€550 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2024 Coolbet Poker Open
€550 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 Coolbet Poker Open
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€244,440
Entries
504
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
231
Players Left
27
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The penultimate day of the 2024 Coolbet Open Tallinn €550 Main Event brought back 191 survivors of the opening flights to their seats inside the Nordic Hotel Forum in Tallinn. Another 40 entries in the first level of the day increased the overall tally for the flagship tournament at the Chesterfield Poker Club up to 504 entries to generate a prize pool of €244,440.
After more than nine levels total, the action was halted once the final three tables were reached and Vadim Guk emerged as the comfortable chip leader after a late surge, which propelled his stack to 1,725,000. His nearest follower Steven Tool (1,065,000) is the only other player with a seven-figure stack thus far.
The home country dominates the overnight top ten with six players from Estonia present, while Iceland, Sweden and Norway are also have at least one of their own in the mix for the top third of the leaderboard.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 2
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vadim Guk | Estonia | 1,725,000 | 86 |
| 2 | Steven Tool | Estonia | 1,065,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Daniel Axelsson | Iceland | 990,000 | 50 |
| 4 | Laasik Kasso | Estonia | 920,000 | 46 |
| 5 | Madis Müür | Estonia | 850,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Seyed Tabaei | Sweden | 780,000 | 39 |
| 7 | Esko Brandt | Estonia | 765,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Anders Bjorkheim | Norway | 610,000 | 31 |
| 9 | Taavi Pusa | Estonia | 595,000 | 30 |
| 10 | Ludvik Gudmundsson | Iceland | 555,000 | 28 |
Among the most experienced players still in contention is well-known Estonian regular Madis Müür, who sits in fifth place with 850,000 in chips. Kaido Mikk is the only former Coolbet Open Main Event winner still in contention and will have a similar scenario for the final day as he had prior to the shuffle up and deal for Day 2: A short stack and mountain to climb, as he sits on just 360,000 (18 big blinds).
The only other previous champion, fellow Estonian Ott-Kaarli Toome, made a deep run once more and bowed out in 39th place for €1,225. Warm-Up winner Mateusz Jablonski followed right behind while the last two female contenders in the field - Ingvill Nilsen from Norway and Ave Lepik from Estonia - were the final two casualties of the night.
Guk's late surge towards the top of the leaderboard commenced with the dramatic elimination of Mario Jürgens, yet he nearly doubled his stack from there on after scooping several bigger pots without showdown.
Jürgens had bubbled the opening Warm-Up Event during the series here in Tallinn and was the player responsible for bursting the Main Event bubble. His pocket kings held up against the pocket queens of Leif Iversen to secure a min-cash of €1,000 for the top 62 finishers.
Notables to leave empty-handed without anything to show for include the Coolbet Twitch streamers Ylva Thorsrud and Christian Arstad, Ranno Sootla, Jari Hurri, Andreas Hoivold, Toni Ojala, Rob Perelman, Dan Tolppanen, as well as Joni Liimatta.
All remaining 27 players have locked up a cash prize of €1,375 so far, while reaching the nine-handed final table will secure at least €4,665 for the efforts. The winner can look forward to a top prize of €50,000 for the seventh edition of the Coolbet Open Main Event.
With 49:14 minutes left in level 19 at blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000, the bottom ten players on the leaderboard have fewer than 20 big blinds at their disposal and that could make for a frantic opening stage for the final table.
The conclusion of the tournament is scheduled to kick off at noon local time on Saturday, August 31, 2024, and the action will be streamed on the Coolbet Twitch channel. All PokerNews updates for the final day will be published according to the 30-minute security delay of the live stream action.
History of the Coolbet Open Main Events
| Year | Location | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tallinn | 425 | € 205,525 | Sebastian Wahl | Finland | €50,100 |
| 2018 | Tallinn | 589 | € 285,665 | Mats Albertsen | Norway | €60,510 |
| 2019 | Tallinn | 531 | € 252,685 | Mathias Siljander | Finland | €60,100 |
| 2019 | Tallinn | 686 | € 332,710 | Ott-Kaarli Toome | Estonia | €71,700 |
| 2022 | Tallinn | 652 | € 312,960 | Kaido Mikk | Estonia | €65,700 |
| 2023 | Bratislava | 620 | € 300,000 | Ville Hakala | Finland | €60,000 |
| 2024 | Tallinn | 504 | € 244,440 | TBD | TBD | €50,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | Tage Almark | Norway | 410,000 | 21 |
| 8 | 2 | Ludvik Gudmundsson | Iceland | 555,000 | 28 |
| 8 | 3 | Vadim Guk | Estonia | 1,725,000 | 86 |
| 8 | 4 | Eyjolfur Halldorsson | Iceland | 70,000 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | Seyed Tabaei | Sweden | 780,000 | 39 |
| 8 | 6 | Peter Rees | Finland | 315,000 | 16 |
| 8 | 7 | Esa Turpeinen | Finland | 360,000 | 18 |
| 8 | 8 | Anders Bjorkheim | Norway | 610,000 | 31 |
| 8 | 9 | Keimo Suominen | Finland | 530,000 | 27 |
| 9 | 1 | Hjörtur Davidsson | Iceland | 530,000 | 27 |
| 9 | 2 | Andre Mägi | Estonia | 200,000 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Axelsson | Iceland | 990,000 | 50 |
| 9 | 4 | Rafael Saskevits | Estonia | 435,000 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | Kaido Mikk | Estonia | 360,000 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | Madis Müür | Estonia | 850,000 | 43 |
| 9 | 7 | Sami Natri | Finland | 305,000 | 15 |
| 9 | 8 | Kalle Kulju | Finland | 550,000 | 28 |
| 9 | 9 | Esko Brandt | Estonia | 765,000 | 38 |
| 10 | 1 | Einar Porolfsson | Iceland | 470,000 | 24 |
| 10 | 2 | Steven Tool | Estonia | 1,065,000 | 53 |
| 10 | 3 | Taivo Sillaste | Finland | 315,000 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | Leo Alatalo | Finland | 235,000 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | Aleksei Gontšar | Estonia | 550,000 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | Laasik Kasso | Estonia | 920,000 | 46 |
| 10 | 7 | Tarmo Anton | Estonia | 330,000 | 17 |
| 10 | 8 | Ville-Matti Lintula | Finland | 365,000.00 | 18 |
| 10 | 9 | Taavi Pusa | Estonia | 595,000.00 | 30 |
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,725,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
1,065,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
990,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
920,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
850,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
780,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
765,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
610,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
595,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
555,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
550,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
550,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
530,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
530,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
470,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
435,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
410,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
365,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
360,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
360,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
330,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
315,000
-410,000
|
-410,000 |
|
315,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
305,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
235,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
After four double ups in previous hands, Ingvill Nilsen as one of the short stacks open-jammed for 145,000. Madis Müür called and the rest of the table folded.
Ingvill Nilsen: Q♦Q♠ 
Madis Müür: K♥Q♣
The 10♦7♣5♠ flop and 3♦ turn were save, but the K♠ river gave Müür the superior pair.
"It wasn't meant to be," Nilsen said as she gathered her belongings and headed to the rail.
Müür will be among the big stacks for the final day, though, Vadim Guk appears to be the chip leader after winning several bigger pots without showdown at the end, twice at the expense of Leo Alatalo.
All remaining 27 players are now bagging up for the night, full counts and a recap of today's action are to follow. There are 49:14 minutes left in level 19.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
950,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
250,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Taivo Sillaste only looked at one card and jammed for the last 115,000, Anders Bjorkheim called from two seats over and everyone else folded.
"I only saw the ace of diamonds," Sillaste said and then flipped over both his cards: A♦Q♠. Bjorkheim was trailing with A♠8♠ and almost got there on the K♦Q♣10♠5♠4♣ runout.
Tarmo Anton then jammed for 160l000 first to act and Bjorkheim was the caller once more.
Tarmo Anton: Q♠J♠
Anders Bjorkheim: A♥Q♥
The J♦3♥3♦7♥J♥ board gave Bjorkheim a flush but Anton boated up.
On the same table, Einar Porolfsson was all-in with 10♣10♥ against the A♣8♣ of Kaido Mikk. The [Qs10d8hKcQd runout gave the player from Iceland a full house.
Last but not least, Steven Tool extracted river value from Rafael Saskevits on a board of K♥7♠2♣9♣7♣ and earned another 60,000 with 8♦8♥ as Saskevits folded.
Tool then four-bet jammed into Daniel Axelsson and the latter folded the 9♥9♠ face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
|
975,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
600,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
500,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
400,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
370,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
350,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
250,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Only 28 players remain and they are on their final 15-minute break of the night. After the next elimination, all survivors will bag and tag their chips for today.
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Ingvill Nilsen lost a portion of her shorter stack to Rafael Saskevits when the latter made a seven-high straight.
One table over, Ave Lepik flipped with 3♠3♥ against the A♣Q♥ of Seyed Tabaei.
The board ran out Q♠8♣8♠7♥Q♦ and Tabaei improved to queens full of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
775,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
|
750,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
700,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
600,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
195,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Runnar Lindepuu three-bet jammed with ace-queen and was called by Esa Turpeinen, who had the 9♦9♠.
The board ran out 7♠5♥4♠9♥3♥ and Turpeinen turned a set of nines.
Shortly after, Turpeinen took on Seyed Tabaei and bet the K♦8♣7♠ flop for 25,000. Tabaei raised to 80,000 and Turpeinen called, then checked the 4♣ on the turn. Tabaei moved all-in and forced a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
470,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
Busted |