2025 PokerStars EPT Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
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Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♣4♦
Prize
€631,632
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,355,300
Total Entries
898
Places Paid
135
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
15
Players Left
5
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Boika Battles Bedell

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Aliaksei Boika sat on the button and raised to 135,000. Tom-Aksel Bedell called in the big blind, after which he check-called Boika's bet of 120,000 on the 2♠8♥9♣ flop.

The 6♣ turn was quickly checked through to the Q♠ river. Bedell checked for a third time, after which Boika piled in a hefty bet of 450,000.

Bedell did not need long to find a call, but his 9♥7♠ was not enough to win against the A♥Q♣ of Boika, who had rivered a better pair.

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaTom-Aksel Bedell

Kaukua's Float Pays Off

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Toni Kaukua K♥Q♥ raised to 120,000 from middle position. Adria Calonge J♦10♣ called from the big blind.

Calonge made top pair on the J♥5♣4♠ flop, and check-raised to 260,000 over a bet of 85,000. Kaukua called with his overcards. His float was rewarded with the the Q♠ turn, and Calonge checked. Kaukua used a time bank and fired out 290,000. Calonge used a time bank of his before deciding to fold.

Tags: Adria CalongeToni Kaukua

Boika Sends Spicy Check-Raise

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Aliaksei Boika
Aliaksei Boika

Toni Kaukua raised to 120,000 in the hijack with 7♠7♣. Aliaksei Boika defended Q♠J♠ in the big blind before he checked the 5♠4♥9♦ flop over to Kaukua.

The Finn continued with a bet of 110,000, but Boika responded with a raise to 330,000. Undeterred, Kaukua called to the 10♣ turn. However, when Boika fired a second barrel of 500,000, Kaukua quickly mucked his pocket pair.

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaToni Kaukua

Flush for Pardo

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tomasz Brzezinski J♠8♠ raised to 150,000 from the cutoff. Toni Kaukua A♣Q♥ and Juan Pardo 10♣9♣ called from the button and big blind.

Kaukua paired up on the K♠Q♣9♦ flop, which checked through to the J♣ turn. Pardo improved to a straight, and then sealed the check mark with a flush as the 2♣ river came in after all three players checked.

It checked through to showdown and Pardo took the pot.

Tags: Juan PardoTomasz BrzezinskiToni Kaukua

Kaukua Turns Odds to Double Up

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Toni Kaukua
Toni Kaukua

Tom-Aksel Bedell raised his button to 125,000, seeing Toni Kaukua move all in for 1,060,000 in the big blind. Bedell quickly called to put Kaukua at risk.

Toni Kaukua: A♥J♥ All in
Tom-Aksel Bedell: A♦K♣

Kaukua hit a jack on the 9♥2♠8♦J♦ to reverse the lead in his favor. The 8♥ river did nothing to change the hand, and Kaukua doubled up to a stack of over 35 big blinds.

Tags: Tom-Aksel BedellToni Kaukua

Trips for Ostash

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Mykhailo Ostash A♦7♥ raised to 120,000 from the hijack. Adria Calonge J♥10♥ and Tomasz Brzezinski 8♦8♠ called from the button and big blind.

The A♣A♥10♠ flop checked through 6♥ turn. Ostash bet 300,000 and only Calonge called. Ostash, with trips, fired out 650,000 and Calonge called with his pair of tens to lose the 2,350,000 pot.

Tags: Adria CalongeMykhailo OstashTomasz Brzezinski

Joao Tomas Eliminated in 9th Place (€70,250)

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Joao Tomas
Joao Tomas

Aliaksei Boika made it 120,000 to go in the cutoff, to which Joao Tomas responded with a three-bet to 380,000 in the small blind. Boika clicked it back to 640,000, after which Tomas five-bet jammed all in for 1,760,000.

Boika snap-called his opponent, covering him by a single big blind.

Joao Tomas: Q♠Q♥ All in
Aliaksei Boika: A♠K♠

Tomas remained ahead on the 7♣3♣8♦ flop and 10♦ turn. Boika had six outs remaining in the deck to hit on the river, and the A♣ was one of them, providing a classic case of a "Barry Greenstein."

The eliminated Tomas stood up and took his leave, being the first to depart from the final table.

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaBarry GreensteinJoao Tomas

Boika’s Trips Best Bedell

Sava Krink
Sava Krink
Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell opened from middle position with K♠9♠ and found a caller in Aliaksei Boika, who defended his big blind with A♦Q♠.

Both players checked through the J♣Q♦Q♣ flop.

Boika then took the lead on the 4♣ turn, betting 165,000, and Bedell made the call.

The river brought the 9♣, giving Bedell a pair, but Boika fired again for 60,000. Bedell called, only to see Boika table his trip queens to scoop the pot.

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaTom-Aksel Bedell

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Brzezinski Flats Ace-King Again

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Joao Tomas raised to 100,000 in the hijack with 9♣8♥. Tom-Aksel Bedell three-bet his K♠8♠ to 325,000 in the cutoff, which Tomasz Brzezinski cold-called on the button with A♣K♣.

Tomas also wanted to come along to a flop, and called for the dealer to fan A♥10♠6♠. Bedell continued for 225,000, being called by Brzezinski before Tomas check-folded.

The Q♣ turn was then checked by both Bedell and Brzezinski, after which the 4♣ fell on the river. Bedell gave up on the pot, check-folding to Brzezinski's bet of 750,000

Tags: Joao TomasTom-Aksel BedellTomasz Brzezinski

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