€1,500 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
€1,500 Main Event
Day: 3
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 Keeps Dominating on Ultra-Short PAPC Main Event Day 3
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
After one of the shortest penultimate days ever to be played at a poker event, clocking in at just under 2.5 hours, the final table of the €1,500 Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event has been set. On a day that played down from 20 to the final 8, Joris Ruijs was unstoppable once again and continued the onslaught he started yesterday, eliminating seven more players today to amass a monster stack and making him the odds-on favorite to claim the first-place prize of €57,200.
The day was scheduled to be short, but having play stopped in the third level of the day was beyond anyone's expectations. Ruijs was largely responsible for it: after setting the tone by busting Roope Tarmi in the first hand of the day, he picked off several more along the way to nearly double his stack throughout the 2.5 hours.
The seemingly unstoppable Dutchman will return to the final day with an astonishing 2,254,000 in chips, over two hundred big blinds. To put his lead into perspective, Marvin Hannemann is second in chips with 645,000, trailing Ruijs by a landslide. Hannemann will be seated two to Ruijs' left at the final table, giving him at least some positional advantage to defend himself against the monster stack.
€1,500 Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 139,000 | 14 |
| 2 | Marvin Hannemann | Germany | 645,000 | 65 |
| 3 | Matias Arosuo | Finland | 187,000 | 19 |
| 4 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | 493,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Andrejs Punka | Latvia | 475,000 | 48 |
| 6 | Ville Jantunen | Finland | 461,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Sebastian Wahl | Finland | 127,000 | 13 |
| 8 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 2,254,000 | 225 |
Kasper Mellanen (493,000), Andrejs Punka (475,000), and Ville Jantunen (461,000) round out the top five, and all of them have well-padded stacks when action resumes on Sunday. The short stacks belong to Matias Arosuo (187,000), Markku Koplimaa (139,000), and Sebastian Wahl (127,000), who each will have to try to spin it up from below the 20 big blind mark. Koplimaa is one of the strongest tournament players in Estonia with over 500k in lifetime winnings, and a win here would move him up to second on his country's Hendon Mob all-time money list. Wahl has already tasted success here in Tallinn after winning the inaugural Coolbet Open last year.
Julius Schamburg, who clashed multiple times already with Ruijs on Day 2, was the biggest stack to be gobbled up by Ruijs today. Schamburg tried to make a stand against his opponent's relentless attacks, but an ill-timed four-bet shove with ace-five was met by a snap-call from Ruijs with pocket jacks. The jacks held up to send Schamburg to the rail in fifteenth. Kaupo Tenno, Tarmo Tammel, and Pasi Sormunen also busted to Ruijs, with Sormunen being the last to go in ninth place.
Given the shortness of the day, the floor staff allowed the players to discuss whether they'd like to keep playing, but after Hannemann opted against it play was suspended until Sunday as scheduled.
Players will return on Sunday, April 7 at 1 p.m. local time to play down to a winner, and action will be live streamed with hole cards on a 30-minute security delay. The blinds will resume in level 18 with 38:28 left in the level. PokerNews will be on the floor of the Olympic Park Casino to cover the Main Event, as well as the Single-day €10,200 Championship Event.
Final Table Seating and Chip Counts
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
In just 2.5 hours, Day 3 of the €1,500 Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge Main Event has come to an end. A recap follows shortly.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 139,000 | 14 |
| 2 | Marvin Hannemann | Germany | 645,000 | 65 |
| 3 | Matias Arosuo | Finland | 187,000 | 19 |
| 4 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | 493,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Andrejs Punka | Latvia | 475,000 | 48 |
| 6 | Ville Jantunen | Finland | 461,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Sebastian Wahl | Finland | 127,000 | 13 |
| 8 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 2,254,000 | 255 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,254,000 | |
|
645,000 | -30,000 |
|
493,000 | -57,000 |
|
475,000 | 45,000 |
|
461,000 | -29,000 |
|
187,000 | 7,000 |
|
139,000 | 19,000 |
|
127,000 | -73,000 |
Pasi Sormunen Eliminated in 9th Place (€4,750)
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Pasi Sormunen was down to under nine big blinds and jammed his stack from the button. Chip leader Joris Ruijs made a quick call and was ahead with 
to Sormunen's 
.
Sormunen temporarily took the lead in the hand after he spiked a pair on the 
. However, Ruijs took the lead back in the hand after he hit a higher pair when the 
came on the turn. Sormunen was officially eliminated in ninth place for €4,750 after the 
on the river wasn't able to get him back in the hand.
The tournament director asked the players whether they wanted to play down to six. All players had to agree in order for this to happen. Marvin Hannemann said he preferred to end play today and that ended the discussion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,254,000 | 154,000 |
|
Busted |
Koplimaa Shoves Twice; Arosuo Doubles Up
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Markku Koplimaa is one of the shortest stacks at the final table and shoved all in twice in late position. He picked up the blinds and antes uncontested both times.
Matias Arosuo, another shorty who started the FT with about ten big blinds, shoved all in from early position with 
and did get a call, from Pasi Sormunen with 
. The deuces held up to double up Arosuo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 16,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -146,000 |
Unofficial Final Table
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markku Koplimaa | Finland | 104,000 | 10 |
| 2 | Marvin Hannemann | Germany | 675,000 | 68 |
| 3 | Matias Arosuo | Finland | 80,000 | 8 |
| 4 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | 550,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Andrejs Punka | Latvia | 430,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Ville Jantunen | Finland | 490,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Pasi Sormunen | Finland | 256,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Sebastian Wahl | Finland | 200,000 | 20 |
| 9 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 2,100,000 | 210 |
Henri Schalin Eliminated in 10th Place (€4,750)
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Kasper Mellanen opened the button to 22,000. Henri Schalin jammed from the small blind for about four-times more and Mellanen made the snap-call.
Henri Schalin: 
Kasper Mellanen: 
Schalin was ahead before the flop but was already out of his seat packing up his things perhaps knowing what would come. Schalin was still ahead after the 
flop.
The 
on the turn was another safe card for Schalin. However, the 
came on the river to complete a gutshot straight draw for Mellanen and Schalin was ousted in tenth place for €4,750.
"Good game," Mellanen said to Schalin before the two shook hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000 | 112,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Chip Counts
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000 | |
|
|
675,000 | |
|
|
490,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
438,000 | -102,000 |
|
|
430,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
256,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
200,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
104,000 | -176,000 |
|
|
100,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -228,000 |
Break
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Directly after Paul Fowler's bustout, the ten remaining players went on a fifteen-minute break.