Jaakko Rajaniemi has been hanging around railing since his elimination. He shared that he is friends with Jari Lahtinen, who was the player responsible for his elimination.
"I shouldn't have woken him up," Rajaniemi said to the entire table.
Everyone got a good laugh to lighten the mood with players battling for some serious money.
A player opened from middle position before Jari Lahtinen called from the cutoff. Jaako Rajaniemi jammed for about 20 big blinds from the button. The opening raiser folded and Lahtinen called.
Jaako Rajaniemi: 
Jari Lahtinen: 
Lahtinen's kings held strong the entire way with the 
running out on the board and Rajaniemi was eliminated in 20th place for €2,180.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 176,500 |
|
Busted |
Aki Pyysing opened for 15,000 from the small blind and was called by Timo Ruuska in the big blind.
The action went back and forth after the 
came on the flop until Ruuska four-bet jammed for about 200,000 and Pyysing called.
Timo Ruuska: 
Aki Pyysing: 
Ruuska flopped middle pair and a flush draw but was unable to hit any of his outs to crack Pyysing's aces with the 
on the turn and the on the river completing the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000 | 119,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Marius Morel was the second casualty of the day. He open-jammed a little more than ten big blinds with 
and was called by Day 2 chip leader Tapio Vihakas with in the cutoff.
Both players hit top pair on the 
board but Vihakas had the better kicker to eliminate Morel in 22nd place for €2,180.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Rain Heeringas jammed the button for about 20 big blinds and Santeri Piiroinen over-jammed for a bit more from the small blind.
Rain Heeringas: 
Santeri Piiroinen: 
Heeringas needed to win a flip to survive. The 
board was unable to help and he was eliminated in 23rd place for €2,180.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 118,500 |
|
Busted |
The action has resumed with all 23 players making it to their seats.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown €1,100 Main Event at the Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Park Hotel.
The field has been trimmed down from 195 entrants to just 23 players to start the day with everyone guaranteed at least a min-cash of €2,180. The plan for today's penultimate day is for players to battle until there are just eight players remaining. Those surviving today will play at the final table on a live stream.
It is mostly Finns and Estonians remaining in the field with ten from the first group and nine from the second. There are also players from Morocco (Ahmed Ibrahimi - 430,000), Latvia (Dmitrijs Kornevs - 184,000), Lithuania (Algimantas Jablonskis - 82,500), and Sweden (Peter Warfvinge - 77,300).
Three Finns are on the top of the leaderboard including Tapio Vihakas (560,000), Jussi Mattila (528,000), and Mathias Siljander (500,000). They are closely followed by the last remaining woman in the tournament in Estonia's Kelly Limonova (450,000), who now calls Barcelona her home.
Both Limonova and Andres Loiv (337,500) qualified to the Main Event via Olybet Poker. The duo are the last two qualifiers standing in a last longer contest hosted by the online poker site. After one of these players drops out of the tournament, the other will be gifted a seat to the 2019 Battle of Malta Main Event valued at €555.
The day will start off with the last 14:38 remaining of Level 16 with blinds at 2,500/5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000. After this blind level, blinds will increase every hour with 15-minute breaks provided every two blind levels.
| Level | Small blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 17 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 18 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 19 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 20 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 21 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 22 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 23 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| 24 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
As was the case the past two days, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage Day 3 and beyond until a winner is declared.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Markus Asikainen | Finland | 279,500 | 56 |
| 1 | 2 | Jussi Mattila | Finland | 528,500 | 106 |
| 1 | 3 | Igor Pihela Sr. | Estonia | 147,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 4 | Ranno Sootla | Estonia | 76,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 5 | Kelly Limonova | Estonia | 450,000 | 90 |
| 1 | 6 | Timo Ruuska | Finland | 135,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 7 | Algimantas Jablonskis | Lithuania | 82,500 | 17 |
| 1 | 8 | Andres Loiv | Estonia | 337,000 | 67 |
| 2 | 1 | Rain Heeringas | Estonia | 112,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Santeri Piiroinen | Finland | 181,500 | 36 |
| 2 | 3 | Jari Lahtinen | Finland | 313,500 | 63 |
| 2 | 4 | Jaakko Rajaniemi | Finland | 161,500 | 32 |
| 2 | 5 | Ahmed Ibrahimi | Morocco | 430,000 | 86 |
| 2 | 6 | Mathias Siljander | Finland | 500,000 | 100 |
| 2 | 7 | Dmitrijs Kornevs | Latvia | 184,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 1 | Aki Pyysing | Finland | 401,000 | 80 |
| 3 | 2 | Marius Morel | Estonia | 57,500 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | Tarmo Tammel | Estonia | 171,500 | 34 |
| 3 | 4 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 150,000 | 30 |
| 3 | 5 | Tapio Vihakas | Finland | 560,000 | 112 |
| 3 | 6 | Kim Lindstrom | Finland | 337,500 | 68 |
| 3 | 7 | Toomas Polli | Estonia | 175,000 | 35 |
| 3 | 8 | Peter Warfvinge | Sweden | 77,300 | 15 |
*Photos courtesy of Elena Kask / Tallinn Summer Showdown
Main Event
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