leaderboard with a stack of 275,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | 208,900 |
|
Busted |
Kasper Chips Up Against Andersson
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Henri Kasper, who won a live event earlier this festival, is one of the local players still competing in the Main Event after buying in before the start of Day 2 earlier today.
With about 25,000 already in the pot, he fired out 15,000 on a 
flop after the action was checked to him by Carl Christofer Andersson.
Andersson called and checked again after the 
paired the board on the turn. Kasper fired out for a second time this time for 22,500, leaving him about 30,000 behind in his stack. Andersson hit the tank for three minutes before he laid down his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | |
|
|
85,000 | 48,000 |
Huge Cash Game Tonight
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
With Patrick Antonius in town and other players with big pockets looking for action there is a €50/€100 pot-limit Omaha cash game scheduled after Day 2 is completed. Juha Helppi confirmed to PokerNews during a quick interview that he plans on joining in on the action.
There are rumors that a €100/€200 limit mixed-game will also kick off tonight as well.
Live on Facebook With Juha Helppi
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante