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The EPT Online 17: $2,100 PLO [6-Max] $500,000 Guarantee on PokerStars saw a total of 286 entries and when the last chance saloon had closed for business it was Jens 'Jeans89' Kyllönen sitting atop the field as the last man standing, pocketing $109,181 for his victory.

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Jens Kyllonen The EPT Online 17: $2,100 PLO 6-Max $500,000 Guarantee on PokerStars saw a total of 286 entries and when the last chance saloon had closed for business it was Jens 'Jeans89'. Jeans joins me on the podcast today. He is debatably one of the best online PLO players in the world. Shout out to Shane E for adding in some timestamps 1:00.

Kyllönen is one of the best known Finnish pros to ever hit the felt. He has almost $3 million in live cashes but his bread and butter is most certainly online. Kyllönen was specifically known for being ahead of everyone in Omaha ability, crushing the golden years of poker for a speculated $10 million in cash games with most of which coming in four-card poker.

The second biggest cash by Kyllönen came in 2009 during the EPT Copenhagen Main Event when he took down the event for $1,120,814, making his victory today his second EPT title on the resume. The Finland native overcame a tough final table to achieve this feat, besting Miguel '¿¿toneecho??' Seoane, Christopher 'lissi stinkt' Frank, and PokerStars Team Online Pro Lex 'L. Veldhuis' Veldhuis.

Official Final Table Results

Action of the Day

The final day of this event began just three away from the money as 38 players returned on Day 2 with the top 35 finding a payday. A bubble on the loom and no antes brought some tighter play to start the day, taking five levels before the bubble boy was dubbed. On level 24 it was 'Venividi1993' taking an exit when their small stack was automatically all-in before the flop. 'fkiw' was the executioner, popping the bubble and all players were then guaranteed at least a min-cash of $4,796.

Destroying the middle stages of the day was Kyllönen who found a very fortuitous spot earlier in the day to take a chip lead. Kyllönen saw his chips go into the pot with a set of sailboats versus 'Nessilita' who held a top set of bullets. Kyllönen took a runner-runner flush to best the top set of aces, pulling in the biggest pot at the time to take the lead.

Just two levels after the money was reached only two tables remained, dropping most of the field almost instantly after the bubble was popped. The final two-tables saw Veldhuis rocket to the top of the food chain, taking down almost every pot he entered. He took that momentum into the final table as the chip leader where his run-good started to fade.

Final Table Action

First on the final table payout list was Christopher 'lissi stinkt' Frank who took an optimal spot versus Kyllönen. Frank had a pair of kings against a double-gutter of Kyllönen and a king landed on the river, giving Frank a set but unfortunately, that was the straight card needed by Kyllönen, sending Frank out the door in seventh. 'GHOSTFACE9.8' saw their chip stack wither down to the red-zone and elected to shove. Kyllönen was the caller, holding a pair of sevens in his hand that held against the three overcards 'GHOSTFACE9.8' had in their hand, sending the German out in sixth.

Veldhuis came into the final table on top but started to see his chips head into the pocket of Kyllönen, moving Veldhuis down a few pegs on the totem pole. Veldhuis still had a more than a healthy stack, but a cooler of a hand sent the entire thing to eventual winner Kyllönen. An all diamond flop saw Veldhuis holding a king-high flush and Kyllönen fired every street. Veldhuis called all the way down to the river where Kyllönen shoved and Veldhuis put his chips into the middle with his second-nut flush only to see the ace-high flush that Kyllönen had, sending Veldhuis to the rail.

Miguel '¿¿toneecho??' Seoane started four-handed play with a decent stack but quickly lost most of it to 'doulas12', leaving Seoane short. They elected to put the rest of their chips into the middle on a six-high board, holding just a pair of fours and 'bourni21' called with a pair of fives. A seven on the turn gave 'bourni21' a straight and Seoane was then drawing dead, taking an exit in fourth place.

Just two hands after it was 'doulas12' trying their luck against Kyllönen. 'doulas12' fired in most of their stack before the flop and Kyllönen stuck around. A jack-nine-eight flop saw 'doulas12' shove their remaining stack and Kyllönen snap-called with his flopped straight. 'doulas12' was drawing dead on the turn and Kyllönen scooped in another large pot, sending out yet another player.

Kyllönen started heads-up play with a massive lead but 'bourni21' was no easy competition, fighting all the way until the end. 'bourni21' quickly evened out the playing field but soon after was taking a walk to the payout desk after a couple of ill-timed bluffed. The last hand of the tournament had Kyllönen bet the river and 'bourni21' shove over the top. Kyllönen snap-called with a rivered straight and it was more than enough when 'bourni21' tabled just a pair of queens. 'bourni21' was eliminated in second for a respectable $80,929.

That wraps it up for the PokerNews live updates on this event, but tune in tomorrow to check out the EPT Main Event as the action unfolds.

Jens Kyllonen is an exceptional poker player, especially in regards to cash games. At just 22 years of age, he is one of the most fearsome players at the PokerStars high stakes tables. His success rate is phenomenal, experiencing so few downswings one would question whether he has a 6th sense for poker. Ask any of his opponents and they will tell you, Jens “Jeans89” is a truly menacing force to be reckoned with.

Born in 1989 in Helsinki, Finland, Kyllonen first started playing poker in 2006. His risk management was most efficient, beginning with a free roll tournament that netted him $10 cash, and quickly working that up to a $300 bankroll at Limit Hold’em tables. With a keen sense for the game, he made the switch to low stakes No Limit and his success soared from there. Within a year, Jens Kyllonen was raking in the chips at NL stakes of $5/$10 and $10/$20.

While cash games were, and still are, his main source of action, “Jeans89” was frequenting the tournament rosters as well. He played mostly in Sit’n’Go tournaments from 2007 to 2008, but scored a huge win at the 2008 ECOOP Main Event with a 1st place victory worth $315,000. It was then that Jens turned a portion of his attention to live tournaments.

Jens earned his first live tournament cash in January of 2009, scooping up $7,247 at the Helsinki Freezeout for a 16th place finish. He followed that up with a 1st place win at the EPT Scandinavian Open, earning an EPT Title and his largest profit to date, $1,246,003.
Kyllonen has cashed in three more live tournaments since then, earning more than $111k on the Season 6 EPT Barcelona Main Event (12th – $57k), the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event (129th – $20k) and the 2011 WSOP Main Event (113th – $54k), bringing his total live tournament earnings to $1,385,482.

As impressive as his live earnings resonate, cash games remain the forte of the young Finnish poker pro. Since February of 2011 alone, “Jeans89” has accumulated an astonishing $3.12 million at PokerStars cash games. His largest single-hand pots have all occurred within the last three months; two of them on the exact same day.

The largest hand of all took Jens stack up just over a quarter of a million on February 23, 2012. It was a $100/$200 PLO hand that pitted Jeans89 against DAvin “mTw-DaviN” Georgi and “Tsubi87”. After the flop, Tsubi87, with a pair of 10’s and an Ace-High Straight draw, pushed his remaining $10k into the pot, which prompted an all-in of mTw-DaviN’s $117k holding a Pair of Aces and a low-end Straight draw. Jeans89, with 3 Aces already, was quick to make the call. The river offered no help to any hand, landing the $252,050 pot in Kyllonen’s lap.

Jens’s second largest hand occurred at the $200/$400 PLO tables on December 12, 2011. He landed a pair of 10’s on the flop and stuck to his guns, finishing the hand with Kings and 10’s that would beat out “long90110” (Pocket Aces) and “1Il 1Il 1il ” (Pair 10’s) for a $200,544 pot. Jeans89 pulled his third largest cash on the same day (12-12-11), besting “Ilari FIN” (better known as the infamous poker pro, Ilari Sahamies, or his other alias “Ziigmund”) in a high stakes PLO hand worth $177,657 when Illari’s pocket aces fell to Jeans89’s trio of Jacks.

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A rising poker star of exponential proportions, Jens Kyllonen continues to mystify his opponents in tournaments and cash games, and is a definite favorite to watch in any poker venue.