2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge

€1,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
103
Prize
€57,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€217,280
Entries
160
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
15,000

Pyysing Wins a Flip

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Aki Pyysing
Aki Pyysing

Aki Pyysing jammed for about 44,000 from middle position before Pasi Sormunen over-jammed for more than three times as much from one seat over. The rest of the table folded and Pyysing's tournament life was on the line with a flip.

Aki Pyysing: {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Pasi Sormunen: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Pyysing won the flip and doubled up after the {j-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} came out on the board.

Player Chips Progress
Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
95,000 -80,000
Aki Pyysing fi
Aki Pyysing
94,000 -6,000

Tags: Aki PyysingPasi Sormunen

"Boooooooooom!"

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Veli-Pekka Alakorva
Veli-Pekka Alakorva

The room just shook. Not because of a giant pot because of the loud shout of "BOOOOOOOOM" coming from Veli-Pekka Alakorva.

Alakorva bet 20,000 into a pot of around 50,000 on the turn with the {9-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs} on the board and got a call from Dragos Trofimov. Both players checked after the {9-Hearts} completed the board on the river.

"I've got a king," said Trofimov before he turned over {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

"BOOOOOOOOM!" shouted when he saw he had a better kicker than his opponent as he turned over {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Veli-Pekka Alakorva fi
Veli-Pekka Alakorva
300,000 94,000
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
Day 1 Chip Leader
115,000 -90,000

Tags: Dragos TrofimovVeli-Pekka Alakorva

Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Henri Schalin fi
Henri Schalin
400,000 268,000
Julius Schamburg de
Julius Schamburg
310,000 -43,900
Veli-Pekka Alakorva fi
Veli-Pekka Alakorva
206,000 33,000
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
Day 1 Chip Leader
205,000 117,500
Sebastian Wahl fi
Sebastian Wahl
192,000 112,000
Paul Fowler gb
Paul Fowler
165,000 -17,000
Lars Jonsson se
Lars Jonsson
138,000 50,000
Andrejs Punka lv
Andrejs Punka
137,000 81,100
Petteri Voutilainen fi
Petteri Voutilainen
123,000 51,000
[Removed:174]
[Removed:174]
98,000 15,700
Matias Arosuo fi
Matias Arosuo
92,000 92,000
Freek Scholten nl
Freek Scholten
85,000 41,000
Jari Mahonen fi
Jari Mahonen
85,000 -35,000
Martin Berge de
Martin Berge
75,000 5,000
Roope Tarmi fi
Roope Tarmi
65,000 10,000
Tanel Evert ee
Tanel Evert
62,000 -43,000
Constantin Schmid at
Constantin Schmid
54,000 -51,000
Amir Ben Said fi
Amir Ben Said
51,000 -45,000
Leroy de Bruijn nl
Leroy de Bruijn
43,000 -89,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 2,400

Hoedemaker Falls

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After Marvin Hannemann had limped in, Micha Hoedemaker shoved his 17,100 and the German called.

Micha Hoedemaker: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Marvin Hannemann: {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}

The {q-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop gave Hannemann a near mortal lock on the hand and after the {j-Hearts} turn it was over, making the {q-Hearts} river meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Hannemann de
Marvin Hannemann
132,000 -78,000
Micha Hoedemaker nl
Micha Hoedemaker
Busted

Tags: Marvin HannemannMicha Hoedemaker

Big Pot for Ruijs

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Joris Ruijs
Joris Ruijs

The stack of Joris Ruijs continues to grow in leaps and bounds. He just won another big pot, this time without eliminating a player like he has done many times earlier today.

The action began with Kasper Mellanen opening to 4,500 from the cutoff. Martin Berge called from the button before Ruijs three-bet to 21,500.

Mellanen four-bet to 55,000. Berge tanked for a minute before he folded and the action paused on Ruijs also for a minute before he called.

Ruijs check-called a bet of 40,000 from Mellanen after the {5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} came on the flop. Ruijs then put his opponent to the test with a jam that more than covered the approximately 110,000 Mellanen had in his hand after the {6-Diamonds} came on the turn. Mellanen was in the tank for about 90 seconds before he opted to fold.

After the hand, Ruijs' stack grew to around 585,000, which is more than enough to claim the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
Day 3 Chip Leader
585,000 215,000
Kasper Mellanen fi
Kasper Mellanen
110,000 -155,000

Tags: Joris RuijsKasper MellanenMartin Berge

Polgar Crushed

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Krisztina Polgar
Krisztina Polgar

Krisztina Polgar raised it up from late position and Markku Koplimaa called to see a flop. The flop came down {j-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Polgar got it all in for her remaining stack of around 30,000.

Krisztina Polgar: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Markku Koplimaa: {10-Spades}{9-Spades}

Polgar was drawing all but dead and the {q-Spades} on the turn was the final nail in the coffin, improving Koplimaa's straight to a genuine straight flush. The {q-Diamonds} was merely one for the statistics and Polgar made her way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Markku Koplimaa ee
Markku Koplimaa
220,000 138,000
Krisztina Polgar hu
Krisztina Polgar
Busted

Tags: Markku KoplimaaKrisztina Polgar

Metsla Ousted by Sormunen

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With the board reading {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and around 40,000 in the middle, it was on Pasi Sormunen who shoved all in to put Mark Metsla to the test for about 55,000.

"No bluff this time?" Metsla grinned. He took around a minute before calling it off for his tournament life.

Mark Metsla: {10-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Pasi Sormunen: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The river was the {k-Spades} and Metsla was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
175,000 145,000
Mark Metsla ee
Mark Metsla
Busted

Tags: Pasi SormunenMark Metsla