2025 PLO Grand Slam

€5,200 PLO Opener
Day: 1a
1a1b2
Event Info
2025 PLO Grand Slam
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦9♠5♦5♣
Prize
€234,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,200
Prize Pool
€1,057,500
Total Entries
225
Places Paid
27
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
106
Players Left
21
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Barakat Can Not Be Stopped, Cracks Aces of "Appie"

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Youness Barakat
Youness Barakat

"Appie" had got his stack of 180,000 in from the cutoff against tournament chipleader Youness Barakat on the button.

"Appie": A♠A♦6♥3♥ All in
Youness Barakat: A♣Q♦6♣5♦

The 4♦3♦K♦ flop left "Appie" drawing thin, and Brakat's flush locked up the pot oon the 5♥ turn. The 8♣ river was rendered meaningless as Barakat chipped up even further, ending up with a stack of roughly 350 big blinds.

Tags: Youness Barakat

Bedell Busts In Hunt for Ticket

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Tom-Aksel Bedell

Tom-Aksel Bedell, who fired a few bullets already on Day 1a, was back down to a stack of 180,000, which he got in the middle on a flop of 9♠7♥6♥ against Bernard Larabi.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: K♥J♥5♥4♣ All in
Bernard Larabi: A♣10♣8♦4♠

Larabi had flopped the nuts and won the pot when Bedell did not improve on the A♦7♠ runout.

Bedell immediately headed back to the reentry desk as the two players with the most reentries on Day 1a will be awarded a ticket to the €10,300 Championship from the tournament organizers.

Tags: Bernard LarabiTom-Aksel Bedell

Alioto Doubles Dire Stack

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Dario Alioto got his stack of 82,000 in from the cutoff against Tina Bajric in the big blind.

Dario Alioto: K♠K♣Q♠4♠
Tina Bajric: A♦Q♦8♣7♣

Alioto made a full house on the J♠2♣J♣10♥J♥ runout and doubled up to roughly 18 big blinds.

Tags: Dario AliotoTina Bajric

Keijzer Calls Down Guerra

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ronald Keijzer
Ronald Keijzer

Lautaro Guerra raised to 30,000 in the hijack, being called by Ronald Keijzer and Elie Nakache in the blinds.

The table was graced with K♥K♦K♣ as flop, which was checked to Guerra. He bet 25,000, which only Keijzer called. Guerra sized up to 65,000 on the 2♠ turn, seeing his opponent check-call again.

Both players then checked on the Q♦ river, with Keijzer winning the pot with A♦Q♥10♠2♦ for trip kings with ace-queen kicker.

Meanwhile, Leonid Yanovski had captured the chip lead on the table, while Tom-Aksel Bedell had reentered after his latest eliminations and sat on three starting stacks.

Tags: Elie NakacheLautaro GuerraRonald Keijzer

Level: 10

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Further Eliminations

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

"Appie" Can Not Find Outs

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

"Appie" had been put all-in preflop by Lautaro Guerra in the big blind, and he called off their stack of 155,000 once it had folded back to him on the button.

"Appie": A♦K♣10♣9♥ All in
Lautaro Guerra: K♠K♦5♥4♠

The 3♣Q♦6♣ flop gave "Appie" a flush draw, while the 9♠ turn paired him up for even more outs. However, the 8♦ river stopped improving his hand and he was sent out late on Day 1a.

Tags: Lautaro Guerra

Valakos Nearly Triples Up, Eliminates Cowen

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Tina Bajric raised to 20,000 as first to act, after which Robert Cowen three-bet to 70,000 in the hijack. Big blind Spyridon Valakos then four-bet to 238,000, which Bajric called.

Cowen called all-in for 170,000 total, after which Valakos shoved his remaining 96,000 in before he had seen the flop. It came K♣10♥5♥, and Bajric called off after some deliberation.

Robert Cowen: K♦Q♠8♠7♦ All in
Spyridon Valakos: A♥A♠J♣4♥ All in
Tina Bajric: Q♦8♦7♠5♦

Valakos locked up the pot on the 9♥ turn, improving his flush a little bit on the 7♥ river. He took in the enormous pot while Cowen, who was among the big stacks throughout the majority of the day, left empty-handed.

Tags: Robert CowenSpyridon ValakosTina Bajric

Nakache Doubles Through "Yamamoto"

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Elie Nakache
Elie Nakache

After a couple of players had limped in, "Yamamoto" raised the pot from the cutoff. Elie Nakache then jammed in his stack of 172,000, forcing out the limper and getting a call from Nakache.

Elie Nakache: K♦K♣5♥5♦ All in
"Yamamoto": J♠J♦8♥8♦

Nakache made an unessecary full house on the 4♠2♠5♣2♥10♥ runout to double up, earning a little bit extra due to the limps.

Tags: Elie Nakache

Casagrande Continues Surge, Eliminates Pansier

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nino Pansier had put in his final 83,000 on a flop of 9♥J♠10♥ on the button and was called by Harry Casagrande and "HansImperator" in the blinds.

Casagrande and "HansImperator" then checked through the 4♥ turn before the 10♣ fell on the river. Casagrande made a bet of 150,000, folding out "HansImperator" and forcing a showdown.

Casagrande showed A♠J♥J♦7♦ for a full house, besting the flush of Pansier, who headed to the reentry desk with A♥9♦5♠5♥.

Tags: Harry CasagrandeNino Pansier