Women Shine on the Poker Felt on Day 1c of €550 Grand Event at Malta Poker Festival
Day 1c has concluded at the 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event at Portomaso Casino, Malta with a strong showing from female players.
Australia's Tanja Vujanic had a solid day by bagging 417,000. Vujanic was consistently a big stack throughout today steadily increasing her chips and will be one to watch on Day 2.
The chip leader however is Georgios Ninis who stealthy built a stack of 429,000. PokerNews will be keeping close tabs on the Greek player when the players reconvene on Sunday.
PokerStars Hippodrome Pro Chris Da Silva comfortably advanced to day 2 with a stack of 202,000, however British compatriots Keith Boniface, Gary Whitehead, and Bradley Joyce were eliminated
It was deja vu for Eden Azulay as he was the first casualty of the day on consecutive days.
One of the biggest hands of the day was Noah Gorosh tripling up with pocket aces, which busted Giovanni Palma and left Nico Jarnstrom with fumes
Currently ongoing is the €220 Bounty Hunter Days side event where the players are playing for the first-place prize of €6,500 as well as any €100 bounty prizes they pick up along the way.
53 players out of 191 entries have made it to Day 2. So far, 119 players will be coming back on Sunday, May 1, out of the 445 entries.
MPF Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgios Ninis | Greece | 429,000 | 86 |
| 2 | Tanja Vujanic | Australia | 417,000 | 83 |
| 3 | Mario Musacchia | Italy | 345,000 | 69 |
| 4 | Nicolay Langfeldt | Norway | 342,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Mikael Hernstrom | Sweden | 319,000 | 64 |
| 6 | Salvatore Incardona | Italy | 307,000 | 61 |
| 7 | Mickael Thomas | France | 305,000 | 61 |
| 8 | Andreas Erotokritou | United Kingdom | 303,000 | 61 |
| 9 | Antonio Guerrero | Portugal | 303,000 | 61 |
| 10 | Leendart Nederlof | Netherlands | 278,000 | 56 |
Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event Schedule
| 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 | ||
| Sat, 30 Apr | 2 p.m. | € 550 | MPF Grand Event Day 1E | ||
| Sat, 30 Apr | 9 p.m. | € 550 | MPF Grand Event Day 1F | ||
| Sun, 1 May | 2 p.m. | - | MPF Grand Event Day 2 | ||
| Mon, 2 May | 2 p.m. | - | MPF Grand Event Day 3 |
PokerNews will be back at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 29 to bring you all the action from Day 1d of the MPF Grand Event.