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

10-09-2025 17:33 UTC+1

[Removed:565] Doubles With Aces

Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Tous opened from the cutoff and faced [Removed:564] who defended from the big blind.

Both players checked a flop of 8♦6♥9♠ leading to the 2♣ turn where [Removed:565] led out for 45,000. Tous called.

The J♣ completed the board and [Removed:565] jammed. Tous went into the tank and called off his las† 109,000 with A♠A♥. [Removed:565] only had Q♥J♥ so Tous doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Tous	363,000 174,000	174,000
[Removed:564]	350,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: David Tous

10-09-2025 17:34 UTC+1

Uncomfortable Spot for Spitale

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Stewart Morrison

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Giuseppe Spitale raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and faced a three-bet to 55,000 from Maxime Chilaud in the cutoff. When the action returned to Spitale, he made the call.

Both players checked on the J♦K♦K♠ flop, prompting Spitale to take over the betting lead on the 3♠ turn. He put out a bet of 75,000, which Chilaud called.

The 4♠ completed the board, and it appeared Spitale did not like it. After taking a moment to consider his options, while shaking his head and sitting back in his seat, he opted to check. Chilaud responded by putting a bet of 85,000 into the middle.

A tortured-looking Spitale spent a little bit longer pondering over the hand before electing to fold.

As soon as Spitale's cards hit the muck, to balance the tables, he was handed a chip rack and directed to move to a different table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Chilaud	1,050,000 80,000	80,000
Giuseppe Spitale	392,000 143,000	143,000

Tags: Giuseppe Spitale Maxime Chilaud

10-09-2025 17:37 UTC+1

Mateos Doubles as Vogelsang Outkicked

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A blind-on-blind pot between Tom Vogelsang and Adrian Mateos arrived on the 7♦A♠10♣Q♦2♥ river. With 400,000 in the pot, Vogelsang checked to Mateos, who pushed in his stack of 146,000.

Vogelsang asked how much the bet was before he swiftly called. Mateos tabled A♣8♣ for a pair of aces. Vogelsang mucked his cards at first, then counted on his fingers if the eight played as kicker.

He concluded that it did, and his cards officially disappeared into the muck

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	1,065,000 615,000	615,000
Adrian Mateos	693,000 293,000	293,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Tom Vogelsang

10-09-2025 17:37 UTC+1

Kozieja Whips Johnson Out

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Keith Johnson jammed for 157,000 from the hijack and was called by Grzegorz Kozieja from the cutoff.

Keith Johnson: 6♠6♦ All in
Grzegorz Kozieja: Q♣Q♥

Kozieja had Johnson drawing dead by the turn with the board reading K♥10♦K♣Q♠. The board completed with the 8♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grzegorz Kozieja	1,100,000 185,000	185,000
Keith Johnson	Busted

Tags: Grzegorz Kozieja Keith Johnson

10-09-2025 17:39 UTC+1

Ionescu Sends Fisher to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Gary Fisher in the blinds was all-in and at risk for approximately 150,000 against Petre Ionescu in the hijack.

Gary Fisher: 7♦7♣ All in
Petre Ionescu: A♥J♠

Ionescu made aces-up on A♠2♥5♥2♣J♥ to end Fisher's tournament in 43rd place for €14,650.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petre Ionescu	365,000 86,000	86,000
Gary Fisher	Busted

Tags: Gary Fisher Petre Ionescu

10-09-2025 17:48 UTC+1

Three-Way All-In Triples Tomas, Busts Kotake

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ryo Kotake opened the action with a raise to 20,000 in the hijack. Joao Tomas upped the ante to 55,000 in the cutoff, after which it folded to Giorgos Onisiforou in the big blind.

After one time bank, Onisforou moved all in, covering both opponents. Kotake spent a time extension of his own before calling off his 340,000 chips, and Tomas snap-called with 346,000 in his stack.

Ryo Kotake: A♠K♦ All in
Joao Tomas: A♥A♦ All in
Giorgos Onisiforou: J♠J♦

An uneventful 5♦6♥2♠3♣Q♠ board emerged from the deck. Tomas' aces remained the best hand, tripling him up and sending Kotake to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Tomas	1,047,000 675,000	675,000
Nicola Spallanzani	590,000 437,000	437,000
Evaldas Aniulis	538,000 62,000	62,000
Tomasz Doktor	260,000 77,000	77,000
Alessandro Barone	252,000 47,000	47,000
Giorgos Onisiforou	251,000 221,000	221,000
Ryo Kotake	Busted

Tags: Giorgos Onisiforou Joao Tomas Ryo Kotake

10-09-2025 17:50 UTC+1

Faria Cracks Zouari's Queens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jeremie Zouari opened from the cutoff, Luis Faria in the big blind raised all in, and Zouari put himself at risk for 138,000.

Jeremie Zouari: Q♣Q♠ All in
Luis Faria: 9♦9♣

Faria flopped a set on 4♥9♠2♠K♣3♠ to send Zouari to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Faria	850,000 105,000	105,000
Jeremie Zouari	Busted

Tags: Jeremie Zouari Luis Faria

10-09-2025 17:54 UTC+1

Bedell Passes 2 Millon

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jianwei Lin raised to 20,000 from middle position. Tom-Aksel Bedell and Ilija Savevski called from the button and big blind, respectively.

Lin continued for 25,000 on the K♦10♦6♦ flop, and was called by both opponents. The A♥ came in on the turn, and Savevski checked. Lin fired out 80,000, and Bedell called once more. Savevski jammed for 241,000, forcing out Lin and his 2♠2♦, while Bedell snap-called.

Ilija Savevski: Q♦J♠ All in
Tom-Aksel Bedell: J♦3♦

Bedell had the flush, and was ahead of Savevski's Broadway. The latter still had six outs to a higher flush, but they failed to come in on the 7♠ river and Savevski reported to the rail.

A couple of hands later, Bedell Q♥10♥ opened to 20,000 from the hijack and called when Roman Stoica A♠K♥ made it 80,000 from the cutoff.

Bedell paired up on the Q♠6♦4♥ flop to take the lead. He check-called for 75,000. The 5♥ turn checked through to the 2♦ river. Bedell led out 105,000 and folded out Stoica.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	2,070,000 775,000	775,000

Roman Stoica	1,490,000 105,000	105,000

Paolo Boi	1,020,000 23,000	23,000
Gerard Rubiralta	578,000 44,000	44,000
Ilija Savevski	Busted

Tags: Ilija Savevski Jianwei Lin Roman Stoica Tom-Aksel Bedell

10-09-2025 17:58 UTC+1

Lin Falls on Day 3

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Calum Grant

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jianwei Lin moved all in for 124,000 from the hijack and was called by Pierre Chevalier from the cutoff.

Jianwei Lin: A♦8♦ All in
Pierre Chevalier: K♦Q♦

Lin was ahead and had the diamonds covered but Chevalier secured the knockout after the Q♣10♥5♥10♠9♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Chevalier	556,000 174,000	174,000
Jianwei Lin	Busted

Tags: Jianwei Lin Pierre Chevalier

10-09-2025 18:01 UTC+1

Vogelsang and Mateos Tangle

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Stewart Morrison

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Seeing a raise to 20,000 from the under the gun player ahead of them, both Tom Vogelsang and Adrian Mateos made the call from the small and big blind, respectively.

The original raiser continued with a bet of 22,000 on the J♣4♣2♦ flop, which Vogelsang called before Mateos raised to 80,000. The original raiser folded, but Vogelsang called again.

Action checked through on the Q♣ turn, prompting Vogelsang to take over the betting lead on the Q♠ river. He put out a bet of 75,000, and, after using a time extension, Mateos chose to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	1,060,000 5,000	5,000
Adrian Mateos	720,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Tom Vogelsang