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

05-01-2022 05:55 UTC+3

Mantas Petrauskas Finishes in Pole Position in Day 1f of MPF Grand Event

Chris Bean

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The final starting flight of the Malta Poker Festival Spring €550 Grand Event at Portomaso Casino, Malta is in the books in controversial circumstances.

The final starting flight, saw 69 players enter with 18 of those making it through to Day 2 on Sunday, May 1.

Mantas Petrauskas of Lithuania was the chip leader of day 1f. Petrauskas kept his cool despite the hostility in the room to bag 434,000 chips. Earlier in the day, he tangled with Colin Paddington who had an interesting day.

Paddington had three bullets at day 1f and had two bust-outs in the first level which left players on his table open-mouthed.

In one of the hands of the tournament so far Kevin Houghton hit a straight flush to treble up and eliminating his travel partner and friend Gary Whitehead.

273 players will return to Portomaso Casino on Sunday, May 1 to compete for the massive €486,720 prize pool. There is still plenty of action to be had with three side events on Sunday including the €1,100 MPF Highroller tournament.

MPF Day 1f Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mantas Petrauskas	Lithuania	434,000	87
2	Massimo Bruno	Italy	398,000	80
3	Uwe Ziegler	Germany	381,000	76
4	Kevin Houghton	United Kingdom	241,000	48
5	Jeffrey Gregor	Germany	240,000	48
6	Sascha Manns	Malta	230,000	46
7	Alessandro Siena	Italy	228,000	46
8	Marco Herman	Netherlands	204,000	41
9	Salvatore Spadola	Italy	162,000	32
10	Tobias Andersen	Denmark	141,000	28

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	248	71
Sat, 30 Apr	9 p.m.	€ 550	MPF Grand Event Day 1F	69	18
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 Sunday, May 1 to bring you all the action from Day 2 of the MPF Grand Event.

05-01-2022 04:24 UTC+3

Degennaro Last Player to be Eliminated on Day 1f

Chris Bean

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Short-stack Daniele Degennaro moved all-in from an early position and was called by Massimo Bruno.

Daniele Degennaro:
Massimo Bruno:

The board came which did not help Degennaro and is the last player to be eliminated in the early hours of the morning.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Degennaro	Busted

05-01-2022 00:22 UTC+3

Sick Cooler Trebles Houghton and Eliminates Gary Whitehead

Chris Bean

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Gary Whitehead bet 1200 from middle position, Kevin Houghton called from the small blind. The action moved to Lars Viggander who three-bet to 3,500. Both Whitehead and Houghton called.

The flop of sparked fireworks. Whitehead bet 5,000 and was called by Houghton. Viggander ripped it all-in for 60,000 and was called by Whitehead and Houghton.

Gary Whitehead:
Kevin Houghton:
Lars Viggander:

Viggander was in the lead with a set of tens, but both Whitehead and Houghton had open-ended straight flush draws.

The on the turn gave Houghton the straight to take the lead. The river prompted Viggander to celebrate as he hit a full house, he soon realized that Houghton improved to a straight flush to treble-up.

This eliminated Houghton's travel partner Whitehead and left Viggander with a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Houghton	141,000	141,000
Lars Viggander	10,500	-48,500
Gary Whitehead	Busted

04-30-2022 22:35 UTC+3

Paddington Busts in Record Time

Chris Bean

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Colin Paddington bet 400 from under the gun. Alexandra O'Brien (button) raised to 2,200 and Elmar Schuetz (big blind) bet 6,000.

Paddington exclaimed, "I wasn't expecting that. Fuck it I'm all in!" O'Brien folded and Schultz snap-called.

Colin Paddington:
Elmar Schultz:

The flop gave Paddington a pair, but the turn and river were no help. Schuetz scoops in a massive pot early.

The rest of the table looked shell-shocked at the reckless abandon of Paddington who indicated he would fire another bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elmar Schuetz	96,000	96,000
Lars Viggander	59,000	59,000
Colin Paddington	Busted

04-30-2022 21:00 UTC+3

Welcome to Day 1f of the 2022 Malta Spring Festival €550 Grand Event

Calum Grant

The final starting flight of the 2022 Malta Spring Festival €550 Grand Event gets underway in an hours time at 9 p.m. CEST at the Portomaso Casino.

Day 1e is also currently underway, and the players still in that flight are currently on their dinner break. The likes of Ori Hasson, Thomas Noske and Norbert Bundik are building sizeable stacks and barring any unfortunate circumstances, should make it through the day.

2019 MPF Grand Event champion Tomas Sujeta is also in action on Day 1e but is on his second bullet, similar to that of April Facey and Alexandra O'Brien.

Day 1f is operating as a turbo flight, with 20-minute levels. Players receive a starting stack of 50,000 and will need to navigate 13 levels to bag and tag for Sunday, May 1's Day 2. Late registration is open until the end of the break that follows Level 8 and each participant is permitted two re-entries per flight.

As always, PokerNews has got you covered, bringing you the action as it happens at the Malta Poker Festival Spring.