€550 Main Event Day 2 | 2022 The Festival in Tallinn

The Festival Tallinn Main Event continued progressing on Day 2 with another 50 players taking full advantage of the extended late registration, taking the total attendance to an impressive 552 players. Only 30 of those players remain in contention for what is a €56,100 top, and it is Agris Noviks (1,595,000) who leads them back into battle on Day 3.

The Festival Tallinn Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Agris Noviks	1,595,000	80
2	Sascha Manns	1,175,000	59
3	Kristoffer Winterstein	960,000	48
4	Mikael Viggander	850,000	43
5	Gregory Partridge	785,000	39
6	Alberigo Stellanello	775,000	39
7	Mikael Zackariasen	770,000	39
8	Jari Mahonen	685,000	34
9	Inigo Naveiro	620,000	31
10	Jeroen Aarts	615,000	31

Noviks does not have a single recorded live cash according to The Hendon Mob but he's changed that fact here in Estonia because the money bubble of this event burst during Day 2. Noviks soared into the chip lead after winning one of the last hands of the evening's action. Maksim Petrov jammed for 400,000 at the 6,000/12,000/12,000a level with and Noviks looked him up with . The fives held as the community cards fell . Petrov busted and Noviks climbed to the chip counts' summit.

Sascha Manns (1,175,000) of Malta was the only other player to bag up more than one million chips at the close of play. Sweden's Kristoffer Winterstein (960,000) rounded out the podium positions.

Also in the top 10 chip counts going into Day 3 is Mikael Viggander, who you may recall triumphed in a €1,100 Hyper Turbo event at the delayed EPT Prague festival in March. Finland's Jari Mahonen (685,000), a player with more than $500,000 in live cashes, is another player to look out for on Day 3.

Each of the 30 returning players is guaranteed €1,730 for their efforts after the money bubble burst on Day 2 and 41 players busted inside those money places.

Peter Nordin was the unfortunate soul who burst the bubble. Nordin got his stack in with and found himself in a world of pain against the of Oleksandra Shenderei. A final board reading sent Nordin home in 72nd place and everyone else into the money places. You can find a list of busted players and their respective prizes here.

The plans for Day 3 are to get down to the final table. Return to PokerNews, later on, to discover who made it to the final table and which players fell by the wayside.

Player	Chips	Progress
Agris Noviks	1,595,000 1,521,000	1,521,000
Sascha Manns	1,175,000 1,136,900	1,136,900
Kristoffer Winterstein	960,000 828,400	828,400
Mikael Viggander	850,000
Gregory Partridge	785,000 739,100	739,100
Alberigo Stellanello	775,000 684,500	684,500
Mikael Zackariasen	770,000
Jari Mähönen	685,000 657,600	657,600
Inigo Naveiro	620,000
Jeroen Aarts	615,000
Oleksandra Shenderei	600,000 578,300	578,300
Jere Keitaanranta	595,000 433,900	433,900
Jyri Merivirta	585,000 414,300	414,300
Pal Oygarden	545,000 369,700	369,700
Stefan Bittger	510,000 321,300	321,300
Vasilijs Aleksejenko	505,000 424,000	424,000
Eirik Kristiansen	490,000 382,900	382,900
Toivo Ojasoo	445,000 342,000	342,000
Ronny Albrigtsen	410,000 286,800	286,800
Juhana Leinonen	410,000 265,300	265,300
Eric Wasylenko	390,000 233,300	233,300
Rando Liiber	350,000 278,300	278,300
Vambo Laud	325,000 163,500	163,500
Peder Behr	320,000 217,700	217,700
Svante Nilsson	300,000 227,400	227,400

Player

Chips

Progress

Agris Noviks

1,595,000

1,521,000