Jan Svendsen founded Coolbet before selling the company a number of years later. Svendsen shared with PokerListings that he hasn&#8217;t played live poker in quite some time and felt it was time to get back into action with the Coolbet Open Main Event. Time will tell whether Svendsen will be able to run up his initial stack of 30,000 in chips into a bigger stack for Day 2 and beyond.

Coolbet Founder Jan Svendsen in Action

Level 5: 150/300 (300) &#8211; Day 1a Entries: 125/151 <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1a-21-Kristo-Erala-by-Elena-Kask.jpg" data-lightbox="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1a-21-Kristo-Erala-by-Elena-Kask.jpg"><img src="https://www.pokerlistings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Coolbet-Open-ME-Day-1a-21-Kristo-Erala-by-Elena-Kask.jpg" alt="Kristo Erala" class="lightbox__image"/></a><figcaption>Kristo Erala</figcaption></figure> Kristo Erala opened for 700 from early position. Keimo Suominen three-bet to 1,900 from the big blind and Erala called. Suominen fired out for 1,400 on the 5 7 6 flop and Erala called. Both players checked after the 7 turn paired the board before Suominen bet 3,600 on the 4 river. Erala tanked for a minute before he made the call. Suominen turned over K K but this wasn&#8217;t good enough to beat Erala who showed 8 8 for a rivered straight to win the hand. Kristo Erala &#8211; 25,000 Keimo Suominen &#8211; 13,000

Erala Rivers a Straight with Snowmen

Level 5: 150/300 (300) Day 1a Entries: 128/148 Jon Persent was low on chips after his cowboys were no good against Madis Ormisson with eight-six with money getting in after Ormisson flopped two pair. His last few blinds went in shortly after with eights but he was up against one pair better with Vjatseslav Jakusin holding nines. Jakusin improved to a set on the 9 3 A flop and had Persent drawing dead after the 3 turn. The Q river ended the hand and Persent will have to re-enter if he wishes to advance to Day 2. Madis Ormisson &#8211; 45,000 Vjatseslav Jakusin &#8211; 25,000 Jon Persent &#8211; 0

Persent Now with Zero Percent of His Stack

Level 4: 100/200 (200) Day 1b Entries: 128/141 Sturla Flataker and Kalle Mikkonen both checked with about 15,000 in the pot and the A 9 9 5 on the board after the turn before Taago Taam fired out for 4,200. Flataker called and Mikkonen folded. Flataker checked after the 8 river completed the board. Taam bet 10,000, which was a little more than his opponent had left in his stack. Flataker went into the tank before he made the call. Taam showed 10 9 for trips and Flataker got up from the table before the dealer counted his chips. As it was an all-in showdown, the dealer did show that Flataker lost the hand with two pair holding A J . Taago Taam &#8211; 40,000 Sturla Flataker &#8211; 0

Flataker Out of Chips After Running into Tamm&#8217;s Trips

Level 4: 100/200 (200) Day 1a Entries: 126/136 Are Tengelsen bet 2,500 into a pot of 8,000 with the 6 4 9 6 10 on the board. The action paused on Sondre Lunde who eventually called before Jyrki Lampinen also called. Tenglesen showed 9 8 which didn&#8217;t hold up after Lunde turned over A 10 for top pair. Lampinen didn&#8217;t need to show his cards as his hand wasn&#8217;t good enough to win the pot but did show the table J 9 before the dealer awarded Lunde the pot. Are Tengelsen &#8211; 60,000 Sondre Lunde &#8211; 38,000 Jyrki Lampinen &#8211; 13,000

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Coolbet Founder Jan Svendsen in Action

Erala Rivers a Straight with Snowmen

Persent Now with Zero Percent of His Stack

Flataker Out of Chips After Running into Tamm’s Trips

Top Pair Good for Lunde