Filip Aleksic stands alone atop the leaderboard going into Day 2 of the Diamond Poker Series PLO Grand Slam Tallinn €10,300 Championship at 3 p.m. local time, but some of the best Pot-Limit Omaha specialists across Europe will make it their mission today to track him down.
They include Anton Suarez (1,190,000), Joni Jouhkimainen (1,114,000), and Vivian Saliba (1,096,000) who are all big stacks at the start of the day. Hans Thumann (1,422,000) and Vadim Zakharyan (1,386,000) round out the top five.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Filip Aleksic | Netherlands | 2,384,000 | 298 |
| 2 | Hans Thumann | Czech Republic | 1,422,000 | 178 |
| 3 | Vadim Zakharyan | Israel | 1,386,000 | 173 |
| 4 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | 1,190,000 | 149 |
| 5 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 1,114,000 | 139 |
| 6 | Erik Bystrom | Sweden | 1,110,000 | 139 |
| 7 | Vivian Saliba | Austria | 1,096,000 | 137 |
| 8 | Aaron Pahlawani | Austria | 1,006,000 | 126 |
| 9 | Florian Kraft | Germany | 922,000 | 115 |
| 10 | Imad Derwiche | France | 907,000 | 113 |
Other players returning to the Chesterfield Poker Club for Day 2 include Imad Derwiche (907,000), Farid Jattin (862,000), Alexander Petersen (679,000), and Fredrik Lindstrom (679,000). Further down the leaderboard are Jens Kyllonen (342,000), Lautaro Guerra (265,000), €5,200 Million champion Youness Barakat (200,000), Jonas Kronwitter (165,000), and Hossein Ensan (71,000).
A total of 34 players out of 108 entries will take their seats at the start of the day. Late registration remains open for the first two levels of the day, so the field is likely to grow substantially larger by the time the prize pool is confirmed.
The action picks up on Level 10 with blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante. Levels are now 60 minutes long. The schedule calls for 12 levels to be played today, which should bring the field down to the final table who return tomorrow at 1 p.m. where the venue switches to the Bombay Club.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates throughout the day as this elite field battles for PLO supremacy.
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Alexander PetersenAnton SuarezFarid JattinFilip AleksicFredrik LindstromHans ThumannHossein EnsanImad DerwicheJens KyllonenJonas KronwitterJoni JouhkimainenLautaro GuerraVadim ZakharyanVivian SalibaYouness Barakat
