Three events have now concluded at the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival and the winners have received their trophies.
Deepstack Event #6 €225+€25 Deepstack
The 2-day event resumed on Tuesday with French players dominating the overnight leaderboard. 38 players had returned for the day 2, but 11 of these would miss out on a payday, as only 27 places were in the prize money. Overnight chip leader Guillaume Rodrigues-Martin did not manage to maintain his authority, finishing in 19th place. Swiss player Nabil El Hage went on to claim the victory, securing the top prize of €10,496 and a Party Poker trophy.
Position
Player
Nationality
Prize
1
Nabil El Hage
Swiss
€10,496
2
Pierre Jeffredo
French
€7,570
3
John Samuel Garratt
English
€5,740
4
Antoine Rahal
French
€4,270
5
Mattia Cirincione
Italian
€2,930
6
Stefan Fernandez Wiesebrock
German
€2,440
7
Jonathan Pastore
French
€1,950
8
Andres Rengifo
Unknown
€1,460
9
Peter Kramer Sandberg
Danish
€980
10
Xabi Carricart
French
€850
11
Randhir Koli
English
€850
12
Romain Nardin
French
€850
13
Yoan Dody
French
€730
14
Jordan Dumas
French
€730
15
Salvatore Caruso
Italian
€730
16
Stevan Gvozdenovic
Montenegrin
€610
17
Mike Alonso
French
€610
18
Blair Payne Armstrong
English
€610
19
Guillaume Rodrigues-Martin
French
€490
20
Jorge Palomino
Spain
€490
21
David Kilmartin Lappin
Ireland
€490
22
Hugo Loustau
French
€490
23
Tom Vermeulen
Dutch
€490
24
David Quang
Canadian
€490
25
Leonardo Tomei
Italian
€490
26
Salvatore Ritrovato
Italian
€490
27
Scott Fingland
Canadian
€490
Total Entries
226
€48,816
Unique Players
151
Re-entries
75
Ladies Event
There were 29 entries for event #10, the €130+€20 Ladies event, generating a prize pool of €3,619. Ivonne Monteleagre, the vice president of the Women’s Poker Association fired two bullets, but was unable to parlay it into a final table appearance. The heads up battle played out between Argentinian Micaela Yanigro Arcusin and England’s Sophie Gathercole and it was the latter who emerged victorious in the early hours of Wednesday morning, to scoop the title, the trophy and €1,519.
Position
Player
Nationality
Prize
1
Sophie Gathercole
English
€1519
2
Micaela Yanigro Arcusin
Argentinian
€1200
3
Anita Staahle
Norwegian
€540
4
Julija Drevina
Latvian
€360
Total Entries
29
€3,619
Unique Players
21
Re-Entries
8
H.O.R.S.E
The third event to reach its conclusion was the €175+€25 H.O.R.S.E event, a highly anticipated tournament, especially by local players, who hold a weekly H.O.R.S.E tournament here throughout the year. It was high quality field that included a WSOP bracelet winner in Dutchman Jens Voertman and several other highly skilled mixed game players. Mixed games crusher Adam Owen was in attendance and made the money, but did not go on to take the trophy. That honour went to local Richard Burke, an English player who resides in Malta. He rode off with €2,348 after defeating Joe Brindle heads up, while Adam Owen claimed third place, to give all three spots on the podium to English players.
Position
Player
Nationality
Prize
1
Richard Burke
English
€2,348
2
Joe Brindle
English
€1,560
3
Adam Owen
English
€780
4
Carlo Van Ravenswoud
Dutch
€520
Total Entries
31
€5,208.00
Unique Players
27
Re-entries
4
Today’s Action
Today sees the start of the €5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller. There are also satellites to both the Grand Prix and the MILLIONS, which feature on Thursday’s busy schedule.
Tonight’s side event is the €150 buy-in “Italian Party.” It remains to be seen whether any English players will crash the party and take on the job of outlasting the Italians? Ciao Ciao for now!
The full schedule of events can be found here
Photos from the event can be found here
Jonathan Raab
MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
Photography by Jean Marc Zerafa