Category Day 1E

Day 1e attracted the biggest opening field of the Grand Event with 434 entries to bring the total up to 1,234. A total of 121 players surviving to grow the players advancing to the Day 2 field to 312 players and counting with still Day 1f completing later this evening and Day 1g taking place tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.

Richard Brichall bagged the Day 1f chip lead with 542,000 in chips followed by Domenico Gala with 530,000. A trio of Italians including Salvatore Incardona (460,000), Domenico Lando (451,000), and Vincent Calenti (430,000) all bagged over 400,000. Check out all of the final Day 1e chip counts below:

Player	Chips	Big Blinds
Richard Brichall	542,000	108
Domenico Gala	530,000	106
Salvatore Incardona	460,000	92
Domenico Lando	451,000	90
Vincent Calenti	430,000	86
Anthony Swain	390,000	78
Carmelo Polimeni	384,000	77
Paul-Vlad Craciunas	370,000	74
Antonio Scala	360,000	72
Gianluca Pagliaro	354,000	71
Ronald Zapantis	342,000	68
Marnin Santandrea	340,000	68
Giorgio Bellanca	337,000	67
Frederic Soete	332,000	66
Gioacchino Lionte	305,000	61
Cristiano Blanco	292,000	58
Patrick Schindler	290,000	58
Clint Jeffery	280,000	56
Steven Sieling	275,000	55
Alex Gkampranis	273,000	55
Magnus Pukk	268,000	54
Krasen Pendov	265,000	53
Andrew Cutajar	264,000	53
Angelo Mirabella	264,000	53
Nidal Dawoud	262,000	52
Vojin Ognjanovic	257,000	51
Lege Sayed	257,000	51
Jake Allen	252,000	50
Bartolo Truglio	251,000	50
Vallone Aurelio	245,000	49
Vito Romei	241,000	48
Cedric Chevalme	240,000	48
Mark Attard	239,000	48
Gianmarco Scannapiego	236,000	47
Giovannidario Bocchicchio	234,000	47
Arthur Israel	230,000	46
Mike Lange	230,000	46
Filippos Avramidis	214,000	43
Thomas Lange	210,000	42
Stig Horup	205,000	41
Angelo Patane	204,000	41
Griegio Geerman	202,000	40
Andre Grohnert	202,000	40
Leonardo Romeo	200,000	40
Pavle Pecelj	197,000	39
Brieuc Broudic	196,000	39
Mirko Schiano Di Tunnarello	194,000	39
Andro Scarpa	188,000	38
Elton Malaj	184,000	37
Nicusur Matei	178,000	36
Lorenzo Pannunzi	176,000	35
Jesper Njie	173,000	35
Riccardo Corleone	170,000	34
Georgios Liperis	169,000	34
Ionut Dinu	168,000	34
Nicolas Pacifico	166,000	33
Marc Schembri	165,000	33
Anotny Wastaff	165,000	33
Alan Vinnicombe	159,000	32
Geir Sondeland	156,000	31
Nicos Sotiriou	156,000	31
Cho Min Ho	153,000	31
Antonin Hays	153,000	31
Kikumba Kitete-	153,000	31
Steven Tool	153,000	31
Ocana Casas	150,000	30
Hacine Chatteur	150,000	30
Robert Pekel	149,000	30
Lois Dufouleur	146,000	29
Matteo Colantoni	144,000	29
Paul Fisher	142,000	28
Yan Pelletier	141,000	28
Herbert Seitz	140,000	28
Darren Wingrove	126,000	25
Paul Tirnovean	124,000	25
Scott Wills	123,000	25
Gustav Andersson	122,000	24
Rolando Lombardi	120,000	24
Mehdi Rebai	120,000	24
Julius Seskevicius	118,000	24
Antoine Talvard	115,000	23
John Madden	112,000	22
Danilo Scevola	111,000	22
Adam Petrovic	110,000	22
Calogero Drago	109,000	22
Henry Broens	105,000	21
Gianmarco Di Tota	100,000	20
Gergi Kass	100,000	20
Stefan Fernandez Wiesebrock	97,000	19
Bogdan Vlasenko	96,000	19
Giordano Contu	94,000	19
Alexander Burton	91,000	18
Giuseppe Tredici	89,000	18
Robert Admas	88,000	18
Riccardo Sammut	88,000	18
Giovanni Russo	86,000	17
Fredrik Andersson	85,000	17
Emanuele Napolitano	85,000	17
Kerrien Clement	84,000	17
Vincent Schuler	79,000	16
Jan Nagler	77,000	15
Sabatino Pascarella	76,000	15
Jordy van der Wielen	76,000	15
Morten Bremseth	75,000	15
Daniel Hopkins	75,000	15
Leif Hetland	73,000	15
Joost Idema	71,000	14
Kristian Dahl	70,000	14
Dean Robb	70,000	14
Salvatore D’Alessandro	69,000	14
Giovanna Dimartino	68,000	14
Ciro Perna	68,000	14
Raimund Geier	60,000	12
Dan Sfarlea	60,000	12
Matthew Gray	56,000	11
Dorde Curcic	53,000	11
Yves Farges	49,000	10
Iraklis Manikaros	44,000	9
Jonas Hafa	36,000	7
Eric Gorree	30,000	6
Steven Smith	29,000	6

Level 12: 2,000/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 150/434

Malik Hebidi open-jammed 27,000 from under the gun and was called by Bartolo Truglio from the button.

Malik Hebidi: K♠7♠
Bartolo Truglio: A♣J♣

It was a great start for Hebidi to double his stack after his seven connected with the 7♣5♣5♠ flop. However, the 9♣ turn and 6♣ river improved Truglio to a flush to eliminate Hebidi from the Day 1e field.

Bartolo Truglio – 275,000
Malik Hebidi – 0

We weren’t planning to report any hands from the Ladies First! but there was an emotional ending to the bubble play that neither player should feel guilty about.

Laurine Madalosso three-bet jammed with aces and was called by Vanessa Webley with kings. Two kings came on the board to improve Webley to quads and Madalosso hit the rail on the bubble.

We learned about the hand from sideline correspondent Maureen Bloechlinger but then moments later saw Webley, who we consider a friend, on the break.

Webley was very emotional and is the salt of the earth. She felt horrible about what happened as she is one of the most empathetic poker players we know but how can either player fold in that spot? She will regain her composure during the break and will do her best to win not just for herself but for a chilrdren’s charity.

The final eight players now locked up at least a €250 min-cash with payouts jumping up from there. Assuming no deals, the winner will take home €2,080 and the trophy.

Players are on their final break of Day 1e. Blinds will increase to 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante before moving onto 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. Players that survive these two blind levels will advance into tomorrow’s Day 2 with cards in the air at 4 p.m.

The €150 Ladies First! hosted by Ylva Thorsrud was a resounding success story for the Malta Poker Festival with 51 entries creating a €6,364 prize pool.

The action has reached a final table of nine hopefuls. However, one of the final tablists will walk away empty-handed while the other eight locked up at least a €250 payout. Of course, all eyes are on the €2,080 top prize and the coveted trophy.

Americans Naomi Pazol, Chris Read, and Sharon Liss are in action as are four British players in Natalie Bromley, Avril Preston, Jennifer Stodart, and Vanessa Webley. Brazil’s Laurine Guerra and Lithuania’s Monika Katasonovaite round out the final table.

Best of luck to all of the ladies!

Level 11: 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 191/434

Antoine Talvard four-bet jammed a bit more than a starting stack and was looked up by Volker Bauer. Talvard had just a few more chips than his opponent, so it was going to be likely to the showers for the player on the losing end of the hand.

Volker Bauer: A♠J♣
Antoine Talvard: A♦9♠

Talvard stood up when he saw he was behind but sat down again once he pulled out ahead on the 8♦9♣5♦ flop. Neither the 7♦ turn nor the 3♣ river saved the day and Bauer was out of the Day 1e field on a bad beat.

Antoine Talvard – 135,000
Volker Bauer – 0