2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
On the button, Renato Messina pushed his last 85,000 into a pot of 170,000 on the K♦Q♥3♥ flop, being looked up by cutoff Zachary Reinbold.
Renato Messina: K♠10♠J♠8♥
Zachary Reinbold: 10♣9♠9♣8♦
The 8♣ turn made Messina two pair, leaving Reinbold drawing dead. The 7♦ river was rendered meaningless as Messina raked in his double-up.
Reinbold was left with 120,000, which he would lose not much later to be eliminated.
Small blind Martin Nielsen got his last 125,000 in on the 4♠7♥10♥Q♠ turn against table chipleader Puk Nabuurs in the big blind.
Martin Nielsen: 9♠8♥8♠6♠
Puk Nabuurs: A♥Q♣7♣2♣
Nielsen completed one of his straight draws on the J♥ river, doubling him up to a stack of 22 big blinds.
Sterling Savill opened to 35,000 in the hijack. Dennis Weiss three-bet to 130,000 in the small blind, leaving only 35,000 back. Savill called to the 2♠10♣9♠ flop, where Weiss' remaining chips were put at risk.
Dennis Weiss: A♥A♣J♥5♠
Sterling Savill: K♥Q♠J♦10♦
The 3♥ turn and 7♥ river left Savill's hand unimproved. "That's a lot of outs to fade," Savill noted as he paid Weiss his double-up.
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
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Puk Nabuurs raised to 42,000 under the gun. Gabi Livshitz called in the cutoff, and Ermanno Di Nicola followed suit on the button.
The trio checked through the 3♣6♣10♥ flop. Nabuurs then fired 130,000 on the 8♥ turn, receiving two folds for his efforts.
The winner of the €2,200 Opener at the PLO Grand Slam Tallinn chipped up further, seeing his stack grow to about 120 big blinds.