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

10-10-2025 14:37 UTC+1

Ostash’s Rivered Two Pair Holds

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 14:38 UTC+1

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 14:56 UTC+1

Final Three Tables

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Maxime Taldir

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

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

10-10-2025 15:01 UTC+1

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 15:33 UTC+1

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 15:34 UTC+1

Barone Rivers a Flush to Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

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

Heads-up on a board of 10♠2♣9♠Q♦, Alessandro Barone in the small blind bet 20,000, Roman Stoica in the hijack raised to 75,000, Barone moved all in for 265,000, and Stoica snap-called.

Alessandro Barone: K♠J♠ All in
Roman Stoica: K♥J♣

Both players hit a straight, but Barone still had a flush draw. He asked for spades with his friends and couldn't hide his joy when the 2♠ river landed on the felt to complete his flush and allow him to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	1,045,000 295,000	295,000

Alessandro Barone	645,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Alessandro Barone Roman Stoica

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

10-10-2025 15:44 UTC+1

Zhao Gets Value With Flush

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With only the 7♠ being picked up by the card reader, Adria Calonge raised to 40,000 in the cutoff. Jiaming Zhao defended his big blind, seeing the dealer fan the K♠5♣2♣ flop.

Calonge continued for 30,000, and Zhao check-called. The 9♥ turn was checked by both before the J♣ river completed the board.

Zhao led out for 70,000, which received a swift call from Calonge. Zhao turned over Q♣9♣ for a flush, and Calonge's mystery hand disappeared into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiaming Zhao	1,530,000 155,000	155,000
Adria Calonge	1,180,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Adria Calonge Jiaming Zhao

10-10-2025 15:45 UTC+1

Small One for Stoica

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Calum Grant

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Roman Stoica opened to 40,000 from the cutoff, and Alessandro Barone defended his big blind.

Barone check-called a bet of 20,000 on the Q♣9♣5♦ flop but folded to a bet of 105,000 on the 5♠ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Stoica	1,050,000 5,000	5,000

Alessandro Barone	600,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Alessandro Barone Roman Stoica

10-10-2025 15:49 UTC+1

Brzezinski Finds Thin Value

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Tomasz Brzezinski opened his button to 40,000, and Luis Faria called in the big blind. Faria checked the K♣8♥2♠ flop over to Brzezinski, who continued for 30,000. Faria called before the Q♦ turn checked through.

Faria also checked the 2♦ river, but Brzezinski picked the aggression back up with a bet of 50,000. Faria tossed in calling chips, mucking his 8♣5♦ when Brzezinski tabled 9♥9♦ for a slightly higher pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Brzezinski	1,370,000 65,000	65,000

Luis Faria	525,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Luis Faria Tomasz Brzezinski