Agris Noviks Leads Remaining 30 Players at The Festival in Tallinn
After four starting flights and two more levels of late registration the Main Event of The Festival in Tallinn attracted a total of 552 entries that are playing for €264,960.
The first two hours of the Main Event were busy as players had the option to re-enter and multiple players took advantage of that possibility. After two hours the re-entry closed and by then 552 entries were on the clock.
Peter Nordin Bubbles the Main Event
The first big task of the day was playing down to the money ranks with a total of 71 players earning at least a min-cash of €1,100. The bubble was a very short matter as two players were all-in in rapid succession before hand-for-hand-play could even start. First Unibet Qualifier Arkadiusz Liszewski busted and right after that, it was Peter Nordin who was all-in against Oleksandra Shenderei. Nordin had Q Q against Shenderei’s K K . The board didn’t improve Nordin’s hand as it fell A 10 4 2 J and as he left the tournament area all remaining players cheered as they were guaranteed a minimum payout of €1,100.
Oleksandra Shenderei was the last woman standing and will be the last woman returning to the main event tomorrow. She qualified for the tournament via WPT Global where she won a full package for the tournament including accommodation and hospitality package.
By the end of the day, just a tidy field of 30 players bagged chips with Agris Noviks having a substantial lead over the field with almost 1.6 million in chips. Other players with plenty of chips are Germany’s Sascha Manns, Sweden’s Kristoffer Winterstein, and Mikael Viggander.
Chip Counts After Day 2 of the Main Event
| Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| Agris Noviks | 1,595,000 | 80 |
| Sascha Manns | 1,175,000 | 59 |
| Kristoffer Winterstein | 960,000 | 48 |
| Mikael Viggander | 850,000 | 43 |
| Gregory Partridge | 785,000 | 39 |
| Alberigo Stellanello | 775,000 | 39 |
| Mikael Zackariasen | 770,000 | 39 |
| Jari Mähönen | 685,000 | 34 |
| Inigo Naveiro | 620,000 | 31 |
| Jeroen Aarts | 615,000 | 31 |
| Oleksandra Shenderei | 600,000 | 30 |
| Jere Keitaanranta | 595,000 | 30 |
| Jyri Merivirta | 585,000 | 29 |
| Pal Oygarden | 545,000 | 27 |
| Stefan Bittger | 510,000 | 26 |
| Vasilijs Aleksejenko | 505,000 | 25 |
| Eirik Kristiansen | 490,000 | 25 |
| Toivo Ojasoo | 445,000 | 22 |
| Ronny Albrigtsen | 410,000 | 21 |
| Juhana Leinonen | 410,000 | 21 |
| Eric Wasylenko | 390,000 | 20 |
| Rando Liiber | 350,000 | 18 |
| Vambo Laud | 325,000 | 16 |
| Peder Behr | 320,000 | 16 |
| Svante Nilsson | 300,000 | 15 |
| Torsti Kinnunen | 235,000 | 12 |
| Lars Eklund | 220,000 | 11 |
| Johan Palokangas | 205,000 | 10 |
| Kiu Jin Ha | 170,000 | 9 |
| Henri Wagner | 115,000 | 6 |
Tomorrow's penultimate day will kick off at noon EEST with a goal to play down to the final table. Poker enthusiasts will not only be able to follow along with the action on The Festival Series blog but also be able to watch a feature table on TheFestivalOG Twitch channel with hole cards exposed starting at around 2:30 p.m. EEST.
Barring any deals, the winner will take home €56,100 with five players banking five-figure amounts.
Full Payouts for the Main Event
| Place | Player | Prize Money |
| 1 | €56,100 | |
| 2 | €36,120 | |
| 3 | €22,040 | |
| 4 | €16,200 | |
| 5 | €12,100 | |
| 6 | €9,100 | |
| 7 | €6,700 | |
| 8 | €5,100 | |
| 9 | €3,950 | |
| 10 | €3,950 | |
| 11 | €3,050 | |
| 12 | €3,050 | |
| 13 | €2,400 | |
| 14 | €2,400 | |
| 15 | €1,980 | |
| 16 | €1,980 | |
| 17 | €1,980 | |
| 18 | €1,980 | |
| 19 | €1,980 | |
| 20 | €1,980 | |
| 21 | €1,980 | |
| 22 | €1,980 | |
| 23 | €1,980 | |
| 24 | €1,980 | |
| 25 | €1,730 | |
| 26 | €1,730 | |
| 27 | €1,730 | |
| 28 | €1,730 | |
| 29 | €1,730 | |
| 30 | €1,730 | |
| 31 | Maksim Petrov | €1,730 |
| 32 | Thor Dahlbeck | €1,730 |
| 33 | Tobias Napel | €1,520 |
| 34 | Tihomir Yanev | €1,520 |
| 35 | Anne Standal | €1,520 |
| 36 | Jarkko Kuusisto | €1,520 |
| 37 | Juho Heiska | €1,520 |
| 38 | Lasse Laukkarinen | €1,520 |
| 39 | Greger Larsson | €1,520 |
| 40 | Jari Hurri | €1,520 |
| 41 | Totti Lind | €1,350 |
| 42 | Meelis Ahman | €1,350 |
| 43 | Erki Andressoo | €1,350 |
| 44 | Heikki Huhtala | €1,350 |
| 45 | Juris Hlibovs | €1,350 |
| 46 | Totti Matias Arosuo | €1,350 |
| 47 | Edvin Ström | €1,350 |
| 48 | Terje Sirnes | €1,350 |
| 49 | Marlon Andrey Lopez Martinez | €1,200 |
| 50 | Per Lindström | €1,200 |
| 51 | Aleksandr Kuperman | €1,200 |
| 52 | Madis Ormisson | €1,200 |
| 53 | Massi Mirza | €1,200 |
| 54 | Oskar Engvall | €1,200 |
| 55 | Krzystof Budka | €1,200 |
| 56 | Johan Alen | €1,200 |
| 57 | Rune Hastrup | €1,100 |
| 58 | Hanno Kerem | €1,100 |
| 59 | Taago Tamm | €1,100 |
| 60 | Oyvind Kildal Stangnes | €1,100 |
| 61 | Alex Lianes | €1,100 |
| 62 | Krystian Nalepka | €1,100 |
| 63 | Phenporn Laatikainen | €1,100 |
| 64 | Benny Hagberg | €1,100 |
| 65 | Lars Hole | €1,100 |
| 66 | Aleksiy Baranovskiy | €1,100 |
| 67 | Jani Tuovinen | €1,100 |
| 68 | Gregory Bregy | €1,100 |
| 69 | Maria Ling | €1,100 |
| 70 | Pyry Kekäläinen | €1,100 |
| 71 | Teemu Kailasvuo | €1,100 |
Side Events Galore
In addition to the Main Event, The Festival Tallinn also boasted tons of side events as well. The Blackjack and Roulette events concluded last night which were won by Marek Kotelnikov for €2,372 and Johan Palokangas for €1,548 respectively. Also ongoing on Friday were the €1,050 NLH High Roller as well as the first of two days of the €250 Pokerlistings Deepstack (over 250 entries), and the €330 Open Face Chinese (37 entries).
You can follow all the action over at TheFestival.com and read up on our daily recaps here.
