New chip leader, Kimmo Kurko, raised from early position with and was three bet from the small blind by Tom Middleton holding to 1,050,000. Fiorini folded the blig blind and it was back to Kurko. Middleton had gotten out of line before but Kurko made a sensible laydown.
Tom Middleton raised under the gun with and got a raise from Pasi Sormunen in the big blind to 950,000. Middleton made the call and they saw a flop of . Both players checked and they saw a turn. Sormunen bet 565,000 and Middleton called. The river was the , they both checked it down and Middleton won a 3.3 million chip pot to go back up to third.
Kresten Nielsen opened for 435,000 on the button with the . Pasi Sormunen defended from the big blind with the and it was heads-up action to the . Both players hit a pair, but Nielsen's was best.
Sormunen ended up check-calling a bet of 400,000 and then both players checked the turn as well as the river. Nielsen took down the pot with the better two pair.
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For the past two years, two Finns have made the final table. Last year they finished in second and third place, and those positions won't be improved upon as Pasi Sormunen has just fallen in fifth place.
It happened when he opened from early position with the only to face a three-bet from Luca Fiorini, who picked up the in the small blind. Sormunen thought long and hard before announcing that he was all in for 4.72 million and he was snap-called by Fiorini.
Sormunen knew he was in trouble even before the cards were tabled, and indeed it was a bad spot. That said, the flop made things extremely interesting as Sormunen picked up a flush draw. The turn was a miss, meaning he had 12 outs he could hit on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . The lady was no help to the Finn and he exited the tournament in fifth place for €253,000.
Along with his fellow Finn Pasi Sormunen, Kimmo Kurko has been challenging Kresten Nielsen in the category of Best Final Table Hat as both are wearing sparkly chapeaux while Nielsen has a bright golden bull on his cap. And after cracking Nielsen's aces, Kurko is challenging him as well for the EPT10 Barcelona title, too, as described on the PokerStars blog.
The final four players have extended the break in order to talk deal. We'll be back once action resumes with specifics if they happen to come to an agreement.
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and was three bet from the small blind by Tom Middleton holding 
to 1,050,000. Fiorini folded the blig blind and it was back to Kurko. Middleton had gotten out of line before but Kurko made a sensible laydown.
and got a raise from Pasi Sormunen in the big blind to 950,000. Middleton made the call and they saw a flop of 
. Both players checked and they saw a 
turn. Sormunen bet 565,000 and Middleton called. The river was the 
, they both checked it down and Middleton won a 3.3 million chip pot to go back up to third.
. Pasi Sormunen defended from the big blind with the 
. Both players hit a pair, but Nielsen's was best.
turn as well as the 
river. Nielsen took down the pot with the better two pair.
only to face a three-bet from Luca Fiorini, who picked up the 
in the small blind. Sormunen thought long and hard before announcing that he was all in for 4.72 million and he was snap-called by Fiorini.
