Category Day 1C

Level 6: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 186/246

Jozsef Dobos jammed for nearly 60,000 with a little less in the pot on the turn with the 6♥7♥10♦3♣ already on the board. Massimo Bruno went into the tank for more than a minute before he called.

Jozsef Dobos: 7♣7♦
Massimo Bruno: A♥10♥

Dobos was ahead with his set but had to fade a heart that didn’t pair the board to survive and win a huge pot. The chips went to Dobos after the blank J♠ river completed the board.

Massimo Bruno – 160,000
Jozsef Dobos – 140,000

Level 5: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 196/243

Daniel Toffel opened from early position before Lukas Wick three-bet jammed from the blinds for 11,900. Toffel found the call and Wick was at risk in a race for his tournament life.

Lukas Wick: A♦K♣
Daniel Toffel: 4♥4♦

Wick won the flip but not until the river after the 2♠A♥6♠10♠K♣ ran out on the board.

Daniel Toffel – 125,000
Lukas Wick – 25,000

Level 5: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 197/231

Player 2 opened for 2,500 from under the gun. Anne-Marie Yuen defended her big blind before checking the 4♦5♣2♣ flop.

Player 2 bet 2,500 and Yuen called to see the 10♠ turn. Yuen checked again. Player 2 bet 5,000. Yuen raised to 10,300 and Player 2 called.

Yuen led out for 10,000 on the 6♠ river. Player 2 tanked for a few moments before she called.

“Jacks?” asked Yuen as she turned over the 10♣7♣.

“No, just sevens,” responded Player 2 who turned over the 7♠7♦

“I wasn’t happy that you called,” said Yuen. “I thought I would lose if you called.”

Anne-Marie Yuen – 75,000
Player 2 – 16,000

The Malta Poker Festival has tons of off-the-felt activities for the players including this morning’s hop-on, hop-off Malta Tour bus exclusively for players at the Malta Poker Festival. Check out some of the photos below:

A fun event is just about to kick off in the €230 Mystery Bounty at 4 p.m. There are already around 200 entries ready for battle with many more to come with late registration open for the first 10 blind levels of 30 minutes each.

Players will play down to the money on Day 1 with tomorrow being an even more exciting day for the players as the mystery bounty element will kick in. If a player eliminates another on Day 2, they will open up an envelope with a mystery prize.

Best of luck to all of the players in the €230 Mystery Bounty.

Level 4: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 192/210

John Mooney four-bet shoved for about 20,000 from the big blind and was called by David Lehnen who three-bet from late position.

John Mooney: A♦Q♦
David Lehnen: A♣K♣

Mooney lost his stack after failing to get ahead of big slick on the K♠6♠10♠10♥3♣ runout. Meanwhile, Lehnen had one of the early bigger stacks from around the room.

David Lehnen – 120,000
John Mooney – 0

Player	Chips	Big Blinds
Bjarke Matthiesen	143,900	180
Jamie Scannell	141,600	177
Daniel Toffel	131,000	164
Martin Ehrler	130,000	163
Santina Spedalieri	128,700	161
Chris Da Silva	127,000	159
Nico Lambrechts	115,900	145
Benedetto Caruso	109,800	137
Nial Mullally	102,300	128
David Lehnen	95,200	119
Daniel Kauhausen	90,000	113
Antonio Merone	88,000	110
Thomas Hofmann	87,600	110
Helene Etter	85,200	107
Brian Knudsen	84,000	105
Marcin Jaworski	81,100	101

Players are on their first break of Day 1c. Blinds will increase to 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante when the action resumes in 15 minutes.

Level 3: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 170/183

Moreno Ferrari had more than 30,000 committed on the turn with the 4♠8♦2♣7♣ on the board after the turn and was up against Samuel Bainbridge.

Moreno Ferrari: 2♥2♠
Samuel Bainbridge: 10♠10♦

Although Bainbridge was dominating preflop, he was down to just two outs facing off against Ferrari’s set of ducks. Ferraris may not fly as typically they zoom on the road, but in this case Moreno Ferrari’s stack zoomed into the sky with a double after Bainbridge bricked the A♣ river.

Moreno Ferrari – 90,000
Samuel Bainbridge – 37,000

Level 3: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 163/169

The €300,000 guarantee slapped on the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition €550 Main Event has been smashed already during the early parts of Day 1c with still a full day of late registration to go and three more opening flights on Saturday and Sunday.

Congrats to the MPF staff and all of the players for the amazing vibe and attendance at the 2024 MPF Spring Edition.