€560 Main Event
Day 1ab Started
2024 EAPT Malta
€560 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
2024 EAPT Malta
Buy-in
€560
Prize Pool
€313,500
Entries
660
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
287
Players Left
43
€560 EAPT Malta Day 1a Kicks Off at Noon
For its last stop before the Grand Final during the Mediterranean Poker Party in Cyprus in May, the Eurasian Poker Tour (EAPT) settles in Malta, at Portomaso Casino.
The event started on Monday, April 5, with the €120 Flight to MPP, won last night by Italy's Lorenzo Di Blasi for €8,500 and a €5,000 Package to the EAPT Grand Final. But things are getting very serious today, Monday, April 8, with the launch of the €560 Main Event. Back in February, Antonio Puntas was the one who won the last EAPT tournament (€28,732), ahead of a field of 305 entrants.
EAPT Madrid Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Puntas | Spain | € 28,732* |
| 2 | Fernando Celdran | Spain | € 22,362* |
| 3 | Marius Moldoveanu | Romania | € 20,446* |
| 4 | Ionut Dragomir | Romania | € 16,735* |
| 5 | Manuel Ledesma | Spain | € 9,400 |
| 6 | Javier Romero | Spain | € 6,700 |
| 7 | Chadi Akremi | Tunisia | € 5,325 |
| 8 | Constantin Scrob | Spain | € 4,300 |
| 9 | Kai Fuong | Germany | € 3,500 |
*Denotes a four-way deal
Day 1a starts at noon and will be followed by Day 1b, which begins at 5 p.m. Players of Day 1a will receive 40,000 chips and play 40-minute levels, with the first level consisting of blinds at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 6 (approximately 4:30 p.m.), and in this €200,000 guaranteed event, every Day 1 will end when 15% remains. All players qualified for Day 2 will be in the money.
EAPT Malta Schedule
| Flight | Date | Local Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | Monday, April 8 | 12 p.m. |
| 1b | Monday, April 8 | 5 p.m. |
| 1 Turbo | Monday, April 8 | 9 p.m. |
| 1c | Tuesday, April 9 | 12 p.m. |
| 1d | Tuesday, April 9 | 5 p.m. |
| 1 Turbo | Monday, April 9 | 9 p.m. |
| Final Day | Wednesday, April 10 | 12 p.m. |
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air on Day 1a of the €560 EAPT Main Event.
Xydakis Makes Sanda Fold
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Georgios Xydakis opened to 500 from the cutoff, then called when Ionut Sanda on the button 3-bet to 1,500.
Sanda continued for 1,000 on the 8♥4♥3♦ flop and was called, but both players decided to check on the turn 7♣.
The 3♣ landed on the river, and Xydakis led out for 2,500. Sanda folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | |
|
38,000 |
Already a Big Pot for Karaminev
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Heads-up on a board of 7♦4♦A♣5♦9♥, approximately 33,000 chips were already in the pot when Kaloyan Karaminev in the hijack bet 12,000.
Marco Meisser on the button went into the tank, but eventually folded his cards, losing one a quarter of his stack after just a few hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000 | |
|
29,000 |
Two Pair for Gandolfo
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
After Sergio Gandolfo opened to 600 from under the gun, Pol Henk on the button was the only one to call.
Both players quickly checked the Q♠Q♥K♣ flop, leading to the 5♥ turn. Gandolfo bet 800, but Henk didn't back down and called.
On the 7♣ river, Gandolfo checked, and so did Henk who mucked his cards when Gandolfo revealed 8♦8♠ for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | |
|
38,000 |
Early Entrants
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
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40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
|
40,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Perron Takes a 4-Bet Pot
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Mats Karlsson opened to 800 from under the gun, but Yann Perron 3-bet to 2,500 from two seats over. All the other players folded to Karlsson, who 4-bet to 10,000. Perron seemed surprised, but called.
On a flop of K♦7♥6♣, Karlsson check-called for 6,000. But after he quickly checked again on the 2♣ turn, the Swedish player folded when Perron bet 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
20,000 |