Short Visit in the Main Event for Aaltonen after Cowboys Crumble

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Richard Koppel jammed his short stack of 15 big blinds and was cold-called by Tapio Aaltonen, who entered for his first and for now his only bullet into the Main Event before the start of Day 2.

Henri Schalin three-bet jammed for more than 100 big blinds from the big blind and Aaltonen called off for about 30 big blinds for a three-way showdown with both Koppel and Aaltonen at risk.

Richard Koppel: 3 3
Tapio Aaltonen: K K
Henri Schalin: A 9

Aaltonen was ahead but Schalin took a massive lead in the hand after his ace connected twice on the 6 A A flop. However, the timely 3 landed on the turn to improve Koppel to a full house. Koppel secured his triple-up while Aaltonen was out the door on a bad beat after the 5 completed the board on the river.

Henri Schalin – 90,000
Richard Koppel – 48,000
Tapio Aaltonen – 0