The final two players are extremely deep. As such, they've opted to take a moment to talk numbers. Cards should be back in the air shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,135,000
1,595,000
|
1,595,000 |
|
||
|
9,370,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Hand #31: With the 
, Alen Bilic raised from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #32: Jaroslaw Sikora limped from the small blind with the 
and Niall Farrell exercised his option from the big with a raise to 240,000 with the 
. Sikora immediately moved all in for 1.585 million, and Farrell snap-called.
Sikora had major kicker issues, and the 
flop didn't do anything for him. The 
turn was a blank, and the 
river wound up being the last card Sikora would see in the EPT12 Malta Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Hand #30: Niall Farrell made it 175,000 from the button with 
and action was on the shorty in the small blind. Giulio Spampinato found 
and shoved for 675,000. Alen Bilic in the big blind woke up with 
and called rather quickly. Farrell laughed and instantly folded his hand.
Giulio Spampinato, surrounded by his friends and family, wished for an ace, but it wouldn't come. The board came 
and Spampinato was out in 4th place. His biggest score to date was winning the Big 55 online for $17,000, he improved on that here by quite a large margin, picking up �203,640.
The remaining 3 players are now guaranteed �265,840.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,280,000
1,020,000
|
1,020,000 |
|
|
8,540,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,685,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
Busted | |
Hand #28: Niall Farrell received a walk in the big blind with 
.
Hand #29: Alen Bilic opened for 175,000 with 
under the gun and he took down the blinds and antes.
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
The PokerStars Blog took a look at the path the final six took to reach the EPT Malta Final Table, check it out here.
The four remaining players are on their first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,705,000
1,675,000
|
1,675,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,260,000
665,000
|
665,000 |
|
|
1,755,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |
|
|
785,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Hand #27: Farrell looked down at the 
under the gun and raised to 130,000. Rainer Kempe then picked up the 
in the cutoff and three-bet to 300,000. Action folded back to Farrell and he paused for a few beats before moving all in. Not surprisingly, Kempe snap-called off.
Kempe, who became just the eighth player to make back-to-back EPT Main Event final tables (he finished fifth in the EPT12 Barcelona for �320,400), was in desperate need of a queen, but it never came as the board ran out 
.
With that, Kempe finished fifth in back-to-back EPT Main Events, this time for �161,340.
Hand #20: Alen Bilic, with just the displaying, made it 125,000 to go under the gun and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Alen Bilic received a walk in the big blind with 
so more blinds and antes for the man from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hand #22: Action folded to Bilic in the small blind and he raised to 155,000 with 
. Jaroslaw Sikora called from the big blind with 
. The flop came 
pairing no one. Bilic made a continuation bet of 175,000 and Sikora called. The 
on the turn was a blank and Bilic and Sikora both checked. The completed the board and Bilic fired 350,000 into the 710,000 pot. Sikora folded rather quickly, the bluff worked for Bilic who moved over the 8 million mark with that pot.
Hand #23: Farrell received a walk with 
in the big blind. "My button is broke[n]" Sikora said with a smile.
Hand #24: 
for Niall Farrell in the small blind and he raised to 180,000. Rainer Kempe folded from the big blind.
Hand#25: Niall Farrell raised to 125,000 from the button with 
and took down the blinds.
Hand #26: Jaroslaw Sikora raised to 125,000 under the gun with the 
and Alen Bilic defended from the big blind with the to see a flop of , which both players checked. When the 
appeared on the turn, Bilic bet 155,000 and Sikora released.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,595,000 | |
|
|
7,030,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,380,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
1,455,000 | |
|
|
1,045,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
