€600 MPF Grand Event Day 1gh | 2026 Malta Poker Festival Spring

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Giamberardini	60,000 60,000	60,000
Nigel Cahill	60,000 60,000	60,000
Fabrizio Capillo	60,000
Pavlos Benakis	60,000 60,000	60,000
Kevin Quinlan	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gert Thomsen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jesper Svare	60,000 60,000	60,000
Marian Popa	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jacqueline Cachia	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jamie Scheper	60,000 60,000	60,000
Kim Nielsen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Danilo Di Mauro	60,000 60,000	60,000
Giuseppe Vinci	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Marshall (UK)	60,000 60,000	60,000
Paolo Fiumano	60,000 60,000	60,000
Taki Petros	60,000 60,000	60,000
Rosario Saddemi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Theo Schmitt	60,000 60,000	60,000
Anders Nilsson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Domenico Battista	60,000 60,000	60,000
Orawan Eriksen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Henning Nielsen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Padraig Burns	60,000 60,000	60,000
Oliver Fagerberg	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tolga Ismen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Fabio Giamberardini

60,000

Nigel Cahill

60,000

Fabrizio Capillo

60,000

Pavlos Benakis

60,000

Kevin Quinlan

60,000

Gert Thomsen

60,000

Jesper Svare

60,000

Marian Popa

60,000

Jacqueline Cachia

60,000

Jamie Scheper

60,000

Kim Nielsen

60,000

Danilo Di Mauro

60,000

Giuseppe Vinci

60,000

David Marshall (UK)

60,000

Paolo Fiumano

60,000

Taki Petros

60,000

Rosario Saddemi

60,000

Theo Schmitt

60,000

Anders Nilsson

60,000

Domenico Battista

60,000

Orawan Eriksen

60,000

Henning Nielsen

60,000

Padraig Burns

60,000

Oliver Fagerberg

60,000

Tolga Ismen

60,000

As we head into the final weekend of the Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition at Portomaso Casino, players are offered two further opportunities today to qualify for Day 2 of the €500,000 guaranteed €600 Grand Event, with Day 1g and Day 1h scheduled to take place at noon and 7 p.m. respectively.

With five starting flights remaining, the event has already attracted a total of 580 entrants, with 73 players having booked their place for Day 2, guaranteeing a €900 minimum cash.

Day 1d chip leader Liutauras Armanavicius of Lithuania (1,183,000) still leads the way, with Day 1f and 1c chip leaders Davide Raschella (1,150,000) and Mathieu Ikhlef (1,012,500) of Italy and France respectively completing the podium places.

Top Ten Chip Counts After Day 1f

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Liutauras Armanavicius	Lithuania	1,183,000
2	Davide Raschella	Italy	1,150,000
3	Mathieu Ikhlef	France	1,012,500
4	June Jenkins	Canada	965,000
5	Mans Ekholm	Sweden	921,000
6	Neil Zammit	Malta	893,000
7	Bircan Akcan	United States	848,000
8	Simen Lampe	Norway	796,000
9	Erik Ostergaard	Denmark	752,000
10	Dan Haberlein	Germany	743,000

Players in Day 1g will sit down to a 60,000 starting stack at blind level 100/300, with a 300 big blind ante, and the clock set to 40-minute levels.

Players are permitted unlimited reentries, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 11. Play will continue until the field is reduced to 15%, all of whom will return for Day 2 in the money. Day 1h will follow the same structure, except with 30-minute levels in play.

There are numerous further opportunities for players to make the Day 2 cut, with three further flights still to come over the weekend, as detailed in the schedule below.

2026 Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event Remaining Schedule

Day	Date	Time	Buy-In	Stack	Blind Levels
1g	April 24	12 p.m.	€600	60,000	40 minutes
1h	April 24	7 p.m.	€600	60,000	30 minutes
1i	April 25	12 p.m.	€600	60,000	40 minutes
1j	April 25	9 p.m.	€600	60,000	20 minutes
1k	April 26	10 a.m.	€600	60,000	15 minutes
2	April 26	4 p.m.			50 minutes
3	April 27	1 p.m.			75 minutes

PokerNews will be on the floor for the start of play in Day 1g, so stick with us for all your coverage of the Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event.

Tags: Dan Haberlein Davide Raschella Erik Ostergaard June Jenkins Liutauras Armanavicius Mans Ekholm Mathieu Ikhlef Neil Zammit Simen Lampe