Day 1D Recap + Chip Counts
Day 1D of the Malta Poker Festival Grand Event has come to a thrilling close, adding another packed day of poker action to this incredible tournament series. With 341 entries in 1D, the total count for the first four flights now stands at an impressive 983 entries.
By the end of play, only 52 players from Day 1D bagged up chips, each securing a minimum cash of €1,000 and a coveted seat in Day 2. Leading the pack are Antonio Alba with 1,200,000 chips and Ciaran Mccullagh with 1,089,000, both heading into Day 2 in a strong position with over a million in chips.
The festival also crowned Jeffrey Duddy as the Hendon Mob Championship winner, after a hard-fought heads-up deal with Robert Sherwood. Duddy took home €17,540 and the coveted trophy in a spectacular finale.
In the spirit of Halloween, Renato Azevedo triumphed over 221 entries in the Halloween tournament, securing €8,960. The night also featured a costume contest, where Chucky stole the show with the best costume, winning a VIP package for MPF Spring 25.
Meanwhile, Constantin Hagemann emerged victorious in the Bounty Hunter Malta Days tournament, conquering a record 547 entries to win €9,630 + Bounties. This turnout had the venue buzzing and operating at full capacity.
Congratulations to all players advancing to Day 2, to Duddy for his Hendon Mob win, and to Azevedo and Chucky for their Halloween victories. This tournament is set to break records, with a guaranteed €500,000 prize pool well within reach!
Check out Day 1D Chip Counts of the final 52 players:
| 1 | Antonio Alba | 1,200,000 | Italy |
| 2 | Ciaran Mccullagh | 1,089,000 | Ireland |
| 3 | Giuseppe Federico | 848,000 | Italy |
| 4 | Andrea Pasquale Crobu | 677,000 | Italy |
| 5 | Franco Alessandro Pau | 672,000 | Italy |
| 6 | Glen Gaines | 644,000 | United Kingdom |
| 7 | Lars Jonas Hahnert | 545,000 | Sweden |
| 8 | Hendrik Jan Julius Blokdijk | 542,000 | Netherlands |
| 9 | Salvatore Dimartino | 521,000 | Italy |
| 10 | Miika Samuli Toyras | 503,000 | Finland |
| 11 | Roberto Cilia | 464,000 | Italy |
| 12 | Domenico Davide Lando | 454,000 | Italy |
| 13 | Anders Verner Nilsson | 426,000 | Sweden |
| 14 | Michael Broadhurst | 408,000 | United Kingdom |
| 15 | Jacopo Barnabo’ | 391,000 | Italy |
| 16 | Kenneth Hugh Liddle | 349,000 | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Volker Markus David Blohs | 316,000 | Germany |
| 18 | Thomas Hofmann | 315,000 | Switzerland |
| 19 | Antonio Gandolfo | 298,000 | Italy |
| 20 | Francesco Gisolfi | 294,000 | Italy |
| 21 | Pablo Felipe Beautell Marrero | 292,000 | Spain |
| 22 | Daniele Caprino | 286,000 | Italy |
| 23 | Simon Edvard Lindell | 263,000 | Sweden |
| 24 | Cem Mauritz Altikardes | 249,000 | Germany |
| 25 | Antonio De Lucia | 239,000 | Italy |
| 26 | Dimitrios Kourous | 221,000 | Greece |
| 27 | Paresys Gauthier | 189,000 | France |
| 28 | Grzegorz Kozieja | 189,000 | Poland |
| 29 | Nikolay Zhurnalov | 181,000 | Bulgarian |
| 30 | Deborah Lee Espe | 176,000 | United States |
| 31 | Joshua James Hardman | 176,000 | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Robert William Mcadam | 166,000 | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Brigitta Helen Gustavsson | 136,000 | Sweden |
| 34 | Huibrecht Den Boer | 132,000 | Netherlands |
| 35 | Mary P Mccullough | 132,000 | United States |
| 36 | Jerry Evald Niklas Johansson | 129,000 | Sweden |
| 37 | Dario Filippelli | 116,000 | Italy |
| 38 | Tor Andre Nesse | 102,000 | Norway |
| 39 | Dmitri Dudakov | 69,000 | Estonia |
| 40 | Mohamed Elyes Bouzgarrou | 68,000 | Tunisia |
| 41 | Danny Adam Hernon | 64,000 | United Kingdom |
| 42 | Moreno Bonasera | 59,000 | Italy |
| 43 | Claudio Paolo Renato Malandri | 55,000 | Germany |
| 44 | Nikolaos Angelou Konstas | Unknown | Greece |
| 45 | Terje Widar Bergslid | Unknown | Norway |
| 46 | Aidan Cornelius Canny | Unknown | Ireland |
| 47 | Michael Goertz | Unknown | Germany |
| 48 | Georgios Mellidis | Unknown | Greece |
| 49 | Daniel Filipe Pereira Henriques | Unknown | Portugal |
| 50 | Martin Svoboda | Unknown | Czech Republic |
| 51 | Ann Tillotson | Unknown | United Kingdom |
| 52 | Mikel Theodor Waber | Unknown | Switzerland |