Henri Antikainen from Finland, representing Betsafe, is the second player to bust after being all-in against Dan Glimne and Jyri Savinen. The board got checked down by both players and Dan Glimne won the pot sending out Finlands second player of the day.

Henri finishes in 8th place and gets € 1,769 for his effort.

Congratulations Henri!

All the chips were all-in preflop between Henri Antikainen and Petri Salminen.

Henri had and Petri had

The board showed and Petri doubles up again leaving Henri Antikainen very shortstacked…

Our chip leader in todays first break is Jyri Savinen from Finland and representing NastyDuck

1. Anne Meri, Finland 260,000 (Paf)
2. Stefan Ericsson, Sweden 209,000 (NastyDuck)
3. Henri Antikainen, Finland 140,000 (Betsafe)
4. PLAYER OUT  -  Mikko Leppänen, Finland  (PokerStrategy)
5. Jari-Pekka Honkala, Finland 111,000 (Paf)
6. Dan Glimne, Sweden 104,000 (Unibet)
7. Jyri Savinen, Finland 721,000 (NastyDuck)
8. Rami Nordström, Finland 123,000 (SPY)
9. Petri Salminen, Finland 206,000 (Paf)

…with

Rami Nordström on seat 8 raised with preflop, Petri shoved all-in and Rami snapcalled. Flop came and gave Petri two pair and Rami a gutshot straight draw.

Turn and the river didn’t help Rami and Petri doubles up and now has 209,000 chips…exactly the same as Stefan Ericsson…

It just came to everyones attention that one of the final players actually turns 40 years old today. The tournament directors paused the clock in the middle of the level to present him with a bottle of Moet and a piece of cake.

The rest of the players around the table and all the spectators joined in singing “Happy Birthday” for Stefan.

We will have to wait and see if he takes home the ultimate birthday gift as the winner of Pokerfinnkampen 2011…

Help me! Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope

Mikko Leppänen from Finland and representing PokerStrategy became the days first casualty after just a few minutes of play when losing with AQ against Jari-Pekka Honkalas AA.

He finishes in 9th place and gets € 1,376 for his effort.

Congratulations Mikko!

We are back and gathered for day 2 after a short delay. Apparently not everyone knew we switched to winter time during the night.

The chip count and seating of the final table:

1. Anne Meri, Finland 216,000 (Paf)
2. Stefan Ericsson, Sweden 276,000 (NastyDuck)
3. Henri Antikainen, Finland 140,000 (Betsafe)
4. Mikko Leppänen, Finland 132,000 (PokerStrategy)
5. Jari-Pekka Honkala, Finland 297,000 (Paf)
6. Dan Glimne, Sweden 82,000 (Unibet)
7. Jyri Savinen, Finland 626,000 (NastyDuck)
8. Rami Nordström, Finland 100,000 (SPY)
9. Petri Salminen, Finland 102,000 (Paf)

It looks like Finland has the advantage yet another year with 7 out of 9 players on the final table. Time will tell…

Shuffle up and deal!

After losing Daniel and playing with several short stacks and quite high blinds we lost the last four players within 10 minutes in this order:

• Tero Salonen, Finland
• Benny Hagberg, Sweden
• Emil Mattsson, Sweden
• Jukka Juvonen, Finland

The final nine players and the chip count:

• Jyri Savinen, Finland 626,000 (NastyDuck)
• Jari-Pekka Honkala, Finland 297,000 (Paf)
• Stefan Ericsson, Sweden 276,000 (NastyDuck)
• Anne Meri, Finland 216,000 (Paf)
• Henri Antikainen, Finland 140,000 (Betsafe)
• Mikko Leppänen, Finland 132,000 (PokerStrategy)
• Petri Salminen, Finland 102,000 (Paf)
• Rami Nordström, Finland 100,000 (SPY)
• Dan Glimne, Sweden 82,000 (Unibet)

We will be back at 12PM tomorrow with a seating for the final table. Don’t forget we are changing the clock to winter time tonight. One more hour of…whatever!  ;-)

Daniel was all-in from the big blind and is the last player to be eliminated without getting paid. As a small comfort he gets a bottle of Moet champagne from the tournament organizer Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk…

My bubble price is a shoutout to Aqui Tapas & Bar in Stockholm. If you are ever there, visit it. Don’t ask me why!

At least he is taking a bottle of Moet back to bed…