Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies is the chip leader at PokerStars EPT London High Roller event after Day 1 despite having a very Ilari-like start in the tournament. He overslept and arrived at the venue when 4 levels had already been played, but he immediately put his depleted chip stack to good use and took the top spot after busting Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the last minutes of play.

In that hand, Ilari raised 5.2k from utg, ElkY re-raised to 16.6k from the big blind. Ilari called and the flop came 8s 6h 2d. ElkY bet 18.8k, call. Turn 5h, ElkY continued the pressure with a bet of 33.3k, this time Ilari raised all-in. ElkY had about 50k left and he dwelled for a long time before finally making the call. Ilari turned over 55 for a set and ElkY mucked his cards angrily. The dealer turned them over and revealed As Ks. This time ElkY's "soul read" had gone astray.

75 players entered this £20,000 event with 31 of them returning to Day 2. The winner takes down £542,000.

1. Ilari Sahamies 373800
2. Adolpho Vaeza 319500
3. Erik Cajelais 264600
4. Eugene Katchalov 213700
5. Joel Nordkvist 190600
6. Matt Glantz 185600
7. Sargon Ruya 181800
8. Shane Reihill 181200
9. Vicky Coren 152000
10. Juha Helppi 128400

Source: Pokerstars Blog.