2020 Kings of Tallinn

€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 Kings of Tallinn

Final Results
Winner
Johan Karlsson
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
€126,900
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€640,300
Entries
674
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
522
Players Left
264

Queens Good Against Jacks

Level 4 : 150/300, 300 ante

A player opened before Denis Pisarev three-bet to 3,500 from the button. Jari Saviaho four-bet to 8,500 from the small blind and Pisarev called.

The action paused on Saviaho for a minute after the {2-Hearts}{5-Spades}{7-Clubs} came on the flop. He eventually fired out for 16,500 and Pisarev quickly jammed for 29,000. Saviaho just as quickly made the call and players turned over their cards.

Denis Pisarev: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Jari Saviaho: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Saviaho was well behind and one of his friends called for a jack to save him. No jack was to come with the {2-Diamonds} appearing on the turn followed by the {8-Spades} on the river and Saviaho was left short on chips after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Denis Pisarev ru
Denis Pisarev
62,000
Jari Saviaho fi
Jari Saviaho
3,000

Tags: Denis PisarevJari Saviaho

Velvelt Picks off a Bluff

Level 4 : 150/300, 300 ante
Urmo Velvelt
Urmo Velvelt

Urmo Velvelt checked with 20,000 in the pot and the {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts} on the board.

Audrius Navickas jammed for about 14,000. Velvelt tanked for about a minute before he made the call.

Navickas tried to throw his hand into the muck but as it was an all-in situation he had to show. He turned over {k-Spades}{3-Spades} for a missed flush draw and Velvelt won the pot with an overpair after he turned over {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Urmo Velvelt ee
Urmo Velvelt
75,000 75,000
Audrius Navickas lt
Audrius Navickas
Busted

Tags: Audrius NavickasErmo Velvet

Straight for Kann

Level 4 : 150/300, 300 ante

Janne Siljamaki checked with about 15,000 in the pot and the {10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{a-Spades} on the board. Koit Kann bet 9,000 and Siljamaki called.

"Straight," said Kann as he turned over {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}.

Siljamaki didn't also have the nuts of a broadway straight and the dealer awarded Kann the pot after Siljamaki mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Janne Siljamaki fi
Janne Siljamaki
66,000
Koit Kann ee
Koit Kann
46,000

Tags: Janne SiljamakiKoit Kann

Wulff Wolfs a Pot

Level 4 : 150/300, 300 ante

Mikael Wulff opened to 700 from early position. Taisto Janter called from the button before Gytis Lazauninkas raised to 3,100 from the small blind. Wulff called and Janter folded.

Lazauninkas checked after the {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs} came on the flop. Wulff asked his opponent to move his hands so he could see his stack, which was around 6,500.

Wulff then jammed for a bit more than this and won the hand after his opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mikael Wulff se
Mikael Wulff
35,000
Gytis Lazauninkas lt
Gytis Lazauninkas
6,500

Tags: Gytis LazauninkasMikael Wulff

New Record Already!

Level 4 : 150/300, 300 ante

The last Kings of Tallinn Main Event in 2019 set a festival record with 375 entrants joining in on the action.

The Main Event this year has already attracted 382 entrants to set a new record.

Day 1a isn't even halfway over and there is still a Day 1b turbo flight tonight. In addition, players can late register and re-enter up until the conclusion of the first blind level during tomorrow's Day 2.

The next milestone for the festival to now pass is when they will break the €500,000 guarantee. This once seemed like a lofty expectation with the guarantee set at around 50 percent higher than the highest prize pool in the festival's history.

Now it doesn't seem like a matter of if the guarantee will be broken but when.

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 300

Day 1a Photos

Here is a look at some of the early photos from Day 1a of the Kings of Tallinn Main Event.

Photos courtesy of Ardo Kaljuvee / Kings of Tallinn.

Arvydas MerfeldasArvydas MerfeldasAudrius LaimelisAbhishek RathodLars Albin JonssonAlf NilselSargon EsfendiyariRalf NattkeMarkuu KoplimaaSergiy BlyzenyukJonikas VygerdasTeemu LeppalahtiJonikas VygerdasTeemu LeppalahtiChristopher HowdenJanter TaistoEpsen SandvikJanter TaistoDaiva ByrneNiklas BlomqvistPeter BergmanFiona SandFiona SandMarkku Koplimaa

No Pair, No Problem

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Karolis Sereika checked with about 5,500 in the pot and the {3-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} on the board.

Grantas Naujokas bet 2,800. Sereika tanked for a minute before he called.

Both players checked after the {6-Hearts} completed the board on the river.

Sereika turned over {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} and won the pot after Naujokas showed he came up just short with {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Karolis Sereika lt
Karolis Sereika
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000
Grantas Naujokas
Grantas Naujokas
16,000

Tags: Karolis SereikaGrantas Naujokas

Straight for Freibergs

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Edmunds Freibergs checked with about 4,000 in the pot and the {4-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} on the turn. Sergejs Bugainovs bet 2,000 and got calls from both Janne Siljamaki and Freibergs.

All three players checked after the {5-Clubs} completed the board on the river.

Freibergs immediately turned over {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for a flopped straight. Siljamaki and Bugainovs could have both mucked their cards but instead showed the table they both held an ace with {a-Spades}{9-Hearts} and {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} respectively.

Player Chips Progress
Edmunds Freibergs lv
Edmunds Freibergs
35,000

Stream Begins

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The Kings of Tallinn Main Event is now streaming a feature table with commentating by Kristjan Laas.

You can check out the action by clicking on the Live Streaming tab in our coverage or by heading to the Olympic Poker Club Twitch channel.

Local legends Kelly Limonova and Markku Koplimaa are among the players in action.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Limonova ee
Kelly Limonova
30,000

Tags: Kristjan LaasMarkku KoplimaaKelly Limonova