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The PLO Grand Slam is set to return to Tallinn’s Bombay Club from September 15-22, with the Diamond Poker Series guaranteeing €2.5 million across eight days of Pot-Limit Omaha action.
The schedule is headlined by two €1 million guaranteed events: the €5,200 5k Million running September 17-20, followed by the €10,400 PLO Championship from September 20-22. Additional highlights include a €15,300 High Roller, a €15,300 Quatro Bounty, and a range of four, five and six-card Omaha tournaments.
Ahead of the festival, PokerNews spoke with three familiar faces on the circuit. Tom-Aksel Bedell and Imad Derwiche are both former PLO Championship winners, while 2019 WSOP Main Event champion Hossein Ensan continues his search for a first PLO Grand Slam title after several near-misses, including a fifth-place finish in Malta last October.
Bedell’s standout result came in Tirana in January 2025, when he defeated Lautaro Guerra heads-up to win the €10K Championship for €438,000. Derwiche’s career-best moment came in Tallinn itself, where he won the €10,300 PLO Championship in April 2025 after outlasting 148 entries.
All three players praised the series for backing PLO with substantial guarantees despite a packed live poker calendar. Derwiche and Ensan also pointed to the growing strength of the player pool, noting that regularly facing top PLO talent has sharpened their own games.
Bedell will look to add a second title in Tallinn, Derwiche returns to defend the site of his biggest win, and Ensan, fresh off a 13th-place finish at the 2026 WSOP Main Event, hopes to finally break through for his first PLO Grand Slam trophy.
