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Blackjack Tournament Goes to The Wire

The €125 Blackjack tournament reached its crescendo on the very final hand of the last heat, with Estonians Maili Tannbaum and Mati Pirn watching restlessly amongst the large crowd that had gathered around the table. Former champion Andreas ‘Wiseguy’ Hoglund took his seat in the final heat, but ran out of chips before the final hand.

However the player in seat four was on a tear and going into the final hand he was on 27,000 chips and a win (with no splits or doubles) would have tied him for the lead and push Mati down to third place. However, it wasn’t to be, as he hit a hard 13 and faced a decision on whether to double or just draw a card. He chose not to double, pulled a face card and busted, to settle the tournament in Maili’s favour.

We’re still waiting for official result and payouts of the biggest blackjack tournament in the history of The Festival, with 93 entrants and a prize pool of €10,230, more than double the €5,000 guarantee!

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