€550 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 Coolbet Poker Open

08-15-2025 13:49 UTC+2

Defending Champion Among Recent Departures

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anders Bjorkheim	Busted

Audun Flage	Busted
Rakel Dahle	Busted
Oskari Almgren	Busted
Tero Huttula	Busted
Shamsolebad Mahdi	Busted
Vilde Fagerbakke	Busted
Pasi Laihinen	Busted
Antti Nieminen	Busted
Per Indersund	Busted
Kare Hallamaa	Busted
Einar Einarsson	Busted
Ragnar Bjarnason	Busted
Marcin Jaworski	Busted
Thomas Floan	Busted
Magnus Bodvarsson	Busted
Roger Uhlen	Busted
Riku Maatta	Busted

08-15-2025 14:02 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrik Kaarvall	490,000 185,000	185,000
Andre Sorm	310,000 25,000	25,000
Monica Vaka	310,000 25,000	25,000
Peeter Talviste	245,000 114,000	114,000
Jo Andersen	180,000 121,000	121,000
Viacheslav Martynenko	177,000 41,500	41,500
Maksim Belomestnoi	145,000 7,500	7,500
Espen Ringstad	100,000 42,000	42,000
Johan Storakers	95,000 72,000	72,000
Steffen Gjelseth	80,000 50,000	50,000
Athalbjorn Jonsson	75,000 18,000	18,000
Maruen Zormati	70,000 30,000	30,000
Martin Zobel	66,000 36,000	36,000
Silver Simulask	60,000 19,000	19,000
Jaanus Kippel	55,000 140,000	140,000
Geir Wold	50,000 46,000	46,000

Puotiniemi Pounces on Four-Way Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Antti-Jussi Puotiniemi raised to 6,000 under the gun. Jarkko Toijanen called in the hijack, while Oystein Nordli and Claudio Stachura did so in the blinds.

Puotiniemi continued for 16,000 on the 9♣Q♠3♦ flop. Only Nordli called to the 5♠ turn, with Toijanen and Stachura saying goodbye to their hands.

Puotiniemi flicked in another 21,000, which Nordli quickly check-called. Puotienimi then dumped 45,000 in the middle on the A♥ river, but Nordli had seen enough and quickly check-folded his holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Stachura	230,000 20,000	20,000
Antti-Jussi Puotiniemi	226,000 137,000	137,000
Jarkko Toijanen	225,000 25,000	25,000
Oystein Nordli	175,000 50,000	50,000
Kai Tiainen	140,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Antti-Jussi Puotiniemi Claudio Stachura Jarkko Toijanen Oystein Nordli

08-15-2025 14:18 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Enri Orav	Busted
Petteri Laiho	Busted
Madis Ormisson	Busted
Eirik Thorvaldsen	Busted
Markus Markusson	Busted

A Moment of Respite

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining players have been sent on another break of 15 minutes.

08-15-2025 14:19 UTC+2

Life Outside Poker: Joe Stapleton Reveals 'Worst Mistake I Ever Made in My Entire Life'

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 33rd episode, Connor talks with comedian and poker commentator Joe Stapleton about growing up in Albany, New York, first seeing Rounders while visiting a college campus, working at MADtv, getting his start in the poker industry and his favorite memories from PokerStars The Big Game.

Stapleton also talked about his friendship with late comedian Norm Macdonald, the European Poker Tour (EPT), doing commentary at the 2025 WSOP and making the "worst mistake I ever made in my entire life" by attempting to make a documentary about a stand-up comedy tour.

Watch the Latest Life Outside Poker!

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

08-15-2025 14:40 UTC+2

Thordarson Doubles With Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hans Michaelsen open-jammed for 58,000 in the cutoff. Sigurjon Thordarson called on the button fr 57,500 before the blinds got out of the way.

Sigurjon Thordarson: A♠A♥ All in
Hans Michaelsen: 6♦6♣

The Q♥J♥9♣9♦2♦ board brought no surprises, and Thordarson doubled up. Michaelsen, meanwhile, was left with a chip of the smallest denomination and needed a miracle comeback to remain in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sigurjon Thordarson	125,000 40,000	40,000
Hans Michaelsen	500 18,000	18,000

Tags: Hans Michaelsen Sigurjon Thordarson

08-15-2025 14:47 UTC+2

Lund Jams Huge

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jeremy Doll raised to 10,000 in early position. Asgeir Lund defended his big blind before the dealer fanned the 2♥Q♠4♠ flop. Doll continued for 11,000, but Lund had other plans and check-raised all in for about 260,000.

"Why?" Doll asked his opponent several times as he quickly mucked Ax5x. Lund only smiled as he added more chips to his ever-growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Doll	300,000 20,000	20,000
Asgeir Lund	285,000 245,500	245,500

Tags: Asgeir Lund Jeremy Doll

08-15-2025 14:55 UTC+2

Laast Value-Bluffs in Three-Way Three-Bet Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jesse Huostila made it 8,000 to go in the hijack. Logi Laxdal called in the cutoff before Lauri Laast three-bet to 21,000 on the button.

Huostila and Laxdal both called to the 2♥K♠6♣ flop, where Laast continued for 17,000. Huostila and Laxdal quickly mucked, prompting Laast to confidently table 10♥10♣.

"I had jacks," claimed Laxdal, however. He had folded the best hand and could only look on as the pot was shipped to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Laast	260,000 204,000	204,000
Ole Wasenius	250,000 10,000	10,000
Jesse Huostila	225,000 25,000	25,000
Logi Laxdal	225,000 25,000	25,000
Jarkko Toijanen	225,000
Martin Rasch	195,000 108,000	108,000
Felipe Barrios	80,000 4,500	4,500
Jouni Huovila	75,000 49,000	49,000