€1,500 WSOP-C Main Event Day 1cd | 2026 WSOP Circuit Malta

€1,500 WSOP-C Main Event

Day 1cd Completed

10 hours 56 minutes ago

Fabrizio Pilitteri Leads Day 1c of WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The final two flights of the €1,500 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event have come to an end. Thanks to the 386 entries recorded on Day 1c and the 156 more on Day 1d, this 2026 edition attracted a total of 879 runners at Casino Malta. The field generated a total prize pool of €1,115,451, which will be shared among the 134 players qualified for Day 2.

Among them is Fabrizio Pilitteri, who finished Day 1c as the chip leader with 1,226,000. Involved in the final hand of the day, he'll return tomorrow with the second-largest stack overall. For tonight, second place belongs to Andreas Stocker (816,000), while Ivan Saul sits third in chips with 683,000.

Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Fabrizio Pilitteri	Italy	1,226,000	102
2	Andreas Stocker	Switzerland	816,000	68
3	Ivan Saul	Spain	683,000	57
4	Maria Koutsouki	Greece	635,000	53
5	Franck Bain	France	625,000	52
6	Antoine Talvard	France	557,000	46
7	Alkan Aydingoez	Germany	516,000	43
8	Ivelin Kolev	Bulgaria	515,000	43
9	Vilmos Farkas	Hungary	514,000	43
10	Radoslaw Kopec	Poland	498,000	42

Among the Top 10, Antoine Talvard (557,000) enjoyed a lucky final few hours, cracking aces, taking down a big pot with a full house, and hitting quads to send two opponents home.

Vilmos Farkas (514,000) and Radoslaw Kopec (498,000) are also among the top stacks, while Robert Binek (390,000) finally made it to Day 2 after two close calls in the first two flights. He will be back tomorrow alongside Malta's Julian Micallef (344,000), Julien Stropoli (311,000), Mitja Rudolf (230,000), recent WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event runner-up Herve Gouzil (213,000), WSOP bracelet winners Matteo Intiso (197,000) and Fabio Peluso (127,000), and Victoria Ailloud (148,000).

Finally, Day 1d ended with 24 remaining players led by Luca Topazio (845,000) and Mike Laskar (841,000). Players like Linda Lahdenpaa (672,000), Bianka Abade (477,000), Angelo Censabella (327,000) and Sebastian Mortensen (152,000) also qualified through this final flight.

The 134 remaining players are now in the money. They secured a minimum cash prize of €3,000 and will return this Saturday, October 3, at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2. As Day 1a finished very early, play will resume at Level 14 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. Levels will now be 60 minutes long until the end of the tournament, and the day is scheduled to end with nine remaining players, who will play the final table on Sunday.

The detailed payouts will be revealed at the restart, so stay tuned to PokerNews for all the information on this WSOP Circuit Malta Main Event all the way until a winner is crowned!

Tags: Alkan Aydingoez Andreas Stocker Antoine Talvard Fabio Peluso Fabrizio Pilitteri Franck Bain Herve Gouzil Ivan Saul Ivelin Kolev Julian Micallef Julien Stropoli Maria Koutsouki Matteo Intiso Mitja Rudolf Radoslaw Kopec Robert Binek Victoria Ailloud Vilmos Farkas

10 hours 58 minutes ago

Day 2 Redraw

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip count	Big blinds
1	1	Fabrizio Pilitteri	1,226,000	204
1	2	Alessandro Comi	247,000	41
1	3	Alessandro Di Girolamo	370,000	62
1	5	Riccardo Trevisani	309,000	52
1	6	Franck Bain	625,000	104
1	7	Christos Leantzis	75,000	13
1	8	Richard Mead	144,000	24

2	1	Giuseppe Leone	245,000	41
2	2	Ivan Saul	683,000	114
2	3	Andreas Liperis	465,000	78
2	4	Ivelin Kolev	515,000	86
2	5	Linda Lahdenpaa	672,000	112
2	6	Danilo D'Ettoris	327,000	55
2	7	Thomas Rayssiguier	534,000	89
2	8	Tal Herzog	340,000	57

3	1	Matteo Ricco	318,000	53
3	2	Jean-Paul Pasqualini	198,000	33
3	3	Fabio Peluso	127,000	21
3	4	Emmanouil Sarris	479,000	80
3	5	Ilay Uziel	341,000	57
3	6	Mike Laskar	841,000	140
3	7	Ioannis Droushiotis	698,000	116
3	8	Birger Larsen	237,000	40

4	1	Alkan Aydingoez	516,000	86
4	2	Emil Jacobsen	18,000	3
4	3	Andreas Olympios	402,000	67
4	4	Fausto Tantillo	721,000	120
4	5	Radoslaw Kopec	498,000	83
4	7	Andrea Dal Bo	82,000	14
4	8	Alberto Cigliano	761,000	127

5	2	Alessandro Pichierri	135,000	23
5	3	John Macdonald	123,000	21
5	4	Grzegorz Kozieja	98,000	16
5	5	Evangelos Charalampous	276,000	46
5	6	Karl Sandoff	223,000	37
5	7	Arnaud Batrick	154,000	26
5	8	Stefano Bonci	196,000	33

6	1	Vitali Bibik	265,000	44
6	2	Matthew Micallef	480,000	80
6	3	Danielle Noja	210,000	35
6	4	Eduard Litskan	170,000	28
6	5	Christoffer Jensen	1,300,000	217
6	6	Maciej Gut	209,000	35
6	7	Bianka Abade	477,000	80

7	1	Liutauras Armanavicius	324,000	54
7	2	Angelo Marrone	149,000	25
7	3	Serhii Ivanenko	451,000	75
7	4	Victoria Ailloud	148,000	25
7	5	Christopher Agius	205,000	34
7	6	Saulo Sabioni	426,000	71
7	8	Carlo van Ravenswoud	443,000	74

8	1	Pavle Nikolic	358,000	60
8	2	Tal Chagage	354,000	59
8	3	Francesco Gisolfi	586,000	98
8	4	Matteo Montanari	425,000	71
8	6	Cyrus Aronis	165,000	28
8	7	Peter Kovacs	98,000	16
8	8	Nikolaos Vouldis	186,000	31

9	1	Ioannis Panagopoulos	79,000	13
9	2	Jenna Murray	363,000	61
9	3	Mario Llapi	190,000	32
9	4	Martin Hofmann	608,000	101
9	5	Daniel Purvis	159,000	27
9	6	Joris Ruijs	320,000	53
9	8	Mathis Corbari	431,000	72
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10	1	Alkiviadis Stamatis	293,000	49
10	2	Callum Gordon	131,000	22
10	3	Mitja Rudolf	230,000	38
10	4	Yiannis Liperis	180,000	30
10	5	Luigi D'Alterio	155,000	26
10	6	Filip Barczak	101,000	17
10	7	Barry Grime	428,000	71
10	8	Tom Talboom	435,000	73

11	1	Moritz Felsing	130,000	22
11	2	Gintas Dirse	178,000	30
11	3	Antoine Talvard	557,000	93
11	4	Maxime Chilaud	189,000	32
11	5	Matiss Celmins	361,000	60
11	6	Matteo Intiso	197,000	33
11	7	Antonio Barrera	129,000	22
11	8	Robert Binek	390,000	65

12	1	Candido Cappiello	189,000	32
12	2	Max Hurley	388,000	65
12	4	Salvatore Senapa	104,000	17
12	5	Julien Stropoli	311,000	52
12	6	Maksim Jankovski	170,000	28
12	7	Aleksandar Georgiev	185,000	31
12	8	Herve Gouzil	213,000	36

13	1	Gabriele Paone	430,000	72
13	2	Christos Patras	109,000	18
13	3	Lin Chen	261,000	44
13	4	Georgios Karakousis	438,000	73
13	5	Sofia Madsen	139,000	23
13	6	Norman Butterfield	300,000	50
13	7	Jakob Miegel	316,000	53
13	8	Maria Koutsouki	635,000	106

14	1	Alessandro Barone	404,000	67
14	2	Daniele Grasso	216,000	36
14	3	Georgios Tsouloftas	221,000	37
14	4	Lucio Zappala	437,000	73
14	5	Marco Bognanni	231,000	39
14	6	Michele Portannese	106,000	18
14	7	Jacopo Giacomazzi	152,000	25
14	8	Angelo Censabella	327,000	55

15	1	Nicola Bordignon	231,000	39
15	2	Gabriele Re	358,000	60
15	3	Tom Adjers	168,000	28
15	4	Giacomo Raddi	453,000	76
15	5	Ronen Avraham	174,000	29
15	6	Claudio Muller	297,000	50
15	7	Radoslaw Wielewicki	91,000	15

16	1	Carlo Vitti	85,000	14
16	2	Luca Topazio	845,000	141
16	3	Renato Messina	362,000	60
16	4	John Martino	291,000	49
16	5	David Ledden	158,000	26
16	6	Andreas Stocker	816,000	136
16	7	Erik Lindqwist	213,000	36
16	8	Lucas Van den Belt	85,000	14

17	1	Benjamin Chiss	340,000	57
17	2	Valerii Mishchuk	195,000	33
17	3	Zoltan Farkas	178,000	30
17	4	Marc Foggin	297,000	50
17	5	Edoardo Danesi	304,000	51
17	6	Mikel Calo	940,000	157
17	7	Julian Micallef	344,000	57

18	1	Tiago Souza Aguiar	68,000	11
18	2	Sebastian Mortensen	152,000	25
18	3	Koen Meutsege	260,000	43
18	4	Morten Godaker	145,000	24
18	5	Emmanuel Houssais	84,000	14
18	6	Jonas Lapinskas	992,000	165
18	7	Tomasz Kolodziejski	323,000	54
18	8	Vilmos Farkas	514,000	86

11 hours ago

End of Day 1d Chip Counts

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Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

12 hours 15 minutes ago

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

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Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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12 hours 21 minutes ago

58 Players Qualified for Day 2

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Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

58 players found a bag at the end of Day 1c. They are now in the money and have qualified for tomorrow's Day 2.

Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and a recap of today's action!

12 hours 35 minutes ago

Schettino Bubbles Day 1c

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Fabrizio Pilitteri opened from early position, then Andrea Schettino in the cutoff moved all-in for 31,000. Ivelin Kolev in the big blind called, as well as Pilitteri.

Both Kolev and Pilitteri checked all the way through a board of 5♣2♣6♥10♥4♠, so all three players revealed their cards.

Andrea Schettino: Q♦8♦ All in
Ivelin Kolev: Q♠5♦
Fabrizio Pilitteri: A♣Q♥

Kolev flopped a pair to take the pot and eliminate Schettino on the bubble.

Tags: Andrea Schettino Fabrizio Pilitteri Ivelin Kolev

12 hours 40 minutes ago

Talvard Rivers Quads to Score a Double Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Antonios Onoufriou in middle position with 62,000 and Emanuele Pandetta in the cutoff with 80,000 were both at risk against Antoine Talvard in the hijack.

Antonios Onoufriou: J♠10♥ All in
Emanuele Pandetta: A♣A♦ All in
Antoine Talvard: K♠K♣

Pandetta was in the lead with aces, but Talvard flopped a set on J♣Q♠K♦. The 10♦ turn gave Onoufriou two pair, but it also completed a straight for Pandetta, who was on his way to triple up. However, the K♥ river gave Talvard quads, sending both of his opponents to the rail.