€5,200 The 5k Million | 2025 PLO Grand Slam Tallinn

04-10-2025 20:54 UTC+2

Anh Do Eliminated in 21st Place (€10,440)

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Anh Do bet 200,000 from the hijack on a flop of A♣J♥9♠ and Aki Vihikainen called in the cutoff.

The turn was the 6♠ and Do bet 485,000, leaving himself 5,000 behind. Vihikainen called and the 8♥ fell on the river.

Do checked to Vihikainen who moved all in, and Do paused for a moment before calling off his last chip. Vihikainen showed 10♠9♦8♣7♦ for a rivered straight and Do tossed A♠K♥4♠3♠ into the muck on his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aki Vihikainen	4,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Anh Do	Busted

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Anh Do

04-10-2025 21:07 UTC+2

Aku Joentausta Eliminated in 20th Place (€11,390)

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Aku Joentausta raised to 125,000 under the gun and Filip Lovric called in the big blind.

The flop came 10♥9♦3♣ and Joentausta potted to 310,000. Lovric then moved all in and Joentausta called for 600,000.

Aku Joentausta: A♥K♥J♠7♠ All in
Filip Lovric: Q♥Q♦J♣3♠

Both players had a straight draw, while Lovric was ahead with his queens. The 9♠ turn was no help to Joentausta, while he also missed the 5♣ river and was eliminated in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filip Lovric	3,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Aku Joentausta	Busted

Tags: Aku Joentausta Filip Lovric

04-10-2025 21:12 UTC+2

Andriy Lyubovetskiy Eliminated in 19th Place (€11,390)

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andriy Lyubovetskiy raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Vitalijs Korhs reraised to 340,000 in the small blind. Lyubovetskiy then moved all in for 1,000,000 and Korhs called.

Andriy Lyubovetskiy: A♦A♥7♦2♥ All in
Vitalijs Korhs: A♣10♥8♣7♥

Lyubovetskiy showed down aces as the flop came 10♣K♥3♣. The 5♦ turn kept him in the lead, but Korhs spiked two pair on the 8♠ river to win the pot and bust Lyubovetskiy in 19th place.

"At this table you have to play every hand, blind," Hossein Ensan added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitalijs Korhs	3,800,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Hossein Ensan	2,000,000 400,000	400,000

Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted

Tags: Andriy Lyubovetskiy Vitalijs Korhs

04-10-2025 21:22 UTC+2

Henri Kasper Eliminated in 18th Place (€11,390)

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Filip Lovric raised to 125,000 in the cutoff, Henri Kasper moved all in for 410,000 in the big blind, and Lovric called.

Henri Kasper: K♠K♥J♣5♠ All in
Filip Lovric: A♠J♠9♣3♥

Lovric hit two pair on the 9♥5♣3♠ flop to take the lead, while the rest of the board ran out 6♥2♣ and Kasper was eliminated in 18th place.

"You're a lucky boy. Must be nice," Youness Barakat said to Lovric.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filip Lovric	3,400,000 400,000	400,000
Henri Kasper	Busted

Tags: Filip Lovric Henri Kasper

04-10-2025 21:38 UTC+2

Stefan Lehner Eliminated in 17th Place; Yusuf Kumtepe Eliminated in 16th Place (€12,820)

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Stefan Lehner raised to 175,000 under the gun, leaving just 30,000 behind, as Amir Mozaffarian reraised to 600,000 in the hijack. The rest of the table got out of the way and Lehner tossed in his last chips.

Stefan Lehner: A♠8♠7♣5♣ All in
Amir Mozaffarian: A♣A♦9♦5♥

Lehner needed to improve against Mozaffarian's aces, but the 2♦3♦3♣8♥6♣ board was no help and Lehner was sent to the rail in 17th place.

At the same time at another table, Yusuf Kumtepe moved all in for 245,000 from the small blind on a board of 9♦8♣6♦2♣ and Tom-Aksel Bedell called in the big blind. Aki Vihikainen then reraised to 1,400,000.

"What do I do? My life depends on this," Bedell said as he tanked for a minute before folding.

Kumtepe had J♥8♦7♥2♥ for two pair and needed to hold against Vihikainen's A♣Q♣10♥8♥, but the 9♣ fell on the river to give Vihikainen the nut flush and send Kumtepe to the rail in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aki Vihikainen	5,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Amir Mozaffarian	3,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tom-Aksel Bedell	1,300,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Stefan Lehner	Busted

Yusuf Kumtepe	Busted

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Amir Mozaffarian Stefan Lehner Tom-Aksel Bedell Yusuf Kumtepe

04-10-2025 21:57 UTC+2

Ensan Picks Off Nagy; Dominykas Karmazinas Eliminated in 15th Place (€14,240)

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Leonid Yanovski raised to 140,000 in early position and was called by Gergo Nagy on the button and big blind Hossein Ensan.

Action checked to the river on a board 7♦5♠3♠J♣Q♣ when Nagy bet 250,000. Only Ensan called.

Nagy instantly mucked and Ensan showed A♠Q♥ as he took the pot.

At the same time as the double knockout earlier, Dominykas Karmazinas was also eliminated by Amir Mozaffarian. As recounted by Alexander Petersen, Karmazinas raised in early position and Mozaffarian called.

The flop came Qx9x2x with two diamonds and Karmazinas potted. Mozaffarian called and they got the rest of Karmazinas' chips in the middle on another deuce on the turn.

Karmazinas had two kings, but Mozaffarian had two aces to win the pot and send Karmainzas to the rail.

"You can quote me and write he played it very badly," Petersen said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Mozaffarian	3,100,000

Hossein Ensan	1,600,000 100,000	100,000

Leonid Yanovski	1,500,000
Gergo Nagy	1,400,000 200,000	200,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	Busted

Tags: Amir Mozaffarian Dominykas Karmazinas Gergo Nagy Hossein Ensan Leonid Yanovski

04-10-2025 22:15 UTC+2

Filip Aleksic Eliminated in 14th Place (€14,240)

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Aki Vihikainen raised to 150,000 under the gun, Filip Aleksic moved all in for 650,000 in the big blind, and Vihikainen called.

Filip Aleksic: A♦A♠A♣9♦ All in
Aki Vihikainen: K♣Q♦J♣2♠

Aleksic was ahead with aces, but Vihikainen ended up with two pair on a board of J♠8♠5♣Q♣7♦ to win the pot and send Aleksic to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aki Vihikainen	7,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Filip Aleksic	Busted

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Filip Aleksic

04-10-2025 23:23 UTC+2

Alexander Petersen Eliminated in 13th Place (€15,670)

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Amir Mozaffarian raised to 200,000 in the cutoff before Alexander Petersen reraised to 780,000 in the small blind. Hossein Ensan then potted to 2,100,000 in the big blind. "German sandwich," Petersen said. Mozaffarian got out of the way, while Petersen quickly called for an extra 200,000.

Alexander Petersen: K♦J♥10♦7♣ All in
Hossein Ensan: K♠K♣8♠2♠

"I'll take a straight," Petersen said as the flop came 5♦5♠3♥. "Not too many straights there," he added. The rest of the board ran out 6♠8♣ and Petersen was eliminated in 13th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	4,900,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Amir Mozaffarian	2,500,000 900,000	900,000

Alexander Petersen	Busted

Tags: Alexander Petersen Amir Mozaffarian Hossein Ensan

04-10-2025 23:58 UTC+2

Gergo Nagy Eliminated in 12th Place (€15,670)

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 7♣5♠4♦, Vitalijs Korhs bet 250,000 from the big blind and Gergo Nagy moved all in for 1,025,000 on the button. Korhs took several minutes until calling to put Nagy at risk.

Gergo Nagy: K♦K♣10♥8♥ All in
Vitalijs Korhs: 10♣9♦7♦3♦

Nagy was ahead with his kings, but the 6♥ turn gave Korhs a straight. The river was the 7♠ and Nagy was eliminated in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitalijs Korhs	4,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Gergo Nagy	Busted

Tags: Gergo Nagy Vitalijs Korhs

04-11-2025 00:04 UTC+2

Amir Mozaffarian Eliminated in 11th Place (€18,040)

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

A hand after the elimination of Gergo Nagy, Amir Mozaffarian and Leonid Yanovski saw a flop of 9♥2♦10♣ where Mozaffarian got his last 1,250,000 in the middle from the cutoff and Yanovski put him at risk in the big blind.

Amir Mozaffarian: K♥J♦J♣7♠ All in
Leonid Yanovski: K♦Q♦Q♣3♥

Yanovski was ahead with his queens, while Mozaffarian had a straight draw. The turn was the 10♦, while the 4♥ fell on the river to send Mozaffarian to the rail in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Yanovski	5,300,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Amir Mozaffarian	Busted

Tags: Amir Mozaffarian Leonid Yanovski