Haavisto Reaps Rewards
Ville Haavisto, the floppy-haired Finn who finished fifth in last year's WSOPE £5,000 PLO event, has had a haircut since then but it has not affected his ability to play poker.
We caught up with him right at the end of a hand, calling a 5,000 bet from his opponent on a board that contained a king, a jack and exactly three spades. Haavisto turned over pocket jacks for a flopped set, and his opponent mucked.
Haavisto had apparently already been on the tournament rampage before that, and his stack totalled an impressive 61,500 at the end of that hand.