Live with Team OlyBet Pro Dmitrijs Meless
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
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
Where is Lanilo Ganotisi Baraoidan?
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Lanilo Ganotisi Baraoidan bagged 29,000 in chips or almost his opening stack yesterday. However, he is the only player that has failed to make it to his seat today.
He still has about 11,000 in chips in his stack, so if you know Baraoidan, you can help him out by getting in touch with him to rush over to his seat.
Field Down to 128 Players
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The field has been narrowed down to 128 players. Festival organizers shared that payouts will be disclosed for the tournament in the near future.
Estonian Jesus Out Again
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen was eliminated late on Day 1 and decided to fire another bullet before late registration closed today.
Tahvonen had a rough going early and his stack dwindled down to 18,000 at the first break. Shortly after the break, the action folded around to him and he open-jammed pocket tens only to get called by the pocket-queens held by Mikael Zackariasen.
The board ran out all blanks and Tahvonen hit the rail. He shared with PokerNews that his team is doing well and he plans to enter the €110 NLHE Deepstack event at 3 p.m.
What he meant by team was that two percent of the prize pool is removed from each non-satellite event for a team leaderboard. Players chose their own teammates and the top two teams will walk away with big prizes with first collecting 75 percent of the leaderboard prizes and second place banking 25 percent.
Last year, there were 52 registered teams and it has gone up to 54 teams this year. The top prize last year was €16,000 and due to more events and more entrants per event it will be even bigger for the winning team this year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
Busted |
Team OlyBet Update
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
All three Team OlyBet pros are still in the field but all three are struggling to build their stacks. Dmitrijs Meless is still doing the best of the trio with 95,000 in chips. The oher two pros are a bit lower with Raigo Aasmaa with 50,000 in chips in his stack and Carmen-Elina Vist with 42,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
15,400
|
15,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
-10,900
|
-10,900 |
|
|
||
A Huge €62,000 For First Place
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The payouts have been released with 31 players scheduled to cash the event for a minimum of €2,110. The first place winner will not only etch their name in history, but barring any deals will also receive a record Kings of Tallinn Main Event top prize of €62,000.
Kings of Tallinn Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €62,000 |
| 2 | €41,000 |
| 3 | €25,000 |
| 4 | €19,800 |
| 5 | €15,200 |
| 6 | €10,800 |
| 7 | €8,500 |
| 8 | €6,200 |
| 9 | €5,200 |
| 10 | €4,590 |
| 11-12 | €4,070 |
| 13-14 | €3,560 |
| 15-16 | €3,090 |
| 17-18 | €2,760 |
| 19-24 | €2,430 |
| 25-31 | €2,110 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Roope Onni Oliver Tarmi Soars
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Roope Onni Oliver Tarmi is one of the newest players to snag a big stack. With about 60,000 already in the pot, he went all-in with 
on a 
board and was called by Diego Zeiter with 
.
After nailing the flush, Tarmi's stack soared above 180,000 while Zeitler was left with just 3,400 in chips. However, Zeitler more than tripled up against Tarmi and Egon Kaljulaid.
There was no side pot in the hand as Tarmi and Kaljulaid checked down the 
board. Tarmi showed 
for top pair and Kaljulaid mucked his hand. However, Zeitler then showed he also had top pair but with a better kicker with and had a little bit of life left with about eight big blinds in his stack after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
177,000
78,200
|
78,200 |
|
|
55,000
-29,300
|
-29,300 |
|
12,500
-26,600
|
-26,600 |
Jussi Karpanen Among the Chips Leaders After Eliminating Tero Kilkanen
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Tero Kilkanen fied his second bullet before the start of Day 2 and was on a roll building his stack to 100,000. Fellow Finn Jussi Karpanen ended yesterday with a big stack and grew it to about 120,000 before what was likely the biggest pot of the day thus far took place.
A player opened in late position before Jussi Karpanen three-bet to 9,000. Tero Kilkanen to his left four-bet to 21,000 before Karpanen declared himself all-in. Kilkanen, who is known to be a tight player, shared after the hand that there were no four-bets on his table before and thought about what to do before he called.
Kilkanen turned over pocket kings and needed help to survive with Kilkanen holding pocket aces. The board ran out all blanks and Kilkanen hit the rail. Meanwhile, Karpanen's stack soared after he finished on top of the battle of the Finns.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
128,700
|
128,700 |
|
|
Busted |
Patrik Antonius in the House and Looking for a Big Game
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Finnish poker superstar Patrik Antonius arrived just before the first break. While this was too late for him to late-register the Main Event, he does plan to play the €3,000 NLHE High Roller on Saturday and Sunday.
Antonius is fresh off a huge win in the partypoker MILLIONS Rozvadov €25,500 Super High Roller for €425,000. With the win, he now has $7.3 million in live tournament cashes. This surpasses fellow countryman Juha Helppi, who has $7.1 million in live tournament cashes, for the most career cashes by a Finnish player.
In addition to the big tournament win, Antonius has been busy playing high stakes. When asked what he planned to do later, he shared he was looking to play in a €100/€200 pot-limit Omaha game or something even bigger.
We will look to interview Antonius later in the festival.