Final Day – MPF Spring 2024

Jordan Dumas Wins Record-Breaking 2024 MPF Spring Edition Grand Event (€100,900)

Records were broken, and friendships were made during a fantastic week of poker at the 2024 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) Spring Edition at its flagship home of Portomaso Casino. France’s Jordan Dumas was the star of the show by defeating Denmark’s Sebastian Mortensen in a short heads-up battle to win the three-day 2024 MPF Autumn Edition €550 Grand Event for €100,900.

It was pure domination for Dumas throughout the final table after running a sick bluff against Czech Republic’s Krystian Nalepka to the delight of his vibrant rail, who he celebrated with after taking claim to the title. Dumas was through the moon visibly celebrating with pure excitement and joy after taking down the title for his largest-ever poker score.

The 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition set a new gold standard across many of its events. Most notably, the Grand Event not only more than doubled its €300,000 but the field attracted a whopping 1,460 entries for a record-breaking €700,800 prize pool. All of the 218 opening flight survivors earned at least a min-cash of €900 with the chance of much more.

2024 MPF Spring Edition Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jordan Dumas	France	€100,900
2	Sebastian Mortensen	Denmark	€63,300
3	Flotre Roar	Norway	€42,300
4	Petteri Miettinen	Finland	€31,350
5	Vilde Ekren	Norway	€24,400
6	Krystian Nalepka	Czech Republic	€19,400
7	Ludovic Uzan	France	€16,010
8	Jake Allen	United Kingdom	€13,100
9	Kevin Rothlisberger	Switzerland	€10,400

Final Day Recap

The final day witnessed 24 hopefuls, each already locking up €3,900 with Krystian Nalepka starting with the chip lead and eventual champion Jordan Dumas in fourth place. United Kingdom’s Indre Stanaityte ran her Day 1a chip lead all the way to 10th place but ran out of gas to bubble the final table after her king-four suited proved to be no good against ace-nine suited.

Nalepka still had the lead to kick off the final table with Jordan Dumas just inches behind. Dumas was hot straight off the gate and snagged the chip lead and nearly never relinquished control.

Meanwhile, Switzerland’s Kevin Rothlisberger witnessed short-stacked players doubling up in crucial spots only to eventually hit the rail on a cooler which resulted in Nalepka briefly regaining the lead after his overpair to the flop with nines proved to be no good to the flopped set Napelka held with sevens.

Nearly instantly later, Jake Allen had a cooler of his own to exit in eighth place when his ace-queen suited ran into big slick held by Finland’s Petteri Miettinen. Dumas then regained the lead and never looked back in what proved to be the most dominated performance in Malta Poker Festival Grand Event history.

The players then headed onto a dinner break and fireworks erupted quickly after the action resumed in what could have led Sebastian Mortensen to finish in seventh place instead of runner-up. Instead a series of unfortunate events led to the demise of France’s Ludovic Uzan. Uzan lost a lion’s portion of his stack to king-ten held by Sebastian Mortensen before losing the rest to a flip against Dumas when his ace-jack didn’t improve against treys.

Nalepka’s once healthy stack began to take a beating. First, he lost a flip to Norway’s Vilde Ekren with ace-nine against ducks. Then Dumas showed a massive bluff after bricking an open-ended straight draw to give Nalepka’s stack a further beating while awarding Dumas with more than half the chips in play. Mortensen then doubled his short stack through Nalepka after his ace-four held against king-ten suited before eventually heading off to the cashier in sixth place when his jack-ten didn’t improve to beat Dumas’s ace-four.

Norway’s Roar Flotre had a little lady luck on his side not to go out next when his seven-four suited improved to a flush to defeated Dumas’s ace-jack suited. Shortly after, it was another Norwegian to hit the rail in Ekren.

Ekren, who remarkably already claimed a trophy earlier this festival when she shipped the €200 Ladies First! hosted by Kerryjane Craigie, doubled several times, always with the best of it. However, Dumas padded his chip lead while sending Ekren out in fifth place when his ace-trey held against king-queen.

A deal was quickly brought to the table and Dumas appeared open to chat about numbers. However, it was casino streamer Sebastian “SEBM1337” Mortensen who said he wanted to gamble and to continue to play which put a succint end to any discussions.

Dumas took a short break as the table terminator and instead, it was Mortensen eliminating the short-stacked Miettinen when his set of eights was more than enough to defeat ace-ten.

Another break took place and it appeared shortly after there was some momentum going the other way with Dumas first doubling Flotre before also doubling Mortensen. However, Dumas reasserted his dominance and got Flotre to bluff-jam his stack into his wheel to head into heads-up action with a more than double the stack of Mortensen.

It was a quick one-sided heads-up affair with Dumas quickly winning pot after pot to have Mortensen on the ropes. Eventually time ran out for Mortensen who jammed ten-nine into Dumas’s jacks. Mortensen had some hope after the turn with six outs to a straight but a brick came on the river to end his hopes and dreams as an amateur player to win the title. That being said, all of the top three were awarded trophies and Mortensen was thrilled about the result and the €63,300 consolation prize.

Congrats to Jordan Dumas on an epic victory in the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition Grand Event.

We hope to see you all on October 27 to November 4 for the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Autumn Edition!

2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition Grand Event Final Table Photos

2024 Malta Poker Festival Grand Event Full Payouts

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jordan Dumas	€100,900
2	Sebastian Mortensen	€63,300
3	Flotre Roar	€42,300
4	Petteri Miettinen	€31,350
5	Vilde Ekren	€24,400
6	Krystian Nalepka	€19,400
7	Ludovic Uzan	€16,010
8	Jake Allen	€13,100
9	Kevin Rothlisberger	€10,400
10	Indre Stanaityte	€8,400
11	Marco Perez Padron	€8,400
12	Philipp Drayer	€8,400
13	Richard Koppel	€6,900
14	Elvijs Kuceruks	€6,900
15	John Forsman	€6,900
16	Ashley Harrison	€5,750
17	Colin Bidwll	€5,750
18	Stefan Trevelyan	€5,750
19	Maxime Delhommeau	€4,750
20	Sven Meschede	€4,750
21	Jorgen Jessen	€4,750
22	Terence Newton	€4,750
23	Matthew Vicarage	€4,750
24	Rosario Saddemi	€3,900
25	James Ablott	€3,900
26	Andrea Kapp	€3,900
27	Thomas Cazaletz	€3,900
28	Damjan Pulejkov	€3,900
29	Grant Campbell	€3,900
30	Dario Filippelli	€3,900
31	Antonio Merone	€3,900
32	Gianpiero Barrile	€3,180
33	Matte Karjalainen	€3,180
34	Francesco Canzonieri	€3,180
35	Jonathan Schuman	€3,180
36	Nial Mullally	€3,180
37	Rimko Meijer	€3,180
38	Fabian Biel	€3,180
39	Wilhelmine Connolly	€3,180
40	Eros Nastasi	€2,680
41	Mateusz Piwowarczyk	€2,680
42	Ronny Albrigtsen	€2,680
43	Martin Ehrler	€2,680
44	Bernardo Boria	€2,680
45	Boro Skalonja	€2,680
46	Longmao Fan	€2,680
47	Thomas Ebrecht	€2,680
48	Emanuele Napolitano	€2,280
49	Thomas Jakobsen	€2,280
50	Vikram Digpal	€2,280
51	Jari Hurri	€2,280
52	Jamie Scannell	€2,280
53	Alex Montgomery	€2,280
54	Thomas Hofmann	€2,280
55	Philip Hoerwarter	€2,280
56	Lennart Bernett	€1,980
57	Mark Attard	€1,980
58	Ashley Scott	€1,980
59	Kelly Kellner	€1,980
60	Mark Vella	€1,980
61	Patrick Von Rohr	€1,980
62	Thomas Lange	€1,980
63	Nidal Dawoud	€1,980
64	Kai Vater	€1,760
65	Robert Hanoch	€1,760
66	Marcello Favaloro	€1,760
67	Kathleen Padoani	€1,760
68	Evy Albrigtsen	€1,760
69	Andrea Dominici	€1,760
70	Matthew Cartwright	€1,760
71	Simon Taylor	€1,760
72	Fabio Berti	€1,580
73	Oliver Said	€1,580
74	Oliver Mihajlovski	€1,580
75	Matthew Church	€1,580
76	Jake Caldwell	€1,580
77	Roy Trickett	€1,580
78	Kevin Quinlan	€1,580
79	Baris Topuz	€1,580
80	Yannick Rohrbach	€1,430
81	Marcus Larsson	€1,430
82	Koen Volckaert	€1,430
83	Anca Eggenberger	€1,430
84	Guy Cox	€1,430
85	Joel Haapio	€1,430
86	Colin Cooper	€1,430
87	Jozsef Dobos	€1,430
88	Boban Stevanovic	€1,430
89	Alex O’Brien	€1,430
90	Angelo Vietti	€1,430
91	Ivan Furniet Martinez	€1,430
92	Garry Spinks	€1,430
93	Marco Meisser	€1,430
94	Aidan Quinlan	€1,430
95	John Stewart	€1,430
96	Sven Lorenz	€1,310
97	Jiany Lu	€1,310
98	Florian Guertler	€1,310
99	Massimo Bruno	€1,310
100	Ian Tabone	€1,310
101	Piotr Kuszczak	€1,310
102	Daniel Stacey	€1,310
103	Dario Marinelli	€1,310
104	Jorge Rebolleda	€1,310
105	Daniel Kuhlman	€1,310
106	Wai Man Kwan	€1,310
107	Aleksi Heikkinen	€1,310
108	Patrick Kochanski	€1,310
109	Stavros Andreadis	€1,310
110	James Clarke	€1,310
111	Bartilomiej Grabowski	€1,310
112	Nicole Todtmann	€1,210
113	Niel Adams	€1,210
114	Danas Dambrauskas	€1,210
115	Tomasz Kokoszka	€1,210
116	Andrea Agnoletto	€1,210
117	Joseph Grech	€1,210
118	Lee Moore	€1,210
119	Carmelo Polimeni	€1,210
120	Simon Davidson	€1,210
121	Daniel Henriques	€1,210
122	Frank Hofener	€1,210
123	Roderick Macneil	€1,210
124	Dara O’Kearney	€1,210
125	Jarrad Fayez	€1,210
126	Andrew Cutajar	€1,210
127	Peter Perceval	€1,210
128	Enes Hasic	€1,130
129	Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz	€1,130
130	Roberto Zuffo	€1,130
131	Johann Telser	€1,130
132	Steven Penney	€1,130
133	Danny Smith	€1,130
134	Marco Patane	€1,130
135	Michele Adamo	€1,130
136	Junyu Liu	€1,130
137	Jonty Willis	€1,130
138	Tomasz Brzezinski	€1,130
139	Julija Drevina	€1,130
140	Matas Budingas	€1,130
141	Paul High	€1,130
142	Daniel Maunders	€1,130
143	Richard Kellett	€1,130
144	Johannes Grootelaar	€1,060
145	Julien Da Silva	€1,060
146	Kenneth Bailey	€1,060
147	Torsten Klingels	€1,060
148	Colin Paddington	€1,060
149	Fabian Maser	€1,060
150	Jan Scheldorf	€1,060
151	Sebastian Pheiffer	€1,060
152	Matthew Gray	€1,060
153	Liutauras Armanavicius	€1,060
154	Ondrej Drozd	€1,060
155	Benedetto Caruso	€1,060
156	Szymon Bujok	€1,060
157	Marko Majic	€1,060
158	Simon Lauchenauer	€1,060
159	Danish Gandhi	€1,060
160	Antoine Talvard	€1,060
161	Jasmin Scheiffe	€1,060
162	Domenico Gala	€1,000
163	Keith Smith	€1,000
164	Beverly Nicholson	€1,000
165	Leendert Nederlof	€1,000
166	Per Alstig	€1,000
167	Chuan Kim Ooi	€1,000
168	Tanguy Pellerin	€1,000
169	Claudio Barone	€1,000
170	Paul Carr	€1,000
171	Mark Cornwell	€1,000
172	Florin-Radu Postole	€1,000
173	Marco Herman	€1,000
174	Alessandro D’Amore	€1,000
175	Jack Triggs	€1,000
176	Gary Morgan	€950
177	Martin Kirchbaumer	€950
178	Igor Bukowski	€950
179	George Warnock	€950
180	Eddy Shaw	€950
181	Simon Dunevein	€950
182	Yves Thalmann	€950
183	Lars Wandmaker	€950
184	Thomas Hardt	€950
185	Timothy Jones	€950
186	Jan Stigter	€950
187	Ian Gascoigne	€950
188	Hendrik Remmerde	€950
189	James Paris	€950
190	Cory Desmond	€950
191	Daniele Degennaro	€950
192	Stephen Barnes	€900
193	Christian Ruopp	€900
194	Alexander Jank	€900
195	Steven Gvozdenovic	€900
196	Marco Siciliano	€900
197	Thore Boedefeld	€900
198	Pontus Magnusson	€900
199	Svajunas Seduikis	€900
200	Adam Milewski	€900
201	Paul Hopper	€900
202	Samuel Goodman	€900
203	Stephen Dishman	€900
204	Flaviano Cammisuli	€900
205	Amanda Smith	€900
206	Michael Davis	€900
207	Elia Toma	€900
208	Paul Coles	€900
209	Daragh Davey	€900
210	Sonia Padovani	€900
211	Frederik Mortensen	€900
212	Luigi Nucifora	€900
213	Matthew Micallef	€900
214	Andrius Tapinas	€900
215	Salvatore DiMartino	€900
216	Kevin Kond	€900
217	Sander Ostlyngen	€900
218	Christian Schneider	€900

Sebastian Mortensen Eliminated in 2nd Place (€63,500)

Level 36: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries 1/1,460

Sebastian Mortensen was down to 6.9 million when he jammed the button. Jordan Dumas snap-called after looking down at his cards and the entire rail got close to the table.

Sebastian Mortensen: 10♣9♥
Jordan Dumas: J♣J♥

Dumas was far ahead on the K♠3♥8♦ flop but Mortensen had some hope with an open-ended straight draw after the 7♦ landed on the turn.

“I have six outs!” said Mortensen.

None of those outs came and instead Mortensen had to settle one spot shy of the trophy with a runner-up prize of €63,500.

“Vamos!” Dumas shouted with his rail as he was crowned the latest champion along with his largest poker tournament haul of €100,900.

Stay tuned for the recap and full payouts from the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition €550 Grand Event.

Jordan Dumas – 73 million
Sebastian Mortensen – 0

Roar Flotre Eliminated in 3rd Place (€42,300)

Level 36: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries 2/1,460

Roar Flotre min-raised from the small blind and was called by Jordan Dumas.

Both players checked the A♦9♠4♣ flop before Flotre jammed for more than 8 million on the 5♠ turn. Dumas snap-called and the cards were tabled with Flotre drawing dead to Dumas’s wheel.

Roar Flotre: J♣10♦
Jordan Dumas: 3♠2♠

Flotre was awarded a third place trophy along with a tasty €42,300 prize while the final two players have each locked up €63,300 with a top prize of €100,900 on the link.

Jordan Dumas – 49 million
Sebastian Mortensen – 24 million
Roar Flotre – 0

Big Slick Good for Mortensen

Level 36: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries 3/1,460

Things haven’t gone to plan for Jordan Dumas since the break. He was cruising along but now doubled both of his opponents after the following hand.

Dumas jammed from the small blind before casino Twitch streamer Sebastian Mortensen, “who said, let’s gamble,” found a call for his stack of 10.8 million from the big blind.

Sebastian Mortensen: A♥K♣
Jordan Dumas: A♠6♣

Both players improved to the same two pair after the 10♠A♣10♣2♣4♥ ran out on the board. Dumas had some kicker problems and doubled the stack of Mortensen.

Jordan Dumas – 44 million
Sebastian Mortensen – 23 million