€1,650 PokerStars Open Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

10-04-2025 16:47 UTC+2

Cigliano Conquers Carbo in Four-Bet Pot

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Gerard Carbo had three-bet an earlier open to 68,000 in the small blind. Big blind Alberto Cigliano then made it 140,000 to go, which only Carbo called.

Cigliano continued for 65,000 on the K♣K♦J♣ flop. Carbo check-called to the 3♣ turn, where Cigliano put in another 100,000.

Carbo quickly flung his cards in the muck, forfeiting the pot to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Moolhuizen	1,482,000 12,000	12,000
Alberto Cigliano	1,000,000 532,000	532,000
Lars Kamphues	868,000 346,000	346,000
Scott Margereson	600,000 315,000	315,000
Gerard Carbo	560,000 103,000	103,000
Antonio Merone	510,000 8,000	8,000
Joachim Haraldstad	235,000 57,000	57,000
Alen Bakovic	195,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Alberto Cigliano Gerard Carbo

10-04-2025 16:37 UTC+2

Demasi Doubles as Clock Called on De La Fouchardiere

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With 190,000 already in the pot, Hugo De La Fouchardiere flicked in a small bet of 20,000 from the small blind on the J♠3♠2♦10♠ turn. Simone Demasi then raised to 80,000, which De La Fouchardiere called.

The 9♦ river was quickly checked by De La Fouchardiere, prompting Demasi to go all in for 265,000. De La Fouchardiere asked for a count before he went into the tank.

After about five minutes of thought, the clock was called on the Frenchman. The countdown was nearing its end when De La Fouchardiere tossed in some chips to signal a call.

Demasi showed the nut flush with A♠K♠, and De La Fouchardiere was forced to show his J♣10♦ as he paid off the bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Demasi	880,000 427,000	427,000
Hugo De La Fouchardiere	325,000 184,000	184,000

Tags: Hugo De La Fouchardiere Simone Demasi

10-04-2025 16:29 UTC+2

Batch of Stack Updates

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Coelho	1,230,000 125,000	125,000
Tom Fuchs	1,230,000 22,000	22,000
Modar Alsoud	945,000 25,000	25,000
Petre Ionescu	670,000 85,000	85,000
Carlo Wolters	655,000 180,000	180,000
Siarhei Sochneu	635,000 127,000	127,000
Luka Sorainen	580,000 38,000	38,000
Yelizaveta Aktas	495,000 371,000	371,000
Vasileios Tsaknis	345,000 201,000	201,000
Angelo Vietti	325,000 31,000	31,000
Antonio Scala	270,000 171,000	171,000

10-04-2025 16:23 UTC+2

Latest Exits

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Scuderi	Busted
Andreas Klatt	Busted
Gary Whitehead	Busted
Fabian Niederreiter	Busted
Loukas Kioutsoukis	Busted
Timothee Rey	Busted
Ankit Ahuja	Busted
Georgios Vrakas	Busted
Ivan Kuziv	Busted
Gregory Biermans	Busted
Anthony Gos	Busted
Christopher Day	Busted

10-04-2025 16:19 UTC+2

Big Double for Hallaert

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nuno Ferro raised to 27,000 from early position and was called by Antonin Hays from the small blind. The action was then on PokerStars' Kenny Hallaert, in the big blind, and he ripped in his stack of 325,000. Ferro called before Hays got out of the way.

Kenny Hallaert: 9♠9♦ All in ;
Nuno Ferro: A♥J♣

Hallaert made a boat on the 4♥4♦4♣ flop to remain ahead. The Belgian faded the overcards as the board was completed by the 2♥10♠.

On the next deal, Pierre Azzopardi raised to 25,000 from the cutoff. 2024 EPT Paris Main Event winner Barny Boatman called from the big blind.

The 9♦8♠6♦ flop checked through to the K♣ turn, where Boatman check-folded to a bet of 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	675,000 375,000	375,000

Barny Boatman	425,000 5,000	5,000

Nuno Ferro	350,000 300,000	300,000
Pierre Azzopardi	300,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Antonin Hays Barny Boatman Kenny Hallaert Nuno Ferro Pierre Azzopardi

10-04-2025 16:15 UTC+2

Locker Locks Up Double-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ashley Locker made it 25,000 in middle position, which Ioannis Oikonomidis three-bet to 62,000 on the button. Locker then moved in his stack of 245,000, which Oikonomidis immediately called.

Ashley Locker: J♥J♦ All in
Ioannis Oikonomidis: A♠K♥

Oikonomidis failed to pair up on the 9♥5♣10♥8♦4♥ runout, seeing Locker's jacks hold to secure his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Oikonomidis	1,270,000 130,000	130,000
Ashley Locker	520,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Ashley Locker Ioannis Oikonomidis

10-04-2025 16:14 UTC+2

Small One for Taghla

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Mohamed-Said Taghla opened to 25,000 out of his short stack and saw Lars Kamphues call from the big blind.

Kamphues check-called a bet of 12,000 on the A♥K♦8♦ flop but conceded the pot after he faced a bet of 40,000 on the 2♦ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lars Kamphues	522,000 153,000	153,000
Mohamed-Said Taghla	210,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Lars Kamphues Mohamed-Said Taghla

10-04-2025 16:06 UTC+2

Ahuja Loses Chunks to Ghosh in Preflop Cooler

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Hijack Kumar Ghosh and Ankit Ahuja in the cutoff got all their chips in the middle before the flop, with Ghosh's stack of 514,000 being at risk.

Kumar Ghosh: A♣K♦ All in
Ankit Ahuja: K♥K♣

Ghosh flopped an ace on A♠3♣8♥ for a big lead over Ahuja's kings. The 8♠ turn left Ahuja with one out, and it did not arrive on the 6♣ river.

Ghosh soared to over a million in chips while Ahuja was left with just over 25 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kumar Ghosh	1,058,000 575,000	575,000
Ankit Ahuja	307,000 533,000	533,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Kumar Ghosh

10-04-2025 16:06 UTC+2

Relive the €12,300 Cuatro Knockout Bubble

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Milko van Winden

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Tags: Tom Vogelsang Byron Kaverman

10-04-2025 16:03 UTC+2

Moolhuizen Takes Chip Lead Thanks to the Ducks

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Mateusz Moolhuizen opened to 28,000 from the hijack and called when Daniele Degennaro made it 76,000 from the button.

On the A♦J♠2♥ flop, Moolhuizen check-raised to 140,000 over a bet of 61,000. Degennaro three-bet jammed as the bigger stack and Moolhuizen snap-called for his stack of 658,000.

Mateusz Moolhuizen: 2♣2♠ All in
Daniele Degennaro: A♣K♠

Degennaro's top pair-top kicker was behind Moolhuizen's set of deuces. The J♣ turn gave the latter a full house but Degennaro was still live to the final two aces in the deck.

A no-sider appeared on the river, but it was the 3♥ and Moolhuizen became the chip leader.