Jouhkimainen Soars to the Top Spot

Level 11
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joni Jouhkimainen had previously won a large pot and then bet a heads-up river of for 18,000, which Phil Galfond called. The Finn tabled
for not only a straight but also flush to win the pot.
Erik Seidel then got it in with the on a flop of
and Jouhkimainen looked him up holding the
. Neither the
turn nor the
river produced a miracle for Seidel and the next pot was pushed to Jouhkimainen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,100,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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270,000
270,000
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270,000 |
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Busted | |
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