Break Time!
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players are now on their second break of the day. The blinds will go up to 1,000/2,000 with an ante of 300 when play resumes with the average stack hovering around 76,000.
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
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Six-Figure Stacks at the Break
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Three Finnish players and one Estonian player were above the 200,000 chip mark at the second break. Finland's Jussi Karpanen had the most chips with 240,000 followed by Estonia's Kelly Limonova (230,000), Finland's Risto Hentunen (230,000) and Day 1 chip leader Feras Abid.
Here is a look at updated chip counts of all the players with at least 100,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
230,000
205,100
|
205,100 |
|
230,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
200,000
62,300
|
62,300 |
|
||
|
|
185,000
83,700
|
83,700 |
|
|
173,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
156,800
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
150,000
89,100
|
89,100 |
|
147,500
74,300
|
74,300 |
|
||
|
142,700
71,400
|
71,400 |
|
132,000
72,100
|
72,100 |
|
|
132,000
33,700
|
33,700 |
|
130,000
85,500
|
85,500 |
|
|
125,000
62,400
|
62,400 |
|
125,000
115,500
|
115,500 |
|
123,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
121,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
120,000
98,600
|
98,600 |
|
|
120,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
112,400
57,400
|
57,400 |
|
|
112,000
53,500
|
53,500 |
|
112,000
66,800
|
66,800 |
|
|
111,000
47,800
|
47,800 |
|
|
110,500
46,900
|
46,900 |
|
|
106,000
82,900
|
82,900 |
Risto Hentunen in the Chip Lead
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Risto Hentunen didn't do anything special but is now in the chip lead with 260,000 in chips after winning a few small pots. The last one he won he raised an under the gun limper to 8,500 from one seat over and got everyone to fold.
That particular hand, he shrugged his shoulder and showed the table that he held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Janis Saulitis Wins the Battle of the Shorties
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Teemu Aukusti Toikkanen, with about 42,000 in chips, opened up for 5,000 from under the gun. Janis Saulitis with about the same stack from one seat over called. The action folded to Joonas Eero Helin in the big blind who with about 30,000 in chips called.
It appeared the action was going to be tame after both Helin and Toikkanen check on the 
flop. Saulitis thought for a few moments before betting 9,000. Helin snap-announced himself to be all-in. Just as quickly, Toikkanen folded and Saulitis called.
Saulitis was in excellent shape with top pair and a flush draw holding 
, while Helin needed a world of help holding 
. The 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river to send Helin to the rail. Meanwhile, Saulitis can no longer call himself a short-stack with close to the average with a stack of 79,000.
We also saw at the same table that the seat of Gatis Reigass was empty despite him making it to the break. We caught up with him in the hallway and said he was got low and got his chips in with ace-ten and was outmatched.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000 | |
|
|
37,000
-29,700
|
-29,700 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Carmen-Elina Vist First Team OlyBet Pro Eliminated
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
It has been a good run for Team OlyBet pros with three players in and none of them requiring a re-entry to make it to Day 2. However, there is one less pro in the field after Estonia's Carmen-Elina Vist just hit the rail.
She shared with that a player under the gun limped and two players called including Vist before a raise took place. The under the gun limper jammed with aces and Vist with 30,000 behind tanked for a few minutes before she called with king-jack.
The board was of no help to Vist and her Main Event came to an end. She also shared she misread what her opponent might have had when she made the call taking the initial limp for weakness.
The two other Team OlyBet pros Dmitrijs Meless and Raigo Aasmaa are both still alive, although Meless is in better shape chip wise with 123,000 at least count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
84 Players Remain
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
About half the players that started today remain in their seats with the half eliminated. The field is down to 84 players with 31 getting paid. It is likely that players will be in the money with 31 players cashing near the end of Day 3 or early Day 4.
Side Event Trophy Winners
Here is a look at some of the trophy winners in the side events including Swedish entrepreneur and avid poker player Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk who shipped yesterday's €330 Sviten Special event for €3,100. This marks his fifth title in Sviten Special and he has now won trophies in back to back OlyBet Kings of Tallinn poker festivals after winning an open-face Chinese Event last year.
Von Zweigbergk predicted yesterday during a live broadcast on the PokerNews Facebook page that he would win the event. He shared he hopes to join in on one of today's side events to try to get his hands on another trophy.
(Photos courtesy of Rene Velli)
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Helppi Flushes Viik
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Tonis Viik was among the players consistently in the chip lead yesterday. He was down low before being eliminated in a hand against Finnish poker sensation Juha Helppi.
The hand began with Helppi opening from late position and Viik defending his blinds. The action was checked to Helppi on the 
who fired out a continuation bet of 7,000. Viik jammed for around 25,000 and Helppi called.
Viik: 
Helppi:
Helppi wasn't in bad shape but did need a little help. Help did come when the 
gave Helppi the flush and the hand. The inconsequential 
completed the board on the river and Viik hit the rail. Meanwhile, Helppi now is back among the chip leaders with around 230,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
117,800
|
117,800 |
|
||
|
Busted | |