Day 2 – MPF Spring 2024

“Let’s Go”

Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 214/1,460

While a handful of the shorter stacks already hit the rail, some of already gone in the other direction including Antoine Talvard.

Talvard jammed from early position and was called by Massimo Bruno from the blinds.

Antoine Talvard: K♦10♥
Massimo Bruno: J♥8♥

Talvard doubled with king-high after Bruno bricked the 4♣2♠5♣5♦3♦ runout.

“Let’s go!” said Talvard with a smile on his face.

Bruno Massimo – 435,000
Antoine Talvard – 110,000

Cards in the Air for Day 2

Level 18: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 218/1,460

Cards are in the air to start Day 2 of the Grand Event. Stay tuned for some fireworks!

Day 2 Begins at 5 PM

The tournament arena is crowded as players prepare for the start of Day 2 of the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition. at 5 p.m. The action is down to just 218 players from the original field of 1,460 entries. They have all locked up a €900 min-cash with their hopes of locking up more of the record-breaking €700,800 prize pool.

Richard Koppel bagged the overall chip lead during Day 1d after winning a massive hand near the end of the night with Ashley Harrison, Sebastian Mortensen, Roar Flotre, and Matte Karjalainen all rounding out the top five in the chip counts.

Blinds will be longer at 50 minutes each for Day 2 and beyond. The plan for today is to play down to the sooner of 10 blind levels or when the field is down to just 16 hopefuls, so expect tons of excitement and less updates today on the side events.

Best of luck to all of the players and check out the top 10 going into Day 2 below:

Place	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Richard Koppel	2,266,000	227
2	Ashley Harrison	1,648,000	165
3	Sebastian Mortensen	1,525,000	153
4	Roar Flotre	1,300,000	130
5	Matte Karjalainen	1,269,000	127
6	Kelly Kellner	1,190,000	119
7	Longmao Fan	1,109,000	111
8	Kevin Rothlisberger	1,062,000	106
9	Ronny Albrigtsen	1,046,000	105
10	Philipp Drayer	1,008,000	101

€100,900 Top Prize

A total of 218 players already banked a min-cash to start Day 2 out of the original field of 1,460 entries. Check out the full payouts for the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition €550 Grand Event below:

Place	Player
1	€100,900
2	€63,300
3	€42,300
4	€31,350
5	€24,400
6	€19,400
7	€16,010
8	€13,100
9	€10,400
10-12	€8,400
13-15	€6,900
16-18	€5,750
19-23	€4,750
24-31	€3,900
32-39	€3,180
40-47	€2,680
48-55	€2,280
56-63	€1,980
64-71	€1,760
72-79	€1,580
80-95	€1,430
96-111	€1,310
112-127	€1,210
128-143	€1,130
144-161	€1,060
162-175	€1,000
176-191	€950
192-218	€900

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Jasmin Scheiffele	48,000	5
1	2	Ondrej Drozd	204,000	20
1	3	Matas Budginas	224,000	22
1	4	Elvijs Kuceruks	807,000	81
1	5	Pontus Magnusson	122,000	12
1	6	Ashley Scott	273,000	27
1	7	Lee McRoe	204,000	20
1	8	Chuan Ooi	307,000	31
2	1	Stephen Barnes	204,000	20
2	2	Martin Kirchbaumer	60,000	6
2	3	Lars Wandmaker	124,000	12
2	4	Andrea Kapp	160,000	16
2	5	Wai Man Kwan	305,000	31
2	6	Marcos Padron	106,000	11
2	7	Alex Montgomery	108,000	11
2	8	Danas Dambrauskas	243,000	24
3	1	Massimo Bruno	486,000	49
3	2	Elia Toma	68,000	7
3	3	Antoine Talvard	48,000	5
3	4	Thore Boedefeld	82,000	8
3	5	Kathleen Padovani	250,000	25
3	6	Steven Penney	206,000	21
3	7	Ashley Harrison	1,648,000	165
3	8	Jiany Lu	415,000	42
4	1	Sven Lorenz	114,000	11
4	2	Simon Davidson	202,000	20
4	3	Bartilomiej Grabowski	130,000	13
4	4	Timothy Jones	123,000	12
4	5	Alessandro D’Amore	129,000	13
4	6	Piotr Kuszczak	325,000	33
4	7	Paul High	458,000	46
4	8	Mark Attard	87,000	9
5	1	Matthew Church	291,000	29
5	2	Yves Thalmann	364,000	36
5	3	Roar Flotre	1,300,000	130
5	4	Kelly Kellner	1,190,000	119
5	5	Thomas Hofmann	174,000	17
5	6	Terence Newton	150,000	15
5	7	Koen Volckaert	450,000	45
5	8	Stuart Oliver	367,000	37
6	1	Daniel Stacey	340,000	34
6	2	Eros Nastasi	170,000	17
6	3	Paul Hopper	75,000	8
6	4	Marcello Favaloro	37,500	4
6	5	Hendrik Remmerde	287,000	29
6	6	Francesco Canzonieri	344,000	34
6	7	Daniel Henriques	403,000	40
6	8	Sebastian Pfeiffer	233,000	23
7	1	Aleksi Heikkinen	284,000	28
7	2	Sonia Padovani	66,000	7
7	3	Dara O’Kearney	265,000	27
7	4	Jamie Scannell	656,000	66
7	5	Jack Triggs	213,000	21
7	6	Leendert Nederlof	321,000	32
7	7	Benedetto Caruso	158,000	16
7	8	Amanda Smith	73,000	7
8	1	Peter Perceval	156,000	16
8	2	Mateusz Piwowarczyk	329,000	33
8	3	Yannick Rohrbach	124,000	12
8	4	Vilde Ekren	506,000	51
8	5	Jake Caldwell	551,000	55
8	6	Fabian Maser	226,000	23
8	7	Florian Guertler	241,000	24
8	8	Matthew Micallef	126,000	13
9	1	Guy Cox	254,000	25
9	2	Garry Spinks	578,000	58
9	3	Bernardo Boria	420,000	42
9	4	Matte Karjalainen	1,269,000	127
9	5	Aidan Quinlan	108,000	11
9	6	Daniele Degennaro	280,000	28
9	7	Paul Carr	585,000	59
10	1	Frank Hofener	273,000	27
10	2	Ludovic Uzan	149,000	15
10	3	Andrea Agnoletto	271,000	27
10	5	Simon Dunevein	180,000	18
10	6	Jordan Dumas	600,000	60
10	7	Andrea Dominici	162,000	16
10	8	Emanuele Napolitano	614,000	61
11	1	Jonathan Schuman	328,000	33
11	2	Damjan Pulejkov	477,000	48
11	3	Jan Stigter	201,000	20
11	4	Nicole Todtmann	180,000	18
11	5	Daniel Kuhlmann	86,000	9
11	6	Jorge Rebolleda	400,000	40
11	7	Flaviano Cammisuli	142,000	14
11	8	Patrick Kochanski	635,000	64
12	1	Stephen Dishman	190,000	19
12	2	Patrick Von Rohr	546,000	55
12	3	James Paris	128,000	13
12	4	Andrew Cutajar	370,000	37
12	5	John Forsman	695,000	70
12	6	Alex O’Brien	95,000	10
12	7	Roderick MacNeil	302,000	30
12	8	Ronny Albrigtsen	1,046,000	105
13	2	Junyu Liu	171,000	17
13	3	Ivan Furniet Martinez	143,000	14
13	4	Dario Filippelli	84,000	8
13	5	Sander Ostlyngen	77,000	8
13	6	Marco Siciliano	82,000	8
13	7	Simon Lauchenauer	649,000	65
13	8	Julija Drevina	82,000	8
14	1	Roy Trickett	143,000	14
14	2	Philipp Drayer	1,008,000	101
14	3	Daniel Maunders	484,000	48
14	4	Matthew Cartwright	277,000	28
14	5	Tomasz Brzezinski	277,000	28
14	6	Richard Koppel	2,266,000	227
14	7	Frederik Mortensen	107,000	11
14	8	Samuel Goodman	160,000	16
15	1	Julien Da Silva	100,000	10
15	2	Marcus Larsson	239,000	24
15	3	Wilhelmine Connolly	178,000	18
15	4	Enes Hasic	401,000	40
15	5	Sebastian Mortensen	1,525,000	153
15	6	James Ablott	219,000	22
15	7	Nidal Dawoud	171,000	17
15	8	Kai Vater	683,000	68
16	1	Rosario Saddemi	389,000	39
16	2	James Clarke	368,000	37
16	3	Kevin Rothlisberger	1,062,000	106
16	4	Claudio Barone	306,000	31
16	5	Kevin Quinlan	163,000	16
16	6	Michele Adamo	306,000	31
16	7	Domenico Gala	254,000	25
16	8	Jari Hurri	377,000	38
17	1	Salvatore Dimartino	63,000	6
17	2	Stefan Trevelyan	117,000	12
17	3	Dario Marinelli	406,000	41
17	4	Robert Hanoch	458,000	46
17	5	Stevan Gvozdenovic	172,000	17
17	6	Thomas Jakobsen	384,000	38
17	7	Vikram Digpal	510,000	51
17	8	Marco Patane	470,000	47
18	1	Indre Stanaityte	858,000	86
18	2	Maxime Delhommeau	198,000	20
18	3	Marco Herman	106,000	11
18	4	Johann Telser	258,000	26
18	6	Per Alstig	194,000	19
18	7	Liutauras Armanavicius	247,000	25
18	8	Niel Adams	375,000	38
19	1	Marko Majic	219,000	22
19	2	Christian Ruopp	67,000	7
19	3	Eddy Shaw	393,000	39
19	4	Colin Bidwell	290,000	29
19	5	Keith Smith	87,000	9
19	6	Joseph Grech	238,000	24
19	7	Martin Ehrler	858,000	86
19	8	Anca Eggenberger	286,000	29
20	1	Tomasz Kokoszka	90,000	9
20	2	Kevin Kond	145,000	15
20	3	Cory Desmond	149,000	15
20	4	Igor Bukowski	211,000	21
20	5	Jake Allen	501,000	50
20	6	Fabian Biel	650,000	65
20	7	Luigi Nucifora	55,000	6
20	8	Roberto Zuffo	125,000	13
21	1	Carmelo Polimeni	369,000	37
21	2	Thomas Hardt	383,000	38
21	4	Tanguy Pellerin	128,000	13
21	5	Beverley Nicholson	66,000	7
21	6	Lennart Bernett	628,000	63
21	7	Rimko Meijer	254,000	25
21	8	Paul Coles	192,000	19
22	1	Richard Kellett	288,000	29
22	2	Jozsef Dobos	282,000	28
22	3	Michael Davis	85,000	9
22	4	Danny Smith	290,000	29
22	5	Johannes Grootelaar	230,000	23
22	6	Jorgen Jessen	504,000	50
22	7	Philip Hoerwarter	138,000	14
22	8	Thomas Cazaletz	194,000	19
23	1	Mark Cornwell	189,000	19
23	2	Petteri Miettinen	500,000	50
23	3	Oliver Mihajlovski	445,000	45
23	4	Svajunas Seduikis	108,000	11
23	5	Jan Scheldorf	216,000	22
23	6	Nial Mullally	480,000	48
23	7	Baris Topuz	177,000	18
23	8	Colin Cooper	507,000	51
24	1	Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz	218,000	22
24	2	Stavros Andreadis	226,000	23
24	3	Boro Skalonja	434,000	43
24	4	Mark Vella	242,000	24
24	5	Kenneth Bailey	187,000	19
24	6	Colin Paddington	602,000	60
24	7	Torsten Klingels	73,000	7
24	8	Joel Haapio	630,000	63
25	1	Jonty Willis	280,000	28
25	2	Daragh Davey	48,000	5
25	3	George Warnock	189,000	19
25	4	Antonio Merone	256,000	26
25	5	Szymon Bujok	129,000	13
25	6	Ian Tabone	425,000	43
25	7	Ian Gascoigne	84,000	8
25	8	Jarrad Fayez	156,000	16
26	1	Christian Schneider	192,000	19
26	2	Thomas Lange	309,000	31
26	3	Matthew Gray	30,000	3
26	4	Simon Taylor	643,000	64
26	5	Angelo Vietti	546,000	55
26	6	Alexander Jank	136,000	14
26	7	Gianpiero Barrile	677,000	68
26	8	Andrius Tapinas	169,000	17
27	1	Boban Stevanovic	701,000	70
27	2	Gary Morgan	158,000	16
27	3	Grant Campbell	569,000	57
27	4	Matthew Vicarage	436,000	44
27	5	Florin-Radu Postole	135,000	14
27	6	Fabio Berti	490,000	49
27	8	Krystian Nalepka	413,000	41
28	1	Thomas Ebrecht	312,000	31
28	2	Danish Gandhi	106,000	11
28	3	Sven Meschede	613,000	61
28	4	Evy Albrigtsen	373,000	37
28	5	Adam Milewski	226,000	23
28	6	Marco Meisser	552,000	55
28	7	Longmao Fan	1,109,000	111
28	8	Oliver Said	706,000	71

Side Event Sunday

Day 1f is still one player away from the money bubble. There is an amazing consolation prize for those who don’t advance to Day 2 or hit the rail earlier in the day with plenty of fun side events with promises of big prize pools.

The €250 The Hendon Mob Championship kicked off at 1 p.m. and already has more than 200 runners including The Hendon Mob’s very own Roland Boothby, Vanessa Webley, Main Event Travel’s Kelly Saxby, and Tanya Masters.

Meanwhile, the €120 APAT kicked off its second and final day at 2 p.m. with 65 players remaining, each locking up at least a €200 min-cash with a €6,044 top prize. Giuseppe Crisafulla began the day with the chip lead followed by Gary Morgan, Marcus Borowski, Ryan Kilbey, and Clement Lafon.

The €300 Seniors Event hosted by Buddy at the Global Poker Community began at 3 p.m. as did the €150 satellite to the €1,100 High Roller.

The two-day High Roller itself begins at 7 p.m. with the €250 Deepstack by HiBet hosted by Eros Nastasi commencing at 9 p.m. As a small curve ball, Nastasi has a bag into Day 2 of the Grand Event.

Best of luck to all of the players during all of Sunday’s side events!