€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 No Filter Nordic & Baltic Championship Open

10-21-2025 13:00 UTC+3

Hagberg Three-Bet Folds

Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Santtu Leinonen opened to 4,000 from the cutoff, and was met with a three-bet to 11,000 from Benny Hagberg on the button.

Action folded back to Leinonen, who took a pause for thought, before moving all in with the covering stack.

Hagberg instantly sent his hand to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santtu Leinonen	80,000 30,000	30,000
Benny Hagberg	45,000 35,500	35,500

Tags: Benny Hagberg Santtu Leinonen

10-21-2025 12:55 UTC+3

Gonzalez Busts Merivirta

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jyri Merivirta was getting up out of his chair, and his short-stack of 29,000 was being passed to Alberto Martinez Gonzalez, after his 9♠8♠ came off worst against Gonzalez's A♣7♣ on the J♣J♥4♦A♦2♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Martinez Gonzalez	75,000 65,500	65,500
Jyri Merivirta	Busted

Tags: Alberto Martinez Gonzalez Jyri Merivirta

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-21-2025 12:48 UTC+3

Kabiri Jams Turn

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ali Kabiri opened to 3,500 from middle position, and received calls from Peeter Talviste on the button and Sebastian Wahl in the big blind, before Johan Martinsen produced a three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind, which only Kabiri called.

On the 10♥9♣5♣ flop, Martinsen continued with a bet of 16,000, which failed to shake off Kabiri.

The K♥ hit on the turn, and Martinsen checked to Kabiri, who jammed with the covering stack, leading to a quick fold from Martinsen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Kabiri	295,000 72,000	72,000
Peeter Talviste	138,000 25,500	25,500
Johan Martinsen	95,000 46,500	46,500
Sebastian Wahl	95,000 20,500	20,500

Tags: Ali Kabiri Johan Martinsen Peeter Talviste Sebastian Wahl

10-21-2025 12:32 UTC+3

Horst Regrets Check

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A pot of at around 80,000 had developed by the river, on a board of A♠10♦4♣Q♠A♣, in a hand between Antti Maki-Franti on the button and Duncan Horst in the small blind.

The river was checked through, and Horst's 9♦8♣ was no good versus Maki-Franti's 10♠4♠ for two pair, aces and tens.

"Should have triple-barrelled, can anyone teach me how to triple barrel-bluff?", lamented Horst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antti Maki-Franti	165,000 62,000	62,000
Duncan Horst	101,000 19,500	19,500

Tags: Antti Maki-Franti Duncan Horst

10-21-2025 12:28 UTC+3

Rockets for Maki-Franti to Double

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Antti Maki-Franti opened to 3,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 15,000 from Benny Hagberg in the small blind.

Action folded back to Franti, who promptly four-bet jammed for 50,000 total, while Hagberg made a quick call.

Antti Maki-Franti: A♣A♠ All in
Benny Hagberg: A♥K♥

It was a cooler, but Maki-Franti had a sweat after the 8♥5♥3♠ flop. Much to Maki-Franti's relief, Hagberg bricked the Q♦ turn and 4♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antti Maki-Franti	103,000 53,000	53,000
Benny Hagberg	80,500 49,000	49,000

Tags: Antti Maki-Franti Benny Hagberg

10-21-2025 12:19 UTC+3

Life Outside Poker: Mounir Tajiou Brings No Filter to Life w/ Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi & Juha Helppi

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 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 35th episode, Connor talks with No Filter Poker Series founder Mounir Tajiou about growing up in Sweden, working as a high court judge, playing professional soccer, making a deep run in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and the new No Filter Poker Series, which values fun at the table over poker strategy.

We also hear from 1998 Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen, reigning WSOP champ Michael Mizrachi and Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi about their involvement with the No Filter Poker tour.

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10-21-2025 12:09 UTC+3

Day 2 Entrants

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Feras Abid	50,000 50,000	50,000
Andres Allsalu	50,000 50,000	50,000
David Bright	50,000 50,000	50,000
Anastasios Kiorpanagiotis	50,000 50,000	50,000
Lauri Laast	50,000 50,000	50,000
Bengt Larsson	50,000 50,000	50,000
Santtu Leinonen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jari Mahonen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Antti Maki-Franti	50,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Mizrachi	50,000 50,000	50,000

Igor Pihela	50,000 50,000	50,000
Igor Pihela Jr	50,000 50,000	50,000
Gatis Popovs	50,000 50,000	50,000
Erik Risberg	50,000 50,000	50,000
Nader Kalkhoran	50,000 50,000	50,000
Andrei Silencov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Mounir Tajiou	50,000 50,000	50,000
Vili Vartinen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Casper von Schantz	50,000 50,000	50,000