Ilari Sahamies, born on 2 February 1983, is a Finnish professional poker player, also known by the online name Ziigmund. He specializes in high-stakes pot-limit Omaha cash games and is known for trash talk at the table, which has given him an online following. He played live poker in Finland before moving online, and has appeared on the television shows High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. He first played at fifteen in a home game and won two Finnish junior billiards championships. He co-founded the online poker hub Coinflip.com with Sami Kelopuro, and his live tournament winnings of $2,120,703 rank him 14th on the Finnish all-time money list as of January 2026.
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Ilari Sahamies (born 2 February 1983)
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