€10,300 Championship Day 2 | 2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta

10-15-2025 15:53 UTC+1

Varonen Doubles After Attacking Limps

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Lucas van den Belt limped in under the gun, with several of his tablemates following suit. Lauri Varonen then raised to 60,000 in the big blind, after which Van den Belt quickly three-bet to 210,000.

"Why did I raise?" Varonen lamented after the rest of the table had folded. He then called off for 190,000, revealing the cards.

Lauri Varonen: K♠J♠10♦7♦ All in
Lucas van den Belt: A♠A♣Q♦7♣

Varonen flopped huge on 10♠3♦J♦ with two pair and a flush draw. The 3♠ turn counterfeited his two pair, but the 2♦ river completed his flush, doubling him up and leaving Van den Belt with half a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Varonen	420,000 220,000	220,000
Lucas van den Belt	110,000 103,000	103,000

Tags: Lauri Varonen Lucas van den Belt

10-15-2025 16:01 UTC+1

Pansier In for Another One

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a pot of about 300,000, Nino Pansier committed his final 45,000 on the 6♦3♠J♦2♦ turn. Hans Thumann quickly looked him up, revealing A♦Q♥Q♣5♦ for the nut flush.

It remained the nuts on the 9♣ river, and Pansier's cards were quickly swept into the muck. At another table, Tom-Aksel Bedell became the final elimination before the field was sent on a break.

Doing what the Dutchman has been doing over the past days, Pansier immediately bought back in as he neared double-digit entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Thumann	975,000 443,000	443,000
Nino Pansier	200,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Hans Thumann Nino Pansier

10-15-2025 16:04 UTC+1

Break Time; Late Registration to Close

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The players have been sent on a break of 20 minutes. The late registration will close at the end of this break.

10-15-2025 16:07 UTC+1

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Level 12 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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Level: 13

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

10-15-2025 16:31 UTC+1

List of Very Last Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Yanovski	200,000 200,000	200,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	200,000 200,000	200,000

Youness Barakat	200,000 200,000	200,000
NoNeedMoney	200,000 200,000	200,000
Aki Vihikainen	200,000 200,000	200,000
Maxi Lehmanski	200,000 200,000	200,000
Enrico Rudelitz	200,000 200,000	200,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	200,000 200,000	200,000

Shamil Patel	200,000 200,000	200,000
Christian Stratmeyer	200,000 200,000	200,000
Florian Kraft	200,000 200,000	200,000

10-15-2025 16:41 UTC+1

Trojand Takes It on River

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Espen Myrmo raised to 42,000 under the gun. Jeremy Trojand called in the hijack, and the two went heads up to a Q♣3♥2♠ flop. Myrmo checked to Trojand, who bet 55,000.

Myrmo called, after which the 5♥ turn and 2♥ river were checked to showdown. Myrmo tabled four black cards, and Trojand quickly announced a flush, showing K♦K♣9♥8♥ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stian Usterud	1,315,000 133,000	133,000
Dennis Weiss	1,130,000 290,000	290,000

Jeremy Trojand	830,000 29,000	29,000
Aaron Pahlawani	700,000 23,000	23,000
Espen Myrmo	675,000 75,000	75,000
Dario Alioto	415,000 478,000	478,000

Leonid Yanovski	176,000 24,000	24,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	170,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Espen Myrmo Jeremy Trojand

10-15-2025 16:50 UTC+1

Birkmose Starts Comeback

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Stefan Lehner limped in from middle position, and "Sonic" did so on the button. Daniel Birkmose then raised to 60,000 in the small blind, which both opponents called.

Birkmose quickly tossed in his final 36,000 on the A♣J♣A♠ flop. Lehner called, while "Sonic" gave up after some thought.

Daniel Birkmose: A♥K♦K♣Q♣ All in
Stefan Lehner: J♥9♣8♥8♦.

Lehner was drawing dead after the 2♥ turn, and Birkmose nearly tripled as the river was dealt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonic	1,640,000 180,000	180,000
Lucas van den Belt	850,000 740,000	740,000
Stefan Lehner	400,000 100,000	100,000

Daniel Birkmose	276,000 191,000	191,000

Tags: Daniel Birkmose Stefan Lehner

10-15-2025 16:57 UTC+1

Yanovski Hits Rail for Final Time

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Leonid Yanovski got his last 200,000 or so in preflop, up against Stian Usterud.

Leonid Yanovski: K♦J♠J♣10♦ All in
Stian Usterud: A♦A♣9♠2♦

Not for the first time, Yanovski had run into aces. He flopped a straight on Q♥A♥10♥, but the 3♣3♥ runout made Usterud a full house to eliminate Yanovski, permanently this time.