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A packed house is expected at the Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel & Olympic Park Casino today as the last two starting days of the WSOP Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event will get underway. Day 1d kicks off at noon local time, while the nightly Day 1e presents a final opportunity to bag a stack for Day 2, starting at 6 p.m.
The first three starting flights gathered a field of 394 entries so far. A similar turnout is needed across Day 1d and Day 1e to reach the €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Perhaps a new attendance record could even be in the works, with last year's total of 888 entries being the number to aim for.
All who enter today will be chasing Day 1b chipleader Baptiste Caim, who has been the only player so far to turn the starting stack of 50,000 into a seven-figure stack and bagged 1,098,000 last night. Caim is followed by fellow Frenchman Robin Vanloot, while Day 1a chipleader Tommi Savioja and Day 1c chipleader Ben Gur also appear in the top ten.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baptiste Caim | France | 1,098,000 |
| 2 | Robin Vanloot | France | 961,000 |
| 3 | Jussi Julkunen | Finland | 796,000 |
| 4 | Deividas Butnoras | Lithuania | 703,000 |
| 5 | Tommi Savioja | Finland | 680,000 |
| 6 | Kristian Lilliedal | Denmark | 644,000 |
| 7 | Simone Fumagalli | Italy | 605,000 |
| 8 | Ben Gur | Israel | 578,000 |
| 9 | Martin Studzinski | Norway | 556,000 |
| 10 | Luka Sorainen | Finland | 539,000 |
Day 1d and Day 1e will follow the same structure as the rest of the starting flights, with Day 1d playing 40-minute levels, and Day 1e being slightly faster-paced with 30-minute levels. Both days will play down to 15 percent of their respective fields, guaranteeing all players who make Day 2 a spot in the money. PokerNews will provide an extensive live report of Day 1d, while Day 1e's chip counts will be added before Day 2 starts.
Those who register Day 1d from the start will sit down in 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Late registration will remain open for 12 levels with unlimited reentries, ending in 2,000/4,000 (4,000), a starting stack being worth just over 12 big blinds at that point. Short breaks are planned after every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break set after Level 9, around 6:30 p.m. local time.
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PokerNews will be on the floor in Estonia to report Day 1d from start to finish, so stay tuned as the poker action will resume shortly.