4.57pm: Break timePlayers are actually on a 15-minute break. The remainder of the tournament update will happen on a brand new page here.

4.50pm: Huge turn for AbuladzeGeorgi Abuladze had led for 165,000 on a 4♥3♠7♥ flop before Nandor Solyom made it 394,000. Abuladze moved all in and Solyom snap-called.

Abuladze: J♥J♣Solyom: 3♦3♥

The turn was the J♦ to gasps from the table and the 7♠ made both players a whole house at the river. Abuladze moved as much as 2.5 million and Solyom dropped to 750,000.

4.27pm: Salvatore Ritrovato eliminated in 21st place (€7,200)Salvatore Ritrovato was all in preflop with A♥Q♣ against Ezio Nisoli's A♣J♠ and although there has been a queen at the flop, Nisoli made a straight at the river of the Q♦T♦7♦9♣K♦ board.

4.23pm: Steve O'Dwyer eliminated in 22nd place (€7,200)No luck this time for Steve O'Dwyer, his A♥K♠ was beaten by Georgios Zisimopoulos' K♥Q♥ all in preflop with the board coming 9♣Q♦K♦9♠6♠.

Steve O'Dwyer

4.18pm: Glenn Cymbaluk eliminated in 23rd place (€7,200)After getting crippled by Ezio Nisoli when the latter's flush draw beat his top pai. Glenn Cymbaluk was all in preflop and called in two spots.

Eventually Georgi Abuladze won the side pot with K♠Q♠ on a queen-high board and that was ok to overcome Cymbaluk's A♥T♠ as well.

4.13pm: Guy Bachar eliminated in 24th place (€6,100)Nicolino di Carlo opened to 85,000 preflop and was called by Flaviano Cammisuli before Guy Bachar moved all in for approximately 500,000 behind him. Di Carlo got a count but folded and Cammisuli made a rapid call.

Cammisuli: A♣Q♠Bachar: Q♣T♠

The board ran out K♦8♥A♦7♠4♠ and Bachar was knocked out in 24th.

4.02pm: Hiatullah busts in 25th placeSabina Hiatullah shoved for her last 320,000 preflop from late position and Jaroslaw Sikora called within the small blind.

Hiatullah: 8♣7♣Sikora: T♦T♠

The board came K♥K♦J♦3♥3♣ and Hiatullah was knocked out in 25th place. There may be now a redraw.

Sabina Hiatullah

3.58pm: Track wins monster flipA huge pot between Julian Track and Pierre Milan has ended with the elimination of the latter. The pot was for just about 3 milion in chips, all in preflop and the classic race.

Track: Q♠Q♦Milan: A♥K♠

The board came 8♥9♥J♥4♠T♦ and Track made a straight, he's got 4.3 million now. Martynas Miliasuskas has also been knocked out.

3.54pm: Botond bows outEureka4 Prague champion Balazs Botond shoved with 9♠7♠ just for JC Alverado to quickly call him with Q♣Q♠. The board came a scary 7♣T♦8♥K♣8♣ to eliminate the Hungarian player while Alvarado moves back as much as over a million.

3.50pm: Level 26 - 20,000/40,000 (5,000)The fourth level of the day has begun.

3.40pm: Ritrovato tanksMauro Tarantini opened to 60,000 preflop before Salvatore Ritrovato made it 142,000 at the button. Tarantini quickly responded by moving all in putting Ritrovato to the test. Both players were stuck within the position of getting to speak in English despite both being Italian. Eventually Jaroslaw Sikora called the clock. Ritrovato couldn't release his hand but didn't call, instead it became dead after a countdown.

3.30pm: D'ouble for D'UrselIgor D`Ursel keeps grinding his short stack, he's just doubled up another time to 450,000. D'Ursel found A♥A♦ against Nandor Solyom's 9♥9♦ and the previous hung on a 3♠J♠5♥3♥T♠ board. Solyom dropped to fifteen. million.

3.14pm: Double-doubleBryan Paris has doubled as much as 900,000 with A♦J♠ against Georgi Abuladze's K♠5♦ in a blind on blind battle. Elsewhere Martynas Miliasuskas doubled with ace-ten against Mauro Tarantini's threes, the Lithuanian player turned a straight to double to about 500,000.

The final four tables of IPT Malta

3.09pm: Track takes the leadI missed the action but Julian Track just took the chip lead. He won a sizeable pot from Georgios Zisimopoulos after the Greek player called at the river of a A♠6♠T♠8♦A♣ board. Track showed T♥T♦ and moved as much as 2.9 million while Zisimopoulos dropped to 1.9 million.

3.04pm: Chip leadersThe top five stacks on the break were as follows:

Jarowslaw Sikora - 2,515,000Julian Track - 2,500,000Georgios Zisimopoulos - 2,400,000Nicolino Di Carlo - 1,950,000Pierre Milan - 1,800,000

2.57pm: Reusch wins a flip against AlvaradoFrederik Reusch has doubled as much as around 450,000. He won a flip with 9♥9♦ against JC Alvarado's A♥Q♠ on an 8♣4♥4♣K♦6♥ board. Alvarado was left with around 900,000.

2.50pm: Level 25 - 15,000/30,000 (4,000)Play has restarted

2.35pm: Break timePlayers are on a 15-minute break.

2.30pm: Bust out; double-upOzgur Arda shoved his short stack in with J♣8♣, Ezio Nisoli reshoved with A♠T♣ and won on a 6♠3♥5♣A♥7♠ board.

Elsewhere Pierre Milan has doubled through Eshed Hadaya with A♦A♠ against J♣J♥, all in at the flop of a 3♣5♣5♠3♣5♦ board. Haday has about 1.8 million, Milan has 1.5 million.

2.18pm: Hedaya doing even betterIt's been an out of this world first two levels for Eshed Hadaya, he's just added much more to his stack with the elimination of Francesco Vitale. The Italian had three-bet all in with A♦9♠ and Hadaya quickly called with K♦K♠ to knock out Vitale on a 3♦8♥3♣5♠6♠ board. Just 30 players remain.

Balazs Botond and Eshed Hadaya

2.04pm: You were given the suitable tournament?One of the players from the IPT Malta Cup just appeared on table 1, complete with a chair so he could sit down, much to the bemusement of the opposite players.

"Sir, you are not on this tournament," said the dealer.

Quickly realising his mistake, the player ran off to search out his actual table and stack with laughs from the rest IPT players following him.

1.57pm: At the right TrackDay 1b chip leader Do Chung Tran is out, pushing A♥Q♦ into Julian Track's A♠K♦. The board came J♠9♦K♥4♠5♠ and Track now has around 2.3 million.

1.53pm: Lemaire outIt appears Eshed Hadaya has finished off Hugo Lemaire. I'm unsure where the money went in but Lemaire's A♣J♣ was no good against Hedaya's T♥T♦ on a J♦T♠4♥2♥A♥ board. Hadaya started out as one of the most shorter stacks and now could be some of the chip leaders with 1.85 million.

Mauro Tarantini

1.45pm: Brutal for SikoraOn the river of a 6♥6♦T♠4♥Q♠ board, Jaroslaw Sikora shoved all in and Mauro Tarantini called instantly for his last 500,000. Sikora showed 4♠4♦ for a turned full house but Tarantini showed T♥T♦ for a bigger, flopped full house.

1.35pm: Level 24 - 12,000/24,000 (3,000)The second level of the day has begun. 35 players remain.

1.32pm: Vitale left shortOn the turn of a 2♣T♥6♥3♥ board, there has been a gamble of 290,000 in front of Francesco Vitale and a big gamble of 143,000 next to EPT winner Julian Track. More importantly there has been a bit 'all-in' triangle next to Track's stack with the onus on Vitale. The Italian had the clock called him and ended up folding for his last 260,000 while Track moved as much as around 1.6 million.

Hugo Lemaire

1.22pm: Lemaire bluff failsOn the turn of a J♦A♥6♣7♦ board, Eshed Hadaya led out for 50,000 just for Hugo Lemaire to raiser to 165,000. Hedaya called and both players checked the 7♠ river. Hedaya showed Q♦J♠ and moved as much as 800,000 while Lemaire dropped to 600,000.

1.14pm: The top for RosiMassimiliano Rosi was knocked out after losing a flip with K♦J♦ to Jaroslaw Sikora's T♣T♠. The board coming 9♦3♠8♣A♠5♣. Sikora is easily over 1.5 million now.

1.07pm: Confusion for VitalePierre Milan opened to 42,000 preflop and Francesco Vitale put out of venture of 65,000 however the dealer made it a choice. A J♠A♠K♥ flop was dealt and Milan had bet 45,000, at which point the ground was called. The issue was that the 65,000 bet was in reality 50% greater than the initial raise of Milan and Vitale should've been forced to make a minimum reraise. However, with action now at the flop, the ground ruled that the hand needed to play out despite it being an error from the dealer.

As it stood, Vitale called the flop bet before folding to a different bet from the Frenchman at the 8♣ turn.

12.59pm: Raviv makes a large moveIdan Raviv have been knocked out, he four-bet all in with [A][7] against Klevis Pali's A♦J♣ and the board helped neither player coming 9♦5♦8♦T♣2♠. Pali now has about 850,000.

Wondered what an all-in physically seems like? Now you know

12.55pm: Maryska doubles through O'DwyerMichal Maryska just got very lucky against Steve O'Dwyer, the Czech player was all in with T♥T♣ against the Irishman's K♥K♠ and cracked the cowboys on a T♦4♥8♠5♣A♦ board. Maryska moved to over 1,000,000 in chips and O'Dwyer dropped to 800,000.

12.46pm: Koops eliminatedHendrik Koops, who briefly held the chip lead yesterday, have been knocked out after he lost a flip to PokerStars qualifier Sabina Hiatullah. Hiatullah held A♦K♣ to Koops' 8♠8♣ and the board came 9♦6♠T♥A♥2♥. Hiatullah is now over one million in chips. Fraser Macintyre has also been knocked out.

12.43pm: Hadaya flips wellEshed Esh Hadaya has doubled up, he pushed with 3♣3♦ over an initial raise from Flaviano Cammisuli. The chip leader called with A♦Q♥ but bricked out on an 8♥2♣4♠7♣2♥ board. Hadaya moved as much as 600,000 while Cammisuli dropped to two million.

12.30pm: Level 23 - 10,000/20,000 (3,000)The tournament is under way.

12.17pm: Welcome to Day 4 of IPT MaltaWith just 43 players remaining, it is time for the penultimate day of IPT Malta. Flaviano Cammisuli still leads with 2,362,000 prior to Balazs Botond, Steve O'Dwyer and Hugo Lemaire prior to others. Today the tournament will play right down to the overall table of eight players and I WILL BE following the action the entire option to finish.

Second in chips, Balazs Botond

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