The PokerStars Summer Festival Malta, running at the InterContinental Hotel, will conclude today with the Final Day of the Main Event starting at 12 p.m. local time.
A total of 916 entries were made to the event, which made for a prize pool of €879,360.
There are just 11 players left in contention. The next player out will take €11,300. The eventual winner is set for a payout of €153,610.
WSOP bracelet winner Simone Andrian of Italy starts the day as chip leader with 5,280,000 chips. He is tailed by Marcin Lesniewski of Poland with 4,780,000. In third place is David Docherty of Scotland, who took down the Irish Open earlier in the year and is eyeing up his second major title of the season.
FINAL DAY CHIP COUNTS
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Andrian | Italy | 5,280,000 | 105 |
| 2 | Marcin Lesniewski | Poland | 4,780,000 | 95 |
| 3 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | 3,755,000 | 75 |
| 4 | Fotios Ntamaris | Greece | 3,235,000 | 64 |
| 5 | Marco Regonaschi | Italy | 2,800,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Biger Larsen | Norway | 1,990,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Eros Nastasi | Italy | 1,985,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Tommy Nguyen | Norway | 1,280,000 | 25 |
| 9 | Antoine Talvard | France | 1,250,000 | 25 |
| 10 | Emmanouil Asgoudakis | Greece | 880,000 | 17 |
| 11 | Grzegorz Skawinski | Poland | 850,000 | 17 |
Blinds on the Final Day will start at 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante and will run for 75-minutes with a break every two levels.
There are a couple of players who are short stacked and so the final table could come around quickly. The average stack is 50 big blinds, though, and so the Main Event is still anyone's for the taking.
The event will play down to a winner today and PokerNews will be bringing live updates of the Final Day straight from the tournament floor.
REMAINING PAYOUTS
| Position | Payout |
|---|---|
| Winner | €153,610 |
| 2nd | €95,850 |
| 3rd | €68,470 |
| 4th | €52,660 |
| 5th | €40,510 |
| 6th | €31,160 |
| 7th | €23,970 |
| 8th | €18,440 |
| 9th | €14,180 |
| 10-11th | €11,320 |
