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
22
Average Chip Stack
586,364
Total Chips
12,900,000
Next Payout
Venue 22
€3,080
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1ij
Entries
356
Players Left
76
Players Left 22 / 1,451

Assennato Annihilates Aces to Triple

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Fabio Assennato
Fabio Assennato

Vincenzo Cinelli opened to 16,000, and was met with a three-bet jam from Fabio Assennato from the small blind for 41,000.

Robert McAdam was in the big blind, and he cold-called. Cinelli took quite a bit of time to think before jamming for 82,000, and McAdam snapped with the covering stack.

"Aces?" said Cinelli, and when McAdam nodded, Cinelli commented "I knew it when you just called."

Fabio Assennato: KQ All in
Vincenzo Cinelli: 99 All in
Robert McAdam: AA

McAdam looked set for a huge pot, but the KKQ flop sent Assennato into dreamland, causing gasps from the table, and there was no escape for either of his opponents on the 5 turn and 5 river.

Assennato got out his phone and said "I need a picture of this for my son", as he raked in his new found wealth.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Robert McAdam gb
Robert McAdam
160,000
Profile photo of Fabio Assennato it
Fabio Assennato
133,000
Profile photo of Vincenzo Cinelli it
Vincenzo Cinelli
Busted

Tags: Fabio AssennatoRobert McAdamVincenzo Cinelli