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

10-17-2025 21:14 UTC+2

Pearson Pounces on Four-Way Three-Bet Pot

Frank Visser

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 Q♣K♥9♣ flop. Pearson then promptly jammed, finding Di Nicola as the only caller for 290,000.

Ermanno Di Nicola: [kdctsth] All in
Philip Pearson: J♠J♦10♣4♣

Person's flopped straight remained best as the 4♠6♣ runout did not pair the board. Di Nicola was sent to the rail while Pearson approached a seven-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Pearson	910,000 541,500	541,500
Dario Alioto	530,000 85,000	85,000

NoNeedMoney	240,000 200,000	200,000
Ermanno Di Nicola	Busted

Tags: Dario Alioto Ermanno Di Nicola Philip Pearson

10-17-2025 21:01 UTC+2

Assorted Dinner Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	1,010,000 160,000	160,000

Dario Alioto	615,000 50,000	50,000

Francesco Canzonieri	605,000 265,000	265,000
Stefan Lehner	520,000 24,000	24,000

Hossein Ensan	480,000 20,000	20,000

Aku Joentausta	464,000 234,000	234,000
Renato Messina	455,000 37,000	37,000
NoNeedMoney	440,000 30,000	30,000
Pavel Izotov	425,000 200,000	200,000
Bharath Janardhan	420,000 85,000	85,000
Luigi D'Alterio	400,000 200,000	200,000
Ermanno Di Nicola	385,000 230,000	230,000

Philip Pearson	368,500 116,500	116,500
Mark Vella	363,000 163,000	163,000
Benjamin Ozer	328,000 28,000	28,000
Csaba Fenyvesi	318,000 215,500	215,500
Marcus Dieleman	308,000 108,000	108,000
Stanislav Zegal	265,000 85,000	85,000

Alessandro Cislaghi	255,000 60,000	60,000
Jelle de Kroon	206,000 324,000	324,000

Tomasz Krzesinski	205,000 27,000	27,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	200,000 200,000	200,000
Noamane Boukhari	200,000
Harry Casagrande	200,000
Anton Suarez	177,000 33,000	33,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-17-2025 20:00 UTC+2

Life Outside Poker: Mounir Tajiou Brings No Filter to Life w/ Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi & Juha Helppi

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Frank Visser

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

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 35th episode, Connor talks with No Filter Poker Series founder Mounir Tajiou about growing up in Sweden, working as a high court judge, playing professional soccer, making a deep run in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and the new No Filter Poker Series, which values fun at the table over poker strategy.

We also hear from 1998 Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen, reigning WSOP champ Michael Mizrachi and Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi about their involvement with the No Filter Poker tour.

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10-17-2025 19:55 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Frank Visser

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

The 37 remaining players have been sent on a dinner break of 65 minutes.

The tournament is expected to resume around 9 p.m. local time.

10-17-2025 19:47 UTC+2

Latest Oustings, One New Name

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebestyen Balint	200,000 200,000	200,000
Sonic	Busted
LuxonTrustWallet	Busted
Angelo Vietti	Busted

10-17-2025 19:46 UTC+2

Lehner Holds With Aces

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Frank Visser

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

On the K♣4♣10♠ 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: A♠A♣J♠10♥ All in
Bastian Blum: 9♣6♦5♣4♦

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Lehner	544,000 276,000	276,000

Bastian Blum	160,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Bastian Blum Stefan Lehner

10-17-2025 19:35 UTC+2

Iannaco Eliminated by Thumann After "Huge Suckout"

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Frank Visser

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

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 4♠8♦10♠ 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: K♦K♣Q♦10♥ All in
Hans Thumann: A♦J♣7♣5♦

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.