Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€185,250
Entries
195
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Snowmen Everywhere!
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Ottomar Ladva is one of the young professional poker players in Estonia that is out for a big score in the Summer Showdown Main Event.
Things haven't gone completely his way today but he is headed in the right direction. He open-jammed for about 7,000 from hijack before Artjoms Skvarkovskis jammed over the top for 13,000. The rest of the table folded and the flip was on with Ladva holding 
and Skvarkovskis holding 
.
The 
flop gave Skvarkovskis top pair but he was up against a set and drawing dead after the 
came on the turn. The 
came on the river and Ladva doubled up
Shortly after, Skvarkovskis was all in again and this time he had the 
and the shortest stack on the table with 6,000. Kimmo Kurko found a call with 
and once again a set hit the 
flop. The hand was decided after the 
came on the turn and the dealer awarded Skvarkovskis the pot after the 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 6,000 |
|
16,000 | -34,000 |
|
14,000 | -19,000 |
Lindberg Cracks Sootla's Aces
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Ranno Sootla four-bet Ingemar Andreas Lindberg to 12,600 preflop and got a call. He then open-jammed after the 
came on the flop more than covering the approximately 20,000 his opponent had behind and Lindberg quickly called.
Sootla turned over 
and was drawing very thin with Lindberg flopping top set with 
. Neither the on the turn nor the on the river were able to get Sootla back in the hand and Lindberg doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
27,000 | -23,000 |
Mattila Chips Up
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Jussi Mattila opened the button to 2,000 before a player in the small blind jammed for 15,000. Mikael Viggander tanked in the big blind and Mattila began talking to a friend.
"Here's what is going to happen," Mattila said. "He is going to shove and I am going to fold."
Viggander eventually folded and Mattila called but not before he said: "He folded, so I have to call."
Mattila held and was ahead of his opponent's the entire way as the 
ran out on the board.
"Were you folding if I shoved?" Viggander asked after the hand.
"Of course not," Mattila said with a big laugh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | 16,000 |
Added Event!
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Upon player request, a new tournament was added. Players with smaller bankrolls that didn't want to pony up the €550 to play the PLO - 5 Card Hi/Lo 6 Max at 9 p.m. EEST can now have a little fun with a small duplicate event running at the same time with a more affordable €60 buy-in.
Special note: This tournament does not count towards the Team Competition.
Siljander Wins Big Pot with Kings
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Mathias Siljander and Masse Mirza just played a huge pot where all the chips were in preflop. It all began innocently enough with Tomas Sujeta opening to 1,500 from early position. Mirza three-bet to 3,500 from middle position and Siljander, who was getting a massage, four-bet to 6,000 from one seat over.
Sujeta got out of the way before Mirza four-bet to 15,000.
"How much do you play?" Siljander asked before he jammed for over 120,000.
"You know I have it," Siljander said before he asked the dealer, "Do you want to see my cards?"
A minute passed by before Mirza called off his stack of around 65,000.
Mathias Siljander:
Masse Mirza: 
"Good luck," Siljander said to his opponent.
Siljander remained ahead the entire way as the 
ran out on the board and after the hand was the chip leader with a stack of 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 133,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bakker Doubles off Jukkala
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Sebastian Wahl opened for 1,700 from the hijack and got calls from all four players yet to act including Gjermund Johan Bakker on the button and Pekka Jukkala in the small blind.
Jukkala bet 5,100 after the 
came on the flop. The action folded to Bakker who asked Jukkala to show his chips. After a minute, Bakker shoved for 29,000.
Jukkala quickly called and needed a lot of help after he turned over 
for top pair against Bakker's 
for a set. Jukkala was still alive in the hand with the 
pairing the board on the turn. However, the 
came on the river and Bakker doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | |
|
|
12,000 | -15,000 |
|
12,000 | -20,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Break!
Level 6
: 200/400, 400 ante
Players are on their third and last break of the day. Blinds will be 300/600 with a big blind ante of 600 when the action resumes in 15 minutes. We will be interviewing Ranno Sootla on Facebook Live during the break.
Record Approaching
Level 6
: 200/400, 400 ante
It's getting close to a record for the Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event with 150 entrants already in the field. It seems like a slam dunk that the record set last year of 165 entrants will be smashed with late registration not only open for the rest of the day but until the end of the first blind level of tomorrow's Day 2.