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

Oct 09, 2025

Pardo Puts Semenov to the Test; Big Double for Calonge

Calum Grant

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

Evaldas Aniulis opened to 17,000 from under the gun. Juan Pardo and Dmitrii Semenov called from the cutoff and big blind.

Aniulis bet 9,000 on the A♥4♦4♠ flop and was called by both players. It checked to Pardo on the 5♣ turn, and he bet 24,000. Semenov called to leave himself with 45,000 behind. The 3♦ completed the board, and Semenov folded after Pardo put in a tower of T-5,000 chips.

As that hand played out, Adria Calonge scored a huge double through Jiaming Zhao.

In a 1,250,000 pot, the board read K♥J♦2♦3♦J♥. Zhoa had K♦6♦ for the flush, but it was no good as Calonge had 2x2x for deuces full of jacks.

Tags: Adria Calonge Dmitrii Semenov Evaldas Aniulis Jiaming Zhao Juan Pardo

Oct 09, 2025

Limped Pot Sees Johnson Double

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Stewart Morrison

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

Mykhailo Ostash kicked the action off by limping in from middle position. Keith Johnson limped on the button before the small blind completed, and the big blind checked.

Ostash bet one big blind, 8,000, on the J♠Q♥J♣ flop, which Johnson called before the players in the blinds folded.

Action checked through on the 4♦ turn, but when the dealer completed the board with the A♣, Ostash bet enough to cover Johnson.

Johnson wasted no time in calling, turning over K♠10♠ for a rivered straight. Ostash showed K♣Q♣ as a formality.

The dealer counted out Johnson's stack, which was 120,000, and sent the double-up in his direction.

Tags: Keith Johnson Mykhailo Ostash

Oct 09, 2025

Fan Bests Rubiralta

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Frank Visser

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

Longmao Fan opened to 16,000 under the gun, seeing his neighbor Gerard Rubiralta three-bet to 47,000. It folded back to Fan, who called to take a flop.

Rubiralta continued for 25,000 on the 10♦8♥8♠ that followed. Fan check-called, after which both players checked the 4♣ turn.

The Q♥ river saw Fan lead out for 45,000. Rubiralta made a quick fold, and the chips were sent Fan's way.

Tags: Gerard Rubiralta Longmao Fan

Oct 09, 2025

Sammer Ships It In

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Frank Visser

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

In a blind-on-blind pot, Tom Vogelsang and Harald Sammer had reached the 3♣J♦6♠Q♦ turn. With around 110,000 in the middle, Vogelsang checked to Sammer, who fired a bet of 50,000.

Vogelsang called without much hesitation, but he check-folded the K♣ river when Sammer sized up to 212,000 leaving himself only a few chips back.

Tags: Harald Sammer Tom Vogelsang

Oct 09, 2025

Kozieja Doubles Up

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Maxime Taldir

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

After an open by the hijack, Grzegorz Kozieja in the cutoff three-bet to 70,000. Wouter Beltz on the button four-bet to 215,000 to make the initial raiser fold, Kozieja jammed for 315,000 and Beltz eventually made the call.

Grzegorz Kozieja: Q♠Q♦ All in
Wouter Beltz: 10♦10♠

The dealer fanned a board of 6♥4♠8♥A♠K♥ and Kozieja doubled up.

Tags: Grzegorz Kozieja Wouter Beltz

Oct 09, 2025

Rodrigues Clings to Life

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Stewart Morrison

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

Michael Rodrigues moved all in for 17,000, receiving action from just Evaldas Aniulis.

Michael Rodrigues: A♠J♥ All in
Evaldas Aniulis: 9♥9♣

The board ran out in favour of Rodrigues, coming down A♣5♠6♥2♣7♣, providing a double up.

Still the short stack at the table, but a step in the right direction.

On another table, David Vinayagamoorthy was eliminated.

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Michael Rodrigues

Oct 09, 2025

Kotake Doubles

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Calum Grant

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

Ryo Kotake was all-in for his last 96,000 from the big blind, and was at risk to Evaldas Aniulis, who was on the button.

Ryo Kotake: 10♣10♥ All in
Evaldas Aniulis: K♠J♣

Kotake's pair held out on the A♠Q♣2♥8♣8♦ runout and he doubled up.

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Ryo Kotake

Oct 09, 2025

Any Straight Flushes About?

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Calum Grant

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

Adria Calonge opened to 16,000 from the button and [Removed:564] defended his big blind. The 6♠4♠2♠ flop checked through to the 7♦ turn, where [Removed:565] bet 15,000. Calonge called. [Removed:565] checked on the 3♠ river, prompting Calonge to fire out 42,000. [Removed:565] used a time bank and raised to 300,000. Calonge quickly folded.

On the next deal, Konstantyn Holskyi jammed for 79,000 from the button and folded out the blinds.

The hand after, Felix Schneiders raised to 16,000 from early position. [Removed:565] called from the button. The 10♦7♠5♣ flop checked through to the 5♦ turn. Schneiders folded out [Removed:565] with a bet of 40,000.