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

10-07-2025 17:35 UTC+1

Bernardini’s Kicker Takes the Pot

Sava Krink

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The pot was already around 8,500 when the board landed J♥Q♣J♣J♠J♦. Gianluca Bernardini, first to act, fired a small bet of 1,000. Dylan Bradley took his time before making the call.

Bernardini then revealed A♦Q♥ for quads with an ace kicker, and Bradley’s cards quickly went into the muck. Bernardini scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Bradley	66,000 15,000	15,000
Gianluca Bernardini	45,500

Tags: Dylan Bradley Gianluca Bernardini

10-07-2025 17:36 UTC+1

Trips for Tarcau

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Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 3♠7♣J♠, Octavian Tarcau under the gun bet 1,200 and Diana Kalietina in the big blind check-called.

Both players checked the 6♠ turn, but Tarcau bet 3,500 on the 6♣ river.

Kalietina called but lost to Tarcau's 10♥6♥ for trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Octavian Tarcau	51,000 51,000	51,000
Diana Kalietina	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Octavian Tarcau Diana Kalietina

10-07-2025 17:43 UTC+1

Meutstege Straightens Out Oeye

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Koen Meutstege in the big blind and Espen Oeye in the hijack had reached the end of the 8♥9♦10♠K♥10♦ board. With 25,500 in the pot, Meutstege moved all in, sending Oeye deep into the tank.

Oeye confirmed that Meutstege had him covered before eventually deciding to risk his stack of 27,000 by calling.

Meutstege showed J♦7♦ for a flopped straight, besting the A♦K♣ of Oeye and sending him to an early dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koen Meutstege	82,400 38,800	38,800
Espen Oeye	Busted

Tags: Espen Oeye Koen Meutstege

10-07-2025 17:45 UTC+1

Tsaknis Continues to Build

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Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ihar Soika raised from middle position to 1,200, and both Vasileios Tsaknis, on the button, and the big blind called.

Soika continued for 1,600 on the 3♣2♣5♠ flop, which Tsaknis called before the big blind folded.

Upon seeing the 7♠ turn, Soika opted to check before calling a bet of 3,200 from Tsaknis.

Soika checked again on the 7♣ river, at which point Tsaknis turned up the heat, placing a bet of 7,700.

Soika folded, and Tsaknis pulled in another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasileios Tsaknis	75,000
Ihar Soika	19,500 22,500	22,500

Tags: Ihar Soika Vasileios Tsaknis

10-07-2025 17:46 UTC+1

Dinner Time

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Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The remaining 327 players are taking a 65-minute dinner break.

Action will resume at 7:50 p.m. local time.

10-07-2025 18:01 UTC+1

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Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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10-07-2025 18:20 UTC+1

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Elijah Farrow

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

10-07-2025 18:54 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Lindqwist	144,000 69,000	69,000
Osman Aksu	136,000 136,000	136,000
Eduard Barsegian	115,700 87,700	87,700
Mathew Frankland	115,000 53,200	53,200
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	104,200 104,200	104,200
Stefano Rege Gianas	103,200 103,200	103,200
Giuseppe Spitale	103,000 48,000	48,000
David Kaufmann	102,200 22,200	22,200
Ehsan Amiri	100,000 4,600	4,600
Jacob Amsellem	100,000 28,700	28,700
Antonio Scala	98,000 14,500	14,500
Monika Hrabec	89,900 17,100	17,100

10-07-2025 19:04 UTC+1

Top Pair for Robinson

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Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Romain Lewis raised to 1,600 from under the gun and he was called by Lukas Robinson, who defended from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 4♥6♣A♣ and Lewis continued for 2,500. Robinson check-called.

The 3♣ turn slowed down the action with two checks, and Robinson checked again the 8♥ river. Lewis eventually checked back but lost to Robinson's A♠9♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Carbo	61,000 7,000	7,000
Romain Lewis	47,000
Lukas Robinson	43,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Lukas Robinson Romain Lewis