2016 888Live Tallinn

Main Event
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2016 888Live Tallinn
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
€9,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€400
Prize Pool
€28,800
Total Entries
80
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 80
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Main Event

Day 1 Completed

Mauri Dorbek Leads After Day 1 of the 888Live Tallinn $30,000 Guaranteed Main Event

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mauri Dorbek
Mauri Dorbek

A total of 80 players ponied up the €400 buy-in or won a satellite tournament to enter the 888Live Tallinn $30,000 Guaranteed Main Event. Action kicked off a little after 4:00 p.m. with players starting off with 25,000 chips and blinds increasing every 30 minutes.

After 14 levels of play, just 33 players, or less than one-half of the starting field, advanced to Day 2 taking place tomorrow, August 27 at 12:00 p.m.

Estonian poker pro Mauri Dorbak ended the day in the chip lead with 157,900. Cash Game Festival co-founder Enri Orav wasn't too far behind him with 150,700. Also still in contention is his fellow co-founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk, although with the shortest remaining stack of 17,000.

Also ending the day on a good note was Denmark's Jens Riis, who is celebrating his birthday in a big way by entering tomorrow's action in fifth place with 90,200.

Among those eliminated in today's action were 888poker Ambassador Kara Scott, Estonia's Maret Komarova, and PokerNews qualifier Cristian Placinta. The other PokerNews qualifier, Kasso Laasik faired a bit better today, as he is heading into tomorrow's action in eighth place with 82,500 chips.

For Scott the day was especially short after she flopped top-pair holding {K-}{10-} on a {k-Spades}{3-}{2-Spades} board. Local Estonian player Aleksandr Suvorovski, holding {a-Spades}{4-Spades}, was all-in with Scott after the {5-Clubs} completed his straight. Scott was drawing dead, but will be back tomorrow for the $5,000 Bounty Freeroll taking place at 1:00 p.m.

The 33 remaining players will head back into action at 12:00 p.m. tomorrow with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante. The average stack is 29 big blinds to start the action. Everyone on the nine-player final table will walk away with the at least the minimum cash of €1,000 with the winner guaranteed to take home €9,000.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live coverage.

Tags: 888LiveAleksandr SuvorovskiCristian PlacintaEnri OravJens RiisKara ScottMaret KomarovaMartin "Franke" von ZweigbergkMauri DorbekTallinn

Final Chip Counts for Day 1 (full)

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Mauri Dorbek is the chip leader with 157,900. Not too far behind him in second place is Enri Orav with 150.700.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mauri Dorbek ee
Mauri Dorbek
157,900
2,100
2,100
Profile photo of Enri Orav ee
Enri Orav
150,700
12,700
12,700
Profile photo of Urmo Velvelt ee
Urmo Velvelt
120,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Dmitri Gaškov ua
Dmitri Gaškov
119,900
119,900
119,900
Profile photo of Jens Riis dk
Jens Riis
90,200
58,200
58,200
Profile photo of Christoph Rueegg ch
Christoph Rueegg
89,300
89,300
89,300
Profile photo of Seppo Lehtonen fi
Seppo Lehtonen
87,500
87,500
87,500
Profile photo of Kasso Laasik ee
Kasso Laasik
82,500
82,500
82,500
Profile photo of Aleksandrs Brics lv
Aleksandrs Brics
76,700
29,700
29,700
Profile photo of Vjacheslav Kovaljov ee
Vjacheslav Kovaljov
74,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Eduard Kruglov ee
Eduard Kruglov
73,300
73,300
73,300
Profile photo of Kirill Zemskov ee
Kirill Zemskov
67,200
67,200
67,200
Profile photo of Taivo Sillaste ee
Taivo Sillaste
63,200
63,200
63,200
Profile photo of Tõnis Viik ee
Tõnis Viik
62,100
62,100
62,100
Profile photo of Andrey Belokopytov ee
Andrey Belokopytov
59,000
59,000
59,000
Profile photo of Artjom Urb ee
Artjom Urb
50,400
25,400
25,400
Profile photo of Anton Dokukin
Anton Dokukin
43,200
43,200
43,200
Profile photo of Dennis Lindmark se
Dennis Lindmark
41,300
41,300
41,300
Profile photo of Rauno Tahvonen ee
Rauno Tahvonen
39,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Kristo Klassen ee
Kristo Klassen
37,600
37,600
37,600
Profile photo of Fredrik Zitting fi
Fredrik Zitting
37,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Jermain Blankerstein
Jermain Blankerstein
35,400
35,400
35,400
Profile photo of Silver Nõmmik ee
Silver Nõmmik
34,600
1,600
1,600
Profile photo of Sergei Oganesjan ee
Sergei Oganesjan
32,900
32,900
32,900
Profile photo of Mihail Jefremenkov ee
Mihail Jefremenkov
31,400
31,400
31,400

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Tags: Enri OravMauri Dorbek

Mauri Dorbek New Chip Leader

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mauri Dorbek
Mauri Dorbek

Mauri Dorbek has won a few pots and is now the tournament's chip leader with 37 players left. In a recent hand, he min-raised preflop to 3,200 and a player called from the blinds.

He fired out a small continuation-bet on the {4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop and his opponent called. When the {J-Spades} hit the turn, Dorbek bet again, this time for 11,000. His opponent though for a minute before he folded his hand.

After the hand was over and with 100 big blinds in his stack, Dorbek felt confident and shared that, "I am going to win this."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mauri Dorbek ee
Mauri Dorbek
160,000
146,500
146,500

Tags: Mauri Dorbek

Maret Komarova Eliminated

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Maret Komarova
Maret Komarova

After an early good start, Maret Komarova was eliminated from the tournament when after going all-in with {A-}{8-} for 13,500, she was unable to improve against Frederick Zitting who held {a-}{k-}.

Komarova shared that she was unable to win any pots after the very beginning of the tournament. While she was disappointed in her finish she mentioned she is looking forward to the $5,000 Bounty Freeroll taking place tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. for online qualifiers that already exited the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Frederick Zitting fi
Frederick Zitting
60,000
Profile photo of Maret Komarova ee
Maret Komarova
Busted

Tags: Frederick ZittingMaret Komarova

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Pocket Rockets for Enri Orav

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Enri Orav
Enri Orav

Chip leader Enri Orav has been winning and losing small pots since the dinner break. In a recent big hand, Orav min-raised from the button to 2,400. Eduard Kruglov three-bet to 7,400. Orav thought for a minute before he four-bet to 17,000.

Kruglov called and subsequently checked on a {2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop. Orav fired out for 12,000. Kruglov-Artutiunian tank-folded and Orav flashed he had {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Enri Orav ee
Enri Orav
138,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Eduard Kruglov ee
Eduard Kruglov
35,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Eduard KruglovEnri Orav

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200