2024 PLO Grand Slam
Amir Mozaffarian had opened from middle position when Fabian Riebau-Schmithals three-bet to 64,000 in the small blind. Mozaffarian complied with a call, after which the 8♣4♦6♥ flop was dealt.
Riebau-Schmithals quickly went all in for 135,000. Mozaffarian asked for a count and the size of the pot before ultimately deciding to give up on the pot and fold.
Level: 9
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
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♦
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.
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♥
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.
Cutoff Imad Derwiche bet 25,000 into a pot of 82,000 as the flop read 10♠4♣10♦. "Diego Armando", one of the newest players in the tournament, raised to 75,000 on the button, which Derwiche called.
"Diego Armando" then shoved all in for 175,000 on the 7♠ turn. Derwiche asked for a count but ultimately decided to check-fold his hand and surrender the pot to his opponent.
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♣
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.
Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Sebahattin Degermenci in the hijack and Simeon Naydenov in the cutoff had built a massive pot of 275,000 when Degermenci checked on a completed board of 3♥6♥9♠2♥10♠.
Naydenov then piled in his stack of 174,000 and received a swift call from Degermenci.
Naydenov showed A♥K♣Q♦5♥ for the nut flush, besting the king-high flush of Degermenci, who tabled A♠K♥8♥7♦ before it was added to the muck.