{"id":198637,"date":"2023-09-28T14:05:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T14:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=198637"},"modified":"2023-09-28T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T14:52:37","slug":"party-poker-millions-malta-hotting-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/party-poker-millions-malta-hotting-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Hotting Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival is now in full swing, with three days of side events completed and four trophies awarded. today sees the start of the \u20ac3,000 MILLIONS main event, day 2 of the Hydra High Roller and the resumption of starting days for the $1m Grand Prix. If that\u2019s not enough, there\u2019s also a \u20ac330 Omaha and a couple more satellites to the Grand Prix!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s action<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Start Time<\/td>\nEvent #<\/td>\nEvent<\/td>\nBuy-In<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00<\/td>\n#17<\/td>\nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3<\/td>\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:00<\/td>\n#13<\/td>\nHydra Entertainment High Roller Day 2<\/td>\n\u20ac5,000+\u20ac300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:00<\/td>\n#3c<\/td>\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1c<\/td>\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:00<\/td>\n#18<\/td>\nOmaha Single Day Event<\/td>\n\u20ac300+\u20ac30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:00<\/td>\n#19<\/td>\nMILLIONS Day 1A<\/td>\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:00<\/td>\n#20<\/td>\nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3<\/td>\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Hydra High Roller Day 1 Completed<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller began on Wednesday with 39 players having entered so far.\u00a0 When play ended a little after midnight there were 31 players left in contention, with the Dutch duo of Teun Mulder and Michel Molenaar leading the way. Molenaar won the super high roller event at the Malta Poker Festival earlier this year and will be hoping to repeat that feat, which will be a tall task, as its a high quality field with many experienced high stakes players assembled. These include multiple bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche from Germany, Spain\u2019s Leo Margets, Belgian Bart Lybaert and France\u2019s Johan \u201cYoH ViraL\u201d Gilbert. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples also entered the event but was one of the unfortunate 8 players to hit the rail before the end of the day.<\/p>\n

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Michael Molenaar chases a further title in Malta<\/p><\/div>\n

Late registration was still open until the start of day 2, at 3pm and by the time they had shuffled up and started dealing, the field had grown to 44, creating a prize pool of \u20ac200,000!<\/p>\n

Overnight chip counts from the Hydra Entertainment High Roller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Player<\/td>\nNationality<\/td>\nChip Count<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Teun Mulder<\/td>\nDutch<\/td>\n140,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michel Molenaar<\/td>\nDutch<\/td>\n105,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aurelien Russo<\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n99,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alessandro Pichierri<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n95,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Peffly<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n94,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orestis Kanakopoulos<\/td>\nGreek<\/td>\n88,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bart Lybaert<\/td>\nBelgian<\/td>\n85,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leo Margets<\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n76,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanislav Zegal<\/td>\nGerman<\/td>\n69,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farid Jattin<\/td>\nColombian<\/td>\n68,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Van Der Swaluw<\/td>\nDutch<\/td>\n64,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Abdellatif<\/td>\nBelgian<\/td>\n64,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Clack<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n62,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Koen Meutstege<\/td>\nDutch<\/td>\n49,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fausto Tantillo<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n47,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fabio Peluso<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n44,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grigoriy Rodin<\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n42,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raoul Van Wersch<\/td>\nDutch<\/td>\n42,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas Eychenne<\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n41,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas<\/td>\nGreek<\/td>\n35,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Wellenbach<\/td>\nCanadian<\/td>\n30,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivan Balzano<\/td>\nBrazilian<\/td>\n28,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominik Nitsche<\/td>\nGerman<\/td>\n20,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candido Gabriele Cappiello<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n17,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kamil Sokol<\/td>\nCzech<\/td>\n17,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johan \u201cYoH ViraL\u201d Guilbert<\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n16,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jakub Wojtas<\/td>\nGerman<\/td>\n11,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Italian Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s side event was the \u20ac130+\u20ac20 NLH Italian Party, which to be fair was a more International affair than strictly Italian. In fact only one Italian player Mattia Ride graced the final table, finishing in 6th place. It was a long drawn out tournament that finally reached its conclusion at 6am, when Germany\u2019s Philipp Kampf defeated Maltese player Marc Schembri to claim the title, the trophy and \u20ac6,332 for his efforts. In total 238 players entered, creating a prize pool of just under \u20ac30k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Party Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #14\u00a0 \u20ac130 + \u20ac20\u00a0 NLH Italian Party<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position<\/td>\nPlayer<\/td>\nNationality<\/td>\nPrize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nPhilipp Kampf<\/td>\nGerman<\/td>\n\u20ac6,332<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMarc Schembri<\/td>\nMaltese<\/td>\n\u20ac4,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBenjamin Foulgot<\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n\u20ac3,490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nScott Fingland<\/td>\nCanadian<\/td>\n\u20ac2,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSvajunas Seduikis<\/td>\nLithuanian<\/td>\n\u20ac1,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMattia Ridi<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n\u20ac1,490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nAleksander Georgiev<\/td>\nBulgarian<\/td>\n\u20ac1,190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nPagareckas Mindaugas<\/td>\nLithuanian<\/td>\n\u20ac890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nRaymond Bellante<\/td>\nMaltese<\/td>\n\u20ac600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBrian Calleja<\/td>\nMaltese<\/td>\n\u20ac520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nJohn Kruljac<\/td>\nAustralian<\/td>\n\u20ac520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nMark Adams<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n\u20ac520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nGary Armstrong<\/td>\nScotland<\/td>\n\u20ac440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nKarl Gialanze<\/td>\nMaltese<\/td>\n\u20ac440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nSebastian Gotthardt<\/td>\nGerman<\/td>\n\u20ac440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nKamil Skawinski<\/td>\nPolish<\/td>\n\u20ac360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nGuiseppe Schiraldi<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n\u20ac360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nJozsef Fauszt<\/td>\nHungarian<\/td>\n\u20ac360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nMityok Erno<\/td>\nHungarian<\/td>\n\u20ac360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nVito Cuscito<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n\u20ac360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nShota Burjandaze<\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nSusta Marco<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nNeil Barron<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nMateusz Kozuch<\/td>\nPolish<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nAdam Tomasson<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nYohann Girondin<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nAlfredo Cuti<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n\u20ac290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Entries<\/td>\n226<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u20ac29,702.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unique Players<\/td>\n164<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Re-entries<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The full schedule of events can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos from the event can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n

Photography by Jean Marc Zerafa<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonathan Raab<\/p>\n

Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival is now in full swing, with three days of side events completed and four trophies awarded. today sees the start of the \u20ac3,000 MILLIONS main event, day 2 of the Hydra High Roller and the resumption of starting days for the $1m Grand Prix. If that\u2019s not enough, there\u2019s<\/p>\n

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