€5,200 PLO Opener Day 1a | 2025 PLO Grand Slam

01-24-2025 23:18 UTC+1

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

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Level: 9

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

01-24-2025 23:32 UTC+1

Assorted Counts and Eliminations

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	2,600,000 860,000	860,000

Andrew Ige	1,600,000 1,030,000	1,030,000
Tina Bajric	1,500,000 116,000	116,000
Lautaro Guerra	1,100,000 925,000	925,000

Harry Casagrande	980,000 375,000	375,000
Manuel Fischer	775,000 24,000	24,000
Aaron Pahlawani	700,000 160,000	160,000

Ronald Keijzer	660,000 120,000	120,000

Fahredin Mustafov	570,000 200,000	200,000
Eran Carmi	200,000 500,000	500,000
Robert Cowen	110,000 90,000	90,000

Gergo Nagy	Busted
Diego Armando	Busted
Amir Mozaffarian	Busted

Dren Ukella	Busted
Stanislav Zegal	Busted

Blaz Zerjav	Busted

Daniel Tordjman	Busted

01-24-2025 23:45 UTC+1

Casagrande Continues Surge, Eliminates Pansier

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Frank Visser

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♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Casagrande	1,250,000 270,000	270,000
HansImperator	780,000 270,000	270,000
Nino Pansier	Busted

Tags: Harry Casagrande Nino Pansier

01-24-2025 23:54 UTC+1

Nakache Doubles Through "Yamamoto"

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Frank Visser

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elie Nakache	384,000 174,000	174,000

Yamamoto	245,000 168,000	168,000

Tags: Elie Nakache

01-25-2025 00:05 UTC+1

Valakos Nearly Triples Up, Eliminates Cowen

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Frank Visser

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tina Bajric	1,750,000 250,000	250,000
Spyridon Valakos	842,000
Robert Cowen	Busted

Tags: Robert Cowen Spyridon Valakos Tina Bajric

01-25-2025 00:16 UTC+1

"Appie" Can Not Find Outs

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Frank Visser

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lautaro Guerra	1,325,000 225,000	225,000

Appie	Busted

Tags: Lautaro Guerra

01-25-2025 00:18 UTC+1

Further Eliminations

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Alakazam	Busted
HansImperator	Busted
Kasparas Klezys	Busted

Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted
Stanislau Melhui	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

01-25-2025 00:32 UTC+1

Keijzer Calls Down Guerra

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Frank Visser

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Yanovski	1,635,000 1,335,000	1,335,000
Ronald Keijzer	975,000 315,000	315,000

Tom-Aksel Bedell	600,000 600,000	600,000
Lautaro Guerra	220,000 1,105,000	1,105,000

Elie Nakache	100,000 284,000	284,000

Tags: Elie Nakache Lautaro Guerra Ronald Keijzer