2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 Tallinn Summer Showdown

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€46,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€185,250
Entries
195
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Welcome to Day 1 of the Summer Showdown Main Event

Hilton Tallinn Park
Hilton Tallinn Park

The Summer Showdown has returned for its third edition at the Hilton Tallinn Park and Olympic Park Casino for the biggest poker festival in the summer in Northern Europe.

The schedule features something for everyone with 36 action-packed events and cash games running 24 hours a day. The highlight of the festival, the Summer Showdown €1,100 Main Event, kicks 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. Players are scheduled to play eight blind levels today and can 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.

Finland's Jukka Koskela won the inaugural Main Event in 2017 when he finished on top of 127 entrants to win the €33.200 top prize.

The trophy stayed on home soil last year when Estonia's Jargo Alavali won this event last year for €33,077 after agreeing to a three-way final table deal with Tuomas Nurmi (second - €27,518) and Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen (third - €29,905).

This year the event is scheduled to be bigger than ever before as the first two days of the festival have witnessed a record turnout for the event.

Summer Showdown Main Event Day 1 Blind Structure

LevelSmall blindBig blindAnte
12550 
250100 
375150 
4100200200
5150300300
6200400400
7300600600
8400800800

Many side events are also taking place today including the €330 Sviten Special at 5 p.m. EEST, the €220 NLHE Turbo 8-Max at 7 p.m. EEST, the €550 PLO - 5 Card Hi/Lo 6 Max at 9 p.m., and the €110 Hyper Turbo Bounty at 11 p.m. EET. In addition, the second and final day of the Summer Showdown €550 Championship and of the €330 NLHE €100 Bounty resume at 9 p.m. 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.

Summer Showdown Schedule

DateTime (EEST)Event #Buy-inEvent
July 235 p.m.1€ 0NLHE Freebuy Satellite to Event #3 (7 Seats Gtd.)
 7:30 p.m.2€ 20One Chip Flip to Event #3
 8 p.m.3€ 220NLHE Summer Showdown Opening
 10 p.m.4€ 35NLHE Satellite to Event #6
July 244 p.m.5€ 0NLHE Freebuy Satellite to Event #6 (5 Seats Gtd.)
 5 p.m.6€ 550NLHE Summer Showdown Championship Day 1
 6:30 p.m.7€ 10One Chip Flip to Event #8
 7 p.m.8€ 60NLHE Satellite to Main Event
 9 p.m.9€ 330NLHE €100 Bounty Day 1
 11 p.m.10€ 110Hit & Run Tubo Satellite to Main Event
July 2511 a.m.11€ 0NLHE Freebuy Satellite to Main Event (2 Seats Gtd.)
 12 p.m.12€ 1,100Summer Showdown Main Event Day 1
 5 p.m.13€ 35Hit & Run Tubo Satellite to any €330 event (5 Seats Gtd.)
 5 p.m.14€ 330Sviten Special 6-Max
 6:30 p.m.15€ 20One Chip Flip to Event #16
 7 p.m.16€ 220NLHE Turbo 8-Max
 9 p.m.6 NLHE Summer Showdown Championship Final Day
 9 p.m.9 NLHE €100 Bounty Final Day
 9 p.m.17€ 550PLO - 5 Card Hi/Lo 6 Max
 11 p.m.18€ 110NLHE Hyper Turbo
July 2612 p.m.12€ 1,100Summer Showdown Main Event Day 2
 3 p.m.19€ 0NLHE Freebuy Satellite to High Roller (2 Seats Gtd.)
 3 p.m.20€ 330Open Face Chinese Pineapple
 5 p.m.21€ 110Pot Limit Sökö - Five Card Stud
 7 p.m.22€ 110NLHE Deep Stack
 9 p.m.23€ 110PLO/PLO 5 Card 8 Max
 11 p.m.24€ 330NLHE Hyper Turbo
 12 a.m.25€ 110PLO 5 Card Hyper Turbo
July 2711:30 a.m.26€ 20One Chip Flip to Event #27
 12 p.m.27€ 110NLHE Hyper Turbo Satellite to Event #27 (2 Seats Gtd.)
 12 p.m.12 Summer Showdown Main Event Day 3
 12 p.m.28€ 55Ladies European Championship
 1 p.m.29€ 110Pot Limit Omaha 4 Card
 3 p.m.30€ 2,150NLHE High Roller 6-Max Day 1
 5 p.m.31€ 110NLHE Olybet Special Day 1
 7 p.m.32€ 330PLO/PLO 5 Deep Stack Turbo 8 Max
 9 p.m.33€ 330NLHE €100 Bounty Day 1
 11 p.m.34€ 110NLHE Turbo €25 Bounty
July 2812 p.m.35€ 110NLHE Hyper Turbo
 12 p.m.12 Summer Showdown Main Event Final Day
 12:30 p.m.30 NLHE High Roller 6-Max Final Day
 12:30 p.m.31 NLHE Olybet Special Final Day
 12:30 p.m.33 NLHE €100 Bounty Final Day
 2 p.m.25€ 0NLHE Freebuy Satellite to Battle of Malta

*Lead image courtesy of Elena Kask/Tallinn Summer Showdown.

Tags: Jargo AlavaliJukka KoskelaRauno TahvonenTuomas Nurmi