APAT Northern European Amateur Poker Championships Report
Over the weekend of 31st July -1st August 2010 APAT held the latest event in it's fourth season, sponsored by Betfair, with the Northern European Amateur Poker Championships held at the Olympic Casino, Tallinn, Estonia consisting of 180 runners, 60 of these from outside Estonia, a 237,600 EEK prize pool and nearly 60,000 EEK to the winner.
Courtesy of Betfair the winner of the Championship wins an entry to a GUKPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members have the chance to win thirty three seats to GUKPT main events and twenty three seats to APAT Professional League tournaments. In addition, each of the season’s seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments are run completely registration free for players.
In addition, the winners of the Online and National Amateur Rankings will join the 17 Amateur Champions from season four and the player with the most points finishes across Amateur and Online events, to compete in the APAT Champions Final, to play for a second APAT £20,000 sponsorship package in 2011.
During Day One play the early chip-leader, a position he was to retain right to the end of the day, was Tanel Kelmo who eliminated former APAT European Champion Stuart Ward. Ward flopped a set of tens and was all-in against Kelmo's overpair, Pocket Kings. A king on the turn consigned Ward to the rail.
Elsewhere local players Martin Hein and the colourful Vadim Fedotov, alongside Finland's Jarkko Valtonen built impressive stacks as did a couple of the eight female players who made day two, Marillis Elmik and, notably, Leanika Klaasen. Klassen found Aces against Kelly Limonova's Kings and a short-stacks Pocket Eights in the final level. Aces held and Leanika won a 140,000 chip pot.
Sole surviving British player into Day Two was Matthew Ward from Stockton-On-Tees who hung on short on chips for most of the latter part of the day's play.
At the end of day One the chip-leaders, with 29 players remaining and 18 paid, were as follows:
Vadim Fedotov 181750
Tanel Kelmo 162175
Leanika Klaasen 134300
Jarkko Valtonen 124700
Martin Hein 120925
Fedotov was in charge of his table from the start of Day Two showing relentless aggression and using his big stack to good effect. On the other table Hein won a massive confrontation with Valtonnen with thirteen players remaining. Valtonnen raised with pocket Kings on the button and Hein pushed Ace-King in the blinds. All-in pre-flop, Hein flopped an Ace to challenge Fedotov for the chip lead, the two of them now having over half the chips in the tournament by this stage.
The final table line up was as follows, including six Estonians, three Finns and a Latvian, and two Lady players:
1 Raimi Sainio Finland 60,200
2 Martin Hein Estonia 416,600
3 Raigo Vakra Estonia 164,200
4 Liene Apine Latvia 53,800
5 Aleksi Haapajoki Finland 249,300
6 Marillis Elmik Estonia 78,000
7 Leemet Prits Estonia 72,500
8 Vadim Fedotov Estonia 478,800
9 Mika Larinen Finland 102,000
10 Arvi Meeksa Estonia 135,200
Fedotov and Hein thus looked exceptionally well placed to dominate proceedings. Fedotov was straight into the action, with Quad Kings to knock out Mika Larinen in 10th. Leemit Priits was eliminated in 9th. King-Queen against the Ace-Five of Marillis Elmik.
Raimi Sainio was then unlucky to depart in eighth, taking Ace-King against Vajka's Ace-Queen only for a Queen to fall on the river. Elmik then fell to Martin Hein. King-Queen falling to Queen-Jack of hearts which turned a flush.
By now both Fedotov and Hein were in complete command with well over half the chips in play between them. Meeksa knocked out Happajoki in sixth and Liene Apine became the highest lady finisher, laddering her short-stack to fifth.
Fedotov and Meeksa then tangled blind on blind, Fedotov hitting a flush against Meeksa's turned straight to knock him out in fourth. Three handed play lasted over an hour before Fedotov saw massive benefit from his continued aggression. He pushed Queen-seven off-suit on the button and Vakra found a hand to call all-in with Ace-King Suited. The flop brought a Queen for Fedotov and the nut flush draw for Vakra. The draw missed and Raigo Vakra was out in third place.
Heads Up begin with Fedotov in the lead and a complete contrast in styles between the thinking and calculating Hein and the aggressive and loose Fedotov. When Fedotov pushed his button, Hein felt he was ahead with Ace-Six off-suit. He called all in but was against Ace-King suited which held to eliminate Hein in the runners up spot.
So Vadim Fedotov became the 2010 Northern European Scottish Amateur Poker Champion winning 59,400EEK (£3,500) and a GUKPT seat courtesy of Betfair Poker. APAT now moves on to the World Championship of Amateur Poker festival over four days at DTD in Nottingham in August, followed by the Irish Amateur Poker Championship in Dublin in September. Details of both these events and how to become a member of APAT can be found on www.apat.com
Over the weekend of 31st July -1st August 2010 APAT held the latest event in it's fourth season, sponsored by Betfair, with the Northern European Amateur Poker Championships held at the Olympic Casino, Tallinn, Estonia consisting of 180 runners, 60 of these from outside Estonia, a 237,600 EEK prize pool and nearly 60,000 EEK to the winner.
Courtesy of Betfair the winner of the Championship wins an entry to a GUKPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members have the chance to win thirty three seats to GUKPT main events and twenty three seats to APAT Professional League tournaments. In addition, each of the season’s seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments are run completely registration free for players.
In addition, the winners of the Online and National Amateur Rankings will join the 17 Amateur Champions from season four and the player with the most points finishes across Amateur and Online events, to compete in the APAT Champions Final, to play for a second APAT £20,000 sponsorship package in 2011.
During Day One play the early chip-leader, a position he was to retain right to the end of the day, was Tanel Kelmo who eliminated former APAT European Champion Stuart Ward. Ward flopped a set of tens and was all-in against Kelmo's overpair, Pocket Kings. A king on the turn consigned Ward to the rail.
Elsewhere local players Martin Hein and the colourful Vadim Fedotov, alongside Finland's Jarkko Valtonen built impressive stacks as did a couple of the eight female players who made day two, Marillis Elmik and, notably, Leanika Klaasen. Klassen found Aces against Kelly Limonova's Kings and a short-stacks Pocket Eights in the final level. Aces held and Leanika won a 140,000 chip pot.
Sole surviving British player into Day Two was Matthew Ward from Stockton-On-Tees who hung on short on chips for most of the latter part of the day's play.
At the end of day One the chip-leaders, with 29 players remaining and 18 paid, were as follows:
Vadim Fedotov 181750
Tanel Kelmo 162175
Leanika Klaasen 134300
Jarkko Valtonen 124700
Martin Hein 120925
Fedotov was in charge of his table from the start of Day Two showing relentless aggression and using his big stack to good effect. On the other table Hein won a massive confrontation with Valtonnen with thirteen players remaining. Valtonnen raised with pocket Kings on the button and Hein pushed Ace-King in the blinds. All-in pre-flop, Hein flopped an Ace to challenge Fedotov for the chip lead, the two of them now having over half the chips in the tournament by this stage.
The final table line up was as follows, including six Estonians, three Finns and a Latvian, and two Lady players:
1 Raimi Sainio Finland 60,200
2 Martin Hein Estonia 416,600
3 Raigo Vakra Estonia 164,200
4 Liene Apine Latvia 53,800
5 Aleksi Haapajoki Finland 249,300
6 Marillis Elmik Estonia 78,000
7 Leemet Prits Estonia 72,500
8 Vadim Fedotov Estonia 478,800
9 Mika Larinen Finland 102,000
10 Arvi Meeksa Estonia 135,200
Fedotov and Hein thus looked exceptionally well placed to dominate proceedings. Fedotov was straight into the action, with Quad Kings to knock out Mika Larinen in 10th. Leemit Priits was eliminated in 9th. King-Queen against the Ace-Five of Marillis Elmik.
Raimi Sainio was then unlucky to depart in eighth, taking Ace-King against Vajka's Ace-Queen only for a Queen to fall on the river. Elmik then fell to Martin Hein. King-Queen falling to Queen-Jack of hearts which turned a flush.
By now both Fedotov and Hein were in complete command with well over half the chips in play between them. Meeksa knocked out Happajoki in sixth and Liene Apine became the highest lady finisher, laddering her short-stack to fifth.
Fedotov and Meeksa then tangled blind on blind, Fedotov hitting a flush against Meeksa's turned straight to knock him out in fourth. Three handed play lasted over an hour before Fedotov saw massive benefit from his continued aggression. He pushed Queen-seven off-suit on the button and Vakra found a hand to call all-in with Ace-King Suited. The flop brought a Queen for Fedotov and the nut flush draw for Vakra. The draw missed and Raigo Vakra was out in third place.
Heads Up begin with Fedotov in the lead and a complete contrast in styles between the thinking and calculating Hein and the aggressive and loose Fedotov. When Fedotov pushed his button, Hein felt he was ahead with Ace-Six off-suit. He called all in but was against Ace-King suited which held to eliminate Hein in the runners up spot.
So Vadim Fedotov became the 2010 Northern European Scottish Amateur Poker Champion winning 59,400EEK (£3,500) and a GUKPT seat courtesy of Betfair Poker. APAT now moves on to the World Championship of Amateur Poker festival over four days at DTD in Nottingham in August, followed by the Irish Amateur Poker Championship in Dublin in September. Details of both these events and how to become a member of APAT can be found on www.apat.com
Northern European Amateur Championships
31st July-1st August 2010
Olympic Casino, Tallinn
Entries 180
Buy in 1,320 eek
Prize Pool 237,600 eek
Result (Prizes in Estonian Krone)
1st Vadim Fedotov Estonia 59,400
2nd Martin Hein Estonia 35,640
3rd Raigo Vakra Estonia 21,384
4th Arev Meeksa Estonia 15,682
5th Liene Apine Latvia 13,781
6th Aleksei Happajoki Finland 12,355
7th Marilis Elmik Estonia 11,167
8th Rami Sainio Finland 10,217
9th Leemit Priits Estonia 9,266
10th Mika Larinen Finland 8,316
11th Aleksandr Goljakov Russia 7,366
12th Tanel Kelmo Estonia 6,653
13th Jarkko Valtonnen Finland 5,940
14th Mairo Tori Estonia 5,227
15th Leanika Klaasen Estonia 4,514
16th Veiko Aava Estonia 4,039
17th Raul Kallasorg Sweden 3,564
18th Aimar Koval Estonia 3,089
31st July-1st August 2010
Olympic Casino, Tallinn
Entries 180
Buy in 1,320 eek
Prize Pool 237,600 eek
Result (Prizes in Estonian Krone)
1st Vadim Fedotov Estonia 59,400
2nd Martin Hein Estonia 35,640
3rd Raigo Vakra Estonia 21,384
4th Arev Meeksa Estonia 15,682
5th Liene Apine Latvia 13,781
6th Aleksei Happajoki Finland 12,355
7th Marilis Elmik Estonia 11,167
8th Rami Sainio Finland 10,217
9th Leemit Priits Estonia 9,266
10th Mika Larinen Finland 8,316
11th Aleksandr Goljakov Russia 7,366
12th Tanel Kelmo Estonia 6,653
13th Jarkko Valtonnen Finland 5,940
14th Mairo Tori Estonia 5,227
15th Leanika Klaasen Estonia 4,514
16th Veiko Aava Estonia 4,039
17th Raul Kallasorg Sweden 3,564
18th Aimar Koval Estonia 3,089