Finnish high stakes players have played two interesting High Roller tournaments in Grand Casino Helsinki during the last couple of days. The first tournament was €20,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament and the second €20,000 buy-in NLHE tournament.
A total of 10 players participated in the €20K buy-in PLO tournament. Players were mostly from Finland, but also the recent EPT Tallinn Main Event winner Ronny Kaiser played the tournament.
Eventually the tournament was won by Jens "Ingenious89/Jeans89" Kyllönen. Kyllönen outlasted Ilari "Ilari FIN/Ziigmund" Sahamies in the heads-up play and took down €85,000 after making a deal with Sahamies.
Fennia Grand Slam, PLO €20K Turbo, 08.08.2011 (10 players):
1. Jens Kyllönen 85.000€
2. Ilari Sahamies 75.000€
3. Ilkka Koskinen 40.000€
The €20K buy-in NLHE tournament saw a total of eight players instead, and Sami "LarsLuzak/LrsLzk" Kelopuro ended up winning the tournament. Kelopuro earned €85,000 for his win.
Fennia Grand Slam, NLHE Turbo, 09.08.2011 (8 players):
1. Sami Kelopuro 85.000€
2. Jani Sointula 50.000€
3. Juha Helppi 25.000€
Kelopuro is currently running very good in tournaments and the Finn has earned a well over one million dollars in the last three months from tournaments.
Source: Pokeritieto.com