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

06-20-2025 23:45 UTC+1

Jablonski Gets Di Giacomo

Richard Hayes

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Simone Demasi opened to 25,000 under the gun, and received a call from Mateusz Jablonski in the cutoff, before Claudio Di Giacomo three-bet jammed from the button for 121,000.

Demasi quickly got out of the way, but Jablonski made the call.

Claudio Di Giacomo: A♦Q♠ All in
Mateusz Jablonski: 4♣4♦

Di Giacomo needed some help, but he bricked the 9♣6♠3♦ flop, and was up out his chair. The stand-up trick didn't work as he also missed the K♥K♣ turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Demasi	825,000 705,000	705,000
Mateusz Jablonski	590,000 300,000	300,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	Busted

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Mateusz Jablonski Simone Demasi

06-20-2025 23:27 UTC+1

Penultimate Level Exits (€2,900)

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Richard Hayes

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Santi Delli	Busted
Abel Gongora	Busted
Karri Jaaskivi	Busted
Hugo Dos Santos Caldeira	Busted
Tamas Seres	Busted
Birger Larsen	Busted
Anthony Smith	Busted
Jose Martin	Busted
Rafael Gamez	Busted
Dan Sfarlea	Busted
Wissam Ouertani	Busted
Roland Takacs	Busted
Eetu Sepponen	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-20-2025 23:18 UTC+1

Laurila Pips Beneforti

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

2024 Irish Open champ Tero Laurila was all-in for around 90,000, and at risk versus Giacomo Beneforti.

Tero Laurila: A♠J♥ All in
Giacomo Beneforti: K♣J♠

Laurila had Beneforti pipped, and ace-high was good enough with the board pair of queens across the Q♣Q♦2♦10♠4♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giacomo Beneforti	690,000 110,000	110,000
Tero Laurila	210,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Giacomo Beneforti Tero Laurila

06-20-2025 23:15 UTC+1

Lococo Bluffs?

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, and Istvan Varga defended the big blind.

On the 6♥4♥3♥ flop, Varga led out with a bet of 17,000, earning a quick call from Papo MC.

The A♠ hit on the turn, and as it did Varga smiled at Lococo and said "Bad card for me no?". Lococo smiled and said "We'll see, if it is I overbet turn and river, if not i check", laughing.

The turn was indeed checked to the Q♣ river. Varga led out again with a bet of 22,000, and Lococo responded by quickly verbally declaring a raise to 182,000.

Varga's cards were in the muck before Lococo even finished moving his chips forward. Lococo smiled, flashed the 7♣, and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	620,000 605,000	605,000

Istvan Varga	515,000 460,000	460,000

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Istvan Varga

06-20-2025 22:59 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Pol Serres	Busted
Albert Escue	Busted
Dawid Drobinski	Busted
Justin Boyle	Busted
Raul Jimenez	Busted
Juan Espin	Busted
Krysztof Zapolski	Busted
Daniel Vollmann	Busted
Roberto Attorni	Busted
Adam Kliebert	Busted
Marvin Schmidt-Tychsen	Busted
Marius Conan	Busted

Truzman Doubles Through Pulido

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Abraham Truzman was all-in for 248,000 on a flop of 10♣7♠4♦, and had received a customer in Laureano Pulido.

Abraham Truzman: K♥10♥ All in
Laureano Pulido: A♦J♦

Truzman was well ahead with top pair tens, and held across the 6♥7♦ runout, giving his opponent a quizzical look as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abraham Truzman	700,000 589,500	589,500
Laureano Pulido	650,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Abraham Truzman Laureano Pulido

06-20-2025 22:47 UTC+1

Grasu Spikes River to Double

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alin-Gabriel Grasu was all-in for around 80,000 and at risk against Daniel Doroteo.

Alin-Gabriel Grasu: K♥Q♦ All in
Daniel Doroteo: K♠J♥

Grasu was well ahead, but looked to be heading for the exit after Doroteo turned top pair on the 7♦2♣2♥J♦ runout. However the Q♥ hit on the river to save Grasu and keep him in it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Doroteo	291,000 232,500	232,500
Alin-Gabriel Grasu	160,000 22,500	22,500

Tags: Daniel Doroteo Alin-Gabriel Grasu

06-20-2025 22:42 UTC+1

Domination Rotation as Sandoff Zaps Zapolski

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A pot of around 80,000 had brewed on a flop of A♥K♣9♥, in a hand between Krysztof Zapolski in middle position and Karl Sandoff in the big blind.

Sandoff check-raised to 100,000 in the face of a continuation bet of 25,000 from Zapolski, who thought it through for quite a bit before three-bet jamming for 225,000 total. Sandoff made the quick call.

Krysztof Zapolski: A♠10♦ All in
Karl Sandoff: K♥9♣

Sandoff had flopped two pair versus Zapolski's pair of aces. The 10♥ hit on the turn to give Zapolski a better two, but Sandoff made the one-card flush on the 3♥ river.

Zapolski had some left, but was seen leaving the tournament area shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Sandoff	595,000 235,000	235,000
Krysztof Zapolski	Busted

Tags: Karl Sandoff Krysztof Zapolski

06-20-2025 22:29 UTC+1

Top Ten Counts at Final Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nelson Boucherat	1,160,000 170,000	170,000
Joel Haapio	1,098,000 900,500	900,500
Marios Zervoudis	1,091,000 952,500	952,500
Mateusz Szymanski	1,008,000 196,000	196,000
Mo Xu	990,000 290,000	290,000
Angelo Mancini	880,000 731,500	731,500
Claudio Di Giacomo	836,000 46,000	46,000
Adem Agoudjil	815,000 785,000	785,000
Franklin Hincapie	815,000 15,000	15,000
Vasile-Voinita Soica	815,000 641,000	641,000