Welcome to the Final Day of the 2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn Main Event
Welcome to the Final Day of the 2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at Olympic Park Casino. After three days of play, the field of 375 entrants was trimmed down to an eight-max final table with all players having their eyes on the €85,300 top prize.
Blind levels begin at 20,000/40,000 with an ante of 40,000 and increase every 60-minutes as has been the case throughout the festival. Additionally, breaks are scheduled every two blind levels.
The top two players going into the day are both from Finland in Jari Saviaho with 2,630,000 in chips and Jussi Mattila with 2,585,000. Also near the top of the pack is Italy's Luca Sebastiani with 2,245,000 in chips. After this trio, there is a big chip gap with the closest competitor more than 1 million chips behind.
Cards will be in the air at 1 p.m. EET and will be streamed on a 30-minute delay. You can check out the action on the Live Stream tab in our coverage once it is live. The entertaining Kristjan Laas will be behind the booth announcing the action with all hole cards exposed.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we will report all of the important hands and eliminations on the same delay starting at 1:30 p.m.
2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn Final Table Seat Assignment
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Bednar | Slovakia | 970,000 | 24 |
| 2 | Jussi Mattila | Finland | 2,585,000 | 65 |
| 3 | Kaupo Tenno | Estonia | 635,000 | 16 |
| 4 | Luca Sebastiani | Italy | 2,245,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Jari Saviaho | Finland | 2,630,000 | 66 |
| 6 | Andrei Volodtsenkov | Estonia | 775,000 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | Latvia | 240,000 | 6 |
| 8 | Bahadir Hatipoglu | Turkey | 1,170,000 | 29 |
and Kaupo Tenno defended his big blind with 
.
came on the flop. Hatipoglu with an overpair bet 310,000 and Tenno jammed for a little more to 365,000. Hatipoglu called and Tenno was in rough shape.
on the turn and the 
on the river were unable to save Tenno and he was eliminated in eighth place for €8,460. The remaining seven players are now all guaranteed a payout of at least €11,600.
before Volodtsenkov jammed for 790,000 with 
. Saviaho called and his hand held up the entire way with the 
appearing on the board.
flop and Hatipoglu bet 165,000. Saviaho raised to 415,000 before Hatipoglu shoved for 1,600,000.
came on the turn to give his opponent quads. The hand was official after the 
and Bednar was eliminated in fifth place for €21,150.
and Jari Saviaho opted to check with 
came on the turn to give Sebastiani an unbeatable full house and both players checked.
completed the board on the river. Saviaho paused for a minute before he raised to 660,000. Sebastiani also took a little time to think before he called to narrow the gap on Saviaho's chip lead.
and Jari Saviaho called from the big blind with 
. Sebastiani hit two pair on and Saviaho and Sebastiani hit a flush draw after the 
came on the turn. The 
before Jari Saviaho three-bet to 390,000 with 
flop. The 
completed the board on the river with a bet of 1,000,000. Zavorotnijs didn't take too much time to think before he made the call with a flush.
on the button and that's exactly what he did.
on the river also gave Saviaho a full house but it was lower than Mattila's and he got a much needed double up.