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

10-04-2025 15:58 UTC+2

Savevski Sees Out Creutz

Frank Visser

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

The action was caught after the dealer had completed the Q♠K♠6♥10♣5♦ board. With 305,000 already in the pot, Johan Creutz checked from the big blind to Ilija Savevski in the cutoff, who moved all in.

Creutz's stack of 335,000 was covered, and he quickly flicked in a call. Savevski showed K♦6♦ for two pair, which narrowly bested the K♥5♣ of Creutz, who was left empty-handed with his lesser two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilija Savevski	1,275,000 501,000	501,000

Johan Creutz	Busted

Tags: Ilija Savevski Johan Creutz

10-04-2025 15:51 UTC+2

Updated Break Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Coelho	1,355,000 621,000	621,000
Fabian Bernhauser	1,250,000 50,000	50,000

Tom Fuchs	1,208,000 175,000	175,000
Ioannis Oikonomidis	1,200,000 1,008,000	1,008,000
Thomas Muehloecker	1,160,000 85,000	85,000
Francesco Di Profio	1,150,000 160,000	160,000
Longmao Fan	1,075,000 90,000	90,000
Modar Alsoud	970,000 201,000	201,000
Milos Petakovic	891,000 6,000	6,000
David Kaufmann	888,000 108,000	108,000
Kazuyuki Tanemura	886,000 556,000	556,000
Miao Chenxiang	882,000 11,000	11,000
Marian Virlanuta	870,000 280,000	280,000
Corentin Soulier	850,000 125,000	125,000
Daniele Degennaro	845,000 275,000	275,000
Ankit Ahuja	840,000 355,000	355,000
Ilija Savevski	774,000 26,000	26,000

Mateusz Moolhuizen	731,000 331,000	331,000
Fabian Salner	710,000 50,000	50,000
David Ballestero Alvarez	700,000
Lars Kamphues	675,000 486,000	486,000
Merijn van Rooij	665,000 135,000	135,000
Gerard Carbo	663,000 335,000	335,000
Keith Johnson	660,000 246,000	246,000
James Jagger	658,000 252,000	252,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

10-04-2025 15:45 UTC+2

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Elijah Farrow

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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10-04-2025 15:36 UTC+2

Final Break of Day 2

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The 115 remaining players have been sent on another 15-minute break. When they return, two more levels of 60 minutes are on the cards before Day 2 wraps up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Sarais	Busted
Mike Alonso	Busted

10-04-2025 15:36 UTC+2

More Chips for Bernhauser

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Fabian Bernhauser opened to 20,000 from middle position. Dylan Cechowski and David Ballestero Alvarez called from the hijack and button. Gustaf Soderholm also came along from the big blind.

Bernhauser continued for 35,000 on the Q♠7♥3♣ flop. Only Alvarez folded.

Bernhauser sized up to 85,000 on the 8♦ turn, and took down the pot to maintain his chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Bernhauser	1,300,000 145,000	145,000

David Ballestero Alvarez	700,000 133,000	133,000
Gustaf Soderholm	670,000 248,000	248,000
Dylan Cechowski	420,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: David Ballestero Alvarez Dylan Cechowski Fabian Bernhauser Gustaf Soderholm

10-04-2025 15:36 UTC+2

Marquez Shoves Into Petakovic

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Picking up the action on a 9♠5♠7♦ flop, Ana Marquez checked from middle position to Milos Petakovic on the button. Petakovic fired a bet of 40,000 into the pot of 125,000, which Marquez raised to 120,000.

Petakovic called to the 2♦ turn, which saw Marquez quickly move all in. Petakovic asked for a count, but swiftly folded once he heard the amount was 265,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Petakovic	897,000 203,000	203,000
Miao Chenxiang	871,000 688,000	688,000
Ana Marquez	630,000 553,000	553,000
Boris Kolev	480,000 135,000	135,000
Sal Al Fakih	407,000 252,000	252,000
Dario Pieruzzini	380,000 20,000	20,000
Michal Kil	307,000 185,000	185,000

10-04-2025 15:25 UTC+2

Lappin Loses Chance to Triple Up

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Lappin open-raised to 74,000 from middle position, leaving only 10,000 behind. Nemo Israel called in the cutoff before Longmao Fan three-bet to 200,000 in the big blind.

Lappin quickly called off his final chips, and Israel eventually called as well. The 6♣10♥5♦ saw Fan add 75,000 to the side pot, but Israel quickly folded to give up on the pot.

David Lappin: A♣10♠ All in
Longmao Fan: Q♦Q♣

Fan's ladies locked up the pot on the Q♥ turn, and Lappin said his goodbyes to the table as the meaningless J♦ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Longmao Fan	985,000 342,000	342,000
Fabian Salner	760,000 511,000	511,000
Luka Sorainen	618,000 184,000	184,000
Felix Schneiders	300,000 35,000	35,000
Joachim Haraldstad	270,000 11,000	11,000
Nemo Israel	240,000 101,000	101,000
David Lappin	Busted

Tags: David Lappin Longmao Fan Nemo Israel

10-04-2025 15:25 UTC+2

Hand Among Latest Bust Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fintan Hand	Busted
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	Busted
Valerio Prisco	Busted
Ignas Jasinevicius	Busted
Hannes Jeschka	Busted
Akira Takasugi	Busted
Joseph Chattaway	Busted
Giancarlo Panariello	Busted
David Vinayagamoorthy	Busted
Marios Kapiris	Busted
Matthew Micallef	Busted
Aurelio D'Amico	Busted
Candido Cappiello	Busted
Julien Stropoli	Busted

10-04-2025 15:21 UTC+2

Stand Up Trick Does Takasugi Dirty

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Akira Takasugi opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Mateusz Moolhuizen defended his big blind.

On the J♥4♦2♣ flop, Moolhuizen check-raised to 33,000 over a bet of 11,000. Takasugi responded by making it 70,000, sending Moolhuizen into the tank. The Dutchman had 141,000 behind, and after counting out his stack, he decided to call.

Takasugi jammed as the slighltly bigger stack on the A♣ turn. Moolhuizen reentered the tank, mulling over his options for several minutes. In the end, he decided to put his tournament life on the line.

Mateusz Moolhuizen: J♦7♠ All in
Akira Takasugi: A♥6♣

Mollhuizen, seeing he was behind, immediately left his chair. However, he was forced to sit back down as the J♠ river gave him the winner with trips.

Takasugi was left with 13,000, and moved all-in on the next deal. Nariman Yaghmai made it 30,000 from the button which forced out the blinds.

Akira Takasugi: J♠8♠ All in
Nariman Yaghmai: Ax3x

Takasugi managed to double after the K♠5♠4♦10♣J♦ runout, but his spin-up was short lived as he bowed out a few hands later.