Mathias Siljander Heads into Day 2 with the Chip Lead

Jaxon

Welcome to Day 2 of the Tallinn Summer Showdown �1,100 Main Event at Olympic Park Casino and Hilton Park Hotel located in the heart of the Estonian capital.

Players traveled from around Europe, especially from Scandanavian and Baltic countries, to play in the Main Event with 168 entrants joining the field on Day 1. This is already three more than the record of 165 entrants established during last year's Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event. The record will be further extended with late-registration allowed until the conclusion of the first blind level of Day 2.

A total of 85 players survived yesterday's action with Finland's Mathias Siljander leading the way to start the day with a huge stack of 241,900 in chips. The only other player to bag over 200,000 in chips yesterday was Tapio Vihakas (209,200) with ten more players starting today with at least 100,000 in chips including Riko Piiroinen (166,800), Kelly Limonova (137,600), and Jussi Mattila (137,000). Mattila publically predicted yesterday when he had 40,000 chips that he would bag 137,000 and kept to his word.

Day 2 of the Main Event will kick off at 12 p.m. EEST local time with blinds at 500/1,000 and an ante of 1,000. Late registration will close before the start of Level 10 at around 1:15 p.m. EEST. The plan is to play eight blind levels of an hour each with 15-minute breaks after Level 9, Level 11, and Level 13.

Kings of Tallinn Main Event Day 2 Blind Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
9	500	1,000	1,000
10	600	1,200	1,200
11	800	1,600	1,600
12	1,000	2,000	2,000
13	1,200	2,400	2,400
14	1,500	3,000	3,000
15	2,000	4,000	4,000
16	2,500	5,000	5,000

As was the case today, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide complete coverage Day 2 and beyond until a winner is declared.

Although the Main Event is the biggest attraction of the day, there are plenty of other side events that players can get involved in including the �330 Open Face Chinese Pineapple at 3 p.m. EEST, the �110 Pot Limit S?k? - Five Card Stud at 5 p.m. EEST, the �110 NLH - Deep Stack at 7 p.m. EEST, the �110 4 Card PLO/5 Card PLO 8 Max at 9 p.m. EEST, the �330 NLH - Hyper Turbo at 11 p.m. EEST, and the �110 PLO 5 Card Hyper Turbo at midnight EEST.

This doesn't mean everyone will be playing poker all day and night as the Summer Showdown Party will take place on the casino floor starting at 9 p.m. EEST.

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Name	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Andres Loiv	61,900	62
1	2	Tonis Viik	66,300	66
1	4	Hassan Sey	23,600	24
1	5	Olof Haglund	13,000	13
1	6	Antti Karkkainen	134,500	135
1	8	Markku Koplimaa	52,700	53
1	9	Jimmy Dewerdt	30,800	31

2	1	Endrit Geci	71,400	71
2	2	Aki Pyysing	100,000	100
2	3	Lauri Liias	10,000	10
2	4	Audrius Navickas	92,100	92
2	5	Jari Lahtinen	86,700	87
2	6	Aleksandr Kuperman	28,000	28
2	8	Ilvars Gudrimovics	33,100	33
2	9	Kim Lindstrom	61,300	61

3	1	Sergei Nikitin	35,400	35
3	2	Joonas Helin	81,500	82
3	4	Timo Ruuska	35,700	36
3	5	Roope Tarmi	33,900	34
3	6	Jari Kauppinen	35,200	35
3	8	Kimmo Kurko	32,400	32
3	9	Andreas Lindberg	66,000	66

4	1	Jussi Mattila	137,000	137
4	2	Mathias Siljander	241,900	242
4	4	Jari Mahonen	64,200	64
4	5	Dmitri Zatjik	36,200	36
4	6	Marius Morel	24,900	25
4	8	Aki Virtanen	26,200	26
4	9	Abraham Uittenbogaard	100,000	100

5	1	Jari Hurri	43,200	43
5	2	Meelis Meliste	33,500	34
5	4	Emil Brunnberg	20,000	20
5	5	Gjermund Bakken	71,000	71
5	6	Ermo Kosk	13,700	14
5	8	Heikki Piira	29,900	30
5	9	Kelly Limonova	137,600	138

6	1	Artjoms Skvarkovskis	10,900	11
6	2	Heikki Kennunen	24,300	24
6	4	Jami Juutila	44,000	44
6	5	Matias Arosuo	27,300	27
6	6	Peter Warfvinge	115,100	115
6	8	Antti Marttinen	63,600	64
6	9	Mikael Andersson	54,300	54

7	1	Davis Masteiko	54,200	54
7	2	Sebastian Wahl	39,300	39
7	4	Matias Pirn	30,000	30
7	5	Matias Knaapinen	103,100	103
7	6	Toomas Polli	24,800	25
7	8	Ovidijus Slimas	78,800	79
7	9	Pasi Laihinen	29,400	29

8	1	Jukka Koskela	29,500	30
8	2	Nicolajs Jalunins	68,200	68
8	4	Renta Eline Kris Gatos	59,800	60
8	5	Cesare Raso	19,200	19
8	6	Aleksei Smirnov	78,000	78
8	8	Richard Randolph	52,600	53
8	9	Guillermo Cifuentes	73,000	73

9	1	Aleksandr Arutiunov	71,500	72
9	2	Ahmed Ibrahimi	54,500	55
9	4	Priit Brikker	32,200	32
9	5	Jari Porkka	25,000	25
9	6	Riko Piiroinen	166,800	167
9	8	Ottomar Ladva	66,700	67
9	9	Kaarel Lepik	21,000	21

10	1	Tapio Vihakas	209,200	209
10	2	Tarmo Tammel	53,200	53
10	4	Jevgenijs Zotovs	36,800	37
10	5	Jaakko Rajaniemi	110,400	110
10	6	Jussi Hakkanen	41,400	41
10	8	Rain Heeringas	52,000	52
10	9	Daragh Davey	32,200	32

11	1	Mark Metsla	25,100	25
11	2	Aleksi Naski	45,600	46
11	4	Daniel Novak	54,200	54
11	5	Espen Uhlen Jorstad	22,300	22
11	6	Markus Asikainen	66,100	66
11	8	Tomas Sujeta	91,500	92
11	9	Johan Palokangas	103,800	104

12	1	Dmitrijs Kornevs	80,100	80
12	2	Jaakko Hokkanen	23,000	23
12	4	Algimantas Jablonskis	82,000	82
12	5	Joni Mattila	77,900	78
12	6	Sami Pulliainen	56,500	57
12	8	Aleksi Himanen	43,400	43
12	9	Ranno Sootla	77,000	77