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

10-09-2025 13:30 UTC+1

Boi's Pair is Better

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Calum Grant

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

Paolo Boi opened to 12,000 from the cutoff, and Tom Vogelsang defended his big blind.

Vogelsang check-called for 15,000 on the 10♥9♠3♦ flop before the 6♣ turn and 7♠ river checked through to showdown.

Vogelsang had a pair of threes with K♥3♣ but lost to Boi's 5♥5♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Boi	670,000 115,000	115,000
Tom Vogelsang	625,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Paolo Boi Tom Vogelsang

10-09-2025 13:33 UTC+1

Chilaud Busts Van Rooij

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Calum Grant

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

Merijn van Rooij opened to 12,000 from early position. Aliaksei Boika and Petre Ionescu called from the next two seats. Maxime Chilaud three-bet to 70,000 from the button, which forced out the blinds. Van Rooij jammed for around 265,000, and Chilaud was the only caller.

Merijn van Rooij: A♠Q♠ All in
Maxime Chilaud: A♥K♠

Neither player connected on the 10♦9♣6♣2♦J♥ runout, and Van Rooij was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	872,000 138,000	138,000

Maxime Chilaud	800,000 169,000	169,000
Petre Ionescu	160,000 84,000	84,000
Merijn van Rooij	Busted

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Maxime Chilaud Merijn van Rooij Petre Ionescu

10-09-2025 13:35 UTC+1

Parnat Holds to Double

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Calum Grant

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

Risto Parnat moved all in for 68,000 from the hijack and was called by David Vinayagamoorthy from the button.

Risto Parnat: A♦J♠ All in
David Vinayagamoorthy: K♦Q♥

Parnat's ace-jack was never troubled, and he doubled after the board ran out with the 10♥5♠4♣3♥3♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vinayagamoorthy	180,000 110,000	110,000
Risto Parnat	151,000 99,000	99,000
Kevin Dedner	Busted
Clement Lafon	Busted

Tags: David Vinayagamoorthy Risto Parnat

10-09-2025 13:36 UTC+1

Queen Graces Vinayagamoorthy With Double-Up

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Frank Visser

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

David Vinayagamoorthy had moved his 193,000 chips over the line from the hijack and was up against Aliaksei Boika in the small blind.

David Vinayagamoorthy: A♣Q♠ All in
Aliaksei Boika: A♥K♦

The 6♦3♠4♣ flop helped neither player, but Vinayagamoorthy spiked a pair on the Q♥ turn for a big lead. The 4♥ river remained free of kings, seeing Vinayagamoorthy rake in a lucky double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	665,000 207,000	207,000

David Vinayagamoorthy	398,000 218,000	218,000

Tags: Aliaksei Boika David Vinayagamoorthy

10-09-2025 13:42 UTC+1

Boi Wins Battle of the Blinds

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Stewart Morrison

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

In a blind versus blind battle, Paolo Boi kicked the action off with a raise to 15,000. Toni Kaukua put in a three-bet to 45,000, which Boi called.

Boi started with a check on the 3♣5♣J♥ flop, and Kaukua continued for 32,000. Again, Boi called.

The dealer added the 2♠ turn to the board, and Boi check-called for a second time, this time for 45,000.

The action then checked through on the K♠ river, and when Boi showed he had rivered two pair with K♣J♣, Kaukua returned his cards to the dealer face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Boi	754,000 84,000	84,000
Toni Kaukua	268,000 108,000	108,000

Tags: Paolo Boi Toni Kaukua

10-09-2025 13:43 UTC+1

Chilaud Scores Another Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

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

Risto Parnat in the small blind was all-in and at risk for approximately 130,000 against Maxime Chilaud in the big blind.

Risto Parnat: 3♦3♥ All in
Maxime Chilaud: A♠Q♠

After a flop of 9♣6♠2♥, Chilaud hit the Q♥ turn to eliminate Parnat on the 5♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Chilaud	956,000 156,000	156,000
Risto Parnat	Busted

Tags: Maxime Chilaud Risto Parnat

10-09-2025 13:45 UTC+1

Dimov Doubles Through Pritsak

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Frank Visser

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

Ognyan Dimov open-raised from the cutoff, after which small blind Oleh Pritsak made it 52,000 to go in the small blind. Dimov then moved all in for 199,000, sending Pritsak into the tank.

After spending three of his time banks, Pritsak slammed in a call to put Dimov at risk.

Ognyan Dimov: Q♥Q♦ All in
Oleh Pritsak: K♣J♠

Pritsak turned a lesser pair on 2♦8♥9♣J♦, but the 10♣ river upgraded Dimov to a straight to lock up his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	410,000 244,000	244,000

Oleh Pritsak	215,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Ognyan Dimov Oleh Pritsak

10-09-2025 13:53 UTC+1

Macclesfield's Finest Putting on a Show

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Calum Grant

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

Daniel Charlton opened to 12,000 and was called by Erik Eisen from the next seat over in the hijack.

Charlton check-called bets of 13,000 and 71,000 on the flop and turn for the board to read K♦10♣4♣8♦3♦.

Charlton checked for a third time, and Eisen checked back. Charlton tabled A♠K♣, which was good for the pot.

As the hand played out, Sinead Davenport joined the table.

At EPT Malta, the Englishman is celebrating two years of sobriety. Charlton spoke to PokerNews candidly back in March about his decision to ditch alcohol and drugs. You can read the full interview here.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Charlton	520,000 220,000	220,000
Erik Eisen	216,000 130,000	130,000
Sinead Davenport	153,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Daniel Charlton Erik Eisen Sinead Davenport

10-09-2025 13:59 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vinayagamoorthy	475,000 77,000	77,000
Markus Bonus	437,000 43,000	43,000
Harald Sammer	360,000 29,000	29,000
Wouter Beltz	274,000 36,000	36,000
Giorgos Onisiforou	215,000 6,000	6,000
Luca Guglielmoni	201,000 41,000	41,000
Matiss Celmins	128,000 146,000	146,000
Hirokazu Kobayashi	122,000 31,000	31,000