Alberto Cigliano raised to 225,000 from early position, then all the other players folded to Luca Topazio who defended from the big blind.
Both of them checked a K♦7♦9♦ flop leading to the 3♥ turn. Topazio led out for 100,000 but Cigliano raised to 400,000 to make him fold.
Level: 27
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Aleksandar Georgiev opened from early position. Christoffer Jensen to his left moved all-in for 2,620,000, then Georgiev asked for a count and called.
Christoffer Jensen: Q♣Q♥ 
Aleksandar Georgiev: A♦K♥
Jensen's queens held on 6♥8♥10♦J♦5♦, so he clenched his fist as he secured a double-up.
Luca Topazio opened to 200,000 from early position and was called once, but a continuation bet on Q♦2♠A♠ was enough to make his opponent fold.
In the next hand, he raised again from under the gun but only scooped the blinds.
Alberto Cigliano then opened to 200,000 from early position and was called by Matteo Ricco in the cutoff while Topazio defended from the big blind.
All three players checked a flop of 9♣J♣7♠ leading to the 7♦ where Topazio bet 425,000. Both of his opponents folded.
In one of the first hands of the day, Luca Topazio opened to 200,000 from middle position but Vitali Bibik in the hijack three-bet to 600,000.
Topazio called and both players checked all the way through a board of 9♥8♣Q♣4♣J♦.
Topazio revealed 5♥4♥ for a pair. Bibik wanted to show his cards as well but realized that he didn't have the winning hand so he mucked it.
Cards are in the air on Day 3 of the WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event.
One elimination is needed to begin the live stream.
Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Who will win the €1,500 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Casino Malta and take home the €200,000 first-place prize from a €1,115,451 prize pool? That question will be answered this Sunday, as only nine players remain from a field of 879 entries to play the final table.
Of those nine players, Radoslaw Kopec has already reached the final table of a WSOP Circuit Main Event, finishing runner-up in Middelkerke last year. He'll start the final day as the chip leader with 8,200,000, ahead of Matteo Ricco (6,900,000) and Luca Topazio (6,700,000), who nearly bagged the exact same stack.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas van den Belt | Netherlands | 4,300,000 | 43 |
| 2 | Luca Topazio | Italy | 6,700,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Vitali Bibik | Poland | 3,700,000 | 37 |
| 4 | Alberto Cigliano | Italy | 4,300,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Georgiev | Bulgaria | 4,500,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Christoffer Jensen | Denmark | 3,200,000 | 32 |
| 7 | Radoslaw Kopec | Poland | 8,200,000 | 82 |
| 8 | Matteo Ricco | Italy | 6,900,000 | 69 |
| 9 | Nicola Bordignon | Italy | 2,200,000 | 22 |
Aleksandar Georgiev (4,500,000) follows, alongside Alberto Cigliano (4,300,000), who doubled twice in a row, and Lucas van den Belt (4,300,000).
Vitali Bibik (3,700,000) and Day 1b chip leader Christoffer Jensen (3,200,000) are also in contention for the ring, as is Nicola Bordignon (2,200,000), who bagged the shortest stack of all but is still in the hunt.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time this Sunday, October 4, with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. Levels will still be 60 minutes long until a winner is crowned. But before that happens, the nine finalists have already secured €14,191.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €200,000 |
| 2 | €125,000 |
| 3 | €85,000 |
| 4 | €60,000 |
| 5 | €43,000 |
| 6 | €31,000 |
| 7 | €23,000 |
| 8 | €17,300 |
| 9 | €14,191 |
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