$102,000 Onyx SHRS PLO Invitational Day 2 | 2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series

08-20-2025 22:03 UTC+3

Ivey Wakes Up With Aces

Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Armin Ghojehvand made it 325,000 from middle position and Martin Dam three-bet from the hijack to pot. Phil Ivey shoved 1,895,000 in the big blind, Ghojehvand folded, and Dam called.

Phil Ivey: A♣A♦9♠5♦ All in
Martin Dam: A♥J♣7♣5♥

Ivey was in the driving seat, but did have to dodge some outs on the 9♦2♠10♥ flop. He did manage to do so, though, as the 5♣K♣ runout wasn't enough to help Dam.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Dam	9,000,000
Phil Ivey	4,300,000 2,300,000	2,300,000

Armin Ghojehvand	1,700,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Armin Ghojehvand Martin Dam Phil Ivey

Level: 14

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

08-20-2025 21:56 UTC+3

Nesterenko Flops a Set to Crack Ding's Bullets

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Sergei Nesterenko limped in from the hijack and Laszlo Bujtas followed suit from the button. Samuli Sipila completed the small blind and Biao Ding made it 400,000 from the big blind. Nesterenko and Bujtas called, but Sipila folded.

The flop came 6♦K♦3♣ and Ding led for 600,000, then Nesterenko shoved for 1,580,000. Bujtas folded and Ding called.

Sergei Nesterenko: 7♥7♣6♣6♠ All in
Biao Ding: A♦A♣10♣5♣

Nesterenko had flopped a set, and managed to fade the outs of Ding as the 9♥10♠ runout earned him a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Nesterenko	5,900,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Biao Ding	3,100,000 2,300,000	2,300,000

Tags: Biao Ding Laszlo Bujtas Samuli Sipila Sergei Nesterenko

08-20-2025 21:43 UTC+3

Melhui Bubbles With Set Under Set

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

In the first hand of hand-for-hand play, there was an all-in.

On a flop of 10♠5♦A♠, Stanislau Melhui had his stack of around 2,800,000 in from the big blind and Cong Pham had made the call.

Stanislau Melhui: 10♦10♥7♥7♠ All in
Cong Pham: A♣A♦8♦6♠

Both players had a set, but Pham's was biggest. Melhui needed to dig out a one-outer, but he couldn't find it on the 9♠2♣ runout, which meant he was the bubble boy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cong Pham	18,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Stanislau Melhui	Busted

Tags: Cong Pham Stanislau Melhui

08-20-2025 21:40 UTC+3

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

With 14 players remaining and 13 spots in the money, the field is now hand-for-hand.

08-20-2025 21:39 UTC+3

Two Table Redraw

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	1	Cong Pham	United States	15,000,000
1	2	Laszlo Bujtas	Hungary	7,200,000
1	3	Samuli Sipila	Finland	5,600,000
1	4	Biao Ding	China	5,400,000
1	5	Stanislau Melhui	Mexico	3,100,000
1	6	Ben Lamb	United States	2,100,000
1	7	Sergei Nesterenko	Russia	2,400,000

2	1	Nick Schulman	United States	3,300,000
2	2	Armin Ghojehvand	United Kingdom	1,400,000
2	3	Martin Dam	Denmark	9,000,000
2	4	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	2,400,000
2	5	Lautaro Guerra	Spain	3,100,000
2	6	"Dubai Police"	United Arab Emirates	16,000,000
2	7	Phil Ivey	United States	2,000,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Dony	16,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Cong Pham	15,000,000 300,000	300,000
Martin Dam	9,000,000 100,000	100,000
Laszlo Bujtas	7,200,000 100,000	100,000
Samuli Sipila	5,600,000 400,000	400,000
Biao Ding	5,400,000 100,000	100,000
Nick Schulman	3,300,000 600,000	600,000

Stanislau Melhui	3,100,000 300,000	300,000
Lautaro Guerra	3,100,000 600,000	600,000

Sergei Nesterenko	2,400,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Robert Cowen	2,400,000 900,000	900,000

Ben Lamb	2,100,000

Phil Ivey	2,000,000 100,000	100,000

Armin Ghojehvand	1,400,000 200,000	200,000

08-20-2025 21:31 UTC+3

Ding Cracks Gerritse's Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Biao Ding opened from under the gun playing five-handed and Dirk Gerritse potted from the button to 870,000. Ding then shoved when it got to him, and Gerritse called off around 300,000 he had behind.

Dirk Gerritse: A♥A♠Q♠J♥ All in
Biao Ding: K♦Q♣9♣4♦

Gerritse was in the lead, but fell behind after the 5♠K♣9♥ flop gave Ding two pair. A Q♦ didn't change much, and Ding boated up on the 9♦ river to end Gerritse's run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Biao Ding	5,300,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Dirk Gerritse	Busted

Tags: Biao Ding Dirk Gerritse

08-20-2025 21:23 UTC+3

"Dubai Police" Sniffs Out Ding's Bluff

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

A full board of K♦6♣10♠8♠4♦ was on display with 3,500,000 in the pot. Biao Ding had potted it from the big blind, and "Dubai Police" was in the tank while he mulled over the decision.

Eventually, "Dubai Police" did call. Ding then showed A♠J♥9♠9♦ for the nut straight blockers, and his opponent flipped 8♣7♠5♣4♠ for a straight to scoop the pot and take the chip lead!

Player	Chips	Progress
Dony	17,000,000 4,300,000	4,300,000

Biao Ding	3,900,000 2,700,000	2,700,000

Tags: Biao Ding Dubai Police

08-20-2025 21:18 UTC+3

Ghojehvand Doubles on Soft Bubble

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The pace has slowed down a little as the field is only two eliminations away from the money. Armin Ghojehvand was one card away from the door, but found a miracle river to survive.

The chips had gone in on a flop of 2♣8♥6♥, with Ghojehvand's 705,000 at risk against Phil Ivey.

Armin Ghojehvand: Q♥10♦9♣8♦ All in
Phil Ivey: 8♠8♣3♠3♦

Ghojehvand had to crack the set of Ivey, and managed to do so as the runout of A♦7♣ gave him a straight.

Elsewhere, both Ben Lamb and Lautaro Guerra just took down small pots to boost their stacks, which left Dirk Gerritse as the short stack with around 1,200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislau Melhui	3,400,000 300,000	300,000
Lautaro Guerra	2,500,000 300,000	300,000

Phil Ivey	2,100,000 750,000	750,000

Ben Lamb	2,100,000 500,000	500,000

Armin Ghojehvand	1,600,000 800,000	800,000
Dirk Gerritse	1,200,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Armin Ghojehvand Ben Lamb Dirk Gerritse Lautaro Guerra Phil Ivey

08-20-2025 21:07 UTC+3

Dam Flops a Wheel

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Martin Dam opened to 240,000 on the button and Laszlo Bujtas called from the big blind.

Bujtas check-called a bet of 200,000 on the A♦2♦4♣ flop to the 3♦ turn, where both checked. The 8♥ river also checked through, and Dam's 8♣5♣5♠3♣ was good for a straight as Bujtas flipped two pair with A♥J♦6♥2♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Dam	9,100,000 150,000	150,000
Laszlo Bujtas	7,300,000 400,000	400,000
Armin Ghojehvand	800,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Laszlo Bujtas Martin Dam