€5,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

10-10-2025 12:40 UTC+1

Fan Hits the Turn

Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Roman Stoica opened to 40,000 from the small blind and called when Longmao Fan moved all in for 230,000 from the big blind.

Longmao Fan: A♦9♥ All in
Roman Stoica: K♠Q♦

Stoica left Fan drawing to three outs after the Q♥5♦4♥ flop. Fan didn't have to wait long to retake his lead as the A♥ turn put him back in front. The J♠ river completed the board and the short stack doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	1,000,000 330,000	330,000

Longmao Fan	472,000 112,000	112,000

Tags: Longmao Fan Roman Stoica

10-10-2025 12:43 UTC+1

"Chip Dumping"

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Just before the break, Birger Larsen opened to 114,000 from the cutoff, leaving around 30,000 behind. Petre Ionescu called from the button.

Larsen checked on the J♣9♦4♠ flop, and then folded to a one big blind bet.

"Chip dumping," joked Tom Vogelsang, as the pot went to Ionescu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	941,000 16,000	16,000
Petre Ionescu	620,000 226,000	226,000
Birger Larsen	31,000 119,000	119,000

Tags: Petre Ionescu Birger Larsen

10-10-2025 12:44 UTC+1

Larsen to the Exit

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Birger Larsen moved all in for 36,000 from early position. Erik Eisen in the small blind called, as did Mykhailo Ostash in the big blind.

Both Eisen and Ostash checked the 10♠Q♥A♦ flop and the 2♥ turn, but on the A♥ river, Eisen bet 30,000. Ostash folded.

Birger Larsen: Q♦4♥ All in
Erik Eisen: A♣8♥

Larsen couldn't do much against Eisen's trips, and he was eliminated in 30th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mykhailo Ostash	1,280,000 25,000	25,000

Erik Eisen	335,000 42,000	42,000
Birger Larsen	Busted

Tags: Birger Larsen Erik Eisen

10-10-2025 12:45 UTC+1

Boika Four-Bets Heath Before Break

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Aliaksei Boika tossed in a T-25,000 chip in early position for a raise with K♠10♠. Ben Heath responded with a three-bet to 72,000 in the cutoff, holding A♦5♦, to which Boika responded by clicking it back to 160,000.

Heath spent one time bank before he decided to let his hand go, granting the pot to Boika without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	2,122,000 62,000	62,000

Ben Heath	526,000 132,000	132,000

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Ben Heath

10-10-2025 12:47 UTC+1

First Break of the Day

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Sava Krink

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 29 players are now on a 20-minute break.

10-10-2025 12:57 UTC+1

EPT Malta Offers Packed Off-the-Felt Schedule and Special Charity Tournament

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Elijah Farrow

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

As the European Poker Tour (EPT) returns to Malta for the first time since 2016, it won’t just be about the cards. Running October 1–12 at Casino Malta, the festival offers players and their guests a full slate of activities designed to make the stop as memorable away from the tables as it is on them.

From beach parties to bowling nights, padel tournaments to wellness sessions, PokerStars has lined up a schedule that lets players mix, mingle and unwind in one of Europe’s most vibrant destinations. And on October 10, the action will also turn to a worthy cause with the addition of a €400 charity tournament supporting the SiGMA Foundation’s school-building projects in Uganda.

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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

10-10-2025 13:12 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	2,590,000 128,000	128,000

Aliaksei Boika	2,125,000 3,000	3,000

Adrian Mateos	1,795,000 45,000	45,000

Juan Pardo	1,640,000 210,000	210,000
Mykhailo Ostash	1,230,000 50,000	50,000

Maxime Chilaud	1,200,000 130,000	130,000
Adria Calonge	1,145,000 45,000	45,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	1,070,000 80,000	80,000

Grzegorz Kozieja	1,050,000 17,000	17,000
Jiaming Zhao	1,040,000 90,000	90,000
Pierre Chevalier	1,015,000 115,000	115,000
Roman Stoica	980,000 20,000	20,000

Tom Vogelsang	920,000 21,000	21,000
[Removed:564]	890,000 238,000	238,000
Gerard Rubiralta	830,000 55,000	55,000
Luis Faria	820,000 155,000	155,000
David Tous	800,000 377,000	377,000
Giorgos Onisiforou	710,000 60,000	60,000
Giuseppe Spitale	650,000 276,000	276,000
Petre Ionescu	615,000 5,000	5,000
Joao Tomas	585,000 33,000	33,000
Toni Kaukua	565,000 185,000	185,000
Ben Heath	525,000 1,000	1,000
Longmao Fan	465,000 7,000	7,000
Alessandro Barone	425,000 15,000	15,000

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10-10-2025 13:13 UTC+1

Guglielmoni Gone After Three-Way Encounter

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Joao Tomas made it 30,000 to go in the cutoff, after which Luca Guglielmoni jammed all in for 160,000 on the button. Adrian Mateos called in the big blind, and Tomas obliged with a call as well.

Mateos checked the 3♦7♣6♠ flop to Tomas, who created a side pot by betting 100,000. Matteos spent a time bank before he folded his 8♥8♦, leaving the remaining duo to show down.

Luca Guglielmoni: A♣10♠ All in
Joao Tomas: A♠J♠

Matteos had folded the best hand, leaving Tomas to take the pot as the 4♥Q♦ runout changed nothing. Guglielmoni headed to the payout desk while Tomas chipped up to a near six-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	1,620,000 175,000	175,000

Joao Tomas	930,000 345,000	345,000
Luca Guglielmoni	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Joao Tomas Luca Guglielmoni

10-10-2025 13:20 UTC+1

One In, One Out for Vogelsang

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Tom Vogelsang raised to 30,000 second to act and Petre Ionescu defended his big blind.

Ionescu check-called for 25,000 on the Q♦J♦5♥ flop but folded to a bet of 135,000 on the 6♠ turn.

On the next deal, Vogelsang raised to 30,000 and called when Tom-Aksel Bedell made it 75,000 from the button. The 8♥8♦3♣ flop checked thtrough to the J♦ turn.

"Take it," chimed Vogelsang as he folded to a bet of 160,000.