After more than an hour without a player hitting the rail, Russia's Iaroslav Shmorgunov was eliminated from the tournament in 20th place for €2,430.
From late position, he jammed ace-queen and was called by Finland's Risto Hentunen in the big blind with pocket queens. The board ran out all blanks and Hentunen padded his stack in a big way from the now departed Russian.
Silver Nommik raised from the button before Kelly Limonova jammed from the small blind for her short stack of 120,000.
Nommik:
Limonova:
Limonova was well behind and the flop was of no help. The on the turn opened up four more outs for the straight. However, the on the river sealed Limonova's fate and she hit the rail in 20th place for €2,430.
Before she left the tournament she shouted in joy perhaps thinking the river helped her hand. She then sighed and wished everyone a good game before she headed off to collect her winnings.
It hasn't been a great start to the day for Estonian players with short stacks as the first four players eliminated on Day 4 have all fallen in this category.
Estonia's Aleskei Smirnov just became the first casualty of Level 20.
Smirnov four-bet jammed for 280,000 with and Finland's Arto Ilmari Loikkanen called with . The board was of no help to Smirnov and he exited the tournament in 21st place for €2,430.
Estonia's Andreas Kaju became the first elimination on the day. Short on chips, he jammed about five big blinds from the small blind with and was called by Dmitrijs Meless with .
Kaju had the advantage after the flop came . His advantage became bigger when the hit the turn. However, the completed the board on the river to give the hand to Meless.
Welcome to Day 4 of the 2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at the Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Park Hotel.
The penultimate day will last until the remaining field of 24 players is trimmed down to nine for the televised final table on Sunday. The day will begin by finishing off Level 19 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante after it was paused midway through to end Day 3. All 24 players are guaranteed at least a payout of €2,430 with everyone having their eyes on the €62,000 top prize.
Heading into the day, Bulgaria's Daniel Chutrov is in the lead with 638,000 in chips closely followed by Lithuania's Arunas Garunkstis with 626,000 and Latvian Team OlyBet Pro Dmitrijs Meless with 623,000.
Rounding out the top five heading into Day 4 are two Finnish players Arto Antero Lehtonen and Juha Helppi, the latter of which is one of Europe's most accomplished players with $7.1 million in live tournament cashes.
A couple of nights ago, Helppi was playing €50/€100 pot-limit Omaha which eventually added two straddles to the game with Patrik Antonius and others. This was the largest game ever to run at Olympic Park Casino.
Juha Helppi
As was the case since the beginning of the tournament, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage Day 4 and beyond until a winner is declared.
flop was of no help. The 
on the turn opened up four more outs for the straight. However, the 
on the river sealed Limonova's fate and she hit the rail in 20th place for €2,430.
and Finland's Arto Ilmari Loikkanen called with 
. The 
board was of no help to Smirnov and he exited the tournament in 21st place for €2,430.
from the small blind and was called by Arto Antero Lehtonen in the big blind with 
.
and was called by Dmitrijs Meless with 
.
. His advantage became bigger when the 
hit the turn. However, the 
completed the board on the river to give the hand to Meless.
