Day 2 Action Underway at EPT Tallinn

Finnish metal man Voitto Rintala made Day 2 but busted before the money.

The European Poker Tour has finished all the preliminary work in Tallinn, Estonia, and is down to the real business today with Day 2 action.

Perica Bukara of Serbia finished Day 1B with the biggest stack, bagging up 210,600 in chips to surpass Day 1A leader Ali Tekintamgac and claim the title of EPT Tallinn overall Day 1 chip leader. Fresh off a final table finish at the Unibet Open in Prague, Czech Republic, Bukara would be able to claim the biggest cash of his career if he were to make the final table, regardless of finishing position.

The rest of the 210-strong field got to work today at noon local time to begin playing down to the money, and necessity meant that dozens of them would have to bust out before the money. Among those who fell on Day 2 were EPT Barcelona final tablist and Romanian Poker Championship High Roller runner-up Mihai Manole, 2010 WSOP $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em champion Valdemar Kwaysser, 2009 WSOP $2,000 Limit Hold’em winner Marc Naalden and Finnish metal bassist Voitto Rintala.

The top 56 finishers will get paid at EPT Tallinn, with the last player at the table taking home a whopping €400,000 – not bad for the first major international live poker tournament held in Estonia.