Richard Koppel Snags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1d
Day 1d of the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition €550 Grand Event was the biggest opening flight yet with 413 more entries getting into the mix to witness the prize pool already soar past €550,000 with still two opening flights to go.
Estonia’s Richard Koppel not only performed the best of the 62 Day 1d survivors that collected at least a €900 min-cash for their efforts but also was the first player to surpass 2 million in chips in the Grand Event. Koppel won a massive pot near the end of the day to eliminate a big-stacked Michael Stewart after barrelling away out of position on the turn and river with a flopped full house holding ace-jack only for Stewart left emptyhanded with trips holding big slick.
Roar Flotre, Kevin Rothlisberger, and Phillip Drayer all joined the chip millionaire club, while Simon Lauchernauer, Joel Happio, Sven Meschede, Grant Campbell, Marco Meisser, Jake Caldwell, and Vikram Digpal all found bags north of half a million.
While our reporting will resme tomorrow for Day 2, we will also share the final chip counts and crucial stats from the two turbo flights tonight and tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, check out the final Day 1e chip counts below:
| Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Koppel | 2,266,000 | 227 |
| Roar Flotre | 1,300,000 | 130 |
| Kevin Rothlisberger | 1,062,000 | 106 |
| Philipp Drayer | 1,008,000 | 101 |
| Simon Lauchenauer | 649,000 | 65 |
| Joel Haapio | 630,000 | 63 |
| Sven Meschede | 613,000 | 61 |
| Grant Campbell | 569,000 | 57 |
| Marco Meisser | 552,000 | 55 |
| Jake Caldwell | 551,000 | 55 |
| Vikram Digpal | 510,000 | 51 |
| Fabio Berti | 490,000 | 49 |
| Massimo Bruno | 486,000 | 49 |
| Nial Mullally | 480,000 | 48 |
| Marco Patane | 470,000 | 47 |
| Koen Volckaert | 450,000 | 45 |
| Bernardo Boria | 420,000 | 42 |
| Dario Marinelli | 406,000 | 41 |
| Rosario Saddemi | 389,000 | 39 |
| Thomas Hardt | 383,000 | 38 |
| Jari Hurri | 377,000 | 38 |
| Evy Albrigtsen | 373,000 | 37 |
| Mateusz Piwowarczyk | 329,000 | 33 |
| Chuan Kim Ooi | 307,000 | 31 |
| Roderick MacNeil | 302,000 | 30 |
| Johann Telser | 258,000 | 26 |
| Kathleen Padovani | 250,000 | 25 |
| Stavros Andreadis | 226,000 | 23 |
| Fabian Maser | 226,000 | 23 |
| Jack Triggs | 213,000 | 21 |
| Steven Penney | 206,000 | 21 |
| Maxime Delhommeau | 198,000 | 20 |
| Stephen Dishman | 190,000 | 19 |
| Kenneth Bailey | 187,000 | 19 |
| Stevan Gvozdenovic | 172,000 | 17 |
| Nidal Dawoud | 171,000 | 17 |
| Junyu Liu | 171,000 | 17 |
| Benedetto Caruso | 158,000 | 16 |
| Jarrad Fayez | 156,000 | 16 |
| Peter Perceval | 156,000 | 16 |
| Roy Trickett | 143,000 | 14 |
| Flaviano Cammisuli | 142,000 | 14 |
| Roberto Zuffo | 125,000 | 13 |
| Yannick Rohrbach | 124,000 | 12 |
| Lars Wandmaker | 124,000 | 12 |
| Timothy Jones | 123,000 | 12 |
| Svajunas Seduikis | 108,000 | 11 |
| Marco Herman | 106,000 | 11 |
| Tomasz Kokoszka | 90,000 | 9 |
| Keith Smith | 87,000 | 9 |
| Dario Filippelli | 84,000 | 8 |
| Marco Siciliano | 82,000 | 8 |
| Sander Ostlyngen | 77,000 | 8 |
| Torsten Klingels | 73,000 | 7 |
| Christian Ruopp | 67,000 | 7 |
| Beverley Nicholson | 66,000 | 7 |
| Sonia Padovani | 66,000 | 7 |
| Martin Kirchbaumer | 60,000 | 6 |
| Luigi Nucifora | 55,000 | 6 |
| Daragh Davey | 48,000 | 5 |
| Jasmin Scheiffele | 48,000 | 5 |
| Marcello Favaloro | 37,500 | 4 |