Manuel Ferrari opened to 300,000 from the cutoff with A♦10♥, and received a call from Morten Lie in the small blind with K♠Q♣, and Linda Nguyen in the big blind with 8♦6♠.
On the 9♣8♣3♦ flop, action was checked to Ferrari, who continued with a bet of 375,000. Lie quickly folded, and Nguyen called.
The A♣ hit on the turn to put Ferrari in front, and Nguyen check-folded versus a bet of 650,0000 from Ferrari.
Morten Lie opened to 250,000 from the hijack with A♠9♠, and was met with a three-bet from Jorgen Dyhrberg on the button to 575,000 with 4♥3♥. Action folded back to Lie, who called.
The K♦Q♥8♣ flop was checked through to the 2♦ turn, where Dyhrberg check-raised to 1,500,000 versus a bet of 500,000 from Lie.
Lie quickly folded, Dyhrberg pulling off a nice bluff.
Davis Harari opened to 240,000 from the hijack with K♥Q♥, before being met with a three-bet to 575,000 from Jorgen Andersen in the big blind with 9♣6♠.
Harari took a bit of time for thought before four-bet jamming for 2,650,000, and Andersen had to fold after being caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 210,000 with 10♦10♣ from middle position, and Ignacio Cuesta three-bet to 550,000 from the small blind with A♥8♦.
Linda Nguyen woke up with A♣K♣ in the big blind, and produced a four-bet to 1,500,000, which persuaded both of her opponents to fold, Di Nicola taking slightly more time to think than Cuesta.
Seven-figures in recorded cashes is a significant milestone for any poker player, and Italian Ermanno Di Nicola comes into the final day of the PokerStars Open Main Event Malaga at Gran Madrid, Casino Torrequebrada requiring a fourth-place finish to achieve that precise feat.
Starting the day third in chips behind Scandanavian duo Jorgen Dyhrberg and Linda Nguyen, the WSOPE 2023 Colossus and WSOPE 2024 €1,650 6-max champion would begin as the bookies favorite if a market were available, sitting on $916,000 in career scores, and with only Davis Harari above the $150,000 mark. All other final table participants but Harari, Morten Lie and Joel Haapio have already secured career-best paydays of €22,600.
Jorgen Andersen
Final Table Seating Draw and Counts
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Morten Lie
Norway
6,160,000
51
1
2
Ignacio Cuesta
Spain
1,760,000
14
1
3
Linda Nguyen
Norway
8,185,000
68
1
4
Jorgen Dyhrberg
Denmark
11,235,000
93
1
5
Fernando Quintana
Spain
2,750,000
22
1
6
Ermanno Di Nicola
Italy
7,280,000
60
1
7
Joel Haapio
Finland
3,445,000
28
1
8
Manuel Ferrari
Italy
4,920,000
41
1
9
Davis Harari
United States
3,310,000
27
Dyhrberg starts the day holding a commanding lead over the field, and is seeking a fairytale victory, currently holding recorded tournament results of less than $10,000, while Nguyen has been in the top five of the counts since the start of Day 2.
New Yorker Harari, currently completing a masters in business management in Portugal, has two six-figures scores behind him, a runner-up finish in a $1,600 tournament in 2020, and a fifth-place finish at the Wynn Summer Classic last month, amongst $312,000 in cashes.
Davis Harari
Two Spanish players remain in the mix for an emotional major title on home soil in the form of Ignacio Cuesta and Fernando Quintana. Although they start the final table as the relative short-stacks, they are not in any form of immediate danger and will fancy their chances.
The tournament broke records for a live event held in Malaga, attracting 1,636 entrants to create a €1,570,560 prize pool, with 240 places paid and the champion set to take home the life-changing sum of €241,860.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€241,860
2
€152,800
3
€109,200
4
€84,000
5
€64,600
6
€49,700
7
€38,200
8
€29,400
9
€22,600
The players will return to Level 30, with blinds of 60,000/120,000, with a 120,000 big blind ante, with the clock set to 24 hands per level. Play will continue until a champion is crowned.
The action will also be streamed on PokerStars Spain's Youtube and Twitch channels, on a 30-minute delay. Our coverage here will be delayed to match the stream, and will commence at approximately 1 p.m.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the final table, as we see who can emerge as champion in the PokerStars Open Main Event Malaga 2025.
