Play is underway here in the final day of the Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we see who can lift the trophy and huge €141,900 first-place prize.
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The curtains are about to come down on another hugely successful Malta Poker Festival at Portomaso Casino, with 12 players set to return at 1 p.m. local time for the final day of the record-breaking €600 Spring Grand Event, competing for the remaining share of the massive €684,390 prize pool.
Erik Ostergaard of Denmark (11,500,000) is in pole position to land the €141,900 first-place prize, starting the day with a decent lead over French pair Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart (9,250,000) and Thibaut Thevenet (8,400,000).
Ostergaard and Mazza-Boussemart are seasoned professionals, while Thevenet has already secured his biggest ever recorded live score.
Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart
It is a tightly condensed field, and all of the returning players will feel they have a chance of lifting the trophy today, with relative short-stacks Riccardo Saraniero (1,925,000) and Federico Petruzzelli (2,850,000) certainly not out of contention.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Blinds
1
Erik Ostergaard
Denmark
11,500,000
46
2
Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart
France
9,250,000
37
3
Thibaut Thevenet
France
8,400,000
33
4
Robert McAdam
United Kingdom
7,975,000
31
5
Davide Raschella
Italy
7,850,000
31
6
Sebastian Mortensen
Denmark
7,500,000
30
7
Abdellah Baali
Algeria
7,200,000
28
8
Dario Barone
Italy
6,825,000
27
9
Pascal Inkert
Austria
5,575,000
23
10
Vito Romei
Italy
4,400,000
17
The 12 players have all guaranteed a €6,580 payday, while a spot at the final table is worth €10,260.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€141,900
7
€17.980
2
€80,920
8
€13,840
3
€53,980
9
€10,260
4
€41,050
10-11
€7,840
5
€30,040
12
€6,580
6
€23,080
MPF Winner's Cheque
Play will restart at Level 24, with blinds of 125,000/250,000, with a 250,000 big blind ante, and the clock set to 75-minute levels, to be reduced to 45-minutes when the field is reduced to six. Three-handed play will be on a 20-minute clock.
The final table action will be streamed on Malta Poker Festival's social media channels, with a link to follow. Our coverage will match the stream in terms of delay, and will continue until a champion is crowned.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a thrilling final day of the Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event.
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