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Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,355,300
Total Entries
898
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
533
Players Left
189
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Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Erwann Pecheux raised to 1,700 in the hijack, which button Andrea Cortellazzi bumped up to 5,300. Once it had folded back to Pecheux, he moved all in for 31,800.
Cortellazzi had some difficulty with his decision, spending about three minutes in the tank before the clock was called. Near the end of his countdown, he flicked in a few calling chips to put his opponent at risk.
Erwann Pecheux: A♠K♣ 
Andrea Cortellazzi: 9♠9♥
Cortellazzi's courage was rewarded when the Q♦Q♥10♦8♥7♦ runout missed Pecheux's ace-king and eliminated him from the Main Event.
Over at another table, Enrique Llorens raised to 1,600 in the hijack and saw Laurent Cessy three-bet to 4,500 on the button. Llorens quickly called.
Llorens then check-called Cessy's bet of 7,000 on the 9♦8♠8♣ flop, both players checked the 3♠ turn, and Llorens shoved all in on the 6♠ river within a span of 30 seconds. Cessy found a swift fold, leaving himself with just over 15 big blinds.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
After taking down yesterday's €100,000 EPT Super High Roller for a cool €776,200, Alexandros Theologis has joined the field of the Main Event.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Seated next to three EPT champions, the Women's event winner Sylwia Studniarz in the small blind bet 15,000 on a board of 4♦4♠6♥10♣K♣ with already 36,000 in the pot.
Roman Stoica in the cutoff went deep into the tank and eventually hero-called with A♦Q♣ for just ace-high. Studniarz only had Q♦9♦ and let Stoica have the pot.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Santo Sidoti kicked the action off from the hijack with a raise to 1,700, which met resistance in the form of a small three-bet to 3,200 from Daniel Ricoy on the button. Sidoti made the call after the small and big blind folded.
The dealer provided a 5♣7♠5♥, and when Sidoti checked, Ricoy continued for 1,700. Again, Sidoti called.
The K♦ turn was then added to the board. Once again, Sidoti checked, and once again Ricoy placed a bet of 1,700. This time, Sidoti waved the white flag, returning his cards to the dealer and surrendering the pot.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Gerard Rubiralta kicked things off from the cutoff with a raise to 1,600, finding callers in Marius-Catalin Pertea on the button and Michel Molenaar in the big blind.
The action checked to Pertea on the 6♣6♦J♦ flop, who bet 2,800. With Molenaar out of the way, Rubiralta responded with a raise to 6,500, and Pertea made the call.
Both players checked the 4♣ turn before Rubiralta fired 6,000 on the Q♦ river. Pertea made the call, but Rubiralta revealed A♦A♣ for aces-up, enough to scoop the pot.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Vlado Banicevic raised from middle position. He was called by Fabien Desbrueres in the cutoff before Daniel Prior, in the big blind, raised all in for 21,400. Banicevic called off his last 12,700, and Desbrueres folded.
Vlado Banicevic: A♠A♣
Daniel Prior: K♣10♣
Banicevic hit a set on a board of A♦3♦5♣7♠9♣ and secured a double up.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The action was joined with the cards already on their backs. Romain Nardin was all in and at risk versus PokerStars ambassador Fintan Hand.
Romain Nardin: AxKx
Fintan Hand: 10♠10♣
Hand had the best of it, and it stayed that way on the 7♦7♣5♥2♠8♥ runout, sending Nardin to the rail.
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Erik Lindqwist opened to 1,700 under the gun, seeing Eduardo Lopes call in the cutoff. Scott Margereson, who won the PokerStars Open yesterday for €423,700, defended his big blind, after which the trio checked through the 7♥2♣4♠ flop and the Q♥ turn.
The Q♦ then fell on the river. Margereson led out for 4,800, to which Lindqwist folded after some thought. Lopes tossed in a quick call, but he too mucked his cards when Margereson showed Q♠8♠ for trips.
