€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

10-06-2025 22:54 UTC+1

Dumas Gets Three-Outed

Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Toni Kaukua opened to 2,400 from the button before Jordan Dumas jammed for 26,200 from the small blind. David Vinayagamoorthy reshoved as the bigger stack from the big blind, and Kaukua folded.

Jordan Dumas: A♦J♦ All in
David Vinayagamoorthy: A♣9♠

Vinayagamoorthy found a nine on the 9♥5♣7♥ flop to take the lead. He eliminated Dumas after the Q♣ turn and A♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	130,000 95,000	95,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	70,000 70,000	70,000
Jordan Dumas	Busted

Tags: David Vinayagamoorthy Jordan Dumas Toni Kaukua

10-06-2025 22:43 UTC+1

Sheils Runs Into Quads

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a board of 9♦9♣10♠8♣8♠ with 25,000 in the pot, Brandon Sheils in the cutoff was seen walking away after he lost his 23,500-chip stack against Giorgos Onisiforou in middle position.

Brandon Sheils: A♠K♠ All in
Giorgos Onisiforou: 9♠9♥

Sheils ran into quads and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgos Onisiforou	110,000 49,000	49,000
Brandon Sheils	Busted

Tags: Brandon Sheils Giorgos Onisiforou

10-06-2025 22:18 UTC+1

Lin Flops a Straight to Crack Saout's Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jianwei Lin opened to 2,500 from the hijack. Antoine Saout in the small blind three-bet and made Lin fold.

In the next hand, Lin raised to 2,500. Saout, on the button, three-bet again to 7,000. This time, however, Lin four-bet to 22,500 and Saout called.

The dealer fanned a flop of Q♦J♣10♦ and Lin continued for 12,000. Saout shoved for 47,000, and Lin snap-called.

Antoine Saout: A♦A♣ All in
Jianwei Lin: K♣9♥

Lin had flopped a straight. "Hold," Lin asked as the 8♦ turn opened a flush draw for Saout. The 4♣ river kept Lin's straight in the lead, and Saout was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianwei Lin	210,000 210,000	210,000

Antoine Saout	Busted

Tags: Antoine Saout Jianwei Lin

10-06-2025 21:41 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	Busted

Thomas Muehloecker	Busted
Daniel Rezaei	Busted
Nicola Marxer	Busted
Jovan Kenjic	Busted

Ran to His Own Demise

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Stewart Morrison

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

The action at the table started with Nemo Israel sprinting back to the table to avoid his hand being dead in the big blind. He made it, just.

Giorgos Onisiforou put in a raise from the cutoff to 2,500. Action folded to Israel, who moved all in for 12,300, which Onisiforou called, putting his opponent at risk.

Nemo Israel: A♥10♥ All in
Giorgos Onisiforou: K♠J♠

The flop 8♠6♦3♣ kept Israel in the lead, but the turn K♦ saw his opponent take control.

The dealer provided the 10♠ river, which wasn't enough to save Israel, who started the hand running and finished the hand walking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgos Onisiforou	61,000 61,000	61,000
Nemo Israel	Busted

Tags: Giorgos Onisiforou Nemo Israel

10-06-2025 21:22 UTC+1

Kenjic and Ensan Depart

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Calum Grant

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

Jovan Kenjic put in his last 5,800 from under the gun. Julien Dupré called as the covering stack from the hijack.

Jovan Kenjic: 10♣10♠ All in
Julien Dupré: Q♦Q♣

Kenjic had a sweat going to the river, with the flop and turn bringing in the 9♠8♠5♦2♠ board. However, the K♥ river provided no help for the short stack, and he departed.

Just before, on another table, Hossein Ensan was ousted by Maxime Chilaud. Ensan was all-in with AxQx, and couldn't crack Chilaud's AxAx on the Kx6x3xJx9x runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Chilaud	100,000 61,000	61,000
Julien Dupré	90,000 10,000	10,000

Felix Schneiders	32,000 19,300	19,300
David Kaufmann	25,000 20,700	20,700
Jovan Kenjic	Busted
Hossein Ensan	Busted

Tags: Hossein Ensan Jovan Kenjic Julien Dupré Maxime Chilaud

10-06-2025 20:35 UTC+1

EPT Champ Shevliakov Busts

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was a raise from a player, then Luka Sorainen made it 7,000 from the cutoff. Aleksandr Shevliakov clicked it to 14,000 from the button. The original raiser folded, and Shevliakov called off his stack of around 60,000 when Sorainen jammed.

Aleksandr Shevliakov: J♥J♦ All in
Luka Sorainen: K♦K♥

Sorainen's kings held out on the 10♣5♣7♦10♦Xx runout, and Shevliakov departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luka Sorainen	175,000 175,000	175,000
Aleksandr Shevliakov	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Shevliakov Luka Sorainen

10-06-2025 20:13 UTC+1

Cimbolas Runs Into Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Matas Cimbolas jammed for 15,300 from the hijack. Dimitri Steinfeuer in the cutoff called, but Luis Faria on the button four-bet all in. The blinds folded, as well as Steinfeuer, who revealed the 8♣ by mistake. He later said that he had pocket eights.

Matas Cimbolas: J♠10♠ All in
Luis Faria: A♦A♠

The dealer fanned a board of 4♦6♥9♠9♣2♣, which was no help for Cimbolas, who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Faria	90,000
Dimitri Steinfeuer	42,000 42,000	42,000
Matas Cimbolas	Busted

Tags: Dimitri Steinfeuer Matas Cimbolas Luis Faria

10-06-2025 20:03 UTC+1

Chaves Hit a Runner-Runner Flush to Eliminate Uzan

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ludovic Uzan in the big blind was all-in and at-risk for 42,000 against Miguel Chaves on the button.

Ludovic Uzan: J♦J♣ All in
Miguel Chaves: A♠Q♦

Uzan's jacks held on 3♣4♠3♠6♠, but Chaves hit a runner-runner flush thanks to the 10♠ river to send Uzan to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Chaves	148,000 27,000	27,000
Ludovic Uzan	Busted

Tags: Ludovic Uzan Miguel Chaves

10-06-2025 19:50 UTC+1

Some Notable Exits

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corel Theuma	Busted
Roberto Milito	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Eric Afriat	Busted
Francesco Gisolfi	Busted
Gerard Rubiralta	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted
Adrien Pierini	Busted