€550 Grand Event
Day 1a Started
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
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2022 Spring Malta Poker Festival Grand Event
After nearly three years of cancellations and postponements, the spring edition of The Malta Poker Festival is soon to begin with Day 1a of the €300,000 guaranteed €550 buy-in Grand Event .
The festival, organised by Ivonne Montealegre, is a great stepping stone for recreation poker players and has a loyal and passionate community that helps make it the premier poker series on the island.
Day 1a gets underway at 2 p.m. local time and players receive a starting stack of 50,000.
Starting flights will close after 13 levels of action, all of which last 40-minutes.
Late registration is open until the end of the break that follows Level 8 and each participant is permitted two re-entries per flight.
Malta Poker Festival Grand Event Schedule
| DATE | TIME (CET) | BUY-IN | EVENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 26 Apr | 2 p.m. | € 550 | MPF Grand Event Day 1A |
| Wed, 27 Apr | 2 p.m. | € 550 | MPF Grand Event Day 1B |
| Thurs, 28 Apr | 2 p.m. | € 550 | MPF Grand Event Day 1C |
| 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 |
Past Malta Poker Festival Grand Event Champions
Italy's Emanuele Onnis was the inaugural MPF Main Event winner, outlasting 1,365 other entries. He took home the €150,000 top prize after despatching Fabian Gumz at heads-up.
Tomas Sujeta was the Grand Event champion in 2019 and collected the €150,000 up top. The 2019 field attracted a healthy 1,324-entries with Israel's Dmitri Dan finishing as the runner-up.
| Year | Name | Country | Entries | Event | Prize (EUR) | Prizepool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Emanuele Onnis | Italy | 1,366 | MPF Grand Event 2018 | €150,000 | €662,510 |
| 2019 | Tomas Sujeta | Lithuania | 1,324 | MPF Grand Event 2019 | €150,000 | €642,140 |
MPF Grand Event Day 1 Structure
| LEVEL | Duration | Small Blind | Big blind | ANTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | 40 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 3 | 40 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| 15 minute break | ||||
| 4 | 40 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 5 | 40 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 6 | 40 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 15 minute break | ||||
| 7 | 40 | 500 | 1000 | 1000 |
| 8 | 40 | 600 | 1200 | 1200 |
| 9 | 40 | 1000 | 1500 | 1500 |
| 75 minute dinner break | ||||
| 10 | 40 | 1000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| 11 | 40 | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 |
| 12 | 40 | 1500 | 3000 | 3000 |
| 13 | 40 | 2000 | 4000 | 4000 |
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Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are in the air and Day 1a of the €550 Grand Event has begun with 49 players.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
More Entries into MPF Grand Event
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Early Pot for Malta Mama Cachia
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Four ways to the 
flop with 1,300 in the pot, Gaetano Caruana and Joseph Grech checked from the blinds before
Jacqueline Cachia bet 700 from the cutoff.
Bora Uludag folded on the button and only Caruana called.
Caruana mucked his cards on the 
turn after Cachia fired for 1,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 | 3,000 |
Stitger and Desmond Battle
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Cory Desmond opened to 300 from under the gun and was only called by Jan Stigter from the small blind.
Stitger check-called a bet of 300 on the 
flop to bring in the 
turn.
Stitger then check-raised to 2,000 after his opponent continued for 500. Desmond returned his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | |
|
|
47,000 | -3,000 |
Smith Jams in First Level
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Lars Alvertjarn opened to 300 from the cutoff before Danny Smith bumped it up to 800 on the button. Jaocim Blom called from the big blind and Alvertjarn saw a flop as well.
Action checked to Smith on the 
flop, and he bet 1,600. Only Blom called.
Blom checked on the 
turn and Smith continued the aggression with a bet of 3,100. Blom then raised to 8,500 before Smith instantly moved all-in. Blom shook his head before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
40,000 | 40,000 |