The final day began with 14 players surviving Day 1 after 14 blind levels of play. Just half of those players would end the day in the money for at least a €7,250 min-cash awarded to the top seven players.
The action was fast and furious from the start. Bareisis began the day with the chip lead, but Enrique Martinez quickly narrowed the gap early by eliminating Finland’s Sauli Haapaniemi to start the day with kings against ace-jack. This was just the beginning, as the final table bubble was reached during the first 30-minute blind level of the day before things
slowed down after Rytis Pranarauskas, Ermo Kosk, Hassan Sey, Aleksi Naski, and Viktors Caikins all quickly hit the rail. The bubble generated some excitement. First two-time WSOP Circuit Tallinn €3,000 NLH 6-Max ring winner Roope Tarmi, who was looking to add a trophy in the same event to his collection, got a fortuitous double when his ace-ten flopped Broadway against Tommi Lankinen.
Dennis Berglin then took a small chunk from Bareisis with a lucky double with ace-nine suited against nines before doubling a second time through Rolands Noreitis with jacks against eights.
Lankinen nearly had a healthy stack, but the bad beat to Tarmi put a dent in his stack. He jammed for around 20 big blinds with king-eight from the small and bubbled the €3,000 NLH 6-Max after Igor Pihela Sr. called from the big blind with ace-five and held.
Martinez had a small lead over Bareisis at the start of the final table, with all players starting with at least 15 big blinds. Noreitis blinded down to a dozen big blinds when he lost a flip to Tarmi with king-jack to sevens to exit as the first playing the money with a €7,250 min-cash.
Tarmi’s momentum temporarily continued as he won another flip to double his stack with eights against Dennis Berglin’s big slick. Berglin was down to just four big blinds and called off with jack-ten and didn’t get there against Kasper Mellanen’s ace-seven suited to exit in sixth place for €8,900. Mellanen soon followed Bergin to the rail in fifth place for €11,050 on a cooler when his jacks proved no match to Pihela’s queens.
During this time, Martinez was piling on the chip lead and appeared to be in control. That all changed with the duo a hair apart after Bareisis doubled with ace-seven through Martinez with king-queen.
Meanwhile, the ladies were back for Pihela and they held once again to dash Tarmi’s hopes with king-queen in becoming the first three-time champion in a €3,000 buy-in event in Tallinn. Instead, Tarmi headed to the cashier to collect his fourth-place prize of €14,600.
The action was heads-up soon enough. Martinez attempted a bluff with jack-four by jamming over a big river bet by Bareisis with the nut flush to exit in third place for €20,500.
