€10,300 PLO Championship Day 1 | 2024 PLO Grand Slam

11-07-2024 18:51 UTC+1

Livingston Living the Dream So Far

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Three-way, Alex Livingston was seen making a bet of 16,000 into a pot of 52,000 from the small blind on a flop of Q♠6♥A♣. Ljubisa Bojic called in the hijack before Eduardo Gonzalez folded on the button.

Livingston continued for 35,000 on the 6♠ turn, seeing his opponent call yet again. The 7♦ river was checked by both players.

Livingston showed A♥K♠8♠5♥ for aces and sixes, taking down the pot when Bojic mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	680,000 480,000	480,000

Ljubisa Bojic	265,000 40,000	40,000
Eduardo Gonzalez	210,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Eduardo Gonzalez Ljubisa Bojic

11-07-2024 18:59 UTC+1

Medarov Scoops Three-Way Pot, Takes Down Tsoupras

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Arriving on a three-way turn of Q♣3♥4♣A♥, Vasil Medarov checked from the small blind to "Megas" in the cutoff. "Megas" then bet 50,000, after which Giorgos Tsoupras jammed all in for 84,500.

Both Medarov and "Megas" called to the 6♣ turn, where Medarov shoved in his remaining chips. "Megas" snap-folded and Medarov showed [khjhjc3c[ for a flush.

Tsoupras' A♦Q♥10♠3♦ was no match and he wished his former opponents good luck before heading out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasil Medarov	520,000 320,000	320,000
Megas	95,000 105,000	105,000
Giorgos Tsoupras	Busted

Tags: Giorgos Tsoupras Vasil Medarov

11-07-2024 19:02 UTC+1

More In, One Out

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gergo Nagy	200,000 200,000	200,000
Pavel Izotov	200,000
Arjel Daci	200,000 200,000	200,000
Imad Derwiche	200,000 200,000	200,000
Ali Abdalla	200,000 200,000	200,000
Manuel Stojanovic	Busted

11-07-2024 19:12 UTC+1

Bedell Also Busts to Medarov

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell got his stack of 50,500 in on a turn of 4♣J♠10♦9♦, worth around half the pot. Vasil Medarov called in early position before Ali Abdalla got out of the way in the hijack.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: A♠8♠7♣4♦ All in
Vasil Medarov: K♠K♦J♦5♦

Bedell was ahead with his straight, but the 7♦ river made Medarov a flush to take down the pot and eliminate the Norwegian high roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasil Medarov	625,000 105,000	105,000
Ali Abdalla	170,000 30,000	30,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Ali Abdalla Tom-Aksel Bedell Vasil Medarov

11-07-2024 19:21 UTC+1

Zakharyan and Martinez Gonzalez Both Back to Start

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sergio Martinez Gonzalez had raised to 8,500. Aki Vihikainen called on the button before Vadim Zakharyan made it 37,500 to go in the big blind. Martinez Gonzalez then four-bet the pot.

Vihikainen quickly folded before Zakharyan called off his stack of 98,500.

Vadim Zakharyan: A♠K♠J♣2♣ All in
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez: A♥A♦K♦4♦

Zakharyan made a flush on the 7♠8♠8♣Q♠2♠ board to crack Martinez Gonzalez's aces and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadim Zakharyan	209,000 113,000	113,000
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	200,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Sergio Martinez Gonzalez Vadim Zakharyan

11-07-2024 19:26 UTC+1

Entries and Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Pahlawani	200,000
[Removed:490]	200,000
Shamil Patel	Busted
Eduardo Gonzalez	Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

11-07-2024 19:36 UTC+1

Zaremba Takes Some Off Crawley's Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Arriving on a completed board of J♣A♥Q♦6♣7♠, cutoff James Crawley bet 60,000 into a pot of 150,000. Daniel Zaremba sat on the button and spent several time banks before flicking in a call.

Crawley knuckled the table and showed 10♦10♣9♠4♠ for a bluff. Zaremba had called with A♣K♦J♥8♥ for aces and jacks, taking down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Crawley	470,000 130,000	130,000
Daniel Zaremba	370,000 242,000	242,000

Tags: Daniel Zaremba James Crawley

11-07-2024 19:47 UTC+1

"Iceman" Holds With One Pair

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Cutoff Roman Verenko made a bet of 27,000 into a pot of roughly 50,000 on a turn of J♣Q♦7♦6♣. "Iceman" then shoved in his stack of 111,500 on the button. Verenko spent some time in the tank before he decided to call.

"Iceman": A♥K♥Q♥8♥ All in
Roman Verenko: Q♠10♠10♦9♥

Both players ended up with queens and sixes on the 6♦ river, but "Iceman"s ace kicker awarded him his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iceman	272,000 183,000	183,000
Roman Verenko	205,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Roman Verenko

11-07-2024 19:52 UTC+1

Ins and Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joni Jouhkimainen	200,000 200,000	200,000

Aku Joentausta	200,000
Ggerga	200,000
Benjamin N	Busted
Simeon Naydenov	Busted