2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
€631,632
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,355,300
Total Entries
898
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
533
Players Left
189
Players Left 1 / 898

Lococo Runs Into Bansal's Aces Again

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Paawan Bansal
Paawan Bansal

For the second hand in a row, Laszlo Bujtas opened the action, making it 2,500 under the gun. The big stack on the table was Paawan Bansal, and he three-bet to 9,000 in the cutoff.

Alejandro Lococo in the small blind thought for a bit before he four-bet to 19,500. Eric Afriat was in the big blind and inquired about Lococo's stack. After about a minute in thought, Afriat folded, and so did Bujtas.

Bansal then announced an all-in bet, and Lococo instantly called off his stack of 55,000.

Alejandro Lococo: AK All in
Paawan Bansal: AA

The 565 flop gave Lococo some outs, but no more diamonds arrived on the 10 turn or Q river.

The Argentinian PokerStars Ambassador immediately headed to the exit, while Afriat lamented his folded queens, which would have won a monster pot had he called.

Tags: Alejandro LococoEric AfriatLaszlo BujtasPaawan Bansal