WSOP Europe -- Jani Vilmunen Wins Event No. 3Jani Vilmunen Overcomes Howard Lederer on Intense WSOPE Final Table |
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The handing out of bracelets continues in London with the winner of the World Series of Poker Europe’s £5,000 pot-limit Omaha event. After three days of poker-fuelled chaos, 154 players became nine, those nine faced each other until a champion was crowned, and that champ was Jani Vilmunen [pictured right]. He takes home £204,048 for some fantastic play throughout the event.
The players and their chips at the start of day 3 were:
Robert Williamson III — 64,000
Ville Haavisto — 249,000
Howard Lederer — 320,000
Jeff Kimber — 133,000
Dan Hindin — 320,000
Aarno Kivelio — 608,000
Jani Vilmunen — 899,000
Roberto Romanello — 306,000
Ross Boatman — 180,000
Here is a list of the final table bust outs as they happened:
Robert Williamson III Eliminated in Ninth Place (£17,772)
The first to hit the rail was Robert Williamson III after he moved all in with K
K
8
4 and was called by Roberto Romanello who showed K
Q Q J. The board then fell 9 5 5 J 10 putting Williamson out in ninth place for £17,772.
Jeff Kimber Eliminated in Eighth Place (£22,869)
On a K Q 8 flop, Howard Lederer bet out and Jeff Kimber [pictured left] called. The 6 came on the turn and both players checked. The river was the Q and Kimber moved all in. Lederer made the call and the two turned over their cards:
Lederer: K Q 4 2
Kimber: A Q 9 8
Kimber left in eighth place for £22,869, and Lederer added some more ammo to his stack.
Roberto Romanello Eliminated in Seventh Place (£29,830)
Jani Vilmunen took Roberto Romanello out in seventh place. He left £29,830 richer for his efforts. Vilmunen’s stack improved further and he looked like a real contender for the higher rungs, if not the top rung, of the money ladder.
Daniel Hindin Eliminated in Sixth Place (£39,193)
The next casualty was Daniel Hindin. Hindin went all in with A Q Q 5 versus Jani Vilmunen’s A A 10 4. Vilmunen got the chips, and Hindin got £39,193 for sixth place when the cards fell K 7 5 2 J.
Ville Haavisto Eliminated in Fifth Place (£51,890)
Howard Lederer bet 77,000 from under the gun, and Ville Haavisto defended his big blind. The flop came K 8 5 and Haavisto moved all in. Lederer made the call showing A-K-Q-10 while Haavisto showed 8-6-5-4. The turn was the Q and the river was the J. Lederer straightened up putting Haavisto on the other side of the rail.
Ross Boatman Eliminated in Fourth Place (£69,030)
Ross Boatman [pictured right] was all in with K K 9 7 versus Aarno Kivelio’s A A 10 5. The chance for a British bracelet winner diminished as the board fell 7 8 5 Q 5 and Boatman hit the rail in fourth place for a payday of £69,030.
Aarno Kivelio Eliminated in Third Place (£93,293)
The man responsible for squashing Britain’s hope for a bracelet in this event hit the rail straight after his victim when he got involved in a hand with Jani Vilmunen. In a three-way limped pot and a flop of 10 8 3, Vilmunen made the first move, Howard Lederer folded, and Kivelio moved all in. He flipped over A J 7 2 for the flush draw and inside straight draw, while fellow Finn showed a set of threes with A 10 3 3. The turn was the 2 and the river was the Q and with that the event had its two remaining players.
Heads Up Chip Counts:
Howard Lederer — 1,800,000
Jani Vilmunen — 1,250,000
Howard Lederer Eliminated in Second Place (£126,134)
Jani Vilmunen bet out 120,000 preflop from the button and Howard Lederer raised it up to 360,000. Vilmunen made the call.
On a flop of 8 7 6 Lederer bet 600,000. Vilmunen waited a moment and then made an all in motion with his hands. Lederer nodded and the two flipped over their cards.
Lederer had flopped the straight with A Q 5 4 but Vilmunen had flopped a better one with Q 10 9 7.
When the turn fell the 10, Lederer’s dreams of a third bracelet were squashed and he congratulated his opponent as the river fell the A.
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