2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
€631,632
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,355,300
Total Entries
898
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
108
Players Left
36
Players Left 1 / 898
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Schneiders Runs into Rockets

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

Jiaming Zhao raised to 21,000 under the gun, and when action folded to Felix Schneiders in the small blind, he moved all in for 200,000. Zhao wasted no time at all in calling when the action returned to him.

Felix Schneiders: 66 All in
Jiaming Zhao: AA

It was the worst-case scenario for Schneiders, and with no six in sight on the 8K29Q runout, he said his goodbyes to the table and vacated his seat.

Tags: Felix SchneidersJiaming Zhao

Sammer Exits in Vital Flip

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

Grzegorz Kozieja opened to 20,000 in the cutoff. It folded to Harald Sammer in the big blind, who moved all in for 240,000. Kozieja asked for a count, then called with the covering stack.

Harald Sammer: 66 All in
Grzegorz Kozieja: AJ

Kozieja shot ahead on the 88A flop. Sammer needed a six to survive, but none were in store on the 59 runout, sending him to the exit.

Tags: Grzegorz KoziejaHarald Sammer

Counts Heading Into Final Level

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

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Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
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Straight for Onisiforou

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action was picked up on a board of 47523 with Giorgos Onisiforou in the small blind betting 40,000, the size of the pot.

Giuseppe Spitale, in the big blind, went deep into the tank and eventually made the call with 53 for two pair. However, Onisiforou had K6 for a straight to take the pot.

"Oh, my friend..." Spitale said, with a strong Italian accent, to express his deception.

Tags: Giuseppe SpitaleGiorgos Onisiforou

Boika Bounces to the Top of the Counts

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Aliaksei Boika
Aliaksei Boika

Markus Bonus opened to 16,000 from under the gun and was called by Marian Virlanuta. Aliaksei Boika made it 60,000 from the hijack, and saw Bonus call. Virlanuta then jammed for around 350,000, prompting Boika to reshove as the big stack. Bonus folded.

Marian Virlanuta: AQAll in
Aliaksei Boika: AK

Boika had Virlanuta dominated, and he took in the sizable pot after the J839J. Bonus fumed at his fold, saying he let go of 8x8x, which would've made a full house.

Shortly before, Simeon Spasov departed the Main Event from another table.

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaMarian VirlanutaMarkus Bonus

Faria Finds Thin Value

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Luis Faria
Luis Faria

Luis Faria raised to 16,000 under the gun. Nikolai Mamut upped the ante to 42,000 in the hijack, and Faria called once it had folded back to him.

Both players checked the 109A flop through to the 6 turn, where Faria bet 45,000. Mamut tossed in a call, and did so too when Faria sized down to 27,000 on the 8 river.

Faria showed 77 for a small flush. Mamut tapped the table and returned his cards face down, admitting defeat.

Tags: Luis FariaNikolai Mamut

Bansal Takes from Mamut

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nikolai Mamut raised to 16,000 on the button, which saw both the small blind and Paawan Bansal in the big blind call.

The small blind checked on the 736 flop, but Bansal took over the betting lead, putting out 14,000. Mamut responded with a raise to 29,000. Action folded to Bansal, who called.

Bansal led out once more on the 8 turn, this time for 28,000, which Mamut called.

The 5 completed the board, prompting Bansal to bet 85,000, almost all of his stack.

After using a time extension, a tortured-looking Mamut elected to fold. Bansal showed the 10, while scooping in the pot, leaving his second card face down.

Tags: Nikolai MamutPaawan Bansal