Day 2 Photos
Photos by René Velli / Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge.
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
€1,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€217,280
Entries
160
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
15,000
Ruijs Continues His Rampage
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Kaupo Tenno has the least desirable seat in the room — to the right of overwhelming chip leader Joris Ruijs — and was put to two river decisions in short succession. First, in a blind battle, Tenno bet 9k on a board containing two fours and two aces but folded to a raise to 32,000 from Ruijs.
A few hands later, it was Tenno who had bet 15,000 on a 
board. This time, Ruijs made it 52,000 to go and once again, Tenno opted to fold his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
126,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
Mellanen Makes A Great Call
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Over at table 8, a pot was brewing between Veli-Pekka Alakorva and his left-hand neighbor Kasper Mellanen. On the turn with the board reading 
, Alakorva bet 45,000 from the big blind and Mellanen called in position.
The river brought the 
and Alakorva shoved all in for almost 170,000. Mellanen had a decision for his remaining stack of 140,000 and went deep in the tank. Alakorva, normally the liveliest player in the room, went uncharacteristically quiet, put on his sunglasses and put his hands over his mouth. Mellanen crossed his arms, studied the board and his opponent, then called it off for his tournament life.
"Good call, good call!" Alakorva loudly said in Finnish as he turned over 
for the airball. A relieved Mellanen slapped 
onto the felt and responded with "I was quite sure you had nothing" in his mother tongue as well.
"VP" was left with just seven bigs after the big clash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
27,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
Tori Gone, Bubble Looming
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
With the elimination of Mairo Tori in 23rd place, the field is now two places away from the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Three Table Redraw
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 7 | Table 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joris Ruijs | Jari Mahonen | Tarmo Tammel |
| 2 | Mairo Tori | Aki Pyysing | Veli-Pekka Alakorva |
| 3 | Paul Fowler | Roope Tarmi | Kasper Mellanen |
| 4 | Santtu Leinonen | Sebastian Wahl | -empty seat- |
| 5 | Sergei Istsenko | Martin Berge | Julius Schamburg |
| 6 | Marvin Hannemann | Henri Schalin | Pasi Sormunen |
| 7 | Hassan Sey | Matias Arosuo | Andrejs Punka |
| 8 | Kaupo Tenno | Markku Koplimaa | Ville Jantunen |
Ruijs At A Milly; Redraw
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Joris Ruijs added another scalp to his arsenal by eliminating Oscar Wikstrom. Ruijs had turned two pair and got it in against Wikstrom on that street, who had turned a pair plus flush draw. The flush didn't come in for the Swede, who had to part the tournament.
At the same time, two players busted at the adjacent tables to bring the field down to 23 and a redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Freek Scholten Eliminated
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Despite having about 60 big blinds after the previous clash with Ruijs, it all came tumbling down for Freek Scholten in three hands. First, he lost an all in against Tarmo Tammel, where Tammel had open-shoved for 30 big blinds with 
. Scholten had 
but lost the hand to lose half his stack.
The Dutchman then bluffed it off with 
and shoved the river on a 
board. Kasper Mellanen, who had defended his big blind earlier in the hand, called it off with 
to leave Scholten with 9 big blinds.
In the next hand, Martin Berge raised to 7,000 and Joris Ruijs called. Scholten shoved all in for 28,500, Berge isolated and Ruijs open-folded 
.
Freek Scholten: 
Martin Berge: 
The flop was 
and Ruijs let out a chuckle. The 
on the turn gave Berge the lead and the 
river ended Scholten's run in 27th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
170,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
160,000
101,500
|
101,500 |
|
Busted |
Scholten Ships on Ruijs
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Freek Scholten and Joris Ruijs traveled to Tallinn together and are sharing an Airbnb, but the friends certainly aren't going out of each other's way.
The board read 
and from the big blind, it was Ruijs who bet 42,500. Scholten took over a minute before shoving all in for 90,000, which made the chip leader visibly unhappy. He took over a minute himself before settling on a fold, and was allowed to reveal one card, the , from Scholten's hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
845,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
175,000
71,500
|
71,500 |
Ben Said Busts to Tenno
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Amir Ben Said was all in preflop with the shorter stack against Kaupo Tenno. Ben Said needed to hit with 
against Tenno's 
, but failed to do so after the board ran out 
.
With Ben Said's bust, as well as Erik Friberg's, the field is down to 27. Action in the PAPC Main Event is 8-handed, meaning the redraw will take place with 24 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |