Live Blog – Day 1D/E

Table	Seat	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	2	Nandor Fejes	323,000	65
1	3	Damir Savio	151,000	30
1	4	Tomasz Caba	163,000	33
1	5	Fabio Assennato	79,000	16
1	6	Christopher Collins	222,000	44
1	7	Ivan Picavet	66,000	13
1	8	Robert Binek	74,000	15
2	2	Manoj Navani	185,000	37
2	3	Roberto Zuggo	128,000	26
2	4	Alexander Schwarzmann	172,000	34
2	5	Salvatore Ritrovato	149,000	30
2	6	Thomas Noske	64,000	13
2	7	Guiseppe Florio	156,000	31
2	8	Salvatore Incardona	266,000	53
3	2	Mark Berman	200,000	40
3	3	Michal Gavurnik	577,000	115
3	4	Voitk Andero	84,000	17
3	5	Jonathan Therme	244,000	49
3	6	Regilio Vrede	289,000	58
3	7	Noel Studer	447,000	89
3	8	Robert Teunissen	111,000	22
4	2	Stepan Brychta	207,000	41
4	3	Mike Blomvall	123,000	25
4	4	Leon Campbell	165,000	33
4	5	Mats Hjortlov	263,000	53
4	6	Simo Klandy	72,000	14
4	7	Humberto Galindo	286,000	57
4	8	Karl Heinz Zimmer	232,000	46
5	2	Daniel Pereira Henriques	77,000	15
5	3	Daniel Spavin-Haigh	127,000	25
5	4	Arnaud Cressent	389,000	78
5	5	Moses Moshi	79,000	16
5	6	Ludovic Diler	267,000	53
5	7	Thomas Hofmann	233,000	47
5	8	Katie Swift	308,000	62
6	1	Ian Swan	109,000	22
6	2	Andrew Farrey	64,000	13
6	3	Alen Bakovic	290,000	58
6	4	Nicky Molmans	86,000	17
6	5	Alessandro Di Marco	140,000	28
6	6	Liwei Wag	318,000	64
6	7	Serdar Demircan	400,000	80
6	8	Pieter Koendijk	92,000	18
7	1	Lucien Jouanneau	388,000	78
7	2	Sinno Eleftherios	219,000	44
7	3	James Thody	390,000	78
7	4	Ertan Cicekdemir	523,000	105
7	5	Andrew Azzopardi	154,000	31
7	6	Alex Montgomery	499,000	100
7	7	Antoine Talvard	228,000	46
7	8	Andreas Liperis	210,000	42
8	1	Bartosch Maciejek	242,000	48
8	2	Hassan Nima	69,000	14
8	3	Calum Bagnall	61,000	12
8	4	Christodoulos Adamou	51,000	10
8	5	John Oldfield	379,000	76
8	6	Presiyan Tsvetanov	253,000	51
8	7	Glen Gaines	84,000	17
8	8	Luke Pace	105,000	21
9	1	Teppo Kuivanen	43,000	9
9	2	Lewis Coffin	178,000	36
9	3	Marian Ivanov	226,000	45
9	4	Olga Liscsinzky	85,000	17
9	5	Cedric Offner	236,000	47
9	6	Sasa Drca	315,000	63
9	7	Daniele Dessi	149,000	30
9	8	Daniel Palsson	114,000	23
10	1	Bogdan Juc	222,000	44
10	2	Samuel Dray	218,000	44
10	3	Grant Pirie	170,000	34
10	4	Paul Young	459,000	92
10	5	Totti Lind	151,000	30
10	6	Dror Krici	190,000	38
10	7	Zaheer Zeb	243,000	49
10	8	Louis Cartarius	179,000	36
11	1	Torben Krogh	235,000	47
11	2	Anthony Whalley	171,000	34
11	3	Marius Jankauskas	55,000	11
11	4	Brian Klindrup	96,000	19
11	5	Erik Hamre	73,000	15
11	6	Roland Boothby	251,000	50
11	7	Andrei Mjagkov	384,000	77
11	8	Giovanni Martino	62,000	12
12	1	Eduardo Terrivel	280,000	56
12	2	Manuela Hartmann	80,000	16
12	3	Jozsef Hegyi	201,000	40
12	4	Patrick Mateos	89,000	18
12	5	Sjoerd Nikkels	322,000	64
12	6	Laviolle Skrypnikov	296,000	59
12	7	Paolo Rando	236,000	47
12	8	Edward Chun Ho Yam	310,000	62
13	1	Matthew Micallef	22,000	4
13	2	Maik Buss	618,000	124
13	3	Kerrien Clement	91,000	18
13	4	Jordy van der Wielen	153,000	31
13	5	Yannick Rohrbach	74,000	15
13	6	Samuel Biland	133,000	27
13	7	Ulf Andersson	410,000	82
13	8	Simon Dunevein	171,000	34
14	1	Jonathan Pastore	126,000	25
14	2	Robert Boon	238,000	48
14	3	Fraser Mackenze	333,000	67
14	4	Raimund Geier	108,000	22
14	5	Oliver Said	176,000	35
14	6	David Berdis	185,000	37
14	7	Thomas Petit	66,000	13
14	8	Boris Zismanov	241,000	48
15	1	Koen Meustege	372,000	74
15	2	Lars Halkier	140,000	28
15	3	Davide Iannaco	255,000	51
15	4	Fabio Sturba	142,000	28
15	5	Chris Yiallorou	98,000	20
15	6	Silvio La Rosa	75,000	15
15	7	Antonin Hays	90,000	18
15	8	Per Moller	119,000	24
16	1	Callum Gordon	221,000	44
16	2	Flaviano Cammisuli	122,000	24
16	3	Rob van Embden	257,000	51
16	4	Kjetil Hanstvedt	374,000	75
16	5	Michael Frost	123,000	25
16	6	Paul Fisher	73,000	15
16	7	Kerryjane Craigie	94,000	19
16	8	Bakir Saranovic	93,000	19
17	1	Tomas Molcan	59,000	12
17	2	Chris Da Silva	500,000	100
17	3	Grazia Caruso	96,000	19
17	4	Tina Bandyle	98,000	20
17	5	Anton Schroter	185,000	37
17	6	Angelo Patane	183,000	37
17	7	Simon Taylor	303,000	61
17	8	Ilana Belsky	51,000	10
18	1	Nicolai D’Antoni	139,000	28
18	2	Parminde Kandola	122,000	24
18	3	Marco Angioni	192,000	38
18	4	Lorenzo Di Blasi	419,000	84
18	5	Sirin Ongorur	280,000	56
18	6	Ruben Perez	55,000	11
18	7	Angelo Vietti	252,000	50
18	8	Dmitri Dan	147,000	29
19	1	Nils Diekmann	130,000	26
19	2	David Ozmen	425,000	85
19	3	Antonios Onoufriou	282,000	56
19	4	Thibault Branly	175,000	35
19	5	Fabio Aprile	157,000	31
19	6	James Scorgie	177,000	35
19	7	Giulio Spampinato	172,000	34
19	8	Angelo Mirabella	129,000	26
20	1	Johannes Deusing	205,000	41
20	2	Frank Robotka	73,000	15
20	3	Chen Keren	243,000	49
20	4	Guiseppe Inconito	395,000	79
20	5	Fausto Gravagna	223,000	45
20	6	Maureen Bloechlinger	206,000	41
20	7	Vlad Ardeleanu	211,000	42
20	8	Peter Kaspar	144,000	29
21	1	Dario Barone	80,000	16
21	2	Robrecht Winterink	80,000	16
21	3	Robert Cordell-Lavarack	69,000	14
21	4	Samuele Lo Presti	79,000	16
21	5	Salvador Villaluz	89,000	18
21	6	Gyorgy Simon	92,000	18
21	7	Benjamin Rensen	304,000	61
21	8	Andrew Cutajar	168,000	34
22	1	Ian Gascoigne	182,000	36
22	2	Philip Roberts	227,000	45
22	3	Joseph East	158,000	32
22	4	Martyn Frey	341,000	68
22	5	Michael Rossiter	89,000	18
22	6	Dejan Dabetic	185,000	37
22	7	Maurizio Fisicaro	112,000	22
22	8	Sylvere Paillot	105,000	21
23	1	Janne Ojala	27,000	5
23	2	Michael Pinto	374,000	75
23	3	Jeremy Bametz	158,000	32
23	4	Scott Roberts	83,000	17
23	5	Attila Kassitzky	221,000	44
23	6	Salvatore Merendino	205,000	41
23	7	Paul Amsellem	65,000	13
23	8	Mathias Scharbatke	48,000	10
24	1	Thomas Steedman	135,000	27
24	2	Emil Karhu	106,000	21
24	3	Giuseppe Signorelli	185,000	37
24	4	Matthew Adams	206,000	41
24	5	Anastasios Apostolou	64,000	13
24	6	John Sadler	68,000	14
24	7	Carlos Lopez	77,000	15
24	8	Vincenzo Scarella	315,000	63
25	1	Martynas Brazdzionis	247,000	49
25	2	Mirko Mostaccio	167,000	33
25	3	Valdas Aukstiklanis	78,000	16
25	4	Kaspar Schmid	301,000	60
25	5	Hans Nothofer	96,000	19
25	6	Samuel Olave	167,000	33
25	7	Manish Rawal	158,000	32
25	8	Kenneth Heinsvig	36,000	7
26	1	Karl Sepp	111,000	22
26	2	Albert Sapiano	284,000	57
26	3	Firat Cankaya	270,000	54
26	4	La Sengphet	233,000	47
26	5	Baldassare Santaluna	189,000	38
26	6	Eimantas Plekavicius	181,000	36
26	7	Cory Desmond	211,000	42
26	8	Alessandro Barone	375,000	75
27	1	Thomas Lowter	222,900	45
27	2	Bart Kuiper	189,000	38
27	3	Massimo Bruno	298,000	60
27	4	Wouter Schuurbiers	236,000	47
27	5	Albert Coppens	127,000	25
27	6	Daniele Staropoli	202,000	40
27	7	Erik Lindqwist	152,000	30
27	8	Peter Roslund	133,000	27
28	1	Dost Ghrabie	243,000	49
28	2	Susan Williamson	69,000	14
28	3	Jonathan Schuman	184,000	37
28	4	Simon Griffin	162,000	32
28	5	Giuseppe Loretto	193,000	39
28	6	Morgan Montceau	327,000	65
28	7	Daniel Ventura	161,000	32
28	8	Mantas Petrauskas	156,000	31
29	1	Louis Le Boisselier	170,000	34
29	2	Per Gaassand	99,000	20
29	3	Stephen Caumartin	94,000	19
29	4	Joseph Wilkinson	167,000	33
29	5	John Barker	126,000	25
29	6	Raoul van Wersch	159,000	32
29	7	Riyaz Badami	225,000	45
29	8	Stewart Kirby	194,000	39
30	1	Pierre Jeffredo	74,000	15
30	2	Alessandro Furneri	219,000	44
30	3	Lars Erksson	396,000	79
30	4	Pavle Pecelj	205,000	41
30	5	Patrick Kelliher	67,000	13
30	6	Michal Kulesza	127,000	25
30	7	Peter Kamaras	126,000	25
30	8	Mark Vella	281,000	56
31	1	Rauno Kiviloo	241,000	48
31	2	Salvatore La Verdera	142,000	28
31	3	Corentin Viaud	123,000	25
31	4	Mats Karlson	335,000	67
31	5	Daniele Degennaro	295,000	59
31	6	Kaloyan Kirov	472,000	94
31	7	Gaetano Brignone	80,000	16
31	8	Steven Goose	81,000	16
32	1	Fabian Fleischmann	90,000	18
32	2	Thomas Jakobsen	95,000	19
32	3	Olov Kok	195,000	39
32	4	Dario Berisa	383,000	77
32	5	Uwe Matthias	122,000	24
32	6	Lawrence Bonnici	166,000	33
32	7	Jack Hoyle	260,000	52
32	8	James Mercieca	122,000	24
33	1	Paul Maguire	149,000	30
33	2	Biagio Torrisi	63,000	13
33	3	Erik Dahlberg	48,000	10
33	4	Oscar Arezzo	128,000	26
33	5	James Clarke	135,000	27
33	6	Georgios Georgiou	118,000	24
33	7	Daniel Kalinowski	102,000	20
33	8	Gregory Muffat-Joly	190,000	38
34	1	Moreno Ferrari	95,000	19
34	2	Marko Luksa	687,000	137
34	3	Giovanni Nava	319,000	64
34	4	Giuseppe Simeone	55,000	11
34	5	Lasse Jacobsen	331,000	66
34	6	Sean Hopkin	153,000	31
34	7	William McMurray	78,000	16
34	8	Todor Genev	206,000	41
35	1	Carl Holmes	192,000	38
35	2	Tomasz Brezezinski	189,000	38
35	3	Johannes Grootelaar	423,000	85
35	4	Edward Hodge	104,000	21
35	5	Raimondo Marcello	227,000	45
35	6	Andrei Musat	178,000	36
35	7	Hugo Menant	68,000	14
35	8	Alfredo Cuti	154,000	31
36	1	Fabio Berti	78,000	16
36	2	Domenico Zappia	110,000	22
36	3	Soren Wagner	47,000	9
36	4	Paolo Pinazzo	109,000	22
36	5	Maciej Toma	62,000	12
36	6	Dewi James	80,000	16
36	7	Ashley Wilson	193,000	39
36	8	Jostein Groedum	313,000	63
37	1	Daoud Abu	82,000	16
37	2	Fabrizio Nobile	193,000	39
37	3	Antonio Chille	402,000	80
37	4	Mikael Bjertrup	288,000	58
37	5	Leonid Spielmann	121,000	24
37	6	Shaun Halliday	656,000	131
37	7	Oliver Mihajlovski	58,000	12
37	8	Peter Miskei	249,000	50
38	1	Frank Bastow	183,000	37
38	2	Colin Cooper	228,000	46
38	3	Michael Rolli	117,000	23
38	4	Matheo Awde	65,000	13
38	5	Benjamin Fougerouze	278,000	56
38	6	Gerard Lemee	104,000	21
38	7	Aurelien Giard	119,000	24
38	8	Theo Schmitt	146,000	29
39	1	Marton Lugosi	53,000	11
39	2	Krisztian Kis	281,000	56
39	3	Dmitri Dudakov	138,000	28
39	4	Samuel Coltman	105,000	21
39	5	Joaquim Ferriera	319,000	64
39	6	Nauseda Grazvydas	85,000	17
39	7	Antonio Arigo	106,000	21
39	8	Erik Ostergaard	255,000	51
40	1	Manoel Filho	99,000	20
40	2	Trond Kjellevold	101,000	20
40	3	Fabio Coppola	343,000	69
40	4	Jie-Quan Tsai	69,000	14
40	5	Manfred Quint	84,000	17
40	6	Paolo Aleo	371,000	74
40	7	Giuseppe Bossa	78,000	16
40	8	Julien Gadanho	276,000	55
41	1	Daniel Toffel	202,000	40
41	2	Martin Kirchbaumer	109,000	22
41	3	Juilan Capone	111,000	22
41	4	Maxime Chilaud	107,000	21
41	5	Alessandro Forleo	91,000	18
41	6	Elliot Lambourne	61,000	12
41	7	Joseph Hull	205,000	41
41	8	Daniel Kuhlmann	147,000	29
42	1	Skipp van den Assem	307,000	61
42	2	Kevin Houghton	136,000	27
42	3	Amber Glasby	82,000	16
42	4	Miro Kaarna	58,000	12
42	5	Antonino Karman	317,000	63
42	6	Simon Forster	152,000	30
42	7	Torsten Riedl	152,000	30
42	8	Arno Kungl	138,000	28

The Day 1e flight has concluded with 23 players advancing from the 90-entry field. This means tomorrow’s Day 2 will begin with 331 players remaining out of the 1,226 players remaining.

Antonio Chille led the way out of the turbo flight with 402,000 in chips with Fraser Mackenze (333,000), Lasse Jacobsen (331,000), and Sjoerd Nikkels (322,000) also bagging more than 300,000 in chips.

Meanwhile, The Hendon Mob’s Roland Boothby (251,000), Dost Ghrabie (243,000), Facebook group Globetrotting Poker founder Maureen Bloechlinger (206,000), and 2022 MPF Autumn Edition Grand Event fourth-place finisher Andrew Cutajar (168,000) are among the players to advance.

Johannes Deusing said as he got called three-bet jamming seven-five on Day 1d saying he wanted to go play the turbo and perhaps also saw the future as he managed to bag a healthy stack of 205,000.

Day 2 will kick off at 1 p.m. Stay tuned for the Day 2 seat draw and see you tomorrow!

Player	Chips	Big Blinds
Antonio Chille	402,000	80
Fraser Mackenze	333,000	67
Lasse Jacobsen	331,000	66
Sjoerd Nikkels	322,000	64
Eduardo Terrivel	280,000	56
Roland Boothby	251,000	50
Dost Ghrabie	243,000	49
Thomas Lowter	222,900	45
Maureen Bloechlinger	206,000	41
Johannes Deusing	205,000	41
Salvatore Meredino	205,000	41
Tomasz Brezinski	189,000	38
Bart Kuiper	189,000	38
Andrew Cutajar	168,000	34
Fabio Aprile	157,000	31
Jordy van der Wielen	153,000	31
Peter Kaspar	144,000	29
Martin Kirchbaumer	109,000	22
Samuel Coltman	105,000	21
Brian Klindrup	96,000	19
Wiliam McMurray	78,000	16
Patrick Kellher	67,000	13
Biagio Torrisi	63,000	13

Here is a look at some of the photos from the turbo Day 1e. This will be our final post until players bag chips for Day 1e.

Ertan Cicekdemir was on a rollercoaster ride during his first two bullets on Day 1d before soaring ahead with his third bullet. He had the chip lead for the entire second half of the day in the Day 1d field and bagged the biggest stack of the opening flight with 523,000. Alex Montegomery (499,000), Kaloyan Kirov (472,000), Paul Young (459,000), and Serdar Demircan (400,000) were the only other players to bag at least 400,000.

We will post the final Day 1e chip counts and the Day 2 seat draw as soon as its available and likely the payouts tonight as well.

Player	Chips	Big Blinds
Ertan Cicekdemir	523,000	105
Alex Montgomery	499,000	100
Kaloyan Kirov	472,000	94
Paul Young	459,000	92
Serdar Demircan	400,000	80
Arnaud Cressent	389,000	78
John Oldfield	379,000	76
Paolo Aleo	371,000	74
Fabio Coppola	343,000	69
Morgan Montceau	327,000	65
Vicenzo Scarcella	315,000	63
Jostein Groedum	313,000	63
Skipp van den Assem	307,000	61
Mikael Bjertrup	288,000	58
Albert Sapiano	284,000	57
Firat Cankaya	270,000	54
Ludovic Diler	267,000	53
Salvatore Incardona	266,000	53
Zaheer Zeb	243,000	49
Bartosch Maciejek	242,000	48
Rauno Kiviloo	241,000	48
Robert Boon	238,000	48
Raimondo Marcello	227,000	45
Philip Roberts	227,000	45
Marian Ivanov	226,000	45
Fausto Gravagna	223,000	45
Callum Gordon	221,000	44
Sinnos Eletherios	219,000	44
Vlad Ardeleanu	211,000	42
Daniele Staropoli	202,000	40
Jozsef Hegyi	201,000	40
Olav Kok	195,000	39
Fabrizio Nobile	193,000	39
Marco Angioni	192,000	38
Anton Schroter	185,000	37
Angelo Patane	183,000	37
Eimantas Plekavicius	181,000	36
Louis Cartarius	179,000	36
Lewis Coffin	178,000	36
Andrei Musat	178,000	36
Alexander Schwarzmann	172,000	34
Samuel Olave	167,000	33
Joseph Wilkinson	167,000	33
Leon Campbell	165,000	33
Tomasz Caba	163,000	33
Joseph East	158,000	32
Manish Rawal	158,000	32
Mantas Petrauskas	156,000	31
Sean Hopkin	153,000	31
Totti Lind	151,000	30
Daniele Dessi	149,000	30
Paul Maguire	149,000	30
Salvatore Ritrovato	149,000	30
Nicolai D’Antoni	139,000	28
Nils Diekmann	130,000	26
Oscar Arezzo	128,000	26
Daniel Spavin-Haigh	127,000	25
John Barker	126,000	25
Flavino Cammisuli	122,000	24
Leonid Spielmann	121,000	24
Aurelien Giard	119,000	24
Michael Rolli	117,000	23
Maurizio Fisicaro	112,000	22
Karl Sepp	111,000	22
Paolo Pinazzo	109,000	22
Raimund Geier	108,000	22
Antonio Arigo	106,000	21
Sylvere Paillot	105,000	21
Trond Kjellevold	101,000	20
Tina Bandyle	98,000	20
Grazia Caruso	96,000	19
Stephan Caumartin	94,000	19
Pieter Koedijk	92,000	18
Gyorgy Simon	92,000	18
Fabian Fleischmann	90,000	18
Nauseda Grazvydas	85,000	17
Olga Liscsinzky	85,000	17
Glen Gaines	84,000	17
Samuele Lo Presti	79,000	16
Valdas Aukstilanis	78,000	16
Guiseppe Bossa	78,000	16
Silvio La Rosa	75,000	15
Yannick Rohrbach	74,000	15
Erik Hamre	73,000	15
Simo Klandy	72,000	14
Paul Amsellem	65,000	13
Matheo Awde	65,000	13
Giovanni Martino	62,000	12
Elliot Lambourne	61,000	12
Tomas Molcan	59,000	12
Christodoulos Adamou	51,000	10
Kenneth Heinsvig	36,000	7
Janne Ojala	27,000	5
Peter Roslund	13,300	3

The clock stopped with nine minutes to go on Day 1d. The floor just announced that each table will deal four more hands in addition to the hand they are on before surviving players will bag into tomorrow’s Day 2 kicking off at 1 p.m.

We will update you tonight with the final chip counts for Day 1d and likely will do the same for Day 1e and tomorrow’s seat draw.

The official payouts are being finalized as we speak and we hope to share those with you tonight as well.

Late registration just closed for Day 1e. That field attracted 90 last-minute entries to bring the total up to 1,226 entries. A total of 24 players will advance from Day 1e.

Meanwhile, the €300,000 guarantee wasn’t just beaten but it was absolutely demolished by nearly double with the prize pool growing to a final total of €588,480!

We will publish the payouts tomorrow as soon as they are available.

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 104/337

Janne Ojala open-jammed for 11,500. The action folded around to Emmanuele Staropoli who three-bet to 26,000 from the small blind. Serdar Demircan four-bet shoved for close to 300,000 and Staropoli snap-called off his stack of less than 150,000.

Janne Ojala: K♦4♦
Emmanuele Staropoli: A♦Q♠
Serdar Demircan: 10♣8♣

Ojala tripled up with top pair after the K♦2♦9♣8♦J♥ ran out on the board. Demircan made out well as well as his ten-eight suited got there against ace-queen to eliminate Staropoli.

Serdar Demircan – 380,000
Janne Ojala – 40,000
Emmanuele Staropoli – 0

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 114/337

The final blind level of Day 1d kicked off. Players will bag chips after this blind level into tomorrow’s Day 2.

Meanwhile, last-minute late registration is still open for the final opening flight for the turbo Day 1e. We will find out more shortly about how many entries the entire event attracted and how many players will advance from Day 1e.

Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 116/337

Simo Klandy opened for 7,000 from the cutoff. Karl Sepp called from the button before Alex Montgomery three-bet jammed from the big blind for his massive stack over the two players with short stacks. Klandy called off for his stack of 45,000 while Sepp folded.

Simo Klandy: A♣A♦
Alex Montgomery: K♥Q♥

“That’s my favorite hand,” Serdan Demircan, who also was at the table shared with Montgomery.

Regardless of whether it was someone’s favorite hand or not, it didn’t get there with the 8♣4♣7♥8♥5♦ running out on the board.

The table, which has been fun and lively all day, just broke with the players now scattered to other tables.

Alex Montgomery – 365,000
Semir Demircan – 350,000
Simo Klandy – 100,000
Karl Sepp – 60,000

Level 12: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 119/337

We caught up with the hand with Sean Smyth three-bet jamming his 36,000 stack from the big blind. There may have been another player in the hand but it was Maurizio Fisicaro who was tanking for a few moments when we reached the table.

Fisicaro called and Smyth got out of his seat.

Sean Smyth: K♣10♦
Maurizio Fisicaro: A♥8♠

Smyth got no love from the 7♠J♣6♥2♥4♥ board and was eliminated from the Day 1d field. He can still make tomorrow’s Day 2 if he enters the turbo Day 1e which is on its final level of late entry. The Day 1e field has attracted 86 entries thus far with 62 players still in contention.

Ertan Cicekdemir was sitting on a stack of 600,000 in chips at the final break. Here is a look at some of the other big stacks from around the room.

Player	Chips	Big Blinds
Ertan Cicekdemir	600,000	200
Arnaud Cressent	380,000	127
Alex Montgomery	370,000	123
Morgan Monteceau	360,000	120
Serdar Demircan	350,000	117
Marco Angioni	340,000	113

Players are on their final short break of Day 1d. There will be two more blind levels after the break before players will bag their stacks into tomorrow’s Day 2.

Level 11: 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 139/337

Morgan Montceau opened for 5,500 from the hijack before Johannes Duesing three-bet jammed for 72,500 from the cutoff. Montceau asked for a count before he called.

“I just want to play the turbo,” said Deusing before turning his cards over referring to the final Day 1e flight running now.

Johannes Deusing: 7♦5♠
Morgan Montceau: A♦Q♠

We aren’t exactly sure why Deusing blew up his stack but both his cards were still live. However, he bricked the K♦2♦8♣3♣9♣ board and ran off to try to advance through the Day 1e flight instead.

Morgan Montceau – 400,000
Johannes Deusing – 0

Level 11: 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 135/337

Olga Liscsinzky opened the button for 6,000. William Jarman jammed for less than 10 big blinds and Liscsinzy called.

William Jarman: Q♥J♣
Olga Liscsinzky: A♠9♠

Liscsinzky nailed two pair on the 9♣K♥A♣ flop but Jarman still had four outs for a gutshot to Broadway. However, the bright lights of Broadway weren’t meant to be for Jarman with the blank 10♦ turn and 2♠ river completing the board.

Olga Liscsinzky – 125,000
William Jarman – 0

Level 11: 1,500/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 141/337

Karl Sepp just got a walk from the big blind. OK, this might not be a worthy update but we have more.

“What!!!?!…. No!!” shouted Sepp as he turned over pocket queens. This got him back to near a starting stack.

Sepp has been on quite a rollercoaster ride colliding his stack in two separate hands.

First he lost a 120,000 chip pot after hitting a set with his deuces. He got it in against Nils Diekmann after a seven hit the turn. Diekmann had pocket sevens and Sepp was down to about 35,000.

Sepp then doubled this up with a little luck on his side. He got his 35,000 stack in with sevens and was up against the jacks held by Serdar Demircan. It wasn’t a seven that saved him. Instead, it was a runner-runner flush that got the job done to double. Demircan could afford this as he has had one of the bigger stacks in the room since near the start of the day.

Serdar Demircan – 400,000
Nils Diekmann – 150,000
Karl Sepp – 50,000

Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 155/337

We caught up to the action when Louis Cartarius three-bet to 16,000 from the big blind. He was called by Flaviano Cammisuli before Bartosch Maciejek four-bet jammed to 77,500. Cartarius tanked for a few moments before he called, while Cammisuli quickly folded.

Bartosch Maciejek: Q♠Q♦
Louis Cartarius: 9♥9♠

The queens held for Maciejek with the 7♥2♦10♣A♣8♠ running out on the board to double through Cartarius.

Bartosch Maciejek – 180,000
Flaviano Cammisuli – 150,000
Louis Cartarius – 100,000

Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 165/337

Vlad Ardeleanu opened for 5,500 from middle position. Firat Cankara jammed for 23,000 from the cutoff. Ardeleanu called after he confirmed the amount.

Firat Cankara: J♦J♣
Vlad Ardeleanu: 10♥9♥

Cankara was in an amazing spot to double his short stack. Or at least so it appeared.

Ardeleanu paired up his nine on the 7♠9♣K♥ flop. Cankara was still ahead after the 4♣ turn. However, that all changed when the 9♠ spiked the river to improve Ardeleanu to a set.

“Good game,” Cankara said while appearing to take the bad beat in stride.

Firat Cankara – 175,000
Vlad Ardeleanu – 0

The side events have been booming today. Here is a quick update on the €150 Ladies First! powered by Chris Read, the €230 Seniors Event powered by Jackie “Poker Mama” Cachia, and the €120 APAT Mediterranean Championship.

Ladies First!

The Ladies First! event is running on the same floor and was the first one we passed by. The event attracted 73 entries to generate a €9,110 prize pool. The top seven players will get paid at least a €310 min-cash with tonight’s winner slated to go home with the €2,690 top prize along with two trophies (one from MPF and one from the WPA).

MPF Founder Ivonne Montealegre is looking for another deep run with 14 players remaining. She took second place last spring to the very person hosting this year’s event in Chris Read. Read is no longer in the event but Poker Power’s AJ Rudolph is still in the running.

Other women in the quest for the title include Head of Poker at the Hippodrome Kerryjane Craigie, Deanna Debosz, Franky Green, Annica Gustavsson, Mary Kerr, Karen Koekkoek, Lan Ly, Chucky Preston, Lisa Roberts, Janet Rose, Hester Saunders, and 2022 MPF Autumn Edition Ladies First! host Katie Swift, who also bagged a big stack in the Grand Event on Day 1c.

Seniors & APAT

Late registration is still open in both the Seniors Event and the two-day APAT Championship, although the late registration for the latter is about to close with 316 entries creating a €30,336 prize pool.

Meanwhile, late registration for the Seniors Event will be open for some time but it has proven to be popular with already 73 entries of at least 50 years or older getting in the action.

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 187/337

It has been an up-and-down roller coaster ride for Ertan Cicekdemir. He was on a nice uptick on his third and final Day 1d bullet at the dinner break when he had around 300,000. He still has a healthy stack but not nearly as nice as before after the following cooler.

Cicekdemir called a four-bet from the hijack to 31,000 by Lewis Coffin from the button.

Coffin fired out for 17,000 on the A♦2♠3♠ flop before both players checked the 4♣ turn. The J♠ river completed the board and Coffin fired out for 85,500. Cicekdemir called shortly after only to get some very bad news.

Coffin turned over the A♣A♠ for the top set. Cicekdemir was about to toss his hand into the muck but instead showed the table he had a monster as well with J♦J♥.

Lewis Coffin – 280,000
Ertan Cicekdemir – 140,000

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 202/337

Lewis Coffin opened from early position before Bat Levi jammed for 33,500. Gary Whitehead only had 5,000 going into the hand. This went into the pot before Coffin asked for a count of Levi’s stack. He paused for about 10 more seconds before he called.

Gary Whitehead: J♥8♠
Bat Levi: K♥K♠
Lewis Coffin: Q♦10♦

Levi was ahead but fell behind after Coffin improved to top two pair on the Q♥4♠10♥ flop.

“A nine would be good,” Whitehead quietly said while Levi remained stoically quiet.

Coffin’s flopped two pair wound up being enough with the blank 7♥ turn and 8♣ river completing the board to eliminate two players.

“Apologies,” Coffin said to Levi about cracking her cowboys.

“Good game, everyone,” said Levi on her way to the exit.

Lewis Coffin – 160,000
Bat Levi – 0
Gary Whitehead – 0

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 202/337

Late registration was just closed for Day 1d. The field attracted 337 entries to bring the total to 1,136 entries before taking into account Day 1e.

Day 1d players will play until the conclusion of Level 13. Surviving players will join the 214 other players that advanced on the first three opening flights for tomorrow’s Day 2 beginning at 1 p.m.

Meanwhile, late registration for the turbo-Day 1e will be open until a little past 11 p.m. for anyone looking for their last chance at MPF Grand Event glory.

Best of luck to all Day 1d and Day 1e players!

Player	Chips	Big Blinds
Marco Angioni	310,000	310
Ertan Cicekdemir	300,000	300
Serdar Demircan	280,000	280
Raimund Geier	230,000	230
Fabio Coppola	230,000	230
Marian Ivanov	180,000	180
Sean Smyth	180,000	180
Andrius Tapinas	180,000	180

The turbo-charged Day 1e has begun with a tidy field of 27 entries. This will grow as players begin to get eliminated from Day 1d with late registration set to close with the action about to resume from the dinner break in five minutes.

Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. We will update some of the bigger stacks from around the room near the end of the break.

The 2023 MPF Grand Event Spring Edition is powered by the Unibet DeepStack Open. Learn more about the tour in this interview between Henry and MPF founder Ivonne Montealegre.

Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 219/331

United Kingdom’s Leon Campbell has been off to a great start but just gave some of his stack in a hand against Pieter Koedijk as follows.

Both Campbell and Koedijk checked with 25,000 in the pot on the turn with the 4♠10♣8♣5♣ already on the board. Campbell led out for 6,500 after the 3♦ river completed the board.

Koedijk called and immediately turned over the A♠10♠ for the top pair with the top kicker. Campbell mucked his hand but not before flashing the table the 10♥ to show that he had the same pair but some obvious kicker issues.

Leon Campbell – 140,000
Pieter Koedijk – 80,000

Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 219/331

Day 1d is officially the biggest of the first four opening flights with 331 entries in the mix. This beats the previous high set yesterday of 330 entries on Day 1c. The field is at 1,130 entries and still growing with late registration not closing until the start of Level 9. There is still more than 20 minutes remaining in Level 8 before players will head on a 75-minute dinner break.

Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 223/330

Rory Turubassa checked with nearly 30,000 in the pot and the 4♥8♦2♥Q♦ on the board after the turn.

Vincent Calenti jammed for 25,400. Turubassa went into the tank before he asked for a count. He tanked some more before Calenti opened up a dialogue.

“You might be in front,” Calenti said to Turubassa.

“I’m not in front,” replied Turubassa.

“You might have five-three,” Calenti speculated out loud.

A couple of more minutes went by before Turubassa folded and mucked his hand.

Calenti showed his 8♥7♥ for the second pair along with a flush draw.

“It was actually good for me you had eight-seven,” said Turubassa. “I had eight-six.”

Whether or not he had eight-six we will never know as players are under no obligation to share what they had if their cards were mucked.

Vincent Calenti – 60,000
Rory Turubassa – 40,000

Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 230/325

Rocco Maiorana opened for 7,500 from early position. Kanan Farzaliyev paused for a few moments from the small blind before he jammed for more than 70,000. Maiorana called off for more than 25,000 and the cards were turned over.

Rocco Maiorana: Q♦8♦
Kanan Farzaliyev: 9♦9♣

Maiorana didn’t get it in with the strongest hand but at least his queen was live from the start. However, he was unable to connect with the A♣5♣K♦2♠4♥ board and his chip stack went over to Farzaliyev.

Meanwhile, Totti Lind is giving the Grand Event another chance. He has his headphones on today and there hasn’t been any talk of Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie prop bets like there was with Lee Colfer on Day 1a. Lind has about double a starting stack near the end of Level 7.

Kanan Farzaliyev – 110,000
Totti Lind – 100,000
Rocco Mariorana – 0

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 241/320

Rigo Vangarelli open-jammed for about 15 big blinds with not much in the pot and the 5♥2♣8♥ on the board after the flop. Lewis Coffin called and the cards were turned over.

Rigo Vangarelli: 7♣5♣
Lewis Coffin: K♥6♥

Vangarelli flopped middle pair and it was more or less a coinflip situation against Coffin with two overcards and a flush draw.

The flush draw was completed for Coffin after the 2♥ landed on the turn and Vangarelli was drawing dead. The Q♦ river made the hand official and Vangarelli will need to re-enter either on Day 1d or later in Day 1e for a chance to find a bag into tomorrow’s Day 2.

Speaking of late registration, the window will close after two more blind levels and the 75-minute dinner break. The Day 1d field will be closed as soon as cards are in the air for Level 9. Those missing out during the first four opening flights will have one more opportunity tonight in the turbo-charged Day 1e.

Best of luck to everyone trying to advance to Day 2 and beyond in the 2023 MPF Spring Edition Grand Event.

Lewis Coffin – 120,000
Rigo Vangarelli – 0

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 243/319

Raffaele Cecere jammed his short stack from early position. The action folded around to Morgan Montceau in the small blind.

“How much is it?” Montceau asked the dealer.

The chips were counted and it was confirmed that Cecere jammed for 9,800. Montceau then jammed for near a starting stack and Cole Maguire folded from the big blind.

Raffaele Cecere: 8♥8♠
Morgan Montceau: 10♠10♣

Monteceau’s tens held on the 4♣Q♦Q♥7♣J♥ board to eliminate Cecere.

Cole Maguire – 140,000
Morgan Monteceau – 60,000
Raffaele Cecere – 0

Players are on a 15-minute break. We caught up with Estonia’s Karl Sepp, who we haven’t seen since the pandemic. He has about 75,000 on Day 1d but this isn’t why he gets a special mention.

Sepp easily gets the fanciest dress-up award if we had one. I will make one up and award it to him.

“You are dressed to the nines today, old friend,” this reporter said.

“It’s more like a six,” replied Sepp. “I am saving my really fancy clothes for the final table.”

Sepp shared he started the day with an Espresso Martini and has a fancy bottle of Prosecco in front of him now.

We wish Sepp the best of luck in his journey and will ask our official photographers to grab a better photo than we were able to take.

Level 6: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 247/306

There was more than 10,000 in the pot with the seven-five-five flop when both Serdar Demircan and Arnaud Barthel checked. Dost Gharbie bet 3,000 and this is where all the fun began.

Demircan put his sunglasses on as he typically does whenever he plays a hand and began his usual Hollywood talk before he pumped it up to 6,000. Barthel jacked it up with a four-bet to 16,000. Ghrabie called before Demircan four-bet to 40,000. Barthel got out of the way and Gharbie tanked.

“Ace-seven?” asked Ghrabie.

“Ace-seven is good,” shared Demircan.

Ghrabie eventually called to see the jack on the turn. Demircan jammed for about 45,000 and Ghrabie tanked again. Demircan was back to his usual table talk before Ghrabie eventually called with just a big blind behind if he lost the hand.

Dost Ghrabie: Pocket Eights
Serdar Demircan: Pocket Sevens

Demircan was in amazing shape with his full house. Ghrabie was unable to get his two-outer and was down to one big blind. He managed to double this up once but shortly after hit the rail.

“I was only calling against him at this table,” Ghrabie said after the hand.

It was a fun hand and more importantly a great start for Demircan who we have seen many times before as he is at all the big events at Portomaso Casino.

Serdar Demircan – 240,000
Dost Ghrabie – 0

Level 5: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 245/285

Fabio Aprile limped from under the gun and was called by the players in the blinds before Mikael Fjarrstad jammed for 25,800. Aprile called and the other two players folded.

Mikael Fjarrstad: 8♣8♠
Fabio Aprile: A♦Q♥

Aprile improved to top pair on the [invalid notations] turn and paid off Fjarrstad after the K♦ river made things official.

Mikael Fjarrstad – 55,000
Fabio Aprile – 45,000

Level 5: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 243/275

Tomas Kolarki checked the 2♦J♦3♥ flop. Phiniotis Chrysi bet 8,400 into a pot of around 15,000. Kolarki jammed for more than the 33,600 that Chrysi had in her stack. Chrysi snap-called and was miles ahead.

“Set of threes?” guessed Kolarki.

Chrysi’s hand wasn’t as good as that but still good none the less as the cards were flipped over.

Phiniotis Chrysi: A♠A♥
Tomas Kolarki: Q♦Q♣

The 10♥ was dealt on the turn followed by the A♦ river which further improved Chrysi to a set of aces to double her stack.

Phiniotis Chrysi – 85,000
Tomas Kolarki – 22,000

Level 5: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 245/276

There was close to 15,000 in chips in the pot with the 4♦7♣5♠10♠10♦ on the board after the river when Ertan Cicekdemir check-called a bet of 11,000 by Alex Montgomery.

Montgomery turned over the 5♣5♦ to win the hand with a full house after Cicekdemir mucked his cards.

Alex Montgomery – 65,000
Ertan Cicekdemir – 25,000

Level 4: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 245/275

Edmond-Sebastian Ienci bet 25,000 into a pot of a bit more with the A♥8♠6♥5♥6♦ on the board. Kevin Hogg called before Peter Kaspar jammed for 36,000.

Ienci attempted to jam over the top but the dealer informed him that all he could do is fold or call. Both Ienci and Hogg quickly called after that and the cards were turned over.

Kaspar turned over the 6♠5♠ for a full house. Normally this would be an amazing hand but Ienci turned over A♠A♣ for a better full house.

Hogg tried to muck his hand but the dealer turned it over to show the Q♥8♥ for a flush. Kaspar hit the rail after the hand while Ienci was among the chip leaders.

Edmond Sebastian Ienci – 170,000
Kevin Hogg – 35,000
Peter Kaspar – 0

The ladies are having fun in the €150 Ladies First! event and the field has already grown to 57 entries with 52 players remaining. We walked by while one fun hand was taking place.

Franky Green was down to just crumbs in her stack. She jammed them in and was up against Ilana Belsky.

Franky Green: A♦J♥
Ilana Belsky: Q♥Q♠

“Don’t worry,” Belsky said to Green. “I’m running pretty bad.”

The table erupted with laughter when Belsky improved to quad queens on the 8♣Q♣Q♦ flop and won the hand after the 3♣ turn and 6♠ river completed the board.

Green left the table soon after to re-enter while the table was still enjoying talking about that hand.

A few were laughing at Belsky’s “running bad” comments from before.

“It’s still running bad as she didn’t have more chips,” Belsky said with a smile.

There were dozens of players at the Poker Power Beginner Course with AJ Rudolph flying in from the United States to both enjoy the Malta Poker Festival and host what turned out to be an amazing session for the ladies in attendance.

As we already mentioned, at least one player in Ashleigh Schuman attended the course without playing a live poker tournament and is now battling it out in the Ladies First! event in hopes of putting what she learned to use.

Here are some photos from the Poker Power seminar.

Level 4: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 241/257

Giuseppe Bossa fired out for 5,000 into a pot of around 10,000 with the Q♦5♣5♦J♣10♥ on the board after the river.

Olga Liscsinzky wasted no time in calling. Bossa turned over Q♥6♦ for two pair. Liscsinsky won the hand with a better two pair after she showed the Q♦10♦.

Olga Liscsinzky – 65,000
Giuseppe Bossa – 20,000

Level 4: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 240/254

There was close to 20,000 in the pot with the Q♠7♠6♠3♥K♠ already on the board when the action was paused on Fausto Gravagna for a few minutes. He eventually bet 7,200 and Giuseppe Marone went into the tank for over two minutes.

Eventually, Marone called only to get the bad news. Gravagna turned over the A♠Q♣ for the nut flush. Nothing could be this but Marone flashed the inconsequential 7♥ anyway.

Fausto Gravagna – 110,000
Giuseppe Marrone – 50,000

The Malta Poker Festival caught up with the MPF HORSE host Martin Smith a couple of days ago. We would first like to thank Smith for all the hard work he has done to help grow the mixed game community and it was an honor for this author to play in the event he hosted earlier this week.

Smith is an accomplished poker author and podcaster in addition to enjoying playing some poker. While he had to go home already, we can still have him with us in the blog today.

Thanks again, Martin, and enjoy the interview!

Level 4: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 223/234

Players are on their first 15-minute break of Day 1d. The blinds will increase to 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante when the action resumes.

The €150 MPF Ladies First powered by Chris Read has just kicked off with 40 entries in full force after some announcements by MPF founder Ivonne Montealegre and Read.

These two will both be in the mix along with other accomplished female players including Ilana Belsky, Maureen Blochlinger, Head of Poker at The Hippodrome Kerryjane Craigie, Caroline Cove, Lydia Cugudda, Alessandra Cuntro, Deanna Dobosz, Sophie Gatherole, Lisa Roberts, La Sengphet, Carina Voncken, Anne-Marie Yuen, and many more.

Of course, Poker Power’s AJ Rudolph is also in the mix after hosting the Beginners Course a few hours ago.

Among the players that attended the course was Ashleigh Schuman. We learned from her father Jonathan Schuman, who is here thanks to winning a MPF package in the Mega Series Mystery Bounty event earlier this month, that this will be Ashleigh’s first-ever live tournament. She will be putting what she learned in the Poker Power seminar to good use and we wish her the best of luck.

Our primary focus today will be the Grand Event but we will definitely at a minimum share some photos of the Ladies First! event as well along with an update or two along the way.

Level 3: 200/300 (300)
Entries: 208/215

Salvatore Caruso checked the turn with the 4♠A♠3♥7♦ on the board. Ruben Bernhard fired out for 5,500 into a pot of around 11,000. Caruso paused for a few moments before he called.

The 7♠ river paired the board. Both players checked. Caruso turned over the J♦J♥ but his fishhooks weren’t good enough as Bernhard paired his ace and won the hand after showing his A♦K♥.

Ruben Bernhard – 95,000
Salvatore Caruso – 22,000

Level 3: 200/300 (300)
Entries: 205/210

The 2023 MPF Spring Edition €550 Grand Event has been an absolute success. The field has already soared past 1,000 entries with 1,009 entries and counting in the field with 799 entries during the first three opening flights along with another 210 entries thus far in today’s Day 1d.

This makes it a certainty that this will be the biggest MPF Grand Event Spring Edition with last year’s festival attracting 1,014 entries and may come close to the 1,326 entries attracted last autumn when that guarantee was €500,000.

Best of luck to all of the Grand Event players!

Level 2: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 195/198

Albert Sapiano limped from middle position and was called by Luke Borg before Glen Gaines fired out a bet of 1,200 from the cutoff. Vincenzo Scarcella called from the button before Sapiano and Borg called as well.

Sapiano fired out for 2,000 on the 6♣5♠6♥ flop and was only called by Gaines. More action came on the 4♦. Sapiano bet 6,000. Gaines jammed for 24,700 and Sapiano called.

Glen Gaines: K♥K♣
Albert Sapiano: 10♥5♣

Gaines’ cowboys held after the J♠ river completed the board to double through Sapiano.

Sapiano was noticed leaving the table a few minutes later having dusted off his remaining stack of 20,000. We will likely see him back in the field for his 11th overall Grand Event bullet soon after unsuccessfully fired the maximum three bullets on each of the first three opening flights.

Glen Gaines – 65,000
Albert Sapiano – 0

Level 2: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 169/170

Ertan Cicekdemir is off to a hot start with 130,000 in chips. He just added the recent batch of chips to his stack in the following hand.

Cicekdemir opened to 500 from early position and was called by Daniele Ticconi from one seat over. Raymond Galea three-bet to 1,600 from the small blind and both Cicekdemir and Ticconi called.

Galea led out for a min-bet of 200 on the 3♠10♥3♣ flop and both players called. The 7♦ turn was checked around. Galea bet 2,200 on the 8♥ river. Cicekdemir called and Ticconi folded. Galea turned over the 7♥6♥. his paired-up seven wasn’t good enough as Cicekdemir had one pair better to win the hand after showing his J♠8♠.

Ertan Cicekdemir – 130,000
Raymond Galea – 45,000
Daniele Ticconi – 30,000

Level 2: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 160/161

Gerold Mittendorfer fired out 3,000 into a pot of 8,000 with the 5♣K♦7♠2♦3♦ on the board after the river. Tayfun Rodoplu paused for about 15 seconds before he called. Mittendorfer turned over the 7♥5♦ and his two pair won the hand after Rodoplu mucked.

Meanwhile, the Day 1d field is already up to 161 entries bringing the total field closer and closer to 1,000 entries with 960 entries in the mix when taking into account the 799 entries attracted during the first three opening flights.

Gerold Mittendorfer – 75,000
Tayfun Rodoplu – 45,000

Level 1: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 128/129

Francesco Palumbo was the first player to hit the rail on Day 1d. We haven’t seen him hop back in just yet but he has plenty of time to do so if he so chooses with late registration open for at least six more hours.

Brian Calleja, who is also at the table, brought the hand to our attention while the hand’s winner Samuel Olave broke down the details.

Palumbo bet 3,000 into a pot of a little more after the 6♥5♥3♥ were dealt on the flop. Olave raised to 8,000 and Palumbo called. Palumbo check-called a bet of 13,000 on the A♠ turn by Olave before jamming the 6♣ river. Olave called and turned over the 3♠3♦ for a full house. This was more than good against his opponent’s K♥K♠ to double his stack.

Samuel Olave – 100,000
Francesco Palumbo – 0

We quickly popped by where the Poker Power Beginner Course for ladies only was taking place and the turnout was amazing with around 30 ladies having fun while learning poker.

The course was in the interactive session stages where players were actually playing hands. Tatiana Fox and AJ Rudolph were among the dealers helping the players.

This is all in preparation for the €150 Ladies First! hosted by Chris Read. You can check out a cool video with Rudolph and Read below.

Level 1: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 119/119

Cards are in the air for Day 1d after MPF founder Ivonne Montealegre welcomed players and Ludos Academy CEO Danilo de Berardinis talked about the plan of the day for both Day 1d and tonight’s Day 1e.

We will pop downstairs to get a quick peek of the Poker Power Beginner Course for ladies only before hopping into the Grand Event action.

Welcome back to our coverage of the 2023 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition €550 Grand Event. Saturday is a big day with the final two opening flights taking place.

First up is Day 1d at 2 p.m. This opening flight will follow the same structure as the first three opening flights with 13 blind levels of 40 minutes each. Players will start with 50,000 in chips and be allowed to enter up to two times per opening flight before the start of Level 9.

Day 1e will kick off in the evening at 9 p.m. This opening flight has a couple of differences. First, it is a turbo-charged affair with 20-minute blind levels. Second, and perhaps more important, is that this flight will play down to 26.8% percent of the remaining field instead of 13 blind levels. This is the average amount of survivors during the first three opening flights.

Marko Luksa still holds the chip lead after bagging a whopping 687,000 in chips on Day 1a. Day 1b chip leader Shaun Halliday advanced with 656,000 while Day 1c leader Maik Buss is currently on the podium in third place with 618,000 in chips.

The Grand Event has already smashed its €300,000 guarantee with 799 entries generating a €383,520 and counting. This is certain to pass 1,000 entries today. Time will tell how big the Grand Event will become.

Opening Flight	Entries	Survivors	% Survived
Day 1a	215	59	27.4%
Day 1b	254	58	22.8%
Day 1c	330	97	29.4%
Day 1d	?	?
Day 1e	?	?
Total	799	214	26.8%

There will also be tons of exciting side events with many of the female players in attendance looking forward to the €150 Ladies First! powered by Chris Read at 4 p.m. Before that, men and women are invited to join in on a Valetta City tour at 10:45 a.m. Players and guests alike can purchase their tickets to the tour for just €35 on our landing page. Meanwhile, at 1 p.m. AJ Rudolph will be representing Poker Power with an interactive poker seminar for ladies only. You can read more about that and learn a bit about Rudolph’s history in poker and with Poker Power in an article written before the event at MPF’s Official Travel Partner Main Event Travel.

Also taking place tomorrow will be the second and final day of the €230 The Hendon Mob Championship at 1 p.m., the first of two days of the €120 APAT Maltese Championship at 5 p.m., and the €250 MPF Seniors Event powered by Jackie “Poker Mama” Cachia at 8 p.m.

While the Grand Event satellites are in the books, there will be a €150 satellite to the two-day €1,100 MPF High Roller also taking place tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Come drop by to say hi to this reporter if you are in town. Otherwise, we wish you the best from wherever you are tuning in from. Have a good night and see you again when cards are back in the air for Day 1d of the MPF Grand Event starting at 2 p.m.