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MainEventTravel.com Announced as the Official Travel Partner of the Malta Poker Festival

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“We are thrilled to announce Main Event Travel as the Official Travel Partner of The Malta Poker Festival for Spring 2023,” said MET Retail Sales Consultant Kelly Saxby. “Malta is a real hot spot for Poker, with so many fantastic events happening each year. The non-stop sunshine, world-class hotels, stunning coastline, outdoor dining, and buzzing nightlife make it a great place to explore and enjoy.”

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Women in Poker – Ivonne Montealegre

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Ivonne Montealegre is a Founder & Event Director within the poker industry and a well-known personality in the Maltese online gaming industry and beyond.  Being the founder of The Malta Poker Festival and having it organized over the past years, it must be said that mostly thanks to her passion, commitment, and endless effort to listen to players, she has, once again, built an amazing concept. She is breathing poker inside out and is a true continuous asset and a big reason why the Maltese poker industry has become to what it is today.

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THE WICKEDEST iGAMING POKER FREEROLL OF 2023

As of today, there’s only one month left until Ali G Tribute act Dani B starts dealing at the final table of what has to be the wickedest and best- value poker freeroll for iGaming professionals in 2023.

We only have 36 seats available and will pick the lucky players from those who have either:

 

    • Emailed roy@all-in.global

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LUXON PAY BECOMES OFFICIAL PAYMENT PARTNER OF MALTA POKER FESTIVAL (MPF) WITH ADDED BUBBLE INSURANCE

LUXON PAY AND MPF JOIN FORCES WITH WORLD POKER TOUR® TO OFFER PRIME PACKAGE FOR WPT® WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT WYNN LAS VEGAS

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18 October 2022: https://luxonpay.com is pleased to announce that they are official payment partner for the upcoming Malta Poker Festival (MPF), which takes place 24th – 31st October at the Portomaso Casino on the island. In addition, Luxon Pay has partnered with the MPF and World Poker Tour® (WPT®) for a special bonus for the Grand Event winner.

The Malta Poker Festival is a popular low stakes festival, featuring a range of events, with the €500,000 guaranteed €500 + €50 Grand Event, powered by PartyPoker, running 26th – 31st October with five Day 1 flights. Luxon Pay are offering a special promotion for players who buy-in to any of the Malta Poker Festival events offering bubble insurance so if a player makes a buy-in using Luxon Pay they will get their buy-in back if they are eliminated on the bubble. Satellites are excluded from the promotion.

In addition, Luxon Pay and the Malta Poker Festival have joined forces with the World Poker Tour to offer a very special package for the winner of the Grand Event, powered by PartyPoker. The winner of the MPF Grand Event will receive a WPT Prime package for the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas with the event running 8th-12th December which includes a $1,100 buy-in for the $2 million guaranteed event, $1,300 travel expenses and a hotel package worth $1,600. This WPT Prime Event runs as part of a schedule that includes the historic $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship Main Event which has the largest guaranteed prizepool in live poker event history to the tune of $15 million.

Neil Barrett, Business Development Director of Luxon Pay said: “We are pleased to be partnering with the Malta Poker Festival for the very first time as Official Payment Partner. Ivonne Montealegre and her team, in conjunction with Portomaso Casino, put on a great event and we hope players take advantage of the bubble insurance on all events and the Luxon Pay simple and seamless buy-in experience. We are also delighted to partner with the WPT to offer the Main Event winner a very special bonus.”

Ivonne Montealegre, Event Director of the Malta Poker Festival said: “We are happy to welcome Luxon Pay to the Malta Poker Festival as official payment partner. Our well established community, a magical location and all the professionalism of a five star poker experience at Casino Portomaso conjures a very special vibe. We are also happy to offer the Grand Event winner, powered by partypoker, the amazing opportunity to play the WPT® Prime Championship event at Wynn Las Vegas. Our festival will run alongside several off the felt entertainment activities including the All-In Friday player party at Club Level 22.”

Jesmond Galea, General Manager of Portomaso Casino said: “Portomaso Casino is delighted to join forces with Luxon Pay and provide another hassle-free and secure service to the poker community and clients alike. The app is the perfect utility for anyone joining us during our events to buy-in the tournaments ahead of the rest.”

For the full schedule see: https://www.themaltapokerfestival.com/mpf-autumn-schedule-2022/

For details on the WPT Prime and World Championship festival see: WPT Prime and World Championship Festival

For WPT Special hotel rates see: WPT Special Hotel Rates

WPT, World Poker Tour and Spade Card Design are registered trademarks of WPT Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.

About Luxon Pay

Luxon Pay is a multi-currency eWallet, which allows customers to make instant, global payments and instant transfers to friends and family. Luxon Pay offers deposits via Visa, Mastercard, and many other alternative payment methods and allows customers to hold up to

10 currencies and benefit from instant currency exchange. Luxon Pay is the premier payment solution for live poker events and players can buy into many major live poker events using the

Luxon Pay app. Luxon Pay provides a simple payment solution for many online and offline merchants and is available in the App Store and via Google Play. Luxon Pay does not currently accept customers from the US. For more information visit luxonpay.com.

Contact – warren.lush@luxon.com.

About the World Poker Tour®

World Poker Tour® (WPT®) is the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online, and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments. WPT has broadcast globally in more than 150 countries and territories, and is currently producing its 20th season, which airs on Bally Sports in the United States. Season XX of WPT is sponsored by ClubWPT.com. ClubWPT.com is a unique online membership site that offers inside access to the WPT, as well as a sweepstakes-based poker club available in 43 states and territories across the United States, Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. WPT also participates in strategic brand license, partnership, and sponsorship opportunities.

For more information, go to WPT.com.

CasinoCoin partners up with The Malta Poker Festival

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Malta Poker Festival is always striving for innovation and creativity.  We want to surprise and amaze people. Creating the festival schedule is a very imaginative process – The CasinoCoin Cup 2022 is no exception.

Mrs. Montealegre our Event Director tells us the story “my first experience with crypto currency came through the CasinoCoin team, they were so patient walking me through.  I was trading and buying coin and I just couldn’t handle the verification and waiting process.  I located one of the team member’s that lives in Malta and he invited me over to his home and we sorted my situation.  Once I had an active wallet! Wow -love at first sight.  One of my favorite hobbies is playing live and online casino and poker.  When my cards block the transactions because of bank policies, it really annoys me.  I think CC will be a trailblazer in the crypto gambling space very soon.  The CasinoCoin team has a soft spot for poker, so you can imagine the synergies we had.  It’s a beautiful partnership taking place in the Portomaso Casino during Malta Poker Festival.  The tournament takes the spotlight as the High Roller event of the festival.

Matthew Cheetham COO of the crypto currency states “CasinoCoin is very excited to be teaming up with the Malta Poker Festival. This is our chance to bring crypto gambling to the live experience. See you at the tables in the CasinoCoin Cup!

DATE:  Sunday 30th of October, 2022. 

In addition to the standard prize pool generated, there will also be a chance for players to win even more.  CasinoCoin is giving away millions of CSC (their own cryptocurrency). The 9 players who make the final table will all be given a total of 20 million CSC (equivalent Euro value of approx. €6,000 at time of writing*).

The event will be covered live entirely by Pokerdeals, so this is also your chance to steal the show and make some poker headlines.

Added bounties and lots of rewards and action is to be expected. You can purchase CasinoCoin VIP Packages using your coin.  It’s a super value package at 5* Hilton hotel.

You can learn more about the event here: 

CasinoCoin Cup 2022 High Roller – The Malta Poker Festival

KATIE SWIFT ANNOUNCED AS THIS MPF AUTUMN’S LADIES FIRST HOST

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Since its inception back in 2018, the all-ladies poker tournament held during The Malta Poker Festival aptly called Ladies First! has boasted some of the nicest hosts the poker industry has.

This Autumn edition will be held at Portomaso Casino on Saturday 30th of October, 2022, starting at 4:00 pm.  The host, for what it is expected to be a full house event, is Grosvenor’s pro ambassador Katie Swift.  Katie discovered poker when her parents taught her the game during the Christmas holidays, and the rest is history. 

She secured her first GUKPT Main Event Final Table result in Manchester.  Within months of each other, she achieved her biggest tournament result (at the time) both online and live.  As an anonymous player, the online win went silently, however her runner up finish in the Goliath event put her on the poker map.  She beat 4209 players, to finish as runner up in Grosvenor Poker’s record-breaking event “The Goliath “to pocket £46,300.  As she says herself “elated was an understatement”. 

MPF Event Director Ivonne Montealegre describes Katie as “a talented poker player, focused and hard working.  A present and driven mother, wife, daughter and business women, she seems to juggle the poker pro career and her personal family in a brilliant manner -something I admire.  It is so refreshing to hear from this women powerhouse, a role model for all women.  All of us at MPF marvel and revere Katie and can’t wait to have her here on the island.  She is very accessible and determined to grow the women participation in poker.”

Currently Katie is in Vegas participating on the main event and has added some deep runs to her already impressive poker CV. 

You can expect to see Kate Swift at the MPF Grand Event as well as hosting the Ladies First event.

Live and online satellites for the Ladies First event will be announced soon.

For more info: support@themaltapokerfestival.com

MPF goes on the road at the Mediterranean Poker Party at Merit Resorts August 19th-September 17th, 2022.

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The Malta Poker Festival is proud to announce that it will be joining The Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP). The event is a 3-week extravaganza in the all-inclusive Merit Resort in Cyprus.  The star-studded event roster includes: the Eurasian Poker Tour (EAPT) and Imperium, who bring the prestigious historical Italian live poker brands La Notte Degli Assi and La Casa Delle Carte.

Opening the MPP is the Grand Event by the Malta Poker Festival (MPF), Ladies First and the Irish Open, added to the schedule.  

Neil Barrett, Business Development Director of Luxon Pay said: “We are delighted that a diverse range of partners are hosting their own events at the Luxon Pay MPP. The idea is they use formats as close as possible to their most famous tournaments which players know and love. Look out for more exciting news in the near future about a further partner on the back end of the series.”

Songul Bekem, President of Merit Poker said: “Everybody at Merit is really looking forward to this event that will mark the opening of our new giant poker room and the new Merit Royal Diamond Hotel. With over 3 weeks’ worth of action there really is something for everybody in the schedule.”

The Malta Poker Festival (MPF) event ($500 + $50) runs August 28th– 29th hot off the back of one of our most successful years to date. The MPF tournament at the MPP will have an added package to the next Malta Poker Festival scheduled for this Autumn.

Ladies First will run as a one-day tournament on August 27th with a discounted buy-in of $90 + $10 for women. Hosted by Ivonne Montealegre, expect a Malta Poker Festival feel with the aim of the tournament simple: attract more women to the game.

The core MPP schedule gets underway with the $1,000 +$100 buy-in $1Million guaranteed MPP Open, taking place between August 19th – 23rd. Next up is the MPP Warm Up, a $2,000 + $200 entry $2Million guaranteed tournament running August 26th – 30th with the showcase $5,000 + $300 buy-in $5Million guaranteed MPP Main Event running August 29th – September 3rd.

The series will celebrate the opening of the brand-new Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and new giant poker room with capacity for up to 200 tables. The MPP promises action both on and off the felt with parties and events planned throughout the series. The Merit Poker Resorts are all inclusive, with some hotels suitable for families and others adult only.

The Malta Poker Festival: more info here.

Ladies First: more info here

Get ready for the poker holiday of a lifetime! For more detailed information, including the schedule and accommodation contact us at: support@themaltapokerfestival.com

Third Time’s the Charm for Malta Poker Festival

Established in 2018, the series was founded by Ivonne Montealegre who said that she wanted to take the tournament “to the next level” and make the Malta Poker Festival “the most spectacular destination [on the island].”

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Malta: So Much More Than Just a Mediterranean Poker Mecca

The festival’s schedule was littered with numerous poker tournaments and thousands of players took their shot at boosting their bankrolls and running deep to win coveted trophies. Beyond that, there was also plenty of hot and heavy action in the cash game rooms that started each afternoon and continued on into the early morning hours each day.

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