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

10-09-2025 15:12 UTC+1

Any Straight Flushes About?

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:564]	450,000 66,000	66,000
Adria Calonge	340,000 22,000	22,000
Felix Schneiders	235,000 48,000	48,000
Konstantyn Holskyi	99,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Adria Calonge Felix Schneiders Konstantyn Holskyi

10-09-2025 15:15 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evaldas Aniulis	850,000 105,000	105,000
Ryo Kotake	204,000 96,000	96,000

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Ryo Kotake

10-09-2025 15:18 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evaldas Aniulis	835,000 15,000	15,000
Michael Rodrigues	54,000 37,000	37,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	Busted

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Michael Rodrigues

10-09-2025 15:25 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grzegorz Kozieja	660,000 350,000	350,000
Wouter Beltz	141,000 354,000	354,000

Tags: Grzegorz Kozieja Wouter Beltz

10-09-2025 15:26 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	755,000 76,000	76,000
Harald Sammer	435,000 216,000	216,000

Tags: Harald Sammer Tom Vogelsang

10-09-2025 15:32 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Boi	765,000 87,000	87,000
Ben Heath	730,000 49,000	49,000
Gerard Rubiralta	565,000 38,000	38,000
Longmao Fan	400,000 72,000	72,000
Gary Fisher	371,000 111,000	111,000
Toni Kaukua	260,000 13,000	13,000
Tomasz Doktor	195,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Gerard Rubiralta Longmao Fan

10-09-2025 15:37 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mykhailo Ostash	556,000 314,000	314,000

Keith Johnson	296,000 133,000	133,000

Tags: Keith Johnson Mykhailo Ostash

10-09-2025 15:39 UTC+1

Pardo Puts Semenov to the Test; Big Double for Calonge

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adria Calonge	1,250,000 910,000	910,000
Jiaming Zhao	950,000 802,000	802,000
Evaldas Aniulis	820,000 15,000	15,000
Juan Pardo	550,000 102,000	102,000
Dmitrii Semenov	45,000 99,000	99,000

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

10-09-2025 15:44 UTC+1

Rubiralta Gets Back on Fan Before Table Breaks

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Frank Visser

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

After Longmao Fan opened from the cutoff, Gerard Rubiralta three-bet him for the second time in a short span. Fan again called, and did so too for Rubiralta's bets of 25,000 on the Q♥K♣4♠ flop and 65,000 on the 2♦ turn.

The two players then both checked the 10♣ river. Fan tabled J♥10♥ for a pair of tens, but Rubiralta was awarded the pot with K♦9♦ for a pair of kings.

As Rubiralta was pushed the pot, the floor came over to announce the breaking of the table, as several people had been eliminated in the meantime.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Rubiralta	800,000 235,000	235,000
Longmao Fan	192,000 208,000	208,000
Oleh Pritsak	Busted
Matiss Celmins	Busted
Kalle Parkkinen	Busted
Konstantyn Holskyi	Busted

Tags: Gerard Rubiralta Longmao Fan

10-09-2025 15:44 UTC+1

Rodrigues and Charlton Bust

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Calum Grant

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

Alessandro Barone opened to 17,000 from under the gun before Joao Tomas made it 40,000 from middle position. Michael Rodrigues put in his last 34,000 from the button and then Barone called.

On the Q♥10♥7♦ flop, Barone check-raised to 77,000 over a bet of 30,000. Tomas folded.

Michael Rodrigues: 6♥6♦ All in
Alessandro Barone: 7♥7♣

Rodrigues needed running sixes, but was out after the 2♥ turn and 3♠ river.

On another table, the short-stacked Daniel Charlton was all-in with Ax3x, and up against Nikolai Mamut's AxKx. The board provided no help to Charlton, and he was gone.