Main Event
Day 1a Started
2018 Coolbet Open
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Coolbet Open
Buy-in
€500
Entries
425
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
The First-Ever CoolBet Open Main Event is About to Begin
Welcome to the 2018 Coolbet Open €550 Main Event at Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Park Hotel on May 2-6.
This is the first-ever Coolbet Open festival in history and is expected to attract players from all around Europe, especially from Scandinavian and Baltic countries.
The first of the two opening days of the Main Event kicks off today at 2 p.m. EEST. The tournament boasts an amazing structure with players kicking off the action with 30,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 45 minutes.
Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1a Blind Structure
| Level | Small blind | Big blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 50 | |
| 2 | 50 | 100 | |
| 3 | 75 | 150 | |
| 4 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 5 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 6 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
Players are scheduled to play eight blind levels today and can re-enter an unlimited amount of times up until the start of Day 2. Those advancing to Day 2 or buying in before the day begins will play in an even deeper structure of 60-minute blind levels.
In addition, there are a whopping 26 events on the schedule to complement the Main Event giving something for everyone. Today's action includes the opening day of the two-day Coolbet €330 NLHE Deepstack at 9 p.m. and the €110 PLO Bounty at 11 p.m.
Coolbet Open Schedule
| Date | Time (EEST) | Event # | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 5 p.m. | 1 | Freebuy Satellite to Main Event Day 1b (seven seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys |
| 7:30 p.m. | 2 | One Chip Flip to Event #3 | €20 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | 3 | Coolbet WarmUp Event (Main Event 1a Seat Added for Winner & Runner-Up) | €220 | |
| May 2 | 1 p.m. | 4 | Hyper Turbo Satellite to Main Event Day 1a (four seats gtd.) | €60 |
| 2 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1a | €550 | |
| 5 p.m. | 6 | Freebuy Satellite to Main Event Day 1b (five seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys | |
| 7 p.m. | 7 | Freebuy Satellite to Any €330 Event | €0 + €20 rebuys | |
| 9 p.m. | 8 | Coolbet NLHE Deepstack Day 1 | €330 | |
| 11 p.m. | 9 | PLO Bounty | €110 | |
| May 3 | 1 p.m. | 10 | Hyper Turbo Satellite to Main Event Day 1b (two seats gtd.) | €60 |
| 2 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1b | €550 | |
| 6 p.m. | 11 | Turbo Satellite to Any €330 Event | €35 | |
| 9 p.m. | 8 | Coolbet NLHE Deepstack Final Day | ||
| 9 p.m. | 12 | NLHE Turbo | €330 | |
| 11 p.m. | 13 | Hyper Turbo Win the Button | €60 | |
| May 4 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 2 | €550 |
| 4 p.m. | 14 | Hyper Turbo Satellite to Any €330 Event | €60 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | 15 | One Chip Flip to Any €330 Event | €10 | |
| 5:45 p.m. | 16 | Last Chance One Chip Flip to Any €330 Event | €30 | |
| 6 p.m. | 17 | ViMenn Open Day 1 | €330 | |
| 10 p.m. | 18 | Rebuy Satellite to €1K Coolbet (three seats gtd.) | €60 + €50 rebuys and addon | |
| 12 a.m. | 19 | 5 Card PLO Turbo | €110 | |
| May 5 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Final Day | |
| 12 p.m. | 17 | ViMenn Open Final Day | €330 | |
| 1 p.m. | 20 | Turbo Satellite to €1k Coolbet (two seats gtd.) | €110 | |
| 3 p.m. | 21 | €1k Coolbet Six-Max | €1,100 | |
| 5 p.m. | 22 | Open Face Chinese Pineapple | €220 | |
| 6 p.m. | 23 | Coolbet & European Poker Girls Ladies Event | €110 | |
| 7 p.m. | 24 | Coolbet Deep Special | €110 | |
| 9 p.m. | 25 | PLO | €330 | |
| 11 p.m. | 26 | NLHE Turbo | €110 | |
| May 6 | 12 p.m. | 27 | Turbo Deep Stack Version of Coolbet Main Event | €110 |
Stay tuned as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will bring you the biggest hands and bad beats from the Main Event until the winners are crowned.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Tournament Director Teresa Nousiainen and Poker Manager of Coolbet Thomas Pasgaard Hviid made introductions and announcements about the tournament the entire Coolbet Open festival that features 27 action-packed events.
After the preliminary announcements were made, Hviid had the honor of officially kicking off the Main Event with the classic announcement of "shuffle up and deal."
Kevin Melhus in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Among the players to join the field is Kevin Melhus. While he might not be a familiar name in poker, he is a well-known boxer in his country of Norway.
His boxing results thus far speak for themselves with three victories in his two professional fights. Melhus first knocked out Germany's Christian Dulz in just two rounds in October 2016.
He then served up a TKO against Sweden's Tobias Alexandersson in June 2017. He also won his latest match on points in October 2017 against Poland's Dariusz Skop.
Coolbet will be a sponsor at his next event on May 26.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Kings Haven't Been Kind to Garamaga
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The first blind level is winding down with all the players in the field thus far still in their seats.
It doesn't mean that some players aren't already getting short on chips. Estonia's Argo Garamaga, who last night won a ticket to the Main Event through a freebuy tournament, is among those players and just stepped out in the hallway.
"I will lose fewer chips if I take a break," Garamaga said to his table.
We looked at his stack and it is down to around 10,000. It sounds like there was some bad luck involved in his stack being cut by two-thirds as he shared with PokerNews that he has already lost with pocket kings twice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Field Size Almost Doubles After First Blind Level
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field size has almost doubled from the 30 players that were in their seats to begin the tournament. The field has now grown to 57 players with no early eliminations.
Many Finnish Players Expected
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Many Finnish players are expected to play in the Coolbet Open Main Event. Among the players from Finland, we noticed already in the field include Taisto Siitonen, Tomi Sundqvist, and Kyosti Isberg.
In addition, well-known Estonian local players Mauri Dorbek, Rauno Kiviloo, and Mark Joa have also joined the early action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
Aleksei Smirnov Eliminated
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
It took more than an hour before the first elimination took place with Estonia's Aleksei Smirnov leaving the tournament area.
While we didn't catch his elimination hand, we did overhear Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk shout from across the room about the hand, "this is unfair!"
We found out that most of Smirnov's stack was lost to mostly to Coolbet founder Jan Svendsen that nailed his runner-runner.
Smirnov can reenter the tournament if he so chooses an unlimited amount of times today, tomorrow, or even on Friday before Day 2 kicks off at 1 p.m.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 58,000 |
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
|
Busted |