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

10-06-2025 14:34 UTC+2

Flush Over Trips for Rajkovic

Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♥2♠J♠, Alexander Ivarsson in the big blind bet 1,000 and he was called by Adi Rajkovic in the cutoff.

Ivarsson fired a second barrel of 4,000 on the 8♠ turn and was called again, then asked a bit more than 7,000 on the 3♥ river.

Rajkovic snap-called with 5♠4♠ for a flush and won against Ivarsson's Q♦2♦ for trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adi Rajkovic	43,000
Alexander Ivarsson	15,200 3,100	3,100

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Alexander Ivarsson

10-06-2025 14:23 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kasjusz Zycinski	81,000
Toni Kaukua	77,000
Martin Korteweg	72,000
Miguel Chaves	65,000
Ognyan Dimov	62,000

Mehdi Rebai	62,000
Adrien Pierini	57,000
Mykhailo Ostash	56,500

Matthew Micallef	55,600
Hugues Mazerolle	55,000
Nicola Marxer	50,000
Attila Ivacson	49,000
Julien Dupré	48,000

Antoine Saout	46,700
El Mostafa Bel Khayate	44,000
Simon Wiciak	42,500

Artsiom Lasouski	39,500
Matthew Davenport	38,500
Jon Kyte	38,000
Weiran Pu	35,400

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

10-06-2025 14:00 UTC+2

20-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The 173 players of Day 1a are on their first break of the day.

10-06-2025 13:51 UTC+2

Bessa Takes From Mateos

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Adrian Mateos opened to 500 from the hijack and faced Claudio Bessa, who defended from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 7♥5♠A♦ and Mateos continued for 700. Bessa snap-called then led out for 2,100 on the 8♠ turn. Mateos went into the tank for a few seconds but folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Rubiralta	34,000 4,000	4,000
Claudio Bessa	26,500 26,500	26,500
Adrian Mateos	24,400 24,400	24,400

Tags: Adrian Mateos Claudio Bessa

10-06-2025 13:35 UTC+2

Tsaousis Wins Three In a Row

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Konstantinos Tsaousis opened to 600 from early position. Felix Schneiders in the cutoff and Stefano Puccilli on the button called.

Tsaousis continued for 1,700 on a flop of 3♦8♥4♦ and made both of his opponents fold.

In the next hand, Tsaousis raised from under the gun. Puccilli called, as well as Julien Dupré and David Kaufmann in the blinds.

Once again, a continuation-bet to 1,800 by Tsaousis on 4♠7♥9♠ was enough to make everybody fold.

It was then Vladimir Lipnitskii's turn to open to 500 from under the gun. All the other players folded to Tsaousis, who defended from the big blind.

Lipnitskii bet 300 on a flop of 2♣J♥4♥ and was called, then both players checked the 7♦ turn, leading to the 6♠ river where Tsaousis led out for 1,500. Lipnitskii called but lost to Tsaousis' top pair with J♣10♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Dupré	45,000 15,000	15,000

Vladimir Lipnitskii	39,000 39,000	39,000
Konstantinos Tsaousis	39,000 39,000	39,000
Felix Schneiders	27,500 2,500	2,500
David Kaufmann	18,000 12,000	12,000
Stefano Puccilli	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: David Kaufmann Felix Schneiders Julien Dupré Konstantinos Tsaousis Stefano Puccilli Vladimir Lipnitskii

10-06-2025 13:22 UTC+2

Gisolfi Rivers the Nut Flush

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three-way on a board of 4♦5♣7♣10♦ with 2,700 in the pot, Attila Ivacson in the cutoff bet 2,200. Simone Sintucci on the button called, and Francesco Gisolfi in middle position check-called.

The 8♦ river was checked by all three players and Gisolfi revealed A♦K♦ for the nut flush. Ivacson showed that he had J♣9♣ for a straight while Sintucci's cards went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Attila Ivacson	34,000 34,000	34,000
Francesco Gisolfi	32,000 32,000	32,000
Simone Sintucci	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Attila Ivacson Francesco Gisolfi Simone Sintucci

10-06-2025 13:10 UTC+2

A Better Kicker for Gut

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Not long after he reentered, Corel Theuma on the button bet 1,000 on a flop of 6♣10♠Q♣. Maciej Gut in the cutoff check-called.

Theuma fired a second barrel of 2,700 on the 6♦ turn. Gut check-called once again and checked the 4♦ river. Theuma checked-back.

Gut flipped over K♠Q♠ for two pair and won the pot against Theuma, who threw Q♥J♣ face up in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Gut	38,000 38,000	38,000
Corel Theuma	23,500 23,500	23,500

Tags: Corel Theuma Maciej Gut

10-06-2025 13:04 UTC+2

EPT Malta Offers Packed Off-the-Felt Schedule and Special Charity Tournament

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

As the European Poker Tour (EPT) returns to Malta for the first time since 2016, it won’t just be about the cards. Running October 1–12 at Casino Malta, the festival offers players and their guests a full slate of activities designed to make the stop as memorable away from the tables as it is on them.

From beach parties to bowling nights, padel tournaments to wellness sessions, PokerStars has lined up a schedule that lets players mix, mingle and unwind in one of Europe’s most vibrant destinations. And on October 10, the action will also turn to a worthy cause with the addition of a €400 charity tournament supporting the SiGMA Foundation’s school-building projects in Uganda.

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200