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While many of the players with short-stacks have been filing out in masses from the tournament field, some others are standing pat or accumulating chips.
Latvia's Gatis Reigass shared with PokerNews before Day 2 began that he late registered the tournament today because he couldn't make it up in time for the event yesterday. Reigass, who is primarily a recreational player, is often at the bigger events in the Baltics playing cash games.
So far so good for the Latvian in the early-goings in Day 2. He just got in a hand with another player with a short-stack Andres Abakanov.
Abakanov started the day with with a tiny stack but before the hand began he had around 50,000 in chips. Reigass opened up from mid-position and Abakanov defended from the blinds.
Reigass fired out a continuation-bet of 2,700 after the action was checked to him on the 
and got a call from his opponent. Abakanov checked again after the 
appeared on the turn. Reigass then fired a second bullet for 3,100 and called a small check-raise of his opponent to 6,200.
The 
completed the board on the river and Abakanov tried to show strength with a bet of 11,000. Reigass snap-called and Abakanov knew he was in trouble after turning over 
. Reigass then quickly turned over 
for a full house and his stack soared to 65,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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23,000
16,900
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16,900 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
The Kings of Tallinn was established in 2015 and every year since then the size of the Main Event has grown. The trend continues once again with 268 entrants generating a massive €254,600 prize pool.
Kings of Tallinn Main Event History
| Year | Entrants | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Winner Prize |
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| 2015 | 140 | €137,200 | Ranno Sootla | Estonia | €37,730 |
| 2016 | 245 | €240,100 | Johan Creutz | Sweden | $57,539* |
| 2017 | 247 | €234,650 | Matias Knaapinen | Finland | €45,007* |
| 2018 | 268 | €254,600 | ? | ? | ? |
*Designates deal made at final table*
We watched Gatis Reigass play two hands and both times he wound up with a set or better. In the most recent hand, he raised to 2,200 from under the gun and got a call from Tony Pham on the button.
Both players checked on the 
flop. Reigass fired out for 2,100 after the appeared on the turn and got a call. Both players then checked when the 
completed the board on the river. Reigass won a small pot after he turned over 
for a set, while Pham's hand hit the muck.
At the same table, we noticed the seat of Janar Kokk empty and the table confirmed that his stack got low before he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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14,000
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Team OlyBet pro Dmitrijs Meless and 2015 Kings of Talllinn champion Ranno Sootla both have sizeable stacks over on Table 17.
Meless has grown his stack steadily during the first two blind levels to 135,000. However, this doesn't mean it has all gone smooth for the Latvian.
In a recent hand, Sootla opened from under the gun with a bet of 2,200. Meless called from late position as did a player from the blinds.
All three players checked on the 
flop. The player in the blinds and Sootla checked when the came on the turn before Meless bet 3,500. The player in the blinds folded before Sootla called.
Sootla then took charge and bet out for 9,000 after the completed the board on the river. Meless appeared deep in thought for a minute before laying down his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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135,000
39,000
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Photos compliments of René Velli.
Players are on their first 15 minute break of the day. During the break, we will interview Latvian Team OlyBet pro Dmitrijs Meless on Facebook Live.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
