€5,300 Main Event
Day 5 Started
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,355,300
Entries
898
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
15
Players Left
5
Players Left 1 / 898
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The 2025 PokerStars European Poker Tour Malta Main Event is down to its final 15 players, and all eyes are on Norway’s Tom-Aksel Bedell, who bagged a massive chip lead after another dominant showing inside Casino Malta. Bedell ended Day 4 with 5,765,000, leaving him well ahead of his closest challengers Mykhailo Ostash (2,985,000) and Toni Kaukua (2,625,000) when play resumes at 12 p.m. local time.
End of Day 4 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 5,765,000 | 192 |
| 2 | Mykhailo Ostash | Ukraine | 2,985,000 | 100 |
| 3 | Toni Kaukua | Finland | 2,625,000 | 88 |
| 4 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 2,495,000 | 83 |
| 5 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 2,320,000 | 77 |
| 6 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 2,265,000 | 76 |
| 7 | Longmao Fan | China | 1,820,000 | 61 |
| 8 | Adria Calonge | Spain | 1,750,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Joao Tomas | Portugal | 1,095,000 | 36 |
| 10 | Luis Faria | Portugal | 1,080,000 | 36 |
| 11 | Tomasz Brzezinski | Poland | 985,000 | 33 |
| 12 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 845,000 | 28 |
| 13 | David Tous | Spain | 410,000 | 14 |
| 14 | Maxime Chilaud | France | 275,000 | 9 |
| 15 | Alessandro Barone | Italy | 230,000 | 8 |
Day 4 started quickly, with multiple eliminations in the first levels. Pierre Chevalier went out in 20th place after a dramatic series of all-ins, while Tom Vogelsang fell in 17th after his pocket kings were crushed by Bedell’s king-queen of hearts on a heart-heavy flop. Vogelsang needed runner-runner outs but was drawing dead on the turn, as Bedell calmly collected the massive pot, remarking only, “I like my hearts.”
The action slowed as the field thinned, but a few late eliminations ensured the final 15 were set. The day ended with Ben Heath (2,320,000), Juan Pardo (2,495,000), Adrian Mateos (845,000), and the rest of the surviving players locking in positions and securing at least €38,950, while the €760,000 top prize remains within reach for those chasing the title.
Behind Bedell, the leaderboard features a mix of experience and high-stakes talent. Ostash, Kaukua, Pardo, Heath, Boika, and Mateos all remain in contention, with stacks ranging from Bedell’s 192 big blinds down to Alessandro Barone’s 8. The trio of Pardo, Heath, and Mateos alone have combined live earnings of over $100 million, and each will be looking to close the gap on the runaway leader.
Aliaksei Boika, the 2016 EPT Malta champion, is also still alive, hoping to pull off a rare repeat almost a decade later. With so much talent at the tables, today promises plenty of swings, from big pots to sudden eliminations.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €760,000 | 7 | €118,650 |
| 2 | €474,650 | 8 | €91,250 |
| 3 | €339,000 | 9 | €70,250 |
| 4 | €260,750 | 10-11 | €56,050 |
| 5 | €200,550 | 12-13 | €46,750 |
| 6 | €154,250 | 14-15 | €38,950 |
Play resumes at 12 p.m. local time, with blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. The plan for Day 5 is to play down to six players, setting the stage for Sunday’s final table, where the transition to a hands-per-level format is expected.
Stay locked in with PokerNews for all live updates, big hands, and eliminations as the race for the EPT Malta title continues, reporting on a 30-minute delay to stay aligned with the live stream.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The 15 remaining contenders for the EPT Malta title have taken their seats, and the cards are in the air for the penultimate day of the Main Event.
Updates will follow on a 30-minute delay.
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
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Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Alessandro Barone limped in from the small blind. Juan Pardo eyed his opponent's stack in the big blind before he checked his option.
Both players checked the K♣Q♠2♦ flop as well as the 10♦ turn. Barone then fired 75,000 on the 5♣ river. Pardo used one time bank before he tossed in a call.
Barone tabled J♠9♠ for a straight, and Pardo's cards disappeared in the muck in the defeat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,360,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
320,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Joao Tomas opened to 60,000 second to act and Luis Faria called from the cutoff.
Faria called a bet of 75,000 on the K♥10♣8♣ flop but folded when Tomas sized up to 250,000 on the 6♦ turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,385,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
850,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Chip leader Tom-Aksel Bedell just took two pots in succession.
First he opened to K♥J♣ to an unconventional 100,000 from the hijack and took down the blinds. He looked down at A♥Q♠ on the next deal and did the same. Like before, the rest of the table folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,990,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
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Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Adrian Mateos limped in from the small blind and Mykhailo Ostash checked his option in the big blind.
Ostash called a bet of 30,000 on the Q♠J♦10♣ flop, bringing in the K♥ turn. Both players checked and the 4♦ completed the board.
Mateos bet 90,000 but was forced to fold his K♠J♥ as Ostash bumped it up to 250,000. It was the right fold as Ostash had A♠6♠ for Broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,140,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
|
635,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
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