€550 Main Event
Day 1b Started
€550 Main Event
Day 1b Started
Welcome to Day 1b of the Coolbet Open €550 Main Event hosted at Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Park Hotel.
Yesterday's Day 1a kicked off the event with a bang by attracting 182 entrants or 52 more than the last Coolbet Open in May.
Finland's Mikko Tiitinen emerged as the leader of the pack yesterday after bagging a huge stack of 245,000 in chips. Also in the top five were Estonia's Kaido Koorits (second - 213,500), Coolbet Open Main Event champion Mathias Siljander from Finland (third - 195,500), Sweden's Vishal Joshi (fourth - 182,200) and Norway's Lise Hoyforslett (fifth 178,000.
Today's field size is expected to be much bigger for the second and final opening flight with the festival organizers looking at a record-breaking event for Estonia.
As was the case yesterday, players will begin the deep-stacked tournament with 30,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 45-minutes. Day 1b features ten blind levels with the action for the day expecting to end at approximately 8:30 p.m. EEST.
Level | Small blind | Big blind | Big blind ante |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 | 50 | |
2 | 50 | 100 | |
3 | 75 | 150 | |
4 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
5 | 150 | 300 | 300 |
6 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
Players will have unlimited opportunities to build a big stack for Day 2 with unlimited reentries permitted up until the conclusion of the first blind level of Day 2 at around 1 p.m. EET tomorrow. Also, players not happy with the number of chips they bagged can void their stack and start with a fresh stack of 30,000 in chips.
There is plenty of action each day at the Coolbet Open with 26 side events complementing the showcased Main Event. Tournament Director Teresa Nousiainen organized the schedule in a way that even if players are playing the Main Event they will have a chance to also play the festival's marquis side events as well.
Two of today's side events include the €110 Coolbet Carnival Suprise Bounty at 5 p.m. EET, the second and final day of the Coolbet €330 NLHE Deepstack at 9 p.m. EET, the €220 Pot Limit Omaha 4 & 5 Cards at 9 p.m. EET, and the €110 Thursday Turbo Thrill Ride at 11 p.m. EET.
Date | Time (EEST) | Event # | Event | Buy-in |
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Nov. 12 | 5 p.m. | 1 | Freebuy Satellite to Coolbet Opening Event (seven seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys |
7 p.m. | 2 | One Chip Flip to Coolbet Opening Event | €20 | |
7:30 p.m. | 3 | Coolbet WarmUp Event (Main Event 1a Seat Added for Winner & Runner-Up) | €220 | |
10 p.m. | 4 | Mega Satellite to Coolbet Main Event Day 1a (ten seats gtd.) | €40 + €20 rebuys | |
Nov. 13 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1a | €550 |
3 p.m. | 6 | Kommunepoker Final | ||
5 p.m. | 7 | Freebuy Satellite to Any €330 Event (five seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys | |
9 p.m. | 8 | Coolbet Deepstack Championship Day 1 | €330 | |
11 p.m. | 9 | The Coolbet Open Roller Coaster | €60 | |
Nov. 14 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1b | €550 |
4 p.m. | 10 | One Hand Flip to Event #11 | €10 | |
5 p.m. | 11 | The Coolbet Carnival Suprise Bounty | €110 | |
9 p.m. | 8 | Coolbet Deepstack Final Day | ||
9 p.m. | 12 | Pot Limit Omaha 4 & 5 Cards | €330 | |
9:30 p.m. | 13 | One Hand Flip to Event #14 | €10 | |
10 p.m. | 14 | The Thursday Turbo Thrill Ride | €110 | |
Nov. 15 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 2 | €550 |
4 p.m. | 15 | One Hand Flip to Event #16 | €30 | |
5 p.m. | 16 | Pokerisivut Open Day 1 | €330 | |
6:30 p.m. | 17 | One Hand Flips to Event #18 | €10 | |
7 p.m. | 18 | Coolbet Open 8 Game | €110 | |
10 p.m. | 19 | Coolbet Deep Special Day 1 | €110 | |
Nov. 16 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Coolbet Open Main Event Final Day | |
12 p.m. | 16 | Pokerisivut Open Final Day | ||
12 p.m. | 20 | Freebuy Satellite to the Coolbet 1k (two seats gtd.) | €0 + €50 rebuys | |
1 p.m. | 19 | Coolbet Open Deep Special Final Day | ||
3 p.m. | 21 | €1k Coolbet | €1,100 | |
3 p.m. | 22 | Coolbet Ladies Event | €110 | |
5 p.m. | 23 | Open Face Chinese Pineapple | €220 | |
7 p.m. | 24 | Coolbet Open Bounty FreezeOut | €110 | |
9 p.m. | 25 | Pot Limit Omaha 4 & 5 Cards | €110 | |
11 p.m. | 26 | Short Deck Hold'em | €110 | |
Nov. 17 | 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 winner is crowned.
Players are taking their seats. Cards should be in the air in five to ten minutes.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Announcements have been made and cards are now in the air. The big board is reading already 200 entrants in today's Day 1b or 18 more than the 182 that entered the entire Day 1a.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vytautas Kacerauskas | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Eero Antonen
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Robert Olsen
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Antti Merilanen
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Trine-Lise Lundegard
|
30,000 |
Johan Svartstrom bet 1,000 into a pot of 1,600 after the came on the flop. Kaupo Tenno called before another player raised to 3,375. Svartstrom folded and Tenno called.
Both players checked after the came on the turn. Tenno then led out for 4,500 after the came on the river and got a snap call from his opponent. Tenno turned over for trips and his opponent said something in Norwegian in frustration after he turned over for the same trips but a lower kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kaupo Tenno | 40,000 | |
Johan Svartstrom
|
29,000 |
Ron Steve Paltto bet 1,000 into a pot of around 1,400 after the came on the flop. Panu Parri raised to 2,400 and Paltto called.
Both players checked after the paired the board. The double-paired the board on the river. Paltto checked before he folded to a bet of 5,000 from Parri. The duo spent a few minutes discussing the hand about what each player could possibly have.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Panu Parri
|
34,000 | |
Ron Steve Paltto
|
27,000 |
A player opened from early position and another player called from late position before Eero Antonen three-bet to 1,150. Both players called making it three-way action to the flop.
Antonen bet 800 and got one call. Antonen then checked after the paired the board on the turn before he called a bet of 1,500 from his opponent.
Both players checked after the completed the board on the river.
Antonen turned over for a rivered full house while his opponent showed .
Trine-Lise Lundegard, who was also at the table but not in the hand, gave Antonen some advice.
"You should have bet there," Lundegard said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eero Antonen
|
34,000 | 4,000 |