Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
Welcome to the 2018 Coolbet Open €550 Main Event at Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Park Hotel on Oct. 17-20.
The festival is expected to attract players from all around Europe, especially from Scandinavian and Baltic countries with many already in the house last night for the Coolbet €220 WarmUp Event and to play in satellites for today's Main Event.
The first of the two opening days of the Main Event kicks off today at 1 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 | Big blind ante |
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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 |
Players are scheduled to play nine blind levels today and can re-enter an unlimited amount of times up until the end of the first blind level of Day 2 on May 10. Those advancing to Day 2 or buying in before the late-registration period closes will play in an even deeper structure of 60-minute blind levels. Players that survive the second day will compete for the title in one final day on May 11.
This is the third-ever Coolbet Poker festival. The inaugural festival took place in May 2018 and was a huge success both in terms of how many players attended and the fun atmosphere surrounding the event with Finland's Sebastian Wahl outlasting a field of 425 entrants in the Main Event to win the top prize of €50,100 ($60,267).
The event was even bigger for its second edition in October, with the 589 entrants and the €285,665 prize pool smashing a casino record for the most entrants in an international poker event. Norway's Mats Albertsen shipped the event for a massive top prize €60,510 after agreeing to a heads-up deal with countrymate Nicolai Aubert.
In addition to the Main Event, there are a whopping 30 side 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 Coolbet Open €60 Wednesday Turbo at 11 p.m. along with a pair of satellites.
Date | Time (EEST) | Event # | Event | Buy-in |
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May 7 | 5 p.m. | 1 | Freebuy Satellite to Coolbet Opening Event (seven seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys |
6:30 p.m. | 2 | One Hand Flip to Coolbet Opening Event | €20 | |
7 p.m. | 3 | Coolbet WarmUp Event (Main Event 1a Seat Added for Winner & Runner-Up) | €220 | |
9 p.m. | 4 | Freebuy Satellite to Main Event Day 1a (ten seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys | |
May 8 | 12 p.m. | 5 | Freebuy Satellite to Main Event Day 1b (five seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys |
1 p.m. | 6 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1a | €550 | |
5 p.m. | 7 | Freebuy Satellite to Any €330 Event (seven seats gtd.) | €0 + €20 rebuys | |
9 p.m. | 8 | Coolbet NLHE Deepstack Championship Day 1 | €330 | |
11 p.m. | 9 | Coolbet Open Wednesday Turbo | €60 | |
May 9 | 12 p.m. | 10 | Hyper Turbo Satellite to Main Event Day 1b (five seats gtd.) | €30 |
1 p.m. | 6 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 1b | €550 | |
1:30 | 11 | The Drawmaha Championship | €220 | |
4 p.m. | 12 | One Hand Flip to Afternoon Turbo | €10 | |
5 p.m. | 13 | Coolbet Open Afternoon Turbo | €110 | |
9 p.m. | 8 | Coolbet NLHE Deepstack Final Day | ||
9 p.m. | 15 | Pot Limit Omaha | €220 | |
10 p.m. | 16 | One Hand Flip to Thursday Turbo | €10 | |
11 p.m. | 17 | Coolbet Open Thursday Turbo | €110 | |
May 10 | 12 p.m. | 6 | Coolbet Open Main Event Day 2 | €550 |
1 p.m. | 18 | Satellite to Any €330 Event (five seats gtd.) | €30 | |
4 p.m. | 19 | One Hand Flip to Vimenn Open | €30 | |
5 p.m. | 20 | Vimenn Open Day 1 | €330 | |
7 p.m. | 21 | PL Omaha 4 & 5 Cards Round of Each | €110 | |
9 p.m. | 22 | Coolbet Open Deep Special | €110 | |
11 p.m. | 23 | 5 Card Pot Limit Omaha Freezeout | €220 | |
12 a.m. | 24 | Midnight Bounty Turbo Freezeout | €110 | |
May 11 | 12 p.m. | 6 | Coolbet Open Main Event Final Day | |
12 p.m. | 20 | Vimenn Open Final Day | ||
12 p.m. | 25 | Freebuy Satellite to the Coolbet 1k (two seats gtd.) | €0 + €50 rebuys | |
1 p.m. | 22 | Coolbet Open Deep Special Final Day | ||
2 p.m. | 25 | €1k Coolbet Six-Max | €1,100 | |
3 p.m. | 27 | Coolbet Ladies Event | €110 | |
3 p.m. | 28 | Open Face Chinese Pineapple | €220 | |
5 p.m. | 29 | Coolbet Open Bounty FreezeOut | €110 | |
7 p.m. | 30 | Pot Limit Omaha | €110 | |
9 p.m. | 31 | Coolbet Saturday Turbo | €220 | |
11 p.m. | 32 | Short Deck Hold'em | €60 | |
May 12 | 12 p.m. | 33 | 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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Main Event Tournament Director Sarah Dumbleton has just kicked off the Main Event with the classic announcement of "shuffle up and deal."
A total of 40 players made it to their seats to start the first of the two opening flights.
Coolbet Ambassador Joel Lindpere and Coolbet COO Anders Karlsen are among the early entrants in the field.
Lindpere is better known as Estonia's most famous footballer than for his hobby as a poker player. Before he retired he not only was a prolific player on the national team but played professionally in Europe and the United States including for the New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire.
Meanwhile, Karlsen has found success before at the Coolbet Open with the Norwegian taking 23rd place in the inaugural Main Event last year for €1,550.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anders Karlsen | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Joel Lindpere | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Also joining the action early on is Mathias Siljander, Marko Keskel, and Coolbet Ambassador Kristi Kirs.
Siljander found success back in October when he took third place at the last Coolbet Open Main Event for €26,700.
Meanwhile, Keskel is fresh off his biggest cash in his tournament career after finishing runner-up in the MPNPT Prague Main Event last week for €25,300.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathias Siljander | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Marko Keskel | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Kristi Kirs
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Four players checked the flop with more than 4,000 in the pot before Reido Sepp led out for 1,500 after the came on the turn.
Urmo Einard called and the two others involved in the pot folded.
Sepp opted to check after the paired the board on the river before Einard bet 3,500. Sepp paused for about 30 seconds before he made the call.
Einard turned over and scooped up a nice early pot after his opponent turned over .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Urmo Einard
|
38,000 | |
Reido Sepp
|
24,000 |
Players continue to file in and the big board is reading 70 entrants with all of the players still in their seats. It has been mostly small ball as expected during the opening blind level with players 600 big blinds deep on average.
Joel Lindpere isn't the only Estonian sports star in the field. Also joining the action is Villem-Henrik Koitmaa, the goalie for the Estonian national ice hockey team.
Former Estonian NBA basketball player Martin Muursepp is normally among the players at the Coolbet Open but he had to skip this festival thanks to the local basketball team he coaches making it to the finals.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
|
30,000 | 30,000 |