2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
€631,632
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,355,300
Total Entries
898
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
533
Players Left
189
Players Left 1 / 898
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A Round of Counts

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Big Slick Holds

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was joined as Michele Mastronardi had already manoeuvred his stack of roughly 15,200 into the middle preflop. Guillermo Cifuentes was the player who had him at risk.

Michele Mastronardi: KQ All in
Guillermo Cifuentes: AK

A bleak situation for Mastronardi didn't get any brighter, as the board ran out 24794, sending him to the exit.

Tags: Guillermo CifuentesMichele Mastronardi

Hopping (Back) In

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Ida Puts It in Against Wiciak

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Simon Wiciak flicked in the minimum raise to 1,000 in middle position. Toru Ida upped the amount to 3,000 in the hijack, and Wiciak called once it had folded back to him.

Wiciak check-called Ida's continuation-bet of 2,200 on the 877 flop, but the Frenchman quickly check-folded when Ida put his stack of 11,000 in on the K river.

Tags: Simon WiciakToru Ida

Lindqwist Gets Value

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The pot had grown to around 16,500 by the time the board was completed QA22J.

Christian Rotundo, in the small blind, checked to Erik Lindqwist, who fired a bet of 12,500. Rotundo took some time to think before making the call.

Lindqwist turned over AK for aces and deuces with a king kicker, good enough to take down the pot as Rotundo’s cards quickly hit the muck.

Tags: Christian RotundoErik Lindqwist

Wheeler Applies Pressure on Bonnant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Jason Wheeler opened to 1,200 from the hijack, Clement Bonnant on the button three-bet to 3,800 and Wheeler called.

Both players checked the 758 flop leading to the 5 turn where Wheeler overbet to 15,000.

With 13,500 behind, Bonnant went deep into the tank but ultimately folded.

Tags: Clement BonnantJason Wheeler

Set of Queens Ends Simion’s Run

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Lyudmil Ivanov
Lyudmil Ivanov

Andrei-Vlad Simion was sitting in the cutoff with 3,700 already in front of him when Lyudmil Ivanov raised to 10,000 from the hijack. Simion took a moment before moving all in for about 38,000, and Ivanov quickly double-checked his cards before making the call.

Andrei-Vlad Simion: AAAll in
Lyudmil Ivanov: QQ

Simion was ahead with aces, but the flop fell Q4J, giving Ivanov a set of queens. The K on the turn offered Simion a few extra outs, but the 3 on the river locked up the pot for Ivanov, eliminating Simion from the field.

Tags: Andrei-Vlad SimionLyudmil Ivanov

Recent Eliminations

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Fan Flops a Boat

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Longmao Fan
Longmao Fan

Longmao Fan raised to 1,000 from the cutoff before seeing Paawan Bansal three-bet from the big blind to 4,200. Fan made the call, and they headed to a flop.

The dealer provided a 977 flop, and Bansal continued for 2,700. Again, Fan called.

The turn brought the K, and in a similar fashion, Bansal bet 2,800 and Fan called.

Bansal then chose to slow down on the 10 river, checking to his opponent. Fan wasted little time in moving all in for 14,600, and Bansal snap-called.

Fan flipped over 99 to reveal a flopped full house, with Bansal turning over his cracked AA.

Tags: Longmao FanPaawan Bansal