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

10-14-2025 16:59 UTC+1

Lampropoulos Wins After Reentry

Frank Visser

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

Marcus Dieleman, Nikolaos Lampropoulos, and Erik Friberg were involved in a 30,000 pot on the 10♦3♥Q♥7♠ turn. Dieleman bet 20,000 from the big blind, and was called by Lampropoulos in the cutoff and Friberg on the button.

The trio then checked through the K♦ river. Lampropoulos tabled K♥Q♦7♥3♦ for the winning two pair, and the remaining eight cards in play were added to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Friberg	395,000 30,000	30,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	255,000 255,000	255,000

Marcus Dieleman	120,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Erik Friberg Marcus Dieleman Nikolaos Lampropoulos

10-14-2025 16:46 UTC+1

Full Break Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Nielsen	602,000 435,500	435,500

Robert Cowen	515,000 55,000	55,000

Shamil Patel	490,000 29,000	29,000
Imad Derwiche	470,000 260,000	260,000
Erik Friberg	425,000 170,000	170,000
Mads Amot	412,000 77,000	77,000
Mark Berente	410,000 120,000	120,000
Hossein Ensan	385,000 15,000	15,000

Gypsy Baron	345,000 15,000	15,000
Jeremy Trojand	300,000 80,000	80,000
Filip Aleksic	285,000 65,000	65,000
Aku Joentausta	275,000 80,000	80,000
Csaba Fenyvesi	250,000 30,000	30,000
Youness Barakat	245,000 105,000	105,000
Alexi Skoulos	235,000 15,000	15,000
Filip Lovric	232,000 12,000	12,000
Tomasz Kozub	225,000 29,000	29,000
Krasimir Yankov	210,000 57,000	57,000
NoNeedMoney	200,000
Hans Thumann	200,000
Lauri Varonen	200,000
Leonid Yanovski	200,000
Sebestyen Balint	180,000 30,000	30,000
Ernst Tries	167,000 53,000	53,000
Tobias Hausen	163,000 53,500	53,500

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Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-14-2025 16:25 UTC+1

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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10-14-2025 16:25 UTC+1

Break Time

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.

10-14-2025 16:24 UTC+1

Entries and Exits

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
NoNeedMoney	200,000
Marcus Dieleman	200,000 200,000	200,000
Aki Vihikainen	200,000 200,000	200,000
Lauri Varonen	200,000 200,000	200,000
Hans Thumann	200,000 200,000	200,000
Leonid Yanovski	200,000 200,000	200,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	Busted

Florian Kraft	Busted
Nino Pansier	Busted

10-14-2025 16:21 UTC+1

Diamonds are Yanovski's Worst Friend

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a pot of 45,000, Leonid Yanovski raised all in from the hijack on the 3♦Q♠5♦8♠ turn for about 200,000. Small blind Shamil Patel snapped him off, putting Yanovski at risk.

Leonid Yanovski: A♦J♦5♥3♠ All in
Shamil Patel: Q♥Q♣10♠6♠

Yanovski's flush draw did not come in on the 4♣ river, seeing Patel's top set hold for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shamil Patel	519,000 179,000	179,000
Leonid Yanovski	Busted

Tags: Leonid Yanovski Shamil Patel

10-14-2025 16:15 UTC+1

Gleissner Falls in Ensan's Trap

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Hossein Ensan had limp-raised under the gun when Bernd Gleissner moved in his stack of 78,000 from the small blind. Ensan instantly called, putting Gleissner at risk.

Bernd Gleissner: 5♠5♥4♥4♣ All in
Hossein Ensan: A♠A♣J♦3♦

Ensan flopped top set on A♦2♠7♦. Gleissner had a straight draw to work with, but the 9♥7♥ runout did not provide him with a wheel, sending him to an early exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	370,000 157,500	157,500

Bernd Gleissner	Busted

Tags: Bernd Gleissner Hossein Ensan

10-14-2025 16:04 UTC+1

Amot Dusts Dieleman

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Frank Visser

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♦ All in
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
Mads Amot	335,000 60,000	60,000
Marcus Dieleman	Busted

Tags: Mads Amot Marcus Dieleman

10-14-2025 15:51 UTC+1

Barakat Comes Back With Vegeance, Busts Vihikainen

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Frank Visser

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♥ All in
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
Youness Barakat	350,000 150,000	150,000
Gypsy Baron	330,000 110,000	110,000
Aki Vihikainen	Busted

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Youness Barakat