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Adam Kharman Leads Final 8; ‘Ziigmund’ Still Alive in Kings of Tallinn Main Event

Adam Kharman
Adam Kharman

Australian globetrotter Adam Kharman leads a star-studded final table including the likes of WSOP gold bracelet winner Vincas Tamasauskas and old-school Finnish poker legend Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies in the Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

Kharman took sixth place in this same event last year and shared with PokerListings yesterday that he was in the hunt for a better result this time around. He is now in a prime position to walk away with the trophy and the €64,280 top prize after bagging 3,340,000 in chips.

Only two more players bagged seven-figure stacks. Kurt Skimmeland will go into tomorrow's action with 2,255,000 in chips after making a correct hero call to eliminate Sebastian Wahl in 10th place, while Lithuania's Algirdas Saveikis was near 2 million after a fury of eliminations with three tables left but lost some chips and will start tomorrow in third place with 1,175,000.

Meanwhile, Sahamies was nearly about to enter the final table with just crumbs but he ended the night instead by eliminating Julian Herold when his ace-deuce flopped a full house against ace-ten in a battle of the short stacks in the blinds.

Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies
Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies

Final Table Seat Draw

PlacePlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds*
1Kurt Skimmeland Norway    2,255,000 90
2Algirdas Saveikis Lithuania    1,175,000 47
3Ilari Sahamies Finland       765,000 31
4Adam Kharman Australia    3,340,000 134
5Jordi Baixas Spain       795,000 32
6Marius Olsvik Norway       345,000 14
7Ville Konttinen Finland       580,000 23
8Vincas Tamasauskas Lithuania       660,000 26
Total   9,915,000 397
Average   1,239,375 50

*Big blinds as of Level 23 (10,000/25,000) as there are just two minutes remaining in Level 22.

Day 3 Action

Evy Albrigtsen Bubbles Kings of Tallinn Main Event
Evy Albrigtsen Bubbles Kings of Tallinn Main Event

Day 3 began with 42 hopefuls in search of the trophy. However, only 39 players were able to cash. Evy Albrigtsen was out on the bubble in 40th place when she had just one chip left with sixes against eights held by Touko Berndtson. However, Albrigtsen was still thrilled to go out on the bubble as she was wearing a GGPoker badge for a competition which meant she was awarded €1,100 into her GGPoker account.

Phenporn Laatikainen was the last lady standing before she hit the rail in 24th place, while Daragh Davey followed soon after in 23rd place. Roope Tarmi had yet another deep run without a final table in Tallinn before bowing out in 20th place and Estonia's Mark Metsla was the last local player to hit the rail in 12th place.

Main Event Payouts

PlacePlayerPrize
1€64,280
2€48,150
3€35,510
4€25,050
5€18,930
6€14,130
7€10,650
8€7,860
9Julian Herold€5,700
10Sebastian Wahl€4,620
11Santeri Nisula€4,620
12Mark Metsla€4,620
13Aasmund Holvik€3,850
14Zachary Duce€3,850
15Vjatseslav Jakusin€3,850
16Ignacio Garrido€3,080
17Atte Franssila€3,080
18Pyry Kekalainen€3,080
19Aki Wassholm€2,310
20Roope Tarmi€2,310
21Stanislovas Vinicenka€2,310
22Sven Reimaa€2,310
23Daragh Davey€2,310
24Phenporn Laatikainen€2,310
25Adria Comas I Roura€2,050
26Tuomas Röppänen€2,050
27Toiko Berndtson€2,050
28Rasmus Sepping€2,050
29Stefan Bittger€2,050
30Vytautas Kacerauskas€2,050
31Julius Kettunen€2,050
32Balazs Szabo€1,900
33Viktor Caikins€1,900
34Marko Liblik€1,900
35Toni Ojala€1,900
36Jarmi Salonen€1,900
37Dragan Gali€1,900
38Gunnar Wedde€1,900
39Niklas Vakkai€1,900

The action will resume at noon tomorrow with two minutes left in Level 22 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 along with a big blind ante of 20,000. Our reporting will kick off 30 minutes later in order not to give away stream spoilers. Stay tuned at PokerListings to see who will win the 2022 Kings of Tallinn Main Event.

*Images courtesy of Kings of Tallinn photographer Elena Kask.

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