Day 1B – MPF Spring 2024

Tens Good for Drevina

Level 12: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 59/291

Julija Drevina four-bet shoved for about 15 big blinds and was called by Paul Coles.

Julija Drevina: 10♦10♠
Paul Coles: A♣Q♠

Drevina’s tens won the flip to double her stack after Coles found no love on the 8♦6♠7♥4♥J♥ board.

Paul Coles – 250,000
Julija Drevina – 200,000

Pecelj Leaves Roberts on Fumes

Level 11: 3,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 64/291

Ivan Furniet Martinez opened for 10,000 from middle position and was called by Lisa Roberts from the hijack and John Forsman from the button before Pavle Pecelj three-bet jammed for about 90,000. Martinez quickly folded before Roberts four-bet jammed for a little bit more. Forsman folded and later said I would have called you with sixes if it was heads-up action.

Pavle Pecelj: A♣Q♠
Lisa Roberts: 8♥8♣

Pecelj won the flip with two pair after connecting with both his ace and his queen on the Q♣4♥5♥A♥2♣ board to double his stack and leave Roberts on fumes.

Pavle Pecelj – 200,000
Lisa Roberts – Few chips and a chair

Meisser Bricks Flush Draw

Level 11: 3,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 74/291

There was about 100,000 in the pot when John Forsman checked the K♣A♣4♥ flop. Marco Meisser fired out for 40,000. Lisa Roberts called before Forsman jammed more than enough to cover both his opponents. Meisser called for about 20 big blinds more and Roberts opted to fold.

Marco Meisser: 10♣9♣
John Forsman: A♥5♥

Roberts was frustrated as soon as the cards were turned over and shared after the hand that she folded the best hand in A♠10♠. Meanwhile, it was Forsman who won the pot to eliminate Meisser after the 2♠ turn and 9♥ river completed the board.

John Forsman – 475,000
Lisa Roberts – 120,000
Marco Meisser – 0

Super High Roller Satellite is Out of This World

The final event of the day recently kicked off in the €300 satellite to the €2,500 Super High Roller taking place tomorrow.

Thus far, the satellite has been met with a bit of enthusiasm with 53 runners during the opening moments of Level 1. Klaus Bauer, Simon Davidson, Andrew Fleming, Bartilomeij Grabowski, David Harris, Kevin Houghton, Richard Koppel, David Lappin, Kevin Quinlan, Tom Runnacles, and Grand Event Day 1a chip leader Indre Stanaityte are among those hoping to punch a cheaper ticket into the highest buy-in event of the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition.

44 Players (Or Less) Advance to Day 2 Via Day 1b

Level 11: 3,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 91/291

Players are back from the dinner break and the final Day 1b field has been closed with 291 entries to bring the total up to 468 entries when taking into account the 177 entries during yesterday’s Day 1a. There are still four flights remaining over the course of the next three days, meaning the €300,000 guarantee slapped on the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition €550 Grand Event will be smashed tomorrow.

Day 1b is scheduled to conclude when just 44 players (15 percent of 291 entries) remain from the 91 to take their seats after the dinner break. It is possible this figure will be lower if multiple players hit the rail on the end-of-the-day bubble. If it is exactly 44 entries, this will bring the total survivors into Day 2 up to 71 entries when factoring in the 27 Day 1a survivors.

Those finding a bag tonight will walk into Day 2 with already a €900 min-cash locked up that they can collect at the payout desk at the end of the night.

Best of luck to all of the Day 1b players in advancing to Day 2 and beyond at the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition.

Full Chip Counts at Dinner Break

Place	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Angelo Vietti	522,000	104
2	Matte Karjalainen	490,000	98
3	Andrew Cutajar	425,000	85
4	Lennart Bernett	362,000	72
5	Ronny Albrigtsen	340,000	68
6	John Forsman	315,000	63
7	Richard Kellett	303,000	61
8	Niel Adams	295,000	59
9	Gary Morgan	295,000	59
10	Damjan Pulejkov	295,000	59
11	Per Alstig	270,000	54
12	Aleksi Heikkinen	270,000	54
13	Krystian Nalepka	265,000	53
14	Christopher Grech	255,000	51
15	Garry Spinks	254,000	51
16	James Paris	248,000	50
17	Joseph Hamilton	244,000	49
18	Alan Edwards	233,000	47
19	Matthew Gray	230,000	46
20	Jonty Willis	224,000	45
21	Maxime Delhommeau	220,000	44
22	Emanuele Napolitano	220,000	44
23	Svajunas Seduikis	215,000	43
24	Ville Pohjalainen	207,000	41
25	Jan Stigter	204,000	41
26	Vilde Ekren	200,000	40
27	Simon Taylor	198,000	40
28	Samuel Biland	195,000	39
29	Enes Hasic	194,000	39
30	Alessandro Crisafulli	193,000	39
31	Marco Meisser	183,000	37
32	Stephen Barnes	179,000	36
33	Beihao Wang	178,000	36
34	Terence Newton	170,000	34
35	Ivan Furniet Martinez	167,000	33
36	Benjamin Kett	166,000	33
37	Dara O’Kearney	159,000	32
38	Mark Attard	158,000	32
39	Thomas Cazaletz	157,000	31
40	Ian Tabone	156,000	31
41	Lisa Roberts	152,000	30
42	Joseph Grech	150,000	30
43	Kai Vater	150,000	30
44	Lee Mcroe	149,000	30
45	Igor Bukowski	148,000	30
46	Rune Kjoren	148,000	30
47	Stewart Kirby	143,000	29
48	Tomasz Brzezinski	140,000	28
49	Jan Riedel	136,000	27
50	Eddy Shaw	135,000	27
51	Piotr Kuszczak	129,000	26
52	Gerd Fütings	115,000	23
53	Richard Williams	111,000	22
54	Heikki Huhtala	107,000	21
55	Stefan Trevelyan	106,000	21
56	Paul Coles	105,000	21
57	Eric Warncke	102,000	20
58	Paul Hopper	100,000	20
59	Bartosz Mielczarek	98,000	20
60	Tracey Dunn	96,000	19
61	Michal Kulesza	96,000	19
62	Gustav Andersson	94,000	19
63	Pavle Pecelj	93,000	19
64	Roy Trickett	93,000	19
65	Cory Desmond	90,000	18
66	Julija Drevina	90,000	18
67	Alexander Jank	83,000	17
68	Yigit Isilsoy	82,000	16
69	Kelley Slay	82,000	16
70	Jordan Dumas	81,000	16
71	Jake Dursley	75,000	15
72	Thomas Hofmann	72,000	14
73	Chris Da Silva	69,000	14
74	Mark Adams	68,000	14
75	Alfredo Porcino	68,000	14
76	Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz	66,000	13
77	Dan Larsson	62,000	12
78	Daniel Kauhausen	61,000	12
79	Alex Montgomery	61,000	12
80	Philipp Drayer	60,000	12
81	Giuseppe Crisafulli	59,000	12
82	Manuel Janas	56,000	11
83	Antoine Talvard	54,000	11
84	Cosmin Balan	53,000	11
85	Nunzio Gambino	50,000	10
86	Sven Lorenz	49,000	10
87	Daan Hoeben	48,000	10
88	Jostein Groedum	46,000	9
89	Christopher Keyworth	33,000	7
90	Andrew Leathem	31,000	6