2018 Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 Malta Poker Festival

Final Results
Winner
Emanuele Onnis
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€662,510
Entries
1,366
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
40,000

Who Will Make the Money in the Grand Event of the Malta Poker Festival?

Cards & Chips
Cards & Chips

Day 2 of the €550 Grand Event of the Malta Poker Festival is here and starts at 1 PM local time in the middle of the Portomaso Marina, right here in the Portomaso Casino in St Julians. The three starting days collected 1,366 entries in total, easily smashing the €500,000 guaranteed prize pool that was advertised. Out of all those entries, 260 players will return to the felt today.

Leading all those players in the chip counts is the Day 1A chip leader, Ondrej Jakubcik with 462,000 which equals 116 big blinds. He is followed by the Day 1C head honcho, Laurens Van De Sype who bagged 334,500 only a few hours ago. Third in chips is Domenico Gala who found 329,000 in chips by the end of the night on Day 1B.

Grand Event Day 2 Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
15452,0004,000500
16452,5005,000500
17453,0006,0001,000
Break20   
18454,0008,0001,000
19455,00010,0001,000
20456,00012,0002,000
Break20   
21458,00016,0002,000
224510,00020,0003,000
234512,00024,0003,000
Break75   
244515,00030,0004,000
254520,00040,0005,000
264525,00050,0005,000

Day 2 should be a shorter day than the previous ones as there are 12 levels of 45 minutes each scheduled with a 20-minute break after every 3 levels. Another 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after the 9th level of play today. The full prize pool details should be announced later today and another brand-new spectacular opening ceremony has been planned that will keep you on the edge of your seats.

Grand Event Schedule

DayDateStarting TimeLate RegEntriesSurvivorsFurther Information
1AThursday, November 114:00~21:303026475 minute-dinner break after Level 6
1BFriday, November 214:00~21:304517875 minute-dinner break after Level 6
1CSaturday, November 314:00~21:3061311875 minute-dinner break after Level 6
2Sunday, November 413:00N/A1,36626220-minute breaks and 75-minute dinner break after Level 23
3Monday, November 514:00N/A--20-minute breaks and 75-minute dinner break after Level 35
4Tuesday, November 614:00N/Atba-Play down to a champion

Make sure to come back at 1 PM local time to see who will make the money as the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all the action from the floor!

Tags: Domenico GalaLaurens Van De SypeOndrej Jakubcik

Seat Draw By Tables

TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
11Chen Keren91,00023
12Vladimir Jefimov52,50013
13Karl Strandberg116,50029
14Kenneth Johansen44,00011
15Elio Caferro155,00039
16Jonathan Walker8,6002
17Clint Sammut139,00035
18Potito Martire116,00029
     
21Cristian Dragomir150,00038
22Federico Montealegre49,50012
23Fabio Assennato90,50023
24Israel Avraham286,00072
25Luca Moschitta53,50013
26Mats Palm66,50017
27Roy Even84,50021
28Alfonso Amendola110,00028
     
31Jona Wilsmsmann226,00057
32Michal Wilczynski200,00050
33Pawel Zawadowicz31,0008
34Nadav Lipszyc222,00056
35Idan Levy108,00027
36Giuseppe Di Mauro200,00050
37Eyal Shlomo Pearl103,00026
38[Removed:155]173,50043
     
41Ivica Blazevic123,00031
42Joe McIlvenny171,50043
43Domenico Gala329,00082
44Chen Carmin75,00019
45Marcin Puczylowski43,50011
46Claudio Pagano317,00079
47Jonas Broden164,50041
48[Removed:257]118,00030
     
51Fares Shehadeh208,50052
52Shmuel Madar92,00023
53Giovanni Grella142,50036
54Aladin Mrkaljevic132,00033
55Vito Geruzzi69,00017
56Mickael Thomas128,50032
57Giuseppe Di Pietro80,00020
58Giuseppe Di Bella119,50030
     
61Bulent Sahin187,50047
62Maurizio Saieva190,00048
63Hwee Hua Loh105,00026
64Domenico Tortomasi76,00019
65Joseph Stoyles116,50029
66Jostein Grodum216,50054
67Daiva Byrne43,50011
68Brynja Sassoon111,00028
     
71Dario Comitini42,50011
72Christian Schneider114,50029
73Espen Engevik61,50015
74Ziv Noy72,00018
75Pascal Borkowski150,50038
76Mor Lybovich99,10025
77Luca Caravaglio156,50039
78Simon Underdal78,70020
     
81Andrea Stellato136,50034
82Zahi Bahar80,00020
83Shimon Hagay82,00021
84Jenny Israel130,50033
85Abi Naji83,00021
86Rob Mulder76,00019
87Kornelius Lien89,50022
88Nicko Christensen56,00014
     
91Christopher Convery88,50022
92Stuart Bell191,00048
93Howard Dave134,00034
94Yotam Bar-Yosef293,00073
95Andrea Vinci138,50035
96Eivind Dahle209,50052
97Murat Tulek216,00054
98Massimiliano Rosi134,00034
     
101Pedro Monteiro175,00044
102Vytenis Salickas289,00072
103Daragh Davey180,00045
104Eyal Bensimhon122,00031
105Maurizio Romano119,00030
106Willy Flora169,50042
107Nicolaj D'Antoni272,00068
108David Irwin61,00015
     
111Adam Davies116,50029
112Sergio Castelluccio76,50019
113Steven Iglesias89,50022
114Ronny Voth89,50022
115Isvi Cohen96,00024
116Tim O'Keefe255,50064
117Jakub Chludzinski70,00018
118Colin Lovelock77,00019
     
121Yanko Krushkov109,50027
122Kashi Kambiz200,50050
123Idan Raz253,00063
124William Fogarty211,00053
125Johan Sundqvist56,00014
126Claudio Pinazzo52,50013
127William Mancini101,00025
128Lukas Albrechtsen-Bittner181,50045
     
131Alessandro Furneri207,00052
132Giovanni Piccione259,00065
133Andrea Masenadore178,00045
134Borge Dypvik241,50060
135Martijn Kingma132,00033
136Tzafrir Zanzuri227,50057
137Joao De Brito Goncalves65,50016
138Leny Baha167,00042
     
141Santina Spedalieri67,00017
142Serdar Demircan300,00075
143Laurens Van De Sype334,50084
144Giuseppe Palmisano77,00019
145MaximeCanevet55,00014
146Rafal Lubczynski184,00046
147Diego Rosano223,50056
148Avi Zur91,00023
     
151Mark Adams62,50016
152Johan Lindqvist101,00025
153Ofer Wexler68,00017
154Carl Redemo61,50015
155Geir Berland100,00025
156Thomas Lamatsch84,50021
157Lars Berglund91,50023
158Ambroise De La Gorce150,00038
     
161Alessandro Siena203,00051
162Paris Fernandez72,00018
163Ondrej Jakubcik462,000116
164Sergio Benso150,00038
165Monika Zukowicz268,50067
166Matteo Impagliatelli116,00029
167Stanislav Zegal77,00019
168Paul Romain98,00025
     
171Gil Zemer104,50026
172Linda Nguyen122,50031
173Colin Good76,00019
174Markus Alex191,00048
175Zion Shamay260,00065
176Michal Wisniewski163,50041
177Petter Kristiansen87,00022
178Claudine Chaaya90,50023
     
181Barry Smyth133,00033
182Yoav Scheiman162,50041
183David Nir232,00058
184Alessio Lucciarini83,50021
185Salvatore Prado54,00014
186Andre Scerri100,00025
187Itay Itzhaky86,50022
188Gary Banks199,50050
     
191Marcus Borg68,50017
192Andre Henning115,00029
193Thomas Lind42,50011
194Nicholas Banks159,50040
195Andrea Sebastiani84,50021
196Daniel Reeves154,00039
197Adda Dor144,50036
198Giovanni Petroni100,00025
     
201Lukas Podzemsky76,00019
202Andre Grech81,50020
203Thomas Waldow101,00025
204Fabrizio Privetera92,00023
205Paolo Elmo86,50022
206David Carrasco57,50014
207Alfonso Palmisano130,00033
208Francesco Cortorillo132,00033
     
211Muhamet Perati113,50028
212Itai Wisssotzky28,0007
213David Shimon128,00032
214Alessandro Pichierri257,00064
215John Forsman229,00057
216Haim Gabso47,00012
217Mark Vella114,50029
218Sebastian Benta150,00038
     
221Traian Bostan191,50048
222Andy Hills254,00064
223Reinhard Meusburger51,50013
224Rafal Skrzypnik76,50019
225Espen Saltnes187,50047
226Salvatore Ritrovato204,50051
227Tobby Drimer251,50063
228Giovanna Dimartino174,50044
     
231Enrico Grella103,30026
232Fabian Gumz102,50026
233Gaetano Brignone126,50032
234Fabio Bersacchi118,50030
235Haim Hotzen149,00037
236Oscar Pettersson140,00035
237Michael Jesse100,00025
238Giovanni Salvatore216,00054
     
241William Holderness128,00032
242Daniel Stacey41,50010
243Luigi D'Alterio226,50057
244Daniele Sacchi112,00028
245Timmy Passenier37,0009
246Ivan Tripkovic101,00025
247Omri Zaidman143,50036
248Mikko Vaisanen52,50013
     
251Massimiliano Santangelo85,00021
252Nissim Saad120,50030
253Giovanni Palma65,00016
254Lior Afllalo202,50051
255Maurizio Fisicaro229,50057
256Pasquale Gregorio173,50043
257Samuel Goje92,50023
258Stefan Deutsch46,50012
     
261Phil Pearson264,50066
262Nicolas Proust255,00064
263Zbigniew Dolzblasz68,50017
264Netzer Shoshani147,00037
265Daniele Grasso65,50016
266Gabriele Re158,00040
267Giuseppe Ruocco171,00043
268Marco Marinacci84,00021
     
271Simon Goldthorpe177,00044
272Ignazio Ciccarello59,00015
273Espen Uhlen Jorstad85,50021
274Norris Harvey97,50024
275Giulio Di Salvo37,5009
276Jo Fisher53,50013
277Karl Ellingsson83,00021
278Ivan Kirilov249,50062
     
281Benjamin Bashforth130,00033
282Francesco Reina74,00019
283Dario Amato178,50045
284Daniel Lakerveid62,00016
285Leonardo Parmiggiani61,50015
286Flaviano Cammisuli109,00027
287Sandor Leitenroth83,00021
288Matthew Marcus209,00052
     
291Marko Cosic209,00052
292Anar Brave67,50017
293Tsvetelina Pavlova88,50022
294Jonas Johansson165,00041
295Ronald de Jong82,00021
296Michael Ibba292,00073
297Emanuele Napolitano320,50080
298Ilana Belski64,00016
     
302Shimon Banaim139,00035
303Uri Gilboa106,50027
304Yossi Matok143,00036
305Simon Zaki158,50040
306Federico Petruzzelli191,50048
307Andrew Corbin68,00017
308Giuseppe Passalacqua69,00017
     
312Ofer Golko107,00027
313Arunas Garunkstis107,50027
314Dmitry Pavlov112,00028
315Linda Tuiten22,5006
316Steponas Venckus83,50021
317Kalle Gasstorp96,50024
318Michel Vat127,00032
     
321Erik Bjordal157,50039
323Karl Andersson139,50035
324Christoph Friess152,00038
325James Clark107,50027
326Frederik Klein184,50046
327Sture Busch124,00031
328Stephan Kalhamer65,00016
     
332Craig Simpson131,50033
333Miles Saacks35,5009
334Piero Compagnoni145,00036
335Katharine Arnsby114,00029
336Thomas Emter112,00028
337Emanuele Onnis222,50056
338Shanmugasunqapam Jeyamohan109,50027

Seat Draw By Chip Count

TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
163Ondrej Jakubcik462,000116
143Laurens Van De Sype334,50084
43Domenico Gala329,00082
297Emanuele Napolitano320,50080
46Claudio Pagano317,00079
142Serdar Demircan300,00075
94Yotam Bar-Yosef293,00073
296Michael Ibba292,00073
102Vytenis Salickas289,00072
24Israel Avraham286,00072
107Nicolaj D'Antoni272,00068
165Monika Zukowicz268,50067
261Phil Pearson264,50066
175Zion Shamay260,00065
132Giovanni Piccione259,00065
214Alessandro Pichierri257,00064
116Tim O'Keefe255,50064
262Nicolas Proust255,00064
222Andy Hills254,00064
123Idan Raz253,00063
227Tobby Drimer251,50063
278Ivan Kirilov249,50062
134Borge Dypvik241,50060
183David Nir232,00058
255Maurizio Fisicaro229,50057
215John Forsman229,00057
136Tzafrir Zanzuri227,50057
243Luigi D'Alterio226,50057
31Jona Wilsmsmann226,00057
147Diego Rosano223,50056
337Emanuele Onnis222,50056
34Nadav Lipszyc222,00056
66Jostein Grodum216,50054
97Murat Tulek216,00054
238Giovanni Salvatore216,00054
124William Fogarty211,00053
96Eivind Dahle209,50052
291Marko Cosic209,00052
288Matthew Marcus209,00052
51Fares Shehadeh208,50052
131Alessandro Furneri207,00052
226Salvatore Ritrovato204,50051
161Alessandro Siena203,00051
254Lior Afllalo202,50051
122Kashi Kambiz200,50050
36Giuseppe Di Mauro200,00050
32Michal Wilczynski200,00050
188Gary Banks199,50050
221Traian Bostan191,50048
306Federico Petruzzelli191,50048
174Markus Alex191,00048
92Stuart Bell191,00048
62Maurizio Saieva190,00048
61Bulent Sahin187,50047
225Espen Saltnes187,50047
326Frederik Klein184,50046
146Rafal Lubczynski184,00046
128Lukas Albrechtsen-Bittner181,50045
103Daragh Davey180,00045
283Dario Amato178,50045
133Andrea Masenadore178,00045
271Simon Goldthorpe177,00044
101Pedro Monteiro175,00044
228Giovanna Dimartino174,50044
38[Removed:155]173,50043
256Pasquale Gregorio173,50043
42Joe McIlvenny171,50043
267Giuseppe Ruocco171,00043
106Willy Flora169,50042
138Leny Baha167,00042
294Jonas Johansson165,00041
47Jonas Broden164,50041
176Michal Wisniewski163,50041
182Yoav Scheiman162,50041
194Nicholas Banks159,50040
305Simon Zaki158,50040
266Gabriele Re158,00040
321Erik Bjordal157,50039
77Luca Caravaglio156,50039
15Elio Caferro155,00039
196Daniel Reeves154,00039
324Christoph Friess152,00038
75Pascal Borkowski150,50038
164Sergio Benso150,00038
218Sebastian Benta150,00038
158Ambroise De La Gorce150,00038
21Cristian Dragomir150,00038
235Haim Hotzen149,00037
264Netzer Shoshani147,00037
334Piero Compagnoni145,00036
197Adda Dor144,50036
247Omri Zaidman143,50036
304Yossi Matok143,00036
53Giovanni Grella142,50036
236Oscar Pettersson140,00035
323Karl Andersson139,50035
302Shimon Banaim139,00035
17Clint Sammut139,00035
95Andrea Vinci138,50035
81Andrea Stellato136,50034
93Howard Dave134,00034
98Massimiliano Rosi134,00034
181Barry Smyth133,00033
208Francesco Cortorillo132,00033
135Martijn Kingma132,00033
54Aladin Mrkaljevic132,00033
332Craig Simpson131,50033
84Jenny Israel130,50033
281Benjamin Bashforth130,00033
207Alfonso Palmisano130,00033
56Mickael Thomas128,50032
213David Shimon128,00032
241William Holderness128,00032
318Michel Vat127,00032
233Gaetano Brignone126,50032
327Sture Busch124,00031
41Ivica Blazevic123,00031
172Linda Nguyen122,50031
104Eyal Bensimhon122,00031
252Nissim Saad120,50030
58Giuseppe Di Bella119,50030
105Maurizio Romano119,00030
234Fabio Bersacchi118,50030
48[Removed:257]118,00030
111Adam Davies116,50029
65Joseph Stoyles116,50029
13Karl Strandberg116,50029
166Matteo Impagliatelli116,00029
18Potito Martire116,00029
192Andre Henning115,00029
72Christian Schneider114,50029
217Mark Vella114,50029
335Katharine Arnsby114,00029
211Muhamet Perati113,50028
336Thomas Emter112,00028
314Dmitry Pavlov112,00028
244Daniele Sacchi112,00028
68Brynja Sassoon111,00028
28Alfonso Amendola110,00028
338Shanmugasunqapam Jeyamohan109,50027
121Yanko Krushkov109,50027
286Flaviano Cammisuli109,00027
35Idan Levy108,00027
325James Clark107,50027
313Arunas Garunkstis107,50027
312Ofer Golko107,00027
303Uri Gilboa106,50027
63Hwee Hua Loh105,00026
171Gil Zemer104,50026
231Enrico Grella103,30026
37Eyal Shlomo Pearl103,00026
232Fabian Gumz102,50026
152Johan Lindqvist101,00025
127William Mancini101,00025
246Ivan Tripkovic101,00025
203Thomas Waldow101,00025
155Geir Berland100,00025
237Michael Jesse100,00025
198Giovanni Petroni100,00025
186Andre Scerri100,00025
76Mor Lybovich99,10025
168Paul Romain98,00025
274Norris Harvey97,50024
317Kalle Gasstorp96,50024
115Isvi Cohen96,00024
257Samuel Goje92,50023
52Shmuel Madar92,00023
204Fabrizio Privetera92,00023
157Lars Berglund91,50023
11Chen Keren91,00023
148Avi Zur91,00023
178Claudine Chaaya90,50023
23Fabio Assennato90,50023
113Steven Iglesias89,50022
87Kornelius Lien89,50022
114Ronny Voth89,50022
91Christopher Convery88,50022
293Tsvetelina Pavlova88,50022
177Petter Kristiansen87,00022
205Paolo Elmo86,50022
187Itay Itzhaky86,50022
273Espen Uhlen Jorstad85,50021
251Massimiliano Santangelo85,00021
27Roy Even84,50021
156Thomas Lamatsch84,50021
195Andrea Sebastiani84,50021
268Marco Marinacci84,00021
184Alessio Lucciarini83,50021
316Steponas Venckus83,50021
277Karl Ellingsson83,00021
287Sandor Leitenroth83,00021
85Abi Naji83,00021
295Ronald de Jong82,00021
83Shimon Hagay82,00021
202Andre Grech81,50020
82Zahi Bahar80,00020
57Giuseppe Di Pietro80,00020
78Simon Underdal78,70020
118Colin Lovelock77,00019
144Giuseppe Palmisano77,00019
167Stanislav Zegal77,00019
112Sergio Castelluccio76,50019
224Rafal Skrzypnik76,50019
173Colin Good76,00019
86Rob Mulder76,00019
201Lukas Podzemsky76,00019
64Domenico Tortomasi76,00019
44Chen Carmin75,00019
282Francesco Reina74,00019
162Paris Fernandez72,00018
74Ziv Noy72,00018
117Jakub Chludzinski70,00018
55Vito Geruzzi69,00017
308Giuseppe Passalacqua69,00017
191Marcus Borg68,50017
263Zbigniew Dolzblasz68,50017
307Andrew Corbin68,00017
153Ofer Wexler68,00017
292Anar Brave67,50017
141Santina Spedalieri67,00017
26Mats Palm66,50017
137Joao De Brito Goncalves65,50016
265Daniele Grasso65,50016
328Stephan Kalhamer65,00016
253Giovanni Palma65,00016
298Ilana Belski64,00016
151Mark Adams62,50016
284Daniel Lakerveid62,00016
73Espen Engevik61,50015
285Leonardo Parmiggiani61,50015
154Carl Redemo61,50015
108David Irwin61,00015
272Ignazio Ciccarello59,00015
206David Carrasco57,50014
88Nicko Christensen56,00014
125Johan Sundqvist56,00014
145MaximeCanevet55,00014
185Salvatore Prado54,00014
276Jo Fisher53,50013
25Luca Moschitta53,50013
12Vladimir Jefimov52,50013
126Claudio Pinazzo52,50013
248Mikko Vaisanen52,50013
223Reinhard Meusburger51,50013
22Federico Montealegre49,50012
216Haim Gabso47,00012
258Stefan Deutsch46,50012
14Kenneth Johansen44,00011
67Daiva Byrne43,50011
45Marcin Puczylowski43,50011
71Dario Comitini42,50011
193Thomas Lind42,50011
242Daniel Stacey41,50010
275Giulio Di Salvo37,5009
245Timmy Passenier37,0009
333Miles Saacks35,5009
33Pawel Zawadowicz31,0008
212Itai Wisssotzky28,0007
315Linda Tuiten22,5006
16Jonathan Walker8,6002

Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Ondrej Jakubcik cz
Ondrej Jakubcik
Day 1A Chip Leader
462,000
Laurens Van De Sype be
Laurens Van De Sype
Day 1C Chip Leader
334,500
Domenico Gala it
Domenico Gala
Day 1B Chip Leader
329,000
Emanuele Napolitano it
Emanuele Napolitano
320,500
Claudio Pagano it
Claudio Pagano
317,000
Serdar Demircan se
Serdar Demircan
300,000
Yotam Bar-Yosef il
Yotam Bar-Yosef
293,000
Michael Ibba it
Michael Ibba
292,000
Vytenis Salickas
Vytenis Salickas
289,000
Israel Avraham il
Israel Avraham
286,000
Nicolaj D'Antoni it
Nicolaj D'Antoni
272,000
Monika Zukowicz pl
Monika Zukowicz
268,500
Phil Pearson
Phil Pearson
264,500
Zion Shamay il
Zion Shamay
260,000
Giovanni Piccione it
Giovanni Piccione
259,000
Alessandro Pichierri it
Alessandro Pichierri
WSOP 1X Winner
257,000
Tim O'Keefe us
Tim O'Keefe
255,500
Nicolas Proust fr
Nicolas Proust
255,000
Andy Hills gb
Andy Hills
254,000
Idan Raz il
Idan Raz
253,000 253,000
Tobby Drimer il
Tobby Drimer
251,500 251,500
Ivan Kirilov
Ivan Kirilov
249,500
Borge Dypvik no
Borge Dypvik
Day 2 Chip Leader
241,500
David Nir il
David Nir
232,000 80,000
Maurizio Fisicaro it
Maurizio Fisicaro
229,500

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