2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€275,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,071,600
Entries
282
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Kelopuro Picks Up Some Much Needed Chips

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

The highly aggressive Sami Kelopuro has just picked up some much needed chips over on Table 5 to boost his stack to 22,000.

Kelopuro raised to 1,100 from middle position and both Matthew Ashton (cutoff) and Kirill Zapletin (button) made the call. The flop read {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades} and all three players checked their option to bet. The {K-Hearts} did not receive the same treatment as Kelopuro fired a bet of 2,625 into his opponents. It was enough as they both folded and left him to pick up the unwanted chips.

Tags: Kirill ZapletinMatthew AshtonSami Kelopuro

Bremmer Folds Without Seeing Opponent's Hand

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

It appears that Britain's Chris Brammer has just been caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar as he mucked his hand without even seeing his opponent's hand.

Mikhail Shahnovitch opened the betting to 1,200 from the hijack, Brammer called on the button, John Eames called in the small blind and Janar Kiivramees also called in the big blind. The flop came down {3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and everyone checked to Brammer who bet 2,650. This folded out Eames and Kiivramees but Shahnovitch called.

The turn brought the {a-Hearts} into play and Shahnovitch check-called Brammer's 5,100 bet and when the river came down the {2-Hearts} both players checked but Brammer mucked without showing.

Tags: Chris BrammerJanar KiivrameesJohn EamesMikhail Shahnovitch

The Last Six Hands

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

The clock was stopped with less than ten minutes remaining of the level and Juha Hellppi was asked to draw a random card between three and seven. He drew a six, meaning each table will play six more hands before play ends for today.

Oscar Lima Leads From Gun to Tape at EPT Tallin Day 1B

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Chip leader, Oscar Lima
Chip leader, Oscar Lima

Day 1B of EPT Tallinn has come to an end with Oscar Lima bagging up 132,000 chips to claim the end of day and overall lead going into Day 2. The Spaniard is playing his first ever major live tournament and built up a 139,000 stack within the early levels and managed to keep hold of most of that throughout the rest of the day.

Today saw (as expected) a much larger number of players (190) descend on the Swiss Hotel, Tallinn. The hopes of all were to build a stack that might eventually see them crowned the first EPT champion of Season 8.

Those who came close to Lima included Jani Sointla (123,950), Anatolii Ozhenilok (108,125) and Sergy Pilugin (101,650). Notables who will be joining these players tomorrow are Team PokerStars Pros JP Kelly (52,450), Dario Minieri (34,625) and Ville Wahlbeck (32,675), along with Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo (58,325). Also worth noting are defending champion Kevin Stani (19,750), John Eames (56,300), Sami Kelopuro (38,525), Chris Brammer (35,750) and John O’Shea (26,575).

Today had a very different feel to yesterday. Caution was replaced with gamble and aggression. The fact that it took more than two levels to lose a player yesterday, compared to two players busting within thirty minutes today, tells you every thing you need to know.

Those who won’t be back from today include Toby Lewis, Michael Tureniec, Ivan Freitez, Per Linde and Team PokerStars Pro Sebastian Ruthenberg.

A total of 130 players made it trough, meaning the combined starting field for tomorrow is 198. They will be fighting it out for their share of the total prize pool of €1,071,600. All will be gunning for the first prize €275,000 and only 40 players will earn anything for their efforts.

Play resumes at 12 midday tomorrow when 75-minute levels come in to play and likely five or six of them. Until then it’s goodnight from us in Tallinn. We’re off to watch the very late sunset here in Northern Europe.

Day 1b Final Chip Counts

Here are the final chip counts for day 1b

Player Chips Progress
Oscar Lima
Oscar Lima
132,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
123,950
Anatolii Ozhenilok ru
Anatolii Ozhenilok
108,125
18,125
18,125
Sergy Pilugin
Sergy Pilugin
101,650
Kirill Zapletin
Kirill Zapletin
94,400
Vicenzo Apicella
Vicenzo Apicella
93,875
Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
92,000
41,000
41,000
Antti Kakkainen
Antti Kakkainen
87,950
Mudassar Khan
Mudassar Khan
86,075
Nikolas Liakos
Nikolas Liakos
86,000
Jerzy Slaby pl
Jerzy Slaby
82,200
Nichlas Mattsson se
Nichlas Mattsson
78,475
Andrey Subbotin ru
Andrey Subbotin
75,650
Mark Pukhov
Mark Pukhov
75,125
-4,875
-4,875
Krzysztof Rzeczykowski
Krzysztof Rzeczykowski
74,200
Ron Paltto
Ron Paltto
70,300
Liviu Toderita
Liviu Toderita
70,000
Edgars Augstkalns lv
Edgars Augstkalns
67,800
Mikael Bergius
Mikael Bergius
67,675
Kevin Green
Kevin Green
65,750
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
64,725
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
64,300
37,300
37,300
Janne Nevalainen fi
Janne Nevalainen
62,775
Anders Hoyer Berg
Anders Hoyer Berg
62,675
Jimmy Tobias Ostensson
Jimmy Tobias Ostensson
61,675

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

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