EPT Tallinn thread

[TightEnd]

The European Poker Tour will once again be launching its new season in the stunning city of Tallinn in Estonia. This is the EPT's second visit to the Baltic States after a debut event in Season 7 which attracted more than 400 players.

Located in the luxurious Swissotel in the heart of the city, EPT Tallinn is yet again set to draw top players from across the Baltic and Nordic regions, as well as the rest of Europe and beyond. The city is famed for its beautiful medieval architecture and buzzing nightlife and has already proved itself a very welcome addition to the tour. Last season, Norwegian Kevin Stani took the title and €400,000 prize after winning his seat on PokerStars.

Among those invited to compete in Estonia are the Season 7 EPT Award winners. They receive a full prize package to Tallinn along with their EPT Award trophy. The event runs August 2-7, 2011.

Main Event Day 1A    €4,000 + €250 is today

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EPT Tallinn: End day 1A chip counts

Player   Country   Status   ChipCount
Maksim Kolosov   Russia      102725
Roberto Romanello   UK      83175
Albert Mykhaylyuta   Ukraine      75950
Martin Jacobson   Sweden   EPT Online Qualifier of the Year   74650
Praz Bansi   UK      73975
Katri Kasper   Estonia   Estonia live satellite winner   73300
Stefan Jedlicka   Austria      72425
Matt Frankland   UK      70475
Robin Ylitalo   Sweden      66525
Tim Ludwig   Germany      64050
Ville Kouri   Finland   PokerStars qualifier   61075
Oleg Epp   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   60275
Kayvan Payman   Canada      59900
David Vamplew   United Kingdom      57500
Stuart Fox   United Kingdom   PokerStars qualifier   57450
Ville Salmi   Finland      57100
Grzegorz Cichocki   Poland      55775
Robert Brofeldt   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   54450
Yotam Bar-Yosef   Israel      53350
Denis Michael   Belgium   PokerStars qualifier   52175
David Sonelin   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   52000
Fouad Wakim   Lebanon   PokerStars qualifier   52000
Van Duyvenvoorde   Netherlands   PokerStars qualifier   50400
Severin Walser   Switzerland      49700
Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish   Russia      49650
Henri Kasper   Estonia      46475
Karl Mets   Estonia   Estonia live satellite winner   43500
Michael McNelis   United Kingdom   PokerStars qualifier   42900
Fernando Brito   Portugal   EPT Player of the Year   42250
Maris Keiriss   Latvia      42050
Kent Lundmark   Sweden      41375
Terje Markhus   Norway      41350
Liutauras Armanavicius   Lithuania   PokerStars qualifier   40600
Guido Meacci   Italy   PokerStars qualifier   40000
Christian Jeppsson   Sweden      39150
Mikhail Morozovs   Latvia      38300
Mauri Dorbek   Estonia      38100
Richard Toth   Hungary   Team PokerStars Pro   37325
Lauri Meidla   Estonia      37250
Yulius Sepman   Russia      37025
Danny Nierop   Netherlands   PokerStars qualifier   35875
Mattias Lannermark   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   32750
Igor Kurganov   Germany      32125
Lasse Sorensen   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   30675
Joe Ebanks   USA      30575
Pierre Neuville   Belgium   Friend of PokerStars   29800
Artem Litvinov   Russian Federation      29750
Rafael Gomes   Portugal      29100
Vojtech Ruzicka   Czech Republic      27700
Jeremy Nock   UK      24350
Yury Romanovich   Russian Federation      23700
Agris Klaise   Latvia      23600
Manfred Sierke   Malta   PokerStars qualifier   22350
Marcin Horecki   Poland      21925
Jyrki Satukangas   Finland   PokerStars qualifier   21600
Christian Arndt   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   21575
Phidias Georgiou   Cyprus   PokerStars qualifier   21550
Pavel Lebedev   Estonia   Estonia live satellite winner   20900
Vitaly Grigoryev   Russia      20775
Lukasz Roczniak   Poland      20325
Arnaud Mattern   France   Team PokerStars Pro   20225
Robert Cezarescu   Romania      19750
Kimmo Kurko   Finland      14925
Christoph Ritz   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   13525
Sander Laprik   Estonia      13500
Sergey Sharkota   Belarus      13400
Rupert Elder   United Kingdom   PokerStars qualifier & EPT7 San Remo champion   11050
Cinis Harijs   Latvia      10475

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Global Poker Tours Limited (GPTL) has secured its third major sponsorship deal this year with the announcement that payment provider Skrill will become the Official Payment Provider Sponsor of the European Poker Tour Season 8, which begins this week in Tallinn, Estonia.



Skrill, the new name for Moneybookers – one of Europe’s largest online payments systems and among the world’s largest independent digital wallet providers – has joined the likes of playing cards manufacturer Copag and luxury jeweller Shamballa Jewels, in partnering with GPTL’s poker tours in 2011.



Recognising the important brand building and marketing opportunities this sponsorship deal affords, Nikolai Riesenkampff, co-CEO of Skrill Holdings, operating Moneybookers, said: “Skrill is delighted to join the European Poker Tour as its Official Payment Provider Sponsor. Now in its eighth season, the EPT has grown to become one of the largest and most lucrative poker tours in the world. Our headline sponsorship promises to deal a winning hand when it comes to strengthening our position as the leading digital wallet and bankroll management option among the world’s poker players.”


Riesenkampff added: “Skrill has a long and established track record providing easy, safe and secure payment options, and as a result is widely regarded as one of the most preferred deposit and withdrawal methods by the online gaming community.”



Skrill and the EPT

As part of Skrill’s sponsorship deal, the payment provider will have a strong visible presence at EPT events across Europe, with representatives talking to customers on the ground and helping players register for accounts by offering various incentives and loyalty programmes.



GPTL managing director Jeffrey Haas expressed his excitement at the latest partnership. “The European Poker Tour operates in more countries and markets than any other tour in the world, and it’s wonderful that companies with global aspirations, like Skrill, recognise the opportunity we provide them to reach new customers in meaningful ways,” said Haas.



This latest sponsorship deal for GPTL – producer of several prestigious poker events around the world, including the EPT, Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) and Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) – highlights the significant and growing potential for more partnerships of its kind in the future. GPTL is committed to finding other business partners with local, regional or international brand aspirations.

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s expected, numbers for the second opening flight of EPT Tallinn was much bigger than day 1A with 190 players coughing up the €4,250 buy-in making a total field of 298 runners. By bagging up time it was Oscar Lima who had the chip lead.
The Spaniard closed the day with a stack of 132,000 just ahead of Finnish pro Jani Sointula on 123,950, Anatolii Ozhenilok on 108,125 and Sergy Pilugin on 101,650. There are plenty of big names further down the leader board including Jeff Sarwer, Juha Helppi, Ville Wahlbeck, Sami 'Larsluzak' Kelopuro and defending champion Kevin Stani.


Kevin Green heads the UK challenge with 65,750 with JP Kelly, Matthew Ashton, Chris Brammer and Charles Clark all returning tomorrow.


A total of 40 players will make the money with the min cash set at €6,500. The lucky eight to make the final table will walk away with at least €25,000 with the winner taking home €275,000.

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EPT Tallinn: End day 2 chip counts

Player   Country   Status   ChipCount
Nikolas Liakos   Sweden      460200
Lari Sihvo   Finland      400100
Michael Graydon   Ireland   PokerStars qualifier   349800
Liutauras Armanavicius   Lithuania   PokerStars qualifier   337600
Jani Sointula   Finland      333300
Erlend Melsom   Norway      287200
Ronny Kaiser   Switzerland      269600
Irene Baroni   Italy      257600
Stefan Jedlicka   Austria      251700
Kjartan Bergur Jonsson   Iceland      246500
Sami Kelopuro   Finland      224800
Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish   Russia      220400
Raigo Aasmaa   Estonia      210300
Lauri Meidla   Estonia      204800
Ron Paltto   Norway      200000
Johan van Til   Netherlands      199000
Albert Mykhaylyuta   Ukraine      186500
Grzegorz Cichocki   Poland      183000
Petri Vuolle   Finland   EPT Tallinn Adventure winner   157700
Danny Nierop   Netherlands   PokerStars qualifier   154400
Rolands Norietis   Latvia      151600
Robert Brofeldt   Sweden   PokerStars qualifier   140500
Matthias Lotze   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   132400
Vitaly Grigoryev   Russia      126000
Arvi Vainionkulma   Finland      124600
Oscar Lima   Spain      124400
Praz Bansi   UK      120200
Vicenzo Apicella   Italy      118700
Severin Walser   Switzerland      112100
Sander Laprik   Estonia      110500
Oleg Epp   Germany   PokerStars qualifier   108700
Tomasz Krzesiski   Poland      104700
Jeff Sarwer   Canada      102900
Maris Keiriss   Latvia      100800
Yulius Sepman   Russia      94900
Andres Soome   Estonia   Estonia live satellite winner   93100
Lasse Sorensen   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   92400
Artem Litvinov   Russia      92100
Markus Lehmann   Germany      86300
Roberto Romanello   UK      80800
Konstantinos Meliopoulos   Greece   PokerStars qualifier   79800
Priit Turner   Estonia      77700
Andrey Subbotin   Russia      76700
Katri Kasper   Estonia   Estonia live satellite winner   76100
Anders Hoyer Berg   Norway   Team PokerStars Online   72000
Kaspars Renga   Latvia      63700
Eric Friedmann   Switzerland      62100
Paolo Della Penna   Italy      59300
Vojtech Ruzicka   Czech Republic      58400
Arnaud Mattern   France   Team PokerStars Pro   58200
Michelle Perego   Italy      55900
Pierre-Olivier Jandaud   France      51100
Maksim Kolosov   Russia      47800
Fernando Brito   Portugal   EPT Player of the Year   46600
Aneris Adomkevicius   Lithuania      45900
John O'Shea   Ireland      44800
Joe Ebanks   USA      41600
Robert Cezarescu   Romania      40600
Edgars Augstkalns   Latvia   PokerStars qualifier   36700
Stuart Fox   United Kingdom   PokerStars qualifier   33300
Anton Ionel   Romania      32900
Thomas Quaade   Denmark      19800
Karl Mets   Estonia   Estonia live satellite winner   18200

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From a €1,071,600 total prize pool, the winner will take €275,000. From a field of 282 runners, 40 will be paid.

This page will be updates with the names of prizewinners as and when they are known.

EPT Tallinn prizes

1 €275,000
2 €180,000
3 €110,000
4 €80,000
5 €55,000
6 €45,000
7 €35,000
8 €25,000

9-10 €17,500
11-12 €12,500
13-14 €10,000
15-16 €8,500
17-24 €7,700
25-32 €7,000
33-40 €6,500

Total : €1,071,600

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63 currently left on Day 3

Praz Banzi 110k

updates at

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ept/2011/ept-tallinn-day-3-level-14-updates-1200--085724.html

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24 of 282 going into Day 4

Day four table and seat draw
(Table, seat, name, chips)

1 1 Stuart Fox 115,000
1 2 Rolands Norietis 362,500
1 3 Stefan Jedlicka 156,000
1 4 Arvi Vainionkulma 102,500
1 5 Lauri Meidla 402,000
1 6 Jeff Sarwer 156,500
1 7 Erlend Melsom 297,500
1 8 Jani Sointula 640,000

2 1 Michael Graydon 455,000
2 2 Vitaly Grigoryev 179,000
2 3 Petri Vuolle 89,500
2 4 Vojtech Ruzicka 518,500
2 5 Andrey Subbotin 480,500
2 6 Ronny Kaiser 1,194,000
2 7 Grzegorz Cichocki 867,000
2 8 Vicenzo Apicella 97,000

3 1 Kjartan Bergur Jonsson 270,000
3 2 Johan van Til 598,000
3 3 Praz Bansi 103,500
3 4 Sami Kelopuro 575,000
3 5 Lari Sihvo 330,000
3 6 Oleg Epp 111,000
3 7 Raigo Aasmaa 128,000
3 8 Konstantinov Aleksandr Valerevish 320,000


good luck to Praz and Foxy

€275,000 up top

[smashedagain]

wiiiiiii knew you would have done one tighty but i deal with show unread posts since last visit i go through show new replies to your posts and that has just taken 5 hours and i was only gone 27 hours

[MPOWER]

Looks like Foxy in the last 9 good luck to him hope he gets the lot.

Top Bloke

Regards

M

[TightEnd]

Good luck to Foxy tomorrow

EPT Tallinn, Day 4 is over
Remaining players: 8 of 282
Average chips: 1,057,000
Final begins at noon Sunday

Player   Country   Status   Chip Count
Ronny Kaiser   Switzerland      2394000
Grzegorz Cichocki   Poland      2059000
Sami Kelopuro   Finland      1325000
Raigo Aasmaa   Estonia      904000
Jani Sointula   Finland      769000
Stuart Fox   UK   PokerStars qualifier   514000
Erlend Melsom   Norway   PokerStars qualifier   326000
Arvi Vainionkulma   Finland      258000


EPT Tallinn prizes

1 €275,000
2 €180,000
3 €110,000
4 €80,000
5 €55,000
6 €45,000
7 €35,000
8 €25,000

[Whollyflush]

lrsluzak been on a tear recently in live mtt's.

[Junior Senior]

gogogogo foxy

[smashedagain]

gogogogo foxy

+1 so consistant

[cambridgealex]

gogogogo foxy

+1 so consistant

Consistently folds