2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 3 - ￡5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠9♥7♥10♦
Prize
£204,048
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£770,000
Entries
154
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 0

Another Finnish Encounter

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Jani Vilmunen raised to 45,000 from the button and Ville Haavisto defended the big blind. The hands were checked down until the river of a {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{J-Spades}{7-Clubs} board where Finn the younger (Haavisto) took it down with a bet of 85,000.

Latest Chip Counts

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Seat 2: Ville Haavisto -- 415,000
Seat 4: Howard Lederer -- 825,000
Seat 6: Aarno Kivelio -- 285,000
Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 1,200,000
Seat 9: Ross Boatman -- 275,000

Finnish Staredown

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With Jani Vilmunen, Ville Haavisto and Howard Lederer limping in and Aarno Kivelio checking his option, four players saw an {A-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop. The action checked round to Haavisto on the button who made it 43,000 to go. Villmunen was the only caller. Then, on the {3-Hearts} turn, Haavisto fired again, this time 124,000.

Vilmunen gave him a stare so icy it would have made the Fonz crumble, but Haaviso remained composed under pressure. The other players twiddled their thumbs, but no one called the clock, and although he continued to stare menacingly at his fellow countryman for a good few minutes, Villmunen finally relinquished his hand.

No Joy for Boatman

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Ross Boatman is down to 140,000 after taking a minor hit courtesy of Howard Lederer. Boatman raised from the button, Lederer called, both checked the {9-Clubs}{J-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, Lederer led the {2-Clubs} turn, Boatman folded.

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

When the Chips Are Down...

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With every round, Ross Boatman's stack gets smaller and smaller, yet he's unable to pick up a hand, and simply grimaces as he peeks down at what is a seemingly never-ending bag of spanners.

Then, finally, he found {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} in the big blind and was braced to push when... fold, fold, fold, fold.

"Just too good," Boatman said to small blind Jani Vilmunen.

Tags: Ross Boatman

Change of Policy

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According to Aarno Kivelio, with three Finns remaining, it should be Finnish only at the table only, but, to be honest, I'm not convinced Ross Boatman's Finnish will be up to scratch.