€5,200 PLO Opener Day 1b | 2024 PLO Grand Slam

11-05-2024 21:45 UTC+1

Vihikainen Triples, Busts Bajric

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stefan Polster, Aki Vihikainen, and Tina Bajric got their stacks in the middle preflop. Vihikainen had 98,000 chips, which barely covered Bajric. Polster played around 120,000 as the cards were tabled.

Tina Bajric: A♣9♣6♠6♦ All in
Aki Vihikainen: Q♥Q♣10♣6♥ All in
Stefan Polster: K♦Q♠J♠J♦

No player improved on the 2♦10♠5♠5♣3♦ runout, seeing Vihikainen's queens hold for the triple-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aki Vihikainen	290,000 110,000	110,000
Stefan Polster	30,000 65,000	65,000
Tina Bajric	Busted

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Stefan Polster Tina Bajric

11-05-2024 21:57 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Polster	Busted
Dominick French	Busted
Tom Dudek	Busted
Sebahattin Degermenci	Busted

11-05-2024 22:10 UTC+1

Livingston Busts Bullet Two

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dimitrios Amoiridis had raised his button when Alex Livingston made it 42,000 to go in the small blind. Amoiridis called to the 4♣A♥6♥ flop, where he called Livingston's all-in of 41,000.

Alex Livingston: A♣Q♥5♠5♣ All in
Dimitrios Amoiridis: J♠J♦6♠5♦

Livingston had a nice lead, but it evaporated on the J♣ turn. Livingston had no remaining outs as the 2♦ river set his second elimination in stone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Amoiridis	230,000 25,000	25,000
Alex Livingston	Busted

Tags: Alex Livingston Dimitrios Amoiridis

11-05-2024 22:32 UTC+1

Livingston Felted Again

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Not long after his second bullet, Alex Livingston had taken his seat at a new table.

From middle position and with 100,000 in the pot, he got his stack of 75,000 in the middle on the 4♥7♦Q♦ flop against Chris Dowling in the small blind.

Alex Livingston: Q♣J♣10♥8♥ All in
Chris Dowling: A♦K♦Q♥6♣

Dowling's higher kicker remained best on the 2♥7♣ runout, kicking out Livingston for the third time today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dowling	560,000 232,000	232,000
Alex Livingston	Busted

Tags: Alex Livingston Chris Dowling

11-05-2024 22:44 UTC+1

Sir Sent Home Once More

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Fabian Riebau-Schmithals had raised his button when Deniz Sir made it 36,000 to go in the small blind. Riebau-Schmithals called to the 6♠8♥Q♠ flop, where Sir's remaining 100,000 flew in.

Deniz Sir: K♣J♦10♣9♦ All in
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals: 7♦5♠3♦3♠

Sir was ahead but Riebau-Schmithals hit a set on the 3♥ turn to take a big lead. The K♦ river changed nothing, and Sir said his goodbyes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	375,000 125,000	125,000
Deniz Sir	Busted

Tags: Deniz Sir Fabian Riebau-Schmithals

11-05-2024 23:03 UTC+1

Eliminations and Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay	200,000 200,000	200,000
Sebahattin Degermenci	200,000 200,000	200,000
Emanuel Singer	Busted
Jake Parsons	Busted
Belarmino De Souza	Busted
Pedjman Hamie	Busted

11-05-2024 23:12 UTC+1

"Hans Olymp" Leaves Thanks to Lee

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Hok Lee in the big blind and "Hans Olymp" under the gun had created a pot of 104,000 when Lee bet 35,000 on the 5♠3♦K♥ flop. "Hans Olymp" called to the 10♥ turn, where he was put all-in for his last 90,000.

After some thinking time, he made the call for his tournament life.

"Hans Olymp": Q♠10♣6♣4♠ All in
Hok Lee: K♦Q♣J♣9♥

Lee's top pair was ahead, and he made a straight on the A♣ turn to solidify the knock-out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hok Lee	445,000 231,000	231,000

Hans Olymp	Busted

Tags: Hok Lee

11-05-2024 23:28 UTC+1

Is the Ninth Time the Charm for "Jay"?

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Amir Mozaffarian got his stack of 330,000 in preflop against "Jay", who was on his first bullet of the day after eight unsuccessful ones yesterday.

Amir Mozaffarian: A♥A♣7♣5♠ All in
"Jay": A♠A♦8♠2♦

"Jay" flopped a flush draw on J♠Q♦6♦ and hit it on the 4♦ turn. Mozaffarian had no outs remaining as the K♥ river sealed his fate.

"I changed my jacket," "Jay" explained his newfound luck as Mozaffarian headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay	722,000 522,000	522,000
Amir Mozaffarian	Busted

Tags: Amir Mozaffarian

11-06-2024 00:18 UTC+1

"Phil Ejri" Eliminates Kraft, Nearly Triples in Three-Way All-In

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

[Removed:490] had pushed in his last 100,000 chips under the gun while "Phil Ejri" in the hijack and Daniel Montagnolli in the big blind created a side pot as their bets amounted to 145,000.

Montagnolli then put "Phil Ejri" all-in for 39,000 on the 7♥6♥3♠ flop and was quickly called.

[Removed:490]: J♥J♣6♦5♣ All in
"Phil Ejri": K♣8♥7♦6♣ All in
Daniel Montagnolli: Q♦J♦9♠8♠

Kraft's jacks were in the lead but were trumped on the Q♥ turn by Montagnolli. "Phil Ejri" rivered two pair on the K♦, however, and took down the vital pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ejri	483,000 268,000	268,000
Daniel Montagnolli	400,000 185,000	185,000
[Removed:490]	Busted

Tags: Daniel Montagnolli Phil Ejri

11-06-2024 00:32 UTC+1

Abdalla Eliminates "Phil Ejri" in Three-Way All-In, Nogueira Survives

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Button Raphael Nogueira pushed his final 75,000 into a pot of 135,000 on a flop of K♣Q♣2♥. Ali Abdalla then rejammed from the big blind and "Phil Ejri" called off his stack of 450,000 in the cutoff.

Raphael Nogueira: A♦K♠Q♦3♣ All in
"Phil Ejri": A♣10♥6♣4♥ All in
Ali Abdalla: K♦Q♥8♥2♦

Nogueira and Abdalla played the same two pair while "Phil Ejri" was looking for his flush to come in. Instead, the Q♠ turn brought the final queen in the deck as Nogueira and Abdalla locked up the pot with a full house.

The 3♥ river changed nothing as "Phil Ejri"s seventh bullet was added to the list of unsuccessful ones.