Category Day 1D

Level 8: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 220/408

Ronny Albrigtsen was one of the four “chip millionaires” going into today after bagging a massive stack on Day 1b. His wife, Evy Albrigtsen is trying to do the same and is off to a hot start.

Albrigtsen bet 12,000 into a pot of a bit more with the Q♦3♦J♠4♣ on the board. Sanders jammed for about a starting stack and Albrigtsen called.

Maximilian Sanders: Q♣J♣
Evy Albrigtsen: 4♥4♦

Sanders wasn’t thrilled that he was up against a set with a strong top two pair and will need to re-enter for a chance at Day 2 after the 9♦ river completed the board.

“Jason is right, I am the better player,” Albrigtsen said to Sanders.

“Maybe,” said Sanders.

To be clear, this author never stated this about Sanders, who he considers to be one of the stronger players in the field. He was referring to Evy’s husband Ronny who has been on a roll not only in Malta but also recently in Tallinn as well where he won two trophies. While this isn’t a knock on Ronny as his results speak for themselves, this author feels Evy is due for a trophy of her own as she works hard at her game and we have seen some major strides since when she first began on the tour, especially in PLO tournaments. Time will tell which of the friend poker couple will perform the best in the Grand Event.

The final table has been set in the €2,500 Super High Roller but two players won’t finish in the money with the top seven locking in a €5,100 payout for more than double the buy-in while the eventual winner will take down a €41,400 top prize.

Unfortunately, The Chip Race podcast duo of Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin both hit the rail just before Michael Strauch bubbled the final table.

Meanwhile, while O’Kearney didn’t get there with his Day 2 bullet, several players advanced through this path to the final table including Stefan Eggenberger, Alexis Lucarini, HiBet’s Eros Nastasi, and Jonty Willis.

Check out the seat draw and chip counts for the €2,500 Super High Roller below:

Last night’s €300 PLO Crusaders attracted 107 entries to create a €27,734 prize pool. The title was guaranteed to go to the United Kingdom after Poland’s Szymon Bujok hit the rail in seventh place.

Julian Gardner, Stefan Trevelyan, and Andrew Murphy then all hit the rail leading the final three to agree to a deal with each player locking up at least €5,300. Chung Wong defeated them all to go home with the trophy and the €6,474 top prize.

Congrats to all the players that cashed in the PLO Knight Crusaders.

Level 7: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 239/396

Antonio Palumbo opened for 4,500 from middle position before Claudio Barone three-bet to 13,000 from a couple of seats over. Palumbo four-bet shoved for around 35,000 and Barone snap-called putting his opponent at risk.

Claudio Barone: K♣Q♥
Antonio Palumbo: K♦K♠

Palumbo began getting out of his chair after the 4♥8♥7♠ but was still halfway in his seat when some thin hope came for a miracle on the Q♠. It’s called a miracle for a reason and no two outer came on the 5♥ river for Palumbo to hit the felt.

Claudio Barone – 180,000
Antonio Palumbo – 0

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Players are on their second break. Blinds will increase to 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante when the action resumes in 15 minutes.

The battle will continue for four more levels before a 60-minute dinner break takes place. We will update the full chip counts from around the room during the dinner break.

The €120 APAT Maltese Championship is one of the bigger bargains around with nearly 200 entries in the field to kick things off. This is a two-day affair that will play down to the money with players starting with a massive stack of 100,000 in chips and blind increasing every 25 minutes throughout the event.

Dieter Aebi, Philip McCall, Craig Rose, Craig Smith, Kat Arnsby, Yves Farges, Manfred Quint, Ruben Rahumagi, Dan Larsson, Mark Adams, Daniel Rigby, and Anton Schroeter were among the players in their seats to start the action.

Best of luck to all of the APAT players over the course of the next two days.

We took a little bit of liberty with this title, but we noticed The Chip Race cohosts David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney side by side on Table 4 of the €2,500 Super High Roller with 17 players remaining.

This isn’t exactly the same as a chip race or really anything close to it but as soon as we went to wish both players the best of luck, the table was broken as the field is down to 16 players.

We just mentioned that O’Kearney will be signing his strategy books tomorrow at 3 p.m., while Lappin will continue his battle each day during his favorite festival of the year in Malta.

Tomorrow will be a special treat for poker players and fans alike as not one, but two popular poker authors are in the house and signing books on Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. in the Grand Event Tournament Arena in Unibet Ambassador and The Chip Race podcast cohost Dara O’Kearney and teacher and poker guru Alex O’Brien.

O’Kearney has authored many strategy books including “Poker Satellite Strategy” in coordination with his partner in crime in Barry Carter. Meanwhile, O’Brien is well known for her poker prowess, and for women’s poker advocacy will be signing her “The Truth Detective” book.

This author will be one in attendance have respecting both players for many years. Enjoy the moment while you have it as you won’t often get one book signing let alone two book signings by such an esteemed duo.