Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Tomas Bulksas open-shipped for 650,000 in early position. Jarno Jokiniemi requested a count in the big blind, then called for the majority of his stack.
Tomas Bulksas: 3♥3♠
Jarno Jokiniemi: A♠J♣
Bulksas' pocket pair held strong on the 4♣9♥6♥Q♠10♣ runout, securing him a second double-up to overtake several people on the leaderboard. Jokiniemi, meanwhile, was left with less than four big blinds in his stack.
Sergi Kapanadze open-raised Q♥10♠ to 200,000 in the hijack. Tomi Bondarew, playing a stack of just seven big blinds, flat-called K♦Q♠ in the small blind.
Kapanadze continued for 125,000 on the J♦5♣4♠ flop, and received a quick check-fold to win the hand.
Petter Berg raised to 200,000 in middle position, holding A♥K♥. Jarno Jokiniemi three-bet his K♠J♠ to 450,000 in the cutoff, but Berg wanted to play for it all and shoved all in.
Jokiniemi quickly folded, leaving himself a stack of 11 big blinds.
Tomas Bulksas open-shipped his last 250,000 under the gun. It folded all the way to Sergi Kapanadze in the big blind, who quickly added calling chips to his blind.
Tomas Bulksas: 10♥8♥
Sergi Kapanadze: A♣5♥
Bulksas needed to hit to survive, and he more than accomplished the job by making trips on the 3♥8♣K♥8♠7♣ board to double up.
Petter Berg opened to 200,000 in middle position. The short-stacked Tomas Bulksas just flat-called in the small blind, and the dealer fanned 3♣Q♥2♦ as the flop.
Bulksas checked, Berg bet 120,000, and Bulksas called. The J♠ turn was then checked through to the 6♠ river. Bulksas checked again, enough reason for Berg to bet 475,000.
After a short tank, Bulksas called for the vast majority of his stack. Berg revealed Q♠10♠ for top pair, and Bulksas' K♦J♦ disappeared into the muck.
The chips were sent Berg's way, and he ended the hand with over 60 big blinds in his stack. In contrast, Bulksas remained with just two and a half big blinds to try and spin up.
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Jon Thorvaldsson shoved in his last 460,000 in middle position. Rene Lazaro requested a count in the small blind, then called.
Jon Thorvaldsson: 7♥6♠
Rene Lazaro: K♣Q♦
Thorvaldsson found a pair with his six-seven on the A♠10♥7♣ flop, but Lazaro locked up the pot by hitting Broadway on the J♠ turn. The Q♣ river was rendered meaningless, and Thorvaldsson was eliminated as the first player of the final table.
Jon Thorvaldsson open-shoved for 1,200,000 in the cutoff. Roar Wang was in the small blind, and he called all in for 700,000
Roar Wang: Q♠Q♣
Jon Thorvaldsson: A♣J♣
Wang's queens held on the K♥8♥2♦3♠6♥ runout, doubling him up and leaving Thorvaldsson with roughly five big blinds.
Petter Berg made it 160,000 in middle position with Q♠8♠. Sergi Kapanadze flat-called Q♥10♥ in the cutoff, and Kenneth Olaisen fancied a flop with 5♣4♣ in the small blind. Jon Thorvaldsson then defended 2♥2♣ in the big blind, and the quartet saw a flop of K♦3♣6♥.
It checked to Berg, who continued for 125,000. Olaisen was the only interested player, as he called while Kapanadze and Thorvaldsson folded.
The 7♣ turn subsequently went check, check, prompting Olaisen to bet 400,000 when his flush came in on the 10♣ river.
Berg quickly mucked his queen-high, and the sizable pot was shipped to Olaisen.