Over the final two years, Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola has taken on a few of the finest poker gamers on the planet in a collection of high-stakes heads-up poker matches. He’s gained massive, and misplaced massive, however every part hit a completely new degree this week on the Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju.
Ketola battled Poker Hall of Famer and fellow Finn Patrik Antonius in a $20 million heads-up match, broadcast on Triton platforms. The sideshow that usually follows Ketola, who usually embraces controversy in lots of varieties, together with racism and outright Nazi salutes, quieted down on this night time.
With every participant placing up $10 million, there seemed to be real nerves surrounding this high-stakes match. After an hour of play with massive stretches of silence, Antonius requested, “Are you nervous at all?” Ketola responded, “Low key, a bit?” They in contrast the sensation to what a $2 million match may appear and feel like, and agreed it wasn’t the identical.
“Good,” concluded Antonius. “We’re here to feel.”
After greater than 4 hours of play, Ketola left the stage feeling higher than his opponent, having emerged because the winner within the $20 million showdown after placing collectively a late run following lengthy stretches of tight, back-and-forth poker.
Feeling Each Other Out
💰 MONARCH WITH THE $3 MILLION BET!
Ossi Ketola drags Patrik Antonius into an enormous $5 million pot proper out of the gate. Your transfer, Patrik.
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Early on within the match, Ketola established he was keen to push his aggressiveness to the restrict. With $2 million already within the pot, on a board of 9♣4♣2♠J♠9♠, he guess $3 million on the river. Antonius, who flopped a flush draw and turned high pair with Ok♣J♣, in the end let his hand go.
Ketola’s 6♥3♥ represented a busted gutshot straight draw on the river, however his massive guess bought the job performed and pushed him into the lead.
Antonius wasn’t about to get totally run over, although. The high-stakes common discovered a giant name with queen-high on a Ok♠J♦5♣J♣9♦ board, sniffing out a pure bluff from Ketola, who had eight-high.
🤯 HALF A MILLION WITH QUEEN HIGH!?
Watch @Patrik_Antonius present why he’s top-of-the-line.
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Ketola finally pulled out to a giant lead and seemingly had Antonius in serious trouble in one of many greatest pots of the match to that time. Antonius had flopped high pair with Q♠3♦, however Ketola smashed the Q♦10♣9♦ flop even tougher, with 10♥9♣.
The 4♥ on the flip was a clean, and there was already $2 million within the pot by the point the 3♠ hit the river.
🥶 COOLER ALERT! $5.2 MILLION POT!
The lead adjustments palms as Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola and Patrik Antonius commerce blow after blow.
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Antonius guess $1.6 million on the top, Ketola snap-called, and all of a sudden Antonius had moved forward within the match.
From there they traded pots forwards and backwards for hours on finish. Then, as is commonly the case in poker, a few key palms introduced the match to a swift finish.
The Cooler & The Decisive All-In
In the primary of the 2 aforementioned showdowns, Antonius kicked issues off with a limp from the button holding Ok♦9♠. Ketola raised to $350,000 with Q♥9♥ and Antonius known as. Ketola bought an absolute dream flop of Q♠J♥8♥, giving him high pair and a straight flush draw.
He checked and Antonius guess $175,000. Ketola check-raised to $525,000, and Antonius finally known as. The flip was an absolute catastrophe for Antonius, because the 10♥ gave Ketola his straight flush whereas making him a king-high straight.
🤯 STRAIGHT FLUSH FOR $15.925 MILLION!
Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola makes the hand of a lifetime in the intervening time of a lifetime. Patrik Antonius is left in disbelief.
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After check-raising the flop, Ketola checked once more, having made his hand. Antonius guess $625,000, and Ketola unleashed the double check-raise, making it $1.6 million. Antonius known as, and the river was the 3♣.
Ketola instantly jammed all-in, and Antonius, with simply over $4 million behind, went into the tank. After greater than two minutes, Antonius let it go.
After making that massive fold, Antonius shortly discovered a chance to double his approach again into the match. Ketola opened to $250,000 with Ok♣J♣ from the button and Antonius three-bet to $850,000 with A♦Ok♦. Ketola jammed, and Antonius known as all-in for simply over $4 million. A win would carry him again to over $8 million, far nearer to the $10 million he began with.
The Q♠9♠5♣ stored Antonius forward, however added 4 outs to Ketola’s match-winning prospects. The J♠ flip made Ketola an 84% favourite, leaving Antonius in want of an ace or a ten on the top. The river 7♣ secured the victory for Ketola, wrapping up the most important heads-up match of his life.
After profitable three out of 4 matches in opposition to Wiktor ‘Limitless’ Malinowski earlier within the collection, Ketola is now up $16 million on the journey, pending any additional heads-up motion.
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