€550 Grand Event
Day 1a Completed
2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€550 Grand Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€486,720
Entries
1,014
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
118
Players Left
31
Victor Fryda Leads Pack of 31 Survivors from Day 1a of 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event (full)
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
At the wonderful Portomaso Casino the first of six starting flights of the Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event has come to close with just 31 players remaining out of a total of 118 entries.
Victor Fryda finished Day 1a with the chip lead, with Bart Kuiper and Jordan Dumas rounding out the top three chip stacks.
Other notable players who made it through to Day 2, which kicks off on Sunday, May 1, include Tomasz Brzezinski, Philip Huxley and Fabio Berti.
However, players such as Ahamed Mohamed, Maureen Bloechlinger and Jacqueline Cachia all fell at the first hurdle.
Germany's Bora Uludag was another player who advanced and was fortunate to turn a Royal Flush
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Stacks
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Fryda | France | 522,000 | 104 |
| 2 | Bart Kuiper | Netherlands | 512,000 | 102 |
| 3 | Jordan Dumas | France | 386,000 | 77 |
| 4 | Fabio Berti | Italy | 366,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Bartosz Mielczarek | Poland | 366,000 | 73 |
| 6 | Joseph Grech | United Kingdom | 353,000 | 71 |
| 7 | Terje Bremseth | Norway | 303,000 | 61 |
| 8 | Mikael Bratt | Sweden | 293,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Raymond Galea | Malta | 200,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Clement Pabion | France | 164,000 | 33 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to cover Day 1b on Wednesday, April 27 at 2 p.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
522,000 | 137,000 |
|
512,000 | -8,000 |
|
386,000 | 151,000 |
|
366,000 | 56,000 |
|
366,000 | 366,000 |
|
353,000 | -27,000 |
|
303,000 | 303,000 |
|
293,000 | 83,000 |
|
222,000 | -3,000 |
|
200,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
164,000 | 164,000 |
|
160,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
147,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
134,000 | -46,000 |
|
132,000 | 132,000 |
|
124,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
124,000 | 15,000 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
116,000 | -84,000 |
|
|
108,000 | 108,000 |
|
|
108,000 | 108,000 |
|
|
106,000 | 106,000 |
|
104,000 | -8,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
93,000 | -14,000 |
Day 1a Closes
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The 31 surviving players have bagged and tagged their chip stacks, bringing Day 1a to a close. Full chip counts and recap of today's action will follow shortly.
Final Three Hands Called
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The dealers have been instructed to deal the final three hands of the day.
Fryda Takes Out Two; Kuiper Over 500K
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Andrea Masendore opened to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by Giuseppe Grupposo from the cutoff.
Corel Theuma moved all-in for 49,000 from the small blind and then Victor Fryda jammed as the covering stack from the big blind. Masendore called off his remaining chips before Grupposo mucked.
Corel Theuma: 
Andrea Masendore: 
Victor Fryda: 
Fryda hit his ace on the 
flop and secured the checkmark on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board.
Elsewhere, Bart Kuiper has taken ,the chip lead once again and has a very healthy stack of 520,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000 | 270,000 |
|
|
385,000 | 250,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Recent Bust Outs
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Whitehead Decides to Gamble
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Erik Lindqwist jammed for 52,500 from under the gun and action folded to Jordan Whitehead in the big blind.
"Do I gamble?" he said out loud. After a moment, he put in his chips.
Erik Lindqwist: 
Jordan Whitehead: 
Lindqwist remained in front and scooped a needed double after the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
109,000 |
Big Stacks Pulling Away
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000 | 209,000 |
|
|
310,000 | |
|
235,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
235,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 80,000 |
Players Enter Last Level of Play
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Just 42/118 entries remain in Day 1a of the €550 Grand Event. The tournament has now reached its final level of the day and the surviving players will advance to Sunday's Day 2.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000