2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€46,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€185,250
Entries
195
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Main Event

Day 1 Completed

Mathias Siljander Bags the Chip Lead on Day 1 of the Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Mathias Siljander
Mathias Siljander

The third edition of the Tallinn Summer Showdown €1,100 Main Event hosted by Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park can already be labeled a success with 168 entrants ponying up the €1,100 buy-in.

This is already three more than the record turnout of 165 entrants last year with players still allowed to late register and reenter until the start of the second blind level of Friday's Day 2.

Players began today's deep-stacked action with 30,000 in chips and battled it out for eight hour-long blinds levels.

More than half of today's field survived today's action with 85 players joining those that late register tomorrow. Finnish players are thus far dominating the top of the chip counts with nine out of the twelve players that bagged at least 100,000 in chips coming from Finland including the Day 1 chip leader Mathias Siljander with 241,900.

Siljander captured the chip lead midway through the day after he won a big hand with kings against the ace-queen held by Masse Mirza.

Closest on Siljander's tail are Tapio Vihakas (209,200), Riko Piiroinen (166,800), Kelly Limonova (137,600), and Jussi Mattila (137,000). With two hours left to play and sitting on a stack of around 40,000, Mattila announced to all those within listening distance that he was going to bag exactly 137,000. Mattila had slightly more than this but lost a few chips before the end of the day.

Day 1 Chip Leaders

PlaceNameCountryChips
1Mathias SiljanderFinland241,900
2Tapio VihakasFinland209,200
3Riko PiiroinenFinland166,800
4Kelly LimonovaEstonia137,600
5Jussi MattilaFinland137,000
6Antti KarkkainenFinland134,500
7Peter WarfvingeSweden115,100
8Jaakko RajaniemiFinland110,400
9Johan PalokangasFinland103,800
10Matias KnaapinenFinland103,100

Notable players outside the top ten to bag chips into Day 2 include Aki Pyysing (100,000), Ranno Sootla (77,000), Sami Pulliainen (56,500), Markku Koplimaa (52,700), Jari Hurri (43,200), Sebastian Wahl (39,300), Daragh Davey (32,200), and Espen Uhlen Jorstad (22,300).

Day 2 of the Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event will kick off at 12 p.m. local time tomorrow with blinds at 500/1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000. PokerNews will post starting seat assignments before the action resumes.

As was the case today, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage tomorrow and beyond until a winner is declared.

Tallinn Summer Showdown
Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event Day 1

*Images courtesy of Elena Kask / Tallinn Summer Showdown.

Tags: Jussi MattilaKelly LimonovaMasse MirzaMathias SiljanderRiko PiiroinenTapio Vihakas

Day 2 Seat Draw

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
TableSeatNameChipsBig Blinds
11Andres Loiv61,90062
12Tonis Viik66,30066
14Hassan Sey23,60024
15Olof Haglund13,00013
16Antti Karkkainen134,500135
18Markku Koplimaa52,70053
19Jimmy Dewerdt30,80031
     
21Endrit Geci71,40071
22Aki Pyysing100,000100
23Lauri Liias10,00010
24Audrius Navickas92,10092
25Jari Lahtinen86,70087
26Aleksandr Kuperman28,00028
28Ilvars Gudrimovics33,10033
29Kim Lindstrom61,30061
     
31Sergei Nikitin35,40035
32Joonas Helin81,50082
34Timo Ruuska35,70036
35Roope Tarmi33,90034
36Jari Kauppinen35,20035
38Kimmo Kurko32,40032
39Andreas Lindberg66,00066
     
41Jussi Mattila137,000137
42Mathias Siljander241,900242
44Jari Mahonen64,20064
45Dmitri Zatjik36,20036
46Marius Morel24,90025
48Aki Virtanen26,20026
49Abraham Uittenbogaard100,000100
     
51Jari Hurri43,20043
52Meelis Meliste33,50034
54Emil Brunnberg20,00020
55Gjermund Bakken71,00071
56Ermo Kosk13,70014
58Heikki Piira29,90030
59Kelly Limonova137,600138
     
61Artjoms Skvarkovskis10,90011
62Heikki Kennunen24,30024
64Jami Juutila44,00044
65Matias Arosuo27,30027
66Peter Warfvinge115,100115
68Antti Marttinen63,60064
69Mikael Andersson54,30054
     
71Davis Masteiko54,20054
72Sebastian Wahl39,30039
74Matias Pirn30,00030
75Matias Knaapinen103,100103
76Toomas Polli24,80025
78Ovidijus Slimas78,80079
79Pasi Laihinen29,40029
     
81Jukka Koskela29,50030
82Nicolajs Jalunins68,20068
84Renta Eline Kris Gatos59,80060
85Cesare Raso19,20019
86Aleksei Smirnov78,00078
88Richard Randolph52,60053
89Guillermo Cifuentes73,00073
     
91Aleksandr Arutiunov71,50072
92Ahmed Ibrahimi54,50055
94Priit Brikker32,20032
95Jari Porkka25,00025
96Riko Piiroinen166,800167
98Ottomar Ladva66,70067
99Kaarel Lepik21,00021
     
101Tapio Vihakas209,200209
102Tarmo Tammel53,20053
104Jevgenijs Zotovs36,80037
105Jaakko Rajaniemi110,400110
106Jussi Hakkanen41,40041
108Rain Heeringas52,00052
109Daragh Davey32,20032
     
111Mark Metsla25,10025
112Aleksi Naski45,60046
114Daniel Novak54,20054
115Espen Uhlen Jorstad22,30022
116Markus Asikainen66,10066
118Tomas Sujeta91,50092
119Johan Palokangas103,800104
     
121Dmitrijs Kornevs80,10080
122Jaakko Hokkanen23,00023
124Algimantas Jablonskis82,00082
125Joni Mattila77,90078
126Sami Pulliainen56,50057
128Aleksi Himanen43,40043
129Ranno Sootla77,00077

Final Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
Day 1 Chip Leader
241,900
Tapio Vihakas fi
Tapio Vihakas
Day 3 Chip Leader
209,200 109,200
Santeri Piiroinen fi
Santeri Piiroinen
166,800 76,800
Kelly Limonova ee
Kelly Limonova
137,600 106,600
Jussi Mattila fi
Jussi Mattila
137,000 91,000
Antti Karkkainen fi
Antti Karkkainen
134,500 134,500
Peter Warfvinge se
Peter Warfvinge
115,100
Jaakko Rajaniemi fi
Jaakko Rajaniemi
110,400 110,400
Johan Palokangas fi
Johan Palokangas
103,800 103,800
Matias Knaapinen fi
Matias Knaapinen
103,100 28,100
Aki Pyysing fi
Aki Pyysing
100,000 70,000
Abraham Uittenbogaard nl
Abraham Uittenbogaard
100,000 100,000
Audrius Navickas lt
Audrius Navickas
92,100
Tomas Sujeta lt
Tomas Sujeta
91,500 75,500
Jari Lahtinen fi
Jari Lahtinen
86,700
Algimantas Jablonskis lt
Algimantas Jablonskis
82,000
Joonas Helin fi
Joonas Helin
81,500
Dmitrijs Kornevs lv
Dmitrijs Kornevs
80,100
Ovidijus Slimas lt
Ovidijus Slimas
78,800 33,800
Aleksei Smirnov ee
Aleksei Smirnov
78,000
Joni Mattila fi
Joni Mattila
77,900
Ranno Sootla ee
Ranno Sootla
77,000 50,000
Guillermo Cifuentes es
Guillermo Cifuentes
73,000
Aleksandr Arutjunov ee
Aleksandr Arutjunov
71,500
Endrit Geci gb
Endrit Geci
71,400

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Players Bagging Up

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Tallinn Summer Showdown
Tallinn Summer Showdown

Players are now bagging up chips. Mathias Siljander, who has had the lead for the second half of the day bagged the most with a stack of 241,900.

Stay tuned at PokerNews for the final Day 1 chip counts and the recap of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
Day 1 Chip Leader
241,900 21,900

Tags: Mathias Siljander

Final Four Hands

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The tournament director just announced to the remaining players that they will play four more hands before bagging chips. Late registration is temporarily closed but will reopen tomorrow until the conclusion of the first blind level of Day 2.

New Record for Summer Showdown!

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

A new record has been reached with the field already reaching 167 entrants to beat last year's record of 165 entrants. Now it is only a matter of by how much the record will be smashed with late registration still open today and throughout the first blind level tomorrow.

Another Pot for Siljander

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Matthias Tikerpe check-raised Mathias Siljander from 12,000 to 28,000 with about 20,000 in the pot and the board reading {10-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} after the turn and got a call.

Tikerpe checked after the {6-Spades} completed the board on the river. Siljander slid a big stack of chips out as a bet more than covering the around 28,000 Tikerpe had behind and won the pot after his opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
Day 1 Chip Leader
220,000 20,000
Matthias Tikerpe ee
Matthias Tikerpe
28,000 -57,000

Tags: Matthias TikerpeMathias Siljander

Queens no Good for Greenbay

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mikael "Greenbay" Gronvik just won a pot and was up to around 45,000 in chips but is now on the rail. Gronvik bet 4,000 into a pot of 6,000 after the {9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} came on the flop before Riko Piiroinen raised to 12,000. Gronvik jammed for around 40,000 total and Piiroinen tanked for a minute before he called.

Gronvik looked like he was in pain after he saw his opponent first turn over {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} before he turned over {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}. The {8-Clubs} on the turn and the {8-Diamonds} on the river weren't able to help Gronvik and Piiroinen effectively doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Santeri Piiroinen fi
Santeri Piiroinen
90,000 90,000
Mikael Grönvik se
Mikael Grönvik
Busted

Tags: Mikael GronvikRiko Piiroinen

Final Blind Level of Day 1 Begins

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The final blind level of Day 1 has just kicked off with blinds at 400/800 and a big blind ante of 800. There are 163 entrants according to the big board or just two shy of the record turnout for this event last year of 165 entrants.