Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

09-25-2009 22:23 UTC+2

Chipped Away

[user4144]

Exciting times. We're now losing the orange 100 chips.

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 0

09-25-2009 22:11 UTC+2

Trips for Kivelio

[user4144]

In a battle of the blinds encounter, Aarno Kivelio (small blind) and Jani Vilmunen (big blind) saw a cheap {A-Diamonds}

. Both players checked.

On the {6-Spades}

turn, Kivelio led for 30,000, before firing 50,000 on the {Q-Spades}

after his fellow countryman had made the call.

Vilmunen adopted a familiar stance: elbows on tables, heads resting on hands, fixed stare on his opponent... and then made the call.

Kivelio tabled {J-Clubs}

for flopped trips. Vilmunen mucked his hand.

Tags: Aarno Kivelio

09-25-2009 22:02 UTC+2

Latest Chip Counts

[user4144]

Seat 4: Howard Lederer -- 1,100,000
Seat 6: Aarno Kivelio -- 825,000
Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 1,000,000

09-25-2009 21:53 UTC+2

Ross Boatman Eliminated in 4th (£69,030)

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Whilst we were still recovering from the last exit, Ross Boatman was busy moving all in and sweating another showdown. This time it was Aarno Kivelio looking to send him to the rail.

With {A-Spades}

against

, the Finn was in commanding shape, and after a {7-Clubs}

board, Britain's hopes of a Omaha bracelet turned to dust.

Boatman left to a nice ripple of applause, and also the odd chant - mainly from the Irish contingent propping up the bar - who burst into an intoxicated chorus of: "There's only one Rocky Boatman!"

Tags: Aarno Kivelio Ross Boatman

09-25-2009 21:48 UTC+2

Ville Haavisto Eliminated in 5th (£51,890)

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Howard Lederer raised to 77,000 from under the gun and Ville Haavisto defended from the big blind. On the {8-Clubs}

, Haavisto open-shoved and Lederer made the call.

Lederer = {K-?}

Haavisto = {8-?}

Turn =

River =

Cheeky straight on the river and the Finn is finished.

Tags: Haward Lederer Ville Haavisto

09-25-2009 21:36 UTC+2

Lederer Takes Another

[user4144]

Howard Lederer and Jan Vilmunen reached the river of a {J-Hearts}

board where the former led for 70,000. Vilmumen called, but was quickly shown {K-?}

for the nut straight.

09-25-2009 21:31 UTC+2

Check-Raise from Lederer

[user4144]

Jani Vilmunen - easily the most aggressive player at the final table - raised it up preflop and Howard Lederer called in the small blind. On the {Q-Clubs}

flop, Lederer check-raised the Finn's continuation bet of 70,000 to 220,000, and Vilmunen gave it up.

09-25-2009 21:25 UTC+2

Boatman Doubles Through

[user4144]

Don't rule him out just yet, as the Hendon Mobber has doubled through after just one hand. With Jani Vilmunen making it 63,000 preflop, Boatman pushed all in and Vilmunen made the call.

Access to the feature table is limited, but we are able to report that Boatman triumphed with {A-Hearts}

on an

board.

Tags: Ross Boatman

09-25-2009 21:19 UTC+2

Latest Chip Counts

[user4144]

Seat 2: Ville Haavisto -- 227,000
Seat 4: Howard Lederer -- 950,000
Seat 6: Aarno Kivelio -- 460,000
Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 1,400,000
Seat 9: Ross Boatman -- 77,000