€10,300 Championship Day 1b | 2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta

10-14-2025 17:19 UTC+1

Izotov Doubles With Aces

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Frank Visser

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

Pavel Izotov shoved his 35,500 remaining chips in from the cutoff against Aki Vihikainen on the button, and was called.

Pavel Izotov: A♠A♦J♠4♥ All in
Aki Vihikainen: K♠K♥8♣6♥

Izotov hit top set on the 10♥A♣7♥ flop, but Vihikainen had a flush draw to contend. Neither the 3♠ turn nor the Q♦ river brought another heart, however, seeing Izotov find a vital double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aki Vihikainen	120,000 30,000	30,000
Pavel Izotov	77,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Pavel Izotov

10-14-2025 17:32 UTC+1

Usterud Leads Into Cowen as Krzesinski Sits Down

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Frank Visser

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

Picking up the action on a 4♥5♦3♠2♥ turn, Stian Usterud checked from the small blind to Robert Cowen in the big blind, who fired a bet of 30,000.

Usterud called to the 3♣ river, where he promptly led for a pot-sized bet of 91,000. Cowen needed one time bank before he called; however, he started shaking his head as Usterud tabled 7♥7♣2♠2♣ for a rivered full house.

Cowen's cards eventually hit the muck. In the meantime, Tomasz Krzesinski had taken his seat as the newest entry of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cowen	430,000 85,000	85,000

Stian Usterud	343,000 286,500	286,500
Tomasz Krzesinski	200,000

Tags: Robert Cowen Stian Usterud Tomasz Krzesinski

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

10-14-2025 17:49 UTC+1

Kraft Books Another Exit

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Frank Visser

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

Csaba Fenyvesi limped in from early position, and "Gypsy Baron" followed suit in middle position. Florian Kraft then raised to 16,500 in the cutoff, which only "Gypsy Baron" called.

"Gypsy Baron" called Kraft's bet of 26,000 on the 7♣2♥4♣ flop before the K♦ fell on the turn. Kraft announced a pot-sized bet of 98,500, and "Gypsy Baron" instantly check-raised all in.

Kraft spent some time banks as he had already put about half his stack in, but ultimately decided he could not fold and called off.

Florian Kraft: A♠A♦K♥J♦ All in
"Gypsy Baron": K♠8♦7♦6♠

"Gypsy Baron"'s two pair remained the best hand on the 9♠ river as Kraft was eliminated for the second time today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gypsy Baron	601,000 256,000	256,000
Mark Berente	410,000
Aku Joentausta	360,000 85,000	85,000
Filip Lovric	275,000 43,000	43,000
NoNeedMoney	235,000 35,000	35,000
Bastian Blum	200,000 200,000	200,000
Csaba Fenyvesi	126,000 124,000	124,000
Florian Kraft	Busted

Tags: Csaba Fenyvesi Florian Kraft

10-14-2025 18:00 UTC+1

Aleksic Fares Best on Dutch Table

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Frank Visser

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

Marcus Dieleman limped in from the hijack before he called the raise to 13,500 from Filip Aleksic on the button.

Dieleman checked to Aleksic on the 9♥4♥9♦ flop. Aleksic bet 11,000, and Dieleman called. Aleksic then sized up to 30,000 on the Q♠ turn.

Dieleman abandoned the pot and mucked his cards, after which the three Dutch players at the table started discussing dinner plans.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filip Aleksic	420,000 135,000	135,000
Lucas van den Belt	225,000 105,000	105,000
Marcus Dieleman	100,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Filip Aleksic Marcus Dieleman

10-14-2025 18:13 UTC+1

Amot Annihilated by Nielsen's Aces in Huge Pot

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Frank Visser

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

Martin Nielsen opened the action with a raise to 10,500 in the hijack. Mads Amot three-bet to 36,000 in the cutoff, to which Nielsen responded by four-betting to 113,500.

Amot just called to the 2♦9♥10♠ flop, where he called off his remaining 200,000 or so when Nielsen put him all-in.

Mads Amot: Q♠8♣7♣6♠ All in
Martin Nielsen: A♠A♣4♥2♥

Amot found no improvement on the 4♦9♠ runout, eliminating him as he saw his stacks of chips being added to Nielsen's towers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Nielsen	860,000 258,000	258,000

Mads Amot	Busted

Tags: Mads Amot Martin Nielsen

10-14-2025 18:14 UTC+1

A Couple of Reentries

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mads Amot	200,000 200,000	200,000
Nino Pansier	200,000 200,000	200,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-14-2025 18:25 UTC+1

Yanovski Yeeted Again

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Leonid Yanovski open-raised to 12,000 in early position. Bharath Janardhan three-bet to 40,000 in the next seat over, and Yanovski made it 126,000 to go in response.

"Okay, let's go," Janardhan said as he slammed in a tower of T-25,000 chips. Yanovski quickly called all in for 180,000, revealing the cards.

Leonid Yanovski: A♣K♣J♠7♣ All in
Bharath Janardhan: A♠Q♥Q♣10♠

Yanovski flopped multiple draws on 6♦10♣8♣, but none of his outs came in on the 8♥ turn or 3♦ river. Yanovski grimaced as he moved his chips over to his neighbor, then took his exit for the second time today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bharath Janardhan	730,000 530,000	530,000

Leonid Yanovski	Busted

Tags: Bharath Janardhan Leonid Yanovski

10-14-2025 18:33 UTC+1

"Gypsy Baron" Nearing Seven Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Martin Nielsen checked to "Gypsy Baron" on a completed board of 7♠10♦5♠2♠6♦. "Gypsy Baron" fired a pot-sized bet of 180,000, which sent Nielsen into the tank.

Eventually, Nielsen flicked in a reluctant call. "Gypsy Baron" showed A♠Q♥7♣3♠ for the nut flush, and Nielsen groaned as he mucked his hand and lost the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gypsy Baron	900,000 299,000	299,000
Martin Nielsen	595,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Martin Nielsen