Akseli Paalanen Eliminated in 8th Place ($153,672)

The very next hand, Teun Mulder kicks things off with a 1.1 million open with and it folds all the way round to Victor Simionato in the small blind with and he ups it to 3.8 million. In the big blind, another big hand has been dealt with Akseli Paalanen holding and he tank-jams for 22.6 million.

When Mulder folds, Simionato calls and the runout comes to send Paalanen to the rail and Simionato into the chip lead. Though the final didn’t really get started for the Finn, he can take comfort in winning more than ten times his previous biggest cash of $15,000.

Victor Simionato – 58,900,000
Teun Mulder – 15,900,000
Akseli Paalanen – Eliminated