2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
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.
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.
Level: 9
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
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.
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.