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

04-10-2025 19:17 UTC+2

Do Makes Two Sets to Triple

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With around 450,000 in the pot on a flop of 10♦8♦2♥, Anh Do moved all in for 350,000 under the gun and Artur Teshaev called on the button, as did big blind Tom-Aksel Bedell.

Teshaev and Bedell checked down the A♥ turn and 4♠ river and Bedell showed A♦9♥5♣2♦ for two pair. Do, though, showed 10♥10♠8♠8♣, having flopped a set with both of his pairs, and Teshaev mucked to surrender the triple up to Do.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	2,900,000 300,000	300,000
Anh Do	1,500,000 600,000	600,000
Artur Teshaev	1,300,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Anh Do Artur Teshaev Tom-Aksel Bedell

04-10-2025 19:16 UTC+2

Lovric Fills Up to Double

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Filip Aleksic was in the small blind and reraised to 330,000. Youness Barakat called in middle position, but Filip Lovric moved all in for 905,000 in the hijack. Aleksic then reshoved for 2,170,000.

"This is very upsetting," Barakat said as he tanked for a few minutes.

"Everybody is trapping. You know what they have," Petersen said before Barakat eventually folded.

Filip Lovric: A♥A♦Q♠6♠ All in
Filip Aleksic: K♥J♣10♣9♥

Lovric was ahead with his aces and improved to a full house on the Q♥3♠3♦3♣A♣ board to earn the double up.

"What a hand," Petersen added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	4,000,000 100,000	100,000
Filip Lovric	2,200,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Filip Aleksic	1,300,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Filip Aleksic Filip Lovric Youness Barakat

04-10-2025 18:41 UTC+2

Teshaev Busts Kronwitter on the Bubble

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jonas Kronwitter raised to 85,000 under the gun and was called by Artur Teshaev in the hijack, Tom-Aksel Bedell on the button, as blinds Anh Do and Aki Vihikainen.

"I can have a big stack again," Kronwitter said as the flop came A♣6♣6♠. All five players checked and the A♠ fell on the turn.

Kronwitter then moved all in for 185,000 and only Teshaev called. Teshaev showed A♥J♦10♦10♠ for trip aces and Kronwitter already tossed K♠Q♠10♣Xx into the muck before the 3♥ completed the board on the river as he was eliminated on the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	3,200,000 700,000	700,000
Artur Teshaev	1,500,000 600,000	600,000
Aki Vihikainen	1,200,000 800,000	800,000
Anh Do	900,000 300,000	300,000
Jonas Kronwitter	Busted

Tags: Aki Vihikainen Anh Do Artur Teshaev Jonas Kronwitter Tom-Aksel Bedell

04-10-2025 18:14 UTC+2

Lindstrom Spikes a Straight to Bust Toompere in Massive Pot

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of Q♠6♣3♦, Fredrik Lindstrom bet 85,000 from the cutoff and Ragnar Toompere raised to 250,000 on the button. Lindstrom then moved all in and Toompere took a minute before calling for 800,000 more.

Ragnar Toompere: A♠K♣Q♥5♠ All in
Fredrik Lindstrom: A♦5♦4♣2♥

Toompere was ahead with top pair, while Lindstrom had a straight draw. The 5♣ turn improved Lindstrom to his straight and left Toompere needing to fill up on the river to survive, but he missed the 3♠ river and was sent to the rail a few spots off the money.

Igor Pihela was also eliminated recently as the field reached the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrik Lindstrom	4,500,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Ragnar Toompere	Busted
Igor Pihela Jr	Busted

Tags: Fredrik Lindstrom Ragnar Toompere

04-10-2025 18:01 UTC+2

Barakat Spikes the River to Bust Guerra

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Lautaro Guerra bet 230,000 from middle position on a flop of 10♣8♣4♦, Youness Barakat moved all in from the button, and Guerra called for 500,000 more.

Lautaro Guerra: A♣A♥6♣5♥ All in
Youness Barakat: 9♦8♠7♠6♠

Guerra was ahead with aces, while Barakat had a pair and straight draw. The turn was the Q♥, but Barakat spiked trips on the 8♦ river to crack Guerra's aces and send him to the rail.

"Alex, I don't like folding either," Barakat told tablemate Alexander Petersen after the hand.

"That's okay, more chips for Alex," Dominykas Karmazinas added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	3,000,000 700,000	700,000
Lautaro Guerra	Busted

Tags: Youness Barakat Lautaro Guerra

04-10-2025 17:53 UTC+2

Bedell Flops the Nuts to Bust Tsoupras

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Theo Jorgensen raised to 75,000 in early position and Tom-Aksel Bedell called in the cutoff, as did Georgios Tsoupras in the big blind.

The flop came 4♦6♦3♥ and Bedell bet 70,000. Only Tsoupras called to see the 8♣ turn.

Bedell then bet 210,000 and Tsoupras moved all in for 550,000. Bedell snap-called with 7♦6♣5♣3♦ for a flopped straight, while Tsoupras had A♦J♠8♦3♠ for a flush draw.

The J♣ river was no help to Tsoupras and Bedell scored the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	2,500,000 300,000	300,000
Theo Jorgensen	1,800,000 600,000	600,000

Georgios Tsoupras	Busted

Tags: Georgios Tsoupras Theo Jorgensen Tom-Aksel Bedell

04-10-2025 17:27 UTC+2

Petersen Bluffs the Table, Barakat Can't Bluff Him

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

More than 1,000,000 was already in the pot as Youness Barakat and Alexander Petersen went to the river on a completed board of A♠4♦9♣10♦Q♦.

Barakat then moved all in from the small blind, having Petersen's remaining 700,000 covered. "Why do I hit the flush? How are you bluffing?" Petersen said as he tanked for a few minutes.

"If I fold and you show a bluff, I won't be able to sleep tonight and it will be way more expensive," Petersen added. He eventually put in the rest of his chips.

"You win," Barakat said, showing A♦K♥9♠8♥ for two pair. Petersen didn't have a flush, but he did show J♣10♥8♣4♣ for a straight to win the pot and double up.

"This crazy guy from Denmark. We all believed he had the flush," Dominykas Karmazinas said.

"If I win, going out tonight is on me," Petersen told him.

"You can't afford to go out with me," Karmazinas added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Petersen	2,400,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Youness Barakat	2,300,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Alexander Petersen Dominykas Karmazinas Youness Barakat

04-10-2025 17:21 UTC+2

Lyubovetskiy Silences Steinfeuer and Carmi

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Dimitri Steinfeuer, still rocking out to his music, raised to 60,000 in the cutoff as Eran Carmi on the button and big blind Andriy Lyubovetskiy came along.

The flop came 8♣4♥3♥ and action checked to Carmi who bet 150,000. Lyubovetskiy then potted to 650,000, Steinfeuer called for his last 250,000, while Carmi also put in his last 550,000.

Dimitri Steinfeuer: J♥9♥7♥7♦ All in
Eran Carmi: A♥Q♥5♥5♣ All in
Andriy Lyubovetskiy: A♣3♦3♣2♦

Steinfeuer and Carmi both had flush draws, while Lyubovetskiy showed a set. The A♠ turn and Q♠ river missed both opponents and Lyubovetskiy scooped the pot to send both players to the rail.

Bernard Larabi, who began the day second in chips, was also recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	2,200,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Dimitri Steinfeuer	Busted
Eran Carmi	Busted
Bernard Larabi	Busted

Tags: Andriy Lyubovetskiy Dimitri Steinfeuer Eran Carmi

04-10-2025 17:03 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	3,200,000 200,000	200,000
Amir Mozaffarian	2,500,000 700,000	700,000

Fredrik Lindstrom	2,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Stefan Lehner	2,200,000 200,000	200,000

Aki Vihikainen	2,000,000 600,000	600,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	1,800,000 400,000	400,000
Hossein Ensan	1,800,000 600,000	600,000

Tomasz Krzinski	1,500,000 1,103,000	1,103,000
Filip Lovric	1,100,000 600,000	600,000
Lautaro Guerra	900,000 350,000	350,000

Marcus Dieleman	750,000 506,000	506,000
Aku Joentausta	700,000 520,000	520,000
Vadim Zakharyan	600,000 600,000	600,000
Igor Pihela Jr	550,000 350,000	350,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	550,000 182,000	182,000

Leonid Yanovski	500,000 200,000	200,000
Georgios Tsoupras	300,000 100,000	100,000
Florian Kraft	250,000 50,000	50,000

04-10-2025 16:37 UTC+2

Petersen Ready to Party

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 7,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Alexander Petersen was having a discussion with Dominykas Karmazinas about bars to go to in Tallinn as he got involved in a pot with Filip Aleksic.

Aleksic bet 50,000 from the small blind on a flop of A♦6♣Q♥ and Petersen called in the big blind. Jorryt van Hoof, who had just been eliminated on another table, then came over to talk to Petersen.

"You should be thinking about the tournament, not about going out," Van Hoof said. The turn was the 10♦ and Aleksic bet another 275,000.

"In honor of my friend here, I'm going to make a crazy move," Petersen said, pointing to Van Hoof and moving all in for 495,000. Aleksic snap-called.

"That's not good. I shouldn't have slow-played," Petersen said, showing A♠Q♣9♥9♦. Aleksic had K♠J♣7♥4♥ for the nut straight, but the Q♦ river improved Petersen to a full house and earned him a miracle double up.

"Now for sure I'm going out," Petersen added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Filip Aleksic	1,800,000 100,000	100,000
Alexander Petersen	1,300,000 850,000	850,000

Tags: Alexander Petersen Filip Aleksic