By Jason Glatzer | May 2, 2023 12:06 am After more than nine hours of play on the final day, Scotland’s Lewis Coffin defeated Lithuania’s Martynas Brazdzionis heads-up to win the 2023 Malta Poker Festival €550 Grand Event powered by Unibet DeepStack Open at the luxurious Portomaso Casino for €100,600. Coffin began in the bottom third of the pack out of the 18 hopefuls to advance to the final day. He was even short at one point early on at the final table and could have easily been out the door but his queen-nine got there with his short stack against the ace-five to double through La Sengphet. This was easily the largest cash for Coffin who came into the Malta Poker Festival with a shade over $33,000 in cashes as tracked by The Hendon Mob, of which more than $21,000 came in a tournament in London earlier this month. The Grand Event (and the entire festival) lived up to its name as it was truly grand. The €300,000 guarantee slapped on this event was absolutely shattered by nearly double with 1,226 entries coming out in full force to create a huge €588,480 prize pool. The action was down to just 18 hopefuls on the final day in the hunt for the title, each locking up at least €3,350. Brazdzionis held a commanding chip lead to start the day and never looked back until there were just three players left. His lead was maintained while Paolo Aleo, Arnaud Cressent, Michael Gavurnik, Chris Da Silva, Maik Buss, Salvatore Ritrovato, and Lasse Jacobsen all hit the rail. Brazdzionis then ousted both Vlad Ardeneanu and Raoul van Wersch to extend his lead to one-third of the chips in play with the final table set to begin. It continued to be all Brazdzionis early at the final table as well. His Lithuanian rail instantly grew and his lead grew as well as he sent both Fabio Aprile (eighth – €9,050) and Unibet Poker qualifier Joszef Hegyi (ninth – €7,550) to the rail in succession. Check out the interview below with Hegyi, who has qualified four times for UDSO packages at Unibet Poker by Unibet DeepStack Open founder Alex Henry. Brazdzionis’ elimination streak came to an end with Oliver Said sending Tomasz Caba (seventh – €11,400) to the rail when his queen ten proved to be good again ace-deuce. As we already mentioned, Coffin could have then easily been out against Sengphet, which took place the last hand before the dinner break. Sengphet was a little late coming back as the short-stack and nearly laddered up in the process but Said earned a chop with ace-seven against Coffin’s ace-ten suited to stay alive. Shortly after, Coffin continued to move up the ranks by eliminating the short-stack Sengphet in sixth place for €14,850 when his queen-trey held against five-four. Kjetil Hanstvedt then took a small chink out of the armor of Brazdzionis to double his stack with fours against big slick. His survival actually created a viral hand shortly after. Said got it in with jacks against Hanstvedt’s pocket rockets and asked for a jack. Instead of one jack, two jacks came on the flop but he wasn’t out of the woods yet as Hanstvedt improved to a full house when an ace came on the turn. The fourth ace didn’t show its face on the river and Handstvedt soon was eliminated by Said in fifth place for €20,150 when his nines were no good against ten-trey with the jack-seven-six flop. Said hit two runners for a straight and was close to the chip lead. Meanwhile, Brazdzionis continued to accumulate chips and had two-thirds of the chips in play after he eliminated the short-stacked Angelo Patane (fourth – €37,400) when his queen-jack held against queen-eight. The players then discussed a deal but nobody appeared to be happy with the numbers. So the action went on and no deal was discussed the rest of the way. The tides turned, mostly in favor of Coffin, shortly after that. Coffin first won a flip for his tournament life when his fives were good against Said’s ace-jack. He then took the chip lead and never looked back. Coffin jammed the river with the nut flush with ace-jack suited and doubled through Brazdzionis after his opponent called with a lower flush with six-trey suited. Brazdzionis was the short stack with under 15 big blinds when Said decided to make a move. He jammed with king-queen on a ten-nine-deuce flop. Coffin woke up with cowboys and Said won the third-place trophy along with a tasty €55,420 top prize. The final duo went on a short break with Coffin holding a massive 8:1 chip advantage over Brazdzionis. The heads-up battle was over before it began lasting just one hand. Coffin jammed the button with king-six and eliminated Brazdzionis in second place for €75,690 after his hand held against jack-ten. A massive congrats to Lewis Coffin on his amazing MPF Grand Event victory for €100,600! It’s been an absolute pleasure reporting the MPF Grand Event all week and we look forward to seeing you again! À bientôt!Lewis Coffin Wins 2023 MPF Spring Edition Grand Event (€100,600)
MPF Spring Edition Grand Event Final Table Payouts
Place Player Country Prize 1 Lewis Coffin United Kingdom €100,600 2 Martynas Brazdzionis Lithuania €75,690 3 Oliver Said Malta €55,420 4 Angelo Patane Italy €37,400 5 Kjetil Hanstvedt Norway €20,150 6 La Sengphet United States €14,850 7 Tomasz Caba Poland €11,400 8 Fabio Aprile Italy €9,050 9 Joszef Hegyi Hungary €7,550 Final Day Action
Photos of the Final Three
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 11:17 pm
Full 2023 MPF Spring Edition Grand Event Payouts
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 10:38 pm
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Coffin | €100,600 |
2 | Martynas Brazdzionis | €75,690 |
3 | Oliver Said | €55,420 |
4 | Angelo Patane | €37,400 |
5 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | €20,150 |
6 | La Sengphet | €14,850 |
7 | Tomasz Caba | €11,400 |
8 | Fabio Aprile | €9,050 |
9 | Joszef Hegyi | €7,550 |
10 | Vlad Ardeleanu | €6,150 |
11 | Raoul van Wersch | €6,150 |
12 | Paolo Aleo | €5,050 |
13 | Arnaud Cressent | €5,050 |
14 | Michal Gavurnik | €4,150 |
15 | Chris Da Silva | €4,150 |
16 | Maik Buss | €3,350 |
17 | Salvatore Ritrovato | €3,350 |
18 | Lasse Jacobsen | €3,350 |
19 | Shaun Halliday | €3,350 |
20 | Alessandro Furneri | €3,350 |
21 | Lars Eriksson | €2,820 |
22 | Serguei Skrypnikov Laviolle | €2,820 |
23 | Humberto Galindo | €2,820 |
24 | Bogdan Juc | €2,820 |
25 | William McMurray | €2,820 |
26 | Jostein Groedum | €2,820 |
27 | Alex Montgomery | €2,470 |
28 | Antonino Karman | €2,470 |
29 | Michal Kulesza | €2,470 |
30 | Marko Luksa | €2,470 |
31 | Jonathan Therme | €2,470 |
32 | Vincenzo Scarcella | €2,470 |
33 | Scott Roberts | €2,470 |
34 | Louis Le Boisselier | €2,470 |
35 | Ulf Andersson | €2,470 |
36 | Lucien Jouanneau | €2,170 |
37 | Cedric Offner | €2,170 |
38 | Christopher Collins | €2,170 |
39 | Joaquim Ferriera | €2,170 |
40 | Koen Meutstege | €2,170 |
41 | Mikael Bjertrup | €2,170 |
42 | Fabrizio Nobile | €2,170 |
43 | Antonio Chille | €2,170 |
44 | Erik Lindqwist | €2,170 |
45 | Andrei Mjagkov | €1,920 |
46 | Manoj Navani | €1,920 |
47 | Paul Young | €1,920 |
48 | Noel Studer | €1,920 |
49 | Rauno Kiviloo | €1,920 |
50 | Giovanni Nava | €1,920 |
51 | Chen Keren | €1,920 |
52 | Robert Boon | €1,920 |
53 | Daniel Toffel | €1,920 |
54 | Kerryjane Craigie | €1,720 |
55 | Georgios Georgiou | €1,720 |
56 | Ian Gascoigne | €1,720 |
57 | Peter Kaspar | €1,720 |
58 | Thomas Hofmann | €1,720 |
59 | Damir Savio | €1,720 |
60 | Thomas Petit | €1,720 |
61 | Torben Krogh | €1,720 |
62 | Olga Liscsinzky | €1,720 |
63 | Presiyan Tsvetanov | €1,720 |
64 | Kevin Houghton | €1,720 |
65 | Salvatore Incardona | €1,720 |
66 | Guiseppe Loreto | €1,720 |
67 | Daniel Spavin-Haigh | €1,720 |
68 | Simon Taylor | €1,720 |
69 | Theo Schmitt | €1,720 |
70 | Corentin Viaud | €1,720 |
71 | Serdar Demircan | €1,720 |
72 | Dost Ghrabie | €1,520 |
73 | Johannes Grootelaar | €1,520 |
74 | Edward Chun Ho Yam | €1,520 |
75 | Paul Maguire | €1,520 |
76 | Daro Berisa | €1,520 |
77 | Jemery Bametz | €1,520 |
78 | Emil Karhu | €1,520 |
79 | Zaheer Zeb | €1,520 |
80 | Stepan Brychta | €1,520 |
81 | Roland Boothby | €1,520 |
82 | Erik Ostergaard | €1,520 |
83 | James Thody | €1,520 |
84 | Attila Kassitzky | €1,520 |
85 | Maciej Toma | €1,520 |
86 | Daniele Staropoli | €1,520 |
87 | Benjamin Rensen | €1,520 |
88 | Ertan Cicekdemir | €1,520 |
89 | David Ozmen | €1,520 |
90 | Sjoerd Nikkels | €1,320 |
91 | Santaluna Baldassare | €1,320 |
92 | Daoud Abu | €1,320 |
93 | Kaspar Schmid | €1,320 |
94 | Liwei Wang | €1,320 |
95 | Fabio Coppola | €1,320 |
96 | Amber Glasby | €1,320 |
97 | Per Moller | €1,320 |
98 | Aurelien Giard | €1,320 |
99 | Katie Swift | €1,320 |
100 | Pieter Koedijk | €1,320 |
101 | Philip Roberts | €1,320 |
102 | Fabio Sturba | €1,320 |
103 | Thomas Lowter | €1,320 |
104 | Marian Ivanov | €1,320 |
105 | Pavle Pecelj | €1,320 |
106 | Yannick Rohrbach | €1,320 |
107 | Eduardo Terrivel | €1,320 |
108 | Leon Campbell | €1,320 |
109 | Fabian Fleischmann | €1,320 |
110 | Antonios Onourfriou | €1,320 |
111 | Luke Pace | €1,320 |
112 | Robert Teunissen | €1,320 |
113 | Anastasios Apostolou | €1,320 |
114 | Firat Cankaya | €1,320 |
115 | Dejan Dabetic | €1,320 |
116 | Grant Pirie | €1,120 |
117 | Robrecht Winterink | €1,120 |
118 | Arn Kungl | €1,120 |
119 | Ashley Wilson | €1,120 |
120 | Callum Gordon | €1,120 |
121 | Torsten Riedl | €1,120 |
122 | Kaloyan Kirov | €1,120 |
123 | Anthony Whalley | €1,120 |
124 | Massimo Bruno | €1,120 |
125 | Mantas Petrauskas | €1,120 |
126 | Michael Frost | €1,120 |
127 | Fraser Mackenze | €1,120 |
128 | Paolo Rando | €1,120 |
129 | Andrew Cutajar | €1,120 |
130 | Giulio Spaminato | €1,120 |
131 | Rob van Embden | €1,120 |
132 | Jonathan Schuman | €1,120 |
133 | Anton Shroter | €1,120 |
134 | Matthew Adams | €1,120 |
135 | Ian Swan | €1,120 |
136 | Boris Zismanov | €1,120 |
137 | Julien Gadanho | €1,120 |
138 | Nicky Molmans | €1,120 |
139 | Thomas Steedman | €1,120 |
140 | Giuseppe Signorelli | €1,120 |
141 | Oscar Arezzo | €1,120 |
142 | Samuel Biland | €1,120 |
143 | Olav Kok | €1,120 |
144 | Raimondo Marcello | €1,120 |
145 | Thibault Branly | €1,120 |
146 | Andrei Musat | €1,120 |
147 | Nauseda Grazvydas | €1,120 |
148 | Daniel Kuhlmann | €1,120 |
149 | Lars Halkier | €1,120 |
150 | Joseph East | €1,120 |
151 | Ivan Picavet | €1,120 |
Martynas Brazdzionis Eliminated in 2nd Place (€75,690)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 10:37 pm
Level 34: 300,000/600,000 (600,000)
Entries: 1/1,226
Heads-up action lasted exactly one hand. Lewis Coffin jammed the button before Martynas Brazdzionis called off his stack of 12 big blinds.
Martynas Brazdzionis: J♣10♥
Lewis Coffin: K♣6♥
A crowd consisting of both players’ rails gathered around the table as soon as the cards were turned over.
Coffin was ahead on the 2♠8♦7♣ flop but Brazdzionis had both of his over-cards and the nine for a straight alive.
“Don’t look,” shouted the Lithuanian rail. “Nine, Nine, Nine, Nine!”
No nine came on either the 3♣ turn or the 5♠ river and neither of these cards helped in any other way for Brazdzilionis to fall one player shy of winning the title after having the chip lead most of the final day.
Congrats to Lewis Coffin for winning the 2023 MPF Spring Edition Grand Event powered by the Unibet DeepStack Open for €100,600!
Stay tuned for the full payouts and the recap of the final day.

Oliver Said Eliminated in 3rd Place (€55,420)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 10:18 pm
Level 33: 250,000/500,000 (500,000)
Entries: 2/1,226
Martynas Brazdzionis opened for 1 million from the button. Oliver Said three-bet to 3 million from the small blind. Lewis Coffin cold-called from the big blind and Brazdzionis folded.
Said open-jammed for 12 million the 2♣9♠10♦ flop and Coffin snap-called.
“Aces?” asked Said.
He was close but one pair off.
Oliver Said: K♠Q♦
Lewis Coffin: K♦K♣
Said was unable to complete his straight or get a pair of runners on the 9♥ and 5♣ river to hit the rail in third place.
Meanwhile, Coffin will begin heads-up play with a massive chip-edge over Brazdzionis.
Lewis Coffin – 54 million
Martynas Brazdzionis – 7 million
Oliver Said – 0

Coffin Takes Lead With Better Flush
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 10:06 pm
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Entries: 3/1,226
Martynas Brazdzionis min-raised the button before Lewis Coffin defended his big blind. Coffin check-called bets of 600,000 on the J♥4♣4♠ flop and for 3,700,000 on the 2♥ turn.
The K♥ river completed the board and Coffin jammed for 10 million. Brazdzionis quickly called only to get the bad news.
Coffin turned over the A♥5♥ for the nut flush. Brazdzionis also had a flush but it wasn’t good enough after showing the 6♥3♥.
Lewis Coffin – 34 million
Oliver Said – 18 million
Martynas Brazdzionis – 9 million

Brazdzionis Back in the Lead
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:49 pm
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It was a limped pot preflop when Lewis Coffin bet 900,000 on the 10♥K♦6♥ flop from the small blind. Martynas Brazdzionis called from the big blind before he called a bigger bet of 1,800,000 on the 6♠ turn.
The A♦ river completed the board and Coffin bet 4.5 million.
Brazdzionis’ eyebrows were raised before he went into the tank for a couple of minutes. He eventually called and turned over the K♥4♦ and won the hand to the delight of the Lithuanian rail after Coffin mucked.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 27 million
Oliver Said – 22 million
Lewis Coffin – 12 million
Action Resumes
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:42 pm
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Entries: 3/1,226
The action has resumed in the Grand Event with the final three players battling for the title.
Updated Chip Counts at Break
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:40 pm
The stacks are fairly even at this point in time. Oliver Said was on the ropes but doubled through Martynas Brazdzionis in a hand we reported before winning another pot for a few million chips later on to take the chip lead. Here is a look at the chip counts at the break:
Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Martynas Brazdzionis | Lithuania | 19,475,000 | 39 |
4 | Oliver Said | Malta | 22,250,000 | 45 |
9 | Lewis Coffin | United Kingdom | 19,300,000 | 39 |
More Final Day Photos
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:36 pm
Short Break
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:25 pm
The final three players went on a short break. Blinds will speed up to 30 minutes in length when the action resumes.
Ten-Seven Gets There for Said
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:02 pm
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Entries: 3/1,226
Oliver Said just got the chips back he lost but against a different player in Martynas Brazdzionis.
Said jammed the button for nearly 8 million and Brazdzionis called.
Oliver Said: 10♠7♣
Martynas Brazdzionis: A♥9♥
Said connected with a ten on the flop and never looked back to double up with the 5♠10♣2♠2♣7♦ rolling onto the board.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 27 million
Oliver Said – 16 million
Coffin Wins Massive Flip Against Said
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 9:00 pm
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Oliver Said opened for 900,000 from the small blind. Lewis Coffin jammed for 9 million from the big blind and Said snap-called.
Lewis Coffin: 5♥5♦
Oliver Said: A♠J♥
There was no nail in the coffin for Coffin as he won the flip in style with a set after the 5♣3♠9♦J♠8♣ ran out on the board.
Lewis Coffin – 18 million
Oliver Said – 8 million
No Deal
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 8:48 pm
Level 32: 200,000/400,000 (400,000)
Entries: 3/1,226
No deal was agreed upon. There are still 40 minutes on the clock in Level 32. However, after this blind level, the clock will be 30 minutes per blind level.
Angelo Patane Eliminated in 4th Place (€37,400)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 8:41 pm
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Entries: 3/1,226
Martynas Brazdzionis min-raised the button. Angelo Patane got his last four big blinds in from the big blind and Brazdzionis called.
Angelo Patane: Q♠8♥
Martynas Brazdzionis: Q♣J♣
“Eight!” shouted Patane’s rail.
“No eight!” shouted one of the local players that was originally from Lithuania.
The A♠10♣7♣6♣8♠ board did have an eight but Patane was on the rail anyway.
“Finished,” said Patane to his rail. “Eight on the river anyway.”
Martynas Brazdzionis – 42 million
Angelo Patane – 0
Meanwhile, the final three took a short break to discuss a potential deal.

Kjetil Hanstvedt Eliminated in 5th Place (€20,150)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 8:31 pm
Level 32: 200,000/400,000 (400,000)
Entries: 4/1,226
Oliver Said delivered back-to-back bad beats to Kjetil Hanstvedt to send him to the rail in fifth place for €20,150.
In the final hand, Hanstvedt opened for 800,000 from the button and was called by Said from the big blind. Said jammed the 6♣7♣J♦ flop and Hanstvedt called off for about 4 million in total.
Kjetil Hanstvedt: 9♥9♦
Oliver Said: 10♦3♣
Hanstvedt was ahead again when the chips went into the pot. However, Said improved to a straight to send Hanstvedt to the rail in fifth place after the 4♥ turn and 5♣ river completed the board.
Oliver Said – 18 million
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 0

Quads Beat Aces Full for Said
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 8:27 pm
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We may have spoken too soon as fireworks just erupted. It all began when Oliver Said opened for 800,000 from under the gun. Kjetil Hanstvedt three-bet jammed for more than 10 million from the big blind and Said snap-called.
Oliver Said: J♦J♥
Kjetil Hanstvedt: A♣A♠
“Jack!” pleaded Said.
The room erupted when not one jack but two jacks came on the 2♠J♣J♠ flop. Said still had a small sweat after Hansdvedt improved to a full house on the A♦ turn. The blank 3♥ completed the board on the river to end a sick hand with Said doubling his stack.
Oliver Said – 13 million
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 5 million

Action Slowed
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 8:19 pm
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Entries: 5/1,226
After a busy early part of the final table, the action has slowed down at least for the time being with most pots being taken down preflop.
Fours Win a Flip for Hanstvedt
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 7:57 pm
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Kjetil Hanstvedt jammed from under the gun for 4,925,000.
“How much?” asked the table captain Martynas Brazdzionis asked.
Brazdzionis jammed moments later and the cards were turned over.
Kjetil Hanstvedt: 4♠4♦
Martynas Brazdzionis: A♣K♥
Brazdzionis didn’t connect with the 8♥2♣2♠3♣Q♣ board and Hanstvedt doubled his stack.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 27 million
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 10 million

La Sengphet Eliminated in 6th Place (€14,850)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 7:39 pm
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Entries: 5/1,226
We lost both our last remaining American and final female player in the field. La Sengphit was unable to find a spot and was down to 1,425,000 in chips. She pushed 1,400,000 of this forward from the button. Lewis Coffin put her in for the rest and the cards were turned over.
La Sengphet: 5♣4♠
Lewis Coffin: Q♥3♦
Sengphet’s cards were live but the A♥J♥6♦Q♣6♠ board didn’t cooperate. It was an incredible run for Sengphet as she wished everyone a good game on the way to the cashier.
Lewis Coffin – 12.8 million
La Sengphet – 0

Said Survives; Sengphet Returns
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 7:23 pm
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La Senghet nearly laddered up despite missing the first hand. She came back at the end of the following hand:
Lewis Coffin opened for a min-raise from under the gun. Oliver Said jammed for nearly 4 million from the big blind and Coffin called.
Oliver Said: A♠7♣
Lewis Coffin: A♦10♠
Said was behind and it wasn’t looking good on either the J♠Q♣6♦ flop. He was only drawing to a chop after Coffin paired his ten on the 10♣ turn.
“King,” pleaded Said.
Said got his wish and the players chopped the pot after both improving to Broadway on the K♦ river.
Lewis Coffin – 12 million
Oliver Said – 4 million
Final Table Resumes
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 7:20 pm
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The final table has resumed with blinds at 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 big blind ante.
La Sengphet hasn’t made it back from the break when the cards went in the air and will at least miss the first hand if not more depending on when she arrives.
Updated Chip Counts at Break
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 7:11 pm
Lithuania’s Martynas Brazdzionis came into today with the lead and has never given it up. He had more than half the chips in play at the dinner break.
Meanwhile, La Sengphet will resume with the shortest stack. She lost a good chunk of her stack on the last hand before the dinner break after her pocket fives didn’t hold against the ace-deuce held by Kjetil Hanstvedt.
Here is a look at all of the chip counts:
Seat | Player | County | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | Norway | 4,675,000 | 16 |
3 | Martynas Brazdzionis | Lithuania | 32,250,000 | 108 |
4 | Oliver Said | Malta | 4,000,000 | 13 |
5 | La Sengphe | United States | 2,625,000 | 9 |
7 | Angelo Patane | Italy | 6,175,000 | 21 |
9 | Lewis Coffin | United Kingdom | 11,300,000 | 38 |
Dinner Break
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 6:15 pm
The final six players are on an hour-long dinner break. Blinds will increase to 150,000/300,000 along with a 300,000 big blind ante when the action resumes.

Said Doubles Coffin
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 6:14 pm
Level 30: 125,000/250,000 (250,000)
Entries: 6/1,226
Martynas Brazdzionis opened for 500,000 from under the gun. Oliver Said called from one seat over before Lewis Coffin jammed from the small blind for 5,500,000. Brazdzionis folded and Said asked for about.
“Sorry everyone,” Said said to the table after tanking for about five minutes.
Said found a call a minute later.
Lewis Coffin: J♣J♦
Oliver Said: 10♦10♥
Coffin’s jacks held to double just before the dinner break with the safe 3♠K♥7♣9♠2♠ running out on the board.
Lewis Coffin – 12 million
Oliver Said – 3 million
Coffin Doubles to Stay Alive
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 5:56 pm
Level 30: 125,000/250,000 (250,000)
Entries: 6/1,226
La Sengphet opened the button for 550,000 before she called a three-bet jam by Lewis Coffin from the big blind to 1,850,000.
Lewis Coffin: Q♥9♣
La Sengphet: A♥5♠
Coffin took out his phone to film the hand. But it went back into his pocket after his nine connected on the 9♦7♣K♦4♠8♣ board to double his stack.
La Sengphet – 6.3 million
Lewis Coffin – 4.1 million

Tomasz Caba Eliminated in 7th Place (€11,400)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 5:51 pm
Level 30: 125,000/250,000 (250,000)
Entries: 6/1,226
Tomasz Caba jammed his short stack of 1,350,000 from the cutoff. Oliver Said asked for a count from the big blind before he called.
Tomasz Caba: A♣2♣
Oliver Said: Q♦10♣
Caba was ahead on the 8♣J♦3♥ flop but fell behind after Said improved to a straight on the 9♣ turn.
A couple of the players were already wishing Caba a good game not seeing he was still alive with a flush draw. The J♥ river didn’t save Caba and this time the “good game” comments were real.
Oliver Said – 8 million
Tomasz Caba – 0

Caba Triples Short Stack
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 5:36 pm
Level 30: 125,000/250,000 (250,000)
Entries: 7/1,226
Tomasz Caba jammed for 575,000 from the cutoff and was called by Martynas Brazdzionis from the small blind and Oliver Said from the big blind.
Brazdzionis and Said checked down the entire Q♦2♦9♥6♠8♦ board.
Caba turned over the Q♥9♣ for the top two pair and tripled up with Brazdzionis holding 7♣6♥ and Said showing the J♦8♠.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 30 milion
Oliver Said – 6 million
Tomasz Caba – 2 million
Kicker Issues for Coffin
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 5:26 pm
Level 30: 125,000/250,000 (250,000)
Entries: 7/1,226
There wasn’t much in the pot when Angelo Patane bet 300,000 on the J♠Q♦7♥4♥Q♥ board from the small blind. Lewis Coffin raised to 750,000 from the big blind and Patane called.
Coffin turned over the Q♣6♣ for trips. Patane also had trips with Q♠10♦ to win the pot with a better kicker.
“I was thinking of shoving,” Patane said after the hand.
“I would have folded,” responded Coffin.
Angelo Patane – 7.2 million
Lewis Coffin – 3.6 million
Final Table Photos
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 5:20 pm
Special thanks to Unibet DeepStack Open founder Alex Henry for the following photos of the final table. We plan to share more photos to share later from our usual photographers when they are available.










Fabio Aprile Eliminated in 8th Place (€9,050)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 4:52 pm
Level 29: 100,000/200,000 (200,000)
Entries: 7/1,226
Fabio Aprile opened for 500,000 from middle position. Martynas Brazdzionis three-bet to 1,350,000 and Aprile called.
Aprile check-called a bet of 700,000 on the Q♦5♦2♥ flop before jammed the 7♦ turn for a little less than 4 million. Brazdzionis snap-called and the cards were turned over.
Fabio Aprile: 6♥6♣
Martynas Brazdzionis: A♥Q♠
Brazdzionis ousted his fourth player in a row after the A♦ river completed the board.
Aprile was frustrated after he was called and stormed off quickly to the cashier as soon as the river card was dealt.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 30 million
Fabio Aprile – 0

“Maybe Another Flush?”
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 4:46 pm
Level 29: 100,000/200,000 (200,000)
Entries: 8/1,226
La Sengphet opened for 450,000 from early position. Martynas Brazdzionis three-bet to 1,050,000 from the big blind. Sengphet jammed for 7 million and Brazdzionis snap-called.
La Sengphet: K♥K♠
Martynas Brazdzionis: K♦K♣
“Maybe a flush is coming again,” joked Lewis Coffin.
“No!!!!” responded Sengphet before she asked for some hearts.
The drama was over from here with a rainbow flop and both players chopped up the pot.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 24 million
La Sengphet – 7.5 million
Jozsef Hegyi Eliminated in 9th Place (€7,550)
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 4:36 pm
Level 29: 100,000/200,000 (200,000)
Entries: 8/1,226
Martynas Brazdzionis min-raised from the lojack before Joszef Hegyi defended his big blind.
Hegyi checked the 9♠7♥J♣ flop. Brazdzionis bet 550,000 and Hegyi jammed for nearly 4 million. Brazdzionis snap-called and the cards were turned over.
Jozsef Hegyi: Q♣J♠
Martynas Brazdzionis: Q♥J♥
Normally, players would chop in this spot despite Brazdionis having a backdoor to the flush. His flush draw completely to oust Hegyi on a cooler after the 9♥ turn and 3♥ river completed the board.
“Good game,” several of the players said to Hegyi as they shook hands.
“Good game,” Hegyi said in stride as he left the table.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 23 million
Jozsef Hegyi – 0

Final Table Begins
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 4:23 pm
Level 29: 100,000/200,000 (200,000)
Entries: 9/1,226
The final table has been fully set-up and photos have been taken (which we will share as soon as they are available).
Best of luck to the final nine players!

Final Table Seat Draw
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 4:14 pm
Martynas Brazdzionis will kick off the 2023 MPF Spring Edition final table with a massive chip lead with nearly triple the chips of his nearest opponents in La Sengphet (6,925,000), Fabio Aprile (6,825,000), Oliver Said and Angelo Patane (6,250,000).
Best of luck to all the players and check out the final table seat draw below:
Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tomasz Caba | Poland | 2,200,000 | 11 |
2 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | Norway | 3,900,000 | 20 |
3 | Martynas Brazdzionis | Lithuania | 18,575,000 | 93 |
4 | Oliver Said | Malta | 6,700,000 | 34 |
5 | La Sengphe | United States | 6,925,000 | 35 |
6 | Fabio Aprile | Italy | 6,825,000 | 34 |
7 | Angelo Patane | Italy | 6,250,000 | 31 |
8 | Jozsef Hegyi | Hungary | 4,350,000 | 22 |
9 | Lewis Coffin | United Kingdom | 5,300,000 | 27 |
Brazdzionis Felts Ardeleanu
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 3:35 pm
Level 29: 100,000/200,000 (200,000)
Entries: 9/1,226
Vlad Ardeleanu three-bet jammed for about 10 big blinds from the button and was called by chip leader Martynas Brazdzionis who opened from under the gun for a min-raise.
Vlad Ardeleanu: K♠J♣
Martynas Brazdzionis: A♦Q♠
Ardeleanu was unable to get there on the 7♠2♥2♦4♥3♣ board and hit the rail in 10th place.
There is a 30-minute break for the final table to be set-up. We will post a final table seat draw with chip counts during this break.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 18.6 million
Vlad Ardeleanu – 0
Brazdzionis Wins Massive Pot With Big Slick to Felt van Wersch
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 3:33 pm
Level 29: 100,000/200,000 (200,000)
Entries: 10/1,226
Martynas Brazdzionis opened for a min-raise from the cutoff and was called by Raoul van Wersch from the button.
Brazdzionis fired out for 300,000 on the 4♥A♦5♠ flop and van Wersch called. Van Wersch called a bigger bet of 1,550,000 on the 9♣ turn before Brazdzionis jammed for more than the about 4 million van Wersch had behind on the 9♦ river.
Van Wersch called and was out of the Grand Event in 11th place after his A♣Q♣ was no good against Brazdzionis’ A♥K♣.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 15 million
Raoul van Wersch – 0
Chip Counts at Break
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 3:23 pm
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Martynas Brazdzionis | Lithuania | 8,825,000 | 44 |
2 | Fabio Aprile | Italy | 7,325,000 | 37 |
3 | La Sengphet | United States | 7,325,000 | 37 |
4 | Raoul van Wersch | Netherlands | 6,925,000 | 35 |
5 | Oliver Said | Malta | 6,700,000 | 34 |
6 | Angelo Patane | Italy | 6,250,000 | 31 |
7 | Lewis Coffin | United Kingdom | 4,750,000 | 24 |
8 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | Norway | 4,400,000 | 22 |
9 | Jozsef Hegyi | Hungary | 3,900,000 | 20 |
10 | Tomasz Caba | Poland | 2,700,000 | 14 |
11 | Vlad Ardeleanu | Romania | 1,925,000 | 10 |
Final Day Payouts
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 3:18 pm
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | €100,600 | |
2 | €75,690 | |
3 | €55,420 | |
4 | €37,400 | |
5 | €20,150 | |
6 | €14,850 | |
7 | €11,400 | |
8 | €9,050 | |
9 | €7,550 | |
10 | €6,150 | |
11 | €6,150 | |
12 | Paolo Aleo | €5,050 |
13 | Arnaud Cressent | €5,050 |
14 | Michal Gavurnik | €4,150 |
15 | Chris Da Silva | €4,150 |
16 | Maik Buss | €3,350 |
17 | Salvatore Ritrovato | €3,350 |
18 | Lasse Jacobsen | €3,350 |
First Break
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 3:06 pm
Players are on a 15-minute break. Blinds will increase to 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 big blind ante when the action resumes.
The next break will take place when a final table of nine players is reached.
Caba Felts Aleo
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 3:05 pm
Level 28: 80,000/160,000 (160,000)
Entries: 11/1,226
Paolo Aleo jammed for about 700,000 from under the gun before Tomasz Caba came in from over the top for more than double that from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and the cards were turned over.
Paolo Aleo: 3♥3♦
Tomasz Caba: A♥Q♣
Caba improved to trips on the A♣A♦9♥ flop and never looked back. Aleo was ousted in 12th place after the 4♦ turn and 10♦ river completed the board.
Tomasz Caba – 2.5 million
Paolo Aleo – 0
Caba Doubles Short Stack
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:53 pm
Level 28: 80,000/160,000 (160,000)
Entries: 12/1,226
Tomasz Caba jammed his short stack from the button and was called by Martynas Brazdzionis from the big blind.
Tomasz Caba: Q♣6♣
Martynas Brazdzionis: K♣Q♠
Caba stood up and looked ready to go after the 10♣3♣4♥ flop. He got closer to the table after the 6♦ turn paired up his six and was back in his seat with more than twice as many chips as he had after the blank 5♦ river completed the board.
Martynas Brazdzionis – 8.7 million
Tomasz Caba – 2.1 million
Sengphet Off to a Hot Start
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:44 pm
Level 28: 80,000/160,000 (160,000)
Entries: 12/1,226
La Sengphet is off to a good start and has about 7.8 million in chips.
Unibet Poker qualifier Tomasz Caba bet 875,000 into a pot of a bit more with the 2♥4♥Q♦K♠3♠ on the board. Sengphet tanked for a few minutes before she called.
Caba turned over 10♥8♥ for a bricked flush draw and was picked off by Sengphet after she turned over the 10♦10♠
La Sengphet – 7.8 million
Tomasz Caba – 1.2 million

Cressent Loses Flip to Coffin
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:32 pm
Level 28: 80,000/160,000 (160,000)
Entries: 12/1,226
Lewis Coffin jammed for about 10 big blinds from the cutoff. Arnaud Cressent had a little less when he called off his stack from the small blind.
Arnaud Cressent: A♠K♣
Lewis Coffin: 8♥8♣
The 8♦6♠10♠10♥4♥ board improved Coffin to a full house to win the flip and oust Cressent.
Lewis Coffin – 3 million
Arnaud Cressent – 0
Said Felts Da Silva and Gavurnik with Queens
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:24 pm
Level 28: 80,000/160,000 (160,000)
Entries: 13/1,226
Chris Da Silva opened for 1 million with about 100,000 behind from the cutoff. Michal Gavurnik jammed for about 2 million from the button. Oliver Said had both players covered and came in over the top.
Da Silva paused for a couple of minutes before he called off for the rest of his stack.
Chris Da Silva: A♥9♠
Michal Gavurnik: A♦10♠
Oliver Said: Q♠Q♥
“Yes,” Said quietly said after he improved to a set on the 8♠Q♣K♠ flop.
Said had both of his opponents drawing dead after further improving to a full house on the 8♦ turn and eliminated both players after the 8♣ river completed the board.
Oliver Said – 6 million
Chris Da Silva – 0
Michael Gavurnik – 0

Da Silva Doubles Hanstvedt
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:15 pm
Level 28: 80,000/160,000 (160,000)
Entries: 15/1,226
Kjetil Hanstvedt opened for 315,000 from the button. Chris Da Silva jammed for more than 3 million from the small blind. Hanstvedt called off his stack of 2,290,000 in chips.
Kjetil Hanstvedt: A♥K♠
Chris Da Silva: A♣4♦
“Four please,” Da Silva said. “Just one four is fine.”
No four came on the 7♠A♣Q♦9♦8♣ runout and Da Silva doubled Hanstvedt.
“Nice hand,” Da Silva told his opponent after the hand.
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 5 million
Chris Da Silva – 1 million
Gavurnik Doubles Through Hanstvedt
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:07 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 15/1,226
Kjetil Hanstvedt jammed for 1 million from early position. It folded around to Michal Gavurnik, who tanked for a couple of minutes before he called.
Kjetil Hanstvedt: K♦J♣
Michal Gavurnik: A♥7♠
Gavurnik improved to two pair on the [invalid notations] board to double his stack instead of hitting the rail.
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 2.2 million
Michal Gavurnik – 2.1 million
“No Shame in Folding”
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 2:01 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 15/1,226
Maik Buss was down to under two big blinds from the small blind when he flicked them in.
“No shame in folded,” Buss told Arnaud Cressent in the big blind.
Cressent felt otherwise and called with his “any two.”
Maik Buss: 9♠8♣
Arnaud Cressent: 7♠5♥
Buss was ahead but hit the rail anyway after Cressent nailed a straight on the 4♥10♥6♣8♠3♦ runout to leave just 15 players remaining.
Arnaud Cressent – 2.2 million
Maik Buss – 0

Said Cracks Aces
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:48 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 16/1,226
Oliver Said jammed his short stack with the K♥3♠4♥ on the board after the flop and was looked up by Maik Buss.
Oliver Said: Q♣J♥
Maik Buss: A♣A♠
The A♥ turn improved Buss to a set but the the 10♦ river sent Said to Broadway for a double up after cracking Buss’ pocket rockets.
Oliver Said – 3.7 million
Maik Buss – 800,000
Retrovato Runs Into Patane’s Rockets
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:43 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 16/1,226
Salvatore Retrovato jammed his short stack of under 15 big blinds from late position and was called by Angelo Patane.
Salvatore Retrovato: A♠6♣
Angelo Patane: A♥A♣
The board ran dry for Retrovato and the action was down to two tables of eight players each after he hit the rail. There wasn’t a redraw when the action hit two tables since there was a redraw to start the day with 18 players.
Angelo Patane – 6 million
Salvatore Retrovato – 0
Da Silva Leaves Buss on Crumbs
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:41 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 17/1,226
Chris Da Silva jammed for 1,550,000 from under the gun before Maik Buss came in for a few chips more from the button.
Chris Da Silva: Q♣Q♠
Maik Buss: A♥K♣
Da Silva’s queens won the flip after the 8♣3♥Q♥J♥7♥ ran out on the board and Buss was left with crumbs in his stack.
Chris Da Silva – 3.5 million
Maik Buss – 100,000

Jacobsen First Out on Day 3
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:24 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 17/1,226
Lasse Jacobsen came in with a short stack to the final day. He jammed for less than 10 big blinds from under the gun and was called by Fabio Aprile.
Lasse Jacobsen: K♦J♥
Fabio Aprile: J♣J♠
“Good game,” Jacobsen told the table after he bricked the 8♣10♥A♠A♣9♣ board.
Fabio Aprile – 5.8 million
Lasse Jacobsen – 0
Hanstvedt Doubles Through Patane
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:19 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 18/1,226
Kjetil Hanstvedt min-raised from the cutoff and was called by Angelo Patane from the big blind.
Patane check-raised the J♠4♠7♦ flop from 125,000 to 500,000. Hanstvedt jammed for 1,550,000 and Patane snap-called.
Kjetil Hanstvedt: Q♦J♥
Angelo Patane: J♣8♣
Hanstvedt was in good shape to double with Patane having some kicker issues. The 2♣ turn and K♣ river completed the board for Hanstvedt to double through Patane.
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 4.1 million
Angelo Patane – 3.8 million
Shuffle Up and Deal
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:09 pm
Level 27: 50,000/125,000 (125,000)
Entries: 18/1,226
Cards are in the air after some announcements by MPF Founder Ivonne Montealegre and Ludos Academy CEO Danilo de Berardinis.
Best of luck to the final 18 hopefuls!
Who Will Win the MPF Grand Event Today?
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 11:34 am

Welcome to the final day of the 2023 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) Spring Edition €550 Grand Event powered by Unibet DeepStack Open at the luxurious Portomaso Casino.
The event attracted 1,226 entries to generate a whopping €588,480 prize pool to absolutely shatter the €300,000 guaranteed tagged on this event. Yesterday’s penultimate day witnessed 331 hopefuls competing for a chance at MPF glory.
The action went well past the money bubble with the top 151 players guaranteed at least a €1,120 min-cash with just 18 players battling it out today for the title with at least €3,350 locked up. Of course, all the remaining players have their eyes on the €100,600 top prize which will be awarded to the winner also taking home the coveted trophy and championship belt.
Lithuania’s Martynas Brazdzionis (11,695,000) is currently in the driver’s seat to become the second Lithuanian to win the title. He hopes to follow Tomas Sujeta’s footsteps who shipped the 2019 MPF Grand Event for €150,000.
Brazdionis holds more than double the chips of his nearest competitor in Angelo Patane (5,915,000) with Unibet Poker qualifier Jozsef Hegyi (4,655,000), Paolo Aleo (4,125,000), and Raoul Van Wersch (4,035,000) rounding out the top five.
Meanwhile, The Hippodrome Ambassador Chris Da Silva is looking to improve on his third-place finish last year and is in the mix with one of the shorter stacks with 1,100,000. La Sengphet (3,400,000), who traveled to the Malta Poker Festival from Dallas, Texas, and local player Oliver Said (2,800,000) are among the players in the middle of the pack.
Blinds will increase every hour today with the day starting with Level 27 with blinds at 50,000/125,000 along with a 125,000 big blind ante. Our blog for today will begin when cards are in the air shortly after 2 p.m.

Final Day Payouts
1 | €100,600 |
2 | €75,690 |
3 | €55,420 |
4 | €37,400 |
5 | €20,150 |
6 | €14,850 |
7 | €11,400 |
8 | €9,050 |
9 | €7,550 |
10-11 | €6,150 |
12-13 | €5,050 |
14-15 | €4,150 |
16-18 | €3,350 |
Final Day Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Fabio Aprile | 3,700,000 | 31 |
1 | 2 | Lasse Jacobsen | 1,060,000 | 9 |
1 | 3 | La Sengphet | 3,400,000 | 28 |
1 | 4 | Martynas Brazdzionis | 11,695,000 | 97 |
1 | 6 | Raoul Van Wersch | 4,035,000 | 34 |
1 | 7 | Vlad Ardeleanu | 3,785,000 | 32 |
2 | 1 | Arnaud Cressent | 2,510,000 | 21 |
2 | 2 | Jozsef Hegyi | 4,655,000 | 39 |
2 | 4 | Chris Da Silva | 1,100,000 | 9 |
2 | 6 | Lewis Coffin | 2,485,000 | 21 |
2 | 7 | Oliver Said | 2,800,000 | 23 |
2 | 8 | Maik Buss | 1,960,000 | 16 |
3 | 1 | Tomasz Caba | 2,500,000 | 21 |
3 | 3 | Michal Gavurnik | 1,080,000 | 9 |
3 | 5 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | 1,850,000 | 15 |
3 | 6 | Paolo Aleo | 4,125,000 | 34 |
3 | 7 | Salvtore Ritrovato | 2,765,000 | 23 |
3 | 8 | Angelo Patane | 5,915,000 | 49 |
Final Day Seat Draw
By Jason Glatzer | May 1, 2023 1:57 am
Table | Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 1 | Fabio Aprile | 3,700,000 | 31 |
3 | 2 | Lasse Jacobsen | 1,060,000 | 9 |
3 | 3 | La Sengphet | 3,400,000 | 28 |
3 | 4 | Martynas Brazdzionis | 11,695,000 | 97 |
3 | 6 | Raoul Van Wersch | 4,035,000 | 34 |
3 | 7 | Vlad Ardeleanu | 3,785,000 | 32 |
4 | 1 | Arnaud Cressent | 2,510,000 | 21 |
4 | 2 | Jozsef Hegyi | 4,655,000 | 39 |
4 | 4 | Chris Da Silva | 1,100,000 | 9 |
4 | 6 | Lewis Coffin | 2,485,000 | 21 |
4 | 7 | Oliver Said | 2,800,000 | 23 |
4 | 8 | Maik Buss | 1,960,000 | 16 |
8 | 1 | Tomasz Caba | 2,500,000 | 21 |
8 | 3 | Michal Gavurnik | 1,080,000 | 9 |
8 | 5 | Kjetil Hanstvedt | 1,850,000 | 15 |
8 | 6 | Paolo Aleo | 4,125,000 | 34 |
8 | 7 | Salvtore Ritrovato | 2,765,000 | 23 |
8 | 8 | Angelo Patane | 5,915,000 | 49 |