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

10-08-2025 15:59 UTC+1

Cruel River for Gordo

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 16:02 UTC+1

Huge Double for Semenov

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Stewart Morrison

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

The action was picked up with big blind Matteo Menconi facing off against early-position player Dmitrii Semenov in a pot of roughly 90,000.

There was already a full board in the middle, showing 10♣A♣8♠4♦4♥.

Menconi checked over to Semenov, who moved all in for 78,500.

After spending some time thinking through the hand, Menconi flicked in a chip to call.

Semenov turned over A♠Q♠, which was good enough for the full double up as Menconi revealed he had A♥9♣ for an inferior top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitrii Semenov	247,000 216,000	216,000
Matteo Menconi	112,000 500	500

Tags: Dmitrii Semenov Matteo Menconi

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 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 16:11 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 16:23 UTC+1

End of the Road for Angelou

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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 16:28 UTC+1

Wheeler Left Short, Doubles Up Next Hand

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Stewart Morrison

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

With a raise to 5,000 ahead of him, Jason Wheeler called in the cutoff. Konstantyn Holskyi then put in a three-bet to 23,000 from the small blind. The original raiser got out of the way, but Wheeler responded with a four-bet all-in, covering his opponent's stack of 98,000. Undeterred, Holskyi made the call.

Konstantyn Holskyi: Q♣Q♦ All in
Jason Wheeler: J♣J♥

There would be no two outer for Wheeler, as the board ran out 4♦A♥9♥6♠5♦, ensuring Holskyi received a full double up.

The very next deal, Wheeler got his remaining 21,000 stack in preflop and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	206,000 176,000	176,000
Jason Wheeler	53,000 187,000	187,000

Tags: Jason Wheeler Konstantyn Holskyi

10-08-2025 16:28 UTC+1

Vogelsang Jams on Wet Board

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Calum Grant

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

Tom Vogelsang raised to 5,000 from early position and was called by Igor Pihela Jr. from the big blind.

Pihela Jr. check-called bets of 3,000 and 10,000 for the board to read J♣10♣9♣J♥8♠.

Pihela Jr. decided to preserve the 75,000 he had behind, and folded when he faced a decision for his tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	420,000 178,000	178,000
Igor Pihela Jr.	75,000 104,500	104,500

Tags: Igor Pihela Jr Tom Vogelsang

10-08-2025 16:29 UTC+1

20-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

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

The 171 remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.

10-08-2025 16:36 UTC+1

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

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