€5,200 The 5k Million Day 2 | 2025 PLO Grand Slam Prague

12-03-2025 23:21 UTC+2

Manuel Stojanovic Eliminated in 21st Place ($10,900)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Dennis Weiss opened to 105,000 from under the gun, and Manuel Stojanovic three-bet shoved for 305,000 from the button. Cesar Garcia potted to 1,230,000 from the big blind, and Weiss called with his stack of 685,000, putting himself at risk.

Manuel Stojanovic: A♣K♥9♥2♣ All in
Dennis Weiss: A♦8♦7♣3♣ All in
Cesar Garcia: K♦J♥J♦10♥

The board ran out 7♠8♥5♦Q♦9♦, giving Weiss the nut-flush to secure almost a full triple up, while Stojanovic exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Garcia	4,315,000 985,000	985,000

Dennis Weiss	1,700,000 900,000	900,000

Manuel Stojanovic	Busted

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12-03-2025 23:15 UTC+2

Karel Mokry Eliminated in 22nd Place ($10,900)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Karel Mokry was all-in for around 700,000 and up against Joachim Haraldstad who covered him.

Karel Mokry: K♣K♦J♣J♠ All in
Joachim Haraldstad: A♠A♦7♥6♣

The players had three pocket pairs between them, but Haraldstad's aces were best, and he remained ahead on the 3♦10♥Q♠5♠Q♦ runout to eliminate Mokry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joachim Haraldstad	1,900,000 1,275,000	1,275,000
Karel Mokry	Busted

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12-03-2025 23:02 UTC+2

Christos Argyriadis Eliminated in 23rd Place (€10,900)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With the board reading A♣2♥Q♣, Christos Argyriadis was all-in for around 1,100,000 from the big blind and up against Juha Helppi who covered him from the button.

Christos Argyriadis: 9♥3♣2♣2♠ All in
Juha Helppi: Q♥Q♦4♦3♦

Helppi had the best of the set-over-set situation, and he remained ahead as the board ran out 10♦7♠ to send Argyriadis to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	2,840,000 1,165,000	1,165,000

Christos Argyriadis	Busted

Tags: Christos Argyriadis Juha Helppi

12-03-2025 22:43 UTC+2

Poker Player Makes Squid Game Final with Shot at $4.56 Million! | PokerNews Podcast #926

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In the 926th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Mike Holtz and Connor Richards at Level 9 Studios to talk about the latest stories in the poker world. That includes former WSOP Main Event runner-up Steven Jones making the top five in the finale of Netflix's popular Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2. Find out if the poker pro was able to win the $4.56 million top prize.

They also dive into the debate fueled by Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth on how many World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelets there should be each year, who won the WPT bestbet Jacksonville Bounty Scramble, and why the Global Poker Awards are no more. Plus, the crew remembers Ulvis Alberts, the original WSOP photographer who recently passed away, while Connor shares details on the time he played poker on the North Korean border and his feature article on Lynard Skynard and the poker game they played on their ill-fated flight that led to a deadly plane crash. Oh, and did we mention that Sam Soverel shared a full-frontal selfie on social media? No? Well, he did.

Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

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12-03-2025 22:21 UTC+2

Cesar Garcia KOs Maksim Shuts to Burst the Money Bubble

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Maksim Shuts was all-in from the hijack for around 600,000 and up against the covering stack of Cesar Garcia who was under the gun.

Maksim Shuts: K♥K♦10♥6♥ All in
Cesar Garcia: A♠A♥K♣J♥

The board ran out Q♦4♦A♣4♠3♦. Shuts was drawing dead on the turn and eliminated on the stone bubble, while Garcia was good at showdown with aces full of fours to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Garcia	5,300,000 2,825,000	2,825,000

Maksim Shuts	Busted

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Level: 17

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

12-03-2025 21:31 UTC+2

Hand-for-Hand

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With 24 players left and 23 paid spots, the €5,200 Million is now hand-for-hand.

12-03-2025 21:31 UTC+2

Redraw of the Final Three Tables (full)

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Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
11	1	Omar Eljach	Sweden	3,225,000	129
11	2	Marcel Grubinger	Austria	265,000	11
11	3	Ying Kan	China	610,000	24
11	4	Veselin Karakitukov	Bulgaria	2,400,000	96
11	5	Sampo Ryynanen	Finland	1,200,000	48
11	6	Juha Helppi	Finland	1,675,000	67
11	7	Sebestyen Balint	Hungary	1,140,000	46
11	8	Christos Argyriadis	Greece	2,260,000	90

12	1	Dennis Weiss	Germany	800,000	32
12	2	Dario Alioto	Italy	1,775,000	71
12	3	Maksim Shuts	Turkey	840,000	34
12	4	Aleksei Vandyshev	Russian Federation	3,700,000	148
12	5	Carlo van Ravenswoud	Netherlands	1,380,000	55
12	6	Curtis Muller	Canada	550,000	22
12	7	Manuel Stojanovic	Austria	950,000	38
12	8	Cesar Garcia	Spain	2,475,000	99

13	1	Ole Schemion	Germany	550,000	22
13	2	Marcus Dieleman	Netherlands	600,000	24
13	3	Marco Di Persio	Italy	1,975,000	79
13	4	Tomasz Krzesinski	Poland	1,650,000	66
13	5	Aku Joentausta	Finland	3,810,000	152
13	6	Espen Myrmo	Norway	1,150,000	46
13	7	Karel Mokry	Czech Republic	900,000	36
13	8	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	625,000	25

Player	Chips	Progress
Aku Joentausta	3,810,000 140,000	140,000
Aleksei Vandyshev	3,700,000 50,000	50,000

Omar Eljach	3,225,000 725,000	725,000

Cesar Garcia	2,475,000 1,681,000	1,681,000

Veselin Karakitukov	2,400,000 550,000	550,000
Christos Argyriadis	2,260,000 990,000	990,000
Marco Di Persio	1,975,000 1,174,000	1,174,000
Dario Alioto	1,775,000 115,000	115,000

Juha Helppi	1,675,000 845,000	845,000

Tomasz Krzesinski	1,650,000 125,000	125,000
Carlo van Ravenswoud	1,380,000 50,000	50,000
Sampo Ryynanen	1,200,000 636,000	636,000

Espen Myrmo	1,150,000 950,000	950,000
Sebestyen Balint	1,140,000 310,000	310,000
Manuel Stojanovic	950,000 750,000	750,000
Karel Mokry	900,000 870,000	870,000
Maksim Shuts	840,000 640,000	640,000
Dennis Weiss	800,000 225,000	225,000

Joachim Haraldstad	625,000 134,000	134,000
Ying Kan	610,000 890,000	890,000
Marcus Dieleman	600,000 201,000	201,000
Curtis Muller	550,000 350,000	350,000
Ole Schemion	550,000 350,000	350,000

Marcel Grubinger	265,000 65,000	65,000