The pot-limit Omaha motion was scorching within the Albanian capital of Tirana this week. The 2025 PLO Grand Slam hosted by Diamond Poker Sequence is working from Jan. 23-31 at Area On line casino Tirana, with €5 million in assured prize cash together with two occasions with seven figures in promised payouts. The primary was a €1 million assured €5,000 buy-in which was gained by Tom Vogelsang. The second occasion was the centerpiece of the pageant: the €2,000,000 assured €10,000 championship.
A complete of 191 entries turned out for the latter event, which meant the occasion fell simply wanting making its assure. After event workers charges had been subtracted, $1,957,456 in prize cash was paid out throughout the highest 23 finishers.
Norway’s Tom-Aksel Bedell got here on the highest in the long run. Bedell took dwelling $455,520 for the win, a brand new high rating for the high-stakes event common. Bedell now has greater than $4 million in recorded earnings to his identify. Bedell reportedly earned his seat on this event by way of a giveaway within the €5,000 ‘Opener’ for the participant who fired probably the most bullets.
Bedell additionally secured 840 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors, which had been sufficient to maneuver him inside placing distance of the highest 30 within the 2025 POY race offered by World Poker.
This was the second working of this sequence, with the primary having been held in The venue is establishing itself as a brand new foothold for the poker scene in Albania, after internet hosting its first broadly publicized pageant in late 2023. The earlier PLO Grand Slam sported €3 million in whole ensures.
Loads of notables ran deep on this occasion, together with bracelet winners Joni Jouhkimainen (twenty second), Max Kruse (twentieth), Elie Nakache (18th), Dario Alioto (fifteenth), and Ismael Bojang (14th).
Daniel Tordjman knocked out two-time bracelet winner Oleksii Kovalchuk (fifth – $134,680) to take a large chip lead into short-handed play. He then bused €5,000 occasion winner Tom Vogelsang (4th – $167,960) to carry over 72 % of the whole chips in play heading into three-handed motion.
The shorter stacks battled again, although, and ultimately Bedell gained an enormous pot towards Tordjman with kings stuffed with sevens to overhaul the lead. Tordjman slid down the leaderboard from there, and was ultimately all-in with 9
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going through the QQ94 of Bedell. The board got here down 8878Q to present Bedell queens full for the win. Tordjman walked away with $205,400 for his third-place displaying.
2024 World Sequence of Poker Paradise $100,000 pot-limit Omaha occasion winner Lautaro Guerra entered heads-up play at an enormous chip drawback. The Spanish poker professional managed a number of early double ups to maintain his hopes alive, however was quickly all-in with QJ95 going through the AQQ3 of Bedell. The A8457 introduced the occasion to an finish. Guerra cashed for $307,840 because the runner-up, rising his profession haul to just about $5.3 million within the course of.
Here’s a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Tom-Aksel Bedell
$455,520
840
2
Lautaro Guerra Cabrerizo
$307,840
700
3
Daniel Tordjman
$205,400
560
4
Tom Vogelsang
$167,960
420
5
Oleksii Kovalchuk
$134,680
350
6
Sofoklis Palekykthritis
$104,520
280
7
Gergo Nagy
$77,480
210
8
Andrew Ige
$56,680
140
9
Maksim Shuts
$45,240
70
