In addition to the Main Event, there are a few fun side events currently running including the €220 Hendon Mob Championship, the €220 Sviten Special, and the €550 Open Face Chinese.
Gytis Lazauninkas has been building his stack throughout the day and now sits on around 250,000 in chips.
In a recent hand, he opened from early position with 
before Kari Gronthal three-bet jammed for around 35,000 with 
. Lazauninkas made the call and the players flipped over their cards.
Gronthal was eliminated after he whiffed on the 
board and Lazauninkas began to pile up his newly found chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted |
Vladimir Bednar jammed for about 35,000 with 
and was called by Niklas Blomqvist with 
.
The cowboys held up and Bednar was eliminated. Meanwhile, Blomqvist increased his stack to around 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
111,300
|
111,300 |
|
Busted |
Masoud Mirza opened from early position to 5,000. Erling Ellingsberg three-bet to 15,000 from the button and Mirza called.
Mirza check-called a bet of 10,000 after the came on the flop.
Both players checked after the 
came on the turn followed by the 
came on the river.
Ellingsberg turned over 
for a pair of aces. Mirza paused for a few moments before he turned over a pair of aces with 
and won the hand with a better kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | |
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Renato Messina was the chip leader to start Day 2 and has built on his already strong stack.
Messina three-bet an opponent for 14,500 with 
before he called a four-bet jam to 45,000 from Erling Ellingsberg with 
.
The 
ran out on the board and Messina eliminated Ellingsberg.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
105,800
|
105,800 |
|
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|
|
Busted | |
Players are on their final 15-minute break of the day. There will be three more blind levels before surviving players bag and tag their chips.
The break clock has been stalled with 48 seconds remaining. Action will resume shortly.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Four previous Kings of Tallinn Main Event winners entered this year's Main Event including Ranno Sootla (2015 - €37,730), Matias Knaapinen (2017 - €45,007), Juha Helppi (2018 - €62,000), and Vitalijs Zavorotnijs (2019 - €85,300).
Sootla, Helppi, and Zavorotnijs were all eliminated before the money, leaving only Knaapinen as the last hope for a two-time champion of the Kings of Tallinn Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
137,200
|
137,200 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Marius Popescu jammed for about 10 big blinds from middle position before Milo Zandi jammed for a little bit more from one seat over. Kristian Zitting called them both and players turned over their cards.
Marius Popescu: 
Milo Zandi:
Kristian Zitting: 
"You run good," someone said to Zitting at the table after the 
came on the flop to give him an almost unbeatable full house.
Zandi had some small hope after the came on the turn needing another queen on the river. Instead, he hit the rail alongside Popescu after the 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
137,100
|
137,100 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |