Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
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10,500,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
||
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7,175,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
||
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7,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
5,700,000
1,330,000
|
1,330,000 |
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2,800,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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2,750,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
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2,650,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
||
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2,300,000
1,320,000
|
1,320,000 |
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2,250,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
1,650,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
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1,375,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
2025 PLO Grand Slam
Nivel: 22
Ciegas: 50,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000

Back in November, a champion was crowned the first Diamond Poker Series €10,300 PLO Grand Slam Championship. The player who went by the nickname "Benjamin N" secured himself the largest part of the €1,203,200 prize pool in a four-way deal before finishing in style by shipping the trophy and the extra €20,000, totaling his winnings to €219,200.
He defeated another anonymous player, nicknamed "Phil Ejri", during a short, jovial, and volatile heads-up. "Phil Ejri" took home €166,500 for his efforts, while fourth-place finisher Nikolaos Lampropoulos and bronze medalist Lautaro Guerra walked away with €190,800 and €170,700 respectively.
Day 1 chipleader Harun Ertural and two-time bracelet winner Alex Livingston were eliminated from the final table before the deal discussions began.
€10,300 PLO Grand Slam Championship Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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1 | "Benjamin N" | €219,200* | |
2 | "Phil Ejri" | €166,500* | |
3 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | €170,700* |
4 | Nikolaos Lampropoulos | Greece | €190,800* |
5 | Dimitrios Amoiridis | Greece | €89,000 |
6 | Harun Ertural | Germany | €70,000 |
7 | Alex Livingston | Canada | €54,000 |
8 | Vasil Medarov | Bulgaria | €41,000 |
9 | Belarmino De Souza | Brazil | €30,000 |
* Denotes four-way deal
The 11 remaining players have been sent on a small 15-minute break.

The short-stacked Christos Argyriadis raised his small blind to 300,000. Youness Barakat called in the big blind and quickly called once Argyriadis tossed in his final 450,000 on the 5♥7♠2♣ flop.
Christos Argyriadis: A♣K♣9♦6♠
Youness Barakat: A♠7♥5♠3♠
Barakat flopped two pair, and although Argyriadis turned a flush draw on the J♣, the 6♥ river saw Barakat's hand hold up to secure the knock-out.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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9,500,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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Eliminado |
"Lion King" raised to 250,000 as first to act. Youness Barakat called on the button and Hossein Ensan defended his big blind.
The 6♦3♠K♦ flop was checked to "Lion King", who continued for 300,000. Barakat quickly got out of the way, but Ensan stuck in a call.
The 5♣ appeared on the turn, prompting Ensan to put his opponent all-in for 875,000. "Lion King" spent some time in the tank but ultimately decided to muck his cards and leave himself with just under nine big blinds.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
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8,850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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7,950,000
2,610,000
|
2,610,000 |
|
||
|
875,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
Ronald Keijzer open-raised to 350,000 in the hijack and was met with a three-bet to 1,200,000 by Fabian Riebau-Schmithals on the button. The action folded back to Keijzer, who called with only 375,000 back.
He then check-called all-in on the 4♥K♦K♥ flop as the cards were revealed.
Ronald Keijzer: K♣9♠8♠7♣
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals: A♦10♠10♥2♠
Riebau-Schmithals needed to hit a ten to knock Keijzer out, but he failed to do so on the 2♦8♣ runout, doubling up the Dutchman instead.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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3,400,000
1,020,000
|
1,020,000 |
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1,600,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
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Tom Vogelsang had open-raised preflop and saw Nino Pansier defend his big blind. Pansier then led out for 260,000 on the 6♦5♦10♥ flop, which Vogelsang called.
The 8♠ turn saw Pansier size up to 800,000, after which Vogelsang jammed all in for 2,675,000. Pansier snap-called and the cards went on their backs.
Tom Vogelsang: J♣9♦8♦5♣
Nino Pansier: 9♠9♣7♦5♥
Pansier had turned the nuts, leaving Vogelsang drawing to a flush or higher straight. The Q♥ river brought him said straight, doubling him up and nearing Pansier in the chip counts.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
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7,030,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
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6,400,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |

Maksim Shuts got his final 650,000 in on a flop of A♦6♥9♥ from the big blind. Youness Barakat was his opponent under the gun and called with the covering stack.
Maksim Shuts: K♥Q♣6♣4♥
Youness Barakat: J♠J♥8♠8♥
Barakat faded Shuts' outs on the A♠ turn and 4♠ river, seeing his jacks hold up to eliminate the Belarusian in 13th.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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9,000,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
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Eliminado |
Nivel: 21
Ciegas: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000