Ilari FIN is 23rd on the list of biggest poker winners tracked by HighstakesDB. The data is based on 157754 hands played and his total cash game profits amount to $1,768,161.
Ilari ”Ilari FIN” Sahamies is a professional poker player, born in Helsinki the capital of Finland. A PLO specialist that made a name for himself in 2007, as Ziigmund on Full Tilt. Where he took on anyone at any stakes, while playing in a loose aggressive style that hadn't been seen before.
The years have made him calm down slightly. I wouldn't go as far as saying that he fears anyone at the tables or plays with a style anything close to nitty and passive. It is just that it is possible to spot some table selection from Sahamies side, at times. He also might fold a few more hands pre-flop than he used to do. I assume the aggression is still there but Ilari just doesn't stand out as much as before, as there are so many other players who have copied his style.
He began his poker career at the age of fifteen, playing in home games against Patrik Antonius and others. When he reached the legal age for gambling in Finland, he spent a lot of his time at the Grand Casino in Helsinki. Before he moved on to online poker and $0.25/50. Like several other high stakes players he advanced quickly in stakes, lost it all, moved down and repeated the process over and over again.
Ilari has always been competitive, he won two Finnish junior championships in billiards, wrestled, played soccer and basketball. Somehow he even managed to become the Finish Water Slide Champion in 2009.
2011 didn't start well at all for Ilari, by the end of July he was down $873K but ended the year as PokerStars biggest winner, with $2.18 million in winnings. Ilari also took down the biggest pot of the year.
When it comes to table chat, Sahamies has a style of his own, there are several threads on forums dedicated to his comments. Some of them might appear rude, but according to Ilari they are just jokes. One of the most famous is:
Luck123: Hi everyone 
Ziigmund: f u luck
An open hearted video interview made by Pokerstatic in 2010.
Here is a Finnish rap video where Ilari appears.