€5,200 PLO Opener
Day 2 Started
2024 PLO Grand Slam
€5,200 PLO Opener
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 PLO Grand Slam
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€5,200
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
210
Level
27
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
210
Players Left
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The €5,200 PLO Opener has kicked off the first-ever PLO Grand Slam with a bang. Over the course of two starting flights, 186 entries were made at Arena Casino Tirana. However, with the ambitious prize pool of €1,000,000 being guaranteed by Diamond Poker Series, that still leaves some overlay despite the impressive numbers.
Many notable names who did not find a bag are expected to buy in before the start of Day 2 at 1:30 p.m. local time, which is when the late registration will close, to take advantage of this. They will sit down with 200,000 chips, just 13 big blinds, a far cry away from chipleader Tom-Aksel Bedell's 2,165,000. Bedell secured his chip lead on the slightly more populated Day 1a. Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, the only other stack above two million, procured his chips on the same starting day, leaving Day 1b leader Giorgos Tsoupras in third with 1,780,000.
Other notable names in the top ten include Belarusian PLO expert Pavel Izotov, Daniel Zaremba, whose only recorded live cash is a PLO victory, and retired German soccer pro Max Kruse.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 2,165,000 | 144 |
| 2 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | Spain | 2,010,000 | 134 |
| 3 | Giorgos Tsoupras | Greece | 1,780,000 | 119 |
| 4 | "Tony" | 1,780,000 | 119 | |
| 5 | Pavel Izotov | Belarus | 1,575,000 | 105 |
| 6 | Ali Abdalla | Germany | 1,350,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Daniel Zaremba | Ukraine | 1,270,000 | 85 |
| 8 | Christoforos Chrysochoidis | Greece | 1,195,000 | 80 |
| 9 | Max Kruse | Germany | 1,170,000 | 78 |
| 10 | "Dima" | 1,090,000 | 73 |
Other familiar faces among the 48 returning for Day 2 are Hungarian Omaha high roller Gergo Nagy (666,000), bracelet winners Simeon Naydenov (666,000), Ka Kwan Lau (645,000), Cesar Garcia (290,000), and Hok Lee (270,000), as well as the likes of Sonny Franco (655,000), Andrew Leathem (625,000), and Francisco Perez (500,000).
Day 2 will restart in Level 12: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante. All levels will last for 45 minutes, with a break after every three levels. After the kickoff at 1:30 p.m., no more entries will be allowed as the tournament will play down to the first-ever PLO Grand Slam champion today.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out how large the field will grow and who will take down the first trophy of the PLO Grand Slam, along with all the action en route to crowining the champion.
Level: 12
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
After 24 late entries, 72 players have started Day 2 of the €5,200 PLO Opener as the cards are in the air.
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Alex Livingston had reentered at the start of the day and raised to 40,000 in the hijack. "FunnyGuy123" in the big blind defended before Livingston's remaining 160,000 flew in the middle on the A♦4♠9♣ flop.
Alex Livingston: A♥K♥10♥2♥ 
"FunnyGuy123": Q♠5♠4♦4♣
Livingston needed running cards to stay in the tournament, and he did just so when he the K♣K♠ runout gave him a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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635,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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425,000
225,000
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225,000 |
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Belarmino De Souza had gotten his stack of 150,000 in from the small blind against Burak Simsek in the big blind.
Belarmino De Souza: J♠10♣7♦2♠
Burak Simsek: A♠A♥10♦5♠
Simsek flopped top set on 3♣A♦2♥ and had De Souza drawing dead on the J♦ turn. The Q♠ river was rendered meaningless as De Souza quickly left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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560,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted |
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
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Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Big blind Stefan Glendzo made a bet of 60,000 into a pot of 175,000 on a flop of 2♠10♣8♣. Francisco Perez in the hijack then put his opponent all-in for 225,000, which Glendzo called after some thinking time.
Stefan Glendzo: J♥10♥9♦4♥
Francisco Perez: 10♦9♣8♠8♥
Perez's set turned into a full house on the 3♥3♣ runout to send Glendzo home in the first level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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900,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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Busted |
