2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€46,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€185,250
Entries
195
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Tapio Vihakas Leads Final 23 After Day 2 of the Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Tapio Vihakas
Tapio Vihakas

Finland's Tapio Vihakas bagged a chip leading stack of 560,000 in chips on Day 2 of the Tallinn Summer Showdown €1,100 Main Event at Hilton Tallinn Park and Olympic Park Casino.

Among the nearly $300,000 in cashes accumulated by the Finn is a final table appearance at the very first Summer Showdown Main Event in 2017 where he took eighth place for €3,670.

Two other Finns are on top of the chip counts with 23 players remaining in Jussi Mattila with 528,000 in chips and Day 1 chip leader Mathias Siljander with a cool 500,000 in chips. Yesterday, Mattila predicted he would end Day 1 with 137,000 in chips midway through the day and bagged exactly that. He was a little off today with his prediction of 488,000 in chips but once again close.

Day 2 Recap

The second day began with late registration open for one blind level. The field grew from 168 entrants to 195 entrants to create a €185,250 prize pool and a €46,700 top prize. This crushed the record last year when the Summer Showdown Main Event attracted 165 entrants.

Kelly Limonova
Kelly Limonova

Eliminations took place at a fast and furious pace throughout the day. Siljander and Vihakis had the chip lead most of the day but Estonia's Kelly Limonova also had the chip lead for a time before she eventually bagged 450,000 in chips. Regardless of how things turn out for Limonova, she will have the honor of being the last woman remaining in the Main Event.

In addition, Limonova and Andres Loiv are the last two players remaining in the Last Longer Competition hosted by Olybet Poker for its qualifiers. The last player standing will be awarded a Battle of Malta Main Event ticket valued at €555.

The day was scheduled to end after eight blind levels of an hour each. However, when the eighth blind level of the day began with 28 players remaining and 23 guaranteed a min-cash of at least €2,180, the tournament director decided that for better or for worse that players would be in the money by the end of the day.

After the tournament was down to just 24 players, players were given a short break for a redraw and were instructed they would be hand for hand the remainder of the day. However, a cooler took place to end the bubble in just one hand.

Kim Lindstrom opened and was called by Siljander before Pasi Laihinen made a sizeable three-bet. Lindstrom folded before Siljander jammed. At the time, Siljander wasn't huge on chips and if his opponent called and he lost the hand, he would have had the one of the shortest stacks in play. Laihinen did indeed called and was well ahead with pocket aces to Siljander's king-queen suited. The flop was a safe one for Laihinen but he was stunned after the board gave his opponent a runner-runner flush to send him out on the rail in 24th place.

Tallinn Summer Showdown Bubble
Tallinn Summer Showdown Bubble

After players bagged chips, they were invited to the casino floor for the Players Party for free drinks and to be entertained by the Finnish band Higher Ground.

Day 3 of the Main Event will kick off at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow with 14:38 remaining in Level 16 with blinds at 2,500/5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000. After this level, blinds will increase every hour as they have been throughout the event. The plan entering the day is to play down to a final table of eight players.

As was the case the past two days, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage tomorrow and beyond until a winner is declared.

Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Markus AsikainenFinland279,50056
12Jussi MattilaFinland528,500106
13Igor Pihela Sr.Estonia147,00029
14Ranno SootlaEstonia76,00015
15Kelly LimonovaEstonia450,00090
16Timo RuuskaFinland135,00027
17Algimantas JablonskisLithuania82,50017
18Andres LoivEstonia337,00067
      
21Rain HeeringasEstonia112,00022
22Santeri PiiroinenFinland181,50036
23Jari LahtinenFinland313,50063
24Jaakko RajaniemiFinland161,50032
25Ahmed IbrahimiMorocco430,00086
26Mathias SiljanderFinland500,000100
27Dmitrijs KornevsLatvia184,00037
      
31Aki PyysingFinland401,00080
32Marius MorelEstonia57,50012
33Tarmo TammelEstonia171,50034
34Markku KoplimaaEstonia150,00030
35Tapio VihakasFinland560,000112
36Kim LindstromFinland337,50068
37Toomas PolliEstonia175,00035
38Peter WarfvingeSweden77,30015

*Photos courtesy of Elena Kask / Tallinn Summer Showdown

Tags: Higher GroundJussi MattilaKelly LimonovaKim LindstromMathias SiljanderPasi LaihinenTapio Vihakas

Final Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tapio Vihakas fi
Tapio Vihakas
560,000
70,000
70,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Jussi Mattila fi
Jussi Mattila
528,500
188,500
188,500
Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
500,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Kelly Limonova ee
Kelly Limonova
450,000
Ahmed Ibrahimi nl
Ahmed Ibrahimi
430,000
170,000
170,000
Aki Pyysing fi
Aki Pyysing
401,000
101,000
101,000
Kim Lindstrom fi
Kim Lindstrom
337,500
-32,500
-32,500
Andres Loiv ee
Andres Loiv
337,000
77,000
77,000
Jari Lahtinen fi
Jari Lahtinen
313,500
-16,500
-16,500
Markus Asikainen fi
Markus Asikainen
279,500
213,400
213,400
Dmitrijs Kornevs lv
Dmitrijs Kornevs
184,000
103,900
103,900
Santeri Piiroinen fi
Santeri Piiroinen
181,500
-28,500
-28,500
Toomas Polli ee
Toomas Polli
175,000
150,200
150,200
Tarmo Tammel ee
Tarmo Tammel
171,500
-8,500
-8,500
Jaakko Rajaniemi fi
Jaakko Rajaniemi
161,500
51,100
51,100
Markku Koplimaa ee
Markku Koplimaa
150,000
60,000
60,000
Igor Pihela Sr. ee
Igor Pihela Sr.
147,000
-183,000
-183,000
Timo Ruuska fi
Timo Ruuska
135,000
35,000
35,000
Rain Heeringas ee
Rain Heeringas
112,000
-158,000
-158,000
Algimantas Jablonskis lt
Algimantas Jablonskis
82,500
500
500
Peter Warfvinge se
Peter Warfvinge
77,300
-172,700
-172,700
Ranno Sootla ee
Ranno Sootla
76,000
-104,000
-104,000
Marius Morel ee
Marius Morel
57,500
-22,500
-22,500

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Pasi Laihinen Bubbles with Aces

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Tallinn Summer Showdown Bubble
Tallinn Summer Showdown Bubble

First hand on the bubble was a sick one. Kim Lindstrom opened for 11,000 from early position and Mathias Siljander called from the button. Pasi Laihinen three-bet to 55,000 from the big blind and Lindstrom folded.

Siljander then jammed for about 270,000, which covered the 210,000 Laihinen had behind. Laihinen snap-called and looked to be in good shape to double.

Pasi Laihinen: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Mathias Siljander: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flopped seemed like a good one for Laihinen. A crowd gathered around after the tabled oohed and ahhed when the {6-Hearts} came on the turn to give Siljander a flush draw.

The {7-Hearts} spiked the river to give Siljander the flush and Laihinen bubbled the Main Event with aces in 24th place.

After the hand, bags were passed around. Stay tuned at PokerNews for full chips counts, a table draw, and a recap of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
500,000
130,000
130,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Pasi Laihinen fi
Pasi Laihinen
Busted

Tags: Kim LindstromMathias SiljanderPasi Laihinen

Redraw and Hand For Hand

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kelly Limonova
Kelly Limonova

Kelly Limonova opened for 12,000 from early position before she called a jam of around 60,000 from Mikael Andersson from middle position.

Mikael Andersson: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Kelly Limonova: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

Limonova had a flush draw after the {6-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop and Andersson was drawing dead to her flush after the {2-Hearts} came on the turn. The {9-Hearts} completed the board on the river and Andersson was eliminated.

After the hand, the tournament director paused the clock for a quick redraw. Players will be taking a short break and come back on the bubble playing hand for hand with 24 players remaining and 23 guaranteed at least a €2,180 min-cash.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Limonova ee
Kelly Limonova
450,000
130,000
130,000
Mikael Andersson fi
Mikael Andersson
Busted

Tags: Mikael AnderssonKelly Limonova

Palokangas Out on a Flip

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Johan Palokangas
Johan Palokangas

Johan Palokangas jammed for about 15 big blinds from early position with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} before Kim Lindstrom over-jammed with {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds} from one seat over for more than 20 big blinds.

An ace spiked the {6-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop and Palokangas couldn't get back into the hand after the {j-Diamonds} came on the turn followed by the {a-Clubs} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Kim Lindstrom fi
Kim Lindstrom
370,000
Johan Palokangas fi
Johan Palokangas
Busted

Tags: Johan PalokangasKim Lindstrom

Siljander Shows his Fours

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mathias Siljander
Mathias Siljander

Jari Lahtinen opened from the hijack to 11,000 and got a call from Mathias Siljander from the button. Lahtinen bet 10,000 after the {5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades} came on the flop and got a quick call from Siljander.

The action slowed a bit after the {a-Spades} came on the turn. Lahtinen eventually checked and Siljander fired out for nearly the pot for 45,000. Lahtinen went into the tank for a couple of minutes.

"Do you want me to show if you fold?" asked Siljander.

Lahtinen eventually folded and Siljander turned over {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, which whiffed the board, as he collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
370,000
60,000
60,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Jari Lahtinen fi
Jari Lahtinen
330,000
130,000
130,000

Tags: Jari LahtinenMathias Siljander

HIgher Ground at the Party at 9 p.m.

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The VIP party will begin at 9 p.m. Not only will there be free drinks for all Summer Showdown players but amazing music as well with High Ground performing.

The band consists of former X-Factor performer Ella Tepponen singing, Jarkko Rantala on drums, Tuomas "Gary" Keskinen on guitar, Jukka Korpela on bass, and Unto Luoto on keyboard.

Tags: Higher GroundElla TepponenJarkko RantalaTuomas KeskinenJukka KorpelaUnto Luoto

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000