Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2018 Coolbet Open
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Coolbet Open
Buy-in
€500
Entries
425
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The first-ever Coolbet Open Main Event hosted by Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Tallinn Park was a huge success with 104 entrants ponying up the €550 buy-in.
This represents a considerably larger turnout than the 70-80 entrants estimated before the start of the day by tournament organizers. Tomorrow's action is expected to be much bigger for the second and final opening flight with the plethora of online qualifiers in the field.
Players began the today's deep-stacked action with 30,000 in chips and battled it out for eight blinds levels of 45 minutes each. Those bagging chips will enjoy an even deeper structure for Day 2 and Day 3 on May 4-5 with 60-minute blind levels.
More than half of today's field survived with 63 of the 104 players bagging chips. Estonia's Dmitri Zatsik ending the day as the Day 1a chip leader with 163,700 in chips.
On Zatsik's tail are United Kingdom's Craig Timmis with 152,600 in chips and Norway's Jan C. Kongsgard with 150,300 in chips. Other players a bit further behind but bagged six-figure stacks were Mauri Dorbek (106,100), Aleksei Smirnov (106,100), Andrei Mjagkov (101,900), and Sergei Aleksejev (100,200).
In other news, Coolbet founder Jan Svendsen and his friend and Swedish entrepreneur Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk had a friendly rivalry taking place. This is due to Coolbet offering odds on which player would both cash the event and last longer than the other.
Both Svendsen and von Zweigbergk started off hot by nearly doubling their stack. Svendsen eventually busted his stack and reentered and was eliminated for the second time.
Meanwhile, von Zweigbergk had trouble staying in his seat and was away from the table more than he was at the table. He eventually got it all-in with nine-six offsuit and after failing to win the hand hit the rail as well. We will see more of this friendly rivalry tomorrow as both players shared they plan to reenter tomorrow's Day 1b field.
Also eliminated today was Coolbet invited Norwegian boxer Kevin Melhus, who was the first fighter to win a professional match on home soil. During one of the breaks, Melhus shared his thoughts on both boxing and poker live on Facebook with PokerNews.
Day 1b of the Main Event will kick off at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow with many new players and many of the same players from today that were unable to survive.
As was the case today, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage tomorrow and beyond until a winner is declared.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,700 | |
|
152,600 | |
|
150,300
150,300
|
150,300 |
|
106,100
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
106,100
37,100
|
37,100 |
|
101,900
101,900
|
101,900 |
|
100,200
47,975
|
47,975 |
|
92,600
92,600
|
92,600 |
|
|
90,700
90,700
|
90,700 |
|
|
88,900
16,425
|
16,425 |
|
|
82,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
75,700
75,700
|
75,700 |
|
|
71,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
70,100
70,100
|
70,100 |
|
|
66,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
62,300
62,300
|
62,300 |
|
|
58,100
58,100
|
58,100 |
|
57,600
57,600
|
57,600 |
|
56,200
56,200
|
56,200 |
|
55,900
4,450
|
4,450 |
|
|
53,200
23,200
|
23,200 |
|
51,900
24,525
|
24,525 |
|
|
49,300
49,300
|
49,300 |
|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
47,700
47,700
|
47,700 |
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Dmitri Zatsik ended the day as the chip leader with 163,700. We will have full chip count updates and the recap shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,700
163,700
|
163,700 |
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are now bagging their chips. We will update on the chip leader and provide a full recap and chip update of the remaining 63 players as soon as we have all the information.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
When Tournament Director Teresa Nousianen organizes a tournament festival, she keeps tons of things in mind. Most importantly is how to provide value to players.
In a unique style, at 9 p.m. EEST players can hop into the Coolbet €330 NLHE Deepstack event. Why this is unique is that they scheduled it in a way for Main Event players to join the action.
Not only does it start 30 minutes after the opening flight of the Main Event ends but also won't go all night for players looking to improve their stack by reentering or gambled it away during the last few hands in the evening. Nousianen shared that the opening day of the Deepstack should end around 1:30-2:00 a.m. EEST.
Also of note is that players start off with 20,000, giving them plenty of play along with the 30-minute blind levels. Players can reenter an unlimited amount of times until the end of Level 6 and nine levels will be played until the action resumes again tomorrow at 9 p.m. for Day 2.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Local hero Roland Luik is among the chip leaders with 110,000 in chips. He is a well-known poker player in Tallinn in both cash games and tournaments.
His best result came in 2017 when he took second place in the Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event for €46,677. Thanks to a three-way deal made at the final table, he even banked more than the eventual winner Matias Knaapinen took home when he banked €45,007 and the trophy.
Luik will certainly be a player to watch now that he has a stack and the ability to use it wisely in a deep-structured event.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The blinds have just increased to 400/800 with an ante of 100. The floor just announced to the players that it is the final level of the day.
So far, the Day 1a field attracted 104 entrants with 70 still remaining. Several players have indicated they plan to gamble a bit more than normal in hopes of building their stacks with the knowledge that they can always reenter tomorrow for Day 1b if their strategy doesn't pan out.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
It wasn't the best start of the day for Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen but that can now all be forgotten. He has a fresh stack of 30,000 in chips and it isn't because he reentered.
He has been chipping away since the break and now has is back to a starting stack after winning two pots where he took down the action preflop with a three-bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
12,875
|
12,875 |