€10,300 Championship
Day 2 Started
2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
€10,300 Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€1,880,000
Entries
182
Level
27
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
79
Players Left
13
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The €10,300 Championship at the PLO Grand Slam Malta recorded 146 entries across its two starting flights. Today, at 3 p.m. local time, the 43 survivors will converge in Casino Malta for Day 2 of the three-day event. However, with two more levels of late registration and a possible overlay as the €2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool has not been met yet, the numbers are expected to grow significantly.
Coming into Day 2 with the chip lead is the legendary Ole Schemion. Schemion has been among the top in both live and online poker for over a decade, and has amassed over $20M in live tournament earnings since his first recorded cash in 2011, as per The Hendon Mob. However, this is the first time the high-stakes regular is attending a Diamond Poker Series event, looking to use his stack of 1,829,000, or 229 big blinds, to make a deep run in the PLO Grand Slam Championship.
Right behind Schemion is Bharath Janardhan. The only Indian representative in the field is also a newcomer to the Diamond Poker Series, but destroyed the competition on Day 1b to bag a massive stack of 1,768,000. In contrast to Schemion, Janardhan appears only sparingly to play poker tournaments, recording but a handful of cashes since 2015. Schemion and Janardhan are joined in the top ten by the likes of Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Stanislav Zegal, and Espen Myrmo.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 1,829,000 | 229 |
| 2 | Bharath Janardhan | India | 1,768,000 | 221 |
| 3 | Harry Casagrande | Austria | 1,383,000 | 173 |
| 4 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | 1,350,000 | 169 |
| 5 | Sonic | 1,316,000 | 165 | |
| 6 | Gypsy Baron | 1,275,000 | 159 | |
| 7 | Aku Joentausta | Finland | 1,148,000 | 144 |
| 8 | Stanislav Zegal | Germany | 1,117,000 | 140 |
| 9 | Espen Myrmo | Norway | 1,015,000 | 127 |
| 10 | Stian Usterud | Norway | 924,000 | 116 |
Other big stacks are in the hands of Gergo Nagy (919.000), Anton Suarez (810,000), and Dario Alioto (722,000). Tom-Aksel Bedell is the only previous PLO Grand Slam Championship winner who survived his starting day, having taken the crown in Tirana in 2025, but with 326,000 in chips, he has less than half an average stack at the start of Day 2.
The tournament will resume with blinds of 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. The length of the levels will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2, with a break scheduled after every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled for after Level 16, approximately 9:40 p.m. local time. Day 2 will play a maximum of nine levels, after which the remaining players will bag up for the final day. Two hours of late registration remain, during which unlimited reentries are allowed.
An exciting day is ahead, as the prize pool will be confirmed and the bubble is expected to burst. PokerNews will be live reporting the €10,300 Championship from start to finish, so stay tuned as the PLO action will get back underway shortly.
Level: 11
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 11
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The returning players are in their seats, and the cars have been sent in the air for the second day of the PLO Grand Slam Championship.
Level 11
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
Level 11
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
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Level 11
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Arriving on the A♦K♥7♥ flop, Tomasz Kozub bet 50,000 into a pot of 108,000 from the small blind. Hossein Ensan then moved all in for 185,000 in the hijack, and "LuxonTrustWallet" came over the top with a raise to 470,000.
Kozub weighed his options for a bit but ultimately decided to muck his cards, leaving the others to show down.
Hossein Ensan: K♣Q♥10♥7♣ 
"LuxonTrustWallet": A♥A♣5♦3♣
Both players made a full house on the 10♣K♦ runout, but "LuxonTrustWallet" had the top boat, eliminating Ensan in the first minutes of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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800,000
306,000
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306,000 |
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450,000
82,000
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82,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 11
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ole Schemion checked the K♦A♥6♣10♦ turn from the big blind to Espen Myrmo in the cutoff. Myrmo bet 50,000 into a pot of 125,000. Dirk Rehbronn then jammed all in for 95,000, which only Myrmo called.
Dirk Rehbronn: Q♥6♥6♦5♦
Espen Myrmo: A♣9♣7♦2♦
Rehbronn filled up on the 10♥ river, and he doubled up with his full house. Not much later, Hossein Ensan took his seat at the table on his second bullet for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,750,000
79,000
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79,000 |
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750,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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315,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Level 11
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dennis Weiss, Dario Alioto, and Stian Usterud had each put in 80,000 preflop when they went 10♣3♦3♠ emerged from the deck. Weiss checked from the small blind to Alioto in the hijack, who bet 55,000.
Usterud quickly mucked his cards before Weiss called to the 9♣ turn. Both players checked, and the 5♠ river was knuckled to showdown.
Weiss tabled A♠K♦K♣J♣ for an overpair, enough to take down the big pot as Alioto mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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893,000
57,000
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57,000 |
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840,000
247,000
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247,000 |
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815,000
109,000
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109,000 |
