€1,100 Main Event
Day 4 Started
2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 4
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
Daniel Chutrov, Arunas Garunkstis and Dmitrijs Meless Lead the Way to Start Day 4
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.
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.
Day 4 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jussi Mattila | Finland | 324,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Silver Nõmmik | Estonia | 411,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Henri Väisänen | Finland | 282,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Kelly Limonova | Estonia | 148,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Yan Viatcheslav Birg | Russia | 247,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Jarkko Juhani Suokas | Finland | 159,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Risto Hentunen | Finland | 254,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Iaroslav Shmorgunov | Russia | 206,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Stanistav Smeljov | Estonia | 91,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Arto Antero Lehtonen | Finland | 514,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Kaspars Renga | Latvia | 60,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Quang Thanh Doan | Finland | 220,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Totti Matias Arosuo | Finland | 450,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Mihkel Pärn | Estonia | 188,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Andreas Kaju | Estonia | 50,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Dmitrijs Meless | Latvia | 623,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Daniel Chutrov | Bulgaria | 638,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Andreas Höglund | Sweden | 337,000 |
| 3 | 3 | [Removed:174] | Lithuania | 384,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Aleksei Smirnov | Estonia | 436,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Shahin Shirazi Nejad | Sweden | 461,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Arunas Garunkstis | Lithuania | 626,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Arto Ilmari Loikkanen | Finland | 448,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 474,000 |
Torsti Kettula Wins Event #5
Throughout the next two days, we report the final table results of some of the side events during in the festival.
Finland's Torsti Kettula grew his lifetime tournament earnings to over €150,000 after agreeing to a heads-up deal with Estonia's Rauno Kiviloo at the final table of the two-day 2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn Event #5: €550 NLHE. Kettula banked €18,485 and the trophy while Kiviloo took home €20,115.
Kings of Tallinn Event #5: €550 NLHE Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torsti Kettula | Finland | €18,485* |
| 2 | Rauno Kiviloo | Estonia | €20,115* |
| 3 | Robert Kallikorm | Estonia | €9,500 |
| 4 | Remo Ojaste | Estonia | €7,100 |
| 5 | Kimmo Patrik Katava | Finland | €5,500 |
| 6 | Mikko Petteri Pirinen | Finland | €4,000 |
| 7 | [Removed:59] | Malta | €3,165 |
| 8 | Raigo Aasmaa | Estonia | €2,400 |
| 9 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | €1,900 |
* Prizes after heads-up deal
Cards in the Air
After some announcements from the tournament director, dealers were instructed to shuffle up and deal. The first blind level will last 30 minutes as the first half of the blind level was played yesterday before the action was paused.
Team OlyBet Pro Dmitrijs Meless Off to a Good Start
Latvian Team OlyBet Pro Dmitrijs Meless has just snagged the chip lead early on Day 4.
Finland's Arto Antero Lehtonen opened up for 22,000 from early position. The action folded to Meless in the big blind and before looking at his cards asked his opponent how many chips he had. Meless guessed 500,000 and his opponent confirmed it was about that.
Meless then looked at his cards and called.
Meless check-called a bet of 36,000 on the 
flop and both players checked after the 
appeared on the turn and after the 
completed the board on the river.
The Latvian turned over 
and his opponent tossed his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
695,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
||
|
456,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
Daniel Chutrov First Over 700K
Daniel Chutrov just claimed the lead back after winning two small pots in a row and became the first player to surpass 700,000 in chips in the tournament.
The action began with Chutrov raising from late position and getting a call from Aleksei Smirnov from the big blind.
Smirnov checked the [k29skd] flop and Chutrov fired out a continuation bet of 16,000. Smirnov raised to 35,000 and Chutrov called.
Smirnov checked again when the appeared on the turn and folded after Chutrov bet 32,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
||
|
360,000
-76,000
|
-76,000 |
Andreas Kaju Eliminated in 24th Place (€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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Stanistav Smeljov Eliminated in 23rd Place (€2,430)
After 20 minutes of no eliminations, two happened at the same table within the span of three hands.
Estonia's Stanistav Smeljov jammed for about 60,000 with 
from the small blind and was called by Arto Antero Lehtonen in the big blind with 
.
The 
board ran out blank for both players and Smeljov collected €2,430 for 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
Busted |
Small Ball
After the two early eliminations took place, there haven't been any other players all-in and most pots have been settled without a showdown either preflop or on the flop.