Get Ready for the PAPC €1,500 Main Event
The inaugural Patrik Antonius Poker Classic (PAPC) at the Hilton Tallinn Park and Olympic Park Casino set history yesterday for the biggest buy-in poker event in Estonian poker history after Finland's Pauli Ayras won the PAPC €25,000 High Rolller for €163,300.
The festival will be heating up even further today with the highlight of the festival, the PAPC €1,500 Main Event, kicking off the first of its four days of action today at 12 p.m EEST.
The Main Event boasts an amazing structure with players kicking off the action with 30,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 60 minutes. The event will move along fast by taking advantage of one of the latest trends in live poker with the single big blind ante in play.
Today's action will feature eight blind levels today and can players will be allowed to re-enter an unlimited amount of times up until the late-registration period closes at the conclusion of the first blind level of tomorrow's Day 2.
Many big names are in attendance including Patrik Antonius and Joni Jouhkimainen, who won the PAPC €550 PLO Turbo event last night. Other players in Tallinn for the PAPC include Juha Helppi, Timothy Adams, David "Chino" Rheem, Dan "Jungleman" Cates, Ilari Sahamies, Teun Mulder, and Robert Mizrachi.
Many of these players will play in Day 1 of the PAPC Main Event while others will try their hand on a live-streamed €100/€200 pot-limit Omaha cash game running throughout the day or compete in one of the side events.
The PAPC Main Event Day 1 Blind Structure
| Level | Small blind | Big blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 50 | |
| 2 | 50 | 100 | |
| 3 | 75 | 150 | |
| 4 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 5 | 150 | 300 | 300 |
| 6 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
Many side events are also taking place today including the PAPC €5,200 PLO at 6 p.m. EEST, the €110 Duplicate to the €5,200 PLO at 6 p.m. EEST, the €550 NL Hold'em Turbo at 9 p.m. EET, and the €110 5 Card Pot Limit Omaha at 11 p.m. EET. The second and final day of the PAPC €330 Championship resumes at 9 p.m. EEST and will also play down to a winner.
Stay tuned as The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a champion is crowned.