Eirik Kristiansen Wins The Pageant Tallinn Major Occasion (€56,100)

Norway’s Eirik Kristiansen sat down at The Pageant Tallinn Major Occasion remaining desk and a minor blip apart, got here out on prime to seize the €56,100 prime prize, his largest-ever rating, the title of champion, and the all-important winner’s trophy. Earlier than this occasion, Kristiansen’s stay event earnings tipped the scales at solely $2,209. That sum is way extra substantial after he outlasted 551 opponents on this thrilling Estonia-based occasion.

The Pageant Tallinn Major Occasion Last Desk Outcomes

The ultimate desk misplaced its first participant on the primary hand of the day. Sascha Manns couldn’t win a coinflip in opposition to Kristiansen, with the latter’s king-jack melting Manns’ snowmen.

Eighth place went to Gregory Partridge who additionally misplaced a coinflip in opposition to Kristiansen. All of the chips went into the center with Patridge holding ace-queen in opposition to the pocket jacks of Kristiansen. No assist arrived for the ace-queen, and the gamers obtained slightly extra elbow room.

The ultimate seven grew to become six with the elimination of Toivo Ojasoo. Ojasoo dedicated the final of their chips having paired their ace on an all-diamond flop. Mikael Viggander known as the shove with a flush draw, which got here in on the flip.

A relative cooler of a hand despatched Rando Liiber to the cashier’s desk to gather the final four-figure prize of the night. Liiber opened then four-bet all in with pocket jacks when six-handed however ran straight into the pocket queens of Kristoffer Winterstein. A jack on the flop appeared to have secured a double for Liiber, however a queen on the flip left him drawing to a single out, which didn’t arrive.

Ending in fifth place was Jero Keitaanranta who three-bet all-in with pocket fives just for Kristiansen to cold-call out of the blind with a superior pair of eights. A double paired board resigned Keitaanranta to an early go to to the showers, though it got here with €12,100 in prize cash.

Kristiansen then eradicated Viggander in fourth place when he flopped prime pair and turned a straight when Viggander had turned an costly backside set.

Heads-up was set when Winterstein ripped in 22 huge blinds from the button with king-six, and Jari Mahonen known as from the massive blind with king-queen. Winterstein was drawing useless on the flip.

The one-on-one battle between Mahonen and Kristiansen initially started with each gamers being cautious. Nonetheless, the ultimate hand threw that warning to the wind. A 3-times the massive blind elevate with nine-five of hearts from Mahonen was three-bet by Kristiansen with queen-deuce, and known as by Mahonen. a five-four-trey board noticed Kristansen over-bet jam for nearly three-times the pot, however Mahonen known as. The flip bricked however the river accomplished Kristansen’s straight, and secured him the title.

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