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As usual we will feed you the interesting hands and the vital facts of this tournament..... stay tuned

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The tournament is sold out, i.e. 360 players. There will be 2 side events, buy-in 200 and 400€, to our knowledge they are, or will be sold out also.

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Day 1A will begin in 30 minutes...if on time.

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Registering going on..in a confused way and play will not start on time. There are 90 finns and 50 swedes present and also players from Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Israel, Poland, Great Britain and Germany, and then perhaps some.

130 players will start today. The starting stack is 20000 and levels will change at first every 45 minutes and later every 55 minutes. No list of participants have been given so far, but we will round up the usual suspects when the seating has taken place.

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And the cards are in the air..first level 25/50, 45 minutes.

BTW the cold of northern Europe has crept close to these happy islands, the weather is almost chilly at 60F, with some rain.

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Finn V-P Alakorva starts with a bang:
At a flop of 6JA, his opponent bets 2000, V-P calls with AK. Turn 2 and a 3000 bet, call. River is a 6, a bet and a call. Pot around 20K. Opponent shows TT.

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The fountain square.

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Here we play, night and day.

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A latecomer is given a 'vacant' seat instead of his own. His dismay is palpable when he discovers Anton Wigg, winner of the EMOP Barcelona on his immediate right. Eventually he gets his assigned chair....

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No official list of the participants yet, but a random pick:
Tamu Kero
Jami Juutila
Valtteri Kivirinta
Joakim Sörensen
Stefan Lundberg
Morgan Karlsson
Kirsi Salo
Jukka Parviainen
Seppo Parkkinen
Pasi Nousiainen
Vladimir Mefodichev (EMOP Ljubljana winner)
Tommy and Helen Riis
Jarno and Jesse Pirttimäki
Majiec Swicarz (EMOP I Leaderboard winner)
Minna Ritakorpi
Lukas Bäumer
Antti Kärkkäinen
K. Grubka (EMOP Malta winner)
Henri Väisänen
Manfred Kåvestam
Steffen Uldahl-Nielsen
Sami Ollila
Lauri Karhu
Harto Huiko
Emil Ekvardt
Gusten Sjöberg
Joni Jouhkimainen