The very first hand saw Arkadiusz Olszowy all in on a flop holding Q-9 against Peter Harkes’ K-9, but after a turn, the came on the river for a chop.

Olszowy still has about 830,000 to Harkes 5.3 million.

This final table has all been about Peter Harkes and his ability to pick up the right hands at the right time.

Maksim Martynov opened to 90,000 and Harkes made it 230,000 to go, Martynov moved all in and Harkes called instantly – the pot was HUGE.

Martynov:
Harkes:

The flop was and the last Latvian in the tournament was drawing to an ace or runner runner, the on the turn reduce him to just one of three outs and the river was the .

Martynov is out in third and Peter Harkes has a huge chip lead going heads up against Arkadiusz Olszowy, the Pole has barely played a hand on this final table but now he’s playing for the title!

You’d think that joint chip leaders Peter Harkes and Maksim Martynov would be laying off each other until short stack Arkadiusz Olszowy had been disposed of, but they’ve wasted no time in getting involved with each other. Harkes came out on top.

Harkes checked the flop and then called 110,000 from Martynov. Harkes checked the turn as well and this time Martynov checked behind, allowing them both to see the river for free. This time Harkes bet out 170,000, and it was enough to make Martynov fold.

Jarkko Mammela has lost out in his constant duels with Maksim Martynov, the Latvian coming off better in their decisive final battle.

Mammela had raised to 90,000 preflop from UTG/CO, Martynov made it 190,000 in the small blind and the Finn moved all in for about 580,000. Martynov quickly called.

Mammela:
Martynov:

A big flip, but the board ran out and the Latvian made a full house on the river. Just three players remain.

Short stack Jarkko Mammela has been fighting back, first shoving from the small blind (big blind Arkadiusz Olszowy looked to us as though he was only pretending to be thinking about it before passing) and then making a standard raise from the button next hand, picking up the blinds and antes. Still he’s not out of the danger zone yet and he’s going to have to pick up a few more chips pronto if he doesn’t want to become our fourth place finisher in the near future.

Maksim Martynov raised to 80,000 and Peter Harkes called in the small blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn. The river was the which was also checked, Harkes showed but Martynov won with .

Not even these ones.

Maksims Martynov raised to 90,000 under the gun and Arkadiusz Olszowy flat called in the big blind. They saw a flop.

Flop:

Both players checked. They proceeded to the turn.

Turn:

Again, Olszowy checked. This time Martynov bet 80,000, but Olszowy promptly shoved, eliciting a swift fold from Martynov. Olszowy showed not queens, but .

Jarkko Mammela raised to 80,000 from the button and Maksim Martynov made it 180,000 from the big blind. Mammela wasn’t finished though and slid out a four-bet to 330,000 which put the focus back on the Latvian.

Martynov thought for a couple of minutes before he declared all in, Mammela folded with about ten seconds, Martynov clearly into second place now,

Blinds are now 20,000/40,000 with a 4,000 ante.

Arkadiusz Olszowy – 825,000
Maksim Martynov – 1,230,000
Peter Harkes – 2,904,000
Jarkko Mammela – 1,252,000

Yet another all in from Arkadiusz Olszowy – and this time he got a call. Weirdly, it wasn’t Olszowy with the queens this time.

Olszowy:
Peter Harkes:

Board:

Polish cheering accompanied the ace on the river and Olszowy is now in some serious contention. Players are on a short chip race break. We’ll be back with chip counts and the like shortly.

Jarkko Mammela is becoming more and more involved in this final table, he just flat-called a 65,000 raise from Peter Harkes and then both checked the flop. Mammela led out for 82,000 on the and it was enough to secure the pot.