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Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
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2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
€1,650 PokerStars Open
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€1,650
Prize Pool
€2,656,800
Total Entries
1,845
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
79
Players Left
14
Players Left 1 / 1,845
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Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Erik Lindqwist raised his button to 50,000, and Vasyl Palandiuk three-bet to 175,000 in the small blind. Lindqwist clicked it back to 325,000, after which Palandiuk moved all in.
Lindqwist instantly called off his stack of 795,000 as the cards were tabled.
Erik Lindqwist: A♦A♣ 
Vasyl Palandiuk: A♥K♥
Lindqwist's rockets faced no issues on the 4♦8♣10♣4♥J♥ board, having his opponent drawing dead on the turn. He collected a big double-up, ending up with a similar stack to his neighbor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,665,000
1,135,000
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1,135,000 |
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1,640,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Simone Demasi opened to 50,000 from the cutoff. Vasyl Palandiuk and Kazuyuki Tanemura called from the blinds.
Demasi fired out 35,000 on the K♦7♣5♥ flop. Palandiuk was the only caller.
Palandiuk check-called for 140,000 on the 2♠ turn and checked again when the Q♣ completed the board. Demasi sized up to 400,000, leaving around 500,000 behind. Palandiuk jammed as the bigger stack and Demasi called for his tournament life.
Simone Demasi: 2x2x
Vasyl Palandiuk: 5x5x
Palandiuk was on the right side of the set-over-set encounter, and became the biggest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,800,000
1,930,000
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1,930,000 |
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Busted |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Marius Pertea opened to 60,000 from under the gun. Siarhei Sochneu called from the next seat over and Francesco Di Profio also came along from the big blind.
Pertea continued for 80,000 on the Q♦3♥2♦ flop and only Sochneu called. The latter then called bets of 180,000 and 160,000 on the 5♠ turn and 10♣ river. Both players had KxQx and chopped the pot.
Two hands later, Keith Johnson raised to 50,000 from the button. Perta three-bet to 160,000 from the small blind before Sochneu bumped it up to 400,000 from the big blind. Johnson thought for a while before deciding to fold. Perta followed suit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
395,000
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395,000 |
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1,500,000
605,000
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605,000 |
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900,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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590,000
375,000
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375,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
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Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Giuseppe Dedoni opened the action with a raise to 50,000 in early position. Mohamed-Said Taghla then moved all in for 275,000 in the hijack, which Scott Margereson cold-called in the big blind.
In response, Dedoni also shipped in his stack. His all-in of 1,075,000 was snap-called by Margereson, who had him covered, and the trio tabled their cards.
Mohamed-Said Taghla: 8♠8♦
Giuseppe Dedoni: 10♥10♦
Scott Margereson: A♦K♣
Margereson flopped top pair on A♥4♣Q♠ for a big lead over the two pocket pairs. The 9♣ turn and Q♥ river did not bring a set for either player, eliminating them both.
Margereson, meanwhile, soared up the counts as he ended the hand with over 100 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,610,000
1,580,000
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1,580,000 |
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1,820,000
410,000
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410,000 |
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1,645,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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1,075,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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580,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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570,000
610,000
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610,000 |
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Busted |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
In the last hand of the previous level, Lars Kamphues opened to 40,000 from middle position. Thomas Muehloecker and Hugo Torres Da Silva called from the button and big blind.
The 10♥9♥3♥ flop checked thorugh to the K♣ turn. Da Silva checked before Kamphues fired out 50,000. Muehloecker called anf then Da Silva put in his last 145,000. He was called by both opponents.
Kamphues folded out Muehloecker with a bet on the J♥ river and the cards were tabled.
Hugo Torres Da Silva: Q♥4♥
Lars Kamphues: A♥J♠
Da Silva's flopped flush was rivered by Kamphues' ace-high flush, and the latter took in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,550,000
215,000
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215,000 |
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1,200,000
315,000
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315,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Antonio Scala opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and called when Dario Pieruzzini made it 120,000 from the big blind/
Scala called a bet of 75,000 on the J♣8♦2♠ flop before the 2♥ turn checked through to the 3♣ river. Pieruzzini Sized up to 300,000 and called when Scala jammed for 370,000.
Both players showed down AxAx and chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,725,000
405,000
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405,000 |
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600,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
James Jagger had open-raised in early position when Vladimir Lipnitskii pushed in his final 130,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Jagger, who called.
Vladimir Lipnitskii: A♣Q♠
James Jagger: 7♦6♦
Lipnitskii flopped an ace on A♠10♦3♣ and was upgraded to two pair on the Q♦ turn. The 5♦ river brought a third diamon on the board, however, making Jagger a flush to secure the pot and eliminate Lipnitskii.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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870,000
275,000
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275,000 |
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Busted |
