€10,300 PLO Championship Day 1 | 2025 PLO Grand Slam

01-27-2025 19:01 UTC+1

Kontonatsios Jams on Zegal

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Picking up the action on a flop of 7♠6♥A♦ with around 50,000 in the middle, cutoff Ioannis Kontonatsios check-raised a bet of button Stanislav Zegal to 45,000.

Zegal quickly called to the 10♥ turn, where he was met with an all-in be from his opponent.

Kontonatsios covered Zegal's 100,000 remaining chips. Zegal sighed before he mucked his cards and moved the button to signal he was ready for the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Kontonatsios	350,000 148,000	148,000
Stanislav Zegal	100,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Ioannis Kontonatsios Stanislav Zegal

01-27-2025 18:51 UTC+1

Newest Entries and Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	535,000 315,000	315,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	530,000

Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	400,000
Nino Pansier	310,000 90,000	90,000
Lautaro Guerra	200,000

Joachim Haraldstad	200,000
Thomas Hueber	200,000
Blaz Zerjav	200,000

Maksim Shuts	200,000
Andre Cruz	200,000
Tomas Ribeiro	200,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

01-27-2025 18:38 UTC+1

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

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01-27-2025 18:36 UTC+1

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.

01-27-2025 18:34 UTC+1

Zampas Zooms to Double-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Small blind Andreas Zampas checked on a turn of 2♥J♥Q♠4♦. With around 50,000 in the middle, Burak Simsek made a bet of 30,000 on the button.

Zampas then shoved in his stack of 225,500 and was quickly called by Simsek, who had him covered

Andreas Zampas: Q♦Q♣K♠4♣ All in
Burak Simsek: A♥Q♥10♥3♦

Simsek could hit a straight or a flush to eliminate Zampas, but the 6♦ river brought neihter as Zampas doubled up with top set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Zampas	501,000

Burak Simsek	105,000

Tags: Andreas Zampas Burak Simsek

01-27-2025 18:26 UTC+1

Tordjman Keeps Building

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Small blind Daniel Tordjman had three-bet Stanislau Melhui on the button preflop and Melhui had called, creating a pot of roughly 30,000 when the flop fell Q♦5♥5♦.

Tordjman continued for 12,000 and Melhui matched the bet. Tordjman slowed down on the 2♥ turn, checking to his opponent. Melhui took the opportunity to bet 35,000, seeing Tordjman put in a call.

Tordjman then spent one time bank before leading for 80,000 on the 6♠ river. Meelhui quickly let go of his cards, surrendering the pot to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Tordjman	450,000 115,000	115,000

Stanislau Melhui	248,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Daniel Tordjman Stanislau Melhui

01-27-2025 18:12 UTC+1

Cowen, Chen Fall to Freiholz in Huge Three-Way Clash

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Robert Cowen kicked off the action with a raise to 6,000 from middle position. Nikolaos Lampropoulos flatted in the hijack before Qi Chen three-bet to 30,000 in the cutoff.

Leon Freiholz sat in the big blind and made it 98,500 when it folded to him, seeing Cowen call before Lampropoulos folded. Chen also tossed in calling chips as the trio went to a flop of 4♣7♠5♠.

Freiholz checked to Cowen, who shoved in his 32,500 remaining chips. Chen also jammed for 85,000, and Freiholz called off with the covering stack.

Robert Cowen: Q♠10♥9♠8♥ All in
Qi Chen: Q♥J♣10♦10♣ All in
Leon Freiholz: A♠A♥Q♣4♥

Owen had a monster draw against two overpairs, but the 7♥7♣ runout did not improve him further, leaving Freiholz's aces to scoop up the enormous pot and send his two opponents out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Freiholz	666,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	182,000 38,000	38,000

Robert Cowen	Busted

Qi Chen	Busted

Tags: Leon Freiholz Nikolaos Lampropoulos Qi Chen Robert Cowen

01-27-2025 18:03 UTC+1

Bedell Gets Outflushed

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The action was picked up on a flop of 3♣7♠6♠. Stanislau Melhui checked from the small blind to Tom-Aksel Bedell in the hijack, who placed a bet of 25,000 into a pot of 100,000.

Melhui called to the 9♣ turn, which checked through to the 4♠ river. Melhui checked once more before snap-calling the 25,500 Bedell put in.

Bedell tabled K♥9♠8♠6♥ for a flush, but Melhui had the higher flush with his A♦K♦Q♠J♠ and was awarded the pot.