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Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Asenjo Garcia shoved for 150,000 from first position, Alexandre Henry reraised all-in for 220,000 in the seat to his left and action folded to Filip Danyi, on the button who agonised over the decision before eventually folding. The blinds quickly mucked and the players showed their hands.
Asenjo Garcia: 6♦6♠
Alexandre Henry: 9♠9♣
The board ran out Q♥3♣7♣5♠8♥ and the pocket nines of Henry held whilst Danyi let out a large sigh, telling the table about how he had folded pocket jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
230,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
Busted |
Domenico Lando brought balance to the felt at the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Grand Event, navigating his way through a talented final table to emerge victorious and claim the title, trophy and €140,000 prize.
Lando picked his spots wisely in the final stages en route to topping the record-breaking 2,045 entry field, where the €941,568 prize pool was paid out to the top 306 players. Lando's triumph in the biggest MPF Grand Event was somewhat of an underdog story. The Italian player had only $13,400 in live earnings before registering for the event, with a best cash of just $6,077.
Lando toppled Nikolaos Konstas in heads-up play, after the latter appeared to have one hand on the winner's spoils, but as is ever with poker, someone's fortune can change completely with a turn of a card.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domenico Lando | Italy | €140,000 |
| 2 | Nikolaos Konstas | Greece | €93,000 |
| 3 | Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | €66,000 |
| 4 | Charles Eichner | France | €49,068 |
| 5 | Jaroslaw Falkowski | Poland | €39,000 |
| 6 | Andre Grech | Malta | €30,000 |
| 7 | Antonio Alba | Italy | €23,000 |
| 8 | Salih Kaya | Denmark | €17,500 |
| 9 | Angelo Vietti | Italy | €13,400 |
Action folded around to Eduard Werner who went all in for 105,000 from the middle position and Gary Taylor took no time to make the call from the button. Both blinds got out of the way and the players tabled their hands.
Eduard Werner: K♥K♠
Gary Taylor: A♣A♥
The board ran out 5♣2♦3♠4♦7♣ and the ultimate cooler saw Werner hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The remaining 44 players have ripped open their bags and the Tournament Director has instructed the dealers to "Shuffle Up & Deal"
Level: 15
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
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