With 219 / 371 remaining players we entered the last break of the night. Right now it looks like the players from Norway are dominating the tables. Our (roughly) eyeballed chip counts see four Norwegians in the top spots right now. <figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes"><table><thead><tr><th class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Player</th><th class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Country</th><th class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Chips</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Ole Wasenius</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">160,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Espen Ringstad</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">140,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Vidar Sterten</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">140,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Jacob Reinholdt</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">140,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Janis Vasiljevs</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Latvia</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">135,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Conny Eriksson</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Sweden</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">130,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Sverre Rydning</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">125,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Oystein Brenden</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">120,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Shiyan Fang</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Italy</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">115,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Christian Arstad</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Norway</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">110,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Rikard Andersson</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Finland</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">110,000</td></tr><tr><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Jussi Mattila</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">Finland</td><td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">100,000</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

Last Break of the Night

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 219 / 369 An unusual three-way-all-in on table 9 saw Kert Hallik triple up with tens. In a single raised flop the board read 8 6 2 with roughly 7k in the middle. <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-medium"><a href="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-46-Mart-Rinken-by-Elena-Kask-300x200.jpg" data-lightbox="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-46-Mart-Rinken-by-Elena-Kask-300x200.jpg"><img src="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-46-Mart-Rinken-by-Elena-Kask-300x200.jpg" alt="Mart Rinken" class="lightbox__image"/></a><figcaption>Out: Mart Rinken</figcaption></figure></div> Kert Hallik moved bet 5,200 and behind him Vu Vuong (who had Hallik covered) moved all-in for 25k. Then Mart Rinken behind him also moved all-in for 19,100. Hallik called the double all-in. Showdown: Mart Rinken 9 7 Vu Vuong 8 3 Kert Hallik 10 10 Hallik had to avoid straights, flushes, eights and threes. He somehow managed as turn and river fell 7 and 4 . This hand saw Rinken eliminated, Hallik almost triple up and Vuong lose most of his stack. Kert Hallik &#8211; 55,000 Vu Vuong &#8211; 5,000 Mart Rinken &#8211; 0

Kert Hallik Triples up Against All the Draws

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 226 / 360 Brynjar Barkarson from Iceland was massaging a small stack for most of the previous levels. Just now he got managed to get his last 10k chips in good against Antti Tuomi, but could not win the 70/30 he needed to win. All the chips went in preflop with Barkarson holding A-K and Tuomi with A-5. The board ran out 8-5-4-7-8, giving Tuomi two pair and sending Barkarson to the rails. Antti Tuomi &#8211; 20,000 Brynjar Barkarson &#8211; 0 <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-40-Brynjar-Barkarson-by-Elena-Kask.jpg" data-lightbox="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-40-Brynjar-Barkarson-by-Elena-Kask.jpg"><img data-id="38872" src="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-40-Brynjar-Barkarson-by-Elena-Kask.jpg" alt="Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1b-40-Brynjar-Barkarson-by-Elena-Kask" class="lightbox__image"/></a><figcaption>Brynjar Barkarson</figcaption></figure> </figure>

Brynjar Barkarson Loses 70/30 and his Tournament Life

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 228/356 We caught up to Table 19 with four players all in. It seemed like it could have been five with Phenporn Laatikainen already having 10,000 in the pot. After a minute of tanking, she opted to fold. Kristian Aksnes (8K) &#8211; 7 5 Jari Porkka (9K) &#8211; A A Monica Thingbo (10K) &#8211; 10 10 Janis Vasiljevs (90K) &#8211; Q Q Piller by far had all the players covered and quickly got ahead of Porkka&#8217;s aces and stayed ahead of his other two opponents after he nailed a set on the Q 8 5 flop. The 4 turn nor the 7 kept Piller ahead to scoop up the pot and send three players to the rail in a single hand. Janis Vasiljevs &#8211; 135,000 Kristian Aksnes &#8211; 0 Jari Porkka &#8211; 0 Monica Thingbo &#8211; 0

Vasiljevs Takes Out Three Players with Queens

Level 8: 400/800 Entries: 233 / 354 A rather brutal bad beat saw Pyry Kekäläinen lose almost all of his stack in an intense hand against Stian Knutsen. It all began with Olli Vahala open-raising from UTG. Kekäläinen called in the cut-off and in the big blind Stian Knutsen reraised to 7,800. Only Kekäläinen called and they saw a 7 5 4 Flop. Knutsen bet 4,600 into the 18,000 pot. Kekäläinen made it 10,000 to go and Knutsen eventually called. The turn fell 2 and Knutsen checked to the raiser. Kekäläinen quickly moved all-in for effectively 20k. Knutsen called the all-in after some deliberation. Showdown: Stian Knutsen: A K Pyry Kekäläinen: Q Q With just two overcards and a gutshot Knutsen was a decisive underdog, but he had some outs. The river brought one of those outs as it fell K , giving Knutsen an unlikely double-up and reducing Kekäläinen to just a few big blinds. Stian Knutsen &#8211; 70,000 Pyry Kekäläinen &#8211; 6,500

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