€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

10-08-2025 16:48 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	556,000 177,000	177,000

Tom Vogelsang	476,000 56,000	56,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	427,000 31,000	31,000
Juan Pardo	416,000 173,000	173,000
Jianwei Lin	412,000 73,000	73,000

Adrian Mateos	390,000 25,000	25,000

Oleh Pritsak	378,000 320,500	320,500
Michael Rodrigues	363,000 21,000	21,000
Manuel Carvalho	355,000 210,000	210,000
Evaldas Aniulis	348,000 88,500	88,500
Luka Sorainen	345,000 15,000	15,000
Mykhailo Ostash	339,000 198,500	198,500

Giuseppe Spitale	339,000 11,000	11,000
Aliaksei Boika	337,000 170,000	170,000

Nikolai Mamut	315,000 197,000	197,000
Ilija Savevski	308,000 18,000	18,000

Erik Eisen	305,000 6,000	6,000
Petre Ionescu	300,000 50,000	50,000
Jeremie Zouari	295,000 281,500	281,500
Dmitrii Semenov	280,000 33,000	33,000
Adria Calonge	275,000 37,000	37,000
Ben Heath	264,000 6,000	6,000
Nicola Spallanzani	263,000 103,000	103,000
Alexandros Michas	249,000 137,500	137,500
Gary Fisher	248,000 87,000	87,000

End of the Road for Angelou

Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ben Heath opened to 5,000 from the cutoff. Jorge Rios on the button called, but Nikolaos Angelou in the small blind three-bet all-in for 46,500. Heath raised and quickly made Rios fold.

Nikolaos Angelou: K♥Q♠ All in
Ben Heath: A♠Q♥

The board of 2♦4♠10♦9♠2♣ was no help for Angelou who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	270,000 47,000	47,000
Jorge Rios	180,000 5,000	5,000
Nikolaos Angelou	Busted

Tags: Jorge Rios Ben Heath Nikolaos Angelou

10-08-2025 16:11 UTC+1

Spitale Busts Two

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Giuseppe Spitale opened to 5,000 from early position. Claudio Coelho called on his direct left. David Kaufmann reraised to 32,000 from the small blind. Spitale thought for a moment before making it 105,000. Coelho put in his last 28,500 and Kaufmann five-bet shoved for a little bit more than the four-bet. Spitale called.

Claudio Coelho: 9♦7♦ All in
David Kaufmann: J♦J♥ All in
Giuseppe Spitale: K♦K♣

Spitale bounced out both opponents after his kings remained best following the A♠9♣2♣8♥10♦ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Spitale	350,000 265,000	265,000
Claudio Coelho	Busted
David Kaufmann	Busted

Tags: Claudio Coelho David Kaufmann Giuseppe Spitale

10-08-2025 16:11 UTC+1

Beltz Felts Yotsushika

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Seeing an under-the-gun raise to 5,000 ahead of him, Kazuhiko Yotsushika three-bet to 13,000 from the cutoff. Wouter Beltz, in the big blind, then four-bet jammed for roughly 130,000. The initial raiser folded, but Yotsushika snap-called.

Yotsushika was the shorter of the two stacks, with 92,000, and, as such, it was he at risk.

Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A♥Q♦ All in
Wouter Beltz: J♥J♣

Yotsushika was flipping for his tournament life, and when the 9♥8♠5♦7♥10♠ runout only served to improve Beltz to a straight, Yotsushika vacated his seat and headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wouter Beltz	227,000 139,000	139,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Wouter Beltz

10-08-2025 16:03 UTC+1

Recent Bust Outs

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ersin Ical	Busted
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted
Gareth McMahon	Busted
Sita Divari	Busted
Andrew Wilson	Busted
Daniel Prior	Busted
Eduardo Lopes	Busted
Karl Sandoff	Busted
Clement Michaud	Busted
Alexander van der Swaluw	Busted
Gabriele Re	Busted
Joseph Antar	Busted
Nariman Yaghmai	Busted
Giuseppe Domicoli	Busted
Sharon Sade	Busted

10-08-2025 15:59 UTC+1

Cruel River for Gordo

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Angelo Vietti raised to 5,000 from middle position and was called by Michael Lech on the button. Guillermo Gordo in the small blind three-bet all-in for 23,500. Vietti raised to 42,000 and made Lech fold.

Guillermo Gordo: A♣J♦ All in
Angelo Vietti: K♣Q♠

Gordo was on his way to double up on 5♦2♣7♦J♥, but the Q♣ river sent him to the rail.

Meanwhile, Dylan Cechowski at the table came back from a single blind at the break to 20 bigs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelo Vietti	280,000 140,000	140,000
Dylan Cechowski	43,000 41,000	41,000
Guillermo Gordo	Busted

Tags: Angelo Vietti Guillermo Gordo Michael Lech

10-08-2025 15:30 UTC+1

Lipp Gets Counterfeited

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jon Vallinas opened to 5,000 and called when Matthias Lipp moved all in for 21,000.

Matthias Lipp: A♠3♠ All in
Jon Vallinas: A♦Q♥

Lipp made two pair on the A♥10♠3♦ flop but the 10♥ turn gave Vallinas the lead with a better two pair. The 5♦ river was no good for Lipp and he departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Vallinas	290,000 168,500	168,500
Matthias Lipp	Busted

Tags: Jon Vallinas Matthias Lipp

10-08-2025 15:27 UTC+1

Aerts Hits a Three-Outer

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Pieter Aerts opened to 5,000 on the button before Brandon Harris three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind. Aerts moved all in for 84,500 and was snap-called.

Pieter Aerts: A♠J♣ All in
Brandon Harris: A♦K♥

The J♦10♦5♣ flop gave Aerts the lead with a pair of jacks, and he got the unlikely double after the 6♠ turn and 6♣ river.

Harris was left with 16,000 and that was collected by a table mate shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter Aerts	175,000 106,500	106,500
Brandon Harris	Busted

Tags: Brandon Harris Pieter Aerts

10-08-2025 15:23 UTC+1

More Recent Casualties

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Wilson	Busted
Koen Meutstege	Busted
Thomas Haverstad	Busted
Thomas Santerne	Busted
Riccardo Trevisani	Busted
Vladimir Babic	Busted
Matthias Lipp	Busted
Andreas Klatt	Busted
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted
Erik Lindqwist	Busted
Fintan Hand	Busted
Jacques Der Megreditchian	Busted
[Removed:548]	Busted

10-08-2025 14:35 UTC+1

Brendo Sent Packing Before the Break

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Sava Krink

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Oddvar Brendo shoved his last 22,500 from early position in the middle of the table in the final hand before the break. Action folded to Bogdan Munteanu in the small blind, who quickly went all in as well. With the big blind out of the way, it was time for a showdown.

Oddvar Brendo: A♠8♥ All in
Bogdan Munteanu: K♠K♥

The kings held strong as the board ran out 4♠6♠2♣4♣5♦, sending Brendo to the rail and giving Munteanu a much healthier stack.