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

06-20-2025 15:17 UTC+1

Kanic-Mitrovic Dodges Flush to Double

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Uros Kanic-Mitrovic opened to 6,500 from the button, and flatted versus a three-bet to 20,000 from Iman Ghashayar in the small blind. Action back to Kanic-Mitrovic, who called.

Ghashayar snap check-called a jam from Kanic Mitrovic of around 56,000 on the 9♥7♠3♥ flop, to put his opponent at risk.

Uros Kanic-Mitrovic: 10♦9♦ All in
Iman Ghashayar: A♥6♥

Kanic-Mitrovic was ahead with top pair nines, but had plenty of outs to fade against Ghashayar's flush draw.

The 4♠ turn and J♠ river were bricks, much to Kanic-Mitrovic's delight. He blew out his cheeks in relief and said "I needed that."

Player	Chips	Progress
Iman Ghashayar	258,000 175,000	175,000
Uros Kanic-Mitrovic	135,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Iman Ghashayar Uros Kanic-Mitrovic

06-20-2025 15:05 UTC+1

Zafra Doubles via Koppinen

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Manas Zafra was all-in for 27,000 and at risk versus Karita Koppinen.

Manas Zafra: A♦6♠ All in
Karita Koppinen: K♦J♣

Zafra was ahead, and ace-high was good enough across the 10♠7♦2♠8♣8♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manas Zafra	50,000 28,000	28,000
Karita Koppinen	21,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Karita Koppinen Manas Zafra

06-20-2025 15:03 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Jablonski	290,000 69,500	69,500
Pasquale Braco	60,000 25,500	25,500

Rockets for Palacios

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Rafael Palacios opened to 6,500 and was faced with a three-bet to Dotan Kelijman to 15,000 in the next seat. Action folded back to Palacios, who four-bet jammed for 66,500.

Kelijman went into the tank, and clearly didn't like the spot, before he ultimately made the call.

Rafael Palacios: A♣A♦ All in
Dotan Kelijman:: A♥Q♦

Palacios had the goods, and there were no unlikely surprises on the 10♠10♣4♦Q♣4♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Palacios	140,000 88,500	88,500
Dotan Kelijman	21,000 38,500	38,500

Tags: Dotan Kelijman Rafael Palacios

06-20-2025 14:49 UTC+1

Recent Knockouts

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Dris	Busted
Marius Johansen	Busted
Reto Ramusch	Busted
Giuseppe Rosa	Busted
Vincenzo Petruzziello	Busted
Gregory Campbell	Busted
Francisco Zufia	Busted
Ken Lennard	Busted
Marius Irimia	Busted
Laurent Cessy	Busted
Markus Michel	Busted
Francesco Biribao	Busted
Davide Suriano	Busted

Benedikt Wenzel	Busted
Sergii Markin	Busted
Gerald Eisele	Busted
Ramzi Azdean	Busted
Christoph Neuerer	Busted
Fotios Ntamaris	Busted
Thomas Haverstad	Busted
Beltran Garcia	Busted
Valerii Bieriushchev	Busted
Kornelius Lien	Busted
Alberto Gomez	Busted
Andre Winkler	Busted

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-20-2025 14:37 UTC+1

Simons Scoops with Royal Flush in Barely Believable Hand

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Richard Hayes

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A pot of around 75,000 had developed on a completed board of K♦10♣K♠A♣J♣, in a three-way hand between Krysztof Zapolski, Bobby Simons and Ricardo Martos.

Zapolski led out with a bet of 42,000, and was met with a raise from Simons to around 95,000, with about 60,000 behind. Ricardo Martos then rejammed for around 340,000, covering both players.

"Wow!" said Zapolski as soon as Martos jammed, looking to the heavens. He thought it through for around a minute, before announcing he was all-in, covering Simons, who quickly got the rest of his stack into the middle.

Zapolski tabled A♥A♠ for the full house, but Simons said "Royal flush" and tabled K♣Q♣. Martos couldn't believe his K♥J♠ for the lower full house was in third.

Simons scooped a monster pot as the entire table took photographs of the barely believable hand. Zapolski took the side-pot to stay in it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Simons	465,000 335,500	335,500
Ricardo Martos	140,000 233,000	233,000
Krysztof Zapolski	109,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Bobby Simons Krysztof Zapolski Ricardo Martos

06-20-2025 14:35 UTC+1

Grubka Damages Di Giacomo

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Richard Hayes

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Around 60,000 was in the middle on a flop of K♦5♣4♥, in a hand between Krzysztof Grubka on the button and Claudio Di Giacomo in the small blind.

Di Giacomo led out with a bet of 16,000, but was met with a raise to 33,000 from Grubka. Chip leader Di Giacomo jammed with the covering stack, and Grubka snapped.

Krzysztof Grubka: K♥Q♠ All in
Claudio Di Giacomo: A♠10♣

Grubka had the goods with top pair versus Di Giacomo's bluff, and the Italian could not find an ace on the 5♥9♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo	475,000 30,000	30,000
Krzysztof Grubka	218,000 162,000	162,000

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Krzysztof Grubka

06-20-2025 14:31 UTC+1

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Richard Hayes

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

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06-20-2025 14:15 UTC+1