2026 Malta Poker Festival Spring

€600 MPF Grand Event
Day: 1gh
Event Info
2026 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Event Info
Buy-in
€600
Prize Pool
€684,390
Total Entries
1,451
Players Left
12
Average Chip Stack
1,075,000
Total Chips
12,900,000
Next Payout
Venue 12
€6,580
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1gh
Entries
363
Players Left
54
Players Left 12 / 1,451

Unorthodox Preflop Line Works for Holdhus

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Egon Holdhus
Egon Holdhus

Kevin Quinlan opened to 1,100 under the gun, and received a call from Egon Holdhus, who final tabled this event last year, in the next seat.

Pavlos Benakis was in the small blind, and he produced a three-bet to 3,500. Quinlan called, before Holdhus reached for chips and produced a four-bet to 12,700.

Only Benakis called to see the A73 flop, where Benakis checked. Holdhus fired out a bet of 11,100, and Benakis shipped his remaining stack of 39,000 into the middle with lighting speed. Holdhus called just as quickly.

Pavlos Benakis: KK All in
Egon Holdhus: AK

Benakis had turned second pair kings into a bluff and had run into Big Slick. He could not find his sole out on the 35 runout.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Egon Holdhus no
Egon Holdhus
122,000
122,000
122,000
Profile photo of Kevin Quinlan gb
Kevin Quinlan
65,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Pavlos Benakis cy
Pavlos Benakis
Busted

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