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2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
€1,500 Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€217,280
Entries
160
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
15,000
Alakorva Doubles Through Boeken
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
After a raise, Noah Boeken called and another player called as well. Action folded to Veli-Pella Alakorva, the animated Finn who's on his fourth bullet already, and he simply shoved it in. Boeken was the only caller and called the shove for around 25,200.
Veli-Pekka Alakorva: 
Noah Boeken: 
Alakorva stood up and yelled some Finnish celebrations before the board was even dealt. The dealer fanned out 
and Alakorva ran across the room to celebrate like he's just won the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 19,000 |
|
2,350 | -16,850 |
Final Level of Play
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The blinds have just gone up to 400/800 with a big blind ante of 800. The tournament director has just announced that this will be the last level of today. Players can still get into the action today with re-entries and late registration permitted until the end of the first blind level of tomorrow's Day 2.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Sey Soars
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Hassan Sey just won a massive pot of around 120,000. James Romero opened to 1,200 and got calls from Paul Fowler in the hijack, Sey in the cutoff, and Jari Hurri on the button.
Audrius Navickas three-bet to 6,000 from the big blind and got calls from Romero and Fowler. The action paused on Sey who eventually jammed for nearly 52,000. Hurri folded and Navickas paused for a moment before he was also all-in for a little less than Sey. Romero folded and Fowler looked like he was in pain.
"I know I am ahead," said Fowler as he tossed his hand in the muck.
Hassan Sey: 
Audrius Navickas: 
Both players were flipping for a six-figure pot but Navickas got out of his seat as soon as Sey nailed a set on the 
flop with only a backdoor flush draw or backdoor straight draw able to save him.
Navickas was drawing dead after the 
came on the turn and the hand was official after the 
completed the board on the river.
Navickas was out of his seat and over to the registration desk faster than Sey could count his newly found chips to enter the Main Event for the third time today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 67,000 |
|
30,000 | -1,000 |
Ruijs Clicks it Back
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Joris Ruijs has recently reentered after a spot where he went "for too thin value". His second attempt started off much better, as the Dutch high staker instantly found a double-up.
It was a bit of a cheeky induce by Ruijs, who originally had defended the big blind with 
against a button raise. The flop was 
and both players checked. On the 
turn, Ruijs bet 2,500, Mairo Tori raised to 6,500, Ruijs clicked it back to 14,500 and Tori four-bet shipped it in.
Ruijs called it off for 20,000 more and saw that Tori couldn't muster up more that 
for a double gutter. The river was the 
and Ruijs doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 35,000 |
|
10,500 | -29,500 |
Multi-Tasking Mati Pirn on the Rail
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Mati Pirn recently fired up his computer to play online poker while also playing in the PAPC Main Event. During this time, his stack dwindled down to 6,000.
He seemingly found a good spot to jam his short stack but got two callers.
Andres Allsalu bet the third player off the pot with the board reading 
on the turn and turned over 
for top pair once it was heads-up with Pirn. Pirn turned over 
while also in the middle of a hand online and still had some outs to triple up.
He stood up mid-hand online after the on the river wasn't any help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Tamasauskas Out and In Again
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
It wasn't a good two hand run for [Removed:174]. He first three-bet jammed with queens on the 
flop creating a 60,000 pot after Feras Abid called with aces. The board ran dry and Tamasauskas was down to 8,400.
The next hand, Tamasauskas three-bet jammed with 
and was called by Sebastian Wahl with . The flip went Wahl's way after he paired the 
board.
Tamasauskas shared after the hand that he was immediately going to re-enter in hopes of bagging a decent stack today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 12,000 |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
30,000 | -8,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 10,000 |
|
87,000 | 87,000 |
|
85,000 | -10,000 |
|
77,000 | 42,000 |
|
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
57,000 | 31,000 |
|
53,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
53,000 | 32,500 |
|
|
52,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
41,000 | 20,800 |
|
40,000 | -13,000 |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
26,000 | -18,000 |
Tamasauskas Looking for Success at the PAPC in Tallinn
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Tamasauskas is one of Lithuania's strongest live tournament players and has found decent success both in Tallinn and around the world.
The Lithuanian shared that he hasn't managed to build a stack before the break but right after he was able to find a hand to chip up with.
Tamasauskas opened to 2,400 and got a call from his opponent in the blinds. He called a bet of 2,400 after the 
came on the flop and called another bet of 6,800 after the came on the turn.
The action was checked to him after the completed the board on the river. He jammed for around 12,000 and his opponent folded after pausing for a minute.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000 | 38,000 |