€10,300 PLO Championship Day 2 | 2025 PLO Grand Slam

01-28-2025 23:03 UTC+1

"Appie" Survives Again

Frank Visser

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

Tom Vogelsang raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Sofoklis Palekythritis called on the button. "Appie" then shoved in his stack of 105,000 from the big blind and was called by both players.

Vogelsang and Palekythritis checked the 5♣8♥10♦10♠2♥ board through to showdown. "Appie" showed A♥A♣6♠5♦ for aces and tens, winning the pot and tripling up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	3,450,000 50,000	50,000

Sofoklis Palekythritis	2,300,000 100,000	100,000
Appie	360,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Sofoklis Palekythritis Tom Vogelsang

01-28-2025 22:47 UTC+1

"Appie" Doubles His Crumbs

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Frank Visser

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

"Appie" tossed in his final 100,000 from the cutoff. The action folded to big blind Tom Vogelsang, who put in the call.

"Appie": A♦K♥10♥8♣ All in
Tom Vogelsang: A♥Q♠J♦8♥

"Appie" made two pair on the K♦8♦6♣ flop. The Q♦ turn also gave Vogelsang two pair, but it remained the inferior hand on the 5♠ river, deciding the hand in favor of "Appie".

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	3,105,000 135,000	135,000

Appie	245,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Tom Vogelsang

01-28-2025 22:41 UTC+1

Post-Dinner Stacks

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	5,160,000 760,000	760,000
Daniel Tordjman	4,785,000 235,000	235,000

Kasparas Klezys	3,365,000 2,885,000	2,885,000

Espen Myrmo	3,260,000 710,000	710,000
Tom Vogelsang	3,240,000 1,460,000	1,460,000

Elie Nakache	2,440,000 990,000	990,000

Sofoklis Palekythritis	2,400,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Dario Alioto	1,860,000

Lautaro Guerra	1,650,000 200,000	200,000

Max Kruse	1,235,000 1,285,000	1,285,000

Andrew Ige	1,180,000 470,000	470,000
Eran Carmi	1,065,000 815,000	815,000
Andreas Zampas	910,000 2,130,000	2,130,000

Leon Freiholz	890,000 615,000	615,000
Memik Sezer	785,000 210,000	210,000
Gergo Nagy	725,000 525,000	525,000
Diego Armando	590,000 325,000	325,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	550,000 75,000	75,000

Jay	540,000 340,000	340,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	480,000 45,000	45,000

Tomas Ribeiro	465,000

Ismael Bojang	380,000 230,000	230,000

Maksim Shuts	345,000 145,000	145,000
Deleted	315,000 160,000	160,000
Appie	100,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

01-28-2025 22:04 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Jamie Gold on Poker's Golden Era, Charity Events & GGPoker's WSOP Takeover

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 23rd episode, Connor speaks with Hollywood producer and 2006 Main Event champion Jamie Gold about growing up in New York City, learning poker from his parents and grandparents, playing poker with Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan in the 1990s, the early days of televised poker and his memorable 2006 Main Event run.

Gold also talked about his charity poker events that have raised more than a half-billion dollars for various causes, the future of poker content and what poker players can expect from GGPoker's $500 million purchase of the World Series of Poker.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Jamie Gold by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

01-28-2025 21:55 UTC+1

Dinner Time

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The 25 remaining players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break.

The tournament will resume around 10:40 p.m. local time.

01-28-2025 21:53 UTC+1

Bojang Doubles During First All-In of Bubble

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ismael Bojang was down to 160,000, which he got in preflop against Tomas Ribeiro.

Ismael Bojang: K♠K♦8♠2♠ All in
Tomas Ribeiro: K♣J♥J♣9♦

Bojang's kings faced no issues on the 4♦7♠4♠5♦6♥ board, doubling him up just before dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Ribeiro	465,000 435,000	435,000

Ismael Bojang	380,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Ismael Bojang Tomas Ribeiro

01-28-2025 21:37 UTC+1

Hand-for-Hand In Progress

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With two eliminations to go before the money, the tournament will proceed hand-for-hand until the bubble has burst.

01-28-2025 21:26 UTC+1

"Alakazam" Vogelsang's Next Victim

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

"Alakazam" was down to just 150,000, which he got in against Tom Vogelsang preflop.

"Alakazam": Q♥J♥10♥7♦ All in
Tom Vogelsang: A♥A♣9♣4♦

The 3♦K♦10♣K♣A♦ runout gave Vogelsang a full house to eliminate "Alakazam".

Shortly before, Sean Rafael departed the tournament to leave 25 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	4,700,000 250,000	250,000

Sean Rafael	Busted
Alakazam	Busted

Tags: Sean Rafael Tom Vogelsang

01-28-2025 21:18 UTC+1

Haraldstad Heads Home

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joachim Haraldstad raised to 85,000 from middle position, leaving about the same amount back. Max Kruse and Tom Vogelsang called in the blinds, leading to a flop of J♦7♣6♦.

Kruse led out for 40,000, folding out Vogelsang but getting a call from Haraldstad. The rest of Haraldstad's chips were put in on the K♥ turn, bringing it to showdown.

Joachim Haraldstad: A♠A♣2♥Xx
Max Kruse: A♦J♣10♥8♥

Kruse needed to improve against the aces of Haraldstad, and he did just so when the J♠ river provided him with trips. Haraldstad was knocked out, causing the field to be four away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	4,450,000 550,000	550,000

Max Kruse	2,520,000 420,000	420,000

Joachim Haraldstad	Busted

Tags: Joachim Haraldstad Max Kruse Tom Vogelsang