To celebrate and to get as big support for Toni as possible we will give you the chance to play in a $1000 FREEROLL. The only thing you need to do is to post a “Congratulations and Good Luck Toni” comment to any post in the blog!

Name - Final Table Toni $1000 Freeroll
Date – 09/09/09
Time – 21.00 CET
Where – Special Tab in tournament Lobby
Who – Everybody that makes a “Congratulaions and Good Luck Toni” comment to the blog will get in to the freeroll!

I hope that you will stay here all day to follow Toni on this last day of the tournament.

Go Toni!

The final day of EPT Barcelona by pokerstars.com is here. We have a Team RedKings member on the very last table of the tournament, his name is Toni Ojala, the Finnish Champion who already has cashed in three EPT tournament now has the chance to take his first title outside Finland.

Toni felt confident this morning after a good nights sleep, and he has now arrived in the casino to do some interviews before he will sit down at the TV table to hopefully play the best poker of his life.

Here is the players Toni need to beat today
Seat 1: Georgios Kapalas - 826,000
Seat 2: Mihai Manole - 410,000
Seat 3: Santiago Terrazas - 546,000
Seat 4: Asa Smith - 1,380,000
Seat 5: Carter Phillips - 4,421,000
Seat 6: Matt “Lapozie” Lapossie - 2,938,000
Seat 7: Toni Ojala - 754,000
Seat 8: Marc Goodwin - 3,100,000

And here is the money these 8 players will bring with them home:
1st - €850,000
2nd - €530,000
3rd - €300,000
4th - €250,000
5th - €200,000
6th - €160,000
7th - €120,000
8th - €80,000

We wish Toni all luck in the world, and we’ll leave the skills for him..

It’s mission impossible, something most people can’t do. Toni Ojala has done it, he is on the final table in EPT Barcelona.

It ended with that _Ad _Qs beat _As _Kh as the flop showed both an ace and and a queen.

Tomorrow it starts at 14:00 CEST and Toni is number 6 in chips, and if you miss this it will be like missing the end of the world..

The featured table has been running for a little while, and we have had one all-in situation where the short stack managed to double up. As fast as any of these 9 players goes bust in chips, we will stop the day and continue tomorrow at 14:00 CEST.

1 - Carter Phillips - 4,015,000
2 - Matt Lapossie - 2,870,000
3 - Marc Goodwin - 2,280,000
4 - Asa Gregory Smith - 1,595,000
5 - Georgios Kapalas - 893,000
6 - Julien Nuijten - 856,000
7 - Toni Ojala - 755,000
8 - Mihai Manole - 687,000
9 - Santiago Terrazas - 424,000

It’s hard to not like Toni even if he bust in the first hand in a tournament, but now it’s hard not to love the Finnish poker master..

And he’s got himself to thank for that.

They were 11 players left when Mike McDonald left after moving all-in with _Kd _Qs meeting the major chip leader Carter Philips _6c _6h, no K or Q on the board and they were only 10 players left, playing 5-handed on two tables.

Then Toni was UTG and decided to move all-in for about 400.000, and Cornel Cimpan called with his stack of about 250.000. Toni turned over _Qc _9c and he was up against _Js _Jd, and Toni needed to find the Q or a flush.

The flop _Ac _Qs _3h, giving Toni a big lead in the hand.

Turn _3d

River _3s and Toni wins the pot with a higher full house!

Talking to Toni just after the hand he said with a smile “I’m running good”.

Now they are all moving over to one table, but they won’t stop playing as the official final table only has 8 players. Toni is now guaranteed €50.000, and he’s got 755.000..

Go Toni Ojala!

Level 23 just finished, and they are now going over to Level 24 with blinds of 15.000/30.000, so it’s really starting to get expensive to play poker. Jens Kyllönen just got beaten out on Tonis table with _Jh _Jc vs _Kh _Kc. So now it’s up to Toni Ojala to show what Finland got, and also Team RedKings.

There will soon be action as Toni’s stack is at around 450.000 which means 15 BB, and that gives him not many more options than all-in when he wants to play a hand.

He’s been pretty active the last hands by stealing blinds, and he still got respect with his small stack as it is not to often they re-raise Toni when he’s in a pot.

We are down to 11 player, and Toni is guaranteed €40.000, and here is the list of what it can become:
1st - €850,000
2nd - €530,000
3rd - €300,000
4th - €250,000
5th - €200,000
6th - €160,000
7th - €120,000
8th - €80,000
9th - €50,000
10th - €50,000
11th - €40,000

They will now play 15 minutes on this level, then the players id going on a dinner break.

Toni Toni Toni!

Time for another blog freeroll to celebrate Toni’s success in EPT Barcelona, check the details:
Name: Blogs.redkings.com freeroll 3
Date & Time: 8/9 at 20:00 CEST
Buy-in: FREE!
Prices: $250
Password: rkwinept

Toni has played 6 hands on the new level, but not a single hand has shown a flop. He’s got 600.000 and the average stack is 1.105.000…

Good luck!

Toni was UTG and raised it up to 50.000, got called by Carter Philips and Julien Nuijten on the BB. THe flop ran out _Js _Ah _2c, Toni is first to act and bets out 85.000, Carter Philips folds, Julien Nuijten raises it up to 210.000. Toni thinks for a while and then calls the bet, and now it is a huge pot. The turn is _6h and now Nuijten moves all-in. Toni does not like this, and after a while he folds.

Toni is still in there, together with 12 other players, Toni’s stack has just become a little bit smaller and is now at 485.000.

Toni is now guaranteed €35.000, and only 5 more players need to go and we have the final table set..

Toni raised UTG to 41.000, and Oleksandr Vaserfirer moved all-in for 221.000, Toni didn’t need to think about it and snap called.

Toni Ojala _Kc _Kh vs Oleksandr Vaserfirer _Ah _Jh

Flop comes out _2s _7c _5h and Toni still in a big lead, turn is _3c and the river gives the other RedKing _Kd giving Toni three of a kind and taking out Oleksandr Vaserfirer in 16th position.

Toni has really improved his chip stack during the last level, and we have now started level 22 (10.000/20.000 Ante 2.000). Toni is not anymore on the featured table, but it is the same table that were on the featured table before.

Toni had some comments about the feature table “The first 15 minutes was a bit weird as I was not used to it, but I got in to it after a while and it was not problem for me, hopefully I’ll be there tomorrow as well”.

Toni Ojala, 850.000
Average stack, 958.000

If that last race between Bueno and Ojala was a big race this new race was enormous. Toni moved all-in for all his 294.000 and Patrick Bueno thought for a while before making the call.

Toni _9c _9s vs Bueno _Ac _Qh

Flop shows _Ks _Qc _5d and Toni now needs either _9d or _9h to win this pot

Turn _2s and it looks dark.

River _9d TONI HITS ONE OF HIS TWO OUTS! And doubles up to 698.000…

Now only 16 players left and we are going over to two tables.
More of this to come..