Imad Derwiche had just sat down when he limped in from under the gun. Lautaro Guerra raised to 4,500 in the cutoff, being called by Ka Kwan Lau on the button and Derwiche.
The 10♥5♣2♣ flop checked through to the 9♠ turn. Derwiche made a bet of 5,000 and was called by Guerra. Lau quickly mucked before Derwiche tossed in 11,000 on the 3♣ river.
Guerra paid after some thought, tabling Q♦Q♣10♠4♦ for a pair of queens. They won him the pot as Guerra nodded his head and added his cards to the muck.
The action was picked up on a turn of Q♦7♣7♠10♠, with 25,000 already in the pot. Cesar Garcia checked from the small blind to Daniel Zaremba in the cutoff, who bet 16,000.
Garcia called before checking the 10♥ river. Zaremba sized up to 32,000, causing Garcia to spend one time bank. During his second shot clock, he made the call. Zaremba tabled 8♣7♥6♣5♥ for trip sevens and won the pot.
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After a successful start to the PLO Grand Slam series, the time has come for the flagship event on the schedule. Diamond Poker Series' €10,300 PLO Championship is the second tournament of the week with a €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, and will kick off today at 3 p.m local time at Arena Casino Tirana.
Although similar in prize pool, the Championship differs from its smaller Opener sibling, which was conquered by Aaron Pahlawani yesterday, in many aspects. It will be a three-day affair, with a single starting flight. Although levels on Day 1 are the same 45 minutes, they will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2 and beyond.
Just like the Opener, late registration will remain open until the start of Level 12, the third level of Day 2 in this case, and unlimited reentries are available for those with extra deep pockets. The starting stack amounts to 200,000 chips and the blinds will start at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Day 1 concludes after Level 9: 4,000/8,000 (8,000), scheduled to be around 10:30 p.m. local time.
€10,300 PLO Championship Day 1 Structure
Level
Duration (min)
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
45
500
1,000
1,000
2
45
1,000
1,500
1,500
3
45
1,000
2,000
2,000
Break
15
4
45
1,000
2,500
2,500
5
45
1,500
3,000
3,000
6
45
2,000
4,000
4,000
Break
30
7
45
2,000
5,000
5,000
8
45
3,000
6,000
6,000
9
45
4,000
8,000
8,000
Stay tuned as PokerNews will provide live reporting for the €10,300 PLO Championship straight from the tournament floor in Albania, from the start of Day 1 until a champion has been crowned at the end of Day 3.