Petre Ionescu opened to 35,000 from under the gun and was called by Tom-Aksel Bedell from the big blind.
The J♠9♠5♣ flop checked through to the Q♠ turn, which checked through to the 7♥ river.
Bedell fired out 105,000 and Ionescu called.
Bedell had a flush with 5♠3♠ and won the pot.
The final 24 players have returned to their seats as the EPT Malta Main Event continues.
The live updates will follow on a 30-minute delay.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV | 1 | Adria Calonge | Spain | 1,355,000 | 90 |
| TV | 2 | Toni Kaukua | Finland | 1,475,000 | 98 |
| TV | 3 | Tomasz Brzezinski | Poland | 1,305,000 | 87 |
| TV | 4 | Jiaming Zhao | China | 1,375,000 | 92 |
| TV | 5 | Luis Faria | Portugal | 495,000 | 33 |
| TV | 6 | Nicola Spallanzani | Italy | 355,000 | 24 |
| TV | 7 | David Tous | Spain | 575,000 | 38 |
| TV | 8 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 1,605,000 | 107 |
| 1 | 1 | Grzegorz Kozieja | Poland | 445,000 | 30 |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Vogelsang | Netherlands | 270,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 3 | Maxime Chilaud | France | 1,535,000 | 102 |
| 1 | 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 1,175,000 | 78 |
| 1 | 5 | Mykhailo Ostash | Ukraine | 2,605,000 | 174 |
| 1 | 6 | Giorgos Onisiforou | Cyprus | 700,000 | 47 |
| 1 | 7 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 2,990,000 | 199 |
| 1 | 8 | Petre Ionescu | Romania | 440,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 1 | Longmao Fan | China | 950,000 | 63 |
| 3 | 2 | Giuseppe Spitale | Lithuania | 570,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 3 | Alessandro Barone | Italy | 295,000 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 2,240,000 | 149 |
| 3 | 5 | Pierre Chevalier | France | 940,000 | 63 |
| 3 | 6 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 900,000 | 60 |
| 3 | 7 | Joao Tomas | Portugal | 1,000,000 | 67 |
| 3 | 8 | Roman Stoica | Romania | 1,340,000 | 89 |
With the field down to 24 players, a table was randomly broken, and it happened to be the feature table. With seven minutes left on the clock, the tournament director decided to take the 20-minute break now to properly set things up and play the remaining seven minutes after the restart.
From now on, PokerNews will report with a 30-minute delay to respect the stream.
In a three-way pot of around 180,000, the board showed 2♦3♦J♣6♥ when Mykhailo Ostash led out for 55,000. Giorgos Onisiforou called, and Tom-Aksel Bedell raised to 210,000. Both players called.
The 9♥ river was checked through, leading to the showdown. Ostash revealed J♦9♦ for rivered two pair, which was enough as both opponents mucked their hands.
Gerard Rubiralta jammed for 230,000 from the button and was called by Longmao Fan from the big blind.
Gerard Rubiralta: 4♥4♦
Longmao Fan: A♠9♦
Fan made trips on the 9♠9♣8♦ flop to leave Rubiralta drawing thin. The 3♥ turn was of no help to the short stack, and Fan filled up on the A♦ river to down the Spaniard in 26th place.
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Moments later, on another table, Adria Calonge opened to 30,000 from under the gun. Toni Kaukua called from the next seat over before [Removed:564] jammed for 180,000 from the cutoff. Calonge called, and Kaukua folded.
[Removed:564]: A♠J♥
Adria Calonge: A♣K♥
[Removed:565] failed to connect on the 10♣10♥8♣2♦5♠ runout and bowed out in 25th place.
Maxime Chilaud made it 30,000 to go in the cutoff with A♦J♦. Ben Heath looked down at K♠K♣ on the button, making it 100,000 to go. Chilaud called after the action folded back to him.
Chilaud check-called Heath's bet of 60,000 on the 2♣9♠3♣ flop, but he forfeited the pot when Heath kept the pressure up on the 7♣ turn with a bet of 180,000.
Three-way on a flop of K♦2♥10♠, Longmao Fan in the hijack bet 30,000 and was called by Juan Pardo on the button. Gerard Rubiralta was in the big blind and check-raised to 85,000. Fan folded, and Pardo made the call.
Rubiralta bet 125,000 on the J♥ turn. Pardo called once again before Rubiralta checked the A♣ river.
Pardo looked at Rubiralta's 240,000-chip stack and bet 200,000. Clearly in an uncomfortable situation, Rubiralta kept moving on his chair and seemed to have no choice but to fold.
With 85,000 in the pot and the board showing 2♥K♦K♣, Longmao Fan in the big blind checked to Gerard Rubiralta, who bet 15,000. Fan called.
The 2♣ turn saw the same action: Fan checked, Rubiralta bet 75,000, and Fan called again.
On the Q♥ river, Fan checked once more. Rubiralta hesitated, then checked back. Fan revealed K♠4♦ for a full house, and Rubiralta nodded before folding.
Adrian Mateos opened his button to 35,000. Tomasz Brzezinski defended in the big blind and checked the 3♥9♣K♥ flop over to Mateos.
Mateos fired 30,000, which Brzezinski raised to 130,000. Mateos called, seeing the dealer drop the 8♠ on the turn. Brzezinski reverted to a check, eliciting a bet of 90,000 from Mateos.
Brzezinski just called, after which the Q♥ river checked to showdown. Brzezinski tabled K♣3♣ for two pair, besting the A♥9♠ of Mateos. Brzezinski was shipped the pot and overtook Mateos in the rankings.
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