The biggest poker name in the Main Event was Juha Helppi and the Finn did not disappoint by entering the final table in Seat 9 with a second-place stack of 1,400,000.
Helppi will add to his $7.1 million in lifetime tournament cashes which is second only to the $7.3 million amassed Patrick Antonious for the most from Finnish players.
PokerNews interviewed Helppi during the Main Event and he shared one thing that he still will try hard to achieve is a WSOP bracelet after a handful of amazing runs to only fall short of the title. He takes every poker tournament as seriously as the next despite the buy-in and the prizes involved.
A couple of nights during the festival, Helppi was busy playing €50/€100 pot-limit Omaha with €200 and €400 straddles with Antonius and others. Hundreds of thousands of Euros were won and lost by players at the table which was easily the biggest ever hosted at Olympic Park Casino.
On the second hand of the final table, Arto Ilmari Loikkanen raised to 50,000 with from early position. it folded to Arunas Garunkstis in the small blind who three-bet to 132,000 with .
Loikkanen four-bet to 260,000 and Garunkstis thought and called.
Garaunkstis checked the flop and Loikkanen led out for 200,000. Garunkstis tanked for a minute before he folded.
OlyBet is hosting €100 freerolls every two hours starting at 3 p.m. EET today. You can learn the password by watching the stream. The final table commentator Kristijan Laas confirmed he will be among the players in action.
The two-day €3,000 is now on the money bubble with seven players left and six getting paid at least a minimum cash of €6,800. The tournament attracted 43 entrants and boasts a top prize of €41,100.
[Removed:174], Arto Antero Lehtonen and Arto Ilmari Loikkanen
As we earlier mentioned, [Removed:174] was eliminated in seventh-place on last year's OlyBet Kings of Tallinn Main Event Final Table after losing a huge chip-leader pot with pocket fives.
He shared that he learned a lot and wasn't planning to place himself in a similar situation this year. Either to remind him or to have a laugh - or both - he is wearing a t-shirt with two giant playing cards representing pocket fives.
Estonia's Silver Nommik was waiting for a spot to get his small stack in and his stack was down to 196,000 in chips.
He jammed all-in with from the cut-off and was called by Arunas Garunkstis from the big blind with .
Nommik was a 2:1 underdog before the flop and was in a world of hurt after his opponent paired the needing a pair of runners for a save. The on the turn wasn't one of them and Nommik's fate was sealed.
The Estonian was officially eliminated in ninth place for €5,200 after the completed the board on the river and the title will not stay in home soil.
Currently left in the field are five Finns, two Lithuanians and a Swede. Players are now all guaranteed a payout of at least the €6,200 slated for eighth place.
from early position. it folded to Arunas Garunkstis in the small blind who three-bet to 132,000 with 
.
flop and Loikkanen led out for 200,000. Garunkstis tanked for a minute before he folded.
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from the cut-off and was called by Arunas Garunkstis from the big blind with 
. 
needing a pair of runners for a save. The 
on the turn wasn't one of them and Nommik's fate was sealed.
completed the board on the river and the title will not stay in home soil. 
