Party Poker Grand Prix Day 1D & 1E Survivors

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