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
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
