Last Day of Starting Flights for 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event
Welcome to Day 1e of 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event, which takes place at the Portomaso Casino, Malta.
Today marks the final two starting flights of the Grand Event, with Day 1e starting at 2 p.m. CEST and Day 1f at 9 p.m. CEST.
Another big turnout is expected with both flights looking to eclipse Day 1d's 252 total entries. Yesterday's turnout also saw the €300,000 guarantee surpassed with the current prizepool at €334,560. That is expected to balloon today and could get close to the €500,000 mark.
From Day 1d, 65 players joined the already advancing 119 entries to bring the number of Day 2 players to 184.
Italy's Luigi D'Alterio bagged best from the fourth starting flight, ending the day with a stack of 538,000 while players like Simone Lombardo and Christina Read also found themselves carrying a sizeable chip stack into the next stage of the event.
Day 1e 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.
There's also plenty happening outside of the Grand Event to keep an eye on. Day 2 of The Hendon Mob Championship is just about to kick off and has a €15,000 first place prize. The €120 APAT Maltese Championship Day 1 gets going at 3 p.m. CEST and the much anticipated €100 Ladies First! tournament begins an hour later.
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 | ||
| 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 |
Bounty Hunter Days Malta Final Table Results
The first MPF side event is in the books, with Hakan Uzun, Bianca Jacobs, April Facey and Jack Morris-Holland doing a four-way chop for €4,200 each in the €220 buy-in Bounty Hunter Days Malta event.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hakan Uzun | Norway | €4,200 |
| 2 | Bianca Jacobs | Germany | €4,200 |
| 3 | April Facey | Canada | €4,200 |
| 4 | Jack Morris-Holland | United Kingdom | €4,200 |
| 5 | Phillipe Pedraza | France | €1,780 |
| 6 | Thomas Schaeven | Germany | €1,420 |
| 7 | Caroline Cove | United Kingdom | €1,100 |
| 8 | Samuel Biland | France | €770 |
| 9 | Jozsef Benedek | Hungary | €600 |
As always, PokerNews has got you covered, bringing you the action as it happens at the Malta Poker Festival Spring.
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