Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
€10,300 Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€1,880,000
Entries
182
Level
27
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
67
Players Left
22
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Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Aku Joentausta opened his button to 5,000. Mark Berente called in the small blind before Tomasz Kozub three-bet to 20,000. Joentausta quickly folded, but Berente fancied a flop and called.
The J♣2♣4♣ the dealer fanned saw Berente lead out for 15,000. Kozub called to the 10♣ turn, which Berente checked. Kozub took the opportunity to bet 26,000.
Berente stuck around with a call, and the 4♠ river was checked to showdown after. Berente showed K♦9♦8♣5♣ for a flopped flush, and he raked in the pot when Kozub mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
195,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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190,000
26,500
|
26,500 |
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Picking up the action on a 6♥10♥3♥J♣ turn, Youness Barakat and Nikolaos Lampropoulos both checked to the 8♦ river.
Barakat then added 25,000 to the pot of 71,000 from the big blind, and Lampropoulos quickly looked him up in the cutoff.
Barakat showed K♥K♣2♥2♠ for a king-high flush, and Lamproulos' cards quickly disappeared into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
145,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
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Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
200,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Tomasz Kozub raised his button to 5,500. Nino Pansier defended his big blind, and check-called Kozub's contiunation-bet of 4,500 on the 3♥7♥6♥ flop,
The K♦ turn was quickly checked through to the J♦ river, which Pansier also checked. Kozub announced a bet of 16,000, sending Pansier into the tank.
Pansier played with a calling chip for the duration of his 30-second shot clock, tossing it in when his countdown neared zero.
Kozub showed down 10♣9♥9♦8♦ for a pair of nines, meaning the pot was shipped to Pansier, who had called with 6♣5♥5♦3♣ for bottom two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
196,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Button Robert Cowen, who had just eliminated Youness Barakat in an unwitnessed hand, raised Nikolaos Lampropoulos' limp to 5,500. Florian Kraft called in the big blind, and Lampropoulos came along as well.
The A♠4♠5♥ flop checked to Cowen, who continued for 5,500. Kraft mucked his cards, while Lampropoulos tossed in a call. The 4♥ turn was checked by both players, and Lampropoulos checked again on the 2♠ river.
Cowen then fired a bet of 18,000, but he instantly folded to a pot-sized raise by Lampropoulos.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
|
230,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
In a pot that approached 100,000 chips in size, Shamil Patel bet 50,000 under the gun on a completed board of 3♥6♣J♠A♦K♣. Erik Friberg spent some time in the tank, spending one of his time extensions before he threw in calling chips.
Patel showed A♣K♥J♣7♠ for aces and kings. Friberg studied his opponent's hand for a while before he nodded his head and flung his cards into the muck.
In the meantime, Youness Barakat had retaken his seat in the tournament via a fresh buy-in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
255,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
"Gypsy Baron" opened to 7,000 in the hijack. Aki Vihikainen flat-called in the cutoff before Youness Barakat piled in a three-bet to 31,000 on the button.
"Gypsy Baron" quickly released his cards, but Vihikainen wanted to see a flop and called. Barakat bet 75,000 on the 8♥10♦J♦ flop, and Vihikainen check-raised all in for not much more. Barakat instantly called, revealing the cards.
Aki Vihikainen: 9♣7♥6♣5♥ 
Youness Barakat: A♥A♣Q♣9♦
Barakat had flopped the nut straight against Vihikainen's second nuts. The remaining runout could not save Vihikainen, who became the second player to exit on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
330,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Mads Amot raised to 7,000 in the hijack. Marcus Dieleman fired a three-bet to 24,000 on the button, and Amot put his opponent all-in for about 60,000.
Dieleman quickly called off, and the players tabled their cards.
Marcus Dieleman: K♥10♥10♦8♦
Mads Amot: A♦Q♥Q♣J♠
Amot made a set on the Q♦K♠A♠ flop to increase his lead. The 6♣ turn changed nothing, and the A♥ river sealed Dieleman's fate, making Amot a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
