Otto Kiiskinen opened to 45,000 from the hijack, and was met with a three-bet to 100,000 from Quoc Ly in the cutoff.
Action folded back to Kiiskinen, who called.
The 9♦8♦8♣ flop was checked to the 2♣ turn, where Kiiskinen promptly check-folded to a delayed continuation bet of 150,000 from Ly, flashing the A♦ as he did so.
Play is underway here in the final day of the 2025 Nordic & Baltic Championship Open Main Even. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the action, as we see who can land the six-figure first place prize and trophy.
A tremendous week of poker draws to a close today at Olympic Park Casino, Tallinn, as the €1,100 buy-in No Filter Nordic & Baltic Championship Open Main Event heads into its final day.
The tournament attracted a total of 358 entrants, creating a €340,100 prize pool, with the first-place prize money of €75,000 being topped up by €25,000 by Olybet, as per the tournament guarantee.
Only 16 players will return for Day 3 at noon local time, all chasing the €100,000 first-place prize, and it is Jae Kim of Norway who has put himself in prime position to land the six-figure score, after he caused carnage in the final session of Day 2.
Kim knocked out four opponents after the field was reduced to 24 players to amass a huge stack of 4,365,000, over 200 big blinds. He holds a significant lead over his closest challengers, Mikael Haapaniemi (1,640,000) and Otto Kiiskinen (1,575,000), both of Finland.
Kim and Kiiskinen would appear to have already secured career-best results, while Haapaniemi is targeting his second No Filter Poker Series title, having secured victory in a progressive bounty event at the inaugural No Filter Poker Series festival in June. (All figures courtesy of The Hendon Mob).
Mikael Haapaniemi
There are numerous talented players waiting in the wings to strike, including two Kings of Tallinn Main Event winners, 2023 victor Kai Lehto of Finland (930,000), and 2020 champion Johan Karlsson of Sweden (540,000), while Guillermo Gordo (1,495,000) will also be a dangerous opponent.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jae Kim
Norway
4,365,000
218
2
Mikael Haapaniemi
Finland
1,640,000
82
3
Otto Kiiskinen
Finland
1,575,000
79
4
Joel Torres Jimenez
Spain
1,500,000
75
5
Guillermo Gordo
Spain
1,495,000
75
6
Kai Lehto
Finland
930,000
47
7
Tomas Graham
New Zealand
880,000
44
8
Ville Mesiranta
Finland
835,000
42
9
Jamil Shamoun
Sweden
820,000
41
10
Krisjanis Stankevics
Latvia
765,000
38
All players have secured a minimum payday of €4,100, and the remaining payouts are listed below.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€100,000
8
€8,750
2
€45,900
9
€7,450
3
€29,750
10-11
€6,350
4
€20,350
12-13
€5,450
5
€15,350
14-15
€4,650
6
€12,450
16
€4,100
7
€10,250
The players will return with six minutes left in Level 23, with blinds at 10,000/20,000, with a 20,000 big blind ante, with the clock set to 40-minute levels.
Play will continue until a winner is crowned, and the final day action will be streamed with a 30-minute delay on OlyBet Poker's YouTube channel. Our coverage will be similarly delayed to sync with the stream, and a link will be available here in due course.
Stay tuned to PokerNews, as we see who can land the No Filter Nordic & Baltic Championship Open Main Event title and huge first-place prize.
