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

10-07-2025 19:39 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Suarez	30,000
Ren Lin	30,000 30,000	30,000
Laszlo Bujtas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alessandro Pichierri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	30,000 30,000	30,000

Jessica Teusl	30,000 30,000	30,000
Lars Kamphues	30,000 30,000	30,000

Lococo Runs Into Aces

Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Paawan Bansal raised to 2,000 from the button. Alejandro Lococo in the big blind three-bet to 6,800 and Bansal called.

Lococo continued for 4,500 on a flop of 10♦5♥6♠ and was called, then he checked the 4♥ turn. Bansal checked back.

The river card was the 4♦ and Lococo bet 12,200. Bansal raised to 31,000 with only 300 behind and Lococo asked for the count. He quickly called, but his cards immediately went into the muck when Bansal revealed A♠A♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paawan Bansal	86,000 70,500	70,500
Alejandro Lococo	36,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Paawan Bansal

10-07-2025 19:50 UTC+1

Robinson Triples Off in Four-Bet Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Lukas Robinson opened his cutoff, Gerard Carbo three-bet from the small blind, and Robinson four-bet to 14,000. Carbo called, and check-called Robinson's bets of 7,500 on the 6♦6♥2♦ flop and 15,000 on the 7♠ turn as well.

The J♦ river completed the board. Carbo checked for a third time, after which Robinson moved all in for 23,000 after about a minute of thought.

Carbo quickly called, and his A♠A♥ was the better overpair against the Q♠Q♦ of Robinson. Robinson was eliminated in the huge pot as Carbo soared up the rankings, reaching a six-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Carbo	130,000 69,000	69,000
Lukas Robinson	Busted

Tags: Gerard Carbo Lukas Robinson

10-07-2025 19:51 UTC+1

Prior Gets the Triple Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Julio Ribeiro kicked the action off with a raise to 2,000 from early position. Seated directly to his left, Daniel Prior moved all in for 5,300. Fabien Desbrueres called from the big blind, and Ribeiro called as well.

The two active players in the hand checked the flop, turn and river as the board ran out 7♣10♥6♦3♥4♦.

All three players were required to show their hands; Prior showed A♣A♦, which was good enough for the triple up and Desbrueres flipped over Q♣9♣ and Ribeiro had A♥6♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Ribeiro	67,700 67,700	67,700
Fabien Desbrueres	42,600 14,400	14,400
Daniel Prior	17,100 8,400	8,400

Tags: Daniel Prior Fabien Desbrueres Julio Ribeiro

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-07-2025 19:55 UTC+1

Degennaro Doubles After Flop Three-Bet

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Frank Visser

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

Heads-up to a flop of 10♦2♥K♦, Gerard Carbo checked from the big blind before Daniele Degennaro slid in a continuation-bet of 1,200 on the button.

Carbo raised to 3,700, which Degennaro clicked back to 8,700. Carbo called to the 3♠ turn, which he checked. Degennaro quickly moved all in for 20,700, and Carbo called after getting a count.

Daniele Degennaro: K♠10♠ All in
Gerard Carbo: J♦3♦

The J♠ river upgraded Carbo, but his two pair was still inferior to that of Degennaro, who doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Carbo	95,500 34,500	34,500
Daniele Degennaro	63,200
Romain Lewis	30,000

Tags: Daniele Degennaro Gerard Carbo

10-07-2025 20:07 UTC+1

A Few Recent Eliminations

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Stewart Morrison

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Zegal	Busted
Alex Todd	Busted
Sebastian Malec	Busted

Antonios Onoufriou	Busted
Simone Andrian	Busted
Clement Bonnant	Busted
Laurent Cessy	Busted
Tommi Lankinen	Busted
Laszlo Bujtas	Busted
Ren Lin	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted

10-07-2025 20:17 UTC+1

Charlton on the Charge

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Stewart Morrison

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

The action kicked off with a raise from the under-the-gun player to 2,000. The player in the cutoff called, and Christophe Panetti called from the small blind. Daniel Charlton then elected to three-bet to 9,000, which shook out the initial raiser, but both of the callers called again.

The dealer then spread a 2♥8♠A♠ flop, and Charlton continued for 6,000. The player in the cutoff folded, but Panetti called again.

Both players checked on the Q♣ turn as the cutoff player stood up from his seat, looking slightly unhappy.

The river then brought the K♠, and when Panetti checked for a third time, Charlton moved a tower of chips into the middle, asking Panetti to risk his remaining stack of 11,200. Panetti was unwilling to do that and returned his cards to the dealer.

In a show of kindness, Charlton flipped his cards over, revealing he had rivered a set with his K♣K♥. The player in the cutoff then said that he had folded QxQx.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Charlton	140,500 96,500	96,500
Christophe Panetti	11,200

Tags: Christophe Panetti Daniel Charlton

10-07-2025 20:18 UTC+1

Counted Stacks

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Scala	135,000 37,000	37,000
David Kaufmann	120,000 17,800	17,800
Gerard Rubiralta	100,000 3,000	3,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	90,000 83,000	83,000
Blaz Zerjav	89,500 40,500	40,500
Eric Afriat	84,000 25,500	25,500
Ahmed Ibrahimi	77,000 29,000	29,000
Rania Nasreddine	70,000 51,500	51,500
Michel Molenaar	67,000 57,000	57,000
Will Kassouf	60,000 36,500	36,500
Sinead Davenport	45,000 29,000	29,000
Wouter Beltz	43,000 30,000	30,000
Hossein Ensan	42,000 1,000	1,000

Kenny Hallaert	32,000 7,500	7,500

Sascha Manns	29,300 16,600	16,600
Joris Ruijs	29,100 1,400	1,400
Chris Da-Silva	28,500 12,000	12,000
Jon Kyte	27,000 28,000	28,000
Jessica Teusl	25,000 5,000	5,000

10-07-2025 20:18 UTC+1

Pihela Eliminates Montalban

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Maxime Taldir

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

Igor Pihela Jr raised from the cutoff. Manel Montalban in the big blind three-bet to 9,500, and Pihela four-bet all in. Montalban went deep into the tank and eventually called off his last 40,000.

Manel Montalban: 10♦10♥ All in
Igor Pihela Jr: A♥Q♥

Pihela hit trips on a board of K♠6♦A♣A♦J♦ to send Montalban to the rail.