Janis Saulitis Wins the Battle of the Shorties

Teemu Aukusti Toikkanen, with about 42,000 in chips, opened up for 5,000 from under the gun. Janis Saulitis with about the same stack from one seat over called. The action folded to Joonas Eero Helin in the big blind who with about 30,000 in chips called.

It appeared the action was going to be tame after both Helin and Toikkanen check on the flop. Saulitis thought for a few moments before betting 9,000. Helin snap-announced himself to be all-in. Just as quickly, Toikkanen folded and Saulitis called.

Saulitis was in excellent shape with top pair and a flush draw holding , while Helin needed a world of help holding . The appeared on the turn followed by the on the river to send Helin to the rail. Meanwhile, Saulitis can no longer call himself a short-stack with close to the average with a stack of 79,000.

We also saw at the same table that the seat of Gatis Reigass was empty despite him making it to the break. We caught up with him in the hallway and said he was got low and got his chips in with ace-ten and was outmatched.