The RedKings qualifier Niko Petro did impressively good in the Helsinki Freezeout Main Event, and it ended up with him finishing 4th and winning €39.758.

The last hand Niko was short and had to go all-in with _Ks _6h and he was up against _2c _2h but there was no help for him on the board.

But Niko is happy with winning €39.758 and we at RedKings want to congratulate him!

Niko had a big battle against the table chip leader Ikka Koskkinen, on the board _7s _8h _8s and it ended with both players getting all their chips in the middle.

Niko showed _7c _7d
Ikka showed _As _Ah

Double up to over a million in chips! And table chip lead.

Shortly after on the board _2s _6h _4c _Ac

Niko was up against _6h _6c with his _As _Jc and he lost here half of his chips. He still got 550.000 and is top 3 in chips of the 6 remaining players.

2 more Finns has left the tournament, and we are now left with our Finnish RK qualifier Niko Petro, 3 more Finns, one player from UK and one Swedish player in Magnus Petersson.

Go Niko!

One hour in to the final table, Niko has already increased his stack to 630.000, after winning a few smaller sized pots.

One Finnish player just got to leave the final table, and Niko is now in top 8!

See the payouts below:
1. €138.682
2. €87.638
3. €58.995
4. €39.758
5. €27.788
6. €20.093
7. €13.080
8. €10.260

Niko Forss who made a incredible effort yesterday when he started as a shortstack but now today start as number 3 in chips at the Final Table in the Helsinki Freezeout 2010. We will follow Niko here all day, so stay tuned and enjoy the interview:

We start in 20 minutes, at 17:00 CET.

It’s an amazing story, he played a online satellite for a small buy-in and now he is among the 9 that will start a battle about the title tomorrow at 17:00 CET.

He’s been “in the zone” all day climbing from his starting stack of 15.000 and now up to 480.000. A very important pot was when he got all his chips in with _Qs _Qh vs _As _Kc and it held up and he doubled here his stack to about 360.000.

If you have missed the small live reporting that has been going on, I forgive you, but I won’t forgive you if you miss out on tomorrows final table.

Congratulations Niko!

Niko Petro is in the money, the bubble just burst, and Niko has gone from paying $160+$12 in a online satellite at RedKings to being guaranteed at least €5.130 in the Helsinki Freeze Out! Congratulations!

The prize pool looks like this:

1. €138.682
2. €87.638
3. €58.995
4. €39.758
5. €27.788
6. €20.093
7. €13.080
8. €10.260
9. €8.123
10-11. €6.413
12-13. €5.130

]It has been a honor to follow Ville Forss in this tournament, and he has given us a lot of action. Unfortunately this is the last action he gave us.

Ville goes all-in with a small stack of 45.000 on the SB, the player in the BB decides to call quickly, and turns over _Ah _Qs, which Ville doesn’t like. Ville got _Qh _Js.

The flop looks promising.
_Jh _Tc _2d

But the turns changes it all again.
_Kh giving his Finnish opponent a straight.

River is a _9c giving both a straight but Villes is lower.

Niko Petro is still in to root for! Only 18 players left, and now time for dinner break.

Niko Petro, 170.000

It’s been a very good day so far for our Niko Petro, who early could make two double ups. First with _Ac _7h vs _Kd _Kh. A flop containing _Ah _As gave Niko the pot.

A few hands after this he got dealt _Ah _Ac and got again in all the chips in the middle, this tims vs _Jh _Jc. It stood up.

And again a few hands after that he got dealt _Ad _As and won a big pot. He now got 106.000.

Ville Forss is stable at 106.000

Here is the interview with Niko Petro done before the start of day 2, feels like his strategy worked?

Other famous players still in of the 46
Juha Lautamuss, 20.000
Voittu Rintala, 96.000
Magnus Petterson, 110.000

We have just started playing and our two RedKings players is at the tables trying to gather together some more chips. We got the chance to mee them both before the tournament started today, enjoy!

First off, Ville Forss.