Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arto Ilmari Loikkanen |
740,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
Aleksei Smirnov | Busted |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Silver Nõmmik |
600,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
Kelly Limonova | Busted |
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Finland's Juha Helppi was easily the most accomplished live tournament player to enter the Main Event. His Day 4 hasn't gone exactly as planned as went down to about 260,000 in chips.
Helppi called a bet of 55,000 from Lithuania's [Removed:174] with about 120,000 in the pot on a board. Helppi then bet 60,000 when the action was checked to him after the appeared on the river.
Tamasauskas went into the tank for a couple of minutes before he declared himself all-in. Helppi took little time to fold and will get one more hand to play before break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
[Removed:174] |
850,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
Juha Helppi |
260,000
-214,000
|
-214,000 |
|
The remaining 20 players are now on a 15-minute break. We will update some of the chip counts after the break.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Finland's Arto Ilmari Loikkanen led the way at the first break with 793,000 followed by Lithuania's [Removed:174] who was on the final table of this event last year with 725,000.
Here is a look at all of the chip counts at the break:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arto Ilmari Loikkanen |
793,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
[Removed:174] |
725,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Arunas Garunkstis |
637,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Daniel Chutrov |
615,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
||
Totti Matias Arosuo
|
565,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
Mihkel Pärn
|
525,000
337,000
|
337,000 |
Jussi Mattila |
500,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
Jarkko Juhani Suokas |
440,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
Silver Nõmmik |
400,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Dmitrijs Meless |
385,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
Henri Väisänen
|
345,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Shahin Shirazi Nejad |
319,000
319,000
|
319,000 |
Yan Viatcheslav Birg |
260,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Juha Helppi |
258,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
Quang Thanh Doan |
255,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Arto Antero Lehtonen |
235,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
Andreas Höglund |
232,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Kaspars Renga |
200,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Iaroslav Shmorgunov |
125,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
Risto Hentunen |
120,000
-134,000
|
-134,000 |
The day began with six Estonians in the field. However, the first four players were eliminated leaving just Mihkel Parn and Silver Nommik as the only local players remaining.
Parn and Nommik both have a potential Cinderella story in the making if they can win the event for €62,000 or one of the top prizes as both players qualified into the event online at OlyBet for just €22.
Lithuania's [Removed:174] opened from late position to 39,000 and got calls from Arto Ilmari Loikkanen in the small blind and Juha Helppi in the big blind.
All three players checked on the flop. Loikkanen checked again after then appeared on the turn before Helppi fired out for 46,000. Tamasauskas called and Loikkanen folded.
Helppi led out for 77,000 after the completed the board on the river. Tamasauskas went into the tank and was visibly uncomfortable. After a few minutes he eventually called and tossed his hand into the muck after Helppi turned over .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arto Ilmari Loikkanen |
750,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
[Removed:174] |
560,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
Juha Helppi |
460,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|