2025 PLO Grand Slam
Level: 12
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The players have been sent on a small 15-minute break.
On a K♥9♥7♠ flop, Tom-Aksel Bedell checked from the small blind to Oswin Ziegelbecker under the gun, who shipped his stack of 355,000 into a pot of roughly the same size.
Bedell snap-called to put Ziegelbecker at risk for his tournament life.
Oswin Ziegelbecker: A♠A♣J♦3♣
Tom-Aksel Bedell: K♠K♦8♠7♦
Bedell had flopped top set, leaving Ziegelbecker with two direct outs. The 3♥ turn did not help him, and the 9♣ river spelled the end of this bullet for Ziegelbecker.
Harry Casagrande on the button got his stack of 215,000 in the middle on a flop of 6♦9♠6♥. Tom Vogelsang called in middle position as the cards hit their backs.
Harry Casagrande: 9♥8♥7♣5♠
Tom Vogelsang: 10♦9♦7♦8♣
Both players had top pair with straight draws. The A♦ turn did nothing for either player, while the 9♣ river gave them both trips. Vogelsang's ten kicker was higher, thus he was awarded the pot and eliminated Casagrande.
"HansImperator" put in his final 30,000 or so on a flop of J♥2♥4♠ and was looked up by Youness Barakat.
"HansImperator": A♠J♦7♦4♥
Youness Barakat: 10♥7♥7♣5♣
The deck graced Barakat with the final seven on the 7♠ turn, locking up the pot for him. The Q♣ river was rendered meaningless as he knocked out "HansImperator" and neared a seven-figure stack.
Meanwhile, €5,200 Opener winner Tom Vogelsang was seen at this table with a massive stack of over 3,000,000 as he appears to be making another run.
"Bababoy" and Harry Casagrande had gathered a massive pile of 363,000 preflop. The flop then fell 2♠Q♦J♦, on which "Bababoy" shoved all in for 225,000.
Casagrande put in a quick call with the covering stack, revealing the cards.
"Bababoy": A♥A♦J♣6♣
Harry Casagrande: A♠Q♠10♦3♦
"Bababoy"s aces made two pair on the 2♣ turn to remove some of Casagrande's outs, while the 9♠ river missed the Austrian as well. "Bababoy" doubled up, leaving Casagrande with less than 15 big blinds.
Hossein Madani limped in under the gun and Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 54,000 as next to act. It then folded to Andrew Ige on the button, who three-bet to 175,000.
Both Madani and Jouhkimainen called to the 2♣J♠9♥ flop, where Madani checked to Jouhkimainen. Jouhkimainen piled in his stack of 117,000, after which Ige raised to also put Madani at risk.
Madani called off his stack of 230,000, creating a three-way showdown.
Joni Jouhkimainen: K♥K♦J♦3♥
Hossein Madani: 7♠6♥4♦3♠
Andrew Ige: A♦A♣7♦2♠
The 5♦ river provided some outs to Madani, but the 10♠ river missed him and Jouhkimainen both. Ige's aces held for the entire both, scoring two knockouts and soaring to over 2,000,000.
Kasparas Klezys raised to 30,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 105,000 by his neighbor Gergo Nagy. It folded back to Klezys, who called to the 7♣3♥Q♦ flop.
Nagy's remaining 250,000 quickly flew in and the players opened their cards.
Gergo Nagy: A♦K♦K♣9♥
Kasparas Klezys: Q♠J♥9♦7♥
Klezys had flopped two pair, taking the lead over from Nagy's kings. Nagy received no help on the 8♥ turn or 2♣ river, leaving him empty-handed.