€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

10-09-2025 14:24 UTC+2

Chevalier Has the Jacks for Sure

Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Davide Marchi raised to 12,000 from early position, Pierre Chevalier in the cutoff three-bet to 32,000, and Marchi called.

Both players checked a flop of K♥J♣4♦, leading to the 3♣ turn, where Marchi bet 55,000. Chevalier acted like he had a tough decision to make and called.

Marchi asked for an extra 65,000 on the Q♥ river, but Chevalier quickly raised to 165,000.

"You have jacks for sure," Marchi said while folding. Chavalier did indeed flip over J♦J♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Chevalier	570,000 141,000	141,000
Davide Marchi	430,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Davide Marchi Pierre Chevalier

10-09-2025 14:16 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi D'Alterio	Busted
Daniel Rezaei	Busted
Fehim Hajdari	Busted
Kazuomi Furuse	Busted

Vogelsang Flips Janssen Out

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After an earlier limp, Tom Vogelsang limped along from the small blind. Ferdinand Janssen raised in the big blind, which the original limper called.

Vogelsang then promptly moved all in, which only Janssen called, putting himself at risk for 170,000.

Ferdinand Janssen: 6♠6♣ All in
Tom Vogelsang: 10♠9♠

Vogelsang flopped a pair on 10♣J♣2♣ to take the lead, and was upgraded to a straight on the 8♦7♦ runout to send his fellow countryman to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	795,000 255,000	255,000
Ferdinand Janssen	Busted

Tags: Ferdinand Janssen Tom Vogelsang

10-09-2025 14:15 UTC+2

Davenport Leaves Fan Short

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Longmao Fan raised to 18,000 before Sinead Davenport three-bet to 40,000, which Fan called.

Fan opted to check-call Davenport's bet of 20,000 on the 7♣10♠4♦ flop, taking them to a turn.

The 3♥ turn saw Fan check for a second time, and Davenport apply maximum pressure, sliding 85,000 in to the middle, which covered Fan.

Fan took some time to consider, ultimately waving the white flag, returning his cards to the dealer, and conceding the pot to Davenport.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sinead Davenport	195,000 35,000	35,000
Longmao Fan	53,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Longmao Fan Sinead Davenport

10-09-2025 14:12 UTC+2

Marchi and Bedell Chop It Up

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Calum Grant

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Oleh Pritsak opened to 15,000 from early position and was called by Tom-Aksel Bedell from the next seat over. Davide Marchi made it 65,000 from the button, and only Bedell called.

Bedell check-called a bet of 40,000 on the K♥Q♣J♣ flop, bringing in the 10♥ turn. The chips piled in, but there was no drama as both players had AxKx, and chopped the pot ahead of the irrelevant river card.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davide Marchi	600,000 22,000	22,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	440,000 28,000	28,000

Oleh Pritsak	300,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Davide Marchi Oleh Pritsak Tom-Aksel Bedell

10-09-2025 14:10 UTC+2

Semenov Drops One to Aniulis

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Calum Grant

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dmitrii Semenov opened to 12,000 from the button and Evaldas Aniulis called from the small blind.

The 10♥5♦2♦ flop checked through to the 8♣ turn. Aniulis led out for 30,000 and folded out his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evaldas Aniulis	700,000 35,000	35,000
Dmitrii Semenov	145,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Dmitrii Semenov Evaldas Aniulis

10-09-2025 14:08 UTC+2

Holskyi Hauls Chips on Turn

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dejan Kaladjurdjevic made it 13,000 to go in the hijack, seeing Jianwei Lin call in the cutoff. Konstantyn Holskyi then defended his big blind, after which the action checked to Lin on the A♣3♣2♥ flop.

After he bet 12,000, Kaladjurdjevic folded, but Lin stuck around and called. Lin upped his sizing to 32,000, but this time Holskyi check-raised to 115,000.

Lin spent one time bank before he decided to give up on the pot and muck his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	910,000 90,000	90,000
Jianwei Lin	455,000 80,000	80,000

Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	225,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Dejan Kaladjurdjevic Jianwei Lin Konstantyn Holskyi

10-09-2025 14:05 UTC+2

[Removed:555] Hits the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

When the action folded to [Removed:554] in the small blind, he moved all in for 97,000. After confirming the bet size, Paolo Boi made the call.

[Removed:554]: 10♠9♠ All in
Paolo Boi: A♦8♥

[Removed:555] was unable to improve on the 4♥7♠7♣J♣K♣ run out, seeing his run come to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Boi	555,000 95,000	95,000
[Removed:554]	Busted

Tags: Paolo Boi

10-09-2025 14:05 UTC+2

Fan Doubles Through Doktor

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Tomasz Doktor opened to 12,000 from under the gun. Longmao Fan to his left three-bet to 45,000, Doktor raised and Fan called with the single chip worth 5,000 he had left.

Longmao Fan: K♣K♠ All in
Tomasz Doktor: K♥Q♠

With kings, Fan easily doubled up on 8♦4♥5♥2♠6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Doktor	185,000 58,000	58,000
Longmao Fan	107,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Longmao Fan Tomasz Doktor

10-09-2025 13:58 UTC+2

Updated Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	1,518,000 42,000	42,000

Konstantyn Holskyi	820,000 183,000	183,000
Mykhailo Ostash	762,000 3,000	3,000

Aliaksei Boika	734,000 21,000	21,000

Joao Tomas	708,000 52,000	52,000
Evaldas Aniulis	665,000 18,000	18,000
Maxime Chilaud	631,000 1,000	1,000
Davide Marchi	578,000 30,000	30,000
Tom Vogelsang	540,000 110,000	110,000
Jianwei Lin	535,000 48,000	48,000

Giuseppe Spitale	530,000 133,000	133,000
Ben Heath	491,000 156,000	156,000
Gerard Rubiralta	485,000 103,000	103,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	483,000 23,000	23,000

Nicola Spallanzani	480,000 270,000	270,000
Paolo Boi	460,000 10,000	10,000
Gary Fisher	456,000 131,000	131,000
Pierre Chevalier	429,000 124,000	124,000
Ilija Savevski	427,000 128,000	128,000

Tom-Aksel Bedell	412,000 3,000	3,000

Manuel Carvalho	404,000 96,000	96,000
Markus Bonus	394,000 11,000	11,000
David Tous	392,000 77,000	77,000
Harald Sammer	389,000 11,000	11,000
Toni Kaukua	376,000 342,000	342,000