Main Event Day 3 | 2019 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn

02-23-2019 14:03 UTC+3

Short Stacks Battle

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Latvia's Pauls Vebers got down short on chips before he open-jammed nine big blinds on the button. Lithuania's Edvinas Urnikis, who was also nursing a relatively short stack, called from the big blind.

Pauls Vebers:
Edvinas Urnikis:

Vebers was behind before the flop and hit the rail after the board was unable to save him.

Over on the feature table, Lithuania's Aleksandras Rusinovas was eliminated when his couldn't get there against an opponent's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Edvinas Urnikis	160,000 -3,000	-3,000
Pauls Vebers	Busted
Aleksandras Rusinovas	Busted

02-23-2019 14:08 UTC+3

Kings of Tallinn Stats

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Here is a look at the country split for the Kings of Tallinn Main Event. Finnish entrants outnumbered local Estonian ones by 85 to 68. Players also attended the Main Event in big numbers from Lithuania, Sweden, and Latvia.

02-23-2019 14:11 UTC+3

Vist Eliminated, Getting Closer to the Money

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Already 10 players of the starting 49 are out of the field. There are now 39 players remaining with 34 guaranteed a payday of at least €2,740.

Meelis Vist was the most recent casualty. He shared with the media that he jammed a short stack with and couldn't get there after being called by a player holding .

Player	Chips	Progress
Meelis Vist	Busted

Tags: Meelis Vist

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

02-23-2019 14:18 UTC+3

Meless Ousts Chaykin

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Viktor Chaykin shoved for 36,000 from late position with and was called by OlyBet Team Pro Dmitrijs Meless with .

Meless paired the and had two-pair after the came on the turn. The on the river was unable to save Chaykin and he was eliminated just short of the money.

After the hand, there were 38 players remaining with 34 players getting paid at least a min-cash of €2,740.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitrijs Meless	250,000 48,000	48,000

Viktor Chaykin	Busted

Tags: Dmitrijs Meless Viktor Chaykin

02-23-2019 14:28 UTC+3

Pietila Doubles Off Racinskas

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Leo Tapani Pietila jammed for 112,000 from the button and was called by Martynas Racinskas in the big blind.

Leo Tapani Pietila:
Martynas Racinskas:

Pietila was out of his seat and started packing up after his opponent hit top pair on the flop. He didn't slow down his departure despite the giving him hope with a gutshot straight draw.

The came on the river to give Pietila a straight and he promptly sat back down.

Racinskas couldn't believe his eyes and visibly showed his frustration in losing the hand.

"Wait a minute," said Racinskas to the dealer as he was gathering the cards for the next hand. "I want to take a picture of this."

Player	Chips	Progress
Martynas Racinskas	320,000 -30,000	-30,000
Leo Tapani Pietila	236,000 52,000	52,000

02-23-2019 14:36 UTC+3

Three Away From the Money

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Vladislav Rusnak was eliminated from the feature table and the field is down to just 37 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladislav Rusnak	Busted

Tags: Vladislav Rusnak

02-23-2019 14:50 UTC+3

Volodtsenkov Doubles with Kings

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Andrei Volodtsenkov opened to 24,000 from late position before Julian Adamson three-bet all-in more than covering his opponent's stack of 174,000. Volodtsenkov snap-called and turned over and was in good shape against Adamson's .

Volodtsenkov was still ahead after the came on the flop. He was shouting for a five on the turn and instead a harmless came.

His prediction skills got a little better. He shouted for a nine on the river and he called his card with the completing the board. After the hand Volodtsenkov breathed a sigh of relief as he stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Adamson	620,000 185,000	185,000
Andrei Volodtsenkov	380,000 196,000	196,000

02-23-2019 15:05 UTC+3

Racinskas Folds Queens Preflop After a Long Tank

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A player min-raised from under the gun. Jari Saviaho flatted from one seat over before Martynas Racinskas sitting next to him three-bet to 48,000.

The action folded back around to the original raiser who promptly folded. Saviaho tanked for a minute before he declared himself all-in.

Racinskas looked like he was in pain and asked for a count. The dealer counted and told him that his opponent had 448,000, which more than covered the about 350,000 that Racinskas had to start the hand.

One minute went by, then two, then three. The tank went on for a total of seven minutes. Racinskas finally asked if I fold and show will you do the same.

He then open-folded and we will never know if he would have won the race or not with Saviaho turning over .