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