Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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
Naski Takes it on the River
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
Hassan Sey, who entered the tournament after the break, checked with 15,000 already in the pot with the 
on the board before Aleksi Naski fired out a pot-sized bet.
Sey tanked for a couple of minutes and several times grabbed some chips while appearing he was in pain. Eventually, Sey made the fold and the dealer pushed the pot over to Naski.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Over 100 Entrants
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
The Main Event field has peaked above the century mark with the big board reading 103 entrants with 99 still in their seats. It won't be surprising if this will be the third year in a row the Main Event grows with 127 entrants in 2017 and 165 entrants last year.
Photos From Day 1
Photos courtesy of Elena Kask / Tallinn Summer Showdown.
Marek Kaldaäär Wins Opening Event (€6,120 + €1,100 Main Event Seat)
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
The €220 Opening Event on Tuesday, July 23 was a big success with 147 entrants bringing a nice start to the festival.
Marek Kaldaäär won the event for €6,120 and an added €1,100 Main Event seat after besting Jani Touvinen in heads-up play. Before that happened, the duo made a deal which guaranteed Touvinen a healthy prize of €6,980.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marek Kaldaäär | Estonia | €6,120* + €1,100 Main Event Seat |
| 2 | Jani Tuovinen | Finland | €6,980* |
| 3 | David Sofio | Spain | € 3,400 |
| 4 | Marko Paukkunen | Finland | € 2,400 |
| 5 | Aleksi Naski | Finland | € 1,780 |
| 6 | Michael Andersson | Finland | € 1,280 |
| 7 | Andres Heinsoo | Estonia | € 1,020 |
| 8 | Rain Heeringas | Estonia | € 820 |
| 9 | Risto Olkkola | Finland | € 700 |
*Reflects heads-up deal.
Mahonen Open Mucks
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
Jari Mahonen bet 2,200 into a pot of around 4,000 with the 
on the board and got a call from Nikolajs Jalunins. Mahonen fired a bit bigger for 6,000 after the 
completed the board on the turn and Jalunins snap-called.
Mahonen felt he was behind and decided to toss his hand into the muck instead of showing his cards. Jalunins also didn't show his hand after he collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | |
|
18,000 |
Early Reentry for Hatipoglu
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bahadir Hatipoglu was down to less than half a starting stack at the break. He jammed for about 10,000 into a pot of a little more than 5,000 with the 
putting a straight on the board.
Jari Porkka made the call and turned over 
for a seven-high straight and Hatipoglu grabbed his things and headed straight for the registration desk to reenter as he was just playing the six-high straight on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
30,000 |
Brunnberg Doesn't Show
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
Mathias Siljander led out for 2,200 into a pot of more than 4,000 with the 
on the board and got a quick call from Emil Brunnberg.
Siljander checked after the 
paired the board on the river before Brunnberg fired out for 5,200.
"Oy, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy," Siljander said before he folded.
"Show one?" Siljander asked before giving his cards to the dealer.
"No," replied Brunnberg.
"I'll show both," Siljander said.
Brunnberg stuck to his guns and tossed both his cards to the dealer.
"Nice hand," Siljander said. "I had two pair."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | -1,000 |
|
37,000 | 37,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Break Time!
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the tournament. Stacks will still be plenty deep when the action resumes with blinds at 75/150.