It was non-stop action here on Friday 20th September at Portomaso Casino in Malta, where days 1D and 1E of the €1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix took place, along with day 1b of the MILLIONS main event.
After the conclusion of day 1E, the total number of entrants in the €1m GTD Grand Prix now stands at 1,287, with 968 from the starting flights at the festival added to the 319 participants who took part in online and pre-festival live day 1s. Today’s starting days 1f and 1g are expected to be the busiest so far.
Day 1D
The earlier of the two flights, day 1D concluded with 31 of the 208 entrants making it into the second day of this iconic Party Poker event. Two players from this heat crossed the 1m chip barrier. Victor Fryda from France posted the highest total on 1,060,000, with England’s Alex Peffly ending the day on exactly 1m chips. Here are the chip counts of the survivors who have braved their way into day 2 from day 1D.
Party Poker €1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1D Survivors
Position
Player
Chips
Nationality
1
Victor Fryda
1,060,000
French
2
Alex Peffly
1,000,000
English
3
Alessio Isaia
935,000
Italian
4
Pierre Azzopardi
649,000
Maltese
5
Alessandro Furneri
536,000
Italian
6
Gennaro Nevano
508,000
Italian
7
Felix Paillot
490,000
France
8
Richard Burke
418,000
English
9
Alessandro La Cava
407,000
Italian
10
Mike Alonso
360,000
French
11
Paul Hopper
360,000
English
12
Davide Gelardi
327,000
Italian
13
Giuseppe Tarsia
310,000
Italian
14
Giulio Gallo
290,000
Italian
15
Giovanni Sutera
290,000
Italian
16
Giulio Di Salvo
281,000
Italian
17
Michael Smith
254,000
Canadian
18
Dario Pieruzzini
235,000
Italian
19
William Meeuwisse
213,000
Sweden
20
Tommaso Dilena
204,000
Italian
21
Nicholas Rametta
200,000
Italian
22
Olivier Klat
192,000
French
23
Mark Vella
174,000
Maltese
24
Filippo Ragone
160,000
Italian
25
Simone Lombardo
157,000
Italian
26
Emmanouil Zografakis
130,000
Greek
27
Jorge Rebolleda
111,000
Spanish
28
Ana Maria David
110,000
Romanian
29
Simon Forester
98,000
Maltese
30
Angelo Virde
91,000
Italian
31
Agostino Pellegrini
84,000
Italian
Day 1E
The later flight, which started at 6pm had 180 competitors and saw a further 27 players secure their continuation in the €1m guaranteed event. Italian Andrea D’Elia on a 1,058,000 chip stack ended up head and shoulder above the rest of the field. His nearest challenger was Luca Caravaggio, whose poker artistry left him with a 775,000 chip stack. The full chip counts from those who made the cut on day 1E follow.
Party Poker €1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1D Survivors
Position
Player
Nationality
Chips
1
Andrea D’Elia
Italian
1,058,000
2
Luca Caravaggio
Italian
775,000
3
Nelson Clark
Dutch
763,000
4
Flaviano Cammisuli
Italian
614,000
5
Jeroen Romme
Dutch
585,000
6
Federico Cavandoli
Italian
518,000
7
Angelo Vietti
Italian
443,000
8
Claudio Campochiaro
Italian
428,000
9
Kyros Kyros
Cypriot
374,000
10
Guido Roperti
Italian
371,000
11
Clement Meunier
French
310,000
12
Natale Allegra
Italian
252,000
13
Claudio Dall’Oglio
Italian
229,000
14
Roberto Molina
Italian
228,000
15
Musa Jusaj
Austrian
226,000
16
Cristiano Tosi
Italian
215,000
17
Federico Petruzzelli
Italian
205,000
18
Filip Francisty
Polish
200,000
19
Gabriele Aveni
Italian
184,000
20
Seeiaer Noran
Dutch
178,000
21
Simone Meloni
Italian
172,000
22
Gianpiero Barrile
Italian
164,000
23
Giovanni Palma
Italian
145,000
24
Grzegorz Skawinska
Polish
145,000
25
Matteo Veneziano
Italian
123,000
26
Fabrizio Basile
Italian
101,000
27
Georgios Lekkakos
Greek
28,000
Saturday’s Action
Today the MILLIONS moves into its second day while there are two further starting days of the Grand Prix plus the €300+€30 Daily Legends – The Headhunter side event. Despite its name, it’s not a bounty tournament.
Here’s the schedule of events for Saturday 30th September.
Start Time
Event #
Event
Buy-In
12:00
#3
Grand Prix $1m GTD Day 1F
€500+€50
15:00
#24
Grand Prix Satellite to event #3
€60+€10
18:00
#3
Grand Prix $1m GTD Day 1G
€500+€50
21:00
#19
MILLIONS Day 2
N/A
21:00
#22
Daily Legends – The Headhunter
€300+€30
22:00
#23
Grand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3
€60+€10
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
Photos from the event can be found here
Photography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Matin
Jonathan Raab
Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator