€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars Open Malaga

06-20-2025 12:03 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Franck Guez	Busted
Giacomo Rosa	Busted
Jed Derkaoui	Busted
Laurentiu Puiu	Busted
Abraham Serrano	Busted
Marek Janiszewski	Busted
Jason Tompkins	Busted
Paul Minzariu	Busted
Julien Da Silva	Busted
Wouter Beltz	Busted
Shenghe Yang	Busted
Massimo Armenio	Busted
Jorge Ojeda	Busted
Jose Azorin	Busted
Sergi Navarro	Busted
Gabor Kenyeres	Busted
Nicola Apostolico	Busted
Dario Nittolo	Busted
Daniel Keran	Busted
Mitch Vulperhost	Busted
Marek Dlouhy	Busted
Yves Thalmann	Busted
Jorge Rojo	Busted
Barnaba Perone	Busted
Martin Hellmuth	Busted

Jokiniemi Four-Bet Jams

Richard Hayes

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

Jarno Jokiniemi opened to 4,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 12,500 from Gregory Campbell in the cutoff.

Action folded back to Jokiniemi, who promptly four-bet jammed to a 50,000 total.

Campbell asked for the count, thought it through for a bit, but ultimately elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Campbell	100,000 35,000	35,000
Jarno Jokiniemi	64,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Gregory Campbell Jarno Jokiniemi

06-20-2025 11:50 UTC+1

Hakkinen Enjoys the Turn

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Richard Hayes

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

Michael Nicholls opened to 4,500 from middle position, and received a call from Verneri Hakkinen on the button.

Nicholls fired out a bet of 4,500 on the A♣J♦7♠ flop, and Hakkinen stuck around for the 9♥ turn.

There, Nicholls quickly check-folded versus a bet of 12,000 from Hakkinen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Verneri Hakkinen	75,000 60,500	60,500
Michael Nicholls	52,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Michael Nicholls Verneri Hakkinen

06-20-2025 11:48 UTC+1

Cooney Gets Paid with Nuts

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Richard Hayes

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

A completed board of Q♦9♠4♥10♦J♠ had led to a pot or around 18,000 developing, in a hand between Simon Persson and Ciaran Cooney .

Persson check-called an overbet of 20,000, and was shown the bad news when Cooney tabled A♦K♣ for the nut straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciaran Cooney	265,000 81,000	81,000
Simon Persson	30,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Ciaran Cooney Simon Persson

06-20-2025 11:37 UTC+1

The Martin Kabhrel WSOP 2025 Situation is Crazy | PokerNews Podcast #899

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

In the 899th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are joined by PokerStars Team Pro Maria Konnikova at Level 9 Studio to offer their thoughts on the most polarizing player at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Martin Kabrhel.

Do you love him? Hate him? Is he either good or bad for poker? What sort of antics has he been up to? What poker player called him a p***y? Find out as the hosts don't shy away from sharing their thoughts on the boisterous high roller.

Konnikova then talks about her upcoming book, hosting the Risky Business Podcast alongside Nate Silver, and what's going on over at PokerStars, including the upcoming NAPT and an emphasis on women's initiatives.

PokerStars Team Pro Maria Konnikova joins as a special co-host!

Also, learn about João Vieira winning $100K High Roller for his fourth bracelet and David “ODB” Baker taking down the $5K Seniors NLH for his fourth bracelet. Oh, and Michael Wang won a Wynn Summer Classic event for career-high $555K!

Finally, see highlights from “Miami” John Cernuto’s Celebration of Life, including a moving speech from his friend, Hollywood actor James Woods, and a look at the 2025 Poker Hall of Fame nominees. Find out who the crew thinks will get in and why.

Learn about all those stories and more in the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

A new PokerNews Podcast will drop twice a week during the 2025 WSOP every Thursday and Sunday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

06-20-2025 11:19 UTC+1

Day 2 Entrants - Part Two

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Adem Agoudjil	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrei Blanaru	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vicentiu Blanaru	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aleksander Da Silva Boski	30,000 30,000	30,000
Thomas Haverstad	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrew Hawkins	30,000 30,000	30,000
Erik Henriksen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Shan Jiang	30,000 30,000	30,000
Markus Lackner	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ovidiu Lungu	30,000
Pietro Nicastro	30,000
Olena Opimankh	30,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel-Iorgu Robu	30,000
Ibrahim Senoussi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ludvik Stranden	30,000

06-20-2025 11:15 UTC+1

Cards in the Air - Confirmed Ten Levels Today

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Richard Hayes

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

Play is underway here in Day 2 of the PokerStars Open Main Event Malaga, keep it here for all your coverage of a day of poker thrills and spills.

The tournament director has confirmed ten 60-minute levels will be played today.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-20-2025 11:03 UTC+1

Day 2 Entrants

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Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Abbey	30,000 30,000	30,000
Cornelis Alblas	30,000
Nuno Nieto	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jorge Ojeda	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antonio Asaro	30,000 30,000	30,000
Giovanni Bellini	30,000 30,000	30,000
Wouter Beltz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Istvan Berkes	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Buckley	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mikel Calo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alvaro Villegas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Federico Castiglioni	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jokin Ruiz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Patrice Chapuis	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fehmi Cherif	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrea Dal Bo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Diego De Aguilar Fumero	30,000 30,000	30,000
Diego De Martino	30,000 30,000	30,000
Francesco Di Profio	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Docherty	30,000 30,000	30,000
Christian Dotzki	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gustav Ekhagen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vilde Ekren	30,000 30,000	30,000
Daniele Grasso	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Gomez	30,000 30,000	30,000

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06-20-2025 10:30 UTC+1

Watch the WSOP Main Event for Free Thanks to PokerStars

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Richard Hayes

Poker fans won’t need a subscription to catch some of the biggest moments from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Thanks to a new partnership between PokerStars and PokerGO, several of the most anticipated WSOP events, including the $10,000 WSOP Main Event, will be streamed for free on PokerStars’ YouTube and Twitch channels.

The deal makes PokerStars the lead sponsor of PokerGO’s 2025 WSOP livestream coverage and opens up access to poker’s biggest stage like never before.

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