€1,500 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge

€1,500 Main Event

Day 2 Started

04-05-2019 10:30 UTC+3

Day 2 Seat Draw

Jaxon

Table	Seat	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Markku Koplimaa	47,000	47
1	2	Mikael Koistinen	33,900	34
1	3	Martin Berge	46,300	46
1	4	Raiki Reinsoo	20,300	20
1	5	Joris Ruijs	132,200	132
1	6	Tammel Tarmo	52,600	53
1	7	Jussi Mattila	60,900	61

2	1	Hassan Sey	142,600	143
2	2	Davis Modans	25,600	26
2	3	Roope Tarmi	89,400	89
2	4	Jurijs Binklers	45,400	45
2	5	Ranno Sootla	90,600	91
2	6	Erik Friberg	56,900	57
2	7	Tommi Alasuvanto	45,300	45

3	1	Santtu Leinonen	21,200	21
3	2	Petteri Voutilainen	48,800	49
3	3	Jere Kankaanranta	47,000	47
3	4	Niki Nurmisto	30,500	31
3	5	Jani Vimunen	46,000	46
3	6	Robert Mizrachi	83,200	83
3	7	Andrejs Punka	55,900	56

4	1	Kaupo Tenno	47,900	48
4	2	Jari Mähönen	119,500	120
4	3	Julius Schamburg	113,600	114
4	4	Janis Saulitis	36,700	37
4	5	[Removed:174]	48,900	49
4	6	Andres Allsalu	33,400	33
4	7	Tragos Trofimov	220,700	221

5	1	Oscar Wikström	93,300	93
5	2	Chino Rheem	91,300	91
5	3	Maya Geller	43,200	43
5	4	Aki Pyysing	10,200	10
5	5	Amir Ben Said	64,400	64
5	6	Jyrki Lampinen	34,400	34

6	1	Noah Boeken	25,900	26
6	2	Paolo Bortolon	98,100	98
6	3	Micha Hoedemaker	61,800	62
6	4	Matias Arosuo	62,500	63
6	5	Henri Schalin	73,300	73
6	6	Leroy de Bruijn	38,500	39

7	1	Tuuka Melkin	32,700	33
7	2	Audrius Navickas	24,400	24
7	3	Van Tkhat Vu	96,900	97
7	4	Mate Mecs	27,200	27
7	5	Mairo Tori	28,300	28
7	6	Ville Jantunen	158,000	158

8	1	Paul Fowler	84,600	85
8	2	Constantin Schmid	50,700	51
8	3	Kasper Mellanen	152,300	152
8	4	Tanel Evert	83,000	83
8	5	Kaspars Renga	56,500	57
8	6	Tommie Janssen	83,700	84

9	1	Lars Jonsson	101,600	102
9	2	Veli-Pekka Alakorva	38,300	38
9	3	Teemu Salminen	79,100	79
9	4	Sergei Istsenko	118,100	118
9	5	Touko Berndtson	85,100	85
9	6	Karl-Joonatan Mets	27,100	27

04-05-2019 10:41 UTC+3

Day 2 of the First-Ever Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event Starts at Noon

Yori Epskamp

Joris Ruijs spun his third bullet up to a top 5 stack

At 12 p.m. local time, cards will be back in the air for the second of four days of the €1,500 Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event in the Olympic Park Casino at the Hilton Tallinn in the Baltic country of Estonia. A total of 128 entries were made on the first day, and 58 of them are still in contention when play resumes in level 9 with blinds at 500/1,000.

Late registration will be open for one more level and for those interested to jump in at the last possible second a fresh stack of 30,000, or 30 big blinds awaits. Once the level is over, late registration will close and the full prize pool and payout details will be announced.

The first day saw Dragos Trofimov grab the overall chip lead with 220,700. Trofimov is a well-known Moldovan grinder that travels around the world and made four five-figure cashes this year alone, including cashes in the Bahamas and in Barcelona.

Several other notable grinders found themselves on top of the leaderboard, including Dutch high roller Joris Ruijs (132,200), who just missed out on a cash in the 25K earlier this week, Kasper Mellanen (152,300), Hassan Sey (142,600), and Jari Mahonen (119,500).

Another eight levels of 60 minutes are on tap today, and with no dinner break in sight play for the day will be concluded in time to allow players to unwind at the PAPC Party that kicks off at 9 p.m. More details about the First Land of Poker (FLOP) app, the latest social poker app, will also be unveiled today during the party. After last night's crazy action in the €100/€100/€200 PLO cash game, another promising high-stakes cash game will be live streamed: this time, a €100/€200 No-Limit Hold'em cash game will be hosted to capture the attention of poker fans worldwide.

PokerNews will be on the floor in Tallinn until Sunday, April 7, when the winner of the inaugural PAPC Main Event will be crowned.

The PAPC Main Event Day 2 Blind Structure

Level	Small blind	Big blind	Ante
9	500	1,000	1,000
10	600	1,200	1,200
11	800	1,600	1,600
12	1,000	2,000	2,000
13	1,200	2,400	2,400
14	1,500	3,000	3,000
15	2,000	4,000	4,000
16	2,500	5,000	5,000

Tags: Dragos Trofimov Hassan Sey Jari Mahonen Joris Ruijs Kasper Mellanen

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-05-2019 12:04 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Jaxon

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament director has just announced the start of play with the iconic announcement: "Shuffle up and deal!"

04-05-2019 12:10 UTC+3

The First Bustout is for Chino

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Finnish poker legend Aki Pyysing was the first one of the day getting his chips in the middle, and he was up against fellow poker icon Chino Rheem. Pyysing started as the absolute short stack with about ten bigs and got them in with . Rheem had and hit a ten on the flop to send Pyysing to the reentry desk.

Next in line to Pyysing at the cashier stood Freek Scholten, who busted his first bullet last night. Scholten and Pyysing aren't the only fresh stacks of the day, several others have jumped in as well to bring the field up to 138.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	105,000	13,700
Aki Pyysing	30,000	19,800
Freek Scholten	30,000	30,000

Tags: Aki Pyysing Chino Rheem Freek Scholten

04-05-2019 12:15 UTC+3

Other New Entrants

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Saku Turtia	30,000	30,000
Evgeniy Sboev	30,000	30,000
Igor Pihela	30,000	30,000
Marvin Hannemann	30,000	30,000
Jason Gray	30,000	30,000
Sebastian Wahl	30,000	30,000
Pasi Sormunen	30,000	30,000
Mark Metsla	30,000	30,000
Heikki Piira	30,000	-25,900
Feras Abid	30,000	30,000

04-05-2019 12:20 UTC+3

Ruijs on Fire, Takes out Two

Jaxon

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Raiki Reinsoo jammed 20 big blinds and was called by Joris Ruijs. Ruijs held an advantage in the hand heading to the flop with against his opponent's .

The flop paired Ruijs and Reinsoo needed a pair of runners to stay alive. The on the turn gave Reinsoo a chance with a gutshot straight draw. However, the was of no help and Reinsoo headed to the tournament registration desk to quickly re-enter for a fresh 30 big blind stack.

Shortly after, Ruijs was at it again, this time felting Estonian poker legend Markku Koplimaa with pocket kings against pocket jacks in a pot of 80 big blinds. Koplimaa quickly got back in action as well, while Ruijs' stack soared to near the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	207,000	74,800
Raiki Reinsoo	30,000	9,700
Markku Koplimaa	Busted

Tags: Joris Ruijs Markku Koplimaa Raiki Reinsoo

04-05-2019 12:31 UTC+3

Pyysing Gets Something Going

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Aki Pyysing jumped right back into the tournament and wasted no time getting it in again. With the blinds at 500/1,000, Pyysing stuck it in from middle position for over 30,000. Davis Modans called all in for slightly less and Roope Tarmi overcalled to put both players at risk.

Aki Pyysing:
Davis Modans:
Roope Tarmi:

Pyysing's gamble paid off and he tripled up after the board came down .

Player	Chips	Progress
Aki Pyysing	100,000	70,000
Roope Tarmi	55,000	-34,400
Davis Modans	Busted

Tags: Aki Pyysing Roope Tarmi

04-05-2019 12:33 UTC+3

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews My Stack App!

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

PokerNews has activated the My Stack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.

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