In just an hour, action will resume at Olympic Park Casino for the second and final day in the 2016 888Live Tallinn $30,000 Guaranteed Main Event. Less than half the 80 player field survived yesterday's action with 33 players competing today for a piece of the €28,800 prize pool.
Nine players will cash in this tournament for at least €1,000 with the top prize of €9,000 and the coveted trophy to the winner.
Currently, Estonia's Mauri Dorbak is sitting on top of the field with a healthy 159,900 chip stack with blinds set to resume at 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 300. Dorbak is one of the most successful Estonian players sitting in seventh place on The Hendon Mob Estonia All-Time Money List with $310,657 in live tournament cashes.
Not too far behind him is fellow Estonians Enri Orav with 150,700 in second place and Urmo Velvelt with 120,000 in third place. Rounding out the top five are Ukraine's Dmitri Gaškov in fourth place with 119,900 and Denmark's Jens Riis, who was at the casino last night late celebrating his birthday, in fifth place with 90,200.
According to the big board, the average chip stack is currently at 57,575 chips, representing almost 29 big blinds.
Also today is the $5,000 Bounty Freeroll for players that qualified into the Main Event through 888poker that are already eliminated in the Main Event. Additionally, tonight at 11:00 p.m., players will be invited to party the night away at VaBank nightclub.
Stay tuned to our live reporting here at PokerNews for updates throughout the day.
Mauri Dorbek began today as the chip leader, however, his stack dwindled before the first break and he is now eliminated from the tournament in 17th place.
Seppo Lehtonen opened up with a limp for 5,000. Mauri Dorbek without looking at his cards declared he was all-in from the small blind. Rauno Tahvonen raised to 17,500 from the big blind and Lehtonen got out of the way.
Dorbek:
Tahvonen:
Dorbek didn't appear happy until the flop came giving him eight out to a straight. The on the turn was of no help, however, the on the river gave him the straight temporarily tripling his stack to 24,500.
On the next hand, Dorbek was all-in and was unable to catch up against Viacheslav Novoselov who was holding
Andrey Belokopytov was just all-in with against Kristjan Rausberg holding . Belokopytov was ahead on the flop, however, when his tournament ended when his opponent hit a straight on the turn and was unable and the river was unable to improve his hand to a full-house.
Belokopytov didn't walk away empty handed, as 888poker awarded him a GoPro for being eliminated on the official bubble.
All remaining players are guaranteed a payout of at least €1,000 with the winner being awarded €9,000. Players agreed to play through the blind level for another 10 minutes before taking a break. Some players are trying to make the dinner break shorter, but it is uncertain whether all players will agree.
Fredrik Zitting jammed from mid position with for 110,000 and was called by Vjacheslav Kovaljov holding . Despite three clubs appearing on the flop, Zitting was unable to get any of the 12 outs he needed to improve his hand on the turn and river and was eliminated in ninth place to collect €1,000.
The remaining eight players are each guaranteed at €1,300 payday.
From under the gun, Dmitri Gaškov went all in for 35,000 with . It folded around to Urmo Velvelt in the big blind who called with .
Gaškov was way behind after the flop gave his opponent top pair. The completed the board sending Gaškov off to the cashier to collect the eighth place prize of €1,300.
The remaining seven players are now on a 30 minute dinner break. We will have updated chip counts for the remaining players when play is resumed.
Dennis Lindmark went all in with and was called by the chip leader Eduard Kruglov who held . The queen-high board wasn't of any help to either player and Lindmark was eliminated in seventh place for €1,600.
Meanwhile Kruglov extends his massive chip lead to 725,000 chips.
Within five minutes of the seven players returning from break, two player are now on a permanent break. Vjacheslav Kovaljov was all-in with and was called by Sergei Oganesjan who showed . The board ran out giving Kovaljov top pair. However, this was still able to beat pocket-queens and Kovaljov was eliminated in sixth place for €1,900.
The remaining five players are guaranteed at €2,300 payday.
The very next hand, Viacheslav Novoselov was all-in for his less than one big blind stack with . The action folded around to Kristjan Rausberg who had no choice to stick around with .
Neither player improved their hands with the board running out .
Viacheslav Novoselov ended his day in fifth place to collect €2,300. Here is a look at the remaining payouts.
Kristjan Rausberg was all-in with against both Eduard Kruglov who held and Sergei Oganesjan who held . On a king-high board the action checked around on the flop, turn, and river with Kruglov shipping the pot.
Rausberg was eliminated in fourth place for €2,800 and the action is now three-handed.
After some small pots with chips going back and forth, Eduard Kruglov's day just ended after he raised all-in with and was called by Urmo Velvelt, who was holding .
Velvet had a flush on the turn and his opponent drawing dead on the river with the board running out
Kruglov, eliminated in third place, collected €3,700.
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on the turn was of no help, however, the 
on the river gave him the straight temporarily tripling his stack to 24,500.
and was unable to catch up against Viacheslav Novoselov who was holding 
against Kristjan Rausberg holding 
. Belokopytov was ahead on the 
flop, however, when his tournament ended when his opponent hit a straight on the 
for 110,000 and was called by Vjacheslav Kovaljov holding 
. Despite three clubs appearing on the flop, Zitting was unable to get any of the 12 outs he needed to improve his hand on the turn and river and was eliminated in ninth place to collect €1,000.
. It folded around to Urmo Velvelt in the big blind who called with 
.
completed the board sending Gaškov off to the cashier to collect the eighth place prize of €1,300.
and was called by the chip leader Eduard Kruglov who held 
and was called by Sergei Oganesjan who showed 
. The board ran out 
giving Kovaljov top pair. However, this was still able to beat pocket-queens and Kovaljov was eliminated in sixth place for €1,900.
