"Deleted" opened to 3,500 from the hijack and was three-bet to 11,000 by Pietro Errante on the button. "Deleted" called to the 7♣7♠10♦ flop, where he checked to their opponent.
Errante only had about 33,000 behind, which flew in after a pot-sized bet and a raise.
Pietro Errante: K♣K♦10♣4♣
"Deleted": A♠9♠7♥4♥
Errante immediately stood up when he saw the trips of "Deleted", but sat back down when the 10♠ turn gave him higher trips.
However, Errante got his exercise in as he had to vacate the table after the 2♠ river made "Deleted" flush, shipping them the pot and making Errante the first bust-out of the day.
Daniel Tordjman checked from the cutoff to "Phil Ejri" on the button, who came second in this event last time. "Phil Ejri" then placed a bet of 25,000 into the pot of 43,000 on a turn of K♥3♦4♦2♣, which Tordjman called.
When the A♦ river hit the table, Tordjman led out for 40,000. "Phil Ejri" looked him up, but mucked his cards when Tordjman tabled K♣Q♦7♣6♦ for the second-nut flush.
Christos Argyriadis under the gun and Leonid Yanovski in the cutoff had each put in 64,500 preflop when Argyriadis shoved on the 10♥3♣9♥ flop.
Yanovski looked agonized before he sighed and put in the call for his stack of 152,500.
Leonid Yanovski: K♣Q♣10♦8♦
Christos Argyriadis: A♦A♣K♥4♠
Yanovski had a lot of outs against the aces of Argyriadids, but the 4♦ turn was not one of them. The J♣ river was, however, as he made a straight to win the pot of over 400 big blinds.
Thanks to some early pots, Argyriadis was left with about a third of a starting stack after the hand.
Youness Barakat fired 8,000 into a pot of 22,000 on a turn of 6♣Q♣10♣K♦. Ioannis Kontonatsios called to the 3♥ river, where Barakat sized up to 40,000.
Kontonatsios neared the end of his shot clock before he decided to fold and grant the pot to yesterday's fourh-place finisher.
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The time has arrived for Day 1 of the flagship event of the PLO Grand Slam, the €10,300 PLO Championship. Last edition, anonymous player "Benjamin N" was crowned the champion at Arena Casino Tirana and took home €219,200 after a four-way deal, conquering the likes of Lautaro Guerra and Alex Livingston along the way
2024 €10,300 PLO Grand Slam Championship Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
"Benjamin N"
€219,200*
2
"Phil Ejri"
€166,500*
3
Lautaro Guerra
Spain
€170,700*
4
Nikolaos Lampropoulos
Greece
€190,800*
5
Dimitrios Amoiridis
Greece
€89,000
6
Harun Ertural
Germany
€70,000
7
Alex Livingston
Canada
€54,000
8
Vasil Medarov
Bulgaria
€41,000
9
Belarmino De Souza
Brazil
€30,000
* Denotes four-way deal
2024 Final Table
"Benjamin N" bested a field of 128 entries last time around, but Diamond Poker Series has raised the stakes for this edition, providing a huge guarantee of €2,000,000 for the PLO Championship, double that of last time. Some 70 more entries are needed to reach that number, so the organization expects a big turnout.
As with every tournament this series, players seated at the kickoff at 5 p.m. local time will receive 10 percent extra chips on top of their starting stack of 200,000. Meanwhile, those who enter in the first level get five percent more, incentivizing early action.
Day 1 will play levels of 45 minutes, while the levels will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2 and Day 3. Day 1 starts with blinds of 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. The late registration will remain open throughout the day, not closing until the third level of Day 2, and unlimited reentries are available for the unlucky ones. The day will end after Level 9: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante, expected to be around 1 a.m. local time.
€10,300 PLO Championship Day 1 Structure
Level
Duration (min)
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
45
500
1,000
1,000
2
45
1,000
1,500
1,500
3
45
1,000
2,000
2,000
4
45
1,000
2,500
2,500
5
45
1,500
3,000
3,000
6
45
2,000
4,000
4,000
7
45
2,000
5,000
5,000
8
45
3,000
6,000
6,000
9
45
4,000
8,000
8,000
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