Event #3: £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Just as it looked like we were in for the long haul, we finally found our cooler hand. The action was kicked off by Jani Vilmunen, who made a familiar 120,000 preflop raise from the button. As deliberate and meticulous as ever, Howard Lederer prudently counted out segments of his stack before making it 360,000. Vilmunen made the call. Realising that this was potentially the bracelet-winning pot, the crowd drew slightly closer, their breaths held as the dealer lay a     onto the felt. At first glance, it was an action flop, and indeed it was as Lederer led for 600,000. A brief pause to deceive his opponent, and Vilmunen waved forward his hands in declaration of an all-in. Lederer nodded his head and called. Cards on their backs and what a cooler for a raised pot: Lederer flopped the straight with     ; Vilmunen flopped a bigger, much more nuttier one with     ! Lederer had the backdoor flush draw, but once the turn came the  , he was drawing dead, and could do little but rise from his seat and congratulate his triumphant opponent as an academic   left the dealer's paw. A gentle fist-pump later, and Jani Vilmunen of Finland was officially acknowledged as the winner of Event #3,

Howard Lederer raised preflop and Jani Vilmunen called. On the     flop, Vilmunen check-raised to take not only the pot, but also the chip lead.

Preflop, Jani Vilmunen made it 120,000 and Howard Lederer made the call. On the     flop, both players checked, only for Lederer to snap up the pot with a bet of 200,000 on the   turn.

Howard Lederer and Jani Vilmunen have been called back to their seats and play will recommence shortly.

Seat 4: Howard Lederer -- 1,800,000 Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 1,250,000

Spicy hot preflop action now as Howard Lederer button raised to 90,000, Aarno Kivelio flat called, and Jani Vilmunen reraised to 270. Lederer folded, and after much dwellements, Kivelio laid it down too.

Kivelio won the next two hands uncontested, meaning he climbs back up to 450,000.

Howard Lederer and Aarno Kivelio reached a flop of    . Lederer bet 50,000 and Kivelio called.   turn, and Lederer fired again, 120,000, Kivelio called. On the   river Lederer paused momentarily before reaching for chips and sliding 250,000 across the felt. Kivelio seemed caught in between two minds. As he tanked he shimmied his cards, as if his paws wanted him to fold, but his voice said call, and Lederer tabled     . Kivelio revealed   . Lederer takes the chip lead.

After an early slump today, Aarno Kivelio is beginning to return to his form from yesterday and has now recaptured the chip lead after taking a chunky pot off neighbour and fellow Finn Jani Vilmunen. With Vilmunen button raisng to 80,000 preflop, Kivelio made the call in the big blind and the two players saw a     flop. Kivelio bet 100,000 and Vilmunen called. On the   turn, Kivelio led again, this time for 200,000, and again, Vilmunen made the call. On the   river, Kivelio broke his trend - and robbed us of a 1-2-3 of consecutive bets - by checking, and Vilmumen checked behind. Kivelio's      was enough to pick up the pot.

In a battle of the blinds encounter, Aarno Kivelio (small blind) and Jani Vilmunen (big blind) saw a cheap    . Both players checked. On the   turn, Kivelio led for 30,000, before firing 50,000 on the   after his fellow countryman had made the call. Vilmunen adopted a familiar stance: elbows on tables, heads resting on hands, fixed stare on his opponent... and then made the call. Kivelio tabled      for flopped trips. Vilmunen mucked his hand.