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

10-09-2025 13:09 UTC+2

Holskyi Eliminates García

Stewart Morrison

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Konstantyn Holskyi raised to 10,000 in middle position, and, after seeing the player on the button call, Cesar Garcia moved all in for roughly 130,000 from the small blind. Holskyi called, and the button player folded.

Cesar Garcia: J♥J♣ All in
Konstantyn Holskyi: Q♠Q♣

The runout kept things as they were, coming down 2♠10♦8♠5♥3♠, ending Garcia's run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	637,000 167,000	167,000
Cesar Garcia	Busted

Tags: Cesar Garcia Konstantyn Holskyi

10-09-2025 13:05 UTC+2

Stoica Extends his Lead with Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Osman Aksu opened from middle position but Roman Stoica to his left three-bet to 25,000. Aksu four-bet to 115,000 and Stoica made the call.

The dealer fanned a flop of 2♥5♥7♠ and Aksu immediately jammed for 155,000. Stoica snap-called.

Osman Aksu: A♦K♦ All in
Roman Stoica: A♠A♣

Aksu ran into aces and was eliminated after the 8♣ turn and the 3♣ river were revealed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	1,560,000 460,000	460,000

Osman Aksu	Busted

Tags: Osman Aksu Roman Stoica

10-09-2025 13:04 UTC+2

Pardo Chipping Down

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was caught on the 6♦A♣2♥K♠8♥ board with around 140,000 in the pot. Juan Pardo bet 130,000 from middle position but snap-folded when Joao Tomas jammed from the hijack.

A few hands later on the same table, Ryo Kotake made it 10,000 from the hijack. Kenta Miyoshi and Pardo called from the cutoff and the big blind.

Pardo check-called a bet of 18,000 from Miyoshi on the Q♠6♦4♣ flop. Kotake folded.

Pardo quickly conceded the pot on the 10♥ turn when his opponent sized up to 35,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Tomas	760,000 521,000	521,000
Kenta Miyoshi	330,000 184,000	184,000
Juan Pardo	237,000 538,000	538,000
Ryo Kotake	180,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Joao Tomas Juan Pardo Kenta Miyoshi Ryo Kotake

10-09-2025 13:01 UTC+2

Other Early Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	Busted

Matteo Menconi	Busted
Jorge Ufano Pardo	Busted
Rui Bouquet	Busted

10-09-2025 13:00 UTC+2

Martins Suffers Stoica's Wrath; Chipleader Crosses Seven Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Osman Aksu opened the action with a raise to 10,000 under the gun. Roman Stoica upped the ante to 30,000 in the next seat before Rui Martins committed his stack of 90,000 in the cutoff.

Aksu quickly folded, but Stoica decided he could not fold for the price and called.

Rui Martins: A♥K♥ All in
Roman Stoica: A♠2♣

Stoica flopped bottom pair on 4♠2♠10♥, which remained the best hand on the 6♦7♥ runout, sending Martins home with a bad beat story to tell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	1,100,000 172,000	172,000

Osman Aksu	390,000 19,000	19,000
Rui Martins	Busted

Tags: Osman Aksu Roman Stoica Rui Martins

10-09-2025 12:58 UTC+2

Nethengers: Civil War

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tom Vogelsang opened to 10,000 from early position and compatriot Merijn van Rooij called from the small blind.

On the 7♣4♥3♥ flop, Van Rooij check-raised to 35,000 over a bet of 10,000. Vogelsang called.

The K♠ turn checked through to the K♥ river. Van Rooij fired out another 35,000. Vogelsang had some confusion with the shot clock timer, with it showing 15 seconds instead of 30 seconds. This appeared to fluster the high roller but he regained composure and called.

Van Rooij tabled K♣6♣ for trips and Vogelsang mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	590,000 21,000	21,000
Merijn van Rooij	243,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Merijn van Rooij Tom Vogelsang

10-09-2025 12:57 UTC+2

Davenport Counterfeits Boi to Double

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Stewart Morrison

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Paolo Boi raised to 11,000 from the hijack before Sinead Davenport responded with a three-bet all-in for 86,000 on the button. Action returned to Boi, who made the call.

Sinead Davenport: A♣J♣ All in
Paolo Boi: 3♠3♣

The flop K♦5♥7♥ provided no immediate help for Davenport, but the turn K♣ did give her some extra ways to win.

The river 5♣ was one of those ways, as Boi saw his pair of threes counterfeited, giving Davenport a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Boi	495,000 90,000	90,000
Sinead Davenport	184,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Paolo Boi Sinead Davenport

10-09-2025 12:56 UTC+2

Doktor Doubles Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a blind versus blind situation, Fehim Hajdari in the small blind bet 5,000 on a flop of 6♠J♦A♠. Tomasz Doktor in the big blind called.

Hajdari fired a second barrel of 18,000 on the 10♠ turn. Doktor raised all in for 52,000 and Hajdari called.

Tomasz Doktor: 5♠2♠ All in
Fehim Hajdari: J♣6♣

Hajdari flopped two pair, but Doktor hit a flush on the turn to double up after the 10♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Doktor	130,000 37,000	37,000
Fehim Hajdari	64,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Fehim Hajdari Tomasz Doktor

10-09-2025 12:51 UTC+2

Ufano Wheels in Double-Up; Salamanca Exits

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jorge Ufano Pardo was down to just 18,000, which he got in against Toni Kaukua, who had added over 50 big blinds to his stack since the start of Day 3.

Jorge Ufano Pardo: A♦4♠ All in
Toni Kaukua: J♠J♥

Ufano did not hit an ace on the 3♦5♥10♠2♥K♠ flop, but he turned a straight instead to lock up the pot and double up.

Meanwhile, at another table, David Salamanca had also moved all in, but he lost his encounter and was eliminated from the Main Event.