Day 1d Closes with 65 Players Advancing to Day 2
The best attended flight of the MPF Grand Event so far has come to a close with 65/252 bagging and tagging their chip stacks. Recap and chip counts to follow shortly.
The best attended flight of the MPF Grand Event so far has come to a close with 65/252 bagging and tagging their chip stacks. Recap and chip counts to follow shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Luigi D'Alterio |
538,000
538,000
|
538,000 |
Gregory Luttke-Grech |
503,000
503,000
|
503,000 |
Robert Lim |
502,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
Charif Akhoun |
463,000
463,000
|
463,000 |
Simon Yili Ye |
459,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
Paul Morris |
451,000
451,000
|
451,000 |
Herbert Seitz |
404,000
404,000
|
404,000 |
Pawel Zawadowicz |
399,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
||
Serdar Demircan | 350,000 | |
Stavros Tsakas
|
340,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
Federico Cirillo |
312,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
Salvino Salvatore |
303,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
Ilana Belsky |
295,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Alessandro Furneri |
286,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
Sami Pullianen |
283,000
283,000
|
283,000 |
Christina Read |
277,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Dario Barone |
253,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
Michel Vat |
226,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
Arnaud Cressent |
206,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
Gabrielle Re
|
206,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
Sebastian Blomer |
203,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Mario Masson |
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
Ulysse Harry |
191,000
-129,000
|
-129,000 |
Uwe Matthias |
186,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Bruno Compagna |
180,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Day 1d of the Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event at Portomaso Casino, Malta is in the books with 65 players out of 252 entries advancing to Day 2 on Sunday, May 1.
The €300,000 guarantee has been smashed with two flights still to be played. The current prize pool has swelled to €334,560.
Italy's Luigi D'Alterio leads the way on 538,000 chips, whose stack was boosted by knocking out Paul Strangeways along the way.
The two other players who breached the half-million mark are Gregory Luttke-Grech (503,000) and Robert Lim (502,000).
Serdar Demircan advanced to Day 2 with a stack of 350,000 despite doubling up Christodoulos Adamou twice in the space of two hands.
Simone Lombardo made it to the next stage with 131,000 chips despite losing a massive pot with Nica Cosmin.
The Woman's Poker Association's Christina Read made a massive turnaround after falling to 15,000 chips early on. Read managed to regroup and finished the day with 277,000 to put her in contention on Sunday,
Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luigi D'Alterio | Italy | 538,000 | 108 |
2 | Gregory Luttke-Grech | France | 503,000 | 101 |
3 | Robert Lim | United Kingdom | 502,000 | 100 |
4 | Charif Akhoun | France | 463,000 | 93 |
5 | Simon Yili Ye | Sweden | 459,000 | 92 |
6 | Paul Morris | United Kingdom | 451,000 | 90 |
7 | Herbert Seitz | Germany | 404,000 | 81 |
8 | Pawel Zawadowicz | Poland | 399,000 | 80 |
9 | Serdar Demircan | Sweden | 350,000 | 70 |
10 | Stavros Tsakas | Greece | 340,000 | 68 |
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 | ||
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 Saturday, April 30 to bring you all the action from Day 1e of the MPF Grand Event.
€550 Grand Event
Day 1d Completed