The $50k PLO Grand Slam of the Onyx High Roller Series at the Onyx Club in Malta is entering its decisive phase. In addition, the $25k PLO Main Event, with a guaranteed $5 million, kicked off yesterday.
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50k PLO Grand Slam
Another 50 entries were recorded on Monday, bringing the total number of participants to 98.
This means there is $4.8 million in prize money to be won, with 13 players receiving at least the min-cash of $100,000.
From a German-speaking perspective, the tournament did not go particularly well, as all DACH cracks were eliminated except for Filip Aleksic.
However, he is the closest contender to the dominant chip leader Cesar Garcia from Spain, who had an absolutely stellar day.
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With 20.26 million, he has already significantly pulled away from the rest of the field and is the clear favorite for the first prize of $1.2 million.
You can find the PokerNews Live Blog for this tournament here.
Here is the standings before the final:
Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
1 | Danielle Noja | Australia | 2,175,000 | 27 |
2 | Nino Pansier | Netherlands | 3,695,000 | 46 |
3 | Espen Myrmo | Norway | 1,320,000 | 17 |
4 | Gruffudd Pugh-Jones | Wales | 3,305,000 | 41 |
5 | Filip Aleksic | Austria | 11,055,000 | 138 |
6 | Sean Rafael | United States | 7,115,000 | 89 |
7 | Cesar Garcia | Spain | 20,260,000 | 253 |
Here are the payouts so far:
Place | Name | Prize Money (USD) |
1 | $1,200,000 | |
2 | $840,000 | |
3 | $555,000 | |
4 | $430,000 | |
5 | $340,000 | |
6 | $265,000 | |
7 | $210,000 | |
8 | Laszlo Bujtas | $160,000 |
9 | Rob Yong | $160,000 |
10 | Carlo van Ravenswoud | $120,000 |
11 | Lautaro Guerra | $120,000 |
12 | Gergö Nagy | $100,000 |
13 | Imad Derwiche | $100,000 |
14 | Sergei Nesterenko | $100,000 |
15 | Biao Ding | $100,000 |
25k PLO Main Event
The 25k PLO Main Event started as usual with a leisurely pace, with 54 entries on Day 1A, meaning only a good quarter of the ambitious $5 million guarantee has been secured.
Eight players survived the first starting day and secured their place for Day 2, including Dennis Weiss and Oswin Ziegelbecker in 3rd and 5th place respectively.
The lead is held by Pole Tomasz Krzesinski, followed by Russian superstar Artur Martirosian.
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You can find the PokerNews Live Blog for this tournament here.
Here is the result of Day 1A:
Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
1 | Tomasz Krzesinski | Poland | 3,800,000 | 76 |
2 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 3,320,000 | 66 |
3 | Dennis Weiss | Germany | 1,685,000 | 34 |
4 | Espen Sandvik | Norway | 1,465,000 | 29 |
5 | Oswin Ziegelbecker | Austria | 1,460,000 | 29 |
6 | Sondre Stormyr | Norway | 1,025,000 | 21 |
7 | Martin Dam | Denmark | 735,000 | 15 |
8 | Youness Barakat | Italy | 5,000 | 0 |
The Schedule of the Onyx High Roller Series:
