Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2016 888Live Tallinn
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 888Live Tallinn
Buy-in
€400
Prize Pool
€28,800
Entries
80
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Mauri Dorbek Leads After Day 1 of the 888Live Tallinn $30,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
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 
on a 
board. Local Estonian player Aleksandr Suvorovski, holding 
, was all-in with Scott after the 
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
157,900 | -2,100 |
|
150,700 | 12,700 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
119,900 | 119,900 |
|
90,200 | 58,200 |
|
89,300 | 89,300 |
|
87,500 | 87,500 |
|
82,500 | 82,500 |
|
76,700 | 29,700 |
|
74,000 | 74,000 |
|
73,300 | 73,300 |
|
|
67,200 | 67,200 |
|
63,200 | 63,200 |
|
|
62,100 | 62,100 |
|
|
59,000 | 59,000 |
|
|
50,400 | 25,400 |
|
|
43,200 | 43,200 |
|
41,300 | 41,300 |
|
39,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
37,600 | 37,600 |
|
37,000 | 37,000 |
|
|
35,400 | 35,400 |
|
34,600 | 1,600 |
|
32,900 | 32,900 |
|
|
31,400 | 31,400 |
33 Players Remain at the End of Day 1
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Day 1 just came to an end with and 33 players will be coming back tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. for Day 2. We will be reporting chip counts of the remaining players short.
Mauri Dorbek New Chip Leader
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
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 
flop and his opponent called. When the 
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 146,500 |
Maret Komarova Eliminated
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
After an early good start, Maret Komarova was eliminated from the tournament when after going all-in with 
for 13,500, she was unable to improve against Frederick Zitting who held .
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Last Level of Day 1
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The final level of Day 1 just began with blinds at 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Pocket Rockets for Enri Orav
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
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 
flop. Orav fired out for 12,000. Kruglov-Artutiunian tank-folded and Orav flashed he had 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200