Gergo Nagy, Lautaro Guerra Try to Deny Tom-Aksel Bedell Another Title on the Final Day of the Diamond Poker Series Tallinn €10,300 Championship
After a week of high-stakes Pot-Limit Omaha action in the Estonian capital, the final 10 players will finally gather inside the Bombay Club at 1 p.m. local time to crown a champion of the Diamond Poker Series PLO Grand Slam Tallinn €10,300 Championship.
Tom-Aksel Bedell is back right where he left the last Diamond Poker Series stop in January, atop the leaderboard. Bedell, who won the championship in Tirana, takes a big chip lead into the final day with 8,110,000 as he looks to go back-to-back. The Norwegian high roller has already established himself as one of the premier four-card specialists in the world and will push his live total earnings over $5 million with his showing today. In addition to his Diamond Poker Series win, he also won a Triton Series $25,000 Omaha High Roller in March for $709,000.
Final 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 8,110,000 | 135 |
| 2 | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | 5,750,000 | 96 |
| 3 | Imad Derwiche | France | 5,550,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Gypsy Baron | 2,545,000 | 42 | |
| 5 | Fredrik Lindstrom | Finland | 2,145,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 2,095,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Aaron Pahlawani | Austria | 1,470,000 | 25 |
| 8 | Filip Aleksic | Netherlands | 1,445,000 | 24 |
| 9 | Vivian Saliba | Austria | 690,000 | 12 |
| 10 | Erik Bystrom | Sweden | 575,000 | 10 |
He’ll have to hold off some familiar faces in order to lift the trophy once again. In second place sits Gergo Nagy (5,750,000), who also made the final table in Tirana, where he finished in seventh. The Hungarian took down a Triton Series event in March as well, winning a $50,000 Omaha High Roller in Jeju for a career-best score of $1,360,000.
Lautaro Guerra is in the middle of the pack with 2,095,000 as he tries to avenge his runner-up finish to Bedell in January. Guerra also won his first WSOP bracelet in the $100,000 Omaha Super High Roller in the Bahamas in December and will go over $6,500,000 in live earnings if he can capture the elusive title today.
Imad Derwiche (5,550,000), Gypsy Baron (2,545,000), Fredrik Lindstrom (2,145,000), Aaron Pahlawani (1,470,000), and Filip Aleksic (1,4450,000) also return today. Lindstrom is looking to make his third consecutive final table of this series, having finished in third place in the €2,200 Million Opener and eighth in the €5,200 Million. Pahlawani won the €5,200 Opener in Tirana in November as he tries to add a second Diamond Poker Series trophy to his collection. At the bottom of the leaderboard sit Vivian Saliba (690,000), who also won a PLO WSOP bracelet last year, and Erik Bystrom (575,000).
The action on the final day picks up on Level 19 with blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante. The final 10 players have already locked up €28,200 for making it this far in the 148-entry field, while the champion earns €338,370. The final table will be streamed on the Diamond Poker Series official YouTube and Twitch channels.
A PLO master will be crowned today, and PokerNews will follow all the action and provide updates as they play down to a champion.