Welcome to Day 4 of the 2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at the Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Park Hotel.
The penultimate day will last until the remaining field of 24 players is trimmed down to nine for the televised final table on Sunday. The day will begin by finishing off Level 19 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante after it was paused midway through to end Day 3. All 24 players are guaranteed at least a payout of €2,430 with everyone having their eyes on the €62,000 top prize.
Heading into the day, Bulgaria's Daniel Chutrov is in the lead with 638,000 in chips closely followed by Lithuania's Arunas Garunkstis with 626,000 and Latvian Team OlyBet Pro Dmitrijs Meless with 623,000.
Rounding out the top five heading into Day 4 are two Finnish players Arto Antero Lehtonen and Juha Helppi, the latter of which is one of Europe's most accomplished players with $7.1 million in live tournament cashes.
A couple of nights ago, Helppi was playing €50/€100 pot-limit Omaha which eventually added two straddles to the game with Patrik Antonius and others. This was the largest game ever to run at Olympic Park Casino.
Juha Helppi
As was the case since the beginning of the tournament, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage Day 4 and beyond until a winner is declared.
Estonia's Andreas Kaju became the first elimination on the day. Short on chips, he jammed about five big blinds from the small blind with and was called by Dmitrijs Meless with .
Kaju had the advantage after the flop came . His advantage became bigger when the hit the turn. However, the completed the board on the river to give the hand to Meless.
Estonia's Aleskei Smirnov just became the first casualty of Level 20.
Smirnov four-bet jammed for 280,000 with and Finland's Arto Ilmari Loikkanen called with . The board was of no help to Smirnov and he exited the tournament in 21st place for €2,430.
Silver Nommik raised from the button before Kelly Limonova jammed from the small blind for her short stack of 120,000.
Nommik:
Limonova:
Limonova was well behind and the flop was of no help. The on the turn opened up four more outs for the straight. However, the on the river sealed Limonova's fate and she hit the rail in 20th place for €2,430.
Before she left the tournament she shouted in joy perhaps thinking the river helped her hand. She then sighed and wished everyone a good game before she headed off to collect her winnings.
It hasn't been a great start to the day for Estonian players with short stacks as the first four players eliminated on Day 4 have all fallen in this category.
After more than an hour without a player hitting the rail, Russia's Iaroslav Shmorgunov was eliminated from the tournament in 20th place for €2,430.
From late position, he jammed ace-queen and was called by Finland's Risto Hentunen in the big blind with pocket queens. The board ran out all blanks and Hentunen padded his stack in a big way from the now departed Russian.
Jussi Mattila, who was low on chips, went almost all in for almost 100,000, leaving just a single 5,000 chip in his stack.
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The remaining 5,000 went in on the flop and Mattila turned over needing a seven on the turn and river to save his tournament life after his opponent turned over .
Half the battle was won for Mattila after a appeared on the turn. However, he bowed out in 19th place for €2,430 after a completed the board.
The remaining 18 players are each guaranteed a payout of €2,760 and there will be a redraw when the action is down to 16 players.
Mikhel Parn's run started when he won a €22 satellite to the Main Event at OlyBet. His day has just come to an end after he jammed for 280,000 with only to get called by Totti Matias Arosuo with pocket aces.
Parn had some life after two diamonds appeared on the flop. However, the turn and river were unable to give him any help and Parn went to the rail in 18th place for €2,760.
Juha Helppi has been on a roller coaster ride today. He is now on the way up after eliminating fellow Finn Jarkko Juhani Suokas.
Helppi opened with before Suokas jammed for under 10 big blinds with . Suokas nailed a pair on the flop, however, this also gave Helppi a set. The on the turn and the completed the board to send Suokas to the rail in 16th place for €3,090.
Kaspars Renga was low on chips and seemingly found a good spot to shove his six big blinds with ace-jack suited. However, Chutrov in the big blind called for ace-queen and the board ran all blanks to send Renga to the rail in 15th place for €3,090.
The remaining 14 players are each guaranteed at least €3,590.
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