Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn
Buy-in
€1,100
Entries
375
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
50,000
Vasilijus Piskunovas Bags the Day 1 Chip Lead in the OlyBet Kings of Tallinn Main Event
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The fifth edition of the OlyBet Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event hosted by Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park was a huge success with 318 entrants ponying up the €1,100 buy-in.
This already crushes last year's record field of 268 entrants by 50. The record will be further extended with many players sharing they plan to enter for the first-time or re-enter before the late registration period ends at the conclusion of the first blind level of Day 2 tomorrow.
Players began today's deep-stacked action with 30,000 in chips and battled it out for eight hour-long blinds levels.
More than half of today's field survived today's action with Lithuania's Vasilijus Piskunovas leading the way among the 168 survivors with 189,900 in chips.
Also finishing the day in great shape was Dutch poker player Teun Hernar Mulder with 170,400 in chips. Mulder also felted OlyBet Team Pro Carmen-Elina Vist early on in the day when his pocket eights held against ace-queen. Vist reentered and bagged a healthy stack of 87,900.
Others bagging top five chip stacks included Lithuania's Alexandras Voisnis (third - 164,600), Finland's Jussi Mattila (fourth - 158,400), and Turkey's Bahadir Hatipoglu (fifth - 157,900).
In addition to Vist, three other OlyBet Team Pros entered today's field and bagged chips including Raigo Aasmaa (77,800), Dmitrijs Meless (61,500), and Markus Ylanne (43,300).
A number of big name pros also bagged chips including Finland's Ilari Sahamies (64,200), Anton "AnteSvante" Wigg (37,000), who PokerNews interviewed on Facebook Live today and 2019 WSOP Europe Main Event winner Jack Sinclair (31,700) who promised PokerNews an interview on Facebook tomorrow.
Day 2 of the Main Event will kick off at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow with blinds at 500/1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000. We will post starting seat assignments before the action resumes.
As was the case today, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage tomorrow and beyond until a winner is declared.
*Images courtesy of Rene Velli/Kings of Tallinn.
Final Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
189,900 | 189,900 |
|
170,400 | 115,400 |
|
|
164,600 | 164,600 |
|
158,400 | 400 |
|
157,900 | |
|
135,800 | 135,800 |
|
135,000 | 135,000 |
|
130,500 | 130,500 |
|
|
123,400 | 123,400 |
|
120,600 | 120,600 |
|
|
114,800 | 114,800 |
|
|
114,500 | 114,500 |
|
|
104,100 | 104,100 |
|
|
103,500 | 103,500 |
|
101,300 | 101,300 |
|
|
98,200 | 98,200 |
|
|
97,900 | 97,900 |
|
|
95,700 | 95,700 |
|
95,600 | 95,600 |
|
|
95,500 | 95,500 |
|
92,800 | 92,800 |
|
|
92,300 | 92,300 |
|
|
91,300 | 6,300 |
|
|
91,000 | 91,000 |
|
|
88,600 | 88,600 |
Players Bagging Chips
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players are now bagging chips. We will update chip counts as soon as we receive them from the tournament staff along with a recap shortly thereafter.
Both Jussi Mattila and Bahadir Hatipoglu bagged stacks of around 158,000 and are near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
158,000 | 68,000 |
|
|
157,900 | 97,900 |
Three More Hands
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The tournament director just announced for dealers to deal three more hands at each table. Remaining players will be instructed to bag their chips for Day 2 starting at noon tomorrow.
Varonen Doubles with a Set
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Tiit Piller bet 5,000 into a pot of at least 7,000 with the board reading 
. Ari Toivo Kalevi Varonen raised the action to 15,000. Piller tanked for a minute before he called.
Piller checked after the 
completed the board on the river. Varonen jammed for 23,000 and Piller snap-called.
"Oh, you won," Piller said as he turned over 
and saw his opponent had a set with 
.
"I thought you might have had a flush," Varonen said back to his opponent in regards to his quick call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
45,000 |
Barna Wins a Big Race Against Jorstad
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Espen Uhlen Jorstad was all-in for 38,000 against Vasilij Barna who had his opponent covered.
Jorstad turned over 
and was racing against Barna's 
.
It wasn't looking good after his opponent paired the 
flop. To add insult to injury, Barna improved to a full house after kings came on both the turn and river.
Jorstad was deciding whether to reenter again today or early tomorrow on Day 2. When he saw there was about 50 minutes left on the clock he made his decision and heading to the tournament desk to reenter today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
|
30,000 | -5,000 |
Last Blind Level Begins
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The final blind level of Day 1 has just kicked off with blinds at 400/800 and a big blind ante 800.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Well Played by Hatipoglu
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Bahadir Hatipoglu bet 20,000 into a pot of around 15,000 with the board reading 
. Blas Wilhelmus Johannes De Laat tanked before he folded.
De Laat asked his opponent if he had the five for a straight. Hatipoglu proudly showed he only had bottom pair holding 
.
"Well played," De Laat said while getting ready for the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
40,000 |