Gytis Lazauninkas opened from middle position with 
to 15,000 before Audrius Navickas three-bet jammed from the hijack with 
.
Navickas was unable to hit any of the 
and he was eliminated in 82nd place.
The tournament is now on the stone-cold bubble with 81 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
Busted |
Thus far the action is slow-moving since it is in hand for hand mode. This is understandable with an at least €2,100 min-cash payout on the line.
The tournament director made a few announcements before asking the dealers to deal the first hand of the day.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2020 Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at the Olympic Park Casino and the Hilton Park Hotel.
What an event it has been thus far. A total of 591 entrants got into the mix during the two opening flights along with another 83 entrants during the first blind level of Day 2 to bring the field up to 674 entrants.
The prize pool absolutely smashed the €500,000 guarantee with €640,300 being paid out to those that cash and the winner going home with a huge six-figure haul of €141,400. This makes it the largest single tournament held at this venue and the third-largest ever held in Estonia, just behind the two EPTs that took place in the Estonian capital a decade ago.
Three Finnish players are in the top five on the leaderboard to start the day including Akseli Paalanen (877,000), Ilari Sahamies (605,000), and Jaakko Hokkanen (562,000). Also in the top five are Sweden's Dennis Berglin (827,000) and Norway's Borge Dypvik (563,000).
Another player to keep your eyes on is Finland's Matias Knaapinen (221,000) as he is the only previous champion remaining in the event having won the Kings of Tallinn Main Event in 2017 for €45,007.
Today's penultimate day will play deep into the money today and will end when the final table is reached. A total of 80 players out of the 82 starting today will cash the Main Event for at least €2,100 with the winner tomorrow slated to walk home with €111,400.
| Level | Small blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Siim Silver | 305,000 | 51 |
| 13 | 2 | Jakub Grzegorzek | 114,000 | 19 |
| 13 | 3 | Michael Wharton | 30,000 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | Niklas Westerback | 118,000 | 20 |
| 13 | 5 | Rauno Tahvonen | 157,000 | 26 |
| 13 | 6 | Inigo Martin | 330,000 | 55 |
| 13 | 7 | [Removed:174] | 200,500 | 33 |
| 13 | 8 | Iikka Tahkokallio | 136,000 | 23 |
| 13 | 9 | Ilari Sahamies | 605,000 | 101 |
| 14 | 1 | Przemyslaw Piotrowski | 214,000 | 36 |
| 14 | 2 | Alius Riskevicius | 35,000 | 6 |
| 14 | 3 | Arunas Kontautas | 183,000 | 31 |
| 14 | 5 | Mantas Urbonas | 97,000 | 16 |
| 14 | 6 | Jari Lahtinen | 374,000 | 62 |
| 14 | 7 | Lars Jonsson | 189,000 | 32 |
| 14 | 8 | Ermo Kosk | 255,000 | 43 |
| 14 | 9 | Matias Knaapinen | 221,000 | 37 |
| 15 | 1 | Karl Karlsson | 401,000 | 67 |
| 15 | 2 | Sergejs Sarutins | 402,000 | 67 |
| 15 | 3 | Agharazi Babayev | 438,000 | 73 |
| 15 | 4 | Tapio Vihakas | 278,000 | 46 |
| 15 | 5 | Steponas Venckus | 60,000 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | Andreas Hoivold | 209,000 | 35 |
| 15 | 7 | Carl Shaw | 236,000 | 39 |
| 15 | 8 | Danel Haas | 90,000 | 15 |
| 16 | 1 | Henri Juutilainen | 123,000 | 21 |
| 16 | 2 | Jaakko Hokkanen | 562,000 | 94 |
| 16 | 3 | Antti Tiainen | 132,000 | 22 |
| 16 | 4 | Christopher Howden | 58,000 | 10 |
| 16 | 6 | Gytis Lazauninkas | 452,000 | 75 |
| 16 | 7 | Audrius Navickas | 43,000 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | Johannes Cleven | 148,000 | 25 |
| 16 | 9 | Gytis Bernatavicius | 146,000 | 24 |
| 17 | 1 | Samuel Saariaho | 520,000 | 87 |
| 17 | 2 | Peter Bergman | 310,000 | 52 |
| 17 | 3 | Karolis Sereika | 110,000 | 18 |
| 17 | 5 | Andre Al-Khabbaz | 111,000 | 19 |
| 17 | 6 | Jukka Ylitalo | 177,000 | 30 |
| 17 | 7 | Marek Selgeveer | 475,000 | 79 |
| 17 | 8 | Rain Heeringas | 22,000 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | Mikhael Kvale | 90,000 | 15 |
| 20 | 1 | Renato Messina | 395,000 | 66 |
| 20 | 2 | Serafim Kovalevskiy | 405,000 | 68 |
| 20 | 3 | Dainius Balynas | 107,000 | 18 |
| 20 | 4 | Borge Dypvik | 563,000 | 94 |
| 20 | 6 | Aleksi Himanen | 238,000 | 40 |
| 20 | 7 | Mathias Siljander | 353,000 | 59 |
| 20 | 8 | Robert Jones | 127,000 | 21 |
| 20 | 9 | Kristian Zitting | 144,000 | 24 |
| 21 | 1 | Aurelijus Sipavicius | 321,500 | 54 |
| 21 | 2 | Michal Danka | 404,000 | 67 |
| 21 | 3 | Raigo Aasmaa | 78,000 | 13 |
| 21 | 5 | Michal Janeczko | 216,000 | 36 |
| 21 | 6 | Toivo Ojasoo | 183,000 | 31 |
| 21 | 7 | Joel Holmberg | 76,000 | 13 |
| 21 | 8 | Gunnar Wedde | 420,000 | 70 |
| 21 | 9 | Kristaps Renga | 310,000 | 52 |
| 22 | 1 | Madis Ormisson | 113,000 | 19 |
| 22 | 2 | Alari Künnapuu | 191,000 | 32 |
| 22 | 3 | Mate Mecs | 42,000 | 7 |
| 22 | 4 | Alex Mah | 131,000 | 22 |
| 22 | 5 | Aki Pyysing | 223,000 | 37 |
| 22 | 7 | Abhishek Rathod | 92,000 | 15 |
| 22 | 8 | Daniel Belov | 457,000 | 76 |
| 22 | 9 | Leo Pietilä | 295,000 | 49 |
| 23 | 1 | Chris Da Silva | 139,000 | 23 |
| 23 | 2 | Aleksei Petrov | 213,000 | 36 |
| 23 | 3 | Niko Pakalen | 133,000 | 22 |
| 23 | 5 | Kaur Joakit | 100,000 | 17 |
| 23 | 6 | Heikki Piira | 542,000 | 90 |
| 23 | 7 | Niklas Blomqvist | 58,000 | 10 |
| 23 | 8 | Arturs Kurnajevs | 108,000 | 18 |
| 23 | 9 | Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz | 352,000 | 59 |
| 24 | 1 | Markus Asikainen | 184,000 | 31 |
| 24 | 2 | Antti Suominen | 79,000 | 13 |
| 24 | 3 | Niko Palonen | 141,000 | 24 |
| 24 | 4 | Akseli Paalanen | 877,000 | 146 |
| 24 | 5 | Tomasz Chmiel | 300,000 | 50 |
| 24 | 6 | Urmo Velvelt | 167,000 | 28 |
| 24 | 7 | Dennis Berglin | 827,000 | 138 |
| 24 | 8 | Joonas Liik | 130,000 | 22 |
| 24 | 9 | Aleksejs Gusevs | 371,000 | 62 |
€1,100 Main Event
Day 3 Started
