Last September Roope Tarmi Managed to win the same event and got his first ring and the prize of €78,200 - this year the Finn managed to defend his title and win it once again for €64,000. What an amazing accomplishment this is, beating the toughest field two years in a row and both golden rings.

Roope was chip-leading by a bit when it was down to 4 people and somehow knocked them out in 3 hands in a row. The action was crazy, he made a massive cooler against the other big stack and he won two flips to secure himself the victory at the end. Tarmi played brilliantly in the tournament and he was also very close to winning another ring two days ago when he came 3rd in the €555 NLH. 

Roope Tarmi is the WSOPC €3,000 NLH 6-Max Ring Event #9  Champion !!!

He managed to win the Highroller in just three huge hands in a row. First, he cracked Ekrem Atush's pocket Kings with his sevens in a post-flop action. Then he won a flip with his against Paulius Vaitiekunas's pocket tens and next he won the reverse flip against Erik Lindqwist's with his pocket sevens.

This is Roope's second big finish this year in the WSOP Circuit here in Tallinn. He also finished 3rd in the 555 NLH Ring Event. 

This time he wins it all, the Finn gets the big prize of €64,000 and of course the wanted-by-many Highroller WSOPC Golden Ring.

Level 24: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries 2/100

Roope Tarmi limped from the small blind and got raised to 125,000 from Erik Lindqwist, Tarmi then put him all-in and Lindqwist quickly called. Roope had just busted two players in the last two hands and the third hand was already an all-in. Lindqwist had roughly 700,000 while his Finnish opponent had slightly more than four million chips.

Erik Lindqwist:
Roope Tarmi:

Once again Tarmi had his lucky sevens and he got a pretty good flop. Lindqwist's hopes of winning the WSOPC Highroller Golden Ring shrank a little further on the turn. 

Lindqwist needed only an Ace or a King to stay in the heads-up and the river came brick.

The Swede started the day as the big chip leader but finished just short of the golden prize. Erik Lindqwist will take €44,500 for his 2nd place.

Level 24: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries 3/100

The action started with an 80,000 raise from Erik Lindqwist and a three-bet by Paulius Vaitiekunas to 375,000 from the small blind. Roope Tarmi then put them both all in to call with his massive stack. Lindqwist folded and the Lithuanian called off for his remaining 350,000.

Paulius Vaitiekunas:
Roope Tarmi:

There we go another flip on the final table, very important for both players. The flop came in Tarmi's way as he hit a pair of Kings. Nobody had a flush draw and the popped on the turn. 

The river was the and it was over for the Lithuanian, he busts too close to the golden ring and will take a payout of €33,500 for his 3rd place finish.

Level 24: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries 4/100

Roope Tarmi opened the action and Ekrem Atush three-bet him to 200,000 - the shorter stacks on the blinds folded and the two chip leaders went to the flop.

Tarmi checked first and his opponent bet another 200,000 which he called. The turn was the and this is where things got heated. Another check from Tarmi and a huge 550,000 bet from Atush, followed by an all-in and a call for about a million chips on the turn.

This was a massive pot worth over 3,000,000 chips.

Ekrem Atush:
Roope Tarmi:  

Tarmi had it almost locked in with his flopped full-house, he had hit one of the other two sevens in the deck and had Atush's Kings cracked. The river was and Roope Tarmi Scoops the massive pot. He now has almost 80% of the chips in play.

Ekrem Atush left the table seemingly disappointed after the bad beat and collected €25,700. fo

Level 23: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries 5/100

Luka Sorainen opened the pot to 60,000 and Roope Tarmi defended his big blind. The flop came ace high and Sorainen continued for another 60,000 after a check from his opponent.

The turn was the on which both players checked. And the river was another small card - Roope Tarmi tanked for a while before announcing that he was all-in, a few moments later Sorainen flicked in the call. 

Luka Sorainen:
Roope Tarmi:

Sorainen had a pretty good hand, but his top pair was no bueno against Tarmi's two pair. He is eliminated in 5th place with a payout of €19,900.

Level 23: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries 5/100

Only five are left to play for the big money up top and the WSOPC Golden Ring. Check out their respective stacks down below.

Level 22: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries 6/100

Janne Nevalainen jammed for about 450,000 and Roope Tarmi Isolated. It was a big pot for both and the winner would be amongst the chip leaders.

Janne Nevalainen:
Roope Tarmi:

The flop created some tension as Nevalainen was now drawing to a flush as well. The turn was revealed shortly and didn't change much.

No luck on the fifth card for Nevalainen and he busts in 6th place.

A good run in the Highroller for Janne Nevalainen, he will be taking home a €15,400 payout.

Level 22: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries 7/100

Elias Suhonen was down to his last five blind and put three of them as a raise, he got caled by Ekrem Atush on the button and the other players folded.

The flop came - Suhonen checked and called off his last 2 blinds and they went to showdown.

Elias Suhonen:
Ekrem Atush:

Suhonen was dominated and needed to hit one of his queens to stay in the tournament. The turn and river both bricked for him and his hopes of wining the Highroller ring were finished.

Elias Suhonen finishes in 7th place and will take home a payout of €12,400.

Level 22: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries 7/100

Luka Sorainen raised first to 50,000 off from a short stack and got called by Roope Tarmi on the big blind, flop came and Sorainen continued for 40,000 after a check. Tarmi put a big pile of chips in the middle and put him all in - snap call and we went to showdown:

Luka Sorainen:
Roope Tarmi:

Sorainen hit his set on the turn and his opponent started counting chips for the payout. Sorainen had 230,000 behind and is now up to 595,000 chips.

Level 21: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries 7/100

The last seven players took their seats and their names and chip counts were announced by our tournament director. It is time to start the battle for the Highroller golden ring. The average stack on the final table is 714,000 and the next pay jump is a nice sum of €3,000.

Erik Lindqwist from Sweden leads the way with over two million chips, let's see if he can use this to his advantage and take the jewelry.

The WSOPC €3,000 NLH Ring Event #9 got a total of 100 entries yesterday and it played down to the final table. The 6-max event has only 7 players left and they will battle it out for the glory, the money and of course the golden ring that comes with taking the first place.

Here is the final table seat draw and chip counts.

Sweden's Erik Lindqwist is leading the way with a massive stack of over two million. He has to fight for the ring with not one, but five Finns and Lithuania's Paulius Vaitiekunas who already has three rings and he just won a tournament in the Triton series this year.

Roope Tarmi is also in the house, he finished 3rd in Ring Event #3: €555 NLH and took down a score of €25,100. He is now on his second final table for the series and hunting another ring.