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

10-08-2025 16:23 UTC+2

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

Low Chip Count for Semenov

Calum Grant

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

Harald Sammer was all-in for his last 77,500 from the small blind and was at risk to Dmitrii Semenov, who was in the cutoff.

Harald Sammer: 9♦9♥ All in
Dmitrii Semenov: A♣Q♦

Semenov picked up four more outs after the K♣J♠4♣ flop but Semenov saw blanks on the 7♦ turn and 4♦ river for Sammer to double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harald Sammer	157,000 121,500	121,500
Dmitrii Semenov	31,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dmitrii Semenov Harald Sammer

10-08-2025 16:17 UTC+2

Boika Catches Israel Bluffing

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Maxime Taldir

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

The action was picked up on a board of 4♠Q♠8♥6♥K♠ with 42,000 in the pot. Nemo Israel in the cutoff bet 40,000, and Aliaksei Boika in middle position went deep into the tank.

The clock was called and at the end of the countdown, Boika called.

"Nooooooo," Israel shouted as he was caught bluffing with A♠J♥. Boika had 9♣9♦ and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	167,000 95,000	95,000

Nemo Israel	130,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Nemo Israel

10-08-2025 16:15 UTC+2

Angelou Rivers a Pair to Take the Pot

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Sava Krink

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

The pot stood at around 20,000 with the board showing 2♦5♦10♦6♦. Nikolaos Angelou in the big blind checked to Ben Heath on the button, who bet 10,500. Angelou took his time before making the call.

On the 8♠ river, Angelou checked again and Heath opted to check back. Angelou revealed K♦8♥ for a rivered pair of eights, which was enough to take the pot as Heath’s hand went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	223,000 24,000	24,000
Nikolaos Angelou	58,000 79,000	79,000

Tags: Ben Heath Nikolaos Angelou

10-08-2025 16:14 UTC+2

Rebai Holds to Double

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Calum Grant

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

Petre Ionescu opened to 5,500 from the cutoff before Claudio Coelho made it 20,000 from the small blind. Mehdi Rebai four-bet jammed for 47,500 and Coelho was the only caller.

Mehdi Rebai: J♠J♦ All in
Claudio Coelho: K♣Q♣

Rebai remained ahead after the 9♦8♣3♣ flop but Coelho was extremely live with his over cards and flush draw. It may have been a case of 'too many outs' for Coelho as Rebai's jacks held after the 6♥ turn and 8♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petre Ionescu	250,000 144,000	144,000
Mehdi Rebai	103,000 25,000	25,000
Claudio Coelho	70,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Claudio Coelho Mehdi Rebai Petre Ionescu

10-08-2025 16:13 UTC+2

Salamanca Rivers a Straight.

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Maxime Taldir

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

Heads-up on a board of 9♥10♠6♣6♦, David Salamanca in the big blind bet 13,500 and he was called by Clement Michaud in the hijack.

The Q♥ river landed on the felt and Salamanca bet 10,000. Michaud quickly called but ran into Salamanca's straight with J♠8♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Salamanca	115,000 77,500	77,500
Clement Michaud	49,000 84,500	84,500

Tags: Clement Michaud David Salamanca

10-08-2025 16:09 UTC+2

Notable Stacks Around the Room

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Stewart Morrison

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	247,000 217,000	217,000
Juan Pardo	243,000 197,500	197,500
Tom Vogelsang	242,000 62,000	62,000
Merijn van Rooij	213,000 8,000	8,000
Adrian Mateos	190,500 123,000	123,000

Nemo Israel	190,000 35,500	35,500
Dominik Panka	185,000 26,500	26,500

[Removed:564]	157,000 127,000	127,000
Sergey Lebedev	151,000 7,000	7,000
Daniel Charlton	148,000 7,000	7,000
Tom Middleton	140,000 5,000	5,000

Keith Johnson	138,000 11,000	11,000
Longmao Fan	136,000 72,000	72,000
Felix Schneiders	130,500 41,500	41,500
Enrico Camosci	125,000 17,000	17,000
Matthew Davenport	124,000 1,000	1,000
David Docherty	78,500 62,000	62,000
Fintan Hand	78,000 48,000	48,000
Robert Bull	73,500 73,500	73,500
Kenny Hallaert	69,500 3,500	3,500

Pieter Aerts	68,500 3,500	3,500
Andrew Wilson	37,000 1,000	1,000

10-08-2025 16:00 UTC+2

Top Ten Stacks

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Stewart Morrison

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

Here is a look at the top ten stacks returning from the break.

A reminder that 135 players will make the money, with 210 currently remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vinayagamoorthy	396,000 186,000	186,000
Michael Rodrigues	384,000 4,000	4,000
Roman Stoica	379,000 211,000	211,000

Jianwei Lin	339,000 24,000	24,000

Gary Fisher	335,000 201,000	201,000
Luka Sorainen	330,000 167,000	167,000
Maxime Chilaud	328,000 216,000	216,000
Erik Eisen	311,000 43,000	43,000
Jiaming Zhao	301,000 12,000	12,000
Ilija Savevski	290,000 131,000	131,000