€550 Grand Event | 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

€550 Grand Event

Day 3 Started

05-02-2022 14:00 UTC+3

2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event Begins Final Day of Action at 2 P.M. CEST

Calum Grant

Welcome to the third and final day of 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event which kicks off at 2 p.m. CEST at the glorious Portomaso Casino, Malta.

It has been a wonderful week of poker at the MPF and it has cemented itself as one of the premier poker series on the island.

The action from the Grand Event hasn't disappointed either, there have been a series of brilliant suck outs, coolers and even a Royal Flush, which you can all look back on in the PokerNews highlights section.

Overall, there have been a 1,019 entries and that has generated a guarantee obliteration €486

Day 3 sees the final 18 players returning for a final time and Poland's Pawel Zawadowicz is the player in pole position to capture the €71,000 up top, MPF Grand Event title as well as the Unibet Deepstack Open Championship Belt.

Hot on his heels however are British grinders Stephen Kane and PokerStars Hippodrome Pro Chris Da Silva, who round out the top three chip stacks.

Nicolay Langfeldt and Mario Musacchia begin the day in the danger zone, but in what has been a trend in this event is that you should not write-off the short stacks.

Today's play sees the blind levels increase to 60-minutes and there will be a new seat draw when the players return to the tournament room. PokerNews will bring that to you when the information is relayed. Play begins at Level 25 with the blinds at 50,000/100,000/100,000a.

For those who need a series saver, the MPF Last Chance event gets underway at 5 p.m. CEST and comes with a buy-in of €120.

MPF Grand Event Final Table Payouts

Place	Prize
1	€71,000
2	€43,000
3	€25,000
4	€18,000
5	€14,000
6	€11,000
7	€9,000
8	€7,500
9	€6,500

MPF Grand Event By the Numbers

DATE	TIME (CET)	BUY-IN	EVENT	Entries	Advanced
Tue, 26 Apr	2 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1A	118	31
Wed, 27 Apr	2 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1B	136	35
Thurs, 28 Apr	2 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1C	191	53
Fri, 29 Apr	2 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1D	252	65
Sat, 30 Apr	2 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1E	248	71
Sat, 30 Apr	9 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1F	69	18
Sun, 1 May	2 p.m.	-	MPF Grand Event Day 2	273	18
Mon, 2 May	2 p.m.	-	MPF Grand Event Day 3	18

As always, keep in locked in with PokerNews to find out who wins the 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event.

05-02-2022 15:02 UTC+3

Day 3 Seat Draw

Calum Grant

There is a slight delay to Day 3 of the MPF Grand Event but in the meantime, check out the seat draw for today's action.

Table	Seat	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	2	Mantas Petrauskas	2,425,000	24
1	3	Jasper van Moorsel	3,155,000	32
1	4	Piotr Tuczynski	1,595,000	16
1	6	Jordan Dumas	1,510,000	15
1	7	Stephen Kane	5,365,000	54
1	8	Daniel Lakerveld	2,855,000	29

2	1	Nicolay Langfeldt	1,370,000	14
2	2	Chris Da Silva	4,865,000	49
2	3	Dominick French	1,750,000	18
2	5	James Clarke	3,190,000	32
2	6	Robert Lim	2,020,000	20
2	7	Pawel Zawadowicz	7,820,000	78

3	1	Mario Musacchia	1,350,000	14
3	2	Georgios Ninis	4,360,000	44
3	4	Ho Tien Cheung	1,670,000	17
3	5	Dragos Iosub	1,400,000	14
3	7	Simon Gyorgy	1,685,000	17
3	8	Federico Petruzzelli	2,385,000	24

05-02-2022 15:07 UTC+3

Play is Underway

Chris Bean

The dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.

Level: 26

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

05-02-2022 15:21 UTC+3

Langfeldt Gets an Early Double

Calum Grant

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Chris Da Silva opened to 210,000 from under the gun and then called the 1,270,000 all-in from Nicolay Langfeldt from the big blind.

Nicolay Langfeldt:
Chris Da Silva:

Langfeldt secured the double after the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Da Silva	3,100,000 -1,765,000	-1,765,000

Nicolay Langfeldt	3,000,000 1,630,000	1,630,000

Tags: Chris Da Silva Nicolay Langfeldt

05-02-2022 15:26 UTC+3

Mario Musacchia Eliminated in 18th Place (€4,080)

Calum Grant

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Simon Gyorgy opened to 200,000 from middle position and then called after Mario Musacchia jammed for 1,100,000 from the button.

Mario Musacchia:
Simon Gyorgy:

Gyorgy's jack would stay best and he would end up with a set after the board ran out with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon György	2,500,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Mario Musacchia	Busted

05-02-2022 15:32 UTC+3

Langfeldt Gets Anothor Double

Calum Grant

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Nicolay Langfeldt opened to 200,000 from under the gun and was called by James Clarke on the button. Pawel Zawadowicz jammed as the big stack from the big blind and Langfeldt immediately called. Clarke decided to fold.

Nicolay Langfeldt:
Pawel Zawadowicz:

Langfeldt, who started as the short stack of the day, was now on the verge of a second double in the opening half hour of play. He got that after his pocket jacks held on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolay Langfeldt	6,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Pawel Zawadowicz	4,000,000 -3,820,000	-3,820,000

05-02-2022 15:42 UTC+3

Table 1 Updates

Calum Grant

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mantas Petrauskas	3,900,000 1,475,000	1,475,000
Jordan Dumas	3,500,000 1,990,000	1,990,000
Jasper van Moorsel	2,600,000 -555,000	-555,000
Piotr Tuczynski	2,500,000 905,000	905,000
Daniel Lakerveld	2,400,000 -485,000	-485,000
Stephen Kane	2,350,000 -3,015,000	-3,015,000

05-02-2022 15:45 UTC+3

Table 2 Updates

Calum Grant

Level 26 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolay Langfeldt	6,100,000 100,000	100,000
James Clarke	4,700,000 1,590,000	1,590,000
Chris Da Silva	3,150,000 50,000	50,000

Pawel Zawadowicz	3,100,000 -900,000	-900,000

Dominick French	2,800,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Robert Lim	1,200,000 -820,000	-820,000