€10,400 Championship
Day 2 Completed
2025 PLO Grand Slam Prague
€10,400 Championship
Day: 2
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Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
A final table has been reached in the Diamond Poker Series PLO Grand Slam €10,400 Championship here at the All Inn Casino in Prague. The final nine players have each locked up €26,150, while one is just eight eliminations away from claiming the Diamond Poker Series Trophy and €258,900 top prize.
Aki Vihikainen was cruising with a top-five stack for nearly the entire day before a late-night heater propelled him to the top of the counts, ending with 5,560,000, well ahead of his nearest competitor Kevin Gorsic, who bagged 3,705,000.
Rounding out the top three is Jeremy Trojand with 2,420,000. Vihikainen was cruising throughout the day, rarely dropping outside the top five chip stacks, before winning a massive pot against fellow big stack Luuk van den Belt late in the night to claim the top spot.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aki Vihikainen | Finland | 5,560,000 | 139 |
| 2 | Jeremy Trojand | Germany | 2,420,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Alexander Petersen | Netherlands | 900,000 | 23 |
| 4 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 1,690,000 | 42 |
| 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 2,095,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 1,480,000 | 37 |
| 7 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 2,210,000 | 55 |
| 8 | Luuk van den Belt | Netherlands | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Kevin Gorsic | Slovenia | 3,705,000 | 93 |
Other players to survive the penultimate day include Ole Schemion, Juha Helppi, and Cesar Garcia. For Helppi and Garcia this will be their second final table in just as many days, with the two players finishing third and fourth respectively last night in the PLO Grand Slam €5,200 Million.
Day 2 Action
The day began with 23 players returning from Day 1, but with late registration available for three more levels that number quickly grew, with 29 Day 2 entries bringing the field to 107 by the time late registration closed, just surpassing the €1,000,000 guarantee.. Among the early exits today were Aku Joentausta and Aleksei Vandyshev, who finished last night's €5,200 Million in second and first place respectively.
Dennis Weiss found himself grinding a severely short stack on the stone bubble, getting his last five big blinds in preflop against Ole Schemion, with the latter player making two pair to bring the 15 remaining players into the money.
Youness Barakat made another deep run in this event, but fell a few spots before the final table after getting his chips in on the flop with the nut-flush draw, and failing to improve against Vihikainen's flopped nut-straight. WSOP Europe Main Event champion and start-of-day chip leader Omar Eljach was next out in twelfth, after missing his flush draw against Van den Belt, who was good at showdown with just one pair.
The pivotal hand for Vihikainen came with 11 players remaining in a hand against Van den Belt, with both players holding a top three stack at the time. Vihikainen flopped a set of aces and got two big streets of value to firmly establish himself as the chip leader, while Van den Belt fell a few spots down the leaderboard, ultimately finishing the night in seventh in chips. Short stacks Maksim Shuts and Tomasz Krzesinski were out soon after in 11th and 10th place to bring an end to the night.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | € 258,900 |
| 2 | € 178,100 |
| 3 | € 116,700 |
| 4 | € 94,550 |
| 5 | € 75,950 |
| 6 | € 59,300 |
| 7 | € 46,750 |
| 8 | € 35,700 |
| 9 | € 26,150 |
The action is set to resume tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. for the final day, with 14:30 remaining on Level 18 and blinds of 20,000/40,000/40,000. Stay tuned to PokerNews to catch the thrilling conclusion of the flagship event of the series.
Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,560,000
1,260,000
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1,260,000 |
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3,705,000 | |
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2,420,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
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2,210,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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2,095,000
705,000
|
705,000 |
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||
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1,650,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
||
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1,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
1,480,000
20,000
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20,000 |
|
900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
With the board reading 8♥J♥J♣, Tomasz Krzesinski was all-in from the button, having committed most of his chips preflop. He was up against Kevin Gorsic who coverted him from the cutoff.
Tomasz Krzesinski: K♦K♣5♦2♣ 
Kevin Gorsic: A♦J♠10♠8♣
Krzesinski couldn't catch a king as the rest of the board ran out 8♦7♣, resulting in his elimination on the final table buibble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,705,000
805,000
|
805,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
With the board reading 10♠7♥Q♥9♠ and around 400,000 in the middle, Maksim Shuts was all-in from the big blind, and up against Juha Helppi, who covered him from the cutoff.
Maksim Shuts: K♦J♣9♣5♦
Juha Helppi: A♠8♣7♣6♠
Shuts had the nut-straight and had to fade Helppi's nut-flush draw. The flush came in on the 8♠ river, and Shuts exited the tournament two spots shy of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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2,800,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In a preflop confrontation, Veselin Karakitukov was all-in from the hijack for 705,000 and up against Kevin Gorsic who covered him from the button.
Veselin Karakitukov: A♣K♦K♣Q♦
Kevin Gorsic: A♥A♦7♦5♦
The board ran out 7♠3♥2♥6♣K♠, giving Karakitukov a rivered set of kings for the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
760,000
|
760,000 |
|
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1,500,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Maksim Shuts limped in from under the gun, Aki Vihikainen raised to 160,000 from the small blind, Luuk van den Belt called from the big blind, and Shuts called.
The flop came 10♦A♠2♥. Vihikainen bet 175,00, Van den Belt called, and Shuts folded.
Vihikainen continued for 650,000 on the 8♠ turn and Van den Belt called again before both players checked the J♣ river. Vihikainen showed top set with A♥A♦5♦5♥ to take the pot and the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
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|
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2,000,000
1,100,000
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1,100,000 |
|
|
850,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,660,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
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3,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
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|
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|
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3,100,000
125,000
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125,000 |
|
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2,300,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
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|
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|
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2,075,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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1,950,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
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|
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1,200,000
1,050,000
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1,050,000 |
|
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1,200,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
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|
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1,075,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
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850,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 17
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Players are on another 15-minute break.
