€3,500 Legends of the Game Day 1 | 2025 No Filter Nordic & Baltic Championship Open

10-18-2025 15:06 UTC+3

Von Schantz Takes Three-Bet Pot

Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Casper von Schantz opened to 2,400 under the gun, and was met with a three-bet to 8,000 from Hans Bolinder on the button. Action folded back to von Schantz, who called.

On the 10♠4♦3♣ flop, von Schantz check-called a bet of 6,000 from Bolinder.

The 4♥ turn was quickly checked through to the 10♥ river, where von Schantz led out with a bet of 6,000. Bolinder gave the spot a bit of thought, but ultimately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Casper von Schantz	80,000 20,000	20,000
Hans Bolinder	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Hans Bolinder Casper von Schantz

10-18-2025 14:56 UTC+3

Full House for Horst

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A pot of around 30,000 had developed by the river on a board of K♠6♦2♦6♥4♦, in a hand between Duncan Horst and Igor Pihela Jr, with a 25,000 chip in front of Horst.

Pihela Jr made the call after around a minute of thought, and Horst said "May the fours be with you", as he tabled 4♠4♥ for the rivered full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duncan Horst	166,000 38,000	38,000
Igor Pihela Jr	33,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Duncan Horst Igor Pihela Jr

10-18-2025 14:53 UTC+3

Nguyen Dumps Sevens

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Scotty Nguyen opened to 2,700 from middle position, and was met with a three-bet to 10,800 from Roope Tarmi in the small blind.

Action folded back to Nguyen, who asked for confirmation of the amount of the raise, before contemplating the position. "Okay baby", said Nguyen, as he open-folded 7♥7♠ without much ceremony.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roope Tarmi	126,000 1,000	1,000
Scotty Nguyen	95,300 4,700	4,700

Tags: Roope Tarmi Scotty Nguyen

Level: 3

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-18-2025 14:44 UTC+3

Hosia Spikes River to Double

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Richard Hayes

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Duncan Horst opened to 2,500 under the gun, and received a call from Michael Mizrachi in the next seat, before short-stack Akseli Hosia three-bet jammed for 5,300 from the small blind.

Horst four-bet to 17,500, forcing Mizrachi out of the way.

Akseli Hosia: Q♣7♣ All in
Duncan Horst: 5♠5♦

Hosia was behind in a flip, and he spiked a pair of sevens on the A♦10♥6♠6♦7♥ runout to double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duncan Horst	128,000 20,000	20,000
Michael Mizrachi	89,400 10,600	10,600

Akseli Hosia	14,300 85,700	85,700

Tags: Akseli Hosia Duncan Horst Michael Mizrachi

10-18-2025 14:40 UTC+3

Pihela Jr Double-Barrels

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Richard Hayes

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Igor Pihela Jr opened to 2,000 under the gun, and Joonas Helin defended the big blind.

On the 10♣9♥5♣ flop, Helin check-called a bet of 2,500 from Pihela Jr.

The 10♠ turn paired the board, and Helin checked once more. Pihela Jr fired out a bet of 10,000, and after a period of contemplation, Helin sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joonas Helin	110,000 10,000	10,000
Igor Pihela Jr	77,000

Tags: Igor Pihela Jr Joonas Helin

10-18-2025 14:28 UTC+3

Two-Outer for Yilmaz to Bust Holmgren

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Richard Hayes

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle on a flop of K♣10♣5♠, with Sven Holmgren all-in for around 64,000 and at risk versus Rusen Yilmaz.

Sven Holmgren: A♦A♣ All in
Rusen Yilmaz: K♥K♦

In a cooler, Yilmaz had found a two-outer on the flop against Holmgren's pocket aces, and Holmgren could not reverse the position on the 3♦ turn or 5♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rusen Yilmaz	138,000 138,000	138,000
Sven Holmgren	Busted

Tags: Rusen Yilmaz Sven Holmgren

10-18-2025 14:18 UTC+3

Tarmi Gets Paid with Flush

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Richard Hayes

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A chunky pot of 12,500 had developed by the river on a board of K♥J♥8♥K♣A♠, in a hand between Noelia Ivars Rico on the button and Roope Tarmi in the big blind.

Tarmi fired out a bet of 12,200, and Rico made the call after some thought. She was shown the bad news when Tarmi tabled 9♥4♥ for the flopped flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roope Tarmi	125,000 17,300	17,300
Noelia Ivars Rico	70,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Noelia Ivars Rico Roope Tarmi

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-18-2025 14:09 UTC+3

Horst Gets Job Done on Turn

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Richard Hayes

Level 1 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jawad Habib opened to 2,000 from the cutoff, and Duncan Horst defended the big blind.

On the A♦10♦4♦ flop, Horst checked to Habib, who fired out a bet of 2,000. Horst responded with a check-raise to 6,600, and Habib called.

The 3♦ hit on the turn, and Horst slid out a bet of 12,000, leading to a swift fold from Habib.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duncan Horst	108,000 108,000	108,000
Jawad Habib	90,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Duncan Horst Jawad Habib