2019 The Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 The Malta Poker Festival

Final Results
Winner
Tomas Sujeta
Winning Hand
98
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€642,140
Entries
1,324
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
205
Players Left
38

The 2nd Edition of the Malta Poker Festival €550 Grand Event is Set to Start at 2 PM at Portomaso Casino

Emanuele Onnis - the 2018 MPF Grand Event Champion
Emanuele Onnis - the 2018 MPF Grand Event Champion

Welcome back to the second edition of The Malta Poker Festival at the Portomaso Casino where the PokerNews live reporting team will be covering the entire €550 Grand Event which features an amazing guaranteed prize pool of €500,000. The first of four starting flights is Day 1a which is set to kick off at 2 p.m. local time.

The 2018 edition was won by Emanuele Onnis who took home €150,000, the inaugural title, and the first every MPF Grand Event trophy. Onnis defeated a 1,366-strong field and had to best Fabian Gumz heads-up. Onnis has already confirmed that he will be back to defend his title but Gumz will be missing in action.

Last year’s final table also featured Nicolaj D’Antoni, Henning Andre, Giovanni Salvatore, Espen Jorstad, Borge Dypvik, and Steven Iglesias. Other notable players who made it into the money were players like Jona Wilmsmann, Eyal Bensimhon, Colin Lovelock, Clint Sammut, Serdar Demircan, Mark Vella, Katharine Arnsby, Andy Hills, Muhamet Perati, and Daragh Davey as a whopping 151 players cashed.

Who knows how many players will flock to the poker tables this year as the format has changed a bit compared to last year. Players will start with 30,000 chips in their stack, fourteen levels of 40 minutes each have been scheduled for each day 1 with Day 1d being a turbo flight. A 15-minute break has been scheduled after every three levels with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6. Players can only reenter once per flight with registration open for the first eight levels.

Keep following along with the updates right here from the first shuffle up and deal!

Day 1 Structure

*LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindButton Ante
145100100 
245100200 
345100200200
15-minute Break    
445200300300
545200400400
645300500500
75-minute Dinner Break    
745300600600
845400800800
9455001,0001,000
15-minute Break    
10456001,2001,200
11458001,6001,600
12451,0002,0002,000
15-minute Break    
13451,5002,5002,500
14451,5003,0003,000

Tags: Andy HillsBorge DypvikClint SammutColin LovelockDaragh DaveyEmanuele OnnisEspen JorstadEyal BensimhonFabian GumzGiovanni SalvatoreHenning AndreJona WilmsmannKatharine ArnsbyMark VellaMuhamet PeratiSerdar DemircanSteven Iglesias