The floor announced the final three hands for Day 1e. Players will bag and tag chips after three hands are dealt on each table.
We will update you with the final chip counts of Day 1e within the hour and the final counts for Day 1f shortly after the action completes there later in the evening.
Day 1d is in the books with 252 entries adding to the mix to bring the total up to 800 entries with three more opening flights to go. A total of 61 players found a bag to bring that total up to 191 players and counting.
Poland’s Kamil Skawinski bagged the Day 1d chip lead with 515,000 in chips, closely followed by Sweden’s Robert Kontkanen with 507,000. Peter De Bruin (471,000) and the charismatic Albert Sapiano (405,000) also found bags north of 400,000 in chips.
Check out all the final chip counts from Day 1d below and see you back tomorrow for Day 1e when the action resumes on Saturday at 2 p.m.
| Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| Kamil Skawinski | 515,000 | 103 |
| Robert Kontkanen | 507,000 | 101 |
| Peter De Bruin | 471,000 | 94 |
| Albert Sapiano | 405,000 | 81 |
| Dan Miron | 359,000 | 72 |
| Dean Laybourne | 326,000 | 65 |
| Garry Spinks | 321,000 | 64 |
| Henricus Bouwmans | 319,000 | 64 |
| Michael Fohs | 304,000 | 61 |
| Timothy Brown | 301,000 | 60 |
| Simon Davidson | 300,000 | 60 |
| Saverio Giuzio | 300,000 | 60 |
| James Clarke | 291,000 | 58 |
| Stewart Kirby | 282,000 | 56 |
| Antonios Onoufriou | 274,000 | 55 |
| Nico Seghorn | 260,000 | 52 |
| Markus Ganglbauer | 257,000 | 51 |
| Richard Koppel | 255,000 | 51 |
| Tayfun Rodoplu | 250,000 | 50 |
| Andreas Liperis | 243,000 | 49 |
| Mathias Falandys | 242,000 | 48 |
| Kjetil Hanstvedt | 238,000 | 48 |
| Clausin Sanz | 237,000 | 47 |
| Colin Cooper | 224,000 | 45 |
| Daniel Kuhlmann | 222,000 | 44 |
| Alexander Sokolovsky | 220,000 | 44 |
| Sorin Pruteanu | 217,000 | 43 |
| Franck Meucci | 205,000 | 41 |
| Christina Read | 203,000 | 41 |
| Vittorio Morello | 197,000 | 39 |
| Damien Labaune | 195,000 | 39 |
| Dan Olin | 189,000 | 38 |
| Ali Bozdogan | 186,000 | 37 |
| Alain Monluc | 177,000 | 35 |
| Mitchell Hynam | 175,000 | 35 |
| Alex Montgomery | 158,000 | 32 |
| Hendrik Kwiatkowski | 152,000 | 30 |
| Tim van Moer | 152,000 | 30 |
| Manfred Quint | 150,000 | 30 |
| Daniel Gatt | 145,000 | 29 |
| Rene Lumiste | 143,000 | 29 |
| Paul Theeman | 141,000 | 28 |
| Huibrecht den Boer | 131,000 | 26 |
| Victor Korsten | 128,000 | 26 |
| Fabrizio Marancio | 126,000 | 25 |
| Archibald Seaton | 125,000 | 25 |
| Georgios Mellidis | 115,000 | 23 |
| Tayfun Yalcin | 115,000 | 23 |
| Leonardo Armino | 108,000 | 22 |
| James Limmer | 107,000 | 21 |
| Gorjan Jakimovski | 106,000 | 21 |
| Giacomo Raddi | 104,000 | 21 |
| Martin Danielsen | 103,000 | 21 |
| Giovanni Capitano | 97,000 | 19 |
| Andrei Babatie | 93,000 | 19 |
| Giorgio Accardi | 92,000 | 18 |
| Ralph van Veen | 90,000 | 18 |
| Christos Georgiou | 83,000 | 17 |
| Tom Nobels | 75,000 | 15 |
| Greger Larsson | 73,000 | 15 |
| Fabrice Ferrari | 50,000 | 10 |
| Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Brancati | 460,000 | 92 |
| Samuel Tebege | 376,000 | 75 |
| Tomas Flanagan | 375,000 | 75 |
| Vytautas Rubeziu | 337,000 | 67 |
| Kjell Hernstrom | 327,000 | 65 |
| Congliang Lyu | 320,000 | 64 |
| Thomas Harnes | 311,000 | 62 |
| Jonathan Briscoe White | 308,000 | 62 |
| Miriam Hellwig | 308,000 | 62 |
| Samuele Lo Presti | 308,000 | 62 |
| Istvan Krizsan | 291,000 | 58 |
| Anthony Farthing | 289,000 | 58 |
| Dylan Cechowski | 286,000 | 57 |
| Henrik Torstensson | 278,000 | 56 |
| Tomasz Brzezinski | 276,000 | 55 |
| Jeongmin Lee | 268,000 | 54 |
| Martinez Furniet | 265,000 | 53 |
| Allan Arjut | 244,000 | 49 |
| Anders Karlsen | 240,000 | 48 |
| Boban Stevanovic | 232,000 | 46 |
| Nicolas Bigham | 230,000 | 46 |
| Lars-Magne Johansen | 226,000 | 45 |
| Garry Woods | 225,000 | 45 |
| Karl Linder | 222,000 | 44 |
| Georgios Zachmanidis | 214,000 | 43 |
| Eros Nastasi | 209,000 | 42 |
| Kevin Berkhout | 206,000 | 41 |
| Samuel Biland | 206,000 | 41 |
| Igor Bukowsi | 203,000 | 41 |
| Lawrence Bonnici | 199,000 | 40 |
| Skipp van den Assem | 197,000 | 39 |
| Ronnie Cohen | 190,000 | 38 |
| Proenca Oliveira | 190,000 | 38 |
| Miguel Martinez Marti | 185,000 | 37 |
| Kevin Quinlan | 182,000 | 36 |
| Jonathan Stoll | 179,000 | 36 |
| Bjarke Matthiesen | 173,000 | 35 |
| Ruiz Ribatallada | 168,000 | 34 |
| Francesco Biribao | 165,000 | 33 |
| Soren Dalgaard | 163,000 | 33 |
| Petrus Berkhout | 156,000 | 31 |
| Angelo Monachino | 154,000 | 31 |
| Jonas Nordquist | 153,000 | 31 |
| Stig Eketrapp | 149,000 | 30 |
| Gaetano Brignone | 148,000 | 30 |
| George Waud | 147,000 | 29 |
| Giuseppe Marrone | 140,000 | 28 |
| Vincenzo Scarpitti | 139,000 | 28 |
| Maciej Toma | 138,000 | 28 |
| Giuseppe Partinico | 121,000 | 24 |
| Sascha Manns | 118,000 | 24 |
| Adam Bromley | 112,000 | 22 |
| Mathias Petit | 110,000 | 22 |
| Niel Adams | 109,000 | 22 |
| Christophe Cambier | 108,000 | 22 |
| Johan Hermansson | 91,000 | 18 |
| Gunnar Fenes | 85,000 | 17 |
| Emil Langeland | 84,000 | 17 |
| Candido Cappiello | 82,000 | 16 |
| Daniele Grasso | 80,000 | 16 |
| Richard Sambron | 80,000 | 16 |
| Elsje Vansteenkiste | 73,000 | 15 |
| Jonathan Butters | 72,000 | 14 |
| Jeoffrey Duytschaever | 68,000 | 14 |
| Chris Da Silva | 60,000 | 12 |
| Dan Larsson | 60,000 | 12 |
| Benjamin Kett | 57,000 | 11 |
| Alexandra Grasu | 55,000 | 11 |
| Paolo Di Girolamo | 48,000 | 10 |
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 77/260
Roar Florte opened for 10,000 before Istvan Krizsan three-bet jammed for a chunk of chips. Jonathan Stoll called off his short-stack before Florte also called off his stack as well.
Jonathan Stoll: A♦Q♦
Roar Florte: K♣K♥
Istvan Krizsan: [invalid notations] flop, however Florte slammed the table either out of anger or frustration or both after a miracle two outer for his opponents came on the A♥ turn. No alternative miracle came on the 4♦ river. Florte was less than happy about his bad luck, but who could blame him?
“The same thing happened at the Norwegians!” Florte said before quickly leaving the table.
Although Krizsan won the side pot, his stack soon went into the back into the pot after shoving the very next hand his K♣9♦ into Emil Langeveld’s Q♦Q♠.
The table was laughing about the last two hands before Sascha Manns, who was also at the table, piped up.
“Now you are just getting cute,” Manns said with a smile.
Nothing miracle happened for Krizsan on the 5♠A♠J♦7♣6♦ board and Krizsan’s stack went over to Langeveld.
Emil Langeveld – 200,000
Jonathan Stoll – 100,000
Istvan Krizsan – 0
Roar Florte – 0
Level 12: 2,000/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 92/260
Giovanni Russo three-bet from late position to 27,000 over the early position open by Joengmin Lee. Joengmin called before he checked the Q♣9♥8♠ flop.
Russo fired out for 18,000 and Joengmin called. Joengmin checked the K♥ turn. Lee bet 21,000. Lee jammed a big stack and Russo snap-called for about 65,000 in total.
Giovanni Russo: A♣Q♠
Joengmin Lee: K♦9♦
Lee’s two pair was miles ahead and Russo, who was ahead on the flop only to fall behind on the turn, wasn’t able to get a miracle to save his Day 1c tournament life with the [8h] river completing the board.
Joengmin Lee – 300,000
Giovanni Russo – 0
Players are on their final break of Day 1c. There will be two more blind levels including 1,500/3,000 (3,000) and 2,000/4,000 (4,000) when the action resumes before the surviving players bag and tag their stacks into Sunday’s Day 2.
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 105/260
Ingvill Nilsen jammed for 18,000 from under the gun. Arnasalon Chengalanee called from middle position before Stig Eketrapp there-bet jammed for 76,000. Chengalanee didn’t waste too much time before he called for a three-way showdown with both Norwegians Nilsen and Eketrapp at risk.
Ingvill Nilsen: 10♣10♦
Stig Eketrapp: A♦A♥
Arnasalon Chengalanee: A♦K♠
Eketrapp was ahead the entire way and even spiked the case ace on the river to double through Chengalee and oust Nilsen after the 7♣Q♣9♦2♠A♣ ran out on the board.
Stig Eketrapp – 173,000
Arnasalon Chengalanee – 20,000
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 116/260
Richard Sambron jammed for 17,000 from middle position before Stig Eketrapp called from the cutoff.
Richard Sambron: A♠8♠
Stig Eketrapp: 10♣10♠
Sambron got up looking ready to go even before the cards were turned over. He grabbed his bag after the 7♥K♦4♥ didn’t help on the flop. No love came for Sambron on the J♠ turn. It was like looking at a deer in headlights as the A♥ spiked the river to push Sambron ahead to double his stack instead of hitting the rail.
“I thought I was done as soon as you called,” Sambron shared as he sat back down and began gathering his chips.
Stig Eketrapp – 60,000
Richard Sambron – 39,000
The Malta Poker Festival and Globetrotting Poker have combined forces to bring some unique activities throughout the week away from the tables.
If you have the time, we highly recommend the private bus charter to the majestic regions of Valletta and Mosta. The departure is from the Hilton at 10:30 a.m. and gives you a chance not only to enjoy the tour but enjoy it with fellow poker aficionados. This is also perfect if you travelled to Malta with a non-poker-playing friend or partner.
We wish the crew tons of fun away from the tables tomorrow morning and the best of luck when they are back in action at Portomaso Casino.
