2026 Malta Poker Festival Spring

€600 MPF Grand Event
Day: 1ij
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 1ij
Entries
356
Players Left
76
Players Left 12 / 1,451

Oikonomou Spikes Two-Outer to Triple

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Malta Poker Festival
Malta Poker Festival

There was an open, before Tomasso Maione three-bet to 11,000 from the cutoff. That was only the start of the action, as Sokratis Oikonomou cold four-bet jammed for 52,000 from the small blind.

Francesco Romanello was in the big blind, and he took a brief period for thought before cold five-bet ripping his 108,000 stack into the middle.

The opener took quite a bit of time before folding, and Maione, with about 80,000 behind, was absolutely pained by the situation he found himself in. Eventually he made the call, to create a huge three-way all-in scenario.

Sokratis Oikonomou: JJ All in
Tomasso Maione: AK All in
Francesco Romanello: QQ

It was a crazy cooler, and Maione, after asking the opener if he folded an ace, and receiving a nod, said "I knew it, that's why I was tanking".

Maione stood up and muttered about how gross the spot was, and the dealer fanned the J94 flop, putting Oikonomou in front with top set.

Maione continued to lament the scenario as the 7 hit on the turn, but his mood was brightened slightly when the A appeared on the river, to give him a 32,000 side-pot against Romanello.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sokratis Oikonomou gr
Sokratis Oikonomou
180,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Francesco Romanello it
Francesco Romanello
48,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Tomasso Maione it
Tomasso Maione
32,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Francesco RomanelloSokratis OikonomouTomasso Maione