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Ilari Sahamies (born 1983 in Helsinki, Finland), also known as Ziigmund, is a Finnish professional poker player. He specializes in high-stakes pot-limit Omaha cash games. Sahamies is known for his trashtalk at the poker table, usually aimed towards his fellow pros, which has led to an online following. Sahamies played poker live in Finland before transitioning to online poker, where he now makes most of his money. Ilari has appeared on television shows including High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark.

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  • Ilari Sahamies (born 1983 in Helsinki, Finland), also known as Ziigmund, is a Finnish professional poker player. He specializes in high-stakes pot-limit Omaha cash games. Sahamies is known for his trashtalk at the poker table, usually aimed towards his fellow pros, which has led to an online following. Sahamies played poker live in Finland before transitioning to online poker, where he now makes most of his money. Ilari has appeared on television shows including High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. (en)
  • Ilari Aaretti Sahamies, född 2 februari 1983, är en finländsk professionell pokerspelare. Sahamies började spela poker som 15-åring, tillsammans med bland andra Patrik Antonius. Efter att ha fyllt 18 år började han spela vid i Helsingfors och på låga nivåer online. År 2007 gjorde Sahamies sig känd under namnet Ziigmund på nätpokersajten där han på de högsta nivåerna väckte uppseende genom en aggressiv spelstil och genom att välkomna allt motstånd. Sahamies ses som en specialist på pot-limit Omaha. På spelar han under namnet Ilari FIN. (sv)
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  • Ilari Sahamies (born 1983 in Helsinki, Finland), also known as Ziigmund, is a Finnish professional poker player. He specializes in high-stakes pot-limit Omaha cash games. Sahamies is known for his trashtalk at the poker table, usually aimed towards his fellow pros, which has led to an online following. Sahamies played poker live in Finland before transitioning to online poker, where he now makes most of his money. Ilari has appeared on television shows including High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. Sahamies first played poker at the age of 15, when he participated in a home game at fellow Finnish poker pro Patrik Antonius' home. They first met at a local billiard hall, where Sahamies spent a lot of his time. He earned two Finnish junior championships for billiards; Sahamies is also the defending Finnish watersliding champion as of 2009. When he was 18, Sahamies made his first visit to the Grand Casino Helsinki, eventually becoming a professional poker player in two years. Sahamies, who enjoys drinking alcohol, used to occasionally play online poker while intoxicated, a habit which lost him more than US$3 million over four years, and $700,000 in a single day. Ilari co-founded the online poker hub Coinflip.com with fellow Finnish poker pro Sami Kelopuro. He is sponsored by the online poker site PowerPoker.com. Sahamies, known to be a fan of Finnish hip hop music, starred in a rap music video "Pojat on poikii", which was sponsored by PowerPoker. Sahamies earned a total of $1,590,369 in live tournament winnings as of July 2009, ranking him 4th on Finland's all-time money list. As of November 2012, his total tracked online cash game profits on Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars amount to $3,734,605. In 2014, Sahamies paid 50 000 euros to become part of the Finnish hip hop band Teflon Brothers when they were looking for a new member through an online bidding. He appears as a featured guest on the group's 2015 song "Pämppää". (en)
  • Ilari Aaretti Sahamies, född 2 februari 1983, är en finländsk professionell pokerspelare. Sahamies började spela poker som 15-åring, tillsammans med bland andra Patrik Antonius. Efter att ha fyllt 18 år började han spela vid i Helsingfors och på låga nivåer online. År 2007 gjorde Sahamies sig känd under namnet Ziigmund på nätpokersajten där han på de högsta nivåerna väckte uppseende genom en aggressiv spelstil och genom att välkomna allt motstånd. Sahamies ses som en specialist på pot-limit Omaha. På spelar han under namnet Ilari FIN. I live-turneringar har Sahamies nått störst framgång under European Poker Tour i Barcelona 2012 där han blev tvåa i huvudturneringen för 629 000 euro. Ilari Sahamies medverkar i den femte säsongen av tv-programmet High Stakes Poker samt i den sjätte säsongen av tv-programmet . År 2018 deltog Sahamies i en kändissäsong av Nelonens realityserie (fi. Selviytyjät Suomi). (sv)
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