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

10-08-2025 14:03 UTC+2

Big Stacks Returning from Break

Stewart Morrison

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianwei Lin	315,000 5,000	5,000

Tom Vogelsang	304,000 160,500	160,500
Jiaming Zhao	289,000 94,500	94,500
Erik Eisen	268,000 48,000	48,000
Adria Calonge	238,000 53,000	53,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	237,000 92,000	92,000
Cesar Garcia	233,000 56,500	56,500
Daniel Charlton	227,500 17,500	17,500
Martin Tsvetanov	220,000 75,000	75,000
Gabriele Re	219,000 74,000	74,000
Victor Fryda	214,000 80,000	80,000
Dominik Panka	211,500 28,000	28,000

Hugues Mazerolle	210,000 38,000	38,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	210,000 132,500	132,500
Longmao Fan	208,000 77,000	77,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-08-2025 13:48 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Da-Silva	Busted
Jean Montury	Busted

Dimitrios Anastasakis	Busted
Robert Fluereci	Busted
Daniel Abrahamsson	Busted
Mike Alonso	Busted
Daniel Lakerveld	Busted
Taku Furuse	Busted
Ahmed Ibrahimi	Busted
Iulian Blebea	Busted
Ignas Jasinevicius	Busted
Ludvig Sterner	Busted
Przemyslaw Strzelec	Busted
Franco Arlotta	Busted
I-Chun Chiu	Busted
Mateusz Wozniak	Busted
Mark Vella	Busted
Hossein Ensan	Busted

Joris Ruijs	Busted
Manuel Maganuco	Busted
Alexandros Theologis	Busted

Dario Sammartino	Busted
Michel Molenaar	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Pablo Gonzalez	Busted

Day 2 on Stream

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

10-08-2025 13:41 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

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Sava Krink

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The remaining players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

10-08-2025 13:34 UTC+2

Bonus Finds River Value, Merelli Left Short

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Alessandro Merelli raised to 3,000 from the cutoff, and only Markus Bonus called, defending his big blind.

Both players checked on the Q♦6♥6♠ flop, which prompted Bonus to take over the betting lead on the 10♦ turn. He placed 3,500 into the middle, which Merelli called.

The river 7♣ didn't slow Bonus down, continuing with a bet of 11,500. Merelli opted to call but saw the bad news when Bonus flipped over Q♥9♣. Unable to beat top pair, Merelli returned his cards to the dealer face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Bonus	101,000 3,500	3,500
Alessandro Merelli	8,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Alessandro Merelli Markus Bonus

10-08-2025 13:29 UTC+2

Behind, Ahead, Chop It Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

David Docherty kicked the action off, moving all in for 14,500. Jacob Stone was the only player to make the call, putting Docherty at risk.

David Docherty: A♠5♠ All in
Jacob Stone: A♣Q♠

The flop A♥4♣2♦ saw Docherty calling for a three, but he settled for the 5♣ turn, which saw him take the lead.

This left Stone calling for a three, and the deck obliged, the river 3♠ seeing both players make a wheel straight and chop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Stone	105,000 75,500	75,500
David Docherty	16,500 42,000	42,000

Tags: David Docherty Jacob Stone

10-08-2025 13:27 UTC+2

Petakovic Calls Domicoli

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Milos Petakovic raised from the button and called when Giuseppe Domicoli three-bet from the small blind.

Domicoli jammed in his stack of 43,500 into a pot of around 35,000. Petakovic thought for a few moments before making the call.

Giuseppe Domicoli: 9♥9♦ All in
Milos Petakovic: 5♥5♦

Domicoli had Petakovic drawing dead after the 7♣ turn ahead of the A♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Domicoli	120,000 71,500	71,500
Milos Petakovic	46,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Giuseppe Domicoli Milos Petakovic

10-08-2025 13:24 UTC+2

Lin Fires Three Barrels

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Marton Czuczor in the cutoff opened to 3,000 and called after the chip leader at the beginning of the day Jianwei Lin three-bet to 9,500 from the small blind.

Lin continued for 5,500 on a flop of Q♥9♥6♥, then fired a second barrel of 16,500 on the J♣ turn. Czuczor check-called both times.

The 8♠ river completed the board of Lin moved all-in. Czuczor went into the tank but folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianwei Lin	310,000 68,000	68,000

Marton Czuczor	45,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Marton Czuczor Jianwei Lin

10-08-2025 13:24 UTC+2

Spallanzani Busts Steinfeuer

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Nicola Spallanzani opened to 3,000 from the button and was called by Razvan Scutaru from the small blind. Dimitri Steinfeuer three-bet to 14,500 and called off his stack of around 50,000 when Spallanzani jammed. Scutaru had gotten out of the way.

Razvan Scutaru: K♠Q♦ All in
Nicola Spallanzani: A♦K♥

Spallanzani remained best, making aces and kings on the K♣7♣6♥2♠A♣ runout.