Seat 8: Ilari Tahkokallio - 3,940,000 chips
When the tournament was interrupted, Tahkokallio and Luca Cainelli were involved in a huge all-in pot. At the turn, Cainelli had
, Tahkokallio had 
and Cainelli looked good to double up. Then, the tournament was interrupted and all players and the dealer left the area. When they returned, tournament director Thomas Kremser said that, if they wanted, the players could consider the hand dead and take their chips back. Although he was losing, Tahkokallio said the river card should be dealt because he had already made the call -– a sporting gesture greeted by applause.The river was a blank and Cainelli doubled up. Later, Tahkokallio ended up busting Cainelli and now sits on nearly four million in chips.
Tahkokallio, who has been a professional poker player for two years, won the PLO/PLH £1,000 side event at EPT London after beating Kevin MacPhee heads up. Of today’s decision, he said, “I like to be fair and play in good spirit. It wasn’t even really a choice for me.”
Bios courtesy of PokerStars