€5,200 The 5k Million Day 1b | 2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta

10-17-2025 23:34 UTC+2

Assorted Counts Heading Into Final Level

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Suarez	1,115,000 870,000	870,000
Jelle de Kroon	1,100,000 885,000	885,000

Espen Myrmo	820,000 364,000	364,000
Philip Pearson	750,000 90,000	90,000
Hossein Ensan	665,000 135,000	135,000

Leonid Yanovski	660,000 4,000	4,000
Luigi D'Alterio	600,000 130,000	130,000
Noamane Boukhari	600,000 40,000	40,000

10-17-2025 23:20 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations as "Sonic" Jumps Back In

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonic	200,000 200,000	200,000
Filip Lovric	Busted
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted
Pavel Izotov	Busted
Csaba Fenyvesi	Busted
Mark Vella	Busted

10-17-2025 23:11 UTC+2

Messina Makes Full House for Huge Double-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a pot of 63,000, Stefan Lehner, under the gun, checked the 10♥J♦7♦Q♣ turn over to Renato Messina in the cutoff, who bet 55,000. Lehner then raised to 228,000, and Messina called.

The 10♦ river prompted a check from Lehner, after which Messina moved all in for 172,000. Lehner snap-called with A♦K♥6♦4♠ for Broadway, but Messina had rivered the better hand with K♦Q♠Q♥2♦.

His full house brought him a massive double-up, sitting with a stack of over 140 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renato Messina	863,000 543,000	543,000
Stefan Lehner	310,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Renato Messina Stefan Lehner

10-17-2025 23:01 UTC+2

Lehner Shows Ensan Again

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Three-way to the 4♠2♥3♥ flop, Renato Messina checked from the big blind to Hossein Ensan under the gun. Ensan bet 40,000 into the pot of 72,000, which Stefan Lehner called on the button.

Messina let his cards go, after which the 7♠ was burned and turned. Ensan slowed down and checked, prompting Lehner to fire a bet of 80,000.

Ensan decided to fold after a while in the tank. The ever-friendly Lehner showed A♠5♥ for a wheel. "No bluff again," he added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	800,000 67,000	67,000

Stefan Lehner	600,000 50,000	50,000

Renato Messina	320,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Hossein Ensan Renato Messina Stefan Lehner

10-17-2025 22:49 UTC+2

Late-Night Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Canzonieri	931,000 326,000	326,000
Hossein Ensan	867,000 102,000	102,000

Nikolaos Lampropoulos	850,000 160,000	160,000

Philip Pearson	840,000 70,000	70,000
Luigi D'Alterio	730,000 330,000	330,000
Leonid Yanovski	664,000 76,000	76,000
Carlo van Ravenswoud	630,000 220,000	220,000
Noamane Boukhari	560,000 360,000	360,000
Stefan Lehner	550,000 15,000	15,000

Mark Vella	540,000 177,000	177,000
Hans Thumann	525,000
Tomasz Kozub	510,000 45,000	45,000
Nino Pansier	468,000 172,000	172,000
LuxonTrustWallet	465,000 265,000	265,000
Christian Stratmeyer	461,000 261,000	261,000
Tomer Halevy	459,000 76,000	76,000
Gabi Livshitz	457,000 73,000	73,000

Espen Myrmo	456,000 63,500	63,500
Ermanno Di Nicola	421,000 56,000	56,000

Renato Messina	420,000 140,000	140,000
Sebestyen Balint	347,000 18,000	18,000
Benjamin Ozer	330,000 2,000	2,000
Csaba Fenyvesi	320,000 120,000	120,000
Aku Joentausta	315,000 8,000	8,000
Tobias Hausen	315,000 15,000	15,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-17-2025 22:35 UTC+2

Catch the Latest Edition of The Rundown

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

10-17-2025 22:30 UTC+2

Final Break of Day 1b

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The field has been sent on their last 20-minute break of the night. When they return, they will play two more levels of 45 minutes before Day 1b wraps up.

10-17-2025 22:30 UTC+2

"Sonic" Runs Into Pansier's Nuts

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action was picked up on a 10♠K♠2♦Q♣ turn. "Sonic" bet 18,000 into a pot of 47,000 from the cutoff, which Nino Pansier raised to 65,000.

"Sonic" matched the bet and checked the subsequent 4♦ river over to Pansier. Pansier announced a pot-sized bet of 177,000, which covered "Sonic"s stack.

"Sonic" spent some time in the tank before he found a call. Pansier showed Broadway with A♦Q♠J♣8♦, besting the set of "Sonic", who tabled K♥K♦3♦Xx as he said his goodbyes to the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nino Pansier	640,000 429,000	429,000
Carlo van Ravenswoud	410,000 120,000	120,000
Tomer Halevy	383,000 99,000	99,000
Tobias Hausen	300,000 100,000	100,000
Alexi Skoulos	265,000 127,500	127,500
Filip Lovric	112,500 10,500	10,500
Sonic	Busted