2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Apicella short again

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Vicenzo Apicella is down to 105,000 chips after he left a lot of equity in the middle and folded.

He raised to 25,000 and called when Johan van Til three-bet to 65,000 from the button. The flop came down {6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and the Italian check-folded to Van Til's 60,000 c-bet.

Tags: Vicenzo ApicellaJohan van Til

Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish Eliminated in 12th Place (€12,500)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish
Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish

Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish is out of this European Poker Tour Main Event after losing to Sami Kelopuro in a blind versus blind battle.

Everyone folded to Kelopuro in the small blind and he promptly made it 25,000 to play. Valerevish three-bet to 82,000 and Kelopuro announced he was all in. Valerevish called and the hands were turned onto their backs.

Valerevish: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Kelopuro: {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

The {j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{j-Spades} flop changed nothing but the {4-Diamonds} on the turn put Kelopuro in front. The river was the {2-Clubs}, which was no help to the Russian and he became our 12th place finisher and did not seem too pleased about that fact at all.

Tags: Konstantinov Aleksandr ValerevishSami Kelopuro

Official Chip Counts

Here are the chip counts of the last 11 players in the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
2,210,000
210,000
210,000
Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
1,240,000
583,000
583,000
Raigo Aasmaa ee
Raigo Aasmaa
1,200,000
-100,000
-100,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
1,150,000
569,000
569,000
Grzegorz Cichocki pl
Grzegorz Cichocki
724,000
-57,000
-57,000
Lari Sihvo
Lari Sihvo
713,000
-29,000
-29,000
Arvi Vainionkulma fi
Arvi Vainionkulma
447,000
10,000
10,000
Johan van Til nl
Johan van Til
375,000
-37,000
-37,000
Stuart Fox
Stuart Fox
280,000
24,000
24,000
Erlend Melsom
Erlend Melsom
267,000
-198,000
-198,000
Vicenzo Apicella
Vicenzo Apicella
89,000
-16,000
-16,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Stuart Fox Doubles Up Through Aasmaa

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Stuart Fox
Stuart Fox

Raigo Aasmaa opened to 35,000 from the hijack and when it folded around to PokerStars qualifier Stuart Fox in the small blind he moved all-in. Sami Kelopuro folded the big blind and Aasmaa said, "count!"

It was 255,000 and Aasmaa called.

Aasmaa{a-Spades} {q-Spades}
Fox{j-Diamonds} {j-Hearts}

Flop: {j-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}

The flop allowed Fox to breathe a little easier but it still left Aasmaa with some outs.

Turn: {q-Hearts}

River: {6-Hearts}

No king for Aasmaa and the only remaining British player doubled up and now has over half a million chips.

Tags: Raigo AasmaaStuart Fox

Kings Are Good For Aasmaa

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Raigo Aasmaa has just added an extra 170,000 chips to his stack after a clash with Sami Kelopuro over on Table 1.

It was Jani Sointula who got the hand started when he raised to 37,000 from under the gun. Stuart Fox folded but Kelopuro called from the small blind. Next to act was Aasmaa and he three-bet to 105,000, which was enough to fold out Sointula and enough to send Kelopuro deep into the tank. He stayed there for three minutes before making the call.

Flop:{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} - Kelopuro checked and Aasmaa checked behind

Turn:{q-Clubs} - Check, check

River:{5-Clubs} - Check, check

Aasmaa turned over {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and Kelopuro said "that's good" and mucked.

Tags: Raigo AasmaaSami Kelopuro

Sneaky play from Vainionkulma

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Arvi Vainionkulma just slow played aces from the small blind but didn't get that much value as the board came very wet.

Grzegorz Cichocki raised to 32,000 from UTG and Vainionkulma called as did Ronny Kaiser in the big blind. The flop came {10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and all three players checked to the {8-Diamonds} turn. Kaiser bet out for 45,000 and Vainionkulma tank called. The river came {5-Spades} and both players checked.

Kaiser tabled {a-Hearts}{2-Spades} but lost out to Vainionkulma's {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}.

Tags: Arvi VainionkulmaGrzegorz CichockiRonny Kaiser

Please Bet...

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Grzegorz Cichocki murdered the flop
Grzegorz Cichocki murdered the flop

Vicenzo Apicella should have smelled a rat as soon as the usually hyper-aggressive Grzegorz Cichocki just made up the difference from the small blind. The flop was an ace-tastic looking {a-Spades} {a-Clubs} {q-Spades} and both players checked. The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and again both players checked. It was on the river {3-Hearts} that Cichocki came to life and he bet 25,000 and Apicella called.

Would {a-Diamonds} {q-Clubs} do the trick? It certainly did and Cichocki scooped the pot.

Tags: Grzegorz CichockiVicenzo Apicella