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

10-10-2025 15:54 UTC+1

Action Turn Wins Kaukua Big Pot

Frank Visser

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

Toni Kaukua made it 40,000 to go in middle position. Jiaming Zhao flat-called in the cutoff, and the two went to the 5♣J♦K♦ flop. Kaukua continued with a bet of 40,000, and Zhao quickly called.

The A♦ arrived on the turn. Kaukua put in a hefty bet of 150,000, almost the size of the pot, but an undeterred Zhao put in another swift call.

Kaukua more than doubled his bet on the 6♣ river, and Zhao again called the 375,000 without much thought. Kaukua tabled 9♦7♦ for a turned flush, leaving the slow-played A♥A♣ of Zhao in the dust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	2,080,000 605,000	605,000
Jiaming Zhao	980,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Jiaming Zhao Toni Kaukua

10-10-2025 15:55 UTC+1

Flush Over Straight for Pardo

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Maxime Taldir

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

Juan Pardo on the button bet 40,000 on a flop of 4♠9♦10♦. Ben Heath in the big blind check-raised to 145,000 and Pardo made the call.

Heath asked for 135,000 on the 6♦ turn and was called, then checked the 8♦ river.

Pardo checked back with Q♦10♣ for a flush. Heath had a straight with 8♥7♠ but it wasn't enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	2,400,000 160,000	160,000
Ben Heath	460,000 440,000	440,000

Tags: Ben Heath Juan Pardo

10-10-2025 16:05 UTC+1

Pardo Dents Tomas; Fan Slow Plays Jacks

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Calum Grant

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

Juan Pardo opened to 40,000 from the hijack, and Joao Tomas called from the small blind.

Tomas called bets of 70,000 and 225,000 on the flop and turn for the board to read J♣10♥2♦3♥3♣. Tomas, with 685,000, checked, and Pardo moved in. Tomas quickly folded, and Pardo dragged in the pot.

Pardo raised again on the next hand, with Longmao Fan calling from the big blind.

Fan called bets of 70,000 and 225,000 for the completed board to show 7♣5♥4♠2♠10♦. Both players checked on the river, with Fan's J♠J♦ good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	2,475,000 75,000	75,000
Longmao Fan	1,240,000 290,000	290,000
Joao Tomas	785,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: Joao Tomas Juan Pardo Longmao Fan

10-10-2025 16:06 UTC+1

Kaukua's Surge Continues

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Frank Visser

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

Adria Calonge raised his button to 40,000. Toni Kaukua and Tomasz Brzezinski called in the blinds, after which the trio all checked the 10♠8♦6♥ flop.

Kaukua then led out for 90,000 on the 3♥ turn. Brzezinski called before Calonge folded K♣3♣. The 10♦ river caused Kaukua to use a time bank. He then settled on a pot-sized bet of 320,000.

Brzezinski tossed in all his time extensions, but he ended up using none of them as he called before his initial 30 seconds were gone.

Kaukua showed K♥10♣ for trip tens, besting the 8♥7♦ of Brzezinski and awarding him with a second big pot in a short time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	2,640,000 560,000	560,000
Adria Calonge	1,150,000 30,000	30,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	900,000 470,000	470,000

Tags: Adria Calonge Tomasz Brzezinski Toni Kaukua

10-10-2025 16:08 UTC+1

Bedell Sneaks the Pot

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Sava Krink

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

Maxime Chilaud opened from middle position to 40,000, finding callers in Tom-Aksel Bedell in the small blind and Petre Ionescu in the big blind.

The flop came 8♣6♥9♥. Bedell checked, and Ionescu bet 180,000, leaving just 60,000 behind. Chilaud folded, but Bedell stayed in to see the 2♦ turn.

Both players checked the turn and the K♣ river, leading to a showdown.

Bedell revealed Q♣10♣ for a missed straight, but it was enough as Ionescu mucked, leaving himself short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom-Aksel Bedell	3,400,000 300,000	300,000

Maxime Chilaud	1,525,000 10,000	10,000
Petre Ionescu	60,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Maxime Chilaud Petre Ionescu Tom-Aksel Bedell

10-10-2025 16:08 UTC+1

Giuseppe Spitale Eliminated in 24th Place (€22,250)

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Calum Grant

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

Juan Pardo raised to 40,000 and Pierre Chevalier called on his direct left. Roman Stoica and Giuseppe Spitale came along from the button and the big blind.

The action checked to Stoica on the 9♥8♣6♥ flop, and he bet 60,000. Spitale check-raised to 225,000, leaving 275,000 behind. Pardo clicked it up to 500,000, forcing out Chevalier and Stoica. Spitale called all in for his tournament life and the cards were tabled.

Giuseppe Spitale: 9♦6♣ All in
Juan Pardo: 10♠7♠

Pardo flopped the joint and had the nuts while Spitale had two pair. The 3♥ turn and 7♥ river failed to save Spitale and he exited in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	3,300,000 825,000	825,000
Pierre Chevalier	975,000 35,000	35,000
Roman Stoica	880,000 170,000	170,000

Giuseppe Spitale	Busted

Tags: Giuseppe Spitale Juan Pardo Pierre Chevalier Roman Stoica

10-10-2025 16:16 UTC+1

Petre Ionescu Eliminated in 23rd Place (€25,600)

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Maxime Taldir

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

Petre Ionescu and his remaining 50,000 jammed from middle position and faced Tom Vogelsang who raised to 80,000 from the cutoff to make all the other players fold.

Petre Ionescu: A♥Q♠ All in
Tom Vogelsang: A♣5♣

Vogelsang flopped two pair on A♠4♦5♥7♥2♦ to send Ionescu to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	780,000 510,000	510,000
Petre Ionescu	Busted

Tags: Petre Ionescu Tom Vogelsang

10-10-2025 16:16 UTC+1

Nicola Spallanzani Eliminated in 22nd Place (€25,600)

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Frank Visser

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

Toni Kaukua upped the price to 40,000 in the hijack. It folded to the short-stacked Nicola Spallanzani in the big blind, who obliged with a call. Both players checked the K♠6♣5♥ flop, after which the A♠ appeared on the turn.

Spallanzani checked again before he moved in his 215,000 remaining chips after Kaukua bet 50,000. Kaukua instantly called, and the cards were revealed.

Nicola Spallanzani: 6♥5♦ All in
Toni Kaukua: A♥10♥

Spallanzani was in the lead with his flopped two pair, but the K♥ river counterfeited him. Kaukua's aces and kings won the pot, knocking Spallanzani out in 22nd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	2,880,000 240,000	240,000
Nicola Spallanzani	Busted

Tags: Nicola Spallanzani Toni Kaukua

10-10-2025 16:20 UTC+1

Heath Applies Maximum Pressure

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Maxime Taldir

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

Ben Heath opened from middle position and called Joao Tomas's three-bet from the hijack.

Both players checked a flop of 3♦8♥10♥ leading to the 5♣ turn where Heath bet 90,000. Tomas called.

On the J♥ river, Heath bet 360,000, keeping only 5,000 behind. Tomas went into the tank but folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	720,000 260,000	260,000
Joao Tomas	595,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Ben Heath Joao Tomas

10-10-2025 16:24 UTC+1

Faria Doubles as Calonge Four-Bet Bluffs

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Frank Visser

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

Under the gun, Adria Calonge made the minimum raise to 40,000. Luis Faria was on the button and three-bet to 100,000. Calonge was unimpressed and moved all in, seeing Faria snap him off to put himself at risk for 465,000.

Luis Faria: J♥J♣ All in
Adria Calonge: A♥4♥

The board ran out an uneventful Q♣10♦7♦9♠Q♥. Having faded the aces in the deck, Faria doubled up and overtook Calonge on the leaderboard.