The day ended early for Finnish poker legend Ilari Sahamies. We only caught the end of the hand but he got it in for 35 big blinds preflop with 
. Sahamies ran into an opponent holding 
and the board was unable to save him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Martynas Valantiejus was down to 15 big blinds. He open-jammed from the cutoff and was called by Radovan Kakulos on the button.
Martynas Valantiejus: 
Radovan Kakulos: 
Valantiejus was behind in the hand preflop. The 
flop gave Kakulos top pair but also opened up a flush draw for Valantiejus.
The 
on the turn and the 
on the river were both blanks for Valantiejus. He shook hands with Kakulos before leaving the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
21,800
|
21,800 |
|
|
Busted |
A final figure of 375 entrants has been confirmed to enter the Kings of Tallinn Main Event to create a €356,250 prize pool. This absolutely shatters last year's record of 268 entrants by more than 100.
Congrats to the organizers of the Kings of Tallinn as well as the host Olympic Park Casino for monumental achievement.
Veli-Pekka Alakorva, also known around Finland as simply VP, is known for wearing his emotions on his sleeve and being loud in almost every big hand whether winning or losing.
He was just unusually silent and instead it was Antti Tapani Tuomi being very loud due to the behavior previous history the duo have had on the tables.
We caught up with the pot after the preflop betting and 100,000 in the middle after Tuomi turned over 
and Alakorva turned over 
.
The 
flop was a safe one for Alakorva. However, the came on the turn and this is when Toumi could be heard anywhere in the poker room. The celebrations continued for Tuomi both before and after the 
completed the board on the river and Alakorva silently walked out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
The Kings of Tallinn Main Event has grown every year since its inception in 2015 and is absolutely huge this year with 375 entrants (278 unique entrants).
Here is a peek at the year over year growth:
| Year | Unique Entrants | Total Entrants |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 111 | 140 |
| 2016 | 198 | 245 |
| 2017 | 195 | 247 |
| 2018 | 226 | 268 |
| 2019 | 278 | 375 |
The €356,250 prize pool is also a new record for the venue and the third largest in Estonian history only behind the two EPT Main Events held in 2010 and 2011.
Otto Ivar Viking Lundbergh jammed late position with 
for 21,300 and was called by Estonian poker pro Markku Koplimaa with 
.
Koplimaa was looking good to chip up especially after the flop came 
.
However, his opponent paired up and he did not after the came on the turn. The 
on the river was unable to help Koplimaa and he was down to around 10,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,600
17,300
|
17,300 |
|
10,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Janar Kokk opened from late position before Espen Uhlen Jorstad jammed for 18,600 from one seat over. Kokk called and both players were off to the races.
Espen Uhlen Jorstad:
Janar Kokk: 
It was looking bleak for Jorstad after Kokk nailed a set on the 
flop. Jorstad was drawing dead after the 
came on the turn despite hitting a pair. The completed the board on the river and Jorstad's Main Event run was over.
Meanwhile, Kokk has been chipping up all day and now has healthy stack of 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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WSOP Europe Main Event winner Jack Sinclair has come to the Estonian capital to play in the Kings of Tallinn. He will be joining PokerNews on Facebook Live to discuss the Kings of Tallinn and more.
We just saw Lithuanian poker pro Mantas Urbonas leaving the tournament area. He shared with PokerNews how his Main Event crumbled.
With a stack of around 80,000 he four-bet jammed with ace-king and couldn't outflip and opponents ace-ten. A couple of hands later, he jammed his remaining 10 big blind stack with nines and once again ran into tens and couldn't improve.
Urbonas, who is relatively fresh off a fourth-place finish in the Battle of Malta, said as he was leaving that maybe we would see him later a side event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
