Quick Recap of Day 1C of the Malta Poker Fest Grand Event

It was another big day at the Malta Poker Fest Grand Event , where a field of 321 entries took part in day 1c, hopeful for a place in Sunday's day 2. A total of 88 players made it through, increasing the number of players for day 2 to 202 so far. With two flights still remaining, Sunday promises to be an impressive field. Bagging an impressive chip lead for day 1c was Oscar Arezzo , who goes into Sunday with a cool 510,000. Katie Swift was unfortunately knocked out of the tournament after having her aces cracked... twice. We look forward to seeing her host the Ladies First event on Saturday. You can catch updates on the ladies' tournament on our Facebook and Instagram Pages, so keep a lookout! The PokerDeals Last Longer race attracted another 55 contestants, of which 17 made it through. With the promise of a buy-in to the next Malta Poker Festival Grand event, it's something that every player should get involved in! Remember, it's free to enter ! All you have to do is register and make sure to enter your details after you've confirmed your email address. Join the race today! PokerDeals Last Longer Race day 1B Day 1c had 57 hopefuls entering the Last Longer competition, with 17 of those players making it into day 2. There were a few entries who didn't fill in their details, so be sure to fill in your full name on the site so we can follow your progress! Bojan Jacovic 59,000 Dario Barone 203,000 Leonidas Vogiatzoglou 235,000 Nick Forrez 272,000 Vincenzo Scarpitti 120,000 Gabriele Re 65,000 Igor Melcer 122,000 Martin Kirchbaumer 67,000 Oliver Hutchins 224,000 Martyn Frey 191,000 Robert Rohr 217,000 Serdar Demircan 130,000 Soner Vanelderen 300,000 Stefan Alvertjarn 325,000 Three late entries that we weren't able to snap pics of: Arturas Dauksevic - 101,000 Alessandro Spata - 153,000 Ingvill Nilsen - 197,000 We're looking forward to the final two flights on Saturday . The turbo event, day 1e, will be held at 9pm and things will be a little different. The blind levels will be 20 mins long, however, the event won't conclude as usual after 13 blind levels. Rather, when 26% of the field remains. We look forward to seeing you at the tables, and as always, good luck!

Day 1B of the Malta Poker Fest Grand Event is Done and Dusted

The second flight of the Malta Poker Fest Grand Event saw a field of 256 entries whittled down to 67 players who will return for day 2 on Sunday. Bagging the lead with 539,000 chips, Anastasios Apostolou led the field, slightly topping Daniel Taylor's day 1a chip count by 20k. This brings the total entries to 461 (including day 1a's 205 entries), with 114 players advancing to day 2. With three flights still remaining, it looks like the 500k guarantee is going to be smashed ! The PokerDeals Last Longer Race attracted another 43 players of which 10 will go on to battle it out with the other Last Longer contestants for their shot at a free entry into the next Malta Poker Festival Grand Event. The top ten final players will win some awesome prizes from Betsson Group and Deepsolver . Chip Leader Day 1b: Anastasios Apostolou PokerDeals Last Longer Race day 1B Day 1b had 43 hopefuls entering the Last Longer competition, with ten of those players making it into day 2. There were a few entries who didn't fill in their details, so be sure to fill in your full name on the site so we can follow your progress! Gaetano Brignone 109,000 Mike Alonso 137,000 Torgeir Hagmann 65,000 Arturas Bliudzius 377,000 Kevin Houghton 250,000 Andrea Stellato 173,000 James Mercieca 161,000 Marius Olsvik 93,000 Thomas Harnes 131,000 Piotr Rekawieki 154,000 Prizes of the PokerDeals Last Longer Competition There are loads of prizes waiting for our top ten last longer champions. Including awesome gear from NordicBet , Betsafe , Betsson and Guts . We also have Deepsolver subscriptions for our ten champs, so be sure to register when you get to the tables! End-of-Day Chip Counts: Day 1b The end of Day 1b of the Grand Event landed up with 66 players ready to take on day 2. The Grand Event allows a total of two re-entries per player per flight , which adds some extra sauce to the pot. Check out the final standings of Day 1b of the Malta Poker Festival Autumn Edition Grand Event. Place Name Chip Count 1 Anastasios Apostolou 539,000 2 Zlatin Penev 465,000 3 Ioannis Aslanidis 457,000 4 Tomasz Kolewczynski 407,000 5 Gianmarco Pagliaro 405,000 6 Arturas Bliudzius 377,000 7 Raf De Wever 371,000 8 Bjarke Matthiesen 339,000 9 Yossef Cohen 319,000 10 Damien Gayer 311,000 11 Koen Meutstege 307,000 12 Giulio Spampinato 280,000 13 Tomasz Piotr Brzezinski 251,000 14 Kevin Houghton 250,000 15 Martin Piik 250,000 16 Jan Jensen 240,000 17 Andrew Manduca 228,000 18 Marc Brazier 226,000 19 Christian Arstad 215,000 20 Steven Smith 215,000 21 Giuseppe Grupposo 206,000 22 Shanmugasundaram Jeyamohan 200,000 23 Robert A Perelman 198,000 24 Skipp Van Den Assem 197,000 25 Jeppe Bisgaard 189,000 26 Thomas Langeland 178,000 27 Jonathan Pastore 178,000 28 Giovanni Ventura 178,000 29 John Pogue 176,000 30 Andrea Stellato 173,000 31 Mark Vella 171,000 32 Ann-Marie Yuen 169,000 33 Shukri Mushahwar 164,000 33 James Mercieca 161,000 35 Erlend Melson 160,000 36 Roland Boothby 157,000 37 Romain Nardin 156,000 38 Piotr Rekawiecki 154,000 39 Steven Smart 154,000 40 Yvonne Hilser 150,000 41 Kyle Pullicino 150,000 42 Uwe Schreiber 144,000 43 Krzyztof Otlik 142,000 Sven Carlsson 141,000 44 Mike Alonso 137,000 45 Volker Lohs 131,000 46 Thomas Harnes 131,000 47 Barry Smyth 129,000 48 Pierre Jeffredo 127,000 49 Aram Papazian 124,000 50 Jonathan Walker 114,000 51 Craig Rose 111,000 52 Gaetano Brignone 109,000 53 Cherly Simmons 109,000 54 Jeoffrey Duytschaever 105,000 55 Marius Olsvik 93,000 56 Gruselle Loic 92,000 57 Per-Eirik Koi 90,000 58 Kevin Ralph Price 79,000 59 Holm Erdmann 73,000 60 Edvaldas Skyrius 73,000 61 Torgeir Hagmann 65,000 62 Tommy Lievens 60,000 63 Gianluigi Giuliani 57,000 64 Thomas Robinson 50,000 65 Geoffrey Desclee 30,000 66 Paul Malin 30,000 Day 1c is up next! Stay tuned for more PokerDeals Last Longer action!

Day 1A of the Malta Poker Fest Autumn Edition Kicks Off!

Day 1a of the Malta Poker Fest Grand Event was a whopper of a first day with 205 entries (including re-entries) into the opening flight. Powered by PartyPoker , the €500k GTD event started yesterday at 2pm with tournament organiser Ivonne Montealegre announcing the iconic shuffle-up and deal! By close of day, 47 players made their way into Sunday's day 2, with Daniel Taylor leading the pack with an impressive chip count of 519,000. The familiar face of last year's winner, Martijn Lakerveld , was also among the players to enter day 2, hopeful of making it two in a row. The PokerDeals Last Longer competition saw 50 players entering to try to outlast their competitors to win the first prize of an entry into the next Malta Poker Fest Grand Event. The top ten players will all win prizes sponsored by Betsson brands, as well as Deepsolver software subscriptions. It's a great way to sweeten the already tasty prize pool, so if you haven't signed up yet, now's your chance. Chip Leader Day 1a: Daniel Taylor PokerDeals Last Longer Race Day 1a saw 50 players entering the Last Longer competition, with ten of those players making it into day 2. There were a few entries who didn't fill in their details, so be sure to follow the instructions so we can follow your progress! Giacomo Ferrara 152,000 Humberto Galindo 206,000 Pavle Pecelj 177,000 Linda McCabe 141,000 Mark Cousin 142,000 Staffan Lind 497,000 Ted Johansson 294,000 Thomas Wilshaw 210,000 Daniel Taylor - Chip Leader 519,000 Angelo Vietti 86,000 End-of-Day Chip Counts The end of Day 1a of the Grand Event landed up with 47 players ready to take on day 2. The Grand Event allows a total of two re-entries per player per flight , which adds some extra sauce to the pot. Check out the final standings of Day 1a of the Malta Poker Festival Autumn Edition Grand Event. Place Player Chip Count 1 Daniel Taylor 519,000 2 Johannes Erfurth 500,000 3 Staffan Lind 497,000 4 James Clarke 489,000 5 Stavros Tsakas 450,000 6 Timothe Busso 422,000 7 Davide Iannaco 387,000 8 Marthijn Lakerveld 364,000 9 Bruce Shannon 341,000 10 Ted Johansson 294,000 11 Jerome Moreau 291,000 12 Dario Marinelli 273,000 13 Sebastian Rebhan 243,000 14 Christian Kempf 242,000 15 Jose Vicente Garcia Chaques 223,000 16 Rouhin Arian 210,000 17 Thomas Wilshaw 210,000 18 Humberto Jorge Lopes Galindo 206,000 19 Julian Sacco 194,000 20 Ronnie Cohen 193,000 21 Roland Alakji 192,000 22 Florian Ribouchon 191,000 23 Daniel Knote 177,000 24 Pavle Pecelj 177,000 25 Robert Tahirovic 176,000 26 Corentin Jean-Yves Alain Viaud 172,000 27 Michal Maciej Zagrodnik 165,000 28 Tom Deschuytter 164,000 29 Hakan Uzun 161,000 30 Raphael Toledo 153,000 31 Giacomo Ferrara 152,000 32 Domenico Tortomasi 144,000 33 Mark Cousin 142,000 34 Linda Susan Mc Cabe 141,000 35 Glen Gaines 138,000 36 Stephane Poisson 137,000 37 Johan Nils Torp 137,000 38 Antoine Talvard 135,000 39 Dieter Aebi 128,000 40 Daniel Mountford 128,000 41 Isvi Cohen 106,000 42 Pierre Christiaens 99,000 43 Jerry Evald Niklas Johansson 91,000 44 Petter Redemo 90,000 45 Angelo Vietti 86,000 46 Robrecht Winterink 86,000 47 Juan Andres Moreno Rodriguez 63,000 Day 1b is up next! Stay tuned for more PokerDeals Last Longer action!