€5,200 PLO Opener | 2025 PLO Grand Slam

01-27-2025 00:14 UTC+1

Casagrande Doubles Through Ige's Bluff

Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Harry Casagrande in the small blind, Andrew Ige in the big blind, and Fabian Riebau-Schmithals in early position checked through a limped flop of 3♣6♥10♥.

It checked to Riebau-Schmithals again on the 6♣ turn, and this time he bet 200,000. Casagrande called before Ige raised to 600,000.

Riebau-Schmithals got out of the way but Casagrande stuck around with a call after some thinking time.

The river brought the 2♠. Casagrande checked to Ige again, who put him all-in for 1,225,000. Casagrande snapped it off and tabled A♠J♠10♦6♦ for a full house.

Ige sheepishly showed his 10♠8♦5♠3♦ for a missed bluff and was left with around six big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	5,300,000 625,000	625,000

Harry Casagrande	4,275,000 2,275,000	2,275,000
Andrew Ige	750,000 2,225,000	2,225,000

Tags: Andrew Ige Fabian Riebau-Schmithals Harry Casagrande

01-26-2025 23:49 UTC+1

"Lion King" Eliminated in 10th Place (€21,100)

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Simultaneously with the other all-in, "Lion King" got his final few blinds in preflop against chipleader Youness Barakat.

"Lion King": A♥9♦8♥3♦ All in
Youness Barakat: A♣K♣10♦3♥

Barakat hit a pair of tens on the 8♣10♥7♣Q♦5♦ board, which was enough to take down the pot and instantly burst the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	10,700,000 200,000	200,000

Lion King	Busted

Tags: Lion King Youness Barakat

01-26-2025 23:45 UTC+1

Espen Myrmo Eliminated in 11th Place (€21,100)

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Espen Myrmo got his final 1,000,000 chips in the middle preflop against Nino Pansier.

Espen Myrmo: A♣K♦6♦3♠ All in
Nino Pansier: 10♥9♠9♥6♠

Pansier flushed Myrmo out of the tournament on 6♥8♠A♥8♥Q♠, leaving the final Norwegian stranded in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nino Pansier	6,500,000 800,000	800,000
Espen Myrmo	Busted

Tags: Espen Myrmo Nino Pansier

01-26-2025 23:35 UTC+1

RIebau-Schmithals Doubles Blind-on-Blind

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Fabian Riebau-Schmithals raised his small blind to 300,000, after which "Lion King" made it 925,000 in the big blind. Riebau-Schmithals then shipped it in for 1,125,000 total and "Lion King" instantly called.

Fabian Riebau-Schmithals: A♥J♠9♥4♠ All in
"Lion King": A♣Q♠7♥6♣

Riebau-Schmithals made two pair on the 2♠J♥4♥ flop and hit his flush draw on the 10♣6♥ river to lock up the pot and double up.

"Lion King", meanwhile was left with just a few big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	2,375,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Lion King	800,000 850,000	850,000

Tags: Fabian Riebau-Schmithals

01-26-2025 23:12 UTC+1

Christos Argyriadis Eliminated in 12th Place (€17,400)

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The short-stacked Christos Argyriadis raised his small blind to 300,000. Youness Barakat called in the big blind and quickly called once Argyriadis tossed in his final 450,000 on the 5♥7♠2♣ flop.

Christos Argyriadis: A♣K♣9♦6♠ All in
Youness Barakat: A♠7♥5♠3♠

Barakat flopped two pair, and although Argyriadis turned a flush draw on the J♣, the 6♥ river saw Barakat's hand hold up to secure the knock-out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	9,500,000 650,000	650,000

Christos Argyriadis	Busted

Tags: Christos Argyriadis Youness Barakat

01-26-2025 22:28 UTC+1

Maksim Shuts Eliminated in 13th Place (€17,400)

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Maksim Shuts got his final 650,000 in on a flop of A♦6♥9♥ from the big blind. Youness Barakat was his opponent under the gun and called with the covering stack.

Maksim Shuts: K♥Q♣6♣4♥ All in
Youness Barakat: J♠J♥8♠8♥

Barakat faded Shuts' outs on the A♠ turn and 4♠ river, seeing his jacks hold up to eliminate the Belarusian in 13th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	9,000,000 425,000	425,000

Maksim Shuts	Busted

Tags: Maksim Shuts Youness Barakat

01-26-2025 22:08 UTC+1

Eran Carmi Eliminated in 14th Place (€15,900)

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Eran Carmi raised to 280,000 in the cutoff, leaving himself around 300,000 behind. Small blind Espen Myrmo was his only caller, and the dealer dealt a flop of 8♥6♥9♠.

Myrmo put Carmi all-in and a quick call followed.

Eran Carmi: A♦Q♠9♣3♠ All in
Espen Myrmo: K♣Q♣10♥9♦

Both players had flopped top pair, but the 7♥ turn gave Myrmo a straight to lock up the pot. Carmi said his goodbyes as the J♦ river was dealt, finishing in 14th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Myrmo	3,260,000 1,110,000	1,110,000
Eran Carmi	Busted

Tags: Eran Carmi Espen Myrmo

01-26-2025 21:58 UTC+1

Shuts Short After Calling Off Ensan

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Hossein Ensan opened the action with a raise to 240,000 as first to act. "Lion King" called on the button and Maksim Shuts defended his big blind.

Ensan then continued for 240,000 on the Q♣5♥Q♠ flop, folding out "Lion King" but getting check-called by Shuts.

Both players checked the 7♠ turn to the K♦ river, where Shuts checked once more. Ensan did not, however, as he slid in a bet of 475,000.

Shuts went deep into the tank, spending two time banks before slamming in a call for around half his stack.

Ensan tabled A♠Q♥7♥4♦ for queens full of sevens and saw Shuts toss his cards into the muck in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	5,340,000 1,140,000	1,140,000

Lion King	1,500,000 425,000	425,000
Maksim Shuts	425,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Tags: Maksim Shuts Hossein Ensan

01-26-2025 21:05 UTC+1

Leonid Yanovski Eliminated in 15th Place (€15,900)

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Leonid Yanovski got his 300,000 remaining chips in a preflop clash against Tom Vogelsang.

Leonid Yanovski: A♥A♦A♣7♦ All in
Tom Vogelsang: K♥Q♠Q♦6♥

Vogelsang was not happy when he saw his opponent's hand, but he spiked a set on the 3♠2♥9♠Q♣10♣ to crack the aces of Yanovski and eliminate him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	3,150,000 355,000	355,000

Leonid Yanovski	Busted

Tags: Leonid Yanovski Tom Vogelsang

01-26-2025 20:08 UTC+1

Keijzer Gets Ensan Back With Double-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Youness Barakat made it 125,000 to go in early position. Ronald Keijzer then three-bet to 450,000 in the seat next over before Hossein Ensan four-bet to 850,000 in the hijack.

Barakat quickly got out of the way, Keijzer put his stack of 1,320,000 in the middle, and Ensan called.

Ronald Keijzer: A♥K♥J♣8♣ All in
Hossein Ensan: A♠K♦Q♥J♥ All in

The 8♦3♣J♠ flop made Keijzer two pair to take the lead. Neither the 9♠ turn nor 3♠ river provided help for Ensan, who was forced to surrender the chips he had just won from the Dutchman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	8,600,000 1,175,000	1,175,000

Hossein Ensan	4,250,000 1,960,000	1,960,000

Ronald Keijzer	2,885,000 1,585,000	1,585,000

Tags: Hossein Ensan Ronald Keijzer Youness Barakat