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

10-04-2025 14:22 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Clack	Busted
Andrius Mazurkevicius	Busted
Diogo Coelho	Busted
Francesco Caramazza	Busted
Manfred Sierke	Busted
Andrea Dal Bo	Busted
Roman Stoica	Busted
Nikolaos Angelou	Busted
Gregor Nachtigall	Busted
Alessandro Signoriello	Busted
Tom Middleton	Busted

Julien Dupre	Busted

Eric Bennici	Busted
Eros Calderone	Busted

Three Streets of Value of Savevski

Calum Grant

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

Ilija Savevski opened to 16,000 from under the gun. Thomas Muehloecker and Modar Alsoud called from the button and big blind.

Savevski fired out 20,000 on the A♠10♣2♦ flop, and Alsoud was the only caller. Alsoud then check-called bets of 75,000 on the 5♥ turn and 125,000 on the J♣ river.

Savevski tabled A♦K♠ for top pair-top kicker, and Alsoud mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	1,150,000 330,000	330,000
Ilija Savevski	800,000 350,000	350,000

Modar Alsoud	380,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Ilija Savevski Modar Alsoud Thomas Muehloecker

10-04-2025 14:09 UTC+2

Wozniak Rivers Exit

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Frank Visser

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

Preflop, Mateusz Wozniak was all in and at risk for 160,000 on the button against Sebastian Mortensen in the cutoff.

Mateusz Wozniak: 10♠10♦ All in
Sebastian Mortensen: A♥J♠

Wozniak's pair seemed to hold on the 2♣8♠9♦4♠ board, but the A♠ river brought a "Barry" to send him to the rail instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Mortensen	390,000 40,000	40,000

Mateusz Wozniak	Busted

Tags: Mateusz Wozniak Sebastian Mortensen

10-04-2025 14:07 UTC+2

Welcome to EPT Malta

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Milko van Winden

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

10-04-2025 14:02 UTC+2

Ahuja's Ace-High Call Wins Sizable Pot

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Frank Visser

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

Thomas Bellanger in early position and Ankit Ahuja in the hijack had created a pot of 155,000 when they both checked the Q♣10♥6♠10♠ turn. The 2♥ river then completed the board, prompting Bellanger to bet 100,000.

Ahuja carefully cut out a call and counted his remaining chips, debating his options for a while. Eventually, he gently placed a call.

Bellanger quickly tabled 8♠7♠ for a pure bluff, leaving Ahuja to win the pot with A♥K♦ as he had hero-called with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	485,000 153,000	153,000
Thomas Bellanger	242,000 196,000	196,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Thomas Bellanger

10-04-2025 14:01 UTC+2

Hallaert Loses a Flip

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Calum Grant

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

Kenny Hallaert raised to 16,000 from early position and called when Mark Vella moved all-in for 81,000 on his direct left.

Mark Vella: 7♠7♣ All in
Kenny Hallaert: K♠9♠

Vella would go onto make sevens full of sixes on the A♦6♣3♠6♦7♦ runout to double through the PokerStars ambassador.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	225,000 16,000	16,000

Mark Vella	182,000 49,000	49,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	Busted

Karl Sandoff	Busted
Eduard Barsegian	Busted
Stefano Puccilli	Busted
Pedro Morais	Busted
Mateusz Wozniak	Busted
Giovanni Nava	Busted
Jamie Dwan	Busted

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Mark Vella

10-04-2025 13:56 UTC+2

Schneiders Flops a Boat to Bust Zappacosta

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Calum Grant

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

Felix Schneiders opened to 12,000 from the cutoff before Eros Zappacosta three-bet to 45,000 from the button. Schneiders jammed for 165,000 and Zappacosta snap-called for his tournament life, having around 150,000.

Eros Zappacosta: K♠K♣ All in
Felix Schneiders: J♥J♦

Schneider's couldn't have asked for much more, making a full house on the A♥A♠J♣ flop to leapfrog the cowboys. The 4♦ turn and Q♦ river completed the board and Schneiders moved to an average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix Schneiders	335,000 169,000	169,000
Zaur Zulfiyev	Busted
Svetlin Sabev	Busted
Eros Zappacosta	Busted
Ferdinand Janssen	Busted
Gazmend Zela	Busted
Jacob Mulhern	Busted

Tags: Eros Zappacosta Felix Schneiders

10-04-2025 13:52 UTC+2

Dedoni's Four-Bet Sends Two Into Tank

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Frank Visser

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

Evaldas Aniulis made it 16,000 to go in early position, which Kazuyuki Tanemura upped to 40,000 in middle position. Giuseppe Dedoni then four-bet to 93,000 in the cutoff, after which the action folded back to Aniulis.

He thought for a couple of minutes before he folded his cards. Tanemura then asked how much the four-bet was, counted his chips, and also mucked his hand after a little while.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Dedoni	332,000 190,000	190,000
Kazuyuki Tanemura	330,000 52,000	52,000
Evaldas Aniulis	161,000 295,000	295,000

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Giuseppe Dedoni Kazuyuki Tanemura

10-04-2025 13:45 UTC+2

Zappacosta Gets Di Cicco's Crumbs

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Frank Visser

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

Virgilio Di Cicco was down to 35,000, which he pushed in from the hijack. It folded to Eros Zappacosta in the big blind, who swiftly called.

Virgilio Di Cicco: A♦8♠ All in
Eros Zappacosta: A♠9♣

Di Cicco's hand was dominated and remained so as both players paired on the 9♦3♦10♥8♦4♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Zappacosta	390,000 30,000	30,000
Virgilio Di Cicco	Busted

Tags: Eros Zappacosta Virgilio Di Cicco

10-04-2025 13:45 UTC+2

Field Gets Thinner

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Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Busted
Dylan Bradley	Busted
Virgilio Di Cicco	Busted
Aliaksei Boika	Busted

Jan Peters	Busted
Pavle Pecelj	Busted
Miguel Chaves	Busted
Paulius Turcinskas	Busted
Mads Borregaard	Busted
Alexander Roumen	Busted
Kakha Khazaradze	Busted
Kalle Parkkinen	Busted
Joel Velasco	Busted
Terrance Reid	Busted
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted
Wantao Tang	Busted
Raoul Kanme	Busted
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted
Shaun Decesare	Busted
Lucjan Jankowski	Busted
Michael Lech	Busted
Sandor Hadnagy	Busted
Liu Xiaohu	Busted