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

10-10-2025 16:33 UTC+2

Ionescu on Fumes

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Calum Grant

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	3,100,000 110,000	110,000

Petre Ionescu	150,000 290,000	290,000

Tags: Petre Ionescu Tom-Aksel Bedell

10-10-2025 16:01 UTC+2

Play Back Underway

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Frank Visser

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

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.

10-10-2025 15:56 UTC+2

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	2,990,000 400,000	400,000

Mykhailo Ostash	2,605,000 35,000	35,000

Juan Pardo	2,240,000 100,000	100,000
Aliaksei Boika	1,605,000 15,000	15,000

Maxime Chilaud	1,535,000 5,000	5,000
Toni Kaukua	1,475,000 345,000	345,000
Jiaming Zhao	1,375,000 225,000	225,000
Adria Calonge	1,355,000 5,000	5,000
Roman Stoica	1,340,000 170,000	170,000

Tomasz Brzezinski	1,305,000 15,000	15,000

Adrian Mateos	1,175,000 5,000	5,000

Joao Tomas	1,000,000 100,000	100,000
Longmao Fan	950,000 10,000	10,000
Pierre Chevalier	940,000 75,000	75,000
Ben Heath	900,000
Giorgos Onisiforou	700,000
David Tous	575,000 225,000	225,000
Giuseppe Spitale	570,000 105,000	105,000
Luis Faria	495,000 30,000	30,000
Grzegorz Kozieja	445,000 390,000	390,000
Petre Ionescu	440,000 140,000	140,000
Nicola Spallanzani	355,000 60,000	60,000
Alessandro Barone	295,000 130,000	130,000
Tom Vogelsang	270,000 80,000	80,000

Early Break

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Maxime Taldir

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

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.

10-10-2025 15:37 UTC+2

Ostash’s Rivered Two Pair Holds

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Sava Krink

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	2,590,000 260,000	260,000

Mykhailo Ostash	2,570,000 470,000	470,000

Giorgos Onisiforou	700,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Giorgos Onisiforou Mykhailo Ostash Tom-Aksel Bedell

10-10-2025 15:32 UTC+2

Rubiralta and [Removed:565] Depart

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Calum Grant

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

Gerard Rubiralta jammed for 230,000 from the button and was called by Longmao Fan from the big blind.

Gerard Rubiralta: 4♥4♦ All in
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.

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♥ All in
Adria Calonge: A♣K♥

[Removed:565] failed to connect on the 10♣10♥8♣2♦5♠ runout and bowed out in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adria Calonge	1,350,000 250,000	250,000
Longmao Fan	940,000 140,000	140,000
[Removed:564]	Busted
Gerard Rubiralta	Busted

Tags: Adria Calonge Gerard Rubiralta Longmao Fan Toni Kaukua

10-10-2025 15:32 UTC+2

Heath Finds Chips With Premium

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Frank Visser

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Chilaud	1,540,000 110,000	110,000
Ben Heath	900,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Ben Heath Maxime Chilaud

10-10-2025 15:28 UTC+2

Pardo Puts Rubiralta In a Rough Spot

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Maxime Taldir

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	2,140,000 360,000	360,000
Gerard Rubiralta	240,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Gerard Rubiralta Juan Pardo Longmao Fan

10-10-2025 15:19 UTC+2

Full House for Fan

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Sava Krink

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Longmao Fan	800,000 325,000	325,000
Gerard Rubiralta	460,000 370,000	370,000

Tags: Gerard Rubiralta Longmao Fan

10-10-2025 15:18 UTC+2

Brzezinski Plays it Tricky

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Frank Visser

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

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.