€550 Grand Event
Day 2 Started
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€550 Grand Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€555,940
Entries
1,202
Level
32
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
180
Players Left
10
Players Left 1 / 1,202
Filter
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After the dust has settled on seven starting flights, a total of 180 players have progressed to Day 2 of the Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event from a total of 1,202 entries, with the players set to return to Portomaso Casino at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 4 to attempt to book a spot in the final day.
Those figures created a €555,940 prize pool, an astonishing figure for a €550 buy-in event.
No-one could catch Day 1c chip leader, Ludovic Uzan of France, in subsequent flights - he leads the way on 1,412,000, closely followed by Day 1f chip leader Carsten Mawick of Germany (1,190,000) and Giacomo Comitini of Italy (1,146,000).
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludovic Uzan | France | 1,412,000 | 141 |
| 2 | Carsten Mawick | Germany | 1,190,000 | 119 |
| 3 | Giacomo Comitini | Italy | 1,146,000 | 114 |
| 4 | Justin Scicluna | Malta | 1,066,000 | 106 |
| 5 | Gustav Andersson | Sweden | 955,000 | 95 |
| 6 | Jan Jensen | Denmark | 917,000 | 91 |
| 7 | Andrew Cutajar | Malta | 873,000 | 87 |
| 8 | Antonio Scala | Italy | 870,000 | 87 |
| 9 | Joni Ryhanen | Finland | 828,000 | 82 |
| 10 | Christoforos Chrysochoidis | Greece | 816,000 | 81 |
Defending champion Domenico Lando and PokerNews ambassador Lukas Robinson (432,000) have also navigated there way to Day 2.
The players will return to 50-minute blind levels at Level 15, with blinds of 5,000/10,000, with a 10,000 big blind ante. The format of the day will be confirmed as soon as it is confirmed by tournament staff.
Players who qualify for the final day will return on Monday, May 5 at 1 p.m. to do battle for the trophy. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a thrilling day of poker.
MPF Grand Event Day 2 Seating Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Colin Lovelock | United Kingdom | 415,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 2 | Carsten Mawick | Germany | 1,190,000 | 119 |
| 1 | 3 | Sonia Padovani | United Kingdom | 38,000 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 | Ludovic Uzan | France | 1,412,000 | 141 |
| 1 | 5 | Karl Cooper | United Kingdom | 199,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 6 | Sergei Cutajar | Malta | 518,000 | 51 |
| 1 | 7 | Pavel Pecelj | Serbia | 68,000 | 6 |
| 1 | 8 | Giuseppe Di Bella | Italy | 218,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 1 | Andrew Cutajar | Malta | 873,000 | 87 |
| 2 | 2 | Ashley Chambers | United Kingdom | 120,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | Niccolo Cadoni | Italy | 647,000 | 64 |
| 2 | 4 | Gustav Andersson | Sweden | 955,000 | 95 |
| 2 | 5 | Charles Revil | France | 209,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 6 | Erik Ostergaard | Denmark | 310,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 7 | Thomas Jakobsen | Norway | 317,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 8 | Manoj Navani | India | 476,000 | 47 |
| 3 | 1 | Inaki Gonzalez | Spain | 374,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Strauch | Germany | 492,000 | 49 |
| 3 | 3 | Aron Selam | France | 87,000 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | Lukas Robinson | United Kingdom | 432,000 | 43 |
| 3 | 5 | Giulio Di Salvo | Italy | 318,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 6 | Thomas Cazaletz | United Kingdom | 87,000 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | Massimiliano Piazza | Italy | 441,000 | 44 |
| 3 | 8 | Simone Maciocia | Malta | 171,000 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | Vanessa Welby | United Kingdom | 290,000 | 29 |
| 4 | 2 | Jaime Lozano Diaz | Spain | 636,000 | 63 |
| 4 | 3 | Santina Spedalieri | Italy | 256,000 | 25 |
| 4 | 4 | Willam Brandwell | Canada | 55,000 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | Franky Green | United Kingdom | 292,000 | 29 |
| 4 | 6 | Julian Micallef | Malta | 90,000 | 9 |
| 4 | 7 | Corentin Soulier | France | 160,000 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Giuseppe Tredici | Italy | 196,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | Giuseppe Pandolfo | Italy | 171,000 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | Ian Morris | United Kingdom | 160,000 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | Empty | |||
| 5 | 4 | Boysen Nielsen | Germany | 112,000 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | Dimitrios Tsakalakos | Greece | 204,000 | 20 |
| 5 | 6 | David Leger | France | 303,000 | 30 |
| 5 | 7 | Vallone Aurelio | Italy | 722,000 | 72 |
| 5 | 8 | Jan Bengelmann | Germany | 114,000 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Andreas Lundin | Sweden | 148,000 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | Marco Toralti | Italy | 399,000 | 39 |
| 6 | 3 | Jason Shellum | United Kingdom | 350,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 4 | Adrian Rueda | Spain | 230,000 | 23 |
| 6 | 5 | Jan Jensen | Denmark | 917,000 | 91 |
| 6 | 6 | Martyn Frey | United Kingdom | 567,000 | 56 |
| 6 | 7 | Boban Stevanovic | Serbia | 674,000 | 67 |
| 6 | 8 | Giacomo Comitini | Italy | 1,146,000 | 114 |
| 7 | 1 | Timothee Rey | France | 247,000 | 24 |
| 7 | 2 | Adrian Trigo | Spain | 187,000 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | Angelo Vietti | Italy | 546,000 | 54 |
| 7 | 4 | Kjetil Reigstad | Norway | 419,000 | 41 |
| 7 | 5 | Bora Uludag | Germany | 381,000 | 38 |
| 7 | 6 | Jordan Grech | Malta | 114,000 | 11 |
| 7 | 7 | Bartolomeo Pandolfo | Italy | 303,000 | 30 |
| 7 | 8 | Giovanni Piccione | Italy | 487,000 | 48 |
| 8 | 1 | Jared Louali | France | 326,000 | 32 |
| 8 | 2 | Roberto Morra | Italy | 364,000 | 36 |
| 8 | 3 | Justin Scicluna | Malta | 1,066,000 | 106 |
| 8 | 4 | Martin Pedersen | Denmark | 336,000 | 33 |
| 8 | 5 | David Ash | United Kingdom | 98,000 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Marco Patane | Italy | 484,000 | 48 |
| 8 | 7 | Christoforos Chrysochoidis | Greece | 816,000 | 81 |
| 8 | 8 | Abdellah Baali | Algeria | 176,000 | 17 |
| 9 | 1 | Empty | |||
| 9 | 2 | Ken Egeland | Denmark | 205,000 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | Domenico Lando | Italy | 373,000 | 37 |
| 9 | 4 | Mikael Nilsson | Sweden | 426,000 | 42 |
| 9 | 5 | Andre Grech | Malta | 170,000 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | Uwe Behrendt | Germany | 322,000 | 32 |
| 9 | 7 | Flaviano Cammisuli | Italy | 310,000 | 31 |
| 9 | 8 | Mariano Barna | Italy | 330,000 | 33 |
| 10 | 1 | Dario Marinelli | Italy | 412,000 | 41 |
| 10 | 2 | Andrea Crobu | Italy | 315,000 | 31 |
| 10 | 3 | Jiri Novak | Czechia | 430,000 | 43 |
| 10 | 4 | Tina Christensen | Denmark | 275,000 | 27 |
| 10 | 5 | Frank Stacker | Germany | 160,000 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | Tomas Hrstka | Czechia | 427,000 | 42 |
| 10 | 7 | Per Gassaand | Norway | 465,000 | 46 |
| 10 | 8 | Kristian Dahl | Norway | 65,000 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | Miguel Angel Herreros Sanchez | Spain | 218,000 | 21 |
| 11 | 2 | Charles Eichner | France | 568,000 | 56 |
| 11 | 3 | Mathias Jordi | Switzerland | 647,000 | 64 |
| 11 | 4 | Samuel Costante | Italy | 236,000 | 23 |
| 11 | 5 | Matthew Agius | Malta | 165,000 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | Metin Aslan | Germany | 371,000 | 37 |
| 11 | 7 | Alfredo Cuti | Italy | 136,000 | 13 |
| 11 | 8 | Erik Lindqwist | Sweden | 482,000 | 48 |
| 12 | 1 | Lukas Korniluk | Poland | 535,000 | 53 |
| 12 | 2 | Simone Lombardo | Italy | 233,000 | 23 |
| 12 | 3 | Nunzio Gambino | Italy | 366,000 | 36 |
| 12 | 4 | Alessandro Furneri | Italy | 376,000 | 37 |
| 12 | 5 | Fabrizio Marancio | Italy | 182,000 | 18 |
| 12 | 6 | Sami Barghouthi | France | 579,000 | 57 |
| 12 | 7 | Ferry Janssen | Netherlands | 76,000 | 7 |
| 12 | 8 | Filip Danyi | Czechia | 338,000 | 33 |
| 13 | 1 | Francisco Jimenez | Colombia | 114,000 | 11 |
| 13 | 2 | Stanislavs Duda | Latvia | 315,000 | 31 |
| 13 | 3 | Massimo Cannizzo | Italy | 238,000 | 23 |
| 13 | 4 | Joseph Cutajar | Malta | 371,000 | 37 |
| 13 | 5 | Paul Davies | United Kingdom | 198,000 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | Owen Sammut | Malta | 633,000 | 63 |
| 13 | 7 | Vincenzo Popolo | Italy | 309,000 | 30 |
| 13 | 8 | Jonathan Bradley | United Kingdom | 430,000 | 43 |
| 14 | 1 | Alessio Assennato | Italy | 754,000 | 75 |
| 14 | 2 | Daniel Mountford | United Kingdom | 382,000 | 38 |
| 14 | 3 | Empty | |||
| 14 | 4 | Jeffrey Drooghenbroodt | Belgium | 86,000 | 8 |
| 14 | 5 | Matteo Intiso | Italy | 417,000 | 41 |
| 14 | 6 | Alessio Lucciarini | Italy | 133,000 | 13 |
| 14 | 7 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | Norway | 224,000 | 22 |
| 14 | 8 | Giuseppe Bellinghieri | Italy | 206,000 | 20 |
| 15 | 1 | Francesco Caramazza | Italy | 247,000 | 24 |
| 15 | 2 | Oliver Mihajlovski | Macedonia | 276,000 | 27 |
| 15 | 3 | Charlie Rimmer | United Kingdom | 444,000 | 44 |
| 15 | 4 | Fidan Zahiti | Sweden | 614,000 | 61 |
| 15 | 5 | Mihai Norocel | Romania | 47,000 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | Guillaum Otto | Belgium | 123,000 | 12 |
| 15 | 7 | Jens Lauritzen | Denmark | 355,000 | 35 |
| 15 | 8 | Nicholas Galtos | Australia | 271,000 | 27 |
| 16 | 1 | James Maund | United Kingdom | 23,000 | 2 |
| 16 | 2 | Daniel Killenberger | Switzerland | 247,000 | 24 |
| 16 | 3 | Piotr Wasilewski | Poland | 311,000 | 31 |
| 16 | 4 | Jordan Dumas | France | 311,000 | 31 |
| 16 | 5 | Matthieu Choffardet | France | 342,000 | 34 |
| 16 | 6 | Leonard White | Ireland | 348,000 | 34 |
| 16 | 7 | Domenico La Ferla | Italy | 286,000 | 28 |
| 16 | 8 | Jan Stigter | Malta | 279,000 | 27 |
| 17 | 1 | Stefan Koie | Denmark | 54,000 | 5 |
| 17 | 2 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 275,000 | 27 |
| 17 | 3 | Victor Fryda | France | 180,000 | 18 |
| 17 | 4 | Matteo Ferrara | Italy | 315,000 | 31 |
| 17 | 5 | Sebastian Mortensen | Denmark | 730,000 | 73 |
| 17 | 6 | Nils Eriksson | Sweden | 110,000 | 11 |
| 17 | 7 | Empty | |||
| 17 | 8 | Manuel Janas | Germany | 360,000 | 36 |
| 18 | 1 | David Harris | United Kingdom | 204,000 | 20 |
| 18 | 2 | Christian Eckert | Germany | 93,000 | 9 |
| 18 | 3 | Matthias Kribben | Germany | 434,000 | 43 |
| 18 | 4 | Raffael Wilbertz | Germany | 192,000 | 19 |
| 18 | 5 | Jan-Thore Flatt | Germany | 548,000 | 54 |
| 18 | 6 | Cahit Basbug | Turkey | 428,000 | 42 |
| 18 | 7 | Dragan Ignjatosvki | Macedonia | 268,000 | 26 |
| 18 | 8 | Kevin Jung | Germany | 184,000 | 18 |
| 19 | 1 | Magrane Esteve | Spain | 246,000 | 24 |
| 19 | 2 | Martijn Rendering | Netherlands | 466,000 | 46 |
| 19 | 3 | David Wagener | Canada | 29,000 | 2 |
| 19 | 4 | Anastasios Apostolou | Greece | 173,000 | 17 |
| 19 | 5 | Andrew Fleming | United Kingdom | 92,000 | 9 |
| 19 | 6 | Dzintars Lacis | Latvia | 189,000 | 18 |
| 19 | 7 | Steven Penney | United Kingdom | 202,000 | 20 |
| 19 | 8 | Roberto Cilia | Italy | 300,000 | 30 |
| 20 | 1 | Fausto Tantillo | Italy | 221,000 | 22 |
| 20 | 2 | Giovanni Capitano | Italy | 86,000 | 8 |
| 20 | 3 | Idan Levy | Romania | 157,000 | 15 |
| 20 | 4 | Carmel Nir | Israel | 364,000 | 36 |
| 20 | 5 | Adrians Imsa | Lativa | 450,000 | 45 |
| 20 | 6 | Egon Holdhus | Norway | 486,000 | 48 |
| 20 | 7 | Giuseppe Bondi | Italy | 40,000 | 4 |
| 20 | 8 | Jorgji Kotorri | Albania | 398,000 | 39 |
| 21 | 1 | Markus Hirttio | Finland | 685,000 | 68 |
| 21 | 2 | Danny Strange | United Kingdom | 122,000 | 12 |
| 21 | 3 | Bob Jansen | Netherlands | 119,000 | 11 |
| 21 | 4 | Arican Sukru | Turkey | 377,000 | 37 |
| 21 | 5 | Antonio Scala | Italy | 870,000 | 87 |
| 21 | 6 | Jesper Svare | Denmark | 30,000 | 3 |
| 21 | 7 | Iulian Rautu | United Kingdom | 276,000 | 27 |
| 21 | 8 | Roar Aspas | Norway | 395,000 | 39 |
| 22 | 1 | Alessandro Siena | Italy | 366,000 | 36 |
| 22 | 2 | Alexander Maskell | United Kingdom | 477,000 | 47 |
| 22 | 3 | Johannes-Herald Stephan | Germany | 126,000 | 12 |
| 22 | 4 | Ashley Scott | United Kingdom | 322,000 | 32 |
| 22 | 5 | Biagio Torrisi | Italy | 757,000 | 75 |
| 22 | 6 | Alexandr Resko | Czechia | 146,000 | 14 |
| 22 | 7 | Jonathan Hewston | United Kingdom | 323,000 | 32 |
| 22 | 8 | Andrew Crehan | United Kingdom | 121,000 | 12 |
| 23 | 1 | Dejan Prikulovic | Sweden | 274,000 | 27 |
| 23 | 2 | Jonathan Levy | Australia | 363,000 | 36 |
| 23 | 3 | Jake Marston | United Kingdom | 513,000 | 51 |
| 23 | 4 | Stefano Olivetti | Italy | 114,000 | 11 |
| 23 | 5 | Marc Sanz | Spain | 169,000 | 16 |
| 23 | 6 | Simon Brocklehurst | United Kingdom | 239,000 | 23 |
| 23 | 7 | Thomas Lange | Germany | 288,000 | 28 |
| 23 | 8 | Joni Ryhanen | Finland | 294,000 | 29 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Cards are in the air here in Day 2 of the MPF Grand Event - stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the action.
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Payouts have now been confirmed, and the winner of the MPF Spring Grand Event will take home a juicy six-figure sum - €100,000.
A spot at the final table is worth €8,550, while all players are guaranteed a minimum cash of €940.
Please see the payouts tab above for full details.
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Short-stack William Brandwell was all-in for 55,000 and at risk versus Julian Micallef.
William Brandwell: K♦J♦ 
Julian Micallef: A♦A♣
Brandwell had run into a monster, but he had went runner-runner on the turn and river to hit trip jacks on the Q♦5♠4♣J♣J♠ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Arican Sukru opened to 35,000 from early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 60,000 by Antonio Scala in the next seat. Action folded back to Sukru, who called.
On the K♣9♦2♠ flop, Sukru check-called versus a bet of 30,000 from Scala.
The 9♣ turn was checked through to the 10♠ river. Sukru checked, and after some thought, Scala fired out an overbet of 475,000.
Sukru went into the tank, but was ultimately forced to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
940,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
235,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Justin Scicluna limped from early position, before Abdellah Baali jammed from the small blind for 96,000. Jared Louali called in the big blind, and Scicluna got out of the way.
Abdellah Baali: Q♥Q♠
Jared Louali: A♦Q♣
Baali was in good shape for a double-up versus a single overcard, and there were no surprises on the 6♥5♣2♠2♦K♣ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,046,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
650,000
324,000
|
324,000 |
|
217,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Giovanni Capitano was all-in for 56,000 and at risk versus Egon Holdhus.
Giovanni Capitano: 6♥6♣
Egon Holdhus: A♠K♦
It was off to the races, but the king was in the window on the K♥8♦4♣ flop, and Capitano could not find a two-outer on the J♣ turn or 3♣ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
Busted |
