Just Like That, Jouhkimainen Regains Lead
Joni Jouhkimainen was one of the top stacks through the early levels – until a run-in with Mark Davis sent the Finish partypoker pro down the leaderboard.
That came while we were monitoring the action around Viktor Blom, but we didn’t have to wait long to see Jouhkimainen regain the tournament’s top spot.
Action was picked up pre flop with Espen Myrmo opening to 7,000. After Mark Davis called, Jouhkimainen three-bet to 30,000 from the blinds. Myrmo replied with a four-bet to 99,000 and the rest of Jouhkimainen’s stack got in after Davis got out of the way.
Jouhkimainen’s pocket aces held and he’s now well over 300,000 heading into the second break of the day. A complete update of the other stacks at Table 5 is also provided below.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Joni Jouhkimainen | 345,588 |
59,624  |
| Mark Davis | 285,340 |
135,340 |
| Amichai Barer | 199,000 |
49,000 |
| Espen Myrmo | 153,907 |
3,907 |
| Niko Soininen | 151,250 |
1,250 |
| Andras Nemeth | 146,724 |
118,904 |
