2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
€85,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Entries
375
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
50,000

Records, Records, Everywhere!

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Kings of Tallinn
Kings of Tallinn

The Kings of Tallinn Main Event has grown every year since its inception in 2015 and is absolutely huge this year with 375 entrants (278 unique entrants).

Here is a peek at the year over year growth:

YearUnique EntrantsTotal Entrants
2015111140
2016198245
2017195247
2018226268
2019278375

The €356,250 prize pool is also a new record for the venue and the third largest in Estonian history only behind the two EPT Main Events held in 2010 and 2011.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Alakorva Eliminated on a Flip

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Veli-Pekka Alakorva
Veli-Pekka Alakorva

Veli-Pekka Alakorva, also known around Finland as simply VP, is known for wearing his emotions on his sleeve and being loud in almost every big hand whether winning or losing.

He was just unusually silent and instead it was Antti Tapani Tuomi being very loud due to the behavior previous history the duo have had on the tables.

We caught up with the pot after the preflop betting and 100,000 in the middle after Tuomi turned over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} and Alakorva turned over {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

The {2-Clubs}{6-Spades}{q-Diamonds} flop was a safe one for Alakorva. However, the {j-Clubs} came on the turn and this is when Toumi could be heard anywhere in the poker room. The celebrations continued for Tuomi both before and after the {k-Diamonds} completed the board on the river and Alakorva silently walked out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Antti Tapani Tuomi fi
Antti Tapani Tuomi
120,000
-40,000
-40,000
Veli-Pekka Alakorva fi
Veli-Pekka Alakorva
Busted

Tags: Veli-Pekka AlakorvaAntti Tapani Tuomi

It's a New Record!

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Kings of Tallinn
Kings of Tallinn

A final figure of 375 entrants has been confirmed to enter the Kings of Tallinn Main Event to create a €356,250 prize pool. This absolutely shatters last year's record of 268 entrants by more than 100.

Congrats to the organizers of the Kings of Tallinn as well as the host Olympic Park Casino for monumental achievement.

Valantiejus Misses a Flush

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Chips
Chips

Martynas Valantiejus was down to 15 big blinds. He open-jammed from the cutoff and was called by Radovan Kakulos on the button.

Martynas Valantiejus: {10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Radovan Kakulos: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

Valantiejus was behind in the hand preflop. The {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{q-Clubs} flop gave Kakulos top pair but also opened up a flush draw for Valantiejus.

The {7-Spades} on the turn and the {6-Spades} on the river were both blanks for Valantiejus. He shook hands with Kakulos before leaving the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Radovan Kakulos
Radovan Kakulos
120,000
21,800
21,800
Martynas Valantiejus
Martynas Valantiejus
Busted

Sahamies Hits the Rail

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ilari Sahamies
Ilari Sahamies

The day ended early for Finnish poker legend Ilari Sahamies. We only caught the end of the hand but he got it in for 35 big blinds preflop with {j-}{j-}. Sahamies ran into an opponent holding {k-}{k-} and the board was unable to save him.

Player Chips Progress
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
Busted

Tags: Ilari Sahamies

Teun Hernar Mulder in the Chip Lead

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Teun Hernar Mulder
Teun Hernar Mulder

Teun Hernar Mulder entered the day with a second place chip stack and has doubled his Day 1 starting stack into the chip lead with 340,000 in chips during the early part of Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Teun Hernar Mulder nl
Teun Hernar Mulder
340,000
169,600
169,600

Tags: Teun Hernar Mulder

Macisovik Explodes in Joy

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Irena Macisovik
Irena Macisovik

Irena Macisovik was down to just a few big blinds but now has a stack of around 45,000. She just exploded in joy in shouts that could be heard throughout the tournament arena.

Macisovik three-bet jammed {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} from the big blind for more than 20 big blinds and got a call from Jussi Mattila who was the original raiser in the hand.

It wasn't looking good for Macisovik after the {5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} came on the flop. The {2-Diamonds} came on the turn to open up a gutshot straight draw for Macisovik.

Macisovik screamed for a few seconds after the straight draw completed with the {3-Clubs} spiking the river.

"Revenge," said Macisovik to Mattila after she calmed down slightly. "But don't worry, you have plenty of chips."

Player Chips Progress
Jussi Mattila fi
Jussi Mattila
160,000
1,600
1,600
Irena Macisovik lv
Irena Macisovik
45,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Irena MacisovikJussi Mattila

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200