Mellanen Makes A Great Call
Over at table 8, a pot was brewing between Veli-Pekka Alakorva and his left-hand neighbor Kasper Mellanen. On the turn with the board reading 
, Alakorva bet 45,000 from the big blind and Mellanen called in position.
The river brought the 
and Alakorva shoved all in for almost 170,000. Mellanen had a decision for his remaining stack of 140,000 and went deep in the tank. Alakorva, normally the liveliest player in the room, went uncharacteristically quiet, put on his sunglasses and put his hands over his mouth. Mellanen crossed his arms, studied the board and his opponent, then called it off for his tournament life.
"Good call, good call!" Alakorva loudly said in Finnish as he turned over 
for the airball. A relieved Mellanen slapped 
onto the felt and responded with "I was quite sure you had nothing" in his mother tongue as well.
"VP" was left with just seven bigs after the big clash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
27,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |