Mantas Petrauskas Finishes in Pole Position in Day 1f of MPF Grand Event

The final starting flight of the Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event at Portomaso Casino, Malta is in the books in controversial circumstances.

The final starting flight, saw 69 players enter with 18 of those making it through to Day 2 on Sunday, May 1.

Mantas Petrauskas of Lithuania was the chip leader of day 1f. Petrauskas kept his cool despite the hostility in the room to bag 434,000 chips. Earlier in the day, he tangled with Colin Paddington who had an interesting day.

Paddington had three bullets at day 1f and had two bust-outs in the first level which left players on his table open-mouthed.

In one of the hands of the tournament so far Kevin Houghton hit a straight flush to treble up and eliminating his travel partner and friend Gary Whitehead.

273 players will return to Portomaso Casino on Sunday, May 1 to compete for the massive €486,720 prize pool. There is still plenty of action to be had with three side events on Sunday including the €1,100 MPF Highroller tournament.

MPF Day 1f Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mantas Petrauskas	Lithuania	434,000	87
2	Massimo Bruno	Italy	398,000	80
3	Uwe Ziegler	Germany	381,000	76
4	Kevin Houghton	United Kingdom	241,000	48
5	Jeffrey Gregor	Germany	240,000	48
6	Sascha Manns	Malta	230,000	46
7	Alessandro Siena	Italy	228,000	46
8	Marco Herman	Netherlands	204,000	41
9	Salvatore Spadola	Italy	162,000	32
10	Tobias Andersen	Denmark	141,000	28

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	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
Mon, 2 May	2 p.m.	-	MPF Grand Event Day 3