Our Final Nine
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2010 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,596,000
Entries
420
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Stani & Deliver
There has been no messing about so far at this unofficial final table.
First hand back at the felt and it folded around to chip leader Konstantin Bilyauer on the button who raised to 75,000. Small blind Steven van Zadelhoff folded, but big blind Kevin Stani promptly announced all in for around a million - not a short stack by any means.
Bilyauer stood up and scratched his head. Then he sat back down and riffled chips for some time before turning his attention to the giant tournament clock on the wall, staring fixedly at it and occasionally muttering something we couldn't quite catch. Eventually he folded, showing Stani the 
.
Final 9 - Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,869,000 | 39,000 |
|
2,900,000 | 523,000 |
|
1,472,000 | 437,000 |
|
1,048,000 | -492,000 |
|
|
1,029,000 | 229,000 |
|
843,000 | 3,000 |
|
758,000 | 39,000 |
|
628,000 | -126,000 |
|
368,000 | -8,000 |
Unofficial Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Konstantin Bilyauer
Seat 2: Steven van Zadelhoff
Seat 3: Kevin Stani
Seat 4: Nicolo Calia
Seat 5: Bassam Einajjar
Seat 6: Dmitry Vitkind
Seat 7: Arnaud Mattern
Seat 8: Jonathan Weekes
Seat 9: Mikko Jaatinen
Stacked Deck
Kevin Stani opened with a raise to 70,000, and in the small blind, Arnaud Mattern reraised to 255,000. Then the big blind, Konstantin Bilyauer, put his enormous stack to use, cold four-betting to 630,000. That mean that Stani really had to make a decision for his whole stack, and he agonized over it. He took his glasses off, staring at the huge bet. After a few minutes, he folded. That left the decision to Arnaud. "You show if I fold?" he asked Bilyauer.
Mattern mucked his pocket jacks face up, and Bilyauer tabled 
. Stani looked ill. "I folded the best hand," he said. If Stani had queens like he claimed, Bilyauer likely saved Mattern some money.
After the hand finished, everyone moved to their new seats at the nine-handed last table.
Vallo Maidla Eliminated in 10th Place (€25,000)
The host nation made up only 3% of the field for this tournament, and last Estonian standing Vallo Maidla has just succumbed in 10th place. Maidla was the shortest stack at the table full of short stacks, and he been pushing fairly regularly but just picked up the blinds and antes every time. He was in possession of less than 300,000 in chips when he shoved from the cutoff and finally got a call from Mikko Jaatinen in the big blind.
Maidla: 
Jaatinen: 
Board: 
With that, the clock has been paused as our remaining nine condense on to a single table to battle it out for the eight seats available on tomorrow's official final table.
Igor Ivashkiv Eliminated in 11th Place (€18,000)
Bassam Elnajjar raised to 92,000 under the gun, and on the button, Igor Ivashkiv moved all in for a total of 326,000. After the blinds got out of the way, Elnajjar called instantly. He had Ivashkiv dominated and at risk.
Ivashkiv: 
Elnajjar: 
The 
flop gave Ivashkiv four more outs, but the 
turn and 
river were bricks. After knocking out Ivashkiv, Elnajjar is up to 800,000.
We're Getting Older
Not only is there a huge imbalance in the chips at our two remaining tables, there is an impressive imbalance in the average age.
While by our reckoning the Table Of Many Chips features no-one more advanced in years than their early thirties, the average age at the Table Of Few Chips is being bumped up considerably by Nicolo Calia, Bassam Elnajjar and Igor Ivashkiv. It's hard to say whether the players' maturity is having any effect on how they're playing though - as we said, there are very few chips on that second table, so the play there is naturally going to be somewhat cagier when their tournament lives might be at stake at any moment.
From the Weeke to the Strong
Jonathan Weekes raised under the gun (at a five-handed table), and Konstantin Bilyauer defended his big blind. The flop came out 
, and Bilyauer checked to Weekes. He bet 120,000, and Bilyauer flatted. After the , Bilyauer took the initiative with a bet of 230,000. That was enough for Weekes to fold and tap the table. He is down to 700,000 while Bilyauer's big-stacked aggression has built him to 3.83 million.
Toni Ojala Eliminated in 12th Place (€18,000)
Konstantin Bilyauer raised to 70,000 on the button and Toni Ojala moved in from the big blind. The Russian, loaded with so many chips that the table might break, made the call with 
flipping against Ojala's .
The board was a decisive 
and Ojala goes out in 12th place, just short of the final.