A trio of pot-limit Omaha poker tournaments with guarantees of €1 million or more wrapped up in Tallinn, Estonia last week. The three events were all part of the Diamond Poker Series PLO Grand Slam Tallinn, which ran from April 4-13 at the Chesterfield Poker Club.
The largest of the three tournaments was a €1.5 million guaranteed €10,000 buy-in affair. A total of 148 entries were made in the high-stakes event. In the end it was France’s Imad Derwiche (pictured above) that came away with the title and the top prize worth $372,207 when rendered in US dollars.
This was the fourth-largest score yet for Derwiche, who is no stranger to high-roller action. He now has more than $4.6 million in recorded cashes to his name after this latest triumph.
Plenty of notables ran deep in this event, including 2019 World Series of Poker main event champion Hossein Ensan (13th), 2024 WSOP Europe pot-limit Omaha event winner Vivian Saliba (9th), inaugural PokerGO Tour Pot-limit Omaha Series champion Lautaro Guerra (8th), and recent Triton Poker Jeju $25,000 PLO event champion Tom-Aksel Bedell (6th).
The first event of this series also sported a seven-figure guarantee (€1,000,000). Puk Nabuurs topped the field of 416 entries in the €2,200 buy-in event to earn $220,000.
The second tournament on the schedule also featured the same guarantee. It drew 202 entries at €5,200 a pop. Youness Barakat came away with the title and the top prize of $173,734. Ensan finished second for $160,600.
Bedell also ran deep in that event, placing seventh for $39,061. The Norwegian now has four final-table finishes on the year, with two titles won. In addition to his Triton victory, he also took down the PLO Grand Slam Tirana main event back in January for $455,520.
€2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha €1 Million GTD
Place
Player
Earnings
POY Points
1
Puk Nabuurs
$220,000
720
2
Danyil Zaremba
$130,988
600
3
Fredrik Lindstrom
$98,274
480
4
Tobias Andersen
$73,722
360
5
Lauri Varonen
$59,400
300
6
Robin Palm
$44,176
240
7
Dario Alioto
$34,430
180
8
Mihkel Vitsur
$24,926
120
9
Taago Tamm
$20,174
60
€5,200 Pot-Limit Omaha €1 Million GTD
Place
Player
Earnings
POY Points
1
Youness Barakat
$173,734
720
2
Hossein Ensan
$160,600
600
3
Leonid Yanovski
$160,600
480
4
Aki Vihikainen
$87,615
360
5
Tomasz Krzesinski
$69,861
300
6
Vitalijs Korhs
$53,680
240
7
Tom-Aksel Bedell
$39,061
180
8
Fredrik Lindstrom
$28,303
120
9
Filip Lovric
$23,397
60
€10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha €1.5 Million GTD
Place
Player
Earnings
POY Points
1
Imad Derwiche
$372,207
720
3
Erik Bystrom
$167,508
480
4
Aaron Pahlawani
$138,039
360
5
Fredrik Lindstrom
$110,902
300
6
Tom-Aksel Bedell
$86,856
240
7
Gergo Nagy
$65,142
180
8
Lautaro Guerra
$48,081
120
9
Vivian Saliba
$37,224
60
Winner photo credit: PokerNews.