Welcome to the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition
Welcome to the coverage of the 2024 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition at the luxurious Portomaso Casino from April 22-29. The festival boasts many amazing events with deep structures across a variety of games and buy-ins along with cash games running around the clock and the fun off-the-felt activities to showcase a bit of what the beautiful island of Malta has to offer.
Our coverage will begin on Wednesday, April 24 at 1 p.m. when cards are in the air for the much-anticipated €300,000 guaranteed Malta Poker Festival €550 Grand Event powered by the Unibet Deepstack Open.
The MPF Grand Event is a deep-stacked affair with players starting each of the six opening flights from April 24-28 with 50,000 in chips. The first four opening flights boast 40-minute blind levels including Wednesday’s Day 1a with Day 1e and Day 1f speeding along with a turbo-structure of 20-minute blind levels.
Players can re-enter up to two times per flight during the first 10 levels of any opening flight providing players plenty of opportunities to bag a big stack. Each opening flight will conclude when the field is trimmed down to 15 percent with all surviving players already in the money heading into Sunday’s Day 2.
Those advancing to Day 2 and the final day will enjoy an even deeper structure with 50-minute blind levels.
Meanwhile, Monday boasted a €70 satellite which attracted a banner field of 179 entries and awarded 19 seats into the Grand Event along with 20th place collecting about half a buy-in.
Day 1a Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 2 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 3 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 15-Minute Break | |||
| 4 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 5 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 6 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 60-Minute Break | |||
| 7 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| 8 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 9 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 10 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 15-Minute Break (Late Registration Closes) | |||
| 11 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 12 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 13 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 15-Minute Break | |||
| 14 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 15 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 16 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Tuesday boasted the start of the side events with the €230 Sviten Special kicking off at 6 p.m. followed by another €70 satellite to the Grand Event at 7 p.m. that brought in another 17 entries into the Grand Event. Meanwhile, the €200 MPF Texas Classic wrapped things up and we will have updates later in our coverage about both of Tuesday’s side events.
Wednesday boasts two more side events in the €170 Betsson One Bullet at 5 p.m. and the €230 HORSE 6 Mix hosted by Jeanne David at 6 p.m. Another €70 satellite for the Grand Event will kick off shortly after at 8 p.m.
Check out our blog throughout the week for all of your updates and stories about the Grand Event, side event winners, and more.
