Henri Kasper was down to 12 big blinds or around 60,000 in chips when he jammed ace-jack. Arto Ilmari Loikkanen woke up with ace-king and called.
The board ran all blanks and Kasper it the rail in 45th place or 14 spots shy of the money. Despite walking away empty-handed this tournament, he has found success in the festival. He won a trophy and the €1,800 top prize in Kings of Tallinn Event #9: NLHE Hyper-Turbo a couple of days ago.
Estonia's Stanislav Smeljov arrived to the tournament area just as his table was breaking. Friends concerned about his whereabouts can call off the search.
The field has been trimmed from 61 players to just 46 players after just one blind level. Among the eliminations were Natalija Manuiko, Matis Martens and Joni Rantamaki.
Lithuania's Arunas Garunkstis entered the day third in chips with a stack of 288,000. He donated some of his stacks to his opponent but just got some back.
He opened from the button to 9,000 before Sweden's Johan Stig Arne Creutz three-bet to 25,000. The player in the big blind thought for a minute before folding and Garunkstis quickly called.
Creutz led out for 19,500 on the flop and got a call from Garunkstis. The Swede then opted to check when the appeared on the turn. Garunskstis thought before he declared himself all-in. Creutz quickly folded giving the hand to to Garunkstis.
Hanno Kerem was down to 24,000 in chips and got a pair of jams through to increase his stack to over 40,000. However, Kerem joined the rail at the hands of Daniel Giles McCormack after he three-bet jammed with and was unable to get there against his opponent's with the board running all blanks.
Around the same time, another player with a short-stack, Andrei Trusov was seen leaving the tournament area. It was confirmed that he permanently joined the rail and wasn't just taking a break.
Finland's Jussi Karpanen opened from the button to 10,000. Team OlyBet pro Dimitrijs Meless looked down at his cards and called 20 seconds later from the small blind. Kelly Limonova, in the big blind, was taking a break and automatically folded since she wasn't in her seat.
The flop came and Meless check-called a bet of 15,000 from Karpanen. Karpanen then fired out a bet of 35,000 after the action was checked to him on the turn. Meless thought about it for a minute before he tossed his hand into the muck.
Around the same time, Lithuania's Lukas Rutkauskas and Estonia's Robert Kallikorm were eliminated from the tournament.
Kimmo Matias Kurko lost about one-third of his stack before he got involved in the battle of the blinds and a battle of the Finns.
The action folded to Kurko in the small blind when he jammed for about 60,000 with . Risto Hentunen in the big blind looked down at his cards and called with .
Although a nine hit the board, Kurkko was unable to get any more help and was one of the early casualties of the tournament.
Table 1 broke following three other eliminations including Finland's Tony Michael Pham, Lithuania's Anatolijus Balinskis amd Estonia's Mairo Matsi.
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from late position and his hand was able to hold as the board ran out 
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flop and got a call from Garunkstis. The Swede then opted to check when the 
appeared on the turn. Garunskstis thought before he declared himself all-in. Creutz quickly folded giving the hand to to Garunkstis.
with the board running all blanks.
and Meless check-called a bet of 15,000 from Karpanen. Karpanen then fired out a bet of 35,000 after the action was checked to him on the 
turn. Meless thought about it for a minute before he tossed his hand into the muck.
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