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€1,500 WSOP-C Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2026 WSOP Circuit Malta
€1,500 WSOP-C Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 WSOP Circuit Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€1,115,451
Total Entries
879
Places Paid
134
Level
31
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
9
Players Left
1
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Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
For the first time ever, World Series of Poker Circuit rings were up for grabs at Casino Malta. In this festival organized by Texapoker, players from all around Europe didn't miss the opportunity to try to add a piece of jewelry to their collection. But after three days of play, the most coveted ring, the €1,500 WSOP Circuit Main Event ring, now belongs to Luca Topazio.
From a field of 879 entries, which generated a total prize pool of €1,115,451, he used his aggressive style of play to win the €200,000 first-place prize, as well as a €5,000 package for the next WSOP Paradise. During the final table, he battled especially hard against Radoslaw Kopec, who finished runner-up once again after already taking second place in the WSOP Circuit Middelkerke Main Event last year.
2026 WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event final table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Topazio | Italy | €200,000 |
| 2 | Radoslaw Kopec | Poland | €125,000 |
| 3 | Lucas van den Belt | Netherlands | €85,000 |
| 4 | Matteo Ricco | Italy | €60,000 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Georgiev | Bulgaria | €43,000 |
| 6 | Alberto Cigliano | Italy | €31,000 |
| 7 | Vitali Bibik | Poland | €23,000 |
| 8 | Christoffer Jensen | Denmark | €17,300 |
| 9 | Nicola Bordignon | Italy | €14,191 |
Winner's reaction
Sixteen years ago, Luca Topazio started his poker career with a €190,000 cash thanks to his victory in an Italian Poker Tour Main Event. This result remained his biggest score... until today. "I am very happy, I played a very good poker," translated a tournament director from Topazio's Italian. But even though the two results look quite similar in terms of prize money, the experience he gained in the years between them helped him go even further this time. "I am more mature now. I adapted my game to get this result," he added.
His game, judging from what he showed at the table, looked loose, but he was not afraid to attack at all. "My strategy as the chip leader was to make everyone short and to kill everyone," explained the professional poker player. This approach brought him the title today, as well as other strong results such as an 11th-place finish in the last EPT Barcelona Mystery Bounty.
Based on this success, Topazio now plans to play the Battle of Malta here at Casino Malta at the end of the month, followed by EPT Prague in December. And, of course, he will head to the Bahamas for WSOP Paradise, where he will try to take today's success to another level.
Final Table Action
With no player under 20 big blinds at the beginning of the final table, all nine finalists knew they had to be patient, but it didn't take long to see Christoffer Jensen being the first one to go all-in and double with queens through Aleksandar Georgiev's ace-king. A few hands later, Nicola Bordignon wasn't as lucky with fives and became the first player to be eliminated.
Now down to eight players, the live stream started, but Jensen eventually played another coin flip to survive. He didn't make it this time against Lucas van den Belt and took €17,300 for his eighth-place finish.
At the same time, Vitali Bibik managed to double up, and so did Georgiev thanks to a lucky runner-runner flush. They both remained the two shortest stacks, however, by the next break, after which Bibik was at risk again with queen-ten. Matteo Ricco had ace-seven and held to send the Polish player to the rail (7th - €23,000), then doubled up through Kopec.
Alberto Cigliano was hoping to double as well with king-queen, but ran into Van den Belt's aces to finish in sixth place (€31,000). Georgiev (5th - €43,000) suffered the same fate ten minutes later against eventual winner Topazio.
On top of the counts, Kopec was one card away from elimination but hit an ace on the river to double up and take the chip lead back. The same went for Topazio with ace-queen over ace-jack before Van den Belt bluffed him to make him fold aces and level up the stacks of the four remaining players.
Kopec eventually regained the lead by eliminating Ricco (4th - €60,000), and extended it even after he doubled Van den Belt. This didn't last long, however, as Topazio made a good hero call and then hit a full house. He also took Van den Belt's stack (3rd - €85,000) to start heads-up play with a 5:1 chip lead.
With such a big advantage, Topazio needed just two hands to end the tournament, hitting a full house to be crowned the 2026 WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event champion!
This concludes PokerNews' coverage of the WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event. The tour's journey with Texapoker continues this month with another stop at Casino Grand Via in Madrid from October 23 to November 2. They will then head to Middelkerke, Belgium, followed by Sanremo, Italy, in November.
PokerNews will, of course, be on site across Europe to follow all of these upcoming events!
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The 2026 WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event has a winner! From a field of 879 entries, Luca Topazio and his aggressive style took down the €200,000 first-place prize, along with his first WSOP Circuit ring and a €5,000 package for the next WSOP Paradise, after a short heads-up against Radoslaw Kopec (2nd - €125,000), against whom he battled hard throughout the final table.
2026 WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event final table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Topazio | Italy | €200,000 |
| 2 | Radoslaw Kopec | Poland | €125,000 |
| 3 | Lucas van den Belt | Netherlands | €85,000 |
| 4 | Matteo Ricco | Italy | €60,000 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Georgiev | Bulgaria | €43,000 |
| 6 | Alberto Cigliano | Italy | €31,000 |
| 7 | Vitali Bibik | Poland | €23,000 |
| 8 | Christoffer Jensen | Denmark | €17,300 |
| 9 | Nicola Bordignon | Italy | €14,191 |
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you the first reaction of the winner and a recap of today's action!
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After a short break, play resumed and Luca Topazio won a first hand. In the next hand, he jammed from the button and Radoslaw Kopec in the big blind called off his last 5,550,000.
Radoslaw Kopec: K♥J♦ 
Luca Topazio: 5♣3♣
Topazio flopped two pair on Q♠3♠Q♥, putting the WSOP Circuit ring within reach. The 3♦ turn followed by the 10♠ river sealed his victory, and he was crowned the 2026 WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event champion.
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Lucas van den Belt in the small blind jammed for 2,450,000 and Luca Topazio in the big blind called.
Lucas van den Belt: 3♦3♣
Luca Topazio: 5♥4♣
Topazio flopped a pair to take the lead on 8♣5♠10♦. Van den Belt needed a three to survive but he didn't find any with the 9♣ turn and the Q♠ river and was eliminated.
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Luca Topazio limped from the small blind with Q♦4♠ so Radoslaw Kopec checked his option with 7♥4♦ to discover a flop of 4♥Q♠K♥.
Topazio bet 350,000 and was called to hit a full house with the Q♣ turn. He fired a second barrel to 975,000 and Kopec called again.
The 10♦ landed on the river and Topazio bet 3,500,000. Kopec went deep into the tank for several minutes but folded.
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Luca Topazio limped from the small blind with A♣5♦, Radoslaw Kopec in the big blind raised to 925,000 with 10♦10♣ and Topazio called.
Kopec fired 600,000 on the 3♥A♠5♠ flop but Topazio check-raised to 2,000,000. Kopec made the call.
Topazio bet 2,000,000 more on the 3♠ turn. Kopec went into the tank and called again to see the 9♠ river.
Topazio checked. Kopec seized this opportunity to bet 6,000,000, but he was called by Topazio who won the pot with two pair.
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Radoslaw Kopec opened to 600,000 from the button with 10♥9♠ and Luca Topazio defended from the big blind with 4♥4♦.
Both players checked a flop of 9♥A♣Q♥ and the 8♥ turn to find the 4♣ river. Topazio led out for 1,600,000 so Kopec went into the tank.
Kopec called with the third pair but ran into Topazio's set and mucked his cards.
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Radoslaw Kopec jammed from the small blind and Lucas van den Belt in the big blind called to be at risk for 3,425,000.
Lucas van den Belt: 5♦5♠
Radoslaw Kopec: Q♦7♥
Van den Belt's pocket fives held on 3♠9♣2♠K♥K♣ and he doubled up.
Level 31
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Luca Topazio on the button opened to 625,000, then Radoslaw Kopec in the small blind three-bet to 1,800,000.
With A♣7♥, Topazio four-bet to 4,000,000. Kopec with K♦Q♦ moved all-in for 21,450,000, so Topazio went deep into the tank. He grabbed some chips but ultimately folded.
