Ville Keränen Wins €555 Main Event and the Biggest Mystery Bounty on Day 5 of The Festival Weekend Tallinn
Yet another Festival Weekend has flown by between the walls of the lush Olympic Park Casino in the glorious city of Tallinn. The Main Event saw Ville Keränen become a four-time champion, winning the €555 Main Event, his first Hold'em title at The Festival. Here is the rundown of the fifth and final day.
€555 Main Event Mystery Bounty
The final nine returned in hopes of binking the biggest bounty and the title under the lights of the feature table at Olympic Park Casino. Before the cards were in the air, players had some bounties to release from the golden eggs. First one up was our eventual winner, Keränen, who was the lucky recipient of a whopping €10,000. He was also third in the counts before play started, only topped by Jarrod Coughtrie and Markus Vesala.
David Santalla tried to bluff Coughtrie off a pot in the opening exchanges but found himself getting called and eliminated instead. It was then the best-dressed man in the building and the ever-elusive Mati Pirn who was next to go. The impeccably dressed OFC wizard made trips with ace-king in a preflop all-in, but he was bested by Hampus Grönström's full house.
Newcomer to poker Markus Vesala was next to depart, losing a three-way all-in with sevens. Keränen had jacks, and Timo Ruuska had kings. The latter was the shortest of the trio, and he scooped a crucial triple-up. It wasn't long before Grönström's time came, and it was almost Coughtrie's time shortly after. He saved himself a chunk of change by only calling on a four-to-a-straight board in a small blind v big blind clash against Ruuska. Coughtrie was right to only call, as Ruuska had the nuts with an eight-high straight.
The final Swede, Martin Willborg, went out in fifth, with his bounty going to Coughtrie. Half an hour later, Keränen stacked Marijus Dirgela. The Lithuanian jammed queens on the button with his short stack, and Keränen called with ace-nine offsuit. An ace on the flop left Dirgela in disbelief, and play then resumed three-handed.
Keränen had control and the majority of the chips. He paid off Ruuska, who went runner-runner to river trips in a sizeable pot, but those chips ended up in the stack of Coughtrie a few hands later. He also runner-runner rivered, this time two pair with kings and deuces against Ruuska's eights. For Ruuska, his journey came to an end when he jammed threes from the button. Keränen called with ace-seven offsuit, and he turned an ace to take the play heads-up.
Heads-Up
In what was the quickest Main Event heads-up in Festival history, Ville Keränen had 6 6 and Jarrod Coughtrie had A K . Coughtrie took the lead on A Q 10 flop, but Keranen spiked the 6 turn to take the lead. Any non-board pairing club was good for Coughtrie, but the 3 sealed the deal for Keranen, who wins his fourth Festival title.
Keränen hit set after set on his way to victory, so it was only fitting that he hit one more to win the Main Event. Coughtrie was "very happy to come second," before adding, "Ville played well; he was an absolute set magnet!" Below are the payouts inclusive of bounties.
| Place | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ville Keränen | Finland | €26,160 |
| 2 | Jarrod Coughtrie | Australia | €11,550 |
| 3 | Timo Ruuska | Finland | €11,400 |
| 4 | Marijus Dirgela | Lithuania | €5,150 |
| 5 | Martin Willborg | Sweden | €7,490 |
| 6 | Hampus Grönström | Sweden | €11,410 |
| 7 | Markus Vesala | Finland | €4,330 |
| 8 | Mati Pirn | Estonia | €1,750 |
| 9 | David Santalla | Spain | €5,660 |
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€200 Sunday Brunch (€1,600 Package Added)
The first level of play took place off the felt as the early entrants were treated to a lovely burger in the park opposite Olympic. Then the poker kicked off, and a total of 75 entrants were made to this €200 tournament. There was added incentive, with a €1,600 package to Malta up top as well as a tasty €3,600 payday. Ultimately, it will be Kenneth Marthinsen of Norway who will be joining us in Malta.
| Place | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Marthinsen | Norway | €3,633 + €1,600 Package |
| 2 | Valerij Popadko | Lithuania | €2,420 |
| 3 | Per Löfgren | Sweden | €1,700 |
| 4 | Artur Külanurk | Estonia | €1,240 |
| 5 | Arsen Petrunin | Russia | €900 |
| 6 | Kalev Amberg | Estonia | €740 |
| 7 | Raivo Grislis | Latvia | €610 |
| 8 | Ulf Bradling | Sweden | €480 |
| 9 | William Mawer | United Kingdom | €390 |
€1,100 Open Face Chinese
The final high-roller of the week saw 14 total entrants and a great heads-up match between Siarhei Narozhny and Franke. Narozhny had a substantial advantage coming into it and was running hot. Franke fought back, scooping consecutive hands to stay in contention. At one point, Franke had whittled Narozhny down to just four points. However, he is nicknamed "The Machine" for a reason, and he managed to complete a miraculous comeback to win his fifth overall Festival title. Below are the payouts.
| Place | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siarhei Narozhny | Belarus | €6,650 |
| 2 | Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk | Sweden | €4,000 |
| 3 | Kasperi Kauppinen | Finland | €2,650 |
Until Next Time
And that's it from this Festival Weekend stop. It has been an absolute blast! Don't miss out on the next one! Qualify online through iPoker, WPT Global, Svenska Spel and many more for the next stop in Malta in September. Learn more about how to get there by clicking here.
That's all for now, folks. Until next time.
