Flying Finn Liimatta Finishes Off the Unibet Open

(Photo: Unibetopen.com)

Since 2007, the Unibet Open has been synonymous with excellent poker – not only running great tournaments, but also taking advantage of amazing locations from Prague to the Algarve. This week saw the Unibet hopefuls taking in the delights of Copenhagen, and it was Joni Liimatta from Finland who walked off with the €70,514 first prize.

A starting field capped at 450 in the Copenhagen Casino had each ponied up the €1000 to take part, although the hugely-popular online satellites accounted for many of these – including eventual 3rd place finisher, Russian Evgueny Ievkov. Ievkov was actually playing his first-ever live tournament and started the final day with the chip lead, eventually walking off with a €31,129 payday.

. unibetopen Kööpenhamina main event käyntiin! Taikasanat: tico tico! #pokerpic.twitter.com/FpCxCx8jBi

— Joni Liimatta (@JoniLiimatta) August 26, 2016

…which I am reliably informed by my new Finnish friend Paula Pitkänen means:

"The Copenhagen Main Event begins: the magic words: tico! tico!”

The words obviously had the right effect, as Liimatta updated his progress throughout the four days… “Day number 2, dounle the average stack. Soon the battle continues!” the talented pro tweeted.

Kakkospäivälle #UnibetOpen'ssa tupla-avg. pinolla ja kohta taistelu jatkuu. #poker#pokeripic.twitter.com/qVSW0PCLZP

— Joni Liimatta (@JoniLiimatta) August 27, 2016

Liimatta didn’t take long to dispose of his nearest rival, Daniel Wittikko of Sweden, heads-up – the final hand seeing the Finn improve his K 9 on the flop against the Swede’s A 9, after which he celebrated his success with his online followers…

Finland’s Joni Liimatta wins #UnibetOpen Copenhagen! Liimatta takes home 525,000 DKK (€70,514) pic.twitter.com/LSrv12FlQl

— Unibet Open (@unibetopen) August 28, 2016

Liimatta had only cashed for just over $13,000 prior to his Unibet success, but is now likely to test himself at the next stop when the Unibet Open visits Bucharest at the beginning of December. Last week he had tweeted…

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