Sweet Revenge for PokerListings Deepstacks Champ Kalle Ly
Sweden’s Kalle Ly was one of the heroes of The Festival Series Tallinn earlier in the month after winning our very own PokerListings €250 Deepstack Championship after making a heads-up deal with Antony Kauzloric with each player banking €10,736.
The PokerListings Deepstack Championship was one of the marque side events to go along with dozens of other poker and casino events littered throughout the schedule.
The crowd did not disappoint with 252 entries entering the two-day event to generate a €52,432 prize pool with the top 31 players getting paid at least a €410 min-cash.
“The win felt very good,” Ly shared with PokerListings. “It felt especially good as it came after my last big tournament in the Coolbet Open where I busted in 15th place. It felt like nice revenge.”
A Little Luck Went a Long Way
Ly has been playing poker for a long-time both online and described himself as a professional player from 2008-2012. While he was playing at a ton of rooms that are no longer in existence including Entraction, MPN, and Paradise, this likely didn’t affect Ly’s life as he shared he hasn’t played online poker in 8-10 years.
With all his experience, Ly was humble in sharing that it’s good to be lucky at the right times after nearly hitting the rail short of the gold in third place.
“I nearly went out in third place,” Ly said. “Instead I doubled before eliminating through the same opponent (Richard Koppel) in third place when my king-seven was good against ace-jack. But it’s hard to win a tournament without luck.”
This author checked out some of the heads-up action. Ly has been known to be friendly during other events over the years but appeared to be laser-focused and serious during his heads-up match against Kauzloric. Appearances aren’t everything as Ly felt that his opponent was more focused on the title.
“It may seem so but I was not very focused,” Ly said when we shared about how focused he appeared. “Of course, a HU is a HU. I think Antony was more focused and wanted to win. The action went back and forth. But it felt good and it went all the way.”
PokerListings Deepstack Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Kalle Ly | Sweden | €10,736 |
| 2 | Antony Kauzloric | €10,736 | |
| 3 | Richard Koppel | Estonia | €6,560 |
| 4 | Hans Fernkvist | Sweden | €4,330 |
| 5 | Toomas Hunt | Estonia | €3,230 |
| 6 | Daniel Gonzalez | Estonia | €2,530 |
| 7 | Emmi Juutilainen | Finland | €1,890 |
| 8 | Victoria Bergstedt | Norway | €1,360 |
| 9 | Simon Persson | Sweden | €1,060 |
Ly About to Go 3 for 3 with The Festival Series
The Festival Series has already brought tons of excitement with two festivals chocked filled with poker, casino, sports wagering tournaments along with amazing VIP activities away from the tables.
Ly has been to both including the inaugural launch of The Festival Series in Bratislava in September 2021 and more recently in Tallinn. Ly has confirmed that he will be back for the third time where it all began at Banco Casino Bratislava on Oct. 10-18, 2022.
“I like the Festival series,” Ly shared. “I played the premiere of The Festival Series last year in Bratislava and I liked it a lot. The event was well organized and the city was amazing. It was great meeting the casino community with those you know and new people. It will be even better and bigger this year with a Main Event guarantee of €500K.”
Head to TheFestival.com for more information about The Festival Series Bratislava and to also learn about The Festival Series Online taking place now at 888poker.
