It's a Finnish flavoured final table at the WSOPE Event 3, the 5k PLO, as three players from the "Omaha country" made it to the last 9 and two of them in top spots. Jani Vilmunen, fresh from his WCOOP win last week, holds a clear lead over countryman Aarno Kiveliö, while the third Finn is Ville Haavisto in 6th place. In third place is Howard Lederer while Robert Williamson III starts as the short stack.
The final table bubble dragged on for ages but finally burst when EPT winner Sandra Naujoks got her last chips in holding a set and a flush draw vs Vilmunen's wrap hand (with a lower flush draw): board Ac 5d 4h 9c, Naujoks Ts 8c 4c 4d, Vilmunen 8d 7c 6d 3c. The river came the 3h and Naujoks had to settle for 10th place.
Seat 1: Robert Williamson III -- 64,000
Seat 2: Ville Haavisto -- 249,000
Seat 3: Howard Lederer -- 320,000
Seat 4: Jeff Kimber -- 133,000
Seat 5: Dan Hindin -- 320,000
Seat 6: Aarno Kiveliö -- 608,000
Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 899,000
Seat 8: Roberto Romanello -- 306,000
Seat 9: Ross Boatman -- 180,000
Tom "durrrr" Dwan came 14th and Ashton "theASHMAN103" Griffin 12th.
The winner walks away with £204,048 and the bracelet; play continues at 2pm CET (8am ET) and you can follow the updates on Pokernews.
Read Jani Vilmunen's thoughts after his WCOOP win here!

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