2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta

€5,200 The 5k Million
Day: 1b
1a1b2
Event Info
2025 PLO Grand Slam Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj95
Prize
€218,100
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,200
Prize Pool
€940,000
Total Entries
189
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
84
Players Left
32
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Pearson Pounces on Four-Way Three-Bet Pot

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

"NoNeedMoney" limped in under the gun. Dario Alioto then made it 17,000 to go in middle position, which Ermanno Di Nicola called on the button.

Philip Pearson flatted in the big blind before "NoNeedMoney" upped the ante to 87,000, stringing all opponents along to the QK9 flop. Pearson then promptly jammed, finding Di Nicola as the only caller for 290,000.

Ermanno Di Nicola: [kdctsth] All in
Philip Pearson: JJ104

Person's flopped straight remained best as the 46 runout did not pair the board. Di Nicola was sent to the rail while Pearson approached a seven-figure stack.

Tags: Dario AliotoErmanno Di NicolaPhilip Pearson

Assorted Dinner Counts

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

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Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Lehner Holds With Aces

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On the K410 flop, Bastian Blum made a pot-sized bet of 106,000 from the hijack. Stefan Lehner then moved all in for 219,000 from the cutoff, which Blum snapped off with the covering stack.

Stefan Lehner: AAJ10 All in
Bastian Blum: 9654

The 8 turn gave Blum some extra outs, but the 2 river remained safe for Lehner's aces, doubling him up to a stack of around 135 big blinds.

Tags: Bastian BlumStefan Lehner

Iannaco Eliminated by Thumann After "Huge Suckout"

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Hans Thumann
Hans Thumann

Hans Thumann, who allegedly had not looked at his cards yet, and Davide Iannaco each put in 60,000 preflop. Iannaco then moved all in for 111,000 on the 4810 flop.

Thumann looked at his cards one by one, spending one time bank before he called. "Write: 'Suckout'," Thumann instructed PokerNews before the hands were revealed.

Davide Iannaco: KKQ10 All in
Hans Thumann: AJ75

Thumann hit a straight on the 9 turn, and Iannaco's kings did not improve on the 2 river. "Write: 'Huge Suckout'," Thumann reiterated as he dragged the pot.

Tags: Davide IannacoHans Thumann

Scerri Sent to Exit, Kozub Follows

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andre Scerri got his last 75,000 or so in on a 379 flop against Renato Messina, and was at risk.

Andre Scerri: AA99 All in
Renato Messina: J10108

Messina's wrap came in on the 8 turn. The Q river did not pair the board, sending a scoffing Scerri to the exit.

As the pot was dragged to Messina, another "seat open" was heard from across the room as Tomasz Kozub had been eliminated at virtually the same time.

Tags: Andre ScerriRenato MessinaTomasz Kozub

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000