Vilkke Smooth
Juha Vilkki raised from early position to 2,000. The player two to his left had about 16,000 behind and made a re-raise to 7,200. Action folded to the big blind who moved all in for about 22,000. Vilkki made the call, as did the player behind him and all three hands were turned up.
Vilkki:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Vilkki didn't exactly have the best of it against his two opponents but still had a chance them both out. And the flop would get him all the way there when it landed . The nut straight would hold when the and completed the board and Vilkki shipped the pot.
The table was very surprised when he showed his hand and even more surprised when it won. They playfully gave him a hard time about it after the other two players left. When PokerNews asked him to spell his name, the man sitting to his immediate left interrupted and said "D-O-N-K-E-Y!" Vilkki just laughed, something not hard to do when you're stacking a tournament leading 135,000 chips.