Adam Kharman Leads Final 8; ‘Ziigmund’ Still Alive in Kings of Tallinn Main Event

Australian globetrotter Adam Kharman leads a star-studded final table including the likes of WSOP gold bracelet winner Vincas Tamasauskas and old-school Finnish poker legend Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies in the Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

Kharman took sixth place in this same event last year and shared with PokerListings yesterday that he was in the hunt for a better result this time around. He is now in a prime position to walk away with the trophy and the €64,280 top prize after bagging 3,340,000 in chips.

Only two more players bagged seven-figure stacks. Kurt Skimmeland will go into tomorrow’s action with 2,255,000 in chips after making a correct hero call to eliminate Sebastian Wahl in 10th place, while Lithuania’s Algirdas Saveikis was near 2 million after a fury of eliminations with three tables left but lost some chips and will start tomorrow in third place with 1,175,000.

Meanwhile, Sahamies was nearly about to enter the final table with just crumbs but he ended the night instead by eliminating Julian Herold when his ace-deuce flopped a full house against ace-ten in a battle of the short stacks in the blinds.

Final Table Seat Draw

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds*
1	Kurt Skimmeland	Norway	2,255,000	90
2	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	1,175,000	47
3	Ilari Sahamies	Finland	765,000	31
4	Adam Kharman	Australia	3,340,000	134
5	Jordi Baixas	Spain	795,000	32
6	Marius Olsvik	Norway	345,000	14
7	Ville Konttinen	Finland	580,000	23
8	Vincas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	660,000	26
Total			9,915,000	397
Average			1,239,375	50

*Big blinds as of Level 23 (10,000/25,000) as there are just two minutes remaining in Level 22.

Day 3 Action

Day 3 began with 42 hopefuls in search of the trophy. However, only 39 players were able to cash. Evy Albrigtsen was out on the bubble in 40th place when she had just one chip left with sixes against eights held by Touko Berndtson. However, Albrigtsen was still thrilled to go out on the bubble as she was wearing a GGPoker badge for a competition which meant she was awarded €1,100 into her GGPoker account.

Phenporn Laatikainen was the last lady standing before she hit the rail in 24th place, while Daragh Davey followed soon after in 23rd place. Roope Tarmi had yet another deep run without a final table in Tallinn before bowing out in 20th place and Estonia’s Mark Metsla was the last local player to hit the rail in 12th place.

Main Event Payouts

Place	Player	Prize
1		€64,280
2		€48,150
3		€35,510
4		€25,050
5		€18,930
6		€14,130
7		€10,650
8		€7,860
9	Julian Herold	€5,700
10	Sebastian Wahl	€4,620
11	Santeri Nisula	€4,620
12	Mark Metsla	€4,620
13	Aasmund Holvik	€3,850
14	Zachary Duce	€3,850
15	Vjatseslav Jakusin	€3,850
16	Ignacio Garrido	€3,080
17	Atte Franssila	€3,080
18	Pyry Kekalainen	€3,080
19	Aki Wassholm	€2,310
20	Roope Tarmi	€2,310
21	Stanislovas Vinicenka	€2,310
22	Sven Reimaa	€2,310
23	Daragh Davey	€2,310
24	Phenporn Laatikainen	€2,310
25	Adria Comas I Roura	€2,050
26	Tuomas Röppänen	€2,050
27	Toiko Berndtson	€2,050
28	Rasmus Sepping	€2,050
29	Stefan Bittger	€2,050
30	Vytautas Kacerauskas	€2,050
31	Julius Kettunen	€2,050
32	Balazs Szabo	€1,900
33	Viktor Caikins	€1,900
34	Marko Liblik	€1,900
35	Toni Ojala	€1,900
36	Jarmi Salonen	€1,900
37	Dragan Gali	€1,900
38	Gunnar Wedde	€1,900
39	Niklas Vakkai	€1,900

The action will resume at noon tomorrow with two minutes left in Level 22 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 along with a big blind ante of 20,000. Our reporting will kick off 30 minutes later in order not to give away stream spoilers. Stay tuned at PokerListings to see who will win the 2022 Kings of Tallinn Main Event.

*Images courtesy of Kings of Tallinn photographer Elena Kask.