€550 Grand Event Day 1c | 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

04-29-2022 02:43 UTC+3

Women Shine on the Poker Felt on Day 1c of €550 Grand Event at Malta Poker Festival

Chris Bean

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

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.

04-29-2022 01:40 UTC+3

Pavel Heger Bubbles €220 Bounty Hunter Malta; Remaining Players Lock Up €220 + Bounties

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The 39 remaining players in the €220 Bounty Hunter Malta have now all locked up a min-cash of €220 as well as their claimed bounties.

The unfortunate player to miss out on the money was Pavel Heger, and everybody who is still in the event will be battling it out for the €6,500 first place prize.

04-29-2022 01:33 UTC+3

Guerrero Hero Calls With Eight High

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Alexis Lucarini opened to 8,000 from middle position and was called by Antonio Guerrero and Nicolas Giannotti from the button and big blind respectively.

Action checked to Guerrero on the flop, he bet 13,000 and only Giannotti called.

The turn checked through to the river and Giannotti bet 22,000. Guerrero paused for a moment and then called.

Giannotti turned over the while Guerrero held the . The entire table gasped as Giannotti won the hand with ten-high.

One player exclaimed "sick value bet!"

Guerrero explained to the table he put his opponent on a seven or worse pocket pair and that his eight-high would be the best play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Guerrero	260,000	152,500
Nicolas Giannotti	200,000	200,000

04-28-2022 22:40 UTC+3

Late Registration Closes in the Bounty Hunter Malta Event

Calum Grant

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The 114 surviving players are now on their dinner break in the €220 Bounty Hunter Malta Event. The tournament saw a total of 326 entries which generated a €31,300 prize pool.

The top 39 players get paid and receive a min-cash of €220 plus any bounties they claim while €6,500 is up top for the winner.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Prize
1	€6,500
2	€4,600
3	€3,300
4	€2,500
5	€1,780
6	€1,420
7	€1,100
8	€770
9	€600

04-28-2022 22:25 UTC+3

Lim Calls Off His Stack

Calum Grant

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With 17,000 in the middle on the board, Herve Bajon check-jammed for 60,000 from the big blind after Robert Lim bet 9,000 from middle position. Lim was covered and would be at risk of elimination if he called.

Lim writhed in his seat and replayed the hand several times out loud.

"I beat nothing," he said.

He called anyway and saw the bad news as his opponent turned over the for a set of fours while Lim had top pair top kicker with his .

The river was just a formality and Lim left the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Herve Brajon	110,000	82,000
Robert Lim	Busted

04-28-2022 20:47 UTC+3

Kalifa Flops the World

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Kevin Houghton opened to 2,600 in the cutoff and was called by Pierre Drochon on the button. Rodrigue Lampin made it 10,500 from the small blind before Jacques Kalifa moved all-in for 37,500 in the big blind.

Houghton called, Drochon mucked and Lampin went into the tank for several minutes. The clock was called and his had became dead as he could not decide what action to take in the allotted time.

Jacques Kalifa:
Kevin Houghton:

Kalifa moved into the lead following a dream flop of the , Kalifa just had one immediate out and he was unable to hit after the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Kalifa	100,000	100,000
Kevin Houghton	35,000	35,000

04-28-2022 20:19 UTC+3

Gorosh Triples in Three-Way All-In

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There was a huge commotion on table 12, with the entire table on their feet with their phones out. There was a huge preflop three-way all-in between Giovanni Palma (hijack - 50,000) Noah Gorosh (cutoff - 41,700) and Nico Jarnstrom (button - 71,000).

Noah Gorosh:
Giovanni Palma:
Nico Jarnstrom:

Gorosh would find a triple up, while Palma held to stay alive for the smaller side pot following the runout.

Just a few moments later, Palma would head towards the exit following his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Gorosh	130,000	130,000
Nico Jarnstrom	20,000	20,000
Giovanni Palma	Busted

04-28-2022 20:01 UTC+3

Lim Cracks Kings to Double

Calum Grant

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Karl Skolin opened to 2,100 from early position. Robert Lim jammed for 16,600 on Skolin's immediate left. Action folded back to the preflop raiser and he called.

Robert Lim:
Karl Skolin:

"Just my luck," exhaled Lim but he was soon jumping for joy after he outflopped the pocket kings on the runout.

On the opposite table, Miro Kaarna couldn't replicate Lim's performance and headed out of the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Skolin	40,000	-10,000
Robert Lim	35,000	10,000
Miro Kaarna	Busted

04-28-2022 18:13 UTC+3

Pustula Shows the Bluff

Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

With 5,000 in the middle on the board, Jacek Pustula check-raised to 9,000 from the small blind after Stephane Blasques bet 2,500 from the cutoff.

Blasques ended up and folding and Pustula immediately showed his for just ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacek Pustula	44,000	-6,000

04-28-2022 16:25 UTC+3

Azulay First Player Eliminated...Again!

Chris Bean

Level 2 : 100/100, 200 ante

On a board of , Eden Azulay and Bradley Joyce had their chips in the middle.

Bradley Joyce
Eden Azulay

Bradley Joyce hit quad kings and Azulay revealed he had eights-full of kings which sent him to the rail. Azulay was also the first player to bust in Day 1b and today's cooler has seen him repeat the achievement.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Joyce	70,000	70,000
Eden Azulay	Busted

Tags: Bradley Joyce Eden Azulay