Get Ready for the PAPC €1,500 Main Event
The inaugural Patrik Antonius Poker Classic (PAPC) at the Hilton Tallinn Park and Olympic Park Casino set history yesterday for the biggest buy-in poker event in Estonian poker history after Finland's Pauli Ayras won the PAPC €25,000 High Rolller for €163,300.
The festival will be heating up even further today with the highlight of the festival, the PAPC €1,500 Main Event, kicking off the first of its four days of action today at 12 p.m EEST.
The Main Event boasts an amazing structure with players kicking off the action with 30,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 60 minutes. The event will move along fast by taking advantage of one of the latest trends in live poker with the single big blind ante in play.
Today's action will feature eight blind levels today and can players will be allowed to re-enter an unlimited amount of times up until the late-registration period closes at the conclusion of the first blind level of tomorrow's Day 2.
Many big names are in attendance including Patrik Antonius and Joni Jouhkimainen, who won the PAPC €550 PLO Turbo event last night. Other players in Tallinn for the PAPC include Juha Helppi, Timothy Adams, David "Chino" Rheem, Dan "Jungleman" Cates, Ilari Sahamies, Teun Mulder, and Robert Mizrachi.
Many of these players will play in Day 1 of the PAPC Main Event while others will try their hand on a live-streamed €100/€200 pot-limit Omaha cash game running throughout the day or compete in one of the side events.
The PAPC Main Event Day 1 Blind Structure
| Level | Small blind | Big blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 50 | |
| 2 | 50 | 100 | |
| 3 | 75 | 150 | |
| 4 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 5 | 150 | 300 | 300 |
| 6 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
Many side events are also taking place today including the PAPC €5,200 PLO at 6 p.m. EEST, the €110 Duplicate to the €5,200 PLO at 6 p.m. EEST, the €550 NL Hold'em Turbo at 9 p.m. EET, and the €110 5 Card Pot Limit Omaha at 11 p.m. EET. The second and final day of the PAPC €330 Championship resumes at 9 p.m. EEST and will also play down to a winner.
Stay tuned as The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a champion is crowned.
came on the flop. Pirn called and the other player folded.
came on the turn before calling a much larger bet of 7,500 after the 
completed the board on the river.
for a flopped straight and is the early chip leader with about 41,000 in chips.
on the board and got a call from Johan Guilbert.
completed the board on the river. Guilbert paused for a minute before he fired out an overbet of 19,025, more than covering the 15,000 Pirn had left in his stack. Pirn went into the tank for two minutes before he folded.
flop before Alakorva's stack was committed. Alakorva was in trouble with 
against Evert's 
.
flop, Martin Berge checked, Johan "YoH_Viral" Guilbert bet 1,800, Jurijs Binklers folded, and Berge called.
and Berge checked. Guilbert bet 3,800 and Berge countered with a check-raise to 8,800. This prompted a deep tank from Guilbert, who took several minutes before sliding in a call.
river, Berge bet 11,175 and once again, the French professional took ages to come to a decision. It took him the better part of five minutes, spent between seizing up Berge, chatting up his opponent and looking confused at the board, to finally give it up.
flop gave him two pair. The 
didn't improve Loikkanen's odds and the 
completed the board on the river and Jantunen was counting his chips before he decided on a bet size of 12,500. Sey counted his chips as well before he folded.
completing the board on the river. Alakorva fired out 17,000 which barely covered Mets.
for two-pair which beat Alakorva's top pair with 
and Istsenko bet 10,000, Berndtson check-raised all in for 46,200, and Istsenko called it off after some thought.
open on the felt for just the ace of hearts. Istsenko tabled 
for the king-high flush to soar to 150,000 in chips.
