€550 Grand Event Day 2 | 2019 The Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event

Day 2 Started

11-02-2019 12:59 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Francois Laurent	90,000	23
1	2	Killian Desnos	75,000	19
1	3	Hans Homner	304,000	76
1	4	Paolo Pinazzo	84,000	21
1	5	Ulf Carlsson	184,500	46
1	6	Giovanni Piccione	180,000	45
1	7	Adam Hari	90,000	23
1	8	Nicolaj D'Antoni	169,000	42

2	1	Edoardo Mancinelli	132,500	33
2	2	Jos ten Have	188,500	47
2	3	Frederick Field	96,500	24
2	4	Alf Martinsson	101,000	25
2	5	Colin Turnbull	172,500	43
2	6	Giada Fang	151,000	38
2	7	Christoforos Charvatis	82,500	21
2	8	Salvatore Patti	97,500	24

3	1	John Landells	145,500	36
3	2	Alon Arbitman	76,000	19
3	3	Jonathan Therme	119,000	30
3	4	Andre Sivertsen	199,000	50
3	5	Richard Rich	298,500	75
3	6	David Carter	59,500	15
3	7	Peter De Bruin	354,000	89
3	8	Terje Bremseth	223,500	56

4	1	Gianfranco Picone	53,000	13
4	2	Jacopo Achille	142,500	36
4	3	Michel Koenitz	196,000	49
4	4	Angelo Vietti	54,500	14
4	5	Marco La Grutta	30,000	8
4	6	Thomas Lind	303,000	76
4	7	Andre Scerri	142,500	36
4	8	Dennis Romeo	119,000	30

5	1	Bas de Laat	121,500	30
5	2	Massimiliano Rosi	123,500	31
5	3	Francesco Aru	106,500	27
5	4	Carmelo Rigano	95,000	24
5	5	Massimo Bruno	74,500	19
5	6	Robert Cohen	38,500	10
5	7	Jaroslaw Wolny	46,500	12
5	8	Quentin Lecomte	196,000	49

6	1	Roy Even	94,000	24
6	2	Pasquale Gregorio	294,000	74
6	3	Fares Shehadeh	124,500	31
6	4	Anders Karlsen	104,500	26
6	5	Ulf Ulvrell	63,500	16
6	6	Itzhak Nachmias	228,000	57
6	7	Hod Levy	313,000	78
6	8	Paolo Infantino	117,000	29

7	1	Stuart Bell	211,500	53
7	2	Tomas Sujeta	175,000	44
7	3	Christoph Ruck	163,500	41
7	4	Jens Gorgen	90,000	23
7	5	Mirko Cammisuli	102,000	26
7	6	Mantas Petrauskas	29,000	7
7	7	Willy Flora	24,000	6
7	8	Dario Comitini	480,000	120

8	1	Giulio Mascolo	149,000	37
8	2	Richard Sambron	51,500	13
8	3	Cristian Ciuperca	104,000	26
8	4	Domenico Gala	85,000	21
8	5	Luca Beretta	46,000	12
8	6	Borge Dypvik	213,000	53
8	7	Marco Fontanella	143,000	36
8	8	Marek Dolzblasz	229,000	57

9	1	Gary Armstrong	165,500	41
9	2	Anders Auset	233,500	58
9	3	Alan Kelleher	186,500	47
9	4	Andrea Melluzzo	73,000	18
9	5	Michal Janczarski	291,500	73
9	6	George Kerschbaumer	119,000	30
9	7	Leendert Marcus	276,000	69
9	8	Daniele Degennaro	186,500	47

10	1	Gerrit Blanckaert	50,000	13
10	2	Francesco Voltolina	38,500	10
10	3	Barny Boatman	275,000	69
10	4	Nicolas Courbin	234,000	59
10	5	Sofia Madsen	86,500	22
10	6	Paul Monaghan	176,000	44
10	7	Giovanni Petroni	157,000	39
10	8	Giulio Spampinato	119,500	30

11	1	Gediminas Bartkus	43,500	11
11	2	Erik Stjernefeldt	86,500	22
11	3	Tancredi Li Pomi	157,500	39
11	4	Thomas Noske	130,000	33
11	5	Peter Bond	202,000	51
11	6	Paul Romain	95,500	24
11	7	Ohad Almakys	117,000	29
11	8	Eviatar Mor	441,500	110

12	1	Chris Da-Silva	332,000	83
12	2	Erwann Pecheux	89,000	22
12	3	Marcus Larsson	229,000	57
12	4	Luigi D'Alterio	54,000	14
12	5	Gustaf Segertad	201,000	50
12	6	Andreas Klatt	149,500	37
12	7	Davorin Stevanovic	91,500	23
12	8	Mats Karlsson	190,500	48

13	1	Michele Tocci	128,000	32
13	2	Emilio Solimeno	134,000	34
13	3	Andrea De Silvestre	59,000	15
13	4	Jeroen van de Pol	225,000	56
13	5	Charlo Azzopardi	68,500	17
13	6	Juergen Bachmann	56,000	14
13	7	Simone Lombardo	177,000	44
13	8	Davide Iannaco	116,000	29

14	1	Luca Sebastiani	400,000	100
14	2	Jon Garaialde	225,000	56
14	3	Henry Evans	141,500	35
14	4	Dario Marinelli	361,500	90
14	5	Antonio Failla	145,000	36
14	6	Cosmin Balan	261,500	65
14	7	Carmerlo Crucitti	110,500	28
14	8	Terence Jordan	93,000	23

15	1	Giuseppe Pacenza	162,500	41
15	2	Matteo Parlato	160,000	40
15	3	Sevket Muduroglu	40,500	10
15	4	Sinan Erten	161,500	40
15	5	Lars Eketrapp	71,000	18
15	6	Enrico Mosca	198,000	50
15	7	Antonio Barbato	171,000	43
15	8	Matthias Kribben	37,500	9

17	1	Elie Jabbour	225,000	56
17	2	Paolo Ruocco	78,500	20
17	3	Illuminato Torrisi	169,500	42
17	4	Filip Maskovic	77,000	19
17	5	Ali Alawadhi	44,500	11
17	6	Eyal Pearl	144,500	36
17	7	Meir Rane	62,500	16
17	8	Carmelo Maugeri	33,000	8

18	1	Simon Zaki	100,000	25
18	2	Mario Musacchia	95,000	24
18	3	Dmitri Dan	111,000	28
18	4	Renato Messina	92,500	23
18	5	Jens Huauschke	163,500	41
18	6	Komil Khamidov	244,500	61
18	7	Jakub Kaminek	130,000	33
18	8	Doron Vaalany	33,500	8

19	1	Martin Kilchenmann	40,000	10
19	2	Alessandro Giordano	73,500	18
19	3	Salvatore Cultraro	150,000	38
19	4	Nicola Lodato	216,000	54
19	5	Mehmet Ozdemir	156,000	39
19	6	Teijo Sinervo	91,000	23
19	7	Mehmet Ongorur	474,000	119
19	8	Jon Kyte	141,000	35

20	1	Darren Harbinson	305,500	76
20	2	Frank Koopmann	106,000	27
20	3	Andrei Tamaduianu	212,000	53
20	4	Raymond Church	71,000	18
20	5	Lars Viggander	240,500	60
20	6	Aidan Galvin	124,500	31
20	7	Sucurija Lika	87,000	22
20	8	Shane Dempsey	144,000	36

21	1	Marion Mizzi	25,000	6
21	2	Mateusz Wozniak	475,500	119
21	3	Manfred Quint	125,000	31
21	4	Alexandros Bantzelatze	149,000	37
21	5	Georgios Antoniou	201,000	50
21	6	Valter Affatato	141,000	35
21	7	Lennart Gunst	85,000	21
21	8	Stephane Oberer	37,500	9

22	1	Rolf Jauring	163,500	41
22	2	Orazio Pellegrino	100,500	25
22	3	Brian Calleja	246,000	62
22	4	David Knight	105,500	26
22	5	Federico Cipollini	130,000	33
22	6	Antonio Merone	79,500	20
22	7	Carl Gasstorp	101,000	25
22	8	Petter Redemo	75,000	19

23	1	Liran Derei	110,000	28
23	2	Giuseppe Comitini	280,000	70
23	3	Sulaiman Sesay	131,500	33
23	4	Matthew Pace	56,000	14
23	5	Davide Suriano	69,500	17
23	6	Ron Mamon	73,500	18
23	7	Vasos Georgiou	153,000	38
23	8	Sven Kolwes	224,000	56

24	1	Vedran Nikolic	102,000	26
24	2	Ayrton Mata	106,000	27
24	3	Marjan Mitrovski	75,000	19
24	4	Martyn Frey	158,500	40
24	5	Jacqueline Cachia	108,000	27
24	6	Andrew Doona	86,000	22
24	7	Pasquale Porcino	22,000	6
24	8	Mohammed Ladak	141,500	35

25	1	Giordano Santambrogio	120,500	30
25	2	Shawn Morales	267,500	67
25	3	Steven Penney	144,500	36
25	4	Turgay Akin	135,500	34
25	5	Gabriele Re	216,500	54
25	6	Kim Lungstad	66,000	17
25	7	Robert Pekel	68,000	17
25	8	Oskar Wedde	354,000	89

26	1	Maurice Meijer	295,000	74
26	2	Hans Hagberg	84,500	21
26	3	Mario Manara	182,500	46
26	4	Rickie Silcock	77,500	19
26	5	Johan De Clerq	32,500	8
26	6	Fabio Assennato	38,000	10
26	7	Ioannis Vogiatzoglou	93,500	23
26	8	Robert Lim	132,500	33

27	1	Alexander Richnau	76,000	19
27	2	Antonio Alba	215,500	54
27	3	Tomasz Brzezinski	180,000	45
27	4	Andreas Hoivold	196,000	49
27	5	Andre Grech	357,000	89
27	6	Giuseppe Palmisano	69,500	17
27	7	Michael Davis	64,500	16
27	8	Yarin Gabriel	80,000	20

28	1	Justinas Smilingis	129,500	32
28	2	Dean Hamblin	61,000	15
28	3	Juha Mantyla	125,500	31
28	4	Alessandro Pichierri	94,000	24
28	5	Hannu Pernu	60,500	15
28	6	Yri Raizberg	83,500	21
28	7	Dario Barone	113,500	28
28	8	Lukasz Winski	117,000	29

29	1	Vito Montalto	86,500	22
29	2	Craig Smith	231,500	58
29	3	Mark Vella	59,000	15
29	4	Jana Krcova	96,500	24
29	5	Linda Nguyen	337,000	84
29	6	Maria Kozak	133,000	33
29	7	Lukasz Fraczek	112,000	28
29	8	Mari Nitteberg	208,500	52

30	1	Puillippe Houman	83,500	21
30	2	Jostein Grodum	161,000	40
30	3	Alain Bucher	40,500	10
30	4	Michel Vat	400,500	100
30	5	Alan Vinnicombe	136,500	34
30	6	Domenico Tortomasi	390,000	98
30	7	Stephen Spiteri	64,500	16
30	8	Niklas Nyman	60,500	15

31	1	Lasse Ovre	397,500	99
31	2	Tamir Kaminsky	130,000	33
31	3	Konstantinos Spiliopoulos	318,000	80
31	4	Attila Havacs	180,500	45
31	5	Luigi Shehadeh	150,000	38
31	7	Frank Bastow	42,500	11
31	8	Robert Law	49,500	12

32	1	Fabio Berti	100,000	25
32	2	Stefan Ulrich	159,500	40
32	3	Rein Isane	196,000	49
32	4	Sharon Singer	116,500	29
32	5	Asif Warris	143,000	36
32	6	Fabrice Soulier	180,500	45
32	7	Danel Vaitzman	86,500	22

33	1	Geir Berland	140,000	35
33	2	Christian Bilda	58,000	15
33	3	Serena Maso	174,000	44
33	5	Samuel Quesada	222,000	56
33	6	Damir Savio	150,000	38
33	7	Adam Lynas	85,000	21
33	8	Ionel Serbu	188,500	47

34	1	Cristoferro Palermo	99,500	25
34	2	Giuseppe Tarsia	180,000	45
34	3	Yossef Cohen	58,000	15
34	4	Shalom Hershkovitz	72,000	18
34	5	Sagi Rabinovich	47,000	12
34	7	David Rapenne	37,000	9
34	8	Oliver Said	279,500	70

35	1	Claudio Pagano	52,500	13
35	3	Sergio Benso	163,500	41
35	4	Mordechai Israel	201,500	50
35	5	Adriano Torregrossa	108,000	27
35	6	Steven Watts	55,000	14
35	7	Gaetano Brignone	55,000	14
35	8	Fabio Fedullo	147,500	37

36	1	Pablo Boegershausen	183,000	46
36	2	Sarah Herzali	65,000	16
36	3	Grzegorz Tryba	147,500	37
36	4	Massimo Aguzzi	100,000	25
36	5	Tsvi Cohen	317,500	79
36	6	Ion Stanica	242,500	61
36	8	Kevin Price	168,500	42

11-02-2019 13:00 UTC+2

1 PM Start for Day 2 of The Malta Poker Festival Grand Event

Shirley Ang

At an earlier start time than the previous day, Day 2 of the €550 Grand Event during the Malta Poker Festival will kick off at 1 p.m. local time at the Portomaso Casino. The four starting flights collected 1,324 entries and 274 players will return to the tables to try and get into the money stages today. A prize pool of €642,140 has been created by all those entries which easily surpassed the guarantee. The full prize pool details should be released by the organization at some point later today.

Starting the day with the overall chip lead is Day 1c player, Dario Comitini with 480,000 in chips. He is followed by Mateusz Wozniak, Mehmet Ongorur, Eviatar Mor, and Michel Vat. Borge Dypvik and Nicolaj D’Antoni reached the final table last year and are the only players left who can try and do that again as the defending champion, Emanuele Onnis was eliminated during the latter stages of Day 1c.

Other big stacks and familiar names include Luca Sebastiani, Dario Marinelli, Chris Da-Silva, Thomas Lind, Barny Boatman, Andreas Hoivold, Quentin Lecomte, Fabrice Soulier, Antonio Barbato, Andreas Klatt, Jon Kyte, and many more.

Day 2 has twelve levels on the schedule and starts with Level 15 which features a small blind of 2,000, big blind of 4,000, and a button ante of 4,000. Level duration has been increased to 50 minutes each and a break will take place after every three levels. The normal breaks will last 15 or 20 minutes and a 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after the ninth level of play.

The PokerNews live reporting team will right there to bring you all the newest updates from the first shuffle up and deal until the final chip count.

Day 2 Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Button Ante
15	50	2,000	4,000	4,000
16	50	2,500	5,000	5,000
17	50	3,000	6,000	6,000
15-minute Break
18	50	4,000	8,000	8,000
19	50	5,000	10,000	10,000
20	50	6,000	12,000	12,000
20-minute Break
21	50	8,000	16,000	16,000
22	50	10,000	20,000	20,000
23	50	15,000	25,000	25,000
60-minute Dinner Break
24	50	15,000	30,000	30,000
25	50	20,000	40,000	40,000
26	50	25,000	50,000	50,000

Tags: Andreas Hoivold Andreas Klatt Antonio Barbato Barny Boatman Chris Da Silva Dario Comitini Dario Marinelli Emanuele Onnis Eviatar Mor Fabrice Soulier Jon Kyte Luca Sebastiani Mateusz Wozniak Mehmet Ongorur Michel Vat Quentin Lecomte Thomas Lind

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

11-02-2019 14:16 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.

Part of the prize pool details has been announced. A min-cash is worth €1,000, 143 players will be in the money, 8th place is worth €10,000 and the winner will take €10,000.

The full prize pool details will be posted once they have been received from the organization.

11-02-2019 14:22 UTC+2

First Eliminations of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gediminas Bartkus	Busted
David Rapenne	Busted
Johan De Clerq	Busted
David Carter	Busted
Juergen Bachmann	Busted
Adam Hari	Busted
Willy Flora	Busted
Steven Watts	Busted
Alain Bucher	Busted
Carmelo Maugeri	Busted
Francesco Voltolina	Busted
Dean Hamblin	Busted
Vedran Nikolic	Busted
Robert Pekel	Busted
Ohad Almakys	Busted

11-02-2019 14:29 UTC+2

Kribben One of the First to Go

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Matteo Parlato raised to 8,000 from the early position and was called by Enrico Mosca on the button. Matthias Kribben shoved from the big blind for 37,500. Parlato decided to shove too with the bigger stack. Mosca had a similar stack and tanked for a while before opting to fold.

Matthias Kribben:
Matteo Parlato:

The board ran out for them both to flop a pair but for Parlato to turn trips to eliminate Kribben.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Parlato	211,500	51,500
Enrico Mosca	185,000	-13,000
Matthias Kribben	Busted

Tags: Enrico Mosca Matteo Parlato Matthias Kribben

11-02-2019 14:40 UTC+2

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In total, there were 1,324 entries to create a prize pool of €642,140.

The winner will walk away with the MPF trophy and a whopping €150,000. A min-cash is worth €1,000 and 143 players will be in the money.

This is what they are all playing for:

Place	Prize (EUR)	Place	Prize (EUR)	Place	Prize (EUR)
1	€ 150,000	10-12	€ 7,000	49-56	€ 1,550
2	€ 82,000	13-15	€ 5,000	57-64	€ 1,350
3	€ 48,000	16-18	€ 3,500	65-72	€ 1,200
4	€ 38,000	19-24	€ 2,900	73-80	€ 1,150
5	€ 32,440	25-32	€ 2,400	81-96	€ 1,100
6	€ 26,000	33-40	€ 2,100	97-112	€ 1,050
7	€ 20,000	41-48	€ 1,800	113-143	€ 1,000
8	€ 14,000
9	€ 10,000

11-02-2019 14:46 UTC+2

More Early Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Stjernefeldt	Busted
Davide Suriano	Busted
Turgay Akin	Busted
Gianfranco Piccone	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Carmelo Rigano	Busted
Mirko Cammisuli	Busted
Ali Alawadhi	Busted
Sofia Madsen	Busted
Petter Redemo	Busted
Kim Lungstad	Busted
Orazia Pellegrino	Busted

11-02-2019 14:56 UTC+2

Change of Plans

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The structure for today has been adjusted by the tournament staff and the dinner break will now take place after the ninth level of play instead of the sixth and lasts 60 minutes instead of 75.

The first break of the day will last 15 minutes and the second break of the day will be for 20 minutes.