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Starting hand selection is one of the first areas new poker players focus on, and rightly so. Improper starting hand selection falls into two camps: playing too loose or playing too tight. Most poker players know they should play tighter when in early position and loosen up the closer to the button they are. However, it is common for players to play too loose in early position and way too tight on the button.
\nNo-Limit Texas Hold’em is a game played with incomplete information because players’ hole cards remain a secret until the showdown. The closer to the button you are seated, the stronger your position because you get to see how the other players act before making your decision. Furthermore, the closer to the button you are, the fewer opponents you have to worry about if the action folds to you. Those two concepts mean you can play a wider range of hands in late position.
\nIn this article, we will look at the starting hand ranges for a No-Limit Texas Hold’em online poker tournament, which is played on an eight-handed table, where the stack sizes are 100 big blinds, and where you are coming in for a raise. The hands you can and should play will likely surprise you.
\nBear in mind that ranges can be fluid and should be adjusted according to your opponents’ tendencies. For example, you may want to drop some hands from the bottom of your range in early position if you have a particularly aggressive opponent who is continually three-betting.
\nYou should play relatively tight from early position for the reasons mentioned above. Hands that are strong or have the potential to make big hands are the order of the day.
\nA typical early position hand range looks something like this:
\n44+, T9s+, J9s+, QTs+ K8s+, A3s+, KQo+, AJo+
\nThat looks like quite a lot of hands; it represents around 16% of all the possible starting hands. Although that list looks like a bizarre formula, it is easy to understand. For example, A3s+ means opening with a raise with suited ace-three or better, while KQo+ means raising with king-queen offsuit and stronger.
\nBy having an early position opening range like this, you’ll keep your opponents guessing while not being too risky that you are playing like a crazy horse.
\nYour opening range from middle position is not entirely different from your early position hands because you still have most of the table to fight through. A typical middle position opening range consists of approximately 19% of starting hands, and looks a lot like this:
\n44+, 98s+, T8s+, Q9s+, K7s+, A2s+, KQo+, ATo+
\nYou can also mix up your play by occasionally raising first in with hands like QJo and KJo.
\nAs we move closer to the button, our opening ranges expand. We are now in the lowjack, which is still middle position but three seats to the left of the button. A good lowjack opening raise consists of the following hands, which make up around 22% of all hands:
\n33+, 65s+, T8s+, J8s+, Q9s+, K5s+, A2s+, QJo+, KJo+, ATo+
\nThe seat directly before the cutoff is known as the hijack because you have the opportunity to hijack the cutoff and button’s steal attempts. We should be playing around 27-28% of hands for a raise when first to act in the hijack, which looks a lot like:
\n22+, 54s+, 86s+, T7s+, J8s+, Q7s+, K4s+, A2s+, JTo+, QTo+, KTo+, A9o+
\nOnce you are first to act and are seated in the cutoff, things start getting interesting. Here, we should be opening with a raise with over 35% of the hands we are dealt because we have positional advantage. Check out what such a rage of hands consists of:
\n22+, 54s+, 75s+, 96s+, T6s+, J6s+, Q4s+, K2s+, A2s+, T9o+, QTo+, K9o+, A5o+
\nThat is a lot of hands, and you may feel uncomfortable playing jack-six suited but your nerves will lessen in time.
\nEveryone knows to play loosely on the button when everyone else has folded, but did you know that the optimal opening range from the button with 100 big blind stacks contains over half of the possible Hold’em starting hands? You should be relentless from the button when first to act, playing the following range:
\n22+, 43s+, 53s+, 74s+, 85s+, 95s+, T3s+, J2s+, Q2s+, K2s+, A2s+, 87o+, T8o+, J8o+, Q8o+, K5o+, A2o+
\nThe opening ranges shown in this article are not set in stone, but give you an idea of the hands you should be raising first in with in a typical No-Limit Hold’em tournament when everyone has 100 big blind stacks. They’re not a whole lot different even down to 40 big blind stacks either.
\nPlaying so many hands from the button seems absurd, but that is what equity calculators suggest based on the mathematics working behind the scenes. Obviously, if you are on the button and the small or big blind is three-betting frequently, you may want to stop attacking them with ten-four suited!
\nYou will notice that we have neglected to discuss playing from the blinds. That is intentional because blind versus blind play is complex, requiring a dedicated article that will come to the PartyPoker Blog soon.
\nThe post Understanding Typical Preflop Opening Ranges appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Starting hand selection is one of the first areas new poker players focus on, and rightly so. Improper starting hand selection falls into two camps: playing too loose or playing too tight. Most poker players know they should play tighter when in early position and loosen up the closer to the button they are. However, it is common for players to play too loose in early position and way too tight on the button.\nPosition Is Power\nNo-Limit Texas Hold’em is a game played with incomplete information because players’ hole cards remain a secret until the showdown. The closer to the button you are seated, the stronger your position because you get to see how the other players act before making your decision. Furthermore, the closer to the button you are, the fewer opponents you have to worry about if the action folds to you. Those two concepts mean you can play a wider range of hands in late position.\nIn this article, we will look at the starting hand ranges for a No-Limit Texas Hold’em online poker tournament, which is played on an eight-handed table, where the stack sizes are 100 big blinds, and where you are coming in for a raise. The hands you can and should play will likely surprise you.\nBear in mind that ranges can be fluid and should be adjusted according to your opponents’ tendencies. For example, you may want to drop some hands from the bottom of your range in early position if you have a particularly aggressive opponent who is continually three-betting.\nEarly Position\nYou should play relatively tight from early position for the reasons mentioned above. Hands that are strong or have the potential to make big hands are the order of the day.\nA typical early position hand range looks something like this:\n44+, T9s+, J9s+, QTs+ K8s+, A3s+, KQo+, AJo+\nThat looks like quite a lot of hands; it represents around 16% of all the possible starting hands. Although that list looks like a bizarre formula, it is easy to understand. For example, A3s+ means opening with a raise with suited ace-three or better, while KQo+ means raising with king-queen offsuit and stronger.\nBy having an early position opening range like this, you’ll keep your opponents guessing while not being too risky that you are playing like a crazy horse.\nMiddle Position\nYour opening range from middle position is not entirely different from your early position hands because you still have most of the table to fight through. A typical middle position opening range consists of approximately 19% of starting hands, and looks a lot like this:\n44+, 98s+, T8s+, Q9s+, K7s+, A2s+, KQo+, ATo+\nYou can also mix up your play by occasionally raising first in with hands like QJo and KJo.\nThe Lowjack\nAs we move closer to the button, our opening ranges expand. We are now in the lowjack, which is still middle position but three seats to the left of the button. A good lowjack opening raise consists of the following hands, which make up around 22% of all hands:\n33+, 65s+, T8s+, J8s+, Q9s+, K5s+, A2s+, QJo+, KJo+, ATo+\nThe Hijack\nThe seat directly before the cutoff is known as the hijack because you have the opportunity to hijack the cutoff and button’s steal attempts. We should be playing around 27-28% of hands for a raise when first to act in the hijack, which looks a lot like:\n22+, 54s+, 86s+, T7s+, J8s+, Q7s+, K4s+, A2s+, JTo+, QTo+, KTo+, A9o+\nThe Cutoff\nOnce you are first to act and are seated in the cutoff, things start getting interesting. Here, we should be opening with a raise with over 35% of the hands we are dealt because we have positional advantage. Check out what such a rage of hands consists of:\n22+, 54s+, 75s+, 96s+, T6s+, J6s+, Q4s+, K2s+, A2s+, T9o+, QTo+, K9o+, A5o+\nThat is a lot of hands, and you may feel uncomfortable playing jack-six suited but your nerves will lessen in time.\nThe Button\nEveryone knows to play loosely on the button when everyone else has folded, but did you know that the optimal opening range from the button with 100 big blind stacks contains over half of the possible Hold’em starting hands? You should be relentless from the button when first to act, playing the following range:\n22+, 43s+, 53s+, 74s+, 85s+, 95s+, T3s+, J2s+, Q2s+, K2s+, A2s+, 87o+, T8o+, J8o+, Q8o+, K5o+, A2o+\nConclusion\nThe opening ranges shown in this article are not set in stone, but give you an idea of the hands you should be raising first in with in a typical No-Limit Hold’em tournament when everyone has 100 big blind stacks. They’re not a whole lot different even down to 40 big blind stacks either.\nPlaying so many hands from the button seems absurd, but that is what equity calculators suggest based on the mathematics working behind the scenes. Obviously, if you are on the button and the small or big blind is three-betting frequently, you may want to stop attacking them with ten-four suited!\nYou will notice that we have neglected to discuss playing from the blinds. That is intentional because blind versus blind play is complex, requiring a dedicated article that will come to the PartyPoker Blog soon.\nThe post Understanding Typical Preflop Opening Ranges appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-12-06T11:14:47+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-04T13:16:07+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/opening-preflop-ranges-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/opening-preflop-ranges-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/opening-preflop-ranges-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/opening-preflop-ranges.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200863", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/huppadup-100k-gtd-sunday-party-champion.html", "title": "\u201cHuppaDup\u201d is Your $100K Gtd Sunday Party Champion", "content_html": "Some 939 PartyPoker players bought into the latest edition of the $100,000 guaranteed Sunday Party, and one PartyPoker player outlasted them all. Introducing “HuppaDup,” your Sunday Party champion.
\nDay shuffled up and deal at 19:05 GMT on November 26, and everyone had high hopes of becoming a PartyPoker champion. Half of the $100,000 prize money went into the bounty prize pool, with the remaining 50% awarded to the top 159 finishers.
\nTeam PartyPoker’s Jaime Staples couldn’t quite get going this week, and he fell in 360th. The PartyPoker player known as “Mike-T.K” busted in 160th place and popped the money bubble, although they did collect $125 worth of bounties before falling by the wayside.
\nMatt Staples was eliminated during the first few money places, his tournament ending in a 149th place finish worth a shade over $200, with bounties included.
\nBy the Day 1 was in the history books, only 16 players remained, and those final 16 locked in at least $344 plus any bounties they collected along the way.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nBounties | \nChips | \n
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nHuppeDup | \n$532 | \n10,417,672 | \n
| 2 | \nvladich123 | \n$309 | \n9,985,527 | \n
| 3 | \nmardaturan | \n$990 | \n8,329,015 | \n
| 4 | \nGREENVOG99 | \n$387 | \n7,658,353 | \n
| 5 | \nColt-Fish | \n$612 | \n7,076,850 | \n
| 6 | \nlennarttrolle | \n$1,028 | \n6,909,853 | \n
| 7 | \nNew folder | \n$654 | \n6,825,316 | \n
| 8 | \ndynamtikaj | \n$50 | \n6,460,465 | \n
| 9 | \nWickedWinzero | \n$619 | \n6,427,827 | \n
| 10 | \nRESPECTdaBet01 | \n$50 | \n6,376,233 | \n
| 11 | \nF. Barbosa | \n$735 | \n5,918,836 | \n
| 12 | \nnonbeliever | \n$50 | \n3,556,016 | \n
| 13 | \ntime to shine | \n$587 | \n3,490,834 | \n
| 14 | \nRomica 1 | \n$550 | \n1,948,060 | \n
| 15 | \nBoggles19 | \n$641 | \n1,816,029 | \n
| 16 | \nFooFighter22 | \n$296 | \n706,264 | \n
“HuppeDup” was the only Day 2 player with over 10 million chips at their disposal, although “vladich123” wasn’t far behind, with 9,985,527 chips. “FooFighter22” was the shortest stack with 706,264 chips, and they were unsurprisingly the first Day 2 player out of the door.
\nBy the time the nine-handed final table was set, nobody could take home less than $903 when you included bounty payments, a healthy return for a few hours’ work.
\n“GREENVOG99” was the first finalist finding themselves on the sidelines, their ninth-place exit coming with $1,066 in total. The previously mentioned $903 found its way to the PartyPoker account of “nonbeliever” when they bowed out in eighth.
\nSeventh-place and $1,378 went to “vladich123,” who had started Day 2 second in chips. The player known as “New folder” had been busy busting opponents before their tournament ended in sixth place. “New folder” collected $1,446 from the main prize pool plus an additional $1,697 worth of bounties, the second-most bounties of anyone in the tournament.
\nThe next two players heading for the exits were “WickedWinZero” and “lennarttrolle,” who turned their $109 initial investment into $2,540 and $4,234, respectively. The Sunday party reached its thrilling finale after “RESPECTdaBet01″ dusted off their chips in third-place. Although bitterly disappointed not to reach heads-up, RESPECTdaBet01” walked away with an impressive $5,308 for their efforts.
“HuppaDup” and “dynamtikaj” locked horns heads-up in a fight for the final two bounty payments. Both players secured at almost $6,350 from the main prize pool, leaving the bounties to play for. “dynamtikaj” fell at the final hurdle, and consoled themselves with $7,740, leaving “HuppaDup” to be crowned the Sunday Party champion, an accolade that came with $11,458 in total.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nBounties | \nPrize | \nTotal Prize | \n
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nHuppaDup | \n$5,110 | \n$6,348 | \n$11,458 | \n
| 2 | \ndynamtikaj | \n$1,402 | \n$6,338 | \n$7,740 | \n
| 3 | \nRESPECTdaBet01 | \n$1,103 | \n$4,205 | \n$5,308 | \n
| 4 | \nlennarttrolle | \n$1,501 | \n$2,733 | \n$4,234 | \n
| 5 | \nWickedWinZero | \n$669 | \n$1,871 | \n$2,540 | \n
| 6 | \nNew folder | \n$1,697 | \n$1,446 | \n$3,143 | \n
| 7 | \nvladich123 | \n$309 | \n$1,069 | \n$1,378 | \n
| 8 | \nnonbeliever | \n$50 | \n$853 | \n$903 | \n
| 9 | \nGREENVOG99 | \n$387 | \n$679 | \n$1,066 | \n
You could be playing online poker in the December 3 edition of the Sunday Party for as little as $0.01. Our famous centroll satellites eventually feed into the $109 Sunday Party via the Sunday Party Sat. That satellite must be played into via our phase satellites, and has 50x $109 seats guaranteed. Get involved in at from 17:05 GMT every Sunday.
\nThe post “HuppaDup” is Your $100K Gtd Sunday Party Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Some 939 PartyPoker players bought into the latest edition of the $100,000 guaranteed Sunday Party, and one PartyPoker player outlasted them all. Introducing “HuppaDup,” your Sunday Party champion.\nDay shuffled up and deal at 19:05 GMT on November 26, and everyone had high hopes of becoming a PartyPoker champion. Half of the $100,000 prize money went into the bounty prize pool, with the remaining 50% awarded to the top 159 finishers.\nTeam PartyPoker’s Jaime Staples couldn’t quite get going this week, and he fell in 360th. The PartyPoker player known as “Mike-T.K” busted in 160th place and popped the money bubble, although they did collect $125 worth of bounties before falling by the wayside.\nMatt Staples was eliminated during the first few money places, his tournament ending in a 149th place finish worth a shade over $200, with bounties included.\nBy the Day 1 was in the history books, only 16 players remained, and those final 16 locked in at least $344 plus any bounties they collected along the way.\nSunday Party Day 2 Chip Counts\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nBounties\nChips\n\n\n1\nHuppeDup\n$532\n10,417,672\n\n\n2\nvladich123\n$309\n9,985,527\n\n\n3\nmardaturan\n$990\n8,329,015\n\n\n4\nGREENVOG99\n$387\n7,658,353\n\n\n5\nColt-Fish\n$612\n7,076,850\n\n\n6\nlennarttrolle\n$1,028\n6,909,853\n\n\n7\nNew folder\n$654\n6,825,316\n\n\n8\ndynamtikaj\n$50\n6,460,465\n\n\n9\nWickedWinzero\n$619\n6,427,827\n\n\n10\nRESPECTdaBet01\n$50\n6,376,233\n\n\n11\nF. Barbosa\n$735\n5,918,836\n\n\n12\nnonbeliever\n$50\n3,556,016\n\n\n13\ntime to shine\n$587\n3,490,834\n\n\n14\nRomica 1\n$550\n1,948,060\n\n\n15\nBoggles19\n$641\n1,816,029\n\n\n16\nFooFighter22\n$296\n706,264\n\n\n\n“HuppeDup” was the only Day 2 player with over 10 million chips at their disposal, although “vladich123” wasn’t far behind, with 9,985,527 chips. “FooFighter22” was the shortest stack with 706,264 chips, and they were unsurprisingly the first Day 2 player out of the door.\nBy the time the nine-handed final table was set, nobody could take home less than $903 when you included bounty payments, a healthy return for a few hours’ work.\n“GREENVOG99” was the first finalist finding themselves on the sidelines, their ninth-place exit coming with $1,066 in total. The previously mentioned $903 found its way to the PartyPoker account of “nonbeliever” when they bowed out in eighth.\nSeventh-place and $1,378 went to “vladich123,” who had started Day 2 second in chips. The player known as “New folder” had been busy busting opponents before their tournament ended in sixth place. “New folder” collected $1,446 from the main prize pool plus an additional $1,697 worth of bounties, the second-most bounties of anyone in the tournament.\nThe next two players heading for the exits were “WickedWinZero” and “lennarttrolle,” who turned their $109 initial investment into $2,540 and $4,234, respectively. The Sunday party reached its thrilling finale after “RESPECTdaBet01″ dusted off their chips in third-place. Although bitterly disappointed not to reach heads-up, RESPECTdaBet01” walked away with an impressive $5,308 for their efforts.\n“HuppaDup” and “dynamtikaj” locked horns heads-up in a fight for the final two bounty payments. Both players secured at almost $6,350 from the main prize pool, leaving the bounties to play for. “dynamtikaj” fell at the final hurdle, and consoled themselves with $7,740, leaving “HuppaDup” to be crowned the Sunday Party champion, an accolade that came with $11,458 in total.\nSunday Party Final Table Results\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nBounties\nPrize\nTotal Prize\n\n\n1\nHuppaDup\n$5,110\n$6,348\n$11,458\n\n\n2\ndynamtikaj\n$1,402\n$6,338\n$7,740\n\n\n3\nRESPECTdaBet01\n$1,103\n$4,205\n$5,308\n\n\n4\nlennarttrolle\n$1,501\n$2,733\n$4,234\n\n\n5\nWickedWinZero\n$669\n$1,871\n$2,540\n\n\n6\nNew folder\n$1,697\n$1,446\n$3,143\n\n\n7\nvladich123\n$309\n$1,069\n$1,378\n\n\n8\nnonbeliever\n$50\n$853\n$903\n\n\n9\nGREENVOG99\n$387\n$679\n$1,066\n\n\n\nYou could be playing online poker in the December 3 edition of the Sunday Party for as little as $0.01. Our famous centroll satellites eventually feed into the $109 Sunday Party via the Sunday Party Sat. That satellite must be played into via our phase satellites, and has 50x $109 seats guaranteed. Get involved in at from 17:05 GMT every Sunday.\nThe post “HuppaDup” is Your $100K Gtd Sunday Party Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-12-05T11:05:17+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-04T13:06:49+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/huppadup-sunday-party-champion-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/huppadup-sunday-party-champion-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/huppadup-sunday-party-champion-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/huppadup-sunday-party-champion.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200960", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/five-poker-mistakes-every-player-should-avoid.html", "title": "Five Poker Mistakes Every Player Should Avoid", "content_html": "Greetings, poker lovers! You’re in the right place if you are looking to refine your online poker skills and take your game to the next level. Poker combines skill, strategy, and luck, making it as challenging as it is rewarding. It is easy to make mistakes at the poker table, and even the smallest of those errors can have significant consequences. This guide is designed to make you aware of the five most common poker mistakes, arming you with the knowledge to avoid them at the virtual tables.
\nPlaying too many hands is a common trap for many beginners. Poker mistakes are amplified on later streets, so what seems like a minor error preflop can lead you down a dangerous path on the flop, turn, and river. There are many reasons for players to play too many hands, including boredom, a misplaced desire to be aggressive, and overestimating their skills.
\nSelectivity and patience are often the key to poker success. As a beginner, playing only the stronger starting hands conserves your chip stack and increases your chances of winning when you do enter a pot. Understanding the concept of starting hand selection based on your position at the table is crucial. Approaching poker like this leads to a more disciplined and profitable play style.
\nThe power of position at the table is so great that the late Doyle Brunson once claimed he could beat most opponents without looking at his hole cards if he had position on them. Brunson’s claim may seem far-fetched but it is entirely plausible, and likely correct. Being able to act last in a hand gives you an overwhelming advantage.
\nYou have the advantage of seeing how other players act before making your decision when you are playing from later positions. This information is invaluable, allowing for more informed, strategic betting, and opening the door to playing more starting hands. Conversely, playing from an early position requires more caution.
\nIf you are playing a 100 big blind stack, and are seated in early position, you should only be entering the pot with around 16% of your starting hands. However, in an unopened pot, you should ideally be opening with a raise with over 54% of your hands. That should give you a good idea about the power of position.
\nPoker is a game of incomplete information because our hole cards remain hidden until showdown. Our opponents’ behavior is one of the best sources of information we receive at the tables. Many amateur poker players fail to adjust their play based on the patterns and tendencies of other players at the table.
\nYour strategy must change depending on your opponent’s playing style. For example, adopting a more conservative approach may be best against a highly aggressive player, while opening your range and playing more aggressively can be a great way to take on passive opponents.
\nA lack of proper bankroll management is the number one reasons, aside from a lack of skill, that a poker player goes broke. You cannot play poker if you are broke, which is far from ideal. Newcomers are often tempted to play at stakes that are too high for their bankroll, primarily because they seek quicker gains.
\nOnly risking a small percentage of your bankroll in any given game is a more sustainable approach to poker. Following bankroll management help weather the natural variances of poker and prevents you from going broke due to a short or prolonged run of bad luck.
\nCash game players should have at least 30 buy-ins for their given stake. For instance, if you play $0.05/$0.10 No-Limit Hold’em where the maximum buy-in is $10, you should have around $300.
\nEmotions are powerful; they can control or overwhelm a person. Allowing emotions like overexcitement or frustration influence your decision is a common downfall for many poker players, even those with vast playing experience. Have you heard of tilt? Going on tilt is a phrase used to describe a poker player whose emotions have got the better of them. They then play sub-optimally, often by being reckless, leading to more losses, anger, and frustration. Tilt has been responsible for decimating more bankrolls than anything else.
\nMaintaining a level head and making decisions based on rational strategy rather than emotion is crucial. Developing emotional discipline takes time but is worthwhile. Keeping your emotions in check leads to more consistent play and better decision-making while under pressure.
\nPoker is a fascinating game with multiple layers to delve into, including psychological warfare. By being mindful of the five common poker mistakes in this article, ad actively working to avoid them, you are already well on your way to becoming a more skilled and successful poker player.
\nDon’t worry if you make a mistake. Treat it as a learning opportunity that gives you he chance to refine your strategies. Be patient, stay disciplines, and enjoy your journey through the poker world.
\nThe post Five Poker Mistakes Every Player Should Avoid appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Greetings, poker lovers! You’re in the right place if you are looking to refine your online poker skills and take your game to the next level. Poker combines skill, strategy, and luck, making it as challenging as it is rewarding. It is easy to make mistakes at the poker table, and even the smallest of those errors can have significant consequences. This guide is designed to make you aware of the five most common poker mistakes, arming you with the knowledge to avoid them at the virtual tables.\n1.) Playing Too Many Hands\nPlaying too many hands is a common trap for many beginners. Poker mistakes are amplified on later streets, so what seems like a minor error preflop can lead you down a dangerous path on the flop, turn, and river. There are many reasons for players to play too many hands, including boredom, a misplaced desire to be aggressive, and overestimating their skills.\nSelectivity and patience are often the key to poker success. As a beginner, playing only the stronger starting hands conserves your chip stack and increases your chances of winning when you do enter a pot. Understanding the concept of starting hand selection based on your position at the table is crucial. Approaching poker like this leads to a more disciplined and profitable play style.\n2.) Ignoring Position\nThe power of position at the table is so great that the late Doyle Brunson once claimed he could beat most opponents without looking at his hole cards if he had position on them. Brunson’s claim may seem far-fetched but it is entirely plausible, and likely correct. Being able to act last in a hand gives you an overwhelming advantage.\nYou have the advantage of seeing how other players act before making your decision when you are playing from later positions. This information is invaluable, allowing for more informed, strategic betting, and opening the door to playing more starting hands. Conversely, playing from an early position requires more caution.\nIf you are playing a 100 big blind stack, and are seated in early position, you should only be entering the pot with around 16% of your starting hands. However, in an unopened pot, you should ideally be opening with a raise with over 54% of your hands. That should give you a good idea about the power of position.\n3.) Failing to Adapt to Opponents\nPoker is a game of incomplete information because our hole cards remain hidden until showdown. Our opponents’ behavior is one of the best sources of information we receive at the tables. Many amateur poker players fail to adjust their play based on the patterns and tendencies of other players at the table.\nYour strategy must change depending on your opponent’s playing style. For example, adopting a more conservative approach may be best against a highly aggressive player, while opening your range and playing more aggressively can be a great way to take on passive opponents.\n4.) Poor Bankroll Management\nA lack of proper bankroll management is the number one reasons, aside from a lack of skill, that a poker player goes broke. You cannot play poker if you are broke, which is far from ideal. Newcomers are often tempted to play at stakes that are too high for their bankroll, primarily because they seek quicker gains.\nOnly risking a small percentage of your bankroll in any given game is a more sustainable approach to poker. Following bankroll management help weather the natural variances of poker and prevents you from going broke due to a short or prolonged run of bad luck.\nCash game players should have at least 30 buy-ins for their given stake. For instance, if you play $0.05/$0.10 No-Limit Hold’em where the maximum buy-in is $10, you should have around $300.\nLetting Your Emotions Dictate Play\nEmotions are powerful; they can control or overwhelm a person. Allowing emotions like overexcitement or frustration influence your decision is a common downfall for many poker players, even those with vast playing experience. Have you heard of tilt? Going on tilt is a phrase used to describe a poker player whose emotions have got the better of them. They then play sub-optimally, often by being reckless, leading to more losses, anger, and frustration. Tilt has been responsible for decimating more bankrolls than anything else.\nMaintaining a level head and making decisions based on rational strategy rather than emotion is crucial. Developing emotional discipline takes time but is worthwhile. Keeping your emotions in check leads to more consistent play and better decision-making while under pressure.\nConclusion\nPoker is a fascinating game with multiple layers to delve into, including psychological warfare. By being mindful of the five common poker mistakes in this article, ad actively working to avoid them, you are already well on your way to becoming a more skilled and successful poker player.\nDon’t worry if you make a mistake. Treat it as a learning opportunity that gives you he chance to refine your strategies. Be patient, stay disciplines, and enjoy your journey through the poker world.\nThe post Five Poker Mistakes Every Player Should Avoid appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-12-04T11:46:41+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-01T12:35:07+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/poker-mistakes-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/poker-mistakes-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/poker-mistakes-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/poker-mistakes.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200895", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/ups-and-downs-guide-for-handling-losses.html", "title": "Navigating the Ups and Downs: A Guide for Handling Losses", "content_html": "Experiencing a loss is as much a part of the game as the thrill of a win in the intricate and often unpredictable world of online poker. The journey through the highs and lows of poker can be particularly challenging, yet it’s an essential aspect of the game’s learning curve. This article aims to guide you through the nuances of dealing with losses in a manner that is not only constructive but also enriches your playing experience.
\nPoker, at its core, is a game of skill, strategy, and a significant dose of luck. Unlike games purely based on chance, poker allows players to influence the outcome through their decisions. However, it’s crucial to acknowledge that even the most skilled players face losses. The randomness inherent in which cards are dealt plays a significant role, making it impossible to win every hand or session.
\nEvery loss in poker offers a unique opportunity to learn. Reflect on your decisions during the game: Were your bets calculated? Did you read your opponents correctly? Sometimes, a loss can highlight areas of your game needing improvement, such as bluffing techniques, bankroll management, or understanding the odds.
\nMaintaining a record of your games can be incredibly beneficial. Note down the details of each session, focusing on hands where you lost. Analyze these instances to identify patterns or recurring mistakes. This practice not only aids in refining your strategy but also helps in detaching emotions from the loss, viewing it instead as a valuable data point.
\nPoker is not just a mental game; it’s an emotional one too. Feelings of frustration, disappointment, or even anger after a loss are natural. However, letting these emotions dictate your subsequent actions can be detrimental to your game.
\nBuilding emotional resilience is key. This involves accepting losses as part of the game and not as personal failures. A useful technique is to set a cool-down period after a loss, allowing yourself time to emotionally disengage before jumping back into another game.
\nBeware of the dreaded ’tilt’ \u2013 a state where emotions cloud judgment, leading to rash decisions. Recognizing the onset of tilt and stepping away from the game can save you from further losses. Remember, poker is a marathon, not a sprint; there’s always another hand to play, another day to come back stronger.
\nEffective bankroll management is crucial. Only play with money you can afford to lose, and avoid the temptation to ‘chase’ losses by playing higher stakes. Stick to limits that align with your skill level and financial comfort.
\nBe selective about the games you play. Different formats and stakes attract varying levels of players. Find games that suit your skill level and playing style. Sometimes, stepping down in stakes or trying a different game type can provide a fresh perspective and a confidence boost.
\nPoker is a game of lifelong learning. Invest time in studying the game. Resources like books, online forums, MyGame Whiz, and training videos can provide invaluable insights. Consider joining a poker community where you can discuss strategies and share experiences with fellow players.
\nDealing with losses in online poker requires a balanced blend of emotional management, strategic adjustments, and a continuous thirst for learning. Remember, every loss is a stepping stone towards becoming a more skilled and resilient player. Embrace these experiences, learn from them, and use them to refine your approach to the game. Poker is not just about the cards you’re dealt; it’s about how you play them, in victory and defeat alike. Keep playing, keep learning, and most importantly, enjoy the journey through the fascinating world of online poker.
\nThe post Navigating the Ups and Downs: A Guide for Handling Losses appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Experiencing a loss is as much a part of the game as the thrill of a win in the intricate and often unpredictable world of online poker. The journey through the highs and lows of poker can be particularly challenging, yet it’s an essential aspect of the game’s learning curve. This article aims to guide you through the nuances of dealing with losses in a manner that is not only constructive but also enriches your playing experience.\nEmbracing the Inevitable: Loss as a Learning Tool\nUnderstanding the Nature of Poker\nPoker, at its core, is a game of skill, strategy, and a significant dose of luck. Unlike games purely based on chance, poker allows players to influence the outcome through their decisions. However, it’s crucial to acknowledge that even the most skilled players face losses. The randomness inherent in which cards are dealt plays a significant role, making it impossible to win every hand or session.\nLearning from Each Game\nEvery loss in poker offers a unique opportunity to learn. Reflect on your decisions during the game: Were your bets calculated? Did you read your opponents correctly? Sometimes, a loss can highlight areas of your game needing improvement, such as bluffing techniques, bankroll management, or understanding the odds.\nKeeping a Record\nMaintaining a record of your games can be incredibly beneficial. Note down the details of each session, focusing on hands where you lost. Analyze these instances to identify patterns or recurring mistakes. This practice not only aids in refining your strategy but also helps in detaching emotions from the loss, viewing it instead as a valuable data point.\nManaging Emotions: Staying Level-Headed\nThe Role of Emotions in Poker\nPoker is not just a mental game; it’s an emotional one too. Feelings of frustration, disappointment, or even anger after a loss are natural. However, letting these emotions dictate your subsequent actions can be detrimental to your game.\nDeveloping Emotional Resilience\nBuilding emotional resilience is key. This involves accepting losses as part of the game and not as personal failures. A useful technique is to set a cool-down period after a loss, allowing yourself time to emotionally disengage before jumping back into another game.\nThe Danger of Tilt\nBeware of the dreaded ’tilt’ \u2013 a state where emotions cloud judgment, leading to rash decisions. Recognizing the onset of tilt and stepping away from the game can save you from further losses. Remember, poker is a marathon, not a sprint; there’s always another hand to play, another day to come back stronger.\nStrategic Adjustments: Fine-Tuning Your Approach\nBankroll Management\nEffective bankroll management is crucial. Only play with money you can afford to lose, and avoid the temptation to ‘chase’ losses by playing higher stakes. Stick to limits that align with your skill level and financial comfort.\nGame Selection\nBe selective about the games you play. Different formats and stakes attract varying levels of players. Find games that suit your skill level and playing style. Sometimes, stepping down in stakes or trying a different game type can provide a fresh perspective and a confidence boost.\nContinuous Learning\nPoker is a game of lifelong learning. Invest time in studying the game. Resources like books, online forums, MyGame Whiz, and training videos can provide invaluable insights. Consider joining a poker community where you can discuss strategies and share experiences with fellow players.\nConclusion\nDealing with losses in online poker requires a balanced blend of emotional management, strategic adjustments, and a continuous thirst for learning. Remember, every loss is a stepping stone towards becoming a more skilled and resilient player. Embrace these experiences, learn from them, and use them to refine your approach to the game. Poker is not just about the cards you’re dealt; it’s about how you play them, in victory and defeat alike. Keep playing, keep learning, and most importantly, enjoy the journey through the fascinating world of online poker.\nThe post Navigating the Ups and Downs: A Guide for Handling Losses appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-12-01T11:40:52+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-12-01T11:40:52+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ups-and-downs-handling-losses-poker-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ups-and-downs-handling-losses-poker-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ups-and-downs-handling-losses-poker-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ups-and-downs-handling-losses-poker.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200826", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/tips-for-transitioning-from-online-to-live-poker.html", "title": "Tips For Transitioning From Online to Live Poker", "content_html": "Many poker players only have experience playing this crazy game online at PartyPoker and have never stepped foot in a live poker room. Here at PartyPoker, we love online poker, but we also adore live poker action, too. Our PartyPoker LIVE events are incredible. There is something special about being in a cardroom, hearing the chirping of chips being riffled, and being able to stare into your opponent’s soul before making your decisions.
\nOnline poker and live poker are essentially the same beast. However, if you are considering transitioning from online to live poker, there are a few nuances that you must be aware of so you avoid getting caught out or making a glaring mistake.
\nOnline poker cash games and tournaments play at least twice as fast as their live counterparts. While it is expected to see 70-100 hands dealt per hour at a table online, you will be hard-pressed to see 25-30 hands per hour in a brick-and-mortar venue.
\nThe change in pace is primarily down to the dealer physically shuffling and pitching the cards, but live poker players also tend to take more time to make their decisions. The much slower pace makes it tempting to pass the time by browsing the internet on your phone or watching something on the television screens around the room. Do not do this. Instead, use the slower pace to your advantage by focusing on what the other players at your table are doing, even when you are not in a hand.
\nThe PartyPoker software displays the stack sizes of all the players at your table, but this obviously does not happen in the live poker realm. Make a mental note of your stack size and that of your opponents before you play a hand so you are prepared for later streets. You want to avoid finding yourself in a situation where you or your opponent are pot-committed because you failed to calculate the stack sizes.
\nYou have the right to ask your opponent how many chips they have in their stack if their chips are all over the place. They do not have to tell you verbally but must show you. In addition, try keeping your chips in stacks of 10 or 20 (20 is the industry standard) to make them easier to count, ensuring your large denomination chips are clearly visible.
\nSimilar to stack sizes, there is no display showing you how many chips are in the pot at any given time. It is on your shoulders to calculate the pot size at all times. If you lose track of how many chips are in the pot, which is easy to do if several players are in the hand and you are on the turn or river, you can ask the dealer for help. The dealer is not permitted to tell you the figure, but they can and will “spread the pot” to make it easier to count its size.
\nMost live poker rooms adopt a “one chip rule” regarding calling a bet. Should a player raise to 300, putting a single chip into the pot will be deemed a call. It does not matter if that solitary chip was a 1,000 or 5,000 denomination; the dealer will treat it as a call.
\nIn this example, if you intended to raise, vocally state your intention. Say “raise” and the amount you are raising to. Be aware that verbal declarations are binding, forcing you to fulfil your stated action. If you say “all-in,” you must commit all of your chips. Be careful what you say and be clear when you say it.
\nSome live poker players give off tells that you can use to your advantage. Conversely, you may give off tells that your opponents can pick up and use against you. Most players overestimate their ability to read live tells, but you should still be aware of them.
\nMost will not be glaringly obvious, like Teddy KGB eating his Oreo cookie in the poker movie Rounders. They will be more subtle, like slightly shaking hands or betting faster when they are bluffing or are strong.
\nThe best way to avoid giving off tells is to act consistently. Put your chips into the pot the same way each time you bet, try to be consistent with your movements, and avoid getting engaged in a verbal battle when you are involved in a hand.
\nThe post Tips For Transitioning From Online to Live Poker appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Many poker players only have experience playing this crazy game online at PartyPoker and have never stepped foot in a live poker room. Here at PartyPoker, we love online poker, but we also adore live poker action, too. Our PartyPoker LIVE events are incredible. There is something special about being in a cardroom, hearing the chirping of chips being riffled, and being able to stare into your opponent’s soul before making your decisions.\nOnline poker and live poker are essentially the same beast. However, if you are considering transitioning from online to live poker, there are a few nuances that you must be aware of so you avoid getting caught out or making a glaring mistake.\nLive Poker Is Much Slower Than Online\nOnline poker cash games and tournaments play at least twice as fast as their live counterparts. While it is expected to see 70-100 hands dealt per hour at a table online, you will be hard-pressed to see 25-30 hands per hour in a brick-and-mortar venue.\nThe change in pace is primarily down to the dealer physically shuffling and pitching the cards, but live poker players also tend to take more time to make their decisions. The much slower pace makes it tempting to pass the time by browsing the internet on your phone or watching something on the television screens around the room. Do not do this. Instead, use the slower pace to your advantage by focusing on what the other players at your table are doing, even when you are not in a hand.\nBe Aware of Stack Sizes\nThe PartyPoker software displays the stack sizes of all the players at your table, but this obviously does not happen in the live poker realm. Make a mental note of your stack size and that of your opponents before you play a hand so you are prepared for later streets. You want to avoid finding yourself in a situation where you or your opponent are pot-committed because you failed to calculate the stack sizes.\nYou have the right to ask your opponent how many chips they have in their stack if their chips are all over the place. They do not have to tell you verbally but must show you. In addition, try keeping your chips in stacks of 10 or 20 (20 is the industry standard) to make them easier to count, ensuring your large denomination chips are clearly visible.\nContinually Calculate the Pot Size\nSimilar to stack sizes, there is no display showing you how many chips are in the pot at any given time. It is on your shoulders to calculate the pot size at all times. If you lose track of how many chips are in the pot, which is easy to do if several players are in the hand and you are on the turn or river, you can ask the dealer for help. The dealer is not permitted to tell you the figure, but they can and will “spread the pot” to make it easier to count its size.\nThe One Chip Rule and Verbalizing Your Actions\nMost live poker rooms adopt a “one chip rule” regarding calling a bet. Should a player raise to 300, putting a single chip into the pot will be deemed a call. It does not matter if that solitary chip was a 1,000 or 5,000 denomination; the dealer will treat it as a call.\nIn this example, if you intended to raise, vocally state your intention. Say “raise” and the amount you are raising to. Be aware that verbal declarations are binding, forcing you to fulfil your stated action. If you say “all-in,” you must commit all of your chips. Be careful what you say and be clear when you say it.\nLive Tells Are Real\nSome live poker players give off tells that you can use to your advantage. Conversely, you may give off tells that your opponents can pick up and use against you. Most players overestimate their ability to read live tells, but you should still be aware of them.\nMost will not be glaringly obvious, like Teddy KGB eating his Oreo cookie in the poker movie Rounders. They will be more subtle, like slightly shaking hands or betting faster when they are bluffing or are strong.\nThe best way to avoid giving off tells is to act consistently. Put your chips into the pot the same way each time you bet, try to be consistent with your movements, and avoid getting engaged in a verbal battle when you are involved in a hand.\nThe post Tips For Transitioning From Online to Live Poker appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-28T10:38:42+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-27T10:42:11+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/online-to-live-poker-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/online-to-live-poker-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/online-to-live-poker-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/online-to-live-poker.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200788", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/2024-poker-goals.html", "title": "Are You Setting Some 2024 Poker Goals? Avoid These Mistakes", "content_html": "2023 is rapidly drawing to a close; another year is almost in the bag. Hopefully, you have enjoyed a fruitful 12 months at the PartyPoker online and live tables and are heading into 2024 with much enthusiasm. For many poker players, the start of a new calendar is the perfect time to set goals for the upcoming year. While it is an excellent idea to set some poker-related goals, it is crucial to ensure you avoid these mistakes.
\nWe must touch on the concept of SMART goals before discussing the common mistakes poker players make when setting goals. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Those five things are what your goals should be. Understandably, the most common poker goal errors are often not SMART.
\nFor example, you may list a long-term goal as “become a professional poker player,” which is common among your fellow grinders. However, it’s a very basic goal with no framework. Instead, using SMART, your goal should read more like, “I want to have a $30 per hour win rate playing cash games online seven hours per day within the next two years.”
\nYou get the idea; now, let us jump into the most common mistakes made when setting poker goals.
\nPoker players like setting monetary goals because they are easy to measure and, let’s face it, we all like money. Player A may set themselves a target of making a $20,000 profit in 2024, which seems reasonable, but for many players, setting a goal based on money is a bad idea.
\nThe problem with money-related goals is you have little control over how much money you will win. Sure, a winning player will profit over an infinite sample size, but Lady Luck significantly affects how much money you win or lose. You could be the next Phil Ivey but still endure a losing year at the tables if you find yourself on the wrong side of variance.
\nFurthermore, setting monetary goals can lead to you playing sub-optimally. For example, you may find yourself chasing a loss to break even for the day. Conversely, you may leave a great game early to lock in a win. Neither of those things is ideal.
\nSetting a financial goal or envisioning winning titles can be a good idea, but these goals should not be your sole focus; you need to combine them with other objectives.
\nFollowing on from setting money-related goals, we touch upon volume-based goals. Playing more poker is one way to help negate the dreaded variance, but it can negatively affect your decision-making at the tables.
\nSetting a goal, such as playing 500 multi-table tournaments or 15,000 cash game hands in a month, looks good on paper because you will be logging significant volume. However, such goals can lead to you playing more tables than you are comfortable with or playing longer sessions than usual. We all reach a point where our concentration levels wane, and we no longer play our best poker. Playing beyond that limit is a recipe for disaster, and volume-based goals can make that happen.
\nLet’s jump back to the start of the article where the player wanted to have a $30 per hour win rate from cash games within the next two years. It seems like a decent target to aim for on paper, but it lacks detail. The player in question may play $0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold ’em cash games, so making $30 per hour would be incredibly hard, if not impossible. Their goal does not have a plan attached to bring it to fruition.
\nThey should have a roadmap of their journey to $30 per hour, such as how often they will play, when they will move up stakes or drop down if needed, and other nuisances. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail, as the adage goes.
\nMany poker players will set a goal this coming year that ends on December 31, 2024. A year is a long time to fulfil your ambition, but what if you fall short? Have you failed? Were the last 365 days a waste of time? Of course they were not.
\nPoker players often do not break their long-term goals into smaller targets. They remain blinkered and focused on the ultimate end goal. However, if they break that goal down into smaller targets throughout the year, they would enjoy a few successes, motivating them to continue the grind or giving them a much-needed confidence boost.
\nAlthough you are encouraged to set ambitious goals, it is important to ensure your targets are achievable; otherwise, you are setting yourself up for failure. Setting yourself a target of playing 1,000,000 cash game hands is unrealistic if you usually play two tables at once for a couple of hours a day throughout the week. If you average 100 hands per hour per table, you would need to play 5,000 hours of poker to hit 1,000,000 hands. Five thousand hours is over 208 full days of 24 hours; playing so much would be almost impossible.
\nSetting goals based only on playing poker and not developing your skills is a common mistake. Poker continually evolves, and you must stay up-to-date with the latest trends to increase your chances of winning. Putting in time away from the tables is the best way to do this.
\nInstead of becoming fixated on money or volume-based goals, consider setting goals related to developing your skills. For example, make it your mission to learn more about opening raises at specific stack sizes, review every hand you three-bet in a session, or ensure you take notes on at least ten players each session you play.
\nEvery poker player is different, which is one of the reasons online poker is such an incredible game. Setting goals is essential for poker players but selecting the correct goals is more important. Do not focus purely on monetary or volumetric goals; incorporate them with other areas of your game. Don’t just set a single target to aim for, but break it up into smaller, achievable goals so you can celebrate wins throughout the year. Good luck at the tables.
\nThe post Are You Setting Some 2024 Poker Goals? Avoid These Mistakes appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "2023 is rapidly drawing to a close; another year is almost in the bag. Hopefully, you have enjoyed a fruitful 12 months at the PartyPoker online and live tables and are heading into 2024 with much enthusiasm. For many poker players, the start of a new calendar is the perfect time to set goals for the upcoming year. While it is an excellent idea to set some poker-related goals, it is crucial to ensure you avoid these mistakes.\nBe SMART\nWe must touch on the concept of SMART goals before discussing the common mistakes poker players make when setting goals. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Those five things are what your goals should be. Understandably, the most common poker goal errors are often not SMART.\nFor example, you may list a long-term goal as “become a professional poker player,” which is common among your fellow grinders. However, it’s a very basic goal with no framework. Instead, using SMART, your goal should read more like, “I want to have a $30 per hour win rate playing cash games online seven hours per day within the next two years.”\nYou get the idea; now, let us jump into the most common mistakes made when setting poker goals.\nSetting Only Monetary Goals\nPoker players like setting monetary goals because they are easy to measure and, let’s face it, we all like money. Player A may set themselves a target of making a $20,000 profit in 2024, which seems reasonable, but for many players, setting a goal based on money is a bad idea.\nThe problem with money-related goals is you have little control over how much money you will win. Sure, a winning player will profit over an infinite sample size, but Lady Luck significantly affects how much money you win or lose. You could be the next Phil Ivey but still endure a losing year at the tables if you find yourself on the wrong side of variance.\nFurthermore, setting monetary goals can lead to you playing sub-optimally. For example, you may find yourself chasing a loss to break even for the day. Conversely, you may leave a great game early to lock in a win. Neither of those things is ideal.\nSetting a financial goal or envisioning winning titles can be a good idea, but these goals should not be your sole focus; you need to combine them with other objectives.\nSetting Only Volume-Based Goals\nFollowing on from setting money-related goals, we touch upon volume-based goals. Playing more poker is one way to help negate the dreaded variance, but it can negatively affect your decision-making at the tables.\nSetting a goal, such as playing 500 multi-table tournaments or 15,000 cash game hands in a month, looks good on paper because you will be logging significant volume. However, such goals can lead to you playing more tables than you are comfortable with or playing longer sessions than usual. We all reach a point where our concentration levels wane, and we no longer play our best poker. Playing beyond that limit is a recipe for disaster, and volume-based goals can make that happen.\nSetting Goals With No Clear Plan\nLet’s jump back to the start of the article where the player wanted to have a $30 per hour win rate from cash games within the next two years. It seems like a decent target to aim for on paper, but it lacks detail. The player in question may play $0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold ’em cash games, so making $30 per hour would be incredibly hard, if not impossible. Their goal does not have a plan attached to bring it to fruition.\nThey should have a roadmap of their journey to $30 per hour, such as how often they will play, when they will move up stakes or drop down if needed, and other nuisances. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail, as the adage goes.\nOnly Setting Long-Term Goals\nMany poker players will set a goal this coming year that ends on December 31, 2024. A year is a long time to fulfil your ambition, but what if you fall short? Have you failed? Were the last 365 days a waste of time? Of course they were not.\nPoker players often do not break their long-term goals into smaller targets. They remain blinkered and focused on the ultimate end goal. However, if they break that goal down into smaller targets throughout the year, they would enjoy a few successes, motivating them to continue the grind or giving them a much-needed confidence boost.\nSetting Unachievable Goals\nAlthough you are encouraged to set ambitious goals, it is important to ensure your targets are achievable; otherwise, you are setting yourself up for failure. Setting yourself a target of playing 1,000,000 cash game hands is unrealistic if you usually play two tables at once for a couple of hours a day throughout the week. If you average 100 hands per hour per table, you would need to play 5,000 hours of poker to hit 1,000,000 hands. Five thousand hours is over 208 full days of 24 hours; playing so much would be almost impossible.\nNot Setting Development Goals\nSetting goals based only on playing poker and not developing your skills is a common mistake. Poker continually evolves, and you must stay up-to-date with the latest trends to increase your chances of winning. Putting in time away from the tables is the best way to do this.\nInstead of becoming fixated on money or volume-based goals, consider setting goals related to developing your skills. For example, make it your mission to learn more about opening raises at specific stack sizes, review every hand you three-bet in a session, or ensure you take notes on at least ten players each session you play.\nConclusion\nEvery poker player is different, which is one of the reasons online poker is such an incredible game. Setting goals is essential for poker players but selecting the correct goals is more important. Do not focus purely on monetary or volumetric goals; incorporate them with other areas of your game. Don’t just set a single target to aim for, but break it up into smaller, achievable goals so you can celebrate wins throughout the year. Good luck at the tables.\nThe post Are You Setting Some 2024 Poker Goals? Avoid These Mistakes appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-27T10:30:15+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-27T10:30:15+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/poker-goals-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/poker-goals-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/poker-goals-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/poker-goals-1.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200720", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/meet-tomislav-savov-recent-sunday-party-champion.html", "title": "Meet Tomislav Savov, the Recent Sunday Party Champion", "content_html": "It has been quite a couple of months for Bulgaria’s Tomislav Savov in the poker world. Savov is deep in a rich vein of form that has seen him win his way to the PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS Malta festival and take down the $100,000 guaranteed Sunday Party. Savov is showing no signs of slowing down, although he did take some time out of his busy schedule to chat with the PartyPoker Blog.
\nSavov is a professional poker player hailing from Bulgaria. When he’s not bulldozing his way to final tables, Savov is incredibly active and fit, regularly heading to the gym to perform calisthenic and gymnastic rings workouts and playing several sports, including football, tennis, and beach volleyball.
\nLike many poker players, Savov discovered poker in his late teens, as he explained to the PartyPoker Blog.
\n“I got introduced to poker a few years after high school. We played with friends using the smallest denomination of our currency’s coins. Gradually, we increased the stakes we were playing with, and I started to love the game, wanted to learn more, and become a better player.”
\nSavov’s poker career took off in 2014 when a successful poker-playing friend he used to play online video games with offered to coach and stake him. He began playing six-max sit & go tournaments before progressing to multi-table tournaments within a few months.
\n“I was having a lot of success from the very beginning, starting at micro-stakes to beating mid-stakes in just a few months. I decided to quit my job as a real estate agent and fully commit to poker.”
\nThese days, Savov is usually found playing PartyPoker tournaments with buy-ins of $11 to $109 during the morning and afternoon, where the fields are smaller and the variance is less.
\nTravelling is another of Savov’s passions, so when PartyPoker announced its LIVE tour was heading to Malta, he had to get involved.
\n“The reason I actually decided to try and qualify for the event was I really wanted one more warm seaside trip in late September, and I knew Malta was perfect for this. Plus, playing live poker is always a good time. I registered for an \u20ac8.80 Phase satellite and made it to the final tournament on my first try. I finished eighth with five places awarding packages, which was disappointing, but I continued playing and managed to win a package from another \u20ac8.80 satellite.”
\nEveryone who attended MILLIONS Malta returned home having loved the experience, including Savov.
\n“Malta as a destination was fantastic. Good weather, and great parties and nightlife. I had a one-day cruise to the Comino Islands, the Blue Lagoon, and Crystal Bay; I fell in love with the place.”
\n“The event itself was very well organized. The staff were friendly and helped the players. The tournaments and formats were very good. Unfortunately, I soft-bubbled both the Main Event and \u20ac250 side event. However, I finished on the final table in a \u20ac60 tournament, busting seventh for \u20ac260, if I remember correctly. Nonetheless, I had a great time, met new friends, and decided to come back to the island for another poker festival, mainly because I wanted to visit the Blue Lagoon one more time!”
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Back on home soil, Savov dived straight back into the online poker grind and did so successfully. Savov became the latest champion of our $109 Sunday Party, a $100,000 guaranteed PKO event running every Sunday.
\n“The Sunday Party is a great two-day tournament with a very good, slow structure. It’s my favorite PartyPoker tournament and is a must-play on a Sunday. I always play satellites and manage to win my seats for the tournament. The Phase satellites are very nice and easy; there is a $5.50 satellite that I win a ticket from almost every week.”
\nSavov’s success came in the one-day turbo special edition of the Sunday Party, a format all those six-handed SNG will have primed him for. A combination of running well and playing well resulted in the Bulgarian cruising towards a victory.
\n“I was pretty confident I would reach the final table at around 50-60 players left. I was one of the chip leaders and had full control of my table. Things were clicking for me, and I was feeling it. Of course, I had some rough periods and my stack wasn’t the biggest all of the time, but I managed to keep composed, patience, and play my best game.”
\nA determined and dedicated person like Savov will always put their winnings to good use. Savov plans to continue grinding the tournaments he excels in while adding a few more higher buy-in events to his schedule.
\n“I’ve also planned a few live trips; some are poker-related. I just got back from my second trip to Malta, which I was able to do thanks to my Sunday Party win. I had another amazing time, cashed for \u20ac1,400 in a couple of events, before chopping a fourth tournament four ways for \u20ac7,000; I only took the deal because I was about to miss my flight!”
\n“My next poker trip is in Nottingham in late December to play at the magnificent Dusk Till Dawn poker room, which is my favorite place to play poker in Europe. Then I plan to visit Bali, Indonesia, for a month in January 2024, where a friend of mine will host me \u2013 fun times are ahead!”
\nBefore Savov left our chat and got back to his day, he left us with some sound advice for his fellow poker players.
\n“Don’t be hyper-focused on only studying and grinding online poker. Take care of your health, workout, have fun, and travel to more events. Live poker is always an amazing time!”
\nThe post Meet Tomislav Savov, the Recent Sunday Party Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "It has been quite a couple of months for Bulgaria’s Tomislav Savov in the poker world. Savov is deep in a rich vein of form that has seen him win his way to the PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS Malta festival and take down the $100,000 guaranteed Sunday Party. Savov is showing no signs of slowing down, although he did take some time out of his busy schedule to chat with the PartyPoker Blog.\nSavov is a professional poker player hailing from Bulgaria. When he’s not bulldozing his way to final tables, Savov is incredibly active and fit, regularly heading to the gym to perform calisthenic and gymnastic rings workouts and playing several sports, including football, tennis, and beach volleyball.\nThe Start of a Glistening Poker Career\nLike many poker players, Savov discovered poker in his late teens, as he explained to the PartyPoker Blog.\n“I got introduced to poker a few years after high school. We played with friends using the smallest denomination of our currency’s coins. Gradually, we increased the stakes we were playing with, and I started to love the game, wanted to learn more, and become a better player.”\nSavov’s poker career took off in 2014 when a successful poker-playing friend he used to play online video games with offered to coach and stake him. He began playing six-max sit & go tournaments before progressing to multi-table tournaments within a few months.\n“I was having a lot of success from the very beginning, starting at micro-stakes to beating mid-stakes in just a few months. I decided to quit my job as a real estate agent and fully commit to poker.”\nThese days, Savov is usually found playing PartyPoker tournaments with buy-ins of $11 to $109 during the morning and afternoon, where the fields are smaller and the variance is less.\nTravelling is another of Savov’s passions, so when PartyPoker announced its LIVE tour was heading to Malta, he had to get involved.\nSun, Sea, and Poker for Only \u20ac8.80!\n“The reason I actually decided to try and qualify for the event was I really wanted one more warm seaside trip in late September, and I knew Malta was perfect for this. Plus, playing live poker is always a good time. I registered for an \u20ac8.80 Phase satellite and made it to the final tournament on my first try. I finished eighth with five places awarding packages, which was disappointing, but I continued playing and managed to win a package from another \u20ac8.80 satellite.”\nEveryone who attended MILLIONS Malta returned home having loved the experience, including Savov.\n“Malta as a destination was fantastic. Good weather, and great parties and nightlife. I had a one-day cruise to the Comino Islands, the Blue Lagoon, and Crystal Bay; I fell in love with the place.”\n“The event itself was very well organized. The staff were friendly and helped the players. The tournaments and formats were very good. Unfortunately, I soft-bubbled both the Main Event and \u20ac250 side event. However, I finished on the final table in a \u20ac60 tournament, busting seventh for \u20ac260, if I remember correctly. Nonetheless, I had a great time, met new friends, and decided to come back to the island for another poker festival, mainly because I wanted to visit the Blue Lagoon one more time!”\n\nTaking Down the $100,000 Guaranteed Sunday Party\nBack on home soil, Savov dived straight back into the online poker grind and did so successfully. Savov became the latest champion of our $109 Sunday Party, a $100,000 guaranteed PKO event running every Sunday.\n“The Sunday Party is a great two-day tournament with a very good, slow structure. It’s my favorite PartyPoker tournament and is a must-play on a Sunday. I always play satellites and manage to win my seats for the tournament. The Phase satellites are very nice and easy; there is a $5.50 satellite that I win a ticket from almost every week.”\nSavov’s success came in the one-day turbo special edition of the Sunday Party, a format all those six-handed SNG will have primed him for. A combination of running well and playing well resulted in the Bulgarian cruising towards a victory.\n“I was pretty confident I would reach the final table at around 50-60 players left. I was one of the chip leaders and had full control of my table. Things were clicking for me, and I was feeling it. Of course, I had some rough periods and my stack wasn’t the biggest all of the time, but I managed to keep composed, patience, and play my best game.”\nSavov’s Future Plans\nA determined and dedicated person like Savov will always put their winnings to good use. Savov plans to continue grinding the tournaments he excels in while adding a few more higher buy-in events to his schedule.\n“I’ve also planned a few live trips; some are poker-related. I just got back from my second trip to Malta, which I was able to do thanks to my Sunday Party win. I had another amazing time, cashed for \u20ac1,400 in a couple of events, before chopping a fourth tournament four ways for \u20ac7,000; I only took the deal because I was about to miss my flight!”\n“My next poker trip is in Nottingham in late December to play at the magnificent Dusk Till Dawn poker room, which is my favorite place to play poker in Europe. Then I plan to visit Bali, Indonesia, for a month in January 2024, where a friend of mine will host me \u2013 fun times are ahead!”\nBefore Savov left our chat and got back to his day, he left us with some sound advice for his fellow poker players.\n“Don’t be hyper-focused on only studying and grinding online poker. Take care of your health, workout, have fun, and travel to more events. Live poker is always an amazing time!”\nThe post Meet Tomislav Savov, the Recent Sunday Party Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-16T14:39:39+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-16T14:39:39+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Tomislav-Savov-main-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Tomislav-Savov-main-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Tomislav-Savov-main-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Tomislav-Savov-main.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200692", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/the-best-partypoker-tournaments-for-under-22.html", "title": "What Are The Best PartyPoker Tournaments for Under $22?", "content_html": "Most online poker players love reading about high-stakes tournaments where thousands of dollars are won on the turn of a card. However, not everyone has the inclination nor the bankroll required to play in such high buy-in events, which is why PartyPoker has come superb multi-table tournaments costing $22 or less. Every wondered what are the best PartyPoker tournaments for under $22? Wonder no more, if tat answer is yes, because the PartyPoker Blog has you covered.
\nThe Sunday Carnival is, without doubt, the best $22 buy-in tournament PartyPoker offers. As the name suggests, the Sunday Carnival runs every Sunday, with cards in the air from 19:05 GMT. This event is a progressive knockout tournament, so you can win plenty of money even if you don’t navigate your way to the payout places. Oh, did we mention that the Sunday Carnival comes with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool? Well, it does.
\nYou receive 100,000 chips for your $22 investment, and get to play to a 20-minute clock for the first three levels, giving you plenty of bang for your buck, especially as the blinds start at only 500/1,000/100a. The clock reduces to seven-minutes from Level 4 onwards, with late registration ending after the 12th level.
\nThe November 5, 2023, edition of the Sunday Carnival saw 1,841 entrants create a guarantee-busting $36,820 prize pool. The PartyPoker player known as “Richtongue” came out on top, and helped themselves to a combined score worth $4,281, which included bounties. Best of all, despite not starting until 19:05 GMT, the Sunday Carnival had crowned its champion by 02:05 GMT, meaning even the champion could get plenty of rest before taking on the world on Monday. What’s not to love?
\nThose of you wishing to only spend $11 but still wanting the chance to win big should look no further than the Super $11. Part of our Super Daily Legends, the Super $11 runs daily at 19:05 GMT (the Sunday edition starts slightly earlier at 17:05 GMT), costs $11 to enter, and promises to award not a cent less than $10,000!
\nLike the Sunday Carnival, the Super $11 is a progressive knockout (PKO) tournament, so half of the $10,000 prize pool is awarded in a traditional manner with the remaining 50 per cent split evenly and placed on the heads of each entrant. Eliminate an opponent to instantly win half of their bounty as cash, with the other half increase the bounty on your head.
\nSuper $11 players sit down with 50,000 chips, and play to an eight-minute clock throughout. Blinds start at 250/500/50a, late registration is open for 12 levels, and you can re-enter twice before the end of the 12th level.
\nWhen the Super $11 ran on November 5, 2023, “Hellbyme” outlasted 1,522 opponents to clinch a top prize worth $1,845; not bad for a shade over seven hours grinding!
\n$5.50 doesn’t buy you very much these days, but it does get you into the Super $5.50 tournament, which runs every day of the week at 00:05 GMT, but at 18:05 GMT each Sunday. Those Super $5.50’s running at 00:05 GMT feature a $2,000 guarantee, with the Sunday edition boosted to an impressive $5,000.
\nBuy into the Super $5.50, a popular PKO event, and receive 50,000 chips. Levels span eight minutes, and start at 250/500/50a. The structure follows that of the larger buy-in Super $11, meaning you have 12 levels of late registration, during which time up to two re-entries are permitted.
\nThe latest Sunday Super $5.50 saw 1,171 players battle it out for the lion’s share of the $5,855 prize pool. “SilasBoss” came out on top, and walked away with $896 for their efforts, plus bragging rights over their peers.
\nWhile it is often the high-stakes world that captures the imagination of the poker community, most players frequent lower stakes. Just because you do not want to risk a lot of money does not mean you cannot win bankroll-boosting prizes at PartyPoker; quite the opposite is true.
\nDive into the Super $5.50, Super $11, or the Sunday Carnival, and see if you can turn your affordable investment into a potential career-defining prize.
\nThe post What Are The Best PartyPoker Tournaments for Under $22? appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Most online poker players love reading about high-stakes tournaments where thousands of dollars are won on the turn of a card. However, not everyone has the inclination nor the bankroll required to play in such high buy-in events, which is why PartyPoker has come superb multi-table tournaments costing $22 or less. Every wondered what are the best PartyPoker tournaments for under $22? Wonder no more, if tat answer is yes, because the PartyPoker Blog has you covered.\nThe $22 buy-in $30,000 Guaranteed Sunday Carnival\nThe Sunday Carnival is, without doubt, the best $22 buy-in tournament PartyPoker offers. As the name suggests, the Sunday Carnival runs every Sunday, with cards in the air from 19:05 GMT. This event is a progressive knockout tournament, so you can win plenty of money even if you don’t navigate your way to the payout places. Oh, did we mention that the Sunday Carnival comes with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool? Well, it does.\nYou receive 100,000 chips for your $22 investment, and get to play to a 20-minute clock for the first three levels, giving you plenty of bang for your buck, especially as the blinds start at only 500/1,000/100a. The clock reduces to seven-minutes from Level 4 onwards, with late registration ending after the 12th level.\nThe November 5, 2023, edition of the Sunday Carnival saw 1,841 entrants create a guarantee-busting $36,820 prize pool. The PartyPoker player known as “Richtongue” came out on top, and helped themselves to a combined score worth $4,281, which included bounties. Best of all, despite not starting until 19:05 GMT, the Sunday Carnival had crowned its champion by 02:05 GMT, meaning even the champion could get plenty of rest before taking on the world on Monday. What’s not to love?\nThe $11 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed Super $11\nThose of you wishing to only spend $11 but still wanting the chance to win big should look no further than the Super $11. Part of our Super Daily Legends, the Super $11 runs daily at 19:05 GMT (the Sunday edition starts slightly earlier at 17:05 GMT), costs $11 to enter, and promises to award not a cent less than $10,000!\nLike the Sunday Carnival, the Super $11 is a progressive knockout (PKO) tournament, so half of the $10,000 prize pool is awarded in a traditional manner with the remaining 50 per cent split evenly and placed on the heads of each entrant. Eliminate an opponent to instantly win half of their bounty as cash, with the other half increase the bounty on your head.\nSuper $11 players sit down with 50,000 chips, and play to an eight-minute clock throughout. Blinds start at 250/500/50a, late registration is open for 12 levels, and you can re-enter twice before the end of the 12th level.\nWhen the Super $11 ran on November 5, 2023, “Hellbyme” outlasted 1,522 opponents to clinch a top prize worth $1,845; not bad for a shade over seven hours grinding!\nThe $5.50 buy-in $5,000 Guaranteed Super $5.50\n$5.50 doesn’t buy you very much these days, but it does get you into the Super $5.50 tournament, which runs every day of the week at 00:05 GMT, but at 18:05 GMT each Sunday. Those Super $5.50’s running at 00:05 GMT feature a $2,000 guarantee, with the Sunday edition boosted to an impressive $5,000.\nBuy into the Super $5.50, a popular PKO event, and receive 50,000 chips. Levels span eight minutes, and start at 250/500/50a. The structure follows that of the larger buy-in Super $11, meaning you have 12 levels of late registration, during which time up to two re-entries are permitted.\nThe latest Sunday Super $5.50 saw 1,171 players battle it out for the lion’s share of the $5,855 prize pool. “SilasBoss” came out on top, and walked away with $896 for their efforts, plus bragging rights over their peers.\nConclusion\nWhile it is often the high-stakes world that captures the imagination of the poker community, most players frequent lower stakes. Just because you do not want to risk a lot of money does not mean you cannot win bankroll-boosting prizes at PartyPoker; quite the opposite is true.\nDive into the Super $5.50, Super $11, or the Sunday Carnival, and see if you can turn your affordable investment into a potential career-defining prize.\nThe post What Are The Best PartyPoker Tournaments for Under $22? appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-09T08:32:14+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-09T08:32:14+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Blog_1078x516-2-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Blog_1078x516-2-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Blog_1078x516-2-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Blog_1078x516-2-1.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200602", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/the-road-goes-on-forever-but-the-party-never-ends.html", "title": "The Road Goes on Forever, but the Party Never Ends!", "content_html": "We\u2019ve had a busy week at the Irish Poker Festival and it’s over, at least for now. We\u2019ve had some great events, with great winners and as always on the Emerald Isle, a great craic was had by all. The chips were flowing even faster than the Guinness, with over 30 events on the tournament schedule. There were almost 2,000 entries in total and the combined prize pools exceeded \u20ac1.5m!
\nThe festival began with the \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty, which was dominated by young Irish player Thomas Murphy, who not only took down the title, but by far the biggest haul of bounties, scooping both of the largest \u20ac4,000 ones in the process.\u00a0
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The Party Poker MILLIONS main event final contained a mix of youth and experience. Irish poker legend Andy Black made it to the business end of the event, exiting in 7th place, while 24-year old Michel Molenaar capped off an amazing few months on the circuit by claiming the title, trophy and \u20ac210,000.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/millions-winner-final-pic-300x200.jpg\")
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The Dublin Cup and the Grand Prix both had large fields and the numerous Omaha tournaments on the schedule were a bonus for lovers of four card poker. Unlike many poker festivals, where it\u2019s really just an afterthought, the Irish Poker Festival had Omaha at its core, including the \u20ac2,500 Irish Omaha Championship, which was won by Bulgarian Ivelin Pavlov for \u20ac43,000.
\nAlthough most of the tournaments were on the pricier side, there were a smattering of \u20ac250 buy-in events, enabling those with slightly smaller bankrolls to also be involved. And of course there were also plenty of satellites into the higher buy-in competitions.
\nEvent organiser Fintan Gavin had a pretty good week. Despite not picking up a trophy, he managed two second place finishes, in one of the Omaha comps and in the \u20ac2,500 high roller. It\u2019s always a sweat when you run a new event, with uncertainty about whether things will go smoothly or if the guarantees will be met. However Fintan will be delighted with the outcome of the whole festival, as it did indeed run like clockwork, thanks to his very dedicated team of professionals who ran a great show throughout and in the best of celtic spirits. And all guarantees were easily met and surpassed.
\nPhotos by Brian \u00d3 h\u00c9ide\u00e1in have been posted on our Flickr account and videography by Jerry Fitzgerald can be viewed on the Irish Poker Festival X account (Twitter).
\nFor now, the festival is over, but the poker world never stops moving. There\u2019s always another event looming not far over the horizon. The road goes on forever, but the Party never ends!
\nUntil next time, be lucky!
\nJonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\n\n
The post The Road Goes on Forever, but the Party Never Ends! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "We\u2019ve had a busy week at the Irish Poker Festival and it’s over, at least for now. We\u2019ve had some great events, with great winners and as always on the Emerald Isle, a great craic was had by all. The chips were flowing even faster than the Guinness, with over 30 events on the tournament schedule. There were almost 2,000 entries in total and the combined prize pools exceeded \u20ac1.5m!\nThe festival began with the \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty, which was dominated by young Irish player Thomas Murphy, who not only took down the title, but by far the biggest haul of bounties, scooping both of the largest \u20ac4,000 ones in the process.\u00a0\n\n \nThe Party Poker MILLIONS main event final contained a mix of youth and experience. Irish poker legend Andy Black made it to the business end of the event, exiting in 7th place, while 24-year old Michel Molenaar capped off an amazing few months on the circuit by claiming the title, trophy and \u20ac210,000.\n\n \nThe Dublin Cup and the Grand Prix both had large fields and the numerous Omaha tournaments on the schedule were a bonus for lovers of four card poker. Unlike many poker festivals, where it\u2019s really just an afterthought, the Irish Poker Festival had Omaha at its core, including the \u20ac2,500 Irish Omaha Championship, which was won by Bulgarian Ivelin Pavlov for \u20ac43,000.\nAlthough most of the tournaments were on the pricier side, there were a smattering of \u20ac250 buy-in events, enabling those with slightly smaller bankrolls to also be involved. And of course there were also plenty of satellites into the higher buy-in competitions.\nEvent organiser Fintan Gavin had a pretty good week. Despite not picking up a trophy, he managed two second place finishes, in one of the Omaha comps and in the \u20ac2,500 high roller. It\u2019s always a sweat when you run a new event, with uncertainty about whether things will go smoothly or if the guarantees will be met. However Fintan will be delighted with the outcome of the whole festival, as it did indeed run like clockwork, thanks to his very dedicated team of professionals who ran a great show throughout and in the best of celtic spirits. And all guarantees were easily met and surpassed.\nPhotos by Brian \u00d3 h\u00c9ide\u00e1in have been posted on our Flickr account and videography by Jerry Fitzgerald can be viewed on the Irish Poker Festival X account (Twitter).\nFor now, the festival is over, but the poker world never stops moving. There\u2019s always another event looming not far over the horizon. The road goes on forever, but the Party never ends!\nUntil next time, be lucky!\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\n \nThe post The Road Goes on Forever, but the Party Never Ends! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-07T12:57:12+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-07T13:22:56+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/last-picture-of-the-festival-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/last-picture-of-the-festival-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/last-picture-of-the-festival-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/last-picture-of-the-festival.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200543", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/ivan-tononi-wins-grand-prix-at-irish-poker-festival.html", "title": "Ivan Tononi Wins Grand Prix at Irish Poker Festival", "content_html": "Italian Ivan Tononi took down the \u20ac550 Grand Prix at the Irish Poker Festival, topping a 267 player field, to increase his wealth by a tidy \u20ac32,000. With 3 starting flights and a \u20ac100,000 guarantee, this was the second busiest event at the festival, after the Party Poker MILLIONS main event. The final prize pool of \u20ac130,140 surpassed the guarantee. Tononi ended day 1 on 279k and went into the final day of the event sitting in 9th place of the 44 players who made it through. He defeated Knut Berntsen heads up to take the title and an iconic Party Poker Grand Prix trophy to boot!
\n| \u20ac550 Grand Prix Result | \n||
| Finishing Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nIvan Tononi | \n\u20ac32,000 | \n
| 2 | \nKnut Berntsen | \n\u20ac21,000 | \n
| 3 | \nJamie Cunningham | \n\u20ac13,300 | \n
| 4 | \nDavid Costello | \n\u20ac10,200 | \n
| 5 | \nMaximlian Sanders | \n\u20ac8,200 | \n
| 6 | \nDaniel G Smith | \n\u20ac6,500 | \n
| 7 | \nJohn Patten | \n\u20ac5,160 | \n
| 8 | \nKeith Touhey | \n\u20ac4,100 | \n
| 9 | \nJohn Farrell | \n\u20ac3,200 | \n
| 10 | \nDamien Byrne | \n\u20ac2,600 | \n
| 11 | \nJonathan K Daly | \n\u20ac2,200 | \n
| 12 | \nDeclan O’Hara | \n\u20ac1,900 | \n
| 13 | \nNicholas Newport | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n
| 14 | \nAdrian O’Donoghue | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n
| 15 | \nJames Sullivan | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n
| 16 | \nJames Noonan | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n
| 17 | \nWojciech Szczytkowski | \n\u20ac1,400 | \n
| 18 | \nChristopher Logue | \n\u20ac1,400 | \n
| 19 | \nPeter McMahon | \n\u20ac1,400 | \n
| 20 | \nDominik Fischer | \n\u20ac1,400 | \n
| 21 | \nDavid O’Kelly | \n\u20ac1,200 | \n
| 22 | \nAlan Trueick | \n\u20ac1,200 | \n
| 23 | \nMerivan Hassan | \n\u20ac1,200 | \n
| 24 | \nSurendre Naidoo | \n\u20ac1,200 | \n
| 25 | \nJohnathen McCullagh | \n\u20ac1,000 | \n
| 26 | \nMicrea Rus | \n\u20ac1,000 | \n
| 27 | \nLarry Ryan | \n\u20ac1,000 | \n
| Total Players | \n267 | \n\u20ac130,140 | \n
\n
High Roller Result
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/high-roller-winner-com-jona-300x200.jpg\")
Also carrying a \u20ac100,000 guaranteed prize pool, the \u20ac2,500 had started slowly on Saturday evening, with just 23 players registering on the first day of the tournament, suggesting that an overlay was possible. However such fears were unfounded as by the time late registration closed at the end of level 10 on day 2, an astonishing 36 additional players had entered, to bring the total number of entries up to 59, creating another guarantee smashing prize pool of \u20ac132,310. Irish Poker Festival honcho Fintan Gavin, who had taken 2nd place in the opening Omaha event on Tuesday ended up heads up once again in a tense battle for the trophy. But his Brazilian opponent, \u201cVictorious\u201d Vitor Hugo emerged as the eventual winner to take the \u20ac40,000 first prize, while Gavin appeared content with his second place finish and \u20ac33,310 in prize money.
\n| \u20ac2,500 High Roller Result | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nVitor Hugo | \n\u20ac40,000 | \n
| 2 | \nFintan Gavin | \n\u20ac33,310 | \n
| 3 | \nSimon Wilson | \n\u20ac21,000 | \n
| 4 | \nChristopher Day | \n\u20ac15,500 | \n
| 5 | \nIoannis Angelou | \n\u20ac12,500 | \n
| 6 | \nNiko Koop | \n\u20ac10,000 | \n
| Total Players | \n59 | \n\u20ac132,310 | \n
\n
Leinster Cup Result
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/carr-300x200.jpg\")
The \u20ac550 Leinster Cup brought the festival to a close with 59 entrants and a \u20ac28,760 prize pool. To those familiar with the Irish poker scene, it will come as no surprise at all that the mercurial Paul Carr ended up taking it down. Paul has an astonishing record in recent years, with a truck load of final tables and numerous first place finishes in his live poker career. This was his 6th 1st place finish in 2023 alone and who would bet against him extending this further before the end of the year? He dominated the final table and after Dara O\u2019Kearney exited in 3rd place he held an almost insurmountable lead over Gerard Wynne. There were a few twitchy moments at the end however as Gerard began to close the gap after winning a series of all-ins, but the maestro closed the deal when his AQ stood up against KQ in a hand that threatened to shift the chip balance in Wynne\u2019s favour.
\n| \u20ac550 Leinster Cup Result | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nPaul Carr | \n\u20ac10,600 | \n
| 2 | \nGerard Wynne | \n\u20ac6,500 | \n
| 3 | \nDara O’Kearney | \n\u20ac4,300 | \n
| 4 | \nRoss Coveney | \n\u20ac2,900 | \n
| 5 | \nTrevor Dinneen | \n\u20ac2,100 | \n
| 6 | \nNiall McAree | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n
| 7 | \nTanya Masters | \n\u20ac760 | \n
| Total Players | \n59 | \n\u20ac28,760 | \n
\n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post Ivan Tononi Wins Grand Prix at Irish Poker Festival appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Italian Ivan Tononi took down the \u20ac550 Grand Prix at the Irish Poker Festival, topping a 267 player field, to increase his wealth by a tidy \u20ac32,000. With 3 starting flights and a \u20ac100,000 guarantee, this was the second busiest event at the festival, after the Party Poker MILLIONS main event. The final prize pool of \u20ac130,140 surpassed the guarantee. Tononi ended day 1 on 279k and went into the final day of the event sitting in 9th place of the 44 players who made it through. He defeated Knut Berntsen heads up to take the title and an iconic Party Poker Grand Prix trophy to boot!\n\n\n\n\u20ac550 Grand Prix Result\n\n\nFinishing Position\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nIvan Tononi\n\u20ac32,000\n\n\n2\nKnut Berntsen\n\u20ac21,000\n\n\n3\nJamie Cunningham\n\u20ac13,300\n\n\n4\nDavid Costello\n\u20ac10,200\n\n\n5\nMaximlian Sanders\n\u20ac8,200\n\n\n6\nDaniel G Smith\n\u20ac6,500\n\n\n7\nJohn Patten\n\u20ac5,160\n\n\n8\nKeith Touhey\n\u20ac4,100\n\n\n9\nJohn Farrell\n\u20ac3,200\n\n\n10\nDamien Byrne\n\u20ac2,600\n\n\n11\nJonathan K Daly\n\u20ac2,200\n\n\n12\nDeclan O’Hara\n\u20ac1,900\n\n\n13\nNicholas Newport\n\u20ac1,600\n\n\n14\nAdrian O’Donoghue\n\u20ac1,600\n\n\n15\nJames Sullivan\n\u20ac1,600\n\n\n16\nJames Noonan\n\u20ac1,600\n\n\n17\nWojciech Szczytkowski\n\u20ac1,400\n\n\n18\nChristopher Logue\n\u20ac1,400\n\n\n19\nPeter McMahon\n\u20ac1,400\n\n\n20\nDominik Fischer\n\u20ac1,400\n\n\n21\nDavid O’Kelly\n\u20ac1,200\n\n\n22\nAlan Trueick\n\u20ac1,200\n\n\n23\nMerivan Hassan\n\u20ac1,200\n\n\n24\nSurendre Naidoo\n\u20ac1,200\n\n\n25\nJohnathen McCullagh\n\u20ac1,000\n\n\n26\nMicrea Rus\n\u20ac1,000\n\n\n27\nLarry Ryan\n\u20ac1,000\n\n\nTotal Players\n267\n\u20ac130,140\n\n\n\n \nHigh Roller Result\n\nAlso carrying a \u20ac100,000 guaranteed prize pool, the \u20ac2,500 had started slowly on Saturday evening, with just 23 players registering on the first day of the tournament, suggesting that an overlay was possible. However such fears were unfounded as by the time late registration closed at the end of level 10 on day 2, an astonishing 36 additional players had entered, to bring the total number of entries up to 59, creating another guarantee smashing prize pool of \u20ac132,310. Irish Poker Festival honcho Fintan Gavin, who had taken 2nd place in the opening Omaha event on Tuesday ended up heads up once again in a tense battle for the trophy. But his Brazilian opponent, \u201cVictorious\u201d Vitor Hugo emerged as the eventual winner to take the \u20ac40,000 first prize, while Gavin appeared content with his second place finish and \u20ac33,310 in prize money.\n\n\n\n\u20ac2,500 High Roller Result\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nVitor Hugo\n\u20ac40,000\n\n\n2\nFintan Gavin\n\u20ac33,310\n\n\n3\nSimon Wilson\n\u20ac21,000\n\n\n4\nChristopher Day\n\u20ac15,500\n\n\n5\nIoannis Angelou\n\u20ac12,500\n\n\n6\nNiko Koop\n\u20ac10,000\n\n\nTotal Players\n59\n\u20ac132,310\n\n\n\n \nLeinster Cup Result\n\nThe \u20ac550 Leinster Cup brought the festival to a close with 59 entrants and a \u20ac28,760 prize pool. To those familiar with the Irish poker scene, it will come as no surprise at all that the mercurial Paul Carr ended up taking it down. Paul has an astonishing record in recent years, with a truck load of final tables and numerous first place finishes in his live poker career. This was his 6th 1st place finish in 2023 alone and who would bet against him extending this further before the end of the year? He dominated the final table and after Dara O\u2019Kearney exited in 3rd place he held an almost insurmountable lead over Gerard Wynne. There were a few twitchy moments at the end however as Gerard began to close the gap after winning a series of all-ins, but the maestro closed the deal when his AQ stood up against KQ in a hand that threatened to shift the chip balance in Wynne\u2019s favour.\n\n\n\n\u20ac550 Leinster Cup Result\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nPaul Carr\n\u20ac10,600\n\n\n2\nGerard Wynne\n\u20ac6,500\n\n\n3\nDara O’Kearney\n\u20ac4,300\n\n\n4\nRoss Coveney\n\u20ac2,900\n\n\n5\nTrevor Dinneen\n\u20ac2,100\n\n\n6\nNiall McAree\n\u20ac1,600\n\n\n7\nTanya Masters\n\u20ac760\n\n\nTotal Players\n59\n\u20ac28,760\n\n\n\n \nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Ivan Tononi Wins Grand Prix at Irish Poker Festival appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-07T11:52:41+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-07T13:13:33+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grand-prix-winner-USE-THIS-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grand-prix-winner-USE-THIS-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grand-prix-winner-USE-THIS-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/grand-prix-winner-USE-THIS.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200408", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/partypoker-millions-irish-poker-festival-all-results.html", "title": "partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival \u2013 All results", "content_html": "Dublin Cup Results
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/josef-fauzt-300x200.jpg\")
The \u20ac750 Dublin Cup, with two starting days, had a combined field of 93 players and a prize pool of \u20ac63,475. It was won by Niall Murphy, our second winner of the week with that surname. Who would have guessed, here in Dublin, of all places? Niall defeated Barry Digney heads up to claim the \u20ac18,000 first prize. Congratulations!
\n| \u20ac750 Dublin Cup Result | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nNiall Murphy | \n\u20ac18,000 | \n
| 2 | \nBarry Digney | \n\u20ac12,200 | \n
| 3 | \nBjorn Sperling | \n\u20ac10,300 | \n
| 4 | \nThomas Clack | \n\u20ac5,725 | \n
| 5 | \nIgor Pihela Jr | \n\u20ac4,500 | \n
| 6 | \nMateusz Szymanski | \n\u20ac3,750 | \n
| 7 | \nCarlos Simon Martinez | \n\u20ac3,000 | \n
| 8 | \nSean Tyre | \n\u20ac2,500 | \n
| 9 | \nSammy Zheng | \n\u20ac2,000 | \n
| 10 | \nPatrice Brandt | \n\u20ac1,500 | \n
| Total Players | \n93 | \n\u20ac63,475 | \n
\n
Dublin Ladies Championship
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ladies-winner-300x200.jpg\")
The \u20ac250 Dublin Ladies Championship took place on Saturday and seemed to be a very spirited affair, with lots of laughter and table chat buzzing throughout. Mary Seary took the trophy after a 3-way deal with Zola Zola and Jenny Steele. We\u2019re not sure if Zola Zola is her real name, or if she lost to a runner runner. Congratulations Mary!
\n| \u20ac250 Dublin Ladies Championship | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nMary Seary | \n\u20ac1,335 | \n
| 2 | \nZola Zola | \n\u20ac1,100 | \n
| 3 | \nJenny Steele | \n\u20ac950 | \n
| 4 | \nBarbara Boshell | \n\u20ac550 | \n
| 5 | \nElla Papanek | \n\u20ac450 | \n
| 6 | \nRachael Samuels | \n\u20ac250 | \n
| 7 | \nWilhelmine Connolly | \n\u20ac250 | \n
| Total Players | \n23 | \n\u20ac4,885 | \n
\n
\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max (Saturday)
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winner-1-225x300.jpg\")
Omaha is a big thing here at the Irish Poker Festival and all the PLO events have been pretty well attended. Saturday\u2019s edition was no exception, with 65 players four carding away in pursuit of one of the enormous Irish Poker Festival trophies. The honour of receiving it and the logistical nightmare of getting home fell to Frenchman Elie Nakache, who received \u20ac5,500 towards the shipping costs.
\n| \u20ac250 PLO 7-Max | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nElie Nakache | \n\u20ac5,500 | \n
| 2 | \nHumberto de Phino Ferreira | \n\u20ac3,250 | \n
| 3 | \nNikola Kuzmanovic | \n\u20ac2,000 | \n
| 4 | \nSammy Zheng | \n\u20ac1,415 | \n
| 5 | \nDamien Byme | \n\u20ac1,030 | \n
| 6 | \nDermot Flanagan | \n\u20ac750 | \n
| Total Players | \n65 | \n\u20ac13,945 | \n
\n
\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max (Sunday)
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winner-2-225x300.jpg\")
The final PLO 7-Max tournament of the week had 30 entrants and paid four places. It was won by Hungarian Jozsef Faust, who defeated Domink Fischer, while UK Omaha specialist Richard Ashby took 3rd place. Jozsef was runner-up in the Mystery Bounty tournament at the Party Poker Malta Festival and now has a trophy of his own.
\n| \u20ac400 PLO 7-Max | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nJozsef Fauszt | \n\u20ac4,950 | \n
| 2 | \nDominik Fischer | \n\u20ac3,050 | \n
| 3 | \nRichard Ashby | \n\u20ac1,580 | \n
| 4 | \nHumberto de Phino Ferreira | \n\u20ac950 | \n
| Total Players | \n30 | \n\u20ac10,530 | \n
\n
\u20ac250 Monsterstack
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/result-300x200.jpg\")
Sunday\u2019s Monsterstack tournament was the last of the lower buy-in NLH events on the schedule and it was Italian Francesco Griffi who took top honours to claim the \u20ac4,000 first prize.
\n| \u20ac250 Monsterstack | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nFrancesco Griffi | \n\u20ac4,000 | \n
| 2 | \nSammy Zheng | \n\u20ac2,945 | \n
| 3 | \nBrendan Coone | \n\u20ac2,625 | \n
| 4 | \nMarcin Wojtunik | \n\u20ac2,465 | \n
| 5 | \nHelio David Chreen | \n\u20ac2,460 | \n
| 6 | \nMarko Tetec | \n\u20ac1,350 | \n
| 7 | \nGerry McArdle | \n\u20ac600 | \n
| 8 | \nBogdan-Marian Bucur | \n\u20ac500 | \n
| Total Players | \n79 | \n\u20ac16,945 | \n
\n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival – All results appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Dublin Cup Results\n\nThe \u20ac750 Dublin Cup, with two starting days, had a combined field of 93 players and a prize pool of \u20ac63,475. It was won by Niall Murphy, our second winner of the week with that surname. Who would have guessed, here in Dublin, of all places? Niall defeated Barry Digney heads up to claim the \u20ac18,000 first prize. Congratulations!\n\n\n\n\u20ac750 Dublin Cup Result\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nNiall Murphy\n\u20ac18,000\n\n\n2\nBarry Digney\n\u20ac12,200\n\n\n3\nBjorn Sperling\n\u20ac10,300\n\n\n4\nThomas Clack\n\u20ac5,725\n\n\n5\nIgor Pihela Jr\n\u20ac4,500\n\n\n6\nMateusz Szymanski\n\u20ac3,750\n\n\n7\nCarlos Simon Martinez\n\u20ac3,000\n\n\n8\nSean Tyre\n\u20ac2,500\n\n\n9\nSammy Zheng\n\u20ac2,000\n\n\n10\nPatrice Brandt\n\u20ac1,500\n\n\nTotal Players\n93\n\u20ac63,475\n\n\n\n \nDublin Ladies Championship\n\nThe \u20ac250 Dublin Ladies Championship took place on Saturday and seemed to be a very spirited affair, with lots of laughter and table chat buzzing throughout. Mary Seary took the trophy after a 3-way deal with Zola Zola and Jenny Steele. We\u2019re not sure if Zola Zola is her real name, or if she lost to a runner runner. Congratulations Mary!\n\n\n\n\u20ac250 Dublin Ladies Championship\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nMary Seary\n\u20ac1,335\n\n\n2\nZola Zola\n\u20ac1,100\n\n\n3\nJenny Steele\n\u20ac950\n\n\n4\nBarbara Boshell\n\u20ac550\n\n\n5\nElla Papanek\n\u20ac450\n\n\n6\nRachael Samuels\n\u20ac250\n\n\n7\nWilhelmine Connolly\n\u20ac250\n\n\nTotal Players\n23\n\u20ac4,885\n\n\n\n \n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max (Saturday)\n\nOmaha is a big thing here at the Irish Poker Festival and all the PLO events have been pretty well attended. Saturday\u2019s edition was no exception, with 65 players four carding away in pursuit of one of the enormous Irish Poker Festival trophies. The honour of receiving it and the logistical nightmare of getting home fell to Frenchman Elie Nakache, who received \u20ac5,500 towards the shipping costs.\n\n\n\n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nElie Nakache\n\u20ac5,500\n\n\n2\nHumberto de Phino Ferreira\n\u20ac3,250\n\n\n3\nNikola Kuzmanovic\n\u20ac2,000\n\n\n4\nSammy Zheng\n\u20ac1,415\n\n\n5\nDamien Byme\n\u20ac1,030\n\n\n6\nDermot Flanagan\n\u20ac750\n\n\nTotal Players\n65\n\u20ac13,945\n\n\n\n \n\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max (Sunday)\n\nThe final PLO 7-Max tournament of the week had 30 entrants and paid four places. It was won by Hungarian Jozsef Faust, who defeated Domink Fischer, while UK Omaha specialist Richard Ashby took 3rd place. Jozsef was runner-up in the Mystery Bounty tournament at the Party Poker Malta Festival and now has a trophy of his own.\n\n\n\n\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nJozsef Fauszt\n\u20ac4,950\n\n\n2\nDominik Fischer\n\u20ac3,050\n\n\n3\nRichard Ashby\n\u20ac1,580\n\n\n4\nHumberto de Phino Ferreira\n\u20ac950\n\n\nTotal Players\n30\n\u20ac10,530\n\n\n\n \n\u20ac250 Monsterstack\n\nSunday\u2019s Monsterstack tournament was the last of the lower buy-in NLH events on the schedule and it was Italian Francesco Griffi who took top honours to claim the \u20ac4,000 first prize.\n\n\n\n\u20ac250 Monsterstack\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nFrancesco Griffi\n\u20ac4,000\n\n\n2\nSammy Zheng\n\u20ac2,945\n\n\n3\nBrendan Coone\n\u20ac2,625\n\n\n4\nMarcin Wojtunik\n\u20ac2,465\n\n\n5\nHelio David Chreen\n\u20ac2,460\n\n\n6\nMarko Tetec\n\u20ac1,350\n\n\n7\nGerry McArdle\n\u20ac600\n\n\n8\nBogdan-Marian Bucur\n\u20ac500\n\n\nTotal Players\n79\n\u20ac16,945\n\n\n\n \nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival – All results appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-06T17:23:20+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-07T13:18:59+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ladies-600x288.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ladies-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ladies-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ladies.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200366", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/michel-molenaar-wins-partypoker-millions-irish-poker-festival.html", "title": "Michel Molenaar wins Partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival", "content_html": "If I\u2019d been asked at the beginning of the week to pick one player as the most likely winner of the inaugural Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS main event, it would without a shadow of doubt have been young Dutch player Michel Molenaar. This is not just convenient after-timing, as Michel has been in sensational form in recent months, securing 2nd place in the Hydra High Roller and 3rd place in the Mystery Bounty event at the recent Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival. At the Irish Poker Festival he has continued this run of success, outlasting a quality field of 286 players to take down the MILLIONS title and a career best cash of \u20ac210,000!
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Michel went into the final table 4th in chips, behind Glenn Keogh, Tomas MacNamara and Richard Kellett from England. The three shortest stacks were the first to be eliminated. Barry Carson, the winner of Thursday\u2019s \u20ac250 Freezeout was the first to go, hitting the rail soon after the start, to take 9th place and \u20ac18,500. Padraig O\u2019Neill was next to go in 8th for \u20ac22,840. Andy Black, one of the most experienced players in Irish poker, went into the final as the smallest stack, but held on for 7th place and \u20ac28,000.
\nRichard Kellett, then one of the larger stacks took 6th place and \u20ac35,000 after losing a massive pot to Tomas MacNamara, which Scotsman Andrew \u201cPicasso\u201d Hedley, who was super short at the time, to ladder up to 5th, with a \u20ac44,000 kerching.\u00a0
\nBy this time, Michel was beginning to dominate the proceedings. The fourth placed horseman of the apokerlypse was Liam Chevalier. The popular Irish player trotted off with \u20ac56,500 for his efforts.\u00a0
\nMichel continued to press his advantage and when long-time chip leader Glenn Keogh had exited in 3rd place for \u20ac75,000, the Dutchman had a significant chip lead over Tomas MacNamara. But things were getting serious now and MacNamara put up a fight, reclaiming some chips but was not able to close the gap.\u00a0
\nIn the final hand Molenaar held 32 of spades v MacNamara\u2019s 42 off suit on a 452 flop. Michel had flopped a straight flush draw and the 10 of spades on the river brought proceedings to a close.\u00a0
\nAs mentioned already, it’s been a remarkable few months for Molenaar, who surely has a glittering poker career ahead of him and we wish him, well, as the Party Poker MILLIONS man of the moment. A very worthy champion who takes the game very seriously, but smiles his way through it much of the time.
\nHere are the full payouts for the Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event. Congratulations to all who cashed!
\n| Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Result | \n||
| Finishing Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nMichel Molenaar | \n\u20ac210,000 | \n
| 2 | \nTomas McNamara | \n\u20ac120,000 | \n
| 3 | \nGlenn Keogh | \n\u20ac75,000 | \n
| 4 | \nLiam Chevalier | \n\u20ac56,500 | \n
| 5 | \nAndrew Hedley | \n\u20ac44,000 | \n
| 6 | \nRichard Kellett | \n\u20ac35,000 | \n
| 7 | \nAndy Black | \n\u20ac28,000 | \n
| 8 | \nPadraig O’Neill | \n\u20ac22,840 | \n
| 9 | \nBarry Carson | \n\u20ac18,500 | \n
| 10 | \nPanagiotis Mavritskas | \n\u20ac15,000 | \n
| 11 | \nDarren Harbinson | \n\u20ac12,000 | \n
| 12 | \nAnkit Ahuja | \n\u20ac10,000 | \n
| 13 | \nRoss Coveney | \n\u20ac9,000 | \n
| 14 | \nSebastian Proulx | \n\u20ac8,000 | \n
| 15 | \nConor Bergin | \n\u20ac8,000 | \n
| 16 | \nScott Margerson | \n\u20ac8,000 | \n
| 17 | \nSeamus Cahill | \n\u20ac8,000 | \n
| 18 | \nTristan Bain | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 19 | \nMichael Dwyer | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 20 | \nConal Prendergast | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 21 | \nMichal Plichta | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 22 | \nFerran de Antonio Canela | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 23 | \nValentyn Kazantsev | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 24 | \nAnon Ymous | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 25 | \nGerard Harraghy | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n
| 26 | \nStephen Kavanagh | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n
| 27 | \nAndrew Toole | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n
| 28 | \nSean Foley | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n
| 29 | \nMarco Baldini | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n
| Total Players | \n286 | \n\u20ac766,840 | \n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post Michel Molenaar wins Partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "If I\u2019d been asked at the beginning of the week to pick one player as the most likely winner of the inaugural Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS main event, it would without a shadow of doubt have been young Dutch player Michel Molenaar. This is not just convenient after-timing, as Michel has been in sensational form in recent months, securing 2nd place in the Hydra High Roller and 3rd place in the Mystery Bounty event at the recent Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival. At the Irish Poker Festival he has continued this run of success, outlasting a quality field of 286 players to take down the MILLIONS title and a career best cash of \u20ac210,000!\n\nMichel went into the final table 4th in chips, behind Glenn Keogh, Tomas MacNamara and Richard Kellett from England. The three shortest stacks were the first to be eliminated. Barry Carson, the winner of Thursday\u2019s \u20ac250 Freezeout was the first to go, hitting the rail soon after the start, to take 9th place and \u20ac18,500. Padraig O\u2019Neill was next to go in 8th for \u20ac22,840. Andy Black, one of the most experienced players in Irish poker, went into the final as the smallest stack, but held on for 7th place and \u20ac28,000.\nRichard Kellett, then one of the larger stacks took 6th place and \u20ac35,000 after losing a massive pot to Tomas MacNamara, which Scotsman Andrew \u201cPicasso\u201d Hedley, who was super short at the time, to ladder up to 5th, with a \u20ac44,000 kerching.\u00a0\nBy this time, Michel was beginning to dominate the proceedings. The fourth placed horseman of the apokerlypse was Liam Chevalier. The popular Irish player trotted off with \u20ac56,500 for his efforts.\u00a0\nMichel continued to press his advantage and when long-time chip leader Glenn Keogh had exited in 3rd place for \u20ac75,000, the Dutchman had a significant chip lead over Tomas MacNamara. But things were getting serious now and MacNamara put up a fight, reclaiming some chips but was not able to close the gap.\u00a0\nIn the final hand Molenaar held 32 of spades v MacNamara\u2019s 42 off suit on a 452 flop. Michel had flopped a straight flush draw and the 10 of spades on the river brought proceedings to a close.\u00a0\nAs mentioned already, it’s been a remarkable few months for Molenaar, who surely has a glittering poker career ahead of him and we wish him, well, as the Party Poker MILLIONS man of the moment. A very worthy champion who takes the game very seriously, but smiles his way through it much of the time.\nHere are the full payouts for the Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event. Congratulations to all who cashed!\n\n\n\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Result\n\n\nFinishing Position\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nMichel Molenaar\n\u20ac210,000\n\n\n2\nTomas McNamara\n\u20ac120,000\n\n\n3\nGlenn Keogh\n\u20ac75,000\n\n\n4\nLiam Chevalier\n\u20ac56,500\n\n\n5\nAndrew Hedley\n\u20ac44,000\n\n\n6\nRichard Kellett\n\u20ac35,000\n\n\n7\nAndy Black\n\u20ac28,000\n\n\n8\nPadraig O’Neill\n\u20ac22,840\n\n\n9\nBarry Carson\n\u20ac18,500\n\n\n10\nPanagiotis Mavritskas\n\u20ac15,000\n\n\n11\nDarren Harbinson\n\u20ac12,000\n\n\n12\nAnkit Ahuja\n\u20ac10,000\n\n\n13\nRoss Coveney\n\u20ac9,000\n\n\n14\nSebastian Proulx\n\u20ac8,000\n\n\n15\nConor Bergin\n\u20ac8,000\n\n\n16\nScott Margerson\n\u20ac8,000\n\n\n17\nSeamus Cahill\n\u20ac8,000\n\n\n18\nTristan Bain\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n19\nMichael Dwyer\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n20\nConal Prendergast\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n21\nMichal Plichta\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n22\nFerran de Antonio Canela\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n23\nValentyn Kazantsev\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n24\nAnon Ymous\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n25\nGerard Harraghy\n\u20ac6,000\n\n\n26\nStephen Kavanagh\n\u20ac6,000\n\n\n27\nAndrew Toole\n\u20ac6,000\n\n\n28\nSean Foley\n\u20ac6,000\n\n\n29\nMarco Baldini\n\u20ac6,000\n\n\nTotal Players\n286\n\u20ac766,840\n\n\n\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Michel Molenaar wins Partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-06T00:01:45+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-07T13:12:20+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winner-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winner-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winner-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/winner.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200345", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-irish-poker-festival-final-table-set.html", "title": "MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival \u2013 Final Table Set!", "content_html": "After just under two and a half hours of play on the third day of the Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS main event, the final table has been reached. Fifteen players returned today and just nine remain in contention for the \u20ac210,000 first prize and the honour of being the very first Irish Poker Festival Champion!
\nThe first players to be eliminated were Conor Bergin (15th)\u00a0 and Canadian Sebastian Prouix (14th), who each received \u20ac8,000 prize money. Ross Coveney (13th) bagged \u20ac9,000, while Ankit Ahuja (12th) added \u20ac10,000 to his bankroll. Popular Northern Irish player Darren Harbinson with his delightful blue rabbit card protector exited in 11th, cashing for \u20ac12,000, while Panagiotios Mavritsakis in 10th just missed a place on the final table, taking home a \u20ac15,000 prize as consolation.
\nGlenn Keogh has extended his lead further, taking a 1m chip lead into the final table, on just under 4m chips, with Thomas MacNamara in second on just under 3m. Richard Kellett from the UK sits in third on just over 2.5m, with Michel Molanaar from the Netherlands in 4th on 1.9m. Liam Chevalier is in 5th and is the last of chip millionaires on 1.3m, while Andrew Hedley (700k), Barry Carson (370k), Padraig O\u2019Neill (245k) and Andy Black (225k) languish in short stack territory.
\n| Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Final Table | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Glenn Keogh | \n3,940,000 | \n
| Tomas McNamara | \n2,940,000 | \n
| Richard Kellett | \n2,595,000 | \n
| Michel Molenaar | \n1,895,000 | \n
| Liam Chevalier | \n1,390,000 | \n
| Andrew Hedley | \n700,000 | \n
| Barry Carson | \n370,000 | \n
| Padraig O’Neill | \n245,000 | \n
| Andy Black | \n225,000 | \n
\n
The final nine remaining poker warriors will now fight it out for the big money. Here\u2019s a reminder of what they\u2019re playing for.
\n| Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Payouts | \n|
| Finishing Position | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \n\u20ac210,000 | \n
| 2 | \n\u20ac120,000 | \n
| 3 | \n\u20ac75,000 | \n
| 4 | \n\u20ac56,500 | \n
| 5 | \n\u20ac44,000 | \n
| 6 | \n\u20ac35,000 | \n
| 7 | \n\u20ac28,000 | \n
| 8 | \n\u20ac22,840 | \n
| 9 | \n\u20ac18,500 | \n
Good luck to all the finalists!
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival – Final Table Set! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "After just under two and a half hours of play on the third day of the Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS main event, the final table has been reached. Fifteen players returned today and just nine remain in contention for the \u20ac210,000 first prize and the honour of being the very first Irish Poker Festival Champion!\nThe first players to be eliminated were Conor Bergin (15th)\u00a0 and Canadian Sebastian Prouix (14th), who each received \u20ac8,000 prize money. Ross Coveney (13th) bagged \u20ac9,000, while Ankit Ahuja (12th) added \u20ac10,000 to his bankroll. Popular Northern Irish player Darren Harbinson with his delightful blue rabbit card protector exited in 11th, cashing for \u20ac12,000, while Panagiotios Mavritsakis in 10th just missed a place on the final table, taking home a \u20ac15,000 prize as consolation.\nGlenn Keogh has extended his lead further, taking a 1m chip lead into the final table, on just under 4m chips, with Thomas MacNamara in second on just under 3m. Richard Kellett from the UK sits in third on just over 2.5m, with Michel Molanaar from the Netherlands in 4th on 1.9m. Liam Chevalier is in 5th and is the last of chip millionaires on 1.3m, while Andrew Hedley (700k), Barry Carson (370k), Padraig O\u2019Neill (245k) and Andy Black (225k) languish in short stack territory.\n\n\n\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Final Table\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nGlenn Keogh\n3,940,000\n\n\nTomas McNamara\n2,940,000\n\n\nRichard Kellett\n2,595,000\n\n\nMichel Molenaar\n1,895,000\n\n\nLiam Chevalier\n1,390,000\n\n\nAndrew Hedley\n700,000\n\n\nBarry Carson\n370,000\n\n\nPadraig O’Neill\n245,000\n\n\nAndy Black\n225,000\n\n\n\n \nThe final nine remaining poker warriors will now fight it out for the big money. Here\u2019s a reminder of what they\u2019re playing for.\n\n\n\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Payouts\n\n\nFinishing Position\nPrize\n\n\n1\n\u20ac210,000\n\n\n2\n\u20ac120,000\n\n\n3\n\u20ac75,000\n\n\n4\n\u20ac56,500\n\n\n5\n\u20ac44,000\n\n\n6\n\u20ac35,000\n\n\n7\n\u20ac28,000\n\n\n8\n\u20ac22,840\n\n\n9\n\u20ac18,500\n\n\n\nGood luck to all the finalists!\n \nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival – Final Table Set! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-05T16:42:29+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-05T16:42:29+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/finatl-table-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/finatl-table-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/finatl-table-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/finatl-table.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200302", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-enters-final-day.html", "title": "MILLIONS Enters Final Day", "content_html": "We\u2019ve reached the last day of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event, but also the final one of the inaugural Irish Poker Festival. Today the Grand Prix and High Roller events will conclude, along with the main event. There\u2019s also a Monsterstack event and one last PLO 7-Max tournament brings the festival to a close.
\n| Sunday 5th November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule | \n|||
| Start Time | \nBuy-In | \nEvent Name | \nGuarantee | \n
| 11:00 | \n\u20ac300 | \nHigh Roller Hyper Satellite | \n\n |
| 12:00 | \n\u20ac350 | \nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Final Day | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| 14:00 | \n\u20ac550 | \nLeinster Poker Cup | \n\n |
| 14:00 | \n\u20ac2,500 | \nHigh Roller Final Day | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| 15:00 | \n\u20ac2,500 | \nMonsterstack | \n\n |
| 19:00 | \n\u20ac400 | \nPLO 7-Max | \n\n |
MILLIONS Day 2 Roundup
\nA further 34 players entered the MILLIONS main event at the start of day 2, to join the 125 who made it through the day 1s. In total 286 players entered the tournament, to create a total prize pool\u00a0 of \u20ac766,838. The attrition rate was fast with 40% of the day 2 players being eliminated during the first two levels of the day and by the first break, just 98 remained. The pace of the exits slowed and the tournament then entered a more serious phase, with players focused on making it to the business end of the poker equation, with the top 29 finishers being paid.
\nMany fell by the wayside, dreams of becoming the first Irish Festival MILLIONS Champion left in tatters for most. Amongst the fallen were Bart Lybaert, Niall Farrell, Dara O\u2019Kearney, Chris Dowling, Dominik Nitsche, James Mahone, Barry Moore and the very dapper Jose Rafael Mote de Silva. If there had been a competition for best dressed man at the festival, Jose\u00a0 (see main picture) would have been the odds-on jolly to take down that trophy.
\nBy the end of the day\u2019s play just 15 competitors remained and they returned today to resume play at midday. Glenn Keogh, who was the day 1c chip leader, has remained at the top of the pile, with 2,363,000 commanding a lead of over a half a million on his nearest rival, the UK\u2019s Richard Kellett. Tomas MacNamamara in third, Andrew Hedley in 4th and Ankit Ahuja in 5th are the only other players to have broached the 1m mark. Other players in contention include Michal Molenaar, Darren Harbinson and Andy Black.
\n| Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Final Day Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Glenn Keogh | \n2,363,000 | \n
| Richard Kellett | \n1,654,000 | \n
| Tomas McNamara | \n1,648,000 | \n
| Andrew Hedley | \n1,369,000 | \n
| Ankit Ahuja | \n1,235,000 | \n
| Liam Chevalier | \n962,000 | \n
| Padraig O’Neil | \n824,000 | \n
| Barry Carson | \n768,000 | \n
| Ross Coveney | \n665,000 | \n
| Andy Black | \n566,000 | \n
| Michel Molenaar | \n556,000 | \n
| Conor Bergin | \n460,000 | \n
| Sebastian Proulx | \n447,000 | \n
| Pangiotis Mavritsakis | \n417,000 | \n
| Darren Harbinson | \n366,000 | \n
\n
Grand Prix Update
\nThere were two further flights of the Grand Prix yesterday also, with 92 in day 1b and 118 in day 1c for a total field of 267 runners. Just 44 of these runners are still with riders going into day 2 and all are aiming at a share of the \u20ac130,160 prize pool and a crack at the \u20ac32,000 first place prize. Here are the chip counts of the survivors from both flights.
\n| Grand Prix Day 1b Survivors | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Wojciech Szczytkowski | \n366,000 | \n
| David Costello | \n329,000 | \n
| James O’Brien | \n229,000 | \n
| Youness Barakat | \n222,000 | \n
| John Patten | \n198,000 | \n
| Jamie Cunningham | \n185,000 | \n
| David O’Kelly | \n185,000 | \n
| Marc MacDonnell | \n182,000 | \n
| Robert McDowell | \n147,000 | \n
| Shawn Morales | \n143,000 | \n
| Sam Browne | \n141,000 | \n
| Declan O’Hara | \n137,000 | \n
| Larry Ryan | \n117,000 | \n
| Damien Byrne | \n110,000 | \n
| James Groarke | \n83,000 | \n
\n
| Grand Prix Day 1c Survivors | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Merivan Hassan | \n430,000 | \n
| John Farrell | \n341,000 | \n
| David Costello | \n329,000 | \n
| Aleksandras Nagreckis | \n307,000 | \n
| Dominik Fischer | \n235,000 | \n
| Johnathan Daly | \n229,000 | \n
| Viesturs Baumanis | \n206,000 | \n
| Johnathen McCullagh | \n201,000 | \n
| Micrea Rus | \n185,000 | \n
| Surendre Naidoo | \n178,000 | \n
| Eric Doyle | \n150,000 | \n
| Maximilian Sanders | \n145,000 | \n
| James O’Sullivan | \n137,000 | \n
| James Noonan | \n133,000 | \n
| Knut Berntsen | \n119,000 | \n
| Dylan Sweeney | \n115000 | \n
| Eoin O’Shea | \n110000 | \n
| Peter Toth | \n81000 | \n
| Michal Zimani | \n52000 | \n
| Florian Lohnert | \n37000 | \n
Live updates of the final table are on PokerListings, and there\u2019s a tournament clock which anyone can access with live info of players remaining, in all events.
\nJonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post MILLIONS Enters Final Day appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "We\u2019ve reached the last day of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event, but also the final one of the inaugural Irish Poker Festival. Today the Grand Prix and High Roller events will conclude, along with the main event. There\u2019s also a Monsterstack event and one last PLO 7-Max tournament brings the festival to a close.\n\n\n\nSunday 5th November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule\n\n\nStart Time\nBuy-In\nEvent Name\nGuarantee\n\n\n11:00\n\u20ac300\nHigh Roller Hyper Satellite\n\n\n\n12:00\n\u20ac350\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Final Day\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n14:00\n\u20ac550\nLeinster Poker Cup\n\n\n\n14:00\n\u20ac2,500\nHigh Roller Final Day\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n15:00\n\u20ac2,500\nMonsterstack\n\n\n\n19:00\n\u20ac400\nPLO 7-Max\n\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Day 2 Roundup\nA further 34 players entered the MILLIONS main event at the start of day 2, to join the 125 who made it through the day 1s. In total 286 players entered the tournament, to create a total prize pool\u00a0 of \u20ac766,838. The attrition rate was fast with 40% of the day 2 players being eliminated during the first two levels of the day and by the first break, just 98 remained. The pace of the exits slowed and the tournament then entered a more serious phase, with players focused on making it to the business end of the poker equation, with the top 29 finishers being paid.\nMany fell by the wayside, dreams of becoming the first Irish Festival MILLIONS Champion left in tatters for most. Amongst the fallen were Bart Lybaert, Niall Farrell, Dara O\u2019Kearney, Chris Dowling, Dominik Nitsche, James Mahone, Barry Moore and the very dapper Jose Rafael Mote de Silva. If there had been a competition for best dressed man at the festival, Jose\u00a0 (see main picture) would have been the odds-on jolly to take down that trophy.\nBy the end of the day\u2019s play just 15 competitors remained and they returned today to resume play at midday. Glenn Keogh, who was the day 1c chip leader, has remained at the top of the pile, with 2,363,000 commanding a lead of over a half a million on his nearest rival, the UK\u2019s Richard Kellett. Tomas MacNamamara in third, Andrew Hedley in 4th and Ankit Ahuja in 5th are the only other players to have broached the 1m mark. Other players in contention include Michal Molenaar, Darren Harbinson and Andy Black.\n\n\n\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Final Day Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nGlenn Keogh\n2,363,000\n\n\nRichard Kellett\n1,654,000\n\n\nTomas McNamara\n1,648,000\n\n\nAndrew Hedley\n1,369,000\n\n\nAnkit Ahuja\n1,235,000\n\n\nLiam Chevalier\n962,000\n\n\nPadraig O’Neil\n824,000\n\n\nBarry Carson\n768,000\n\n\nRoss Coveney\n665,000\n\n\nAndy Black\n566,000\n\n\nMichel Molenaar\n556,000\n\n\nConor Bergin\n460,000\n\n\nSebastian Proulx\n447,000\n\n\nPangiotis Mavritsakis\n417,000\n\n\nDarren Harbinson\n366,000\n\n\n\n \nGrand Prix Update\nThere were two further flights of the Grand Prix yesterday also, with 92 in day 1b and 118 in day 1c for a total field of 267 runners. Just 44 of these runners are still with riders going into day 2 and all are aiming at a share of the \u20ac130,160 prize pool and a crack at the \u20ac32,000 first place prize. Here are the chip counts of the survivors from both flights.\n\n\n\nGrand Prix Day 1b Survivors\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nWojciech Szczytkowski\n366,000\n\n\nDavid Costello\n329,000\n\n\nJames O’Brien\n229,000\n\n\nYouness Barakat\n222,000\n\n\nJohn Patten\n198,000\n\n\nJamie Cunningham\n185,000\n\n\nDavid O’Kelly\n185,000\n\n\nMarc MacDonnell\n182,000\n\n\nRobert McDowell\n147,000\n\n\nShawn Morales\n143,000\n\n\nSam Browne\n141,000\n\n\nDeclan O’Hara\n137,000\n\n\nLarry Ryan\n117,000\n\n\nDamien Byrne\n110,000\n\n\nJames Groarke\n83,000\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGrand Prix Day 1c Survivors\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nMerivan Hassan\n430,000\n\n\nJohn Farrell\n341,000\n\n\nDavid Costello\n329,000\n\n\nAleksandras Nagreckis\n307,000\n\n\nDominik Fischer\n235,000\n\n\nJohnathan Daly\n229,000\n\n\nViesturs Baumanis\n206,000\n\n\nJohnathen McCullagh\n201,000\n\n\nMicrea Rus\n185,000\n\n\nSurendre Naidoo\n178,000\n\n\nEric Doyle\n150,000\n\n\nMaximilian Sanders\n145,000\n\n\nJames O’Sullivan\n137,000\n\n\nJames Noonan\n133,000\n\n\nKnut Berntsen\n119,000\n\n\nDylan Sweeney\n115000\n\n\nEoin O’Shea\n110000\n\n\nPeter Toth\n81000\n\n\nMichal Zimani\n52000\n\n\nFlorian Lohnert\n37000\n\n\n\nLive updates of the final table are on PokerListings, and there\u2019s a tournament clock which anyone can access with live info of players remaining, in all events.\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post MILLIONS Enters Final Day appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-05T13:56:53+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-05T13:58:15+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/best-dressed-player-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/best-dressed-player-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/best-dressed-player-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/best-dressed-player.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200153", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-irish-poker-festival-the-card-protection-squad.html", "title": "MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival \u2013 The Card Protection Squad", "content_html": "Most players simply put a small value chip on their cards, to protect a live hand from being accidentally swept into the muck by the dealer. This does happen sometimes, mostly if you are in seats next to the dealer, but the rules of poker state that it is the player\u2019s responsibility to protect their hand, which is why it is a good idea to place something on top of your cards to signify that your hand is still live.\u00a0
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gold-pig-300x200.jpg\")
Some players bring mascots with them that they might use for this purpose if they are in the 1 or 8 seat, but otherwise place them next to or on top of their chip stack, perhaps as a good luck charm.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/chinese-geisha-300x200.jpg\")
If you use one of these, you might want to place it on top of your big value chip stack when you go on breaks, just to ease any fears that a chip might go missing. Most poker rooms are pretty good at guarding chips during breaks so this is not something you really need to worry about, but doing so can certainly stave off any paranoia or a break-time chip-stack shrinkage.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/frog-300x200.jpg\")
We haven\u2019t seen too many lucky mascot card protectors at the tables this week, which is unsurprising, as the natural \u201cLuck of the Irish” seems to suffice for most local players. But our beady eyed photographer Brian \u00d3 h\u00c9ide\u00e1in did spot a few. The tiny glass duck in the header pic is the mascot of Andrew Hedley. Not sure how lucky it’s been for him this week, but at the time of writing he was still a contender in the MILLIONS main event. Also still in contention in the main event is the blue bunny of Darren Harbinson, setting up the possibility of a duck and rabbit fight on the final table.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/blue-rabbit-300x200.jpg\")
Another that caught our eye is the dragon belonging to Maximilian Sanders. We asked him if he has a name and he doesn\u2019t, so there\u2019s an opportunity to help name him. We might have a competition about this in a few days, so keep a close eye on Party Poker\u2019s social media accounts for that.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dragon-300x200.jpg\")
Then there\u2019s the Diddy Kong Kart mascot that accompanied Thomas Murphy on his glorious rampage earlier in the week, when he bagged all the big bounties in the Mystery Bounty tournament, on his way to taking down the title and trophy. Go DK!
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/didicon-300x200.jpg\")
And finally, who could the owner of this card protector be?
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ancient-300x200.jpg\")
Andy Black of course! Wanna know what it is? Find out more here.
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival – The Card Protection Squad appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Most players simply put a small value chip on their cards, to protect a live hand from being accidentally swept into the muck by the dealer. This does happen sometimes, mostly if you are in seats next to the dealer, but the rules of poker state that it is the player\u2019s responsibility to protect their hand, which is why it is a good idea to place something on top of your cards to signify that your hand is still live.\u00a0\n\nSome players bring mascots with them that they might use for this purpose if they are in the 1 or 8 seat, but otherwise place them next to or on top of their chip stack, perhaps as a good luck charm.\n\n If you use one of these, you might want to place it on top of your big value chip stack when you go on breaks, just to ease any fears that a chip might go missing. Most poker rooms are pretty good at guarding chips during breaks so this is not something you really need to worry about, but doing so can certainly stave off any paranoia or a break-time chip-stack shrinkage.\n\nWe haven\u2019t seen too many lucky mascot card protectors at the tables this week, which is unsurprising, as the natural \u201cLuck of the Irish” seems to suffice for most local players. But our beady eyed photographer Brian \u00d3 h\u00c9ide\u00e1in did spot a few. The tiny glass duck in the header pic is the mascot of Andrew Hedley. Not sure how lucky it’s been for him this week, but at the time of writing he was still a contender in the MILLIONS main event. Also still in contention in the main event is the blue bunny of Darren Harbinson, setting up the possibility of a duck and rabbit fight on the final table.\n\nAnother that caught our eye is the dragon belonging to Maximilian Sanders. We asked him if he has a name and he doesn\u2019t, so there\u2019s an opportunity to help name him. We might have a competition about this in a few days, so keep a close eye on Party Poker\u2019s social media accounts for that.\n\nThen there\u2019s the Diddy Kong Kart mascot that accompanied Thomas Murphy on his glorious rampage earlier in the week, when he bagged all the big bounties in the Mystery Bounty tournament, on his way to taking down the title and trophy. Go DK!\n\nAnd finally, who could the owner of this card protector be?\n\nAndy Black of course! Wanna know what it is? Find out more here.\n \nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival – The Card Protection Squad appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-05T13:14:30+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-05T13:21:12+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/glass-duck-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/glass-duck-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/glass-duck-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/glass-duck.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker", "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200131", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-moves-into-day-2.html", "title": "MILLIONS Moves Into Day 2", "content_html": "The four starting days of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event at Irish Poker Festival are now in the can. Coupled with buy-ins prior to the start of day 2, the \u20ac700k guarantee has been surpassed. With a total of 286 entries and a prize pool of \u20ac766,840, day 2 of the event is now in progress, as the remaining contenders fight it out for a place on the final table and a crack at the \u20ac210,000 first prize. That\u2019ll buy more Guinness than Padriag Parkinson can consume in a regular weekend, usually.\u00a0\u00a0
\nThe last 29 players standing (technically it should be sitting) will make the prize money, with the min cash being \u20ac6,000. These are the full payouts.
\n| Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Payouts | \n|||
| Finishing Position | \nPrize | \nFinishing Position | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \n\u20ac210,000 | \n9 | \n\u20ac18,500 | \n
| 2 | \n\u20ac120,000 | \n10 | \n\u20ac15,000 | \n
| 3 | \n\u20ac75,000 | \n11 | \n\u20ac12,000 | \n
| 4 | \n\u20ac56,500 | \n12 | \n\u20ac10,000 | \n
| 5 | \n\u20ac44,000 | \n13 | \n\u20ac9,000 | \n
| 6 | \n\u20ac35,000 | \n14-17 | \n\u20ac8,000 | \n
| 7 | \n\u20ac28,000 | \n18-24 | \n\u20ac7,000 | \n
| 8 | \n\u20ac22,840 | \n25-29 | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n
A high quality field has assembled for what is the first big buy-in event in Ireland for many years and while there was some pre-festival doubt about whether the guarantee would be reached, it’s been well supported by Irish and international players alike.
\nFriday\u2019s Day 1c was predictably the largest starting day, with 136 entries, 75 of whom made it through to today. The overnight chip leader from this flight was Glenn Keogh on 307,100 chips, who ended over 120,000 clear of his nearest challengers. David Miscikowski (189,300) and Niall Farrell (180,800) posted the next biggest stacks.
\n| MILLIONS Day 1c Survivor Chip Counts | \n|||
| Player | \nChip Count | \nPlayer | \nChip Count | \n
| Glenn Keogh | \n307,100 | \nMichael Dwyer | \n72,000 | \n
| David Miscikowski | \n189,300 | \nThomas Powell | \n71,100 | \n
| Niall Farrell | \n180,800 | \nAndrew Toole | \n69,900 | \n
| Jose Rafael Mota de Silva | \n173,300 | \nMicrea Rus | \n69,500 | \n
| Scott Margereson | \n171,000 | \nYehong Luo | \n69,400 | \n
| Weijie Zheng | \n159,200 | \nAudrius Daugvilavicius | \n68,700 | \n
| Ilan Cukrowicz | \n155,800 | \nChristopher Day | \n68,400 | \n
| Padraig O’Neil | \n155,300 | \nEugeniu Barbaros | \n68,200 | \n
| Daryl McAleenan | \n152,100 | \nDavid Masters | \n67,400 | \n
| Conor O’Rourke | \n148,300 | \nOrestis Kanakopoulos | \n65,500 | \n
| Kyle Rafferty | \n148,200 | \nDavid Graves | \n65,000 | \n
| Thomas Gerard O’Brien | \n146,800 | \nLiam Chevalier | \n64,600 | \n
| John Dwyer | \n142,000 | \nSacha Le Breton | \n63,600 | \n
| Colum Higgins | \n137,900 | \nJames Noonan | \n59,000 | \n
| Ross Coveney | \n130,900 | \nGraham Ivany | \n58,000 | \n
| Michal Plichta | \n128,300 | \nArnaud Enselme | \n56,800 | \n
| Jamie Brent | \n127,700 | \nDarren Millar | \n55,600 | \n
| Andrew Hedley | \n127,400 | \nGareth McMahon | \n54,700 | \n
| Mark Reilly | \n122,800 | \nBenjamin Yaniw | \n53,600 | \n
| Simon Wilson | \n122,000 | \nJustin Boyle | \n53,100 | \n
| Sean Foley | \n121,500 | \nKeith Touhey | \n52,800 | \n
| Michal Zimani | \n119,200 | \nJohn Farrell | \n52,700 | \n
| Colm Tuite | \n112,700 | \nFraser Bellamy | \n52,200 | \n
| Robert William Elkin | \n108,600 | \nJohnathan Proudfoot | \n48,700 | \n
| Tomas McNanmara | \n107,200 | \nGustavo Kogachi | \n47,000 | \n
| Ray Wheatley | \n107,000 | \nSean O’Sullivan | \n46,900 | \n
| Conal Prendergast | \n99,300 | \nJamie Flynn | \n46,100 | \n
| Carl Stephen Cullen | \n96,000 | \nElie Nakache | \n44,000 | \n
| Chris Dowling | \n90,800 | \nRay Bryant | \n43,700 | \n
| Andy Black | \n90,300 | \nDixon Ruecker | \n42,400 | \n
| Darren Harbinson | \n88,800 | \nGraeme Watts | \n41,900 | \n
| Frank Williams | \n83,300 | \nPatrice Brandt | \n40,300 | \n
| Nikolai Mamut | \n83,100 | \nLukas Kouril | \n37,600 | \n
| Declan Connolly | \n81,000 | \nStephen Kavanagh | \n36,300 | \n
| Luke Walsh | \n80,900 | \nJohn Patten | \n35,500 | \n
| Neil O’Reilly | \n78,500 | \nDavid Faulkner | \n32,800 | \n
| Ladislav Cerveny | \n73,000 | \nEmmett Mullin | \n24200 | \n
| Peter Toth | \n72,100 | \n\n | \n |
Day 1D, on a turbo clock, saw a further 17 players enter, of which 11 made it through. Legendary Irish Poker author Dara O\u2019Kearney topped the diminutive flight\u2019s leaderboard with a not so small 216,000 pile of chips. He also had a lead of over 100,000 in the flight, with Feargal Nealon lying in second place on 102,000. DTO training site owner Dominik Nitsche also made it through to day two via this flight, ending the day on 59,200.
\n| MILLIONS Day 1d Survivor Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Dara O’Kearney | \n216,000 | \n
| Feargal Nealon | \n102,000 | \n
| Corey Gilmore | \n71,000 | \n
| Domink Nitsche | \n59,200 | \n
| Aleksi Savela | \n56,600 | \n
| Mallory Frere | \n53,400 | \n
| Jozsef Fauszt | \n50,000 | \n
| Sammy Zheng | \n50,000 | \n
| Laurynas Levinskas | \n49,200 | \n
| Vytautas Aganauskas | \n40,200 | \n
| Dylan Yip | \n39,400 | \n
Day 2 started in typical day 2 fashion with a high volume of early exits, whittling the number of remaining players down from the 159 who started the day to just under 100 by the first break. Conor Bergin, who had started the day on 89,500, has converted this into 474,000 and holds the chip lead at the time of writing, with Seamus Cahill (424,000) and Glenn Keogh (405,00) the only other stacks to have made it past the 400k mark.\u00a0
\nThere are some interesting tables, for example, Bart Lybaert and Michel Molenaar once again found themselves on the same table. At the recent Malta MILLIONS festival they finished 1st and 2nd in the Hydra High Roller event, which Bart won. Andy Black, Niall Farrell and Richard Ashby are also sharing a table today.
\nPokerListings are covering live updates of the event, to follow the live action, click here.
\nJonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post MILLIONS Moves Into Day 2 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The four starting days of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event at Irish Poker Festival are now in the can. Coupled with buy-ins prior to the start of day 2, the \u20ac700k guarantee has been surpassed. With a total of 286 entries and a prize pool of \u20ac766,840, day 2 of the event is now in progress, as the remaining contenders fight it out for a place on the final table and a crack at the \u20ac210,000 first prize. That\u2019ll buy more Guinness than Padriag Parkinson can consume in a regular weekend, usually.\u00a0\u00a0\nThe last 29 players standing (technically it should be sitting) will make the prize money, with the min cash being \u20ac6,000. These are the full payouts.\n\n\n\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event Payouts\n\n\nFinishing Position\nPrize\nFinishing Position\nPrize\n\n\n1\n\u20ac210,000\n9\n\u20ac18,500\n\n\n2\n\u20ac120,000\n10\n\u20ac15,000\n\n\n3\n\u20ac75,000\n11\n\u20ac12,000\n\n\n4\n\u20ac56,500\n12\n\u20ac10,000\n\n\n5\n\u20ac44,000\n13\n\u20ac9,000\n\n\n6\n\u20ac35,000\n14-17\n\u20ac8,000\n\n\n7\n\u20ac28,000\n18-24\n\u20ac7,000\n\n\n8\n\u20ac22,840\n25-29\n\u20ac6,000\n\n\n\nA high quality field has assembled for what is the first big buy-in event in Ireland for many years and while there was some pre-festival doubt about whether the guarantee would be reached, it’s been well supported by Irish and international players alike.\nFriday\u2019s Day 1c was predictably the largest starting day, with 136 entries, 75 of whom made it through to today. The overnight chip leader from this flight was Glenn Keogh on 307,100 chips, who ended over 120,000 clear of his nearest challengers. David Miscikowski (189,300) and Niall Farrell (180,800) posted the next biggest stacks.\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Day 1c Survivor Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nGlenn Keogh\n307,100\nMichael Dwyer\n72,000\n\n\nDavid Miscikowski\n189,300\nThomas Powell\n71,100\n\n\nNiall Farrell\n180,800\nAndrew Toole\n69,900\n\n\nJose Rafael Mota de Silva\n173,300\nMicrea Rus\n69,500\n\n\nScott Margereson\n171,000\nYehong Luo\n69,400\n\n\nWeijie Zheng\n159,200\nAudrius Daugvilavicius\n68,700\n\n\nIlan Cukrowicz\n155,800\nChristopher Day\n68,400\n\n\nPadraig O’Neil\n155,300\nEugeniu Barbaros\n68,200\n\n\nDaryl McAleenan\n152,100\nDavid Masters\n67,400\n\n\nConor O’Rourke\n148,300\nOrestis Kanakopoulos\n65,500\n\n\nKyle Rafferty\n148,200\nDavid Graves\n65,000\n\n\nThomas Gerard O’Brien\n146,800\nLiam Chevalier\n64,600\n\n\nJohn Dwyer\n142,000\nSacha Le Breton\n63,600\n\n\nColum Higgins\n137,900\nJames Noonan\n59,000\n\n\nRoss Coveney\n130,900\nGraham Ivany\n58,000\n\n\nMichal Plichta\n128,300\nArnaud Enselme\n56,800\n\n\nJamie Brent\n127,700\nDarren Millar\n55,600\n\n\nAndrew Hedley\n127,400\nGareth McMahon\n54,700\n\n\nMark Reilly\n122,800\nBenjamin Yaniw\n53,600\n\n\nSimon Wilson\n122,000\nJustin Boyle\n53,100\n\n\nSean Foley\n121,500\nKeith Touhey\n52,800\n\n\nMichal Zimani\n119,200\nJohn Farrell\n52,700\n\n\nColm Tuite\n112,700\nFraser Bellamy\n52,200\n\n\nRobert William Elkin\n108,600\nJohnathan Proudfoot\n48,700\n\n\nTomas McNanmara\n107,200\nGustavo Kogachi\n47,000\n\n\nRay Wheatley\n107,000\nSean O’Sullivan\n46,900\n\n\nConal Prendergast\n99,300\nJamie Flynn\n46,100\n\n\nCarl Stephen Cullen\n96,000\nElie Nakache\n44,000\n\n\nChris Dowling\n90,800\nRay Bryant\n43,700\n\n\nAndy Black\n90,300\nDixon Ruecker\n42,400\n\n\nDarren Harbinson\n88,800\nGraeme Watts\n41,900\n\n\nFrank Williams\n83,300\nPatrice Brandt\n40,300\n\n\nNikolai Mamut\n83,100\nLukas Kouril\n37,600\n\n\nDeclan Connolly\n81,000\nStephen Kavanagh\n36,300\n\n\nLuke Walsh\n80,900\nJohn Patten\n35,500\n\n\nNeil O’Reilly\n78,500\nDavid Faulkner\n32,800\n\n\nLadislav Cerveny\n73,000\nEmmett Mullin\n24200\n\n\nPeter Toth\n72,100\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 1D, on a turbo clock, saw a further 17 players enter, of which 11 made it through. Legendary Irish Poker author Dara O\u2019Kearney topped the diminutive flight\u2019s leaderboard with a not so small 216,000 pile of chips. He also had a lead of over 100,000 in the flight, with Feargal Nealon lying in second place on 102,000. DTO training site owner Dominik Nitsche also made it through to day two via this flight, ending the day on 59,200.\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Day 1d Survivor Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nDara O’Kearney\n216,000\n\n\nFeargal Nealon\n102,000\n\n\nCorey Gilmore\n71,000\n\n\nDomink Nitsche\n59,200\n\n\nAleksi Savela\n56,600\n\n\nMallory Frere\n53,400\n\n\nJozsef Fauszt\n50,000\n\n\nSammy Zheng\n50,000\n\n\nLaurynas Levinskas\n49,200\n\n\nVytautas Aganauskas\n40,200\n\n\nDylan Yip\n39,400\n\n\n\nDay 2 started in typical day 2 fashion with a high volume of early exits, whittling the number of remaining players down from the 159 who started the day to just under 100 by the first break. Conor Bergin, who had started the day on 89,500, has converted this into 474,000 and holds the chip lead at the time of writing, with Seamus Cahill (424,000) and Glenn Keogh (405,00) the only other stacks to have made it past the 400k mark.\u00a0\nThere are some interesting tables, for example, Bart Lybaert and Michel Molenaar once again found themselves on the same table. At the recent Malta MILLIONS festival they finished 1st and 2nd in the Hydra High Roller event, which Bart won. Andy Black, Niall Farrell and Richard Ashby are also sharing a table today.\nPokerListings are covering live updates of the event, to follow the live action, click here.\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post MILLIONS Moves Into Day 2 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-04T16:43:54+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-04T16:43:54+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MILLIONS-day-2-pic-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MILLIONS-day-2-pic-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MILLIONS-day-2-pic-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MILLIONS-day-2-pic.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200104", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/200104.html", "title": "Saturday at the Irish Poker Championship", "content_html": "The weekend is now here and today is expected to be an even busier day than yesterday, which was pretty busy itself by all accounts. Speaking of yesterday, Friday\u2019s action included the last two starting days of the MILLIONS, the conclusion of the Dublin Cup, a \u20ac1k one day Omaha and the start of the Grand Prix! Lots to choose from for players and although most tournaments started with quite small fields, by the end of late registration, each event had respectable numbers and there was definitely a good vibe in the venue.\u00a0
\nWe\u2019ll bring you the results of the events that concluded yesterday and an update on the MILLIONS main event in separate blog posts later today, but for now, here\u2019s a look at the order of play for the day.
\nThe day kicks off with the second of three starting days for the \u20ac100,000 guaranteed Grand Prix event. 57 players contested the first starting day yesterday, with nine players making it to day 2. Christopher Logue ended the day as the chip leader, with a 362,000 stack.
\n| \u20ac550 Grand Prix Day 1a Survivors Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Christopher Logue | \n362,000 | \n
| Ivan Tononi | \n279,000 | \n
| Alan Trueick | \n242,000 | \n
| Daniel G Smith | \n227,000 | \n
| Nicholas Newport | \n169,000 | \n
| Eric Doyle | \n150,000 | \n
| Shuan Dooley | \n115,000 | \n
| Peter McMahon | \n106,000 | \n
| Ambrose Travers | \n40,000 | \n
The third and final starting flight takes place this evening, starting at 6pm, here at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge.\u00a0 At the same time, the \u20ac2,500 Irish Poker Festival High Roller will start and there are two satellites to it on the schedule, one that starts at midday and another at 4pm.\u00a0
\nIt’s also ladies day at the festival, with the \u20ac250 Dublin Ladies Championship commencing at 2pm. There\u2019s another \u20ac250 PLO 7-max this evening, but all eyes will be on the main event, which resumes play at 1pm.\u00a0
\n| Saturday 3rd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule | \n|||
| Start Time | \nBuy-In | \nEvent Name | \nGuarantee | \n
| 11:00 | \n\u20ac550 | \nGrand Prix Day 1B | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| 12:00 | \n\u20ac350 | \nMILLIONS All-in or Fold Satellite | \n\n |
| 12:00 | \n\u20ac300 | \nHigh Roller Mega Satellite | \n3 x Seats | \n
| 13:00 | \n\u20ac3,000 | \nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 2 | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| 14:00 | \n\u20ac250 | \nThe Dublin Ladies Championship | \n\n |
| 16:00 | \n\u20ac300 | \nHigh Roller Hyper Satellite | \n\n |
| 18:00 | \n\u20ac550 | \nGrand Prix Day 1C | \n2 x Seats | \n
| 18:00 | \n\u20ac2,500 | \nHIgh Roller Day 1 | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| 20:00 | \n\u20ac250 | \nPLO 7-Max | \n\n |
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post Saturday at the Irish Poker Championship appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The weekend is now here and today is expected to be an even busier day than yesterday, which was pretty busy itself by all accounts. Speaking of yesterday, Friday\u2019s action included the last two starting days of the MILLIONS, the conclusion of the Dublin Cup, a \u20ac1k one day Omaha and the start of the Grand Prix! Lots to choose from for players and although most tournaments started with quite small fields, by the end of late registration, each event had respectable numbers and there was definitely a good vibe in the venue.\u00a0\nWe\u2019ll bring you the results of the events that concluded yesterday and an update on the MILLIONS main event in separate blog posts later today, but for now, here\u2019s a look at the order of play for the day.\nThe day kicks off with the second of three starting days for the \u20ac100,000 guaranteed Grand Prix event. 57 players contested the first starting day yesterday, with nine players making it to day 2. Christopher Logue ended the day as the chip leader, with a 362,000 stack.\n\n\n\n\u20ac550 Grand Prix Day 1a Survivors Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nChristopher Logue\n362,000\n\n\nIvan Tononi\n279,000\n\n\nAlan Trueick\n242,000\n\n\nDaniel G Smith\n227,000\n\n\nNicholas Newport\n169,000\n\n\nEric Doyle\n150,000\n\n\nShuan Dooley\n115,000\n\n\nPeter McMahon\n106,000\n\n\nAmbrose Travers\n40,000\n\n\n\nThe third and final starting flight takes place this evening, starting at 6pm, here at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge.\u00a0 At the same time, the \u20ac2,500 Irish Poker Festival High Roller will start and there are two satellites to it on the schedule, one that starts at midday and another at 4pm.\u00a0\nIt’s also ladies day at the festival, with the \u20ac250 Dublin Ladies Championship commencing at 2pm. There\u2019s another \u20ac250 PLO 7-max this evening, but all eyes will be on the main event, which resumes play at 1pm.\u00a0\n\n\n\nSaturday 3rd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule\n\n\nStart Time\nBuy-In\nEvent Name\nGuarantee\n\n\n11:00\n\u20ac550\nGrand Prix Day 1B\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n12:00\n\u20ac350\nMILLIONS All-in or Fold Satellite\n\n\n\n12:00\n\u20ac300\nHigh Roller Mega Satellite\n3 x Seats\n\n\n13:00\n\u20ac3,000\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 2\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n14:00\n\u20ac250\nThe Dublin Ladies Championship\n\n\n\n16:00\n\u20ac300\nHigh Roller Hyper Satellite\n\n\n\n18:00\n\u20ac550\nGrand Prix Day 1C\n2 x Seats\n\n\n18:00\n\u20ac2,500\nHIgh Roller Day 1\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n20:00\n\u20ac250\nPLO 7-Max\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Saturday at the Irish Poker Championship appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-04T12:48:40+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-04T12:50:46+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thumbnail_BOE_1162ii-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thumbnail_BOE_1162ii-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thumbnail_BOE_1162ii-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thumbnail_BOE_1162ii.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200066", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-millions-and-dublin-cup-updates.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLIONS and Dublin Cup Updates", "content_html": "The Party Poker MILLIONS main event at the Irish Poker Festival continues at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, with both day 1c and 1d (turbo clock) taking place today. As of 6pm local time, day 1c had 100 entrants, with day 1d getting starting at 7pm. In total there are now just short of 200 entries and the event needs to get to 262 to meet the guarantee. It looks like it will be close, either way.\u00a0
\nIf you\u2019re thirsty for more and would like to follow blow by blow coverage of the event, PokerListings has live updates.
\nDublin Cup\u00a0
\nDay 1b of the Dublin Cup has also now drawn to its conclusion, with a further 14 players joining the five that made it to the end of day 1a. The final day of this tournament takes place this evening. These are the chip counts of the survivors who made it through.
\n| Dublin Cup Final Day Player Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Barry Digney | \n239,000 | \n
| Arnaud Anselme | \n239,000 | \n
| Stephane Perche | \n219,000 | \n
| Niall Murphy | \n214,000 | \n
| Bjorn Sperling | \n187,000 | \n
| Sammy Zheng | \n171,000 | \n
| Sean Tyre | \n155,000 | \n
| Patrice Brandt | \n154,000 | \n
| Carlos Simon Martinez | \n138,000 | \n
| Thomas Clack | \n133,000 | \n
| Mateusz Szymanski | \n131,000 | \n
| Igor Pihela | \n123,000 | \n
| Philipp Kampf | \n107,000 | \n
| Elizabeth Kelly | \n93,000 | \n
| Mark Cobain | \n81,000 | \n
| Knut Berntsen | \n77,000 | \n
| Conor Bergin | \n65,000 | \n
| Andrew Grimason | \n56,000 | \n
| Paul Clements | \n30,000 | \n
\n
Event Photos
\nPhotos from the event are by Brian \u00d3 h\u00c9ide\u00e1in and are being posted on our Flickr account, which can be found here.
\nEvent Videos
\nBut it’s not just photos we are snapping here. We are also doing videography throughout the festival, which is being posted on the Irish Poker Festival X account (Twitter), produced by Jerry Fitzgerald, fronted by Venice Nardone.
\nNew Party Poker Accounts Opening Offer
\nAs per the Malta event, there\u2019s a special offer for players attending and following coverage of the event who have not yet opened an account with Party Poker. If that\u2019s you and you live in a jurisdiction that is served by Party Poker, following these QR codes below will enable you to take advantage of a special turbo charged account opening offer that is more generous than the usual offer available to new players. To find out more, follow the QR code below\u2026
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PP.com_.png\")
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS and Dublin Cup Updates appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The Party Poker MILLIONS main event at the Irish Poker Festival continues at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, with both day 1c and 1d (turbo clock) taking place today. As of 6pm local time, day 1c had 100 entrants, with day 1d getting starting at 7pm. In total there are now just short of 200 entries and the event needs to get to 262 to meet the guarantee. It looks like it will be close, either way.\u00a0\nIf you\u2019re thirsty for more and would like to follow blow by blow coverage of the event, PokerListings has live updates.\nDublin Cup\u00a0\nDay 1b of the Dublin Cup has also now drawn to its conclusion, with a further 14 players joining the five that made it to the end of day 1a. The final day of this tournament takes place this evening. These are the chip counts of the survivors who made it through.\n\n\n\nDublin Cup Final Day Player Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nBarry Digney\n239,000\n\n\nArnaud Anselme\n239,000\n\n\nStephane Perche\n219,000\n\n\nNiall Murphy\n214,000\n\n\nBjorn Sperling\n187,000\n\n\nSammy Zheng\n171,000\n\n\nSean Tyre\n155,000\n\n\nPatrice Brandt\n154,000\n\n\nCarlos Simon Martinez\n138,000\n\n\nThomas Clack\n133,000\n\n\nMateusz Szymanski\n131,000\n\n\nIgor Pihela\n123,000\n\n\nPhilipp Kampf\n107,000\n\n\nElizabeth Kelly\n93,000\n\n\nMark Cobain\n81,000\n\n\nKnut Berntsen\n77,000\n\n\nConor Bergin\n65,000\n\n\nAndrew Grimason\n56,000\n\n\nPaul Clements\n30,000\n\n\n\n \nEvent Photos\nPhotos from the event are by Brian \u00d3 h\u00c9ide\u00e1in and are being posted on our Flickr account, which can be found here.\nEvent Videos\nBut it’s not just photos we are snapping here. We are also doing videography throughout the festival, which is being posted on the Irish Poker Festival X account (Twitter), produced by Jerry Fitzgerald, fronted by Venice Nardone.\nNew Party Poker Accounts Opening Offer\nAs per the Malta event, there\u2019s a special offer for players attending and following coverage of the event who have not yet opened an account with Party Poker. If that\u2019s you and you live in a jurisdiction that is served by Party Poker, following these QR codes below will enable you to take advantage of a special turbo charged account opening offer that is more generous than the usual offer available to new players. To find out more, follow the QR code below\u2026\n\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS and Dublin Cup Updates appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-03T22:22:27+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-03T22:22:27+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dublin-cup-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dublin-cup-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dublin-cup-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dublin-cup.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=200005", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/ivelin-pavlov-irish-omaha-champion.html", "title": "Ivelin Pavlov \u2013 Irish Omaha Champion", "content_html": "Ivelin Pavlov – Irish Omaha Champion
\nThe third day of the Irish Poker Festival saw the crowning of another champion, in the shape of Bulgarian Ivelin Pavlov, who saw off a field of 49 players to collect the title of Irish Poker Champion in addition to the first place prize of \u20ac43,000! The final table also included Bart Lybaert, Noel Hayes, Joseph Wilkinson, Youness Barakat and Maximilian Sanders.
\n| \n \u20ac2500 Irish Omaha Championship \n | \n||
| \n Position \n | \nPlayer | \n\n Prize \n | \n
| \n 1 \n | \nIvelin Pavlov | \n\n \u20ac43,000 \n | \n
| 2 | \nJoseph Wilkinson | \n\u20ac26,000 | \n
| 3 | \nNoel Hayes | \n\u20ac17,000 | \n
| 4 | \nBart Lybaert | \n\u20ac11,380 | \n
| 5 | \nMaximillian Sanders | \n\u20ac7,500 | \n
| 6 | \nYouness Barakat | \n\u20ac5,000 | \n
| Total Players | \n49 | \n\u20ac109,880 | \n
Congratulations to Barry Carson, who won the \u20ac250 No Limit Hold\u2019em Freezeout after a three-way deal with Elizabeth Kerry and Barry McMahon. They each took \u20ac4,000 and played on for a further \u20ac800 to the winner. Kudos also to Peter Horkay, for cashing in the same side event for the second day in a row!
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/NLH-freeze-winner-225x300.jpg\")
| \u20ac250 NLH Freezeout | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nBarry Carson | \n\u20ac4,800 | \n
| 2 | \nElizabeth Kelly | \n\u20ac4,000 | \n
| 3 | \nBarry McMahon | \n\u20ac4,000 | \n
| 4 | \nMark Long | \n\u20ac1,750 | \n
| 5 | \nEktor Strumi | \n\u20ac1,300 | \n
| 6 | \nPeter Horkay | \n\u20ac1,025 | \n
| 7 | \nGerard Mooney | \n\u20ac810 | \n
| 8 | \nTruong Hoang | \n\u20ac645 | \n
| 9 | \nNiall Phelan | \n\u20ac525 | \n
| 10 | \nVitor Hugo | \n\u20ac450 | \n
| Total Players | \n90 | \n\u20ac19,305 | \n
Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event Update
\nDay 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event attracted a further 55 entrants, to take the total number of entries up to 99. By the end of level 11, when play stopped, there were 24 players remaining, who all progress into tomorrow\u2019s day 2. The chip leader at the end of the day is Australian Luke Martinelli, who bagged a 319,300 stack, just slightly more than Nicolae Dragomir\u2019s 305.900 total from day 1a. Luke finished over 100,000 chips ahead of Spaniard Ruben Lopez, who posted the second highest count of the day on 213,700. Also making it through the day was the ever smiling Michel Molenaar, who goes into day two with 123,900 cookies.
\n| MILLIONS Day 1b Survivor Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Luke Martinelli | \n319,300 | \n
| Ruben Lopez | \n213,700 | \n
| Ferran de Antonio Canela | \n200,300 | \n
| Igor Pihela | \n150,800 | \n
| Marc MacDonnel | \n144,100 | \n
| Sandro Taddei | \n142,700 | \n
| Michel Molenaar | \n123,900 | \n
| Oleg Vasylchenko | \n118,200 | \n
| Alexander Lynskey | \n118,000 | \n
| Shane Keary | \n112,900 | \n
| Ami Barer | \n107,100 | \n
| Tristan Bain | \n107,000 | \n
| Joshua Stewart | \n96,500 | \n
| Manuel Soares Ruivo | \n90,700 | \n
| Niko Koop | \n90,100 | \n
| Conor Bergin | \n89,500 | \n
| Sebastian Proulx | \n86,300 | \n
| Janos Jeszek | \n80,700 | \n
| Mateusz Syzmanski | \n77,700 | \n
| Donal Kennedy | \n73,500 | \n
| Carlos Simon Martinez | \n66,900 | \n
| Bobby Willis | \n53,600 | \n
| Giusseppe Murabito | \n50,800 | \n
| Bruno Desimoni | \n36,900 | \n
Today\u2019s Schedule
\nIt\u2019s a very busy schedule today, with multiple events running side by side, including day 1b of the Dublin Cup, a \u20ac1k Omaha single day event, plus day 1a of the \u20ac100,000 guaranteed Dublin Cup, which has a \u20ac550 buy-in. And of course, there are two final flights for the main event, a regular paced flight in the afternoon and a final one this evening on a faster clock. There\u2019s also a few satellites running as well. Take your pick!
\n| Friday 3rd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule | \n|||
| Start Time | \nBuy-In | \nEvent Name | \nGuarantee | \n
| 11:00 | \n\u20ac750 | \nDublin Poker Cup 1A | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| 12:00 | \n\u20ac350 | \nMILLIONS Super Satellite | \n3 x Seats | \n
| 13:00 | \n\u20ac3,000 | \nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1C | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| 14:00 | \n\u20ac1,000 | \nOne Day Omaha | \n\n |
| 15:00 | \n\u20ac750 | \nMILLIONS Super Satellite | \n3 x Seats | \n
| 16:00 | \n\u20ac550 | \nGrand Prix Day 1A | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| 18:00 | \n\u20ac350 | \nMILLIONS Super Satellite Hyper Last Chance | \n2 x Seats | \n
| 18:30 | \nN/A | \nDublin Poker Cup Final Day | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| 19:00 | \n\u20ac3,000 | \nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1D | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| 20:00 | \n\u20ac300 | \nHigh Roller Satellite | \n2 x Seats | \n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post Ivelin Pavlov – Irish Omaha Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Ivelin Pavlov – Irish Omaha Champion\nThe third day of the Irish Poker Festival saw the crowning of another champion, in the shape of Bulgarian Ivelin Pavlov, who saw off a field of 49 players to collect the title of Irish Poker Champion in addition to the first place prize of \u20ac43,000! The final table also included Bart Lybaert, Noel Hayes, Joseph Wilkinson, Youness Barakat and Maximilian Sanders.\n\n\n\n\n\u20ac2500 Irish Omaha Championship\n\n\n\n\nPosition\n\nPlayer\n\nPrize\n\n\n\n\n1\n\nIvelin Pavlov\n\n\u20ac43,000\n\n\n\n2\nJoseph Wilkinson\n\u20ac26,000\n\n\n3\nNoel Hayes\n\u20ac17,000\n\n\n4\nBart Lybaert\n\u20ac11,380\n\n\n5\nMaximillian Sanders\n\u20ac7,500\n\n\n6\nYouness Barakat\n\u20ac5,000\n\n\nTotal Players\n49\n\u20ac109,880\n\n\n\nCongratulations to Barry Carson, who won the \u20ac250 No Limit Hold\u2019em Freezeout after a three-way deal with Elizabeth Kerry and Barry McMahon. They each took \u20ac4,000 and played on for a further \u20ac800 to the winner. Kudos also to Peter Horkay, for cashing in the same side event for the second day in a row!\n\n\n\n\n\u20ac250 NLH Freezeout\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nBarry Carson\n\u20ac4,800\n\n\n2\nElizabeth Kelly\n\u20ac4,000\n\n\n3\nBarry McMahon\n\u20ac4,000\n\n\n4\nMark Long\n\u20ac1,750\n\n\n5\nEktor Strumi\n\u20ac1,300\n\n\n6\nPeter Horkay\n\u20ac1,025\n\n\n7\nGerard Mooney\n\u20ac810\n\n\n8\nTruong Hoang\n\u20ac645\n\n\n9\nNiall Phelan\n\u20ac525\n\n\n10\nVitor Hugo\n\u20ac450\n\n\nTotal Players\n90\n\u20ac19,305\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Main Event Update\nDay 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event attracted a further 55 entrants, to take the total number of entries up to 99. By the end of level 11, when play stopped, there were 24 players remaining, who all progress into tomorrow\u2019s day 2. The chip leader at the end of the day is Australian Luke Martinelli, who bagged a 319,300 stack, just slightly more than Nicolae Dragomir\u2019s 305.900 total from day 1a. Luke finished over 100,000 chips ahead of Spaniard Ruben Lopez, who posted the second highest count of the day on 213,700. Also making it through the day was the ever smiling Michel Molenaar, who goes into day two with 123,900 cookies.\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Day 1b Survivor Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nLuke Martinelli\n319,300\n\n\nRuben Lopez\n213,700\n\n\nFerran de Antonio Canela\n200,300\n\n\nIgor Pihela\n150,800\n\n\nMarc MacDonnel\n144,100\n\n\nSandro Taddei\n142,700\n\n\nMichel Molenaar\n123,900\n\n\nOleg Vasylchenko\n118,200\n\n\nAlexander Lynskey\n118,000\n\n\nShane Keary\n112,900\n\n\nAmi Barer\n107,100\n\n\nTristan Bain\n107,000\n\n\nJoshua Stewart\n96,500\n\n\nManuel Soares Ruivo\n90,700\n\n\nNiko Koop\n90,100\n\n\nConor Bergin\n89,500\n\n\nSebastian Proulx\n86,300\n\n\nJanos Jeszek\n80,700\n\n\nMateusz Syzmanski\n77,700\n\n\nDonal Kennedy\n73,500\n\n\nCarlos Simon Martinez\n66,900\n\n\nBobby Willis\n53,600\n\n\nGiusseppe Murabito\n50,800\n\n\nBruno Desimoni\n36,900\n\n\n\nToday\u2019s Schedule\nIt\u2019s a very busy schedule today, with multiple events running side by side, including day 1b of the Dublin Cup, a \u20ac1k Omaha single day event, plus day 1a of the \u20ac100,000 guaranteed Dublin Cup, which has a \u20ac550 buy-in. And of course, there are two final flights for the main event, a regular paced flight in the afternoon and a final one this evening on a faster clock. There\u2019s also a few satellites running as well. Take your pick!\n\n\n\nFriday 3rd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule\n\n\nStart Time\nBuy-In\nEvent Name\nGuarantee\n\n\n11:00\n\u20ac750\nDublin Poker Cup 1A\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n12:00\n\u20ac350\nMILLIONS Super Satellite\n3 x Seats\n\n\n13:00\n\u20ac3,000\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1C\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n14:00\n\u20ac1,000\nOne Day Omaha\n\n\n\n15:00\n\u20ac750\nMILLIONS Super Satellite\n3 x Seats\n\n\n16:00\n\u20ac550\nGrand Prix Day 1A\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n18:00\n\u20ac350\nMILLIONS Super Satellite Hyper Last Chance\n2 x Seats\n\n\n18:30\nN/A\nDublin Poker Cup Final Day\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n19:00\n\u20ac3,000\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1D\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n20:00\n\u20ac300\nHigh Roller Satellite\n2 x Seats\n\n\n\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Ivelin Pavlov – Irish Omaha Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-03T14:15:11+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-04T12:53:44+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Omaha-winner-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Omaha-winner-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Omaha-winner-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Omaha-winner-1.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199928", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/thomas-murphy-mystery-bounty-champion.html", "title": "Thomas Murphy \u2013 Mystery Bounty Champion", "content_html": "Thomas Murphy – Mystery Bounty Champion
\nIn total there were 207 entries in the \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty event, which concluded last night, with young Irishman Thomas Murphy taking the title, for the \u20ac10,000 first prize, added to the staggering \u20ac12,500 he scooped from bounties. It was a jovial final table including Scotsman Andrew Hedley and poker author extraordinaire Dara \u201cDoke\u201d O\u2019Kearney. After eliminating Tarek Qunber in 8th place Thomas held a commanding chip lead that he ultimately turned into victory after defeating Michael Dwyer heads-up.\u00a0
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Thomas-Murphy-Bounty-300x300.jpg\")
| \n \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty \n | \n||||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \nBounties | \nTotal Prize | \n
| 1 | \nThomas Murphy | \n\u20ac10,000 | \n\u20ac12,500 | \n\u20ac22,500 | \n
| 2 | \nMichael Dwyer | \n\u20ac6,000 | \n\u20ac400 | \n\u20ac6,400 | \n
| 3 | \nValeri Vilhemov | \n\u20ac4,000 | \n\u20ac2,800 | \n\u20ac6,800 | \n
| 4 | \nAndrew Hedley | \n\u20ac2,500 | \n\n | \u20ac2,500 | \n
| 5 | \nDara O\u2019Kearney | \n\u20ac2,000 | \n\u20ac600 | \n\u20ac2,600 | \n
| 6 | \nGareth McMahon | \n\u20ac1,700 | \n\u20ac500 | \n\u20ac2,200 | \n
| 7 | \nDamien Cluzel | \n\u20ac1,500 | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n\u20ac3,100 | \n
| 8 | \nTarek Qunber | \n\u20ac1,300 | \n\u20ac4,240 | \n\u20ac5,540 | \n
| 9 | \nSusie Williamson | \n\u20ac1,100 | \n\u20ac1,100 | \n\u20ac2,200 | \n
| 10 | \nMichal Zimani | \n\u20ac965 | \n\n | \u20ac965 | \n
| 11 | \nDuane McDonnell | \n\u20ac900 | \n\u20ac800 | \n\u20ac1,700 | \n
| 12 | \nMaximilian Sanders | \n\u20ac900 | \n\u20ac2,500 | \n\u20ac3,400 | \n
| 13 | \nGerry Farrell | \n\u20ac900 | \n\u20ac1,100 | \n\u20ac2,000 | \n
| 14 | \nDarragh Flynn | \n\u20ac850 | \n\n | \u20ac850 | \n
| 15 | \nJoseph Wilkinson | \n\u20ac850 | \n\u20ac400 | \n\u20ac1,250 | \n
| 16 | \nAndrii Msliuchenko | \n\u20ac850 | \n\n | \u20ac850 | \n
| 17 | \nFergal Coyle | \n\u20ac850 | \n\n | \u20ac850 | \n
| 18 | \nSean Foley | \n\u20ac800 | \n\u20ac600 | \n\u20ac1,400 | \n
| 19 | \nSandro Taddei | \n\u20ac800 | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n\u20ac2,400 | \n
| 20 | \nPatrice Brandt | \n\u20ac800 | \n\u20ac1,250 | \n\u20ac2,050 | \n
| 21 | \nDeclan O’Hara | \n\u20ac800 | \n\n | \u20ac800 | \n
| Total Players | \n207 | \n\u20ac40,365 | \n\u20ac31,990 | \n\u20ac72,355 | \n
\n
At the Malta MILLIONS Festival, the mystery bounty was won by Cypriot Eftychios Georgio,who is somewhat of a specialist at the format, having won all three such events he has ever played. Thomas Murphy also has previous form in Mystery Bounty tournaments, having won the Irish Poker Tour\u2019s version at their London event in June this year. There is apparently no truth in the rumour that the Diddy Kong figurine he used as a card protector is going to be auctioned off for charity at the end of the festival, as Thomas is unwilling to part with his lucky mascot. He\u2019s a young player who only started playing live recently, but is well regarded as an up-and-coming player on the Irish poker scene.
\nThere was a twist to the format of the event, as there were two top bounty prizes of \u20ac4,000 each, however one of them was reserved for the final table. Both were won by event champion Thomas Murphy. Props to Irish Poker Tour organizer Fintan Gavin for coming up with this new take on how to run mystery bounty events, we think it might catch on elsewhere too.
\nMILLIONS Day 1
\nThe MILLIONS main event began yesterday with day 1a, which saw 44 players start their campaigns in the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed tournament. Andy Black, Niall Farrell and Michel Molenaar all took part, but did not manage to secure a place in day 2. The chip leader from day 1a is Nicolae Dragomir on 305,900, with Scotland\u2019s David Docherty sitting in 4th place on 175,000. MILLIONS Malta high roller winner Bart Lybaert also secured passage into day 2, as did Party Poker Spins player Ryan O\u2019Donnell.\u00a0
\n| MILLIONS Day 1a Survivor Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Nicolae Dragomir | \n305,900 | \n
| Seamus Cahill | \n279,000 | \n
| Pangiotis Mavritsakis | \n253,000 | \n
| David Docherty | \n175,000 | \n
| Ankit Ahuja | \n173,100 | \n
| Cathal O’Malley | \n168,300 | \n
| Bart Lybaert | \n150,000 | \n
| Ioannis Angelou | \n125,000 | \n
| Barry Moore | \n123,000 | \n
| Eugenio Peralta | \n105,500 | \n
| Ryan O’Donnell | \n80,900 | \n
| James Mahone | \n80,700 | \n
| Daniel Wilson | \n78,300 | \n
| Andreas Frohli | \n46,400 | \n
| Florian Lohnert | \n34,500 | \n
\u20ac250 NLH Freezeout
\nLast night\u2019s \u20ac250 NLH Freezeout had 89 runners and was won by Colm Chan, who pocketed \u20ac6,490 for his efforts.
\n| \u20ac250 NLH Freezeout | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nColm Chan | \n\u20ac6,490 | \n
| 2 | \nShane O’Reilly | \n\u20ac4,000 | \n
| 3 | \nJohn MacCormack | \n\u20ac2,650 | \n
| 4 | \nMichael O’Brien | \n\u20ac1,700 | \n
| 5 | \nPaul Carr | \n\u20ac1,200 | \n
| 6 | \nEugeniu Barbaros | \n\u20ac950 | \n
| 7 | \nPaul Hockin | \n\u20ac800 | \n
| 8 | \nAdam Fallon | \n\u20ac700 | \n
| 9 | \nPeter Horkay | \n\u20ac600 | \n
| Total Players | \n89 | \n\u20ac19,090 | \n
Today\u2019s Action
\nWith the festival now in full swing, the schedule is getting busier. Day 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event takes place, alongside the \u20ac2,500 Irish Omaha Championship. The \u20ac750 buy-in Dublin Cup also starts today, with the first of two starting days, featuring a \u20ac50,000 guarantee. Here\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s play.
\n| Thursday 2nd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule | \n|||
| Start Time | \nBuy-In | \nEvent Name | \nGuarantee | \n
| 11:00 | \n\u20ac300 | \nIrish Omaha Championship Satellite | \n\n |
| 13:00 | \n\u20ac3,000 | \nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1B | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| 14:00 | \n\u20ac2,500 | \nIrish Omaha Championship 7-Max (1 Day event) | \n\n |
| 16:00 | \n\u20ac350 | \nMILLIONS Super Satellite | \n3 x Seats | \n
| 18:00 | \n\u20ac750 | \nDublin Poker Cup 1A | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| 20:30 | \n\u20ac250 | \nNLH Freezeout | \n\n |
\n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
\nThe post Thomas Murphy – Mystery Bounty Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Thomas Murphy – Mystery Bounty Champion\nIn total there were 207 entries in the \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty event, which concluded last night, with young Irishman Thomas Murphy taking the title, for the \u20ac10,000 first prize, added to the staggering \u20ac12,500 he scooped from bounties. It was a jovial final table including Scotsman Andrew Hedley and poker author extraordinaire Dara \u201cDoke\u201d O\u2019Kearney. After eliminating Tarek Qunber in 8th place Thomas held a commanding chip lead that he ultimately turned into victory after defeating Michael Dwyer heads-up.\u00a0\n\n\n\n\n\n\u20ac400 Mystery Bounty\n\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\nBounties\nTotal Prize\n\n\n1\nThomas Murphy\n\u20ac10,000\n\u20ac12,500\n\u20ac22,500\n\n\n2\nMichael Dwyer\n\u20ac6,000\n\u20ac400\n\u20ac6,400\n\n\n3\nValeri Vilhemov\n\u20ac4,000\n\u20ac2,800\n\u20ac6,800\n\n\n4\nAndrew Hedley\n\u20ac2,500\n\n\u20ac2,500\n\n\n5\nDara O\u2019Kearney\n\u20ac2,000\n\u20ac600\n\u20ac2,600\n\n\n6\nGareth McMahon\n\u20ac1,700\n\u20ac500\n\u20ac2,200\n\n\n7\nDamien Cluzel\n\u20ac1,500\n\u20ac1,600\n\u20ac3,100\n\n\n8\nTarek Qunber\n\u20ac1,300\n\u20ac4,240\n\u20ac5,540\n\n\n9\nSusie Williamson\n\u20ac1,100\n\u20ac1,100\n\u20ac2,200\n\n\n10\nMichal Zimani\n\u20ac965\n\n\u20ac965\n\n\n11\nDuane McDonnell\n\u20ac900\n\u20ac800\n\u20ac1,700\n\n\n12\nMaximilian Sanders\n\u20ac900\n\u20ac2,500\n\u20ac3,400\n\n\n13\nGerry Farrell\n\u20ac900\n\u20ac1,100\n\u20ac2,000\n\n\n14\nDarragh Flynn\n\u20ac850\n\n\u20ac850\n\n\n15\nJoseph Wilkinson\n\u20ac850\n\u20ac400\n\u20ac1,250\n\n\n16\nAndrii Msliuchenko\n\u20ac850\n\n\u20ac850\n\n\n17\nFergal Coyle\n\u20ac850\n\n\u20ac850\n\n\n18\nSean Foley\n\u20ac800\n\u20ac600\n\u20ac1,400\n\n\n19\nSandro Taddei\n\u20ac800\n\u20ac1,600\n\u20ac2,400\n\n\n20\nPatrice Brandt\n\u20ac800\n\u20ac1,250\n\u20ac2,050\n\n\n21\nDeclan O’Hara\n\u20ac800\n\n\u20ac800\n\n\nTotal Players\n207\n\u20ac40,365\n\u20ac31,990\n\u20ac72,355\n\n\n\n \nAt the Malta MILLIONS Festival, the mystery bounty was won by Cypriot Eftychios Georgio,who is somewhat of a specialist at the format, having won all three such events he has ever played. Thomas Murphy also has previous form in Mystery Bounty tournaments, having won the Irish Poker Tour\u2019s version at their London event in June this year. There is apparently no truth in the rumour that the Diddy Kong figurine he used as a card protector is going to be auctioned off for charity at the end of the festival, as Thomas is unwilling to part with his lucky mascot. He\u2019s a young player who only started playing live recently, but is well regarded as an up-and-coming player on the Irish poker scene.\nThere was a twist to the format of the event, as there were two top bounty prizes of \u20ac4,000 each, however one of them was reserved for the final table. Both were won by event champion Thomas Murphy. Props to Irish Poker Tour organizer Fintan Gavin for coming up with this new take on how to run mystery bounty events, we think it might catch on elsewhere too.\nMILLIONS Day 1\nThe MILLIONS main event began yesterday with day 1a, which saw 44 players start their campaigns in the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed tournament. Andy Black, Niall Farrell and Michel Molenaar all took part, but did not manage to secure a place in day 2. The chip leader from day 1a is Nicolae Dragomir on 305,900, with Scotland\u2019s David Docherty sitting in 4th place on 175,000. MILLIONS Malta high roller winner Bart Lybaert also secured passage into day 2, as did Party Poker Spins player Ryan O\u2019Donnell.\u00a0\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Day 1a Survivor Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nNicolae Dragomir\n305,900\n\n\nSeamus Cahill\n279,000\n\n\nPangiotis Mavritsakis\n253,000\n\n\nDavid Docherty\n175,000\n\n\nAnkit Ahuja\n173,100\n\n\nCathal O’Malley\n168,300\n\n\nBart Lybaert\n150,000\n\n\nIoannis Angelou\n125,000\n\n\nBarry Moore\n123,000\n\n\nEugenio Peralta\n105,500\n\n\nRyan O’Donnell\n80,900\n\n\nJames Mahone\n80,700\n\n\nDaniel Wilson\n78,300\n\n\nAndreas Frohli\n46,400\n\n\nFlorian Lohnert\n34,500\n\n\n\n\u20ac250 NLH Freezeout\nLast night\u2019s \u20ac250 NLH Freezeout had 89 runners and was won by Colm Chan, who pocketed \u20ac6,490 for his efforts.\n\n\n\n\u20ac250 NLH Freezeout\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nColm Chan\n\u20ac6,490\n\n\n2\nShane O’Reilly\n\u20ac4,000\n\n\n3\nJohn MacCormack\n\u20ac2,650\n\n\n4\nMichael O’Brien\n\u20ac1,700\n\n\n5\nPaul Carr\n\u20ac1,200\n\n\n6\nEugeniu Barbaros\n\u20ac950\n\n\n7\nPaul Hockin\n\u20ac800\n\n\n8\nAdam Fallon\n\u20ac700\n\n\n9\nPeter Horkay\n\u20ac600\n\n\nTotal Players\n89\n\u20ac19,090\n\n\n\nToday\u2019s Action\nWith the festival now in full swing, the schedule is getting busier. Day 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event takes place, alongside the \u20ac2,500 Irish Omaha Championship. The \u20ac750 buy-in Dublin Cup also starts today, with the first of two starting days, featuring a \u20ac50,000 guarantee. Here\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s play.\n\n\n\nThursday 2nd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule\n\n\nStart Time\nBuy-In\nEvent Name\nGuarantee\n\n\n11:00\n\u20ac300\nIrish Omaha Championship Satellite\n\n\n\n13:00\n\u20ac3,000\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1B\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n14:00\n\u20ac2,500\nIrish Omaha Championship 7-Max (1 Day event)\n\n\n\n16:00\n\u20ac350\nMILLIONS Super Satellite\n3 x Seats\n\n\n18:00\n\u20ac750\nDublin Poker Cup 1A\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n20:30\n\u20ac250\nNLH Freezeout\n\n\n\n\n \nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Thomas Murphy – Mystery Bounty Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-02T16:14:01+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-05T14:06:05+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/replacement-slider-pic-Thomas-Murphy-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/replacement-slider-pic-Thomas-Murphy-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/replacement-slider-pic-Thomas-Murphy-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/replacement-slider-pic-Thomas-Murphy.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199774", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/awesome-sunday-party.html", "title": "Turn $0.01 Into a Five-Figure Score in the Awesome Sunday Party", "content_html": "Have you ever dreamed of entering a prestigious online poker tournament where you fight it out with your fellow PartyPoker players for the lion’s share of a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool? What is stopping you fulfilling those dreams? The $109 buy-in is the answer most people give.
\nAlthough $109 represents great value for our Sunday Party tournament, we are aware that $109 is outside the bankroll constraints some of our players have, and we are advocates of following proper bankroll management. Others prefer to increase their Return On Investment (ROI) or lower their average buy-in by winning their way into higher buy-in events. This is why the Sunday Party has an extensive satellite tree that opens the door to greatness from as little as $0.01. That’s right, you could be playing for a share of a guaranteed $100,000 from only one cent!
\nHead to the “Tourneys” section of the PartyPoker client, and type “Party” into the search box to bring up every Sunday Party-related satellite. Sort the lobby by buy-in, and you’ll see dozens of The Sunday Party Centroll satellites running throughout the day.
\nThe $0.01 centrolls each guarantee at least 10x $1.10 Phase 1 tickets. Navigate your way through a $1.10 Sunday party Sat Phase 1, and you’ll take your stack with you to a $5.50 Phase 2.
\nBring your A-game to the table in these $5.50 Phase 2s because this is the penultimate stage of the qualification process. Make it through a Phase 2 and you will find yourself in the next available Phase Final. These final runs at 17:05 GMT each Sunday, and have 50x $109 seats guaranteed. It is not possible to buy into the final directly; you must win your way in from a $5.50 Phase 2.
\nYou can buy into any phase you wish, from $0.01 to $5.50, but $5.50 is the most you will spend in one buy-in to play in the $109 Sunday Party!
\nWe also have Sunday Party Mega Sats running as the $100,000 guaranteed event approaches. They cost $16.50 to enter, and have up to 50 seats guaranteed! You can win your way into these $16.50 buy-in affairs via a $3.30 feeder, which, in turn, can be won into via $0.55 sub-feeders.
\nThe Sunday Party is our flagship weekly event. It costs $109 to enter, unless you manage to win your way into it for only $0.01, and the first cards are in the air from 19:05 GMT. Regardless of how you get your seat in the Sunday Party, you’ll receive 100,000 chips, and play to 12-minute blinds for the first 20 levels before the clock extends to 15-minutes thereafter.
\nLate registration remains open until the end of Level 12, and it is possible to re-enter up to three times before the late registration period ends; winning multiple seats during the week is worthwhile!
\nThe Sunday Party is a progressive knockout (PKO) tournament. Your $109 buy-in is made up of $9 in tournament fees, with $50 going into the main prize pool, and the other $50 making up the progressive bounties. We award the main prize pool as you would expect from a traditional, vanilla tournament, but the bounties add a new element to the game.
\nEveryone starts with a $50 bounty on their head. Eliminate an opponent to claim their bounty. Half of the bounty immediately lands in your PartyPoker account as cash, with the remaining 50% increase the bounty on your head, making you a more attractive proposition for your opponents. Of course, this happens when you play poker online with all the other entrants, leading to some juicy bounties on offer, particularly towards the latter stages of the Sunday Party!
\n| Level | \nSmall Blind | \nBig Blind | \nAnte | \n
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \n500 | \n1,000 | \n100 | \n
| 2 | \n500 | \n1,000 | \n125 | \n
| 3 | \n550 | \n1,100 | \n135 | \n
| 4 | \n600 | \n1,200 | \n150 | \n
| 5 | \n700 | \n1,400 | \n175 | \n
| 6 | \n800 | \n1,600 | \n200 | \n
| 7 | \n900 | \n1,800 | \n225 | \n
| 8 | \n1,000 | \n2,000 | \n250 | \n
| 9 | \n1,250 | \n2,500 | \n315 | \n
| 10 | \n1,500 | \n3,000 | \n375 | \n
| 11 | \n1,750 | \n3,500 | \n450 | \n
| 12 | \n2,000 | \n4,000 | \n500 | \n
The Sunday Party that ran on October 22, 2023, saw 959 players buy-in for $109, leaving a shortfall on the $100,000 guarantee. However, the fact there was a guaranteed amount meant PartyPoker added $4,100 to the prize pool, ensuring $100,000 was awarded.
\nThe top 159 finishers won a share of the main prize pool.
\nDay 1 ended when only 16 players had chips in front of them, and those 16 stars returned to the action at 20:05 on October 23 to conclude the tournament. As you can see from the payout table below, the progressive bounties have a significant influence on the total prize money each finalist took home.
\nFor example, “McManaman” finished in fifth place for $1,836 but also collected $1,262 from the bounty prize pool, taking their total haul to $3,098! Then there was the eventual champion, “Niall,” whose first-place finish came with $6,228 plus an additional $6,663 worth of bounties! It pays to bust foes in the Sunday Party.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nBounties | \nPrize | \nTotal Prize | \n
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nNiall | \n$6,663 | \n$6,228 | \n$12,891 | \n
| 2 | \nHomerLimpson | \n$1,714 | \n$6,218 | \n$7,932 | \n
| 3 | \nGuyYaps1990 | \n$362 | \n$4,126 | \n$4,488 | \n
| 4 | \nFredricomc 1 | \n$695 | \n$2,682 | \n$3,377 | \n
| 5 | \nMcManaman | \n$1,262 | \n$1,836 | \n$3,098 | \n
| 6 | \nSulllivan | \n$673 | \n$1,419 | \n$2,092 | \n
| 7 | \nGimmeAShot | \n$618 | \n$1,049 | \n$1,667 | \n
| 8 | \nKing Crab | \n$337 | \n$837 | \n$1,174 | \n
| 9 | \nBluffelito | \n$278 | \n$667 | \n$945 | \n
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\n", "content_text": "Have you ever dreamed of entering a prestigious online poker tournament where you fight it out with your fellow PartyPoker players for the lion’s share of a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool? What is stopping you fulfilling those dreams? The $109 buy-in is the answer most people give.\nAlthough $109 represents great value for our Sunday Party tournament, we are aware that $109 is outside the bankroll constraints some of our players have, and we are advocates of following proper bankroll management. Others prefer to increase their Return On Investment (ROI) or lower their average buy-in by winning their way into higher buy-in events. This is why the Sunday Party has an extensive satellite tree that opens the door to greatness from as little as $0.01. That’s right, you could be playing for a share of a guaranteed $100,000 from only one cent!\nSunday Party Satellites Start With $0.01 Centrolls\nHead to the “Tourneys” section of the PartyPoker client, and type “Party” into the search box to bring up every Sunday Party-related satellite. Sort the lobby by buy-in, and you’ll see dozens of The Sunday Party Centroll satellites running throughout the day.\nThe $0.01 centrolls each guarantee at least 10x $1.10 Phase 1 tickets. Navigate your way through a $1.10 Sunday party Sat Phase 1, and you’ll take your stack with you to a $5.50 Phase 2.\nBring your A-game to the table in these $5.50 Phase 2s because this is the penultimate stage of the qualification process. Make it through a Phase 2 and you will find yourself in the next available Phase Final. These final runs at 17:05 GMT each Sunday, and have 50x $109 seats guaranteed. It is not possible to buy into the final directly; you must win your way in from a $5.50 Phase 2.\nYou can buy into any phase you wish, from $0.01 to $5.50, but $5.50 is the most you will spend in one buy-in to play in the $109 Sunday Party!\nWe also have Sunday Party Mega Sats running as the $100,000 guaranteed event approaches. They cost $16.50 to enter, and have up to 50 seats guaranteed! You can win your way into these $16.50 buy-in affairs via a $3.30 feeder, which, in turn, can be won into via $0.55 sub-feeders.\nWhat to Expect From the Sunday Party\nThe Sunday Party is our flagship weekly event. It costs $109 to enter, unless you manage to win your way into it for only $0.01, and the first cards are in the air from 19:05 GMT. Regardless of how you get your seat in the Sunday Party, you’ll receive 100,000 chips, and play to 12-minute blinds for the first 20 levels before the clock extends to 15-minutes thereafter.\nLate registration remains open until the end of Level 12, and it is possible to re-enter up to three times before the late registration period ends; winning multiple seats during the week is worthwhile!\nThe Sunday Party is a progressive knockout (PKO) tournament. Your $109 buy-in is made up of $9 in tournament fees, with $50 going into the main prize pool, and the other $50 making up the progressive bounties. We award the main prize pool as you would expect from a traditional, vanilla tournament, but the bounties add a new element to the game.\nEveryone starts with a $50 bounty on their head. Eliminate an opponent to claim their bounty. Half of the bounty immediately lands in your PartyPoker account as cash, with the remaining 50% increase the bounty on your head, making you a more attractive proposition for your opponents. Of course, this happens when you play poker online with all the other entrants, leading to some juicy bounties on offer, particularly towards the latter stages of the Sunday Party!\nSunday Party Blind Structure Up to Level 12\n\n\n\nLevel\nSmall Blind\nBig Blind\nAnte\n\n\n1\n500\n1,000\n100\n\n\n2\n500\n1,000\n125\n\n\n3\n550\n1,100\n135\n\n\n4\n600\n1,200\n150\n\n\n5\n700\n1,400\n175\n\n\n6\n800\n1,600\n200\n\n\n7\n900\n1,800\n225\n\n\n8\n1,000\n2,000\n250\n\n\n9\n1,250\n2,500\n315\n\n\n10\n1,500\n3,000\n375\n\n\n11\n1,750\n3,500\n450\n\n\n12\n2,000\n4,000\n500\n\n\n\nA Typical Sunday Party Final Table Payout\nThe Sunday Party that ran on October 22, 2023, saw 959 players buy-in for $109, leaving a shortfall on the $100,000 guarantee. However, the fact there was a guaranteed amount meant PartyPoker added $4,100 to the prize pool, ensuring $100,000 was awarded.\nThe top 159 finishers won a share of the main prize pool.\nDay 1 ended when only 16 players had chips in front of them, and those 16 stars returned to the action at 20:05 on October 23 to conclude the tournament. As you can see from the payout table below, the progressive bounties have a significant influence on the total prize money each finalist took home.\nFor example, “McManaman” finished in fifth place for $1,836 but also collected $1,262 from the bounty prize pool, taking their total haul to $3,098! Then there was the eventual champion, “Niall,” whose first-place finish came with $6,228 plus an additional $6,663 worth of bounties! It pays to bust foes in the Sunday Party.\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nBounties\nPrize\nTotal Prize\n\n\n1\nNiall\n$6,663\n$6,228\n$12,891\n\n\n2\nHomerLimpson\n$1,714\n$6,218\n$7,932\n\n\n3\nGuyYaps1990\n$362\n$4,126\n$4,488\n\n\n4\nFredricomc 1\n$695\n$2,682\n$3,377\n\n\n5\nMcManaman\n$1,262\n$1,836\n$3,098\n\n\n6\nSulllivan\n$673\n$1,419\n$2,092\n\n\n7\nGimmeAShot\n$618\n$1,049\n$1,667\n\n\n8\nKing Crab\n$337\n$837\n$1,174\n\n\n9\nBluffelito\n$278\n$667\n$945\n\n\n\nThe post Turn $0.01 Into a Five-Figure Score in the Awesome Sunday Party appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-02T09:46:21+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-26T09:50:37+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-party-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-party-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-party-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-party.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199855", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/irish-poker-festival-party-poker-millions-underway.html", "title": "Irish Poker Festival \u2013 Party Poker MILLIONS Underway!", "content_html": "The festival is now in full swing and this reporter even spotted some poker players on his plane from Malta to Dublin this afternoon. The first starting flight of the \u20ac700,000 Party Poker MILLIONS main event began and by 9pm, the number of runners had reached 43. This was expected to be the quietest starting leg, and over 200 entries are still needed from the remaining 3 flights in order to meet the guarantee!
\nAmongst today\u2019s competitors is Belgian Bart Lybaert, the winner of the High Roller event at the Malta MILLIONS Festival and also Dutchman Michel Molenaar, who was runner up in the same event. Scotland\u2019s Niall Farrell and David Dochertyalso started their MILLIONS\u2019 campaigns today.
\nOne player who is really looking forward to this event is Andy Black. The legendary Irish player describes the \u20ac3,000 buy-in event as the \u201cBig One,\u201d at least for Irish players, in an article he penned a few days ago for the Irish Poker Festival website. You can read the full article here.
\nToday also saw the conclusion of the Mystery Bounty Tournament, with a further 133 day 1b players adding to the 74 who participated in day 1a. The day two of this event took place soon after the conclusion of today\u2019s heat, with a total prize pool of \u20ac40,365 plus \u20ac33,120 in bounties. There are 40 bounties available to win today, with 2 x \u20ac4,000 being the biggest ones. The chip leaders going into day 2 were Michal Zimani on 576k and Duane McDonnell on 570,00. They both had a lead of over 200k on the next closest challenger, Tarek Qunbar on 362k.
\nWe\u2019ll bring you the result of the Mystery Bounty in the morning. We\u2019ll also publish the survivors from MILLIONS Day 1a. If you want to follow the event in close detail, there is a live clock on the Irish Poker Tour website, which can be found here.
\nJonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
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\n", "content_text": "The festival is now in full swing and this reporter even spotted some poker players on his plane from Malta to Dublin this afternoon. The first starting flight of the \u20ac700,000 Party Poker MILLIONS main event began and by 9pm, the number of runners had reached 43. This was expected to be the quietest starting leg, and over 200 entries are still needed from the remaining 3 flights in order to meet the guarantee!\nAmongst today\u2019s competitors is Belgian Bart Lybaert, the winner of the High Roller event at the Malta MILLIONS Festival and also Dutchman Michel Molenaar, who was runner up in the same event. Scotland\u2019s Niall Farrell and David Dochertyalso started their MILLIONS\u2019 campaigns today.\nOne player who is really looking forward to this event is Andy Black. The legendary Irish player describes the \u20ac3,000 buy-in event as the \u201cBig One,\u201d at least for Irish players, in an article he penned a few days ago for the Irish Poker Festival website. You can read the full article here.\nToday also saw the conclusion of the Mystery Bounty Tournament, with a further 133 day 1b players adding to the 74 who participated in day 1a. The day two of this event took place soon after the conclusion of today\u2019s heat, with a total prize pool of \u20ac40,365 plus \u20ac33,120 in bounties. There are 40 bounties available to win today, with 2 x \u20ac4,000 being the biggest ones. The chip leaders going into day 2 were Michal Zimani on 576k and Duane McDonnell on 570,00. They both had a lead of over 200k on the next closest challenger, Tarek Qunbar on 362k.\nWe\u2019ll bring you the result of the Mystery Bounty in the morning. We\u2019ll also publish the survivors from MILLIONS Day 1a. If you want to follow the event in close detail, there is a live clock on the Irish Poker Tour website, which can be found here.\nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Irish Poker Festival – Party Poker MILLIONS Underway! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-01T22:12:18+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-01T22:41:45+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madonna-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madonna-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madonna-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madonna.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199829", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/irish-poker-festival-day-2.html", "title": "Irish Poker Festival Day 2", "content_html": "The Party Poker Irish Poker Festival began in style yesterday with day 1a of the Mystery Bounty event. In total 71 players took to the felt for a chance to make day 2, when those very mysterious bounties kick-in. The \u20ac50,000 guarantee looks to be in no danger, with more than half the guarantee collected on a day that would traditionally be the small field. Just nine players made it through the day, with chip counts as follows:
\n| Mystery Bounty Day 1a Survivor Chip Counts | \n|
| Player | \nChip Count | \n
| Michal Zimani | \n576,000 | \n
| Duane McDonnell | \n570,000 | \n
| Michael Dwyer | \n343,000 | \n
| Gerry Farrell | \n229,000 | \n
| Daragh Flynn | \n190,000 | \n
| Maximillian Sanders | \n97,000 | \n
| Eugeniuo Peralta | \n73,000 | \n
| Vidmantas Beliauskas | \n71,000 | \n
| Damian Cluzel | \n63,000 | \n
\n
Today\u2019s action sees a further starting day of the Mystery Bounty, with the Party Poker MILLIONS also getting underway, with the first of four flights in the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed main event. Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty will also take place today, after day 1b has concluded. The day rounds-off with a \u20ac250 No Limit Hold\u2019em Freezeout.
\n| Wednesday 1st November Irish Poker Festival Tournamnent Schedule | \n|||
| Start Time | \nBuy-In | \nEvent Name | \nGuarantee | \n
| 12:00 | \n\u20ac400 | \nMystery Bounty 1B | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| 13:00 | \n\u20ac3,000 | \nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1A | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| 16:00 | \n\u20ac350 | \nMILLIONS Super Satellite | \n3 x Seats | \n
| 20:00 | \nN/A | \nMystery Bounty Final Day | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| 20:00 | \n\u20ac250 | \nNLH Freezeout | \n\n |
\n
One tournament did conclude yesterday, the first of several Pot Limit Omaha tournaments taking place at the festival. In total 57 players took part, creating a prize pool of \u20ac11,975. It was won by Patrick Eagers, who pipped Irish Poker Tour\u2019s Fintan Gavin into second place.
\n| PLO 7-Max Result | \n||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nPatrick Eagers | \n\u20ac4,250 | \n
| 2 | \nFintan Gavin | \n\u20ac2,750 | \n
| 3 | \nScott Gray | \n\u20ac1,900 | \n
| 4 | \nMichael O’Brien | \n\u20ac1,200 | \n
| 5 | \nBrian Dowling | \n\u20ac875 | \n
| 6 | \nTomas Gelziunas | \n\u20ac550 | \n
| 7 | \nMike Corky | \n\u20ac270 | \n
| Total Players | \n57 | \n\u20ac11,975 | \n
\n
Jonathan Raab
\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator
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\n", "content_text": "The Party Poker Irish Poker Festival began in style yesterday with day 1a of the Mystery Bounty event. In total 71 players took to the felt for a chance to make day 2, when those very mysterious bounties kick-in. The \u20ac50,000 guarantee looks to be in no danger, with more than half the guarantee collected on a day that would traditionally be the small field. Just nine players made it through the day, with chip counts as follows:\n\n\n\nMystery Bounty Day 1a Survivor Chip Counts\n\n\nPlayer\nChip Count\n\n\nMichal Zimani\n576,000\n\n\nDuane McDonnell\n570,000\n\n\nMichael Dwyer\n343,000\n\n\nGerry Farrell\n229,000\n\n\nDaragh Flynn\n190,000\n\n\nMaximillian Sanders\n97,000\n\n\nEugeniuo Peralta\n73,000\n\n\nVidmantas Beliauskas\n71,000\n\n\nDamian Cluzel\n63,000\n\n\n\n \nToday\u2019s action sees a further starting day of the Mystery Bounty, with the Party Poker MILLIONS also getting underway, with the first of four flights in the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed main event. Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty will also take place today, after day 1b has concluded. The day rounds-off with a \u20ac250 No Limit Hold\u2019em Freezeout.\n\n\n\nWednesday 1st November Irish Poker Festival Tournamnent Schedule\n\n\nStart Time\nBuy-In\nEvent Name\nGuarantee\n\n\n12:00\n\u20ac400\nMystery Bounty 1B\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n13:00\n\u20ac3,000\nIrish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1A\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n16:00\n\u20ac350\nMILLIONS Super Satellite\n3 x Seats\n\n\n20:00\nN/A\nMystery Bounty Final Day\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n20:00\n\u20ac250\nNLH Freezeout\n\n\n\n\n \nOne tournament did conclude yesterday, the first of several Pot Limit Omaha tournaments taking place at the festival. In total 57 players took part, creating a prize pool of \u20ac11,975. It was won by Patrick Eagers, who pipped Irish Poker Tour\u2019s Fintan Gavin into second place.\n\n\n\nPLO 7-Max Result\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1\nPatrick Eagers\n\u20ac4,250\n\n\n2\nFintan Gavin\n\u20ac2,750\n\n\n3\nScott Gray\n\u20ac1,900\n\n\n4\nMichael O’Brien\n\u20ac1,200\n\n\n5\nBrian Dowling\n\u20ac875\n\n\n6\nTomas Gelziunas\n\u20ac550\n\n\n7\nMike Corky\n\u20ac270\n\n\nTotal Players\n57\n\u20ac11,975\n\n\n\n \nJonathan Raab\nIrish Poker Festival Media Coordinator\nThe post Irish Poker Festival Day 2 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-11-01T22:00:19+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-11-01T22:43:20+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0E6E2DBE-5F28-4C10-996F-7B7B524E62B8-600x400.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0E6E2DBE-5F28-4C10-996F-7B7B524E62B8-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0E6E2DBE-5F28-4C10-996F-7B7B524E62B8-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0E6E2DBE-5F28-4C10-996F-7B7B524E62B8-scaled.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199751", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/sunday-carnivals-new-one-day-structure-proves-a-massive-hit.html", "title": "Sunday Carnival\u2019s New One-Day Structure Proves a Massive Hit", "content_html": "The Sunday Carnival has been a two-day tournament ever since its launch in January 2023. The two-day format saw the Day 1 field whittled to only 16 players, with those survivors returning to PartyPoker the following day to conclude the event. However, following feedback from you, our valued players, we switched the Sunday Carnival to a traditional format, and the change looks to have been well-received.
\nThe other significant change was making the first three levels each last 20 minutes before reverting to seven minutes after that. This shift allows players to enjoy the Sunday Carnival in the early stages without worrying about rapidly escalating blinds, giving our players more bang for their buck.
\nBy the time the late registration period ended, some 1,669 entries of $22 each had been processed, which meant the $30,000 guarantee was not only met but surpassed by another $3,380. Half of the $33,380 prize pool was awarded to the top 279 finishers, with the remaining half placed on the heads of each entrant in the form of a progressive bounty.
\nOne of those entrants was our very own Matt “MatthewStaples” Staples, but the famous Canadian failed in his quest for glory. Staples busted in 829th place without claiming a bounty, so he went home empty-handed. No doubt, Staples will be back next Sunday with renewed vigour.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nBounties | \nPrize | \nTotal Prize | \n
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nNarguileirO | \n$2,137 | \n$1,884 | \n$4,021 | \n
| 2 | \nfaelcpv | \n$210 | \n$1,880 | \n$2,090 | \n
| 3 | \nsmokebillowin99 | \n$422 | \n$1,213 | \n$1,635 | \n
| 4 | \nDamCore567 | \n$56 | \n$800 | \n$856 | \n
| 5 | \nTerp5058 | \n$283 | \n$543 | \n$826 | \n
| 6 | \nRetashow | \n$405 | \n$414 | \n$819 | \n
| 7 | \nMiselpro92 | \n$311 | \n$301 | \n$612 | \n
| 8 | \nhasimagasa | \n$117 | \n$240 | \n$357 | \n
| 9 | \nRaspa de Bong | \n$65 | \n$188 | \n$253 | \n
Nobody could take home less than $253, with bounties included, by the time the nine-handed final table was reached. “Raspa de Bong” was the PartyPoker player claiming that sum after falling in ninth.
\n“hasimagasa” joined the ever-growing list of busted Sunday Carnival players, their eighth-place finish coming with $357 in prize money. “Miselpro92” ($612) and “Retashow” ($819) crashed by the wayside, leaving only five players in contention for the title of champion.
\nThose five became four with the elimination of “Terp5058,” who banked $826. Fourth place and $856 went to “DamCore567,” and their exit locked in a four-figure score for the final trio of players, a great return on a $22 investment.
\n“smokebillowin99” had sent nine opponents to the rail on their way to reaching the final three, but a tenth scalp eluded them. They busted in third, collected $1,635, and the Sunday Carnival progressed to the heads-up stage.
\n“NarguileirO” and “faelcpv” fought one-on-one for the right to call themselves the Sunday Party champion and, of course, the lion’s share of the prize pool. Eventually, ” faelcpv ” ran out of luck and had to console themselves with a $2,090 runner-up prize. The champion, “NarguileirO”, scooped $4,021 for their victory, almost twice the amount of anyone else, thanks, in part, to a cool $2,137 from the bounty prize pool!
\nYour next opportunity to play in the Sunday Carnival is at 19:05 GMT on October 29, and while the $22 buy-in is at the more affordable end of the scale, we know that many of our players like to try winning their way into our biggest events.
\nThe Sunday Carnival satellites start at a mere $0.22 and come in a range of buy-ins, including $0.33, $2.20, and $3.30. You can find dedicated Sunday Carnival satellites in the PartyPoker online poker lobby under that name, or you can jump into the Daily Legends satellites, which eventually award $22 tickets that can be used for the Sunday Carnival.
\nWill you follow in the footsteps of “NarguileirO” and turn your initial investment into over $4,000? Here is hoping you do this weekend.
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\n", "content_text": "The Sunday Carnival has been a two-day tournament ever since its launch in January 2023. The two-day format saw the Day 1 field whittled to only 16 players, with those survivors returning to PartyPoker the following day to conclude the event. However, following feedback from you, our valued players, we switched the Sunday Carnival to a traditional format, and the change looks to have been well-received.\nThe other significant change was making the first three levels each last 20 minutes before reverting to seven minutes after that. This shift allows players to enjoy the Sunday Carnival in the early stages without worrying about rapidly escalating blinds, giving our players more bang for their buck.\nBy the time the late registration period ended, some 1,669 entries of $22 each had been processed, which meant the $30,000 guarantee was not only met but surpassed by another $3,380. Half of the $33,380 prize pool was awarded to the top 279 finishers, with the remaining half placed on the heads of each entrant in the form of a progressive bounty.\nOne of those entrants was our very own Matt “MatthewStaples” Staples, but the famous Canadian failed in his quest for glory. Staples busted in 829th place without claiming a bounty, so he went home empty-handed. No doubt, Staples will be back next Sunday with renewed vigour.\nSunday Carnival Final Table Results\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nBounties\nPrize\nTotal Prize\n\n\n1\nNarguileirO\n$2,137\n$1,884\n$4,021\n\n\n2\nfaelcpv\n$210\n$1,880\n$2,090\n\n\n3\nsmokebillowin99\n$422\n$1,213\n$1,635\n\n\n4\nDamCore567\n$56\n$800\n$856\n\n\n5\nTerp5058\n$283\n$543\n$826\n\n\n6\nRetashow\n$405\n$414\n$819\n\n\n7\nMiselpro92\n$311\n$301\n$612\n\n\n8\nhasimagasa\n$117\n$240\n$357\n\n\n9\nRaspa de Bong\n$65\n$188\n$253\n\n\n\nNobody could take home less than $253, with bounties included, by the time the nine-handed final table was reached. “Raspa de Bong” was the PartyPoker player claiming that sum after falling in ninth.\n“hasimagasa” joined the ever-growing list of busted Sunday Carnival players, their eighth-place finish coming with $357 in prize money. “Miselpro92” ($612) and “Retashow” ($819) crashed by the wayside, leaving only five players in contention for the title of champion.\nFour Figure Scores All Round\nThose five became four with the elimination of “Terp5058,” who banked $826. Fourth place and $856 went to “DamCore567,” and their exit locked in a four-figure score for the final trio of players, a great return on a $22 investment.\n“smokebillowin99” had sent nine opponents to the rail on their way to reaching the final three, but a tenth scalp eluded them. They busted in third, collected $1,635, and the Sunday Carnival progressed to the heads-up stage.\n“NarguileirO” and “faelcpv” fought one-on-one for the right to call themselves the Sunday Party champion and, of course, the lion’s share of the prize pool. Eventually, ” faelcpv ” ran out of luck and had to console themselves with a $2,090 runner-up prize. The champion, “NarguileirO”, scooped $4,021 for their victory, almost twice the amount of anyone else, thanks, in part, to a cool $2,137 from the bounty prize pool!\nWin Your Way Into the Next Sunday Carnival\nYour next opportunity to play in the Sunday Carnival is at 19:05 GMT on October 29, and while the $22 buy-in is at the more affordable end of the scale, we know that many of our players like to try winning their way into our biggest events.\nThe Sunday Carnival satellites start at a mere $0.22 and come in a range of buy-ins, including $0.33, $2.20, and $3.30. You can find dedicated Sunday Carnival satellites in the PartyPoker online poker lobby under that name, or you can jump into the Daily Legends satellites, which eventually award $22 tickets that can be used for the Sunday Carnival.\nWill you follow in the footsteps of “NarguileirO” and turn your initial investment into over $4,000? Here is hoping you do this weekend.\nThe post Sunday Carnival’s New One-Day Structure Proves a Massive Hit appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-31T09:20:06+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-26T09:21:03+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-carnival-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-carnival-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-carnival-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sunday-carnival.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199814", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-irish-poker-festival-ready-to-tee-off.html", "title": "MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Ready To Tee-Off", "content_html": "The Party Poker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival is just about ready to get underway. Starting off on Halloween, the action gets underway with the first of two \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty flights. Those who manage to ghost an exit on day one will be eligible to win bounties on day two of the \u20ac50,000 guaranteed prize pool event.
\nAlso taking place on the first day of the festival is a \u20ac350 satellite into the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed MILLIONS main event. With at least three seats to be won into the main event, bagging a place into the biggie would be a fangtastic way to get your festival started.
\nOmaha fans also get their ghoul going on day one, with the first of several PLO tournaments, this one with a \u20ac250 buy-in and 7-max throughout!
\nWe\u2019ll be publishing a blog at least once a day throughout the festival, bringing you all the news and results, winners photos and a little flavour of life off the tables with video blogs too.
\nHere\u2019s a glance at the first day\u2019s tricks and treats.
\n| MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Day 1 – October 31st, 2023 | \n||
| Start Time | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 14:00 | \n\u20ac50,000 Guaranteed Mystery Bounty | \n\u20ac200+\u20ac160+\u20ac40 | \n
| 18:00 | \nSuper Satellite to MILLIONS | \n\u20ac320+\u20ac30 | \n
| 20:00 | \nPot Limit Omaha (7-max) | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
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\n", "content_text": "The Party Poker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival is just about ready to get underway. Starting off on Halloween, the action gets underway with the first of two \u20ac400 Mystery Bounty flights. Those who manage to ghost an exit on day one will be eligible to win bounties on day two of the \u20ac50,000 guaranteed prize pool event.\nAlso taking place on the first day of the festival is a \u20ac350 satellite into the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed MILLIONS main event. With at least three seats to be won into the main event, bagging a place into the biggie would be a fangtastic way to get your festival started.\nOmaha fans also get their ghoul going on day one, with the first of several PLO tournaments, this one with a \u20ac250 buy-in and 7-max throughout!\nWe\u2019ll be publishing a blog at least once a day throughout the festival, bringing you all the news and results, winners photos and a little flavour of life off the tables with video blogs too.\nHere\u2019s a glance at the first day\u2019s tricks and treats.\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Day 1 – October 31st, 2023\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n14:00\n\u20ac50,000 Guaranteed Mystery Bounty\n\u20ac200+\u20ac160+\u20ac40\n\n\n18:00\nSuper Satellite to MILLIONS\n\u20ac320+\u20ac30\n\n\n20:00\nPot Limit Omaha (7-max)\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\n\nThe post MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Ready To Tee-Off appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-30T11:40:13+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-30T12:13:31+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199810", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-heads-to-dublin.html", "title": "MILLIONS Heads to Dublin", "content_html": "It wasn\u2019t long ago that the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival concluded, but we are in the midst of poker\u2019s high season, so we\u2019re doing it all again in Dublin next week. This time we\u2019re teaming up with the crew behind the Irish Poker Tour for an action packed week at the poker tables. The MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival includes 23 tournaments, including five events with a combined \u20ac1m in guaranteed prize pools. This frighteningly good schedule gets underway on Halloween (31st October) and you can expect fireworks at the tables (not literally, that would breach health and safety regulations) when the festival concludes on Guy Fawkes Day (5th November).
\nMILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Highlights
\n| Dates | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \nGuarantee | \n# Starting Days | \n
| 31st Oct – 1st Nov | \nMystery Bounty | \n\u20ac200+\u20ac160+\u20ac40 | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n2 | \n
| 1st -5th Nov | \nMILLIONS | \n\u20ac2,750+\u20ac250 | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n4 | \n
| 2nd-4th Nov | \nDublin Poker Cup | \n\u20ac700+\u20ac50 | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n2 | \n
| 3rd-5th Nov | \nGrand Prix | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n3 | \n
| 4th-5th Nov | \nHigh Roller | \n\u20ac2,300+\u20ac200 | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n1 | \n
Satellite Your Way In Live
\nIf some of these events look a bit pricey to you, the good news is that there\u2019s plenty of opportunity to secure a seat into some of the key events for less than the buy-in. There are nine live satellites running during the festival week. Four of these are for the MILLIONS main event, a further four are for the High Roller and there is one satellite for the Irish Omaha Championship. To see details of dates and start times, please consult the full festival schedule.
\nSide Events
\nBut it’s not all about big money and multi-day events, there is a good selection of single day side events to complement the main tournaments on the schedule, all of which award trophies to the winners! These include four Pot Limit Omaha tournaments, spread throughout the week, several NLH competitions and the Dublin Ladies Championship.
\nSide Event Schedule
\n| Date | \nStart Time | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| Tue 31st Oct | \n8pm | \nPLO (7-Max) | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
| Wed 1st Nov | \n8pm | \nNLH Freezeout | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
| Thu 2nd Nov | \n8.30pm | \nNLH Freezeout | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
| Fri 3rd Nov | \n2pm | \nIrish Omaha Championship | \n\u20ac900+\u20ac100 | \n
| Sat 4th Nov | \n2pm | \nDublin Ladies Championship | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
| Sat 4th Nov | \n8pm | \nPLO (7-Max) | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
| Sun 5th Nov | \n1pm | \nLeinster Cup (NLH) | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| Sun 5th Nov | \n3pm | \nMonsterStack (NLH) | \n\u20ac220+\u20ac30 | \n
| Sun 5th Nov | \n7pm | \nPLO (7-Max) | \n\u20ac360+\u20ac40 | \n
Dublin is one of the friendliest places to play poker and whether you spend most of it at the tables, or in the bar lamenting bad beats, you\u2019ll be sure (to be sure) to have a great time. See you there next week!
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\n", "content_text": "It wasn\u2019t long ago that the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival concluded, but we are in the midst of poker\u2019s high season, so we\u2019re doing it all again in Dublin next week. This time we\u2019re teaming up with the crew behind the Irish Poker Tour for an action packed week at the poker tables. The MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival includes 23 tournaments, including five events with a combined \u20ac1m in guaranteed prize pools. This frighteningly good schedule gets underway on Halloween (31st October) and you can expect fireworks at the tables (not literally, that would breach health and safety regulations) when the festival concludes on Guy Fawkes Day (5th November).\nMILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Highlights\n\n\n\nDates\nEvent\nBuy-In\nGuarantee\n# Starting Days\n\n\n31st Oct – 1st Nov\nMystery Bounty\n\u20ac200+\u20ac160+\u20ac40\n\u20ac50,000\n2\n\n\n1st -5th Nov\nMILLIONS\n\u20ac2,750+\u20ac250\n\u20ac700,000\n4\n\n\n2nd-4th Nov\nDublin Poker Cup\n\u20ac700+\u20ac50\n\u20ac50,000\n2\n\n\n\n\n3rd-5th Nov\nGrand Prix\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\u20ac100,000\n3\n\n\n4th-5th Nov\nHigh Roller\n\u20ac2,300+\u20ac200\n\u20ac100,000\n1\n\n\n\nSatellite Your Way In Live\nIf some of these events look a bit pricey to you, the good news is that there\u2019s plenty of opportunity to secure a seat into some of the key events for less than the buy-in. There are nine live satellites running during the festival week. Four of these are for the MILLIONS main event, a further four are for the High Roller and there is one satellite for the Irish Omaha Championship. To see details of dates and start times, please consult the full festival schedule.\nSide Events\nBut it’s not all about big money and multi-day events, there is a good selection of single day side events to complement the main tournaments on the schedule, all of which award trophies to the winners! These include four Pot Limit Omaha tournaments, spread throughout the week, several NLH competitions and the Dublin Ladies Championship.\nSide Event Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nStart Time\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\nTue 31st Oct\n8pm\nPLO (7-Max)\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\nWed 1st Nov\n8pm\nNLH Freezeout\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\nThu 2nd Nov\n8.30pm\nNLH Freezeout\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\nFri 3rd Nov\n2pm\nIrish Omaha Championship\n\u20ac900+\u20ac100\n\n\nSat 4th Nov\n2pm\nDublin Ladies Championship\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\nSat 4th Nov\n8pm\nPLO (7-Max)\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\nSun 5th Nov\n1pm\nLeinster Cup (NLH)\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\nSun 5th Nov\n3pm\nMonsterStack (NLH)\n\u20ac220+\u20ac30\n\n\nSun 5th Nov\n7pm\nPLO (7-Max)\n\u20ac360+\u20ac40\n\n\n\nDublin is one of the friendliest places to play poker and whether you spend most of it at the tables, or in the bar lamenting bad beats, you\u2019ll be sure (to be sure) to have a great time. See you there next week!\nThe post MILLIONS Heads to Dublin appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-30T11:33:10+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-30T12:13:04+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199732", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/five-biggest-winners-from-ireland.html", "title": "PartyPoker Looks at the Five Biggest Winners Hailing From Ireland", "content_html": "The Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS by PartyPoker is only a couple of weeks away, with the first event taking place on October 31 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Although the Irish Poker Festival’s tournaments will attract players from far and wide, it is only fair to highlight some of the biggest winners who call Ireland home. After all, the festival is taking place in their country.
\nAccording to The Hendon Mob Database, Ireland’s five biggest live poker tournament winners have combined earnings of $19,248,250. That figure would have been larger, but our friends at The Hendon Mob incorrectly have Marty Smyth listed under the Republic of Ireland when he is Northern Irish. Regardless, let’s take a look at the five players from the Emerald Isle who have reeled in the most live poker tournament winnings.
\nAndy Black is Ireland’s biggest winner and arguably the country’s most famous poker player. Black had enjoyed some success in live events in the late 1990s before deciding to discard his possessions and live in a semi-monastic Buddhist environment for five years.
\nBlack successfully returned to poker in 2004 and a year later navigated his way to the final table of the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event. Now affectionately known as the Mad Monk, Black fell in fifth place for a career-best $1,750,000.
\nIn 2007, Black received the equivalent of $556,695 for a third-place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event and clinched another \u20ac238,910 ($318,640) when he finished seventh in the EPT Grand Final Main Event.
\nMore recently, Black was the fifth-place finish in the 2023 Irish Open Main Event, yielding \u20ac95,500 ($104,338).
\nTo date, Black has tracked career earnings of $5,117,480.
\nMax Silver burst onto the live poker scene in 2010 with a brace of victories among his first three results. Silver took down the UKIPT Dublin Main Event for \u20ac72,000 ($91,541) and a \u00a31,600 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament at EPT London for another \u00a383,588 ($130,807).
\nThirteen of Silver’s live scores weigh in at six figures. His third-place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed event at the 2014 WSOP came with $273,646, with a victory in a $25,000 buy-in event in Las Vegas in 2015 boosting his bankroll by $432,960.
\nSilver’s largest single haul came in August 2018, winning a \u20ac10,300 High Roller event in Barcelona for \u20ac600,924 ($702,005).
\nMarc MacDonnell hails from Dublin but currently resides in Hungary. The popular Irishman has won over $1.6 million from online poker tournaments and over $3.3 million in the live arena.
\nMacDonnell mostly played live events in his native Ireland during the early stages of his career but is now found playing anywhere the action is best. His first six-figure prize came in 2015 at the WSOP; MacDonnell scooped $155,876 for a runner-up finish in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Hyper Turbo event.
\nAnother six-figure score, worth $420,805, came MacDonnell’s way when he finished fourth in the 2017 WSOP Millionaire Maker.
\nA handful of other big scores followed before MacDonnell helped himself to a cool $1 million payday. MacDonnell finished third in the PartyPoker LIVE Caribbean Poker Party Main Event to become an instant millionaire.
\nEoghan O’Dea had already made a name for himself with $260,000 and $388,532 live scores before being propelled into the limelight at the 2011 WSOP. O’Dea, son of the Irish poker legend Donnacha O’Dea, reached the Main Event’s final table. He busted in sixth and turned his $10,000 investment into $1,720,831, which remains his largest live cash today.
\nAlthough O’Dea is a talented No-Limit Hold’em player, he prefers grinding Pot-Limit Omaha, and it is in PLO where some of his most substantial prizes stem from. He banked $143,128 for a sixth-place finish in a $10,000 PLO event at the 2017 WSOP and another $169,173 for another sixth-place finish in the same event in 2019.
\nO’Dea won a WSOP bracelet online in 2020, doing so in a Pot-Limit Omaha event. Be sure to look out for O’Dea in the Omaha events on the Irish Poker Festival schedule next month.
\nDermot Blain exploded onto the live poker circuit in 2009 when he won an event in Macau for the equivalent of $541,100. Another six-figure bankroll-boosting score came in 2011 when he narrowly missed out on a WSOP bracelet in the WSOP Europe Main Event, busting fifth for \u20ac275,000 ($367,362).
\nBlain was crowned Player of the Year for Ireland by the Global Poker Index between 2012-14.
\nBlain is a prolific grinder who has more than 110 recorded live results on his poker CV, and the Dubliner will almost certainly be heading to the Irish Poker Festival in an attempt to keep at least one of the winner’s trophies in Ireland.
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\n", "content_text": "The Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS by PartyPoker is only a couple of weeks away, with the first event taking place on October 31 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Although the Irish Poker Festival’s tournaments will attract players from far and wide, it is only fair to highlight some of the biggest winners who call Ireland home. After all, the festival is taking place in their country.\nAccording to The Hendon Mob Database, Ireland’s five biggest live poker tournament winners have combined earnings of $19,248,250. That figure would have been larger, but our friends at The Hendon Mob incorrectly have Marty Smyth listed under the Republic of Ireland when he is Northern Irish. Regardless, let’s take a look at the five players from the Emerald Isle who have reeled in the most live poker tournament winnings.\n1.) Andy Black – $5,117,480\nAndy Black is Ireland’s biggest winner and arguably the country’s most famous poker player. Black had enjoyed some success in live events in the late 1990s before deciding to discard his possessions and live in a semi-monastic Buddhist environment for five years.\nBlack successfully returned to poker in 2004 and a year later navigated his way to the final table of the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event. Now affectionately known as the Mad Monk, Black fell in fifth place for a career-best $1,750,000.\nIn 2007, Black received the equivalent of $556,695 for a third-place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event and clinched another \u20ac238,910 ($318,640) when he finished seventh in the EPT Grand Final Main Event.\nMore recently, Black was the fifth-place finish in the 2023 Irish Open Main Event, yielding \u20ac95,500 ($104,338).\nTo date, Black has tracked career earnings of $5,117,480.\n2.) Max Silver – $4,999,030\nMax Silver burst onto the live poker scene in 2010 with a brace of victories among his first three results. Silver took down the UKIPT Dublin Main Event for \u20ac72,000 ($91,541) and a \u00a31,600 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament at EPT London for another \u00a383,588 ($130,807).\nThirteen of Silver’s live scores weigh in at six figures. His third-place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed event at the 2014 WSOP came with $273,646, with a victory in a $25,000 buy-in event in Las Vegas in 2015 boosting his bankroll by $432,960.\nSilver’s largest single haul came in August 2018, winning a \u20ac10,300 High Roller event in Barcelona for \u20ac600,924 ($702,005).\n3.) Marc MacDonnell – $3,327,122\nMarc MacDonnell hails from Dublin but currently resides in Hungary. The popular Irishman has won over $1.6 million from online poker tournaments and over $3.3 million in the live arena.\nMacDonnell mostly played live events in his native Ireland during the early stages of his career but is now found playing anywhere the action is best. His first six-figure prize came in 2015 at the WSOP; MacDonnell scooped $155,876 for a runner-up finish in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Hyper Turbo event.\nAnother six-figure score, worth $420,805, came MacDonnell’s way when he finished fourth in the 2017 WSOP Millionaire Maker.\nA handful of other big scores followed before MacDonnell helped himself to a cool $1 million payday. MacDonnell finished third in the PartyPoker LIVE Caribbean Poker Party Main Event to become an instant millionaire.\n4.) Eoghan O’Dea – $3,303,208\nEoghan O’Dea had already made a name for himself with $260,000 and $388,532 live scores before being propelled into the limelight at the 2011 WSOP. O’Dea, son of the Irish poker legend Donnacha O’Dea, reached the Main Event’s final table. He busted in sixth and turned his $10,000 investment into $1,720,831, which remains his largest live cash today.\nAlthough O’Dea is a talented No-Limit Hold’em player, he prefers grinding Pot-Limit Omaha, and it is in PLO where some of his most substantial prizes stem from. He banked $143,128 for a sixth-place finish in a $10,000 PLO event at the 2017 WSOP and another $169,173 for another sixth-place finish in the same event in 2019.\nO’Dea won a WSOP bracelet online in 2020, doing so in a Pot-Limit Omaha event. Be sure to look out for O’Dea in the Omaha events on the Irish Poker Festival schedule next month.\n5.) Dermot Blain – $2,501,410\nDermot Blain exploded onto the live poker circuit in 2009 when he won an event in Macau for the equivalent of $541,100. Another six-figure bankroll-boosting score came in 2011 when he narrowly missed out on a WSOP bracelet in the WSOP Europe Main Event, busting fifth for \u20ac275,000 ($367,362).\nBlain was crowned Player of the Year for Ireland by the Global Poker Index between 2012-14.\nBlain is a prolific grinder who has more than 110 recorded live results on his poker CV, and the Dubliner will almost certainly be heading to the Irish Poker Festival in an attempt to keep at least one of the winner’s trophies in Ireland.\nThe post PartyPoker Looks at the Five Biggest Winners Hailing From Ireland appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-27T09:00:51+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-26T08:58:33+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Andy-Black-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Andy-Black-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Andy-Black-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Andy-Black-1.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199706", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/all-about-the-irish-poker-festival.html", "title": "All About the Irish Poker Festival: Where, When, and What\u2019s In Store?", "content_html": "The inaugural Irish Poker Festival is right around the corner, and hundreds of poker players from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and all across the world are making plans to head to the Irish capital city, Dublin, for this incredible series.
\nWhether you have managed to turn a \u20ac0.01 satellite win into an Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event package or you are planning to head to Dublin under your own steam, the PartyPoker Blog has put together a brief guide on how to get there, where to stay, and more.
\nDublin is a fantastic city steeped in history, packed with things to see and do, and a nightlife that rivals even the most renowned party cities and towns. The River Liffey divides the city in two, and you can walk over it across the popular photography spot on the Ha’penny Bridge.
\nThose wanting to learn more about Dublin’s rich history should check out Dublin Castle, one of the city’s oldest landmarks. The Old Library of Trinity College Dublin holds the Book of Kells, one of the city’s most visited sites.
\nDublin is home to more than 350 parks and green spaces, which are perfect for walking through and being with nature, especially if you have endured a bad beat at the poker tables.
\nOf course, Dublin also has more than its fair share of bars, pubs, and clubs. Temple Bar is the most famous of all Dublin pubs, and although quite pricey due to it attracting tourists from far and wide, it should be visited at least once.
\nAll the Irish Poker Festival action takes place in the elegant five-star Intercontinental Hotel. The hotel is Dublin’s only true five-star urban resort, situated on two acres of gardens, combining old-school glamour with traditional luxury.
\nYou’ll find the hotel and venue on Simmonscout Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, and the postcode is D0A A9K8.
\nIf you are heading to the festival from the United Kingdom, you could consider travelling by ferry to Dublin port, which would allow you to bring your car, making exploring Ireland easier before or after the festival.
\nHowever, most visitors will choose to arrive by air at Dublin Airport. Several international airlines, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair, service the airport, and flights to and from Ireland’s capital city are frequent.
\nDublin Airport is located in the northwest of the city and is only a few minutes by bus or taxi to the Intercontinental Hotel.
\nUse the table below to plan your action during the 2023 Irish Poker Festival. As you can see, plenty is going on between October 31 and November 5, including the \u20ac3,000 buy-in Main Event that comes with a prize pool guaranteed to be at least \u20ac700,000.
\n| Date | \nTime | \nEvent | \nGuarantee | \n
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 31 Oct | \n2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1A | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 6:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 8:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max | \n\n |
| Wed 1 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1B | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| Wed 1 Nov | \n1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 7:30 p.m. | \nNLHE Mystery Bounty Final | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 8:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout | \n\n |
| Thu 2 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac300 Irish Omaha Championship Satellite | \n\n |
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac2,500 PLO Irish Championship 7-Max | \n\n |
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 6:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1A | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 8:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout | \n\n |
| Fri 3 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1B | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1C | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac1,000 PLO One Day | \n\n |
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1A | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 7:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1D Fast | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 7:30 p.m. | \nDublin Poker Cup Final | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 8:30 p.m. | \n\u20ac300 Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event | \n2x seats | \n
| Sat 4 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1B | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 2 | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Mega Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Ladies Event | \n\n |
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac300 Satellite Hyper to \u20ac2.5K Event | \n2x seats | \n
| \n | 6:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Day 1 | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 7:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1C | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 8:30 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max | \n\n |
| Sun 5 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Final Day> | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Final | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Leinster Poker Cup | \n\n |
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Final | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 3:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Monsterstack | \n\n |
| \n | 7:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max | \n\n |
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\n", "content_text": "The inaugural Irish Poker Festival is right around the corner, and hundreds of poker players from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and all across the world are making plans to head to the Irish capital city, Dublin, for this incredible series.\nWhether you have managed to turn a \u20ac0.01 satellite win into an Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Main Event package or you are planning to head to Dublin under your own steam, the PartyPoker Blog has put together a brief guide on how to get there, where to stay, and more.\nThe City of Dublin\nDublin is a fantastic city steeped in history, packed with things to see and do, and a nightlife that rivals even the most renowned party cities and towns. The River Liffey divides the city in two, and you can walk over it across the popular photography spot on the Ha’penny Bridge.\nThose wanting to learn more about Dublin’s rich history should check out Dublin Castle, one of the city’s oldest landmarks. The Old Library of Trinity College Dublin holds the Book of Kells, one of the city’s most visited sites.\nDublin is home to more than 350 parks and green spaces, which are perfect for walking through and being with nature, especially if you have endured a bad beat at the poker tables.\nOf course, Dublin also has more than its fair share of bars, pubs, and clubs. Temple Bar is the most famous of all Dublin pubs, and although quite pricey due to it attracting tourists from far and wide, it should be visited at least once.\nThe Venue\nAll the Irish Poker Festival action takes place in the elegant five-star Intercontinental Hotel. The hotel is Dublin’s only true five-star urban resort, situated on two acres of gardens, combining old-school glamour with traditional luxury.\nYou’ll find the hotel and venue on Simmonscout Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, and the postcode is D0A A9K8.\nGetting to Dublin\nIf you are heading to the festival from the United Kingdom, you could consider travelling by ferry to Dublin port, which would allow you to bring your car, making exploring Ireland easier before or after the festival.\nHowever, most visitors will choose to arrive by air at Dublin Airport. Several international airlines, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair, service the airport, and flights to and from Ireland’s capital city are frequent.\nDublin Airport is located in the northwest of the city and is only a few minutes by bus or taxi to the Intercontinental Hotel.\nMILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Schedule\nUse the table below to plan your action during the 2023 Irish Poker Festival. As you can see, plenty is going on between October 31 and November 5, including the \u20ac3,000 buy-in Main Event that comes with a prize pool guaranteed to be at least \u20ac700,000.\n\n\n\nDate\nTime\nEvent\nGuarantee\n\n\nTue 31 Oct\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1A\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n8:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max\n\n\n\nWed 1 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1B\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\nWed 1 Nov\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m.\nNLHE Mystery Bounty Final\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n8:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout\n\n\n\nThu 2 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac300 Irish Omaha Championship Satellite\n\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac2,500 PLO Irish Championship 7-Max\n\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1A\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n8:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout\n\n\n\nFri 3 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1B\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1C\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac1,000 PLO One Day\n\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1A\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1D Fast\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m.\nDublin Poker Cup Final\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n8:30 p.m.\n\u20ac300 Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event\n2x seats\n\n\nSat 4 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1B\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 2\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Mega Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event\n3x seats\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Ladies Event\n\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac300 Satellite Hyper to \u20ac2.5K Event\n2x seats\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Day 1\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1C\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n8:30 p.m.\n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max\n\n\n\nSun 5 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Final Day>\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Final\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Leinster Poker Cup\n\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Final\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n3:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Monsterstack\n\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max\n\n\n\n\n \nThe post All About the Irish Poker Festival: Where, When, and What’s In Store? appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-26T08:32:01+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-26T08:32:01+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Pedro Novo", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/pedron", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10e7ea47a9ef794494ce7ea3e2e5b18e?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Irish-festival-1.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199666", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/mastering-spins-overdrive-tournaments-5-tips-for-new-players.html", "title": "Mastering SPINS Overdrive Tournaments: 5 Tips for New Players", "content_html": "Poker is a game of strategy, skill, and psychology. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some experience playing poker, SPINS Overdrive tournaments can be an exciting and potentially lucrative way to enjoy the game. These fast-paced, three-player sit-and-go tournaments offer a unique challenge and an opportunity to win big. In this blog, we’ll provide five essential tips to help new poker players excel in SPINS Overdrive tournaments.
\nBefore diving into SPINS Overdrive tournaments, it’s crucial to understand their structure. These tournaments are known for their speed, as they typically have blind levels that increase every few minutes. As a new player, it’s essential to be aware of the following key aspects of SPINS Overdrive tournaments:
\nYour decisions in the early stages of a SPINS Overdrive tournament can set the tone for the rest of the game. A solid preflop strategy is key to success. Here are some guidelines to follow:
\nWhile a strong preflop strategy is essential, your ability to make informed decisions postflop is equally important. Here are some postflop tips:
\nAs SPINS Overdrive tournaments progress, the dynamics at the table change rapidly. To succeed, you must be adaptable. Here’s how:
\nLast but certainly not least, proper bankroll management is essential for any poker player, especially those entering SPINS Overdrive tournaments. Here are some guidelines:
\nSPINS Overdrive tournaments offer an exhilarating poker experience, combining speed and strategy. As a new player, mastering these tournaments requires a solid understanding of their structure, a strong preflop and postflop strategy, adaptability, and proper bankroll management. By following these five tips, you can increase your chances of success in SPINS Overdrive poker tournaments and enjoy the thrill of competing for big prizes while improving your poker skills along the way. Remember, poker is as much about learning and adapting as it is about winning, so embrace the journey and enjoy the game. Good luck at the tables!
\nThe post Mastering SPINS Overdrive Tournaments: 5 Tips for New Players appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Poker is a game of strategy, skill, and psychology. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some experience playing poker, SPINS Overdrive tournaments can be an exciting and potentially lucrative way to enjoy the game. These fast-paced, three-player sit-and-go tournaments offer a unique challenge and an opportunity to win big. In this blog, we’ll provide five essential tips to help new poker players excel in SPINS Overdrive tournaments.\nTip 1: Understand the Structure\nBefore diving into SPINS Overdrive tournaments, it’s crucial to understand their structure. These tournaments are known for their speed, as they typically have blind levels that increase every few minutes. As a new player, it’s essential to be aware of the following key aspects of SPINS Overdrive tournaments:\n\nBuy-ins and Prizes: SPINS Overdrive tournaments have various buy-in levels, and the prize pool is determined randomly at the beginning of each tournament. It can be a few times the buy-in amount or even a massive jackpot.\nBlind Levels: Blinds increase rapidly, so be prepared for quick decisions. Understanding blind structure and how it affects your strategy is vital.\nThree-Handed Play: SPINS Overdrive tournaments are typically played with just three players, which makes it crucial to adjust your strategy compared to traditional nine- or ten-handed poker games.\n\nTip 2: Start with a Solid Preflop Strategy\nYour decisions in the early stages of a SPINS Overdrive tournament can set the tone for the rest of the game. A solid preflop strategy is key to success. Here are some guidelines to follow:\n\nPlay Tight: In the early levels, focus on playing strong hands. Avoid getting involved in marginal situations. This conservative approach helps you conserve your chips for later stages.\nBe Selective: Not all hands are worth playing, especially in a three-handed game. Stick to premium hands like high pairs (e.g., Aces, Kings) and strong suited connectors (e.g., 9-10 of hearts).\nAdjust to Opponents: Pay attention to your opponents’ playing styles. If they are playing overly tight, you can open up your range to steal blinds. Conversely, if they are aggressive, tighten up your starting hand selection.\n\nTip 3: Master Postflop Play\nWhile a strong preflop strategy is essential, your ability to make informed decisions postflop is equally important. Here are some postflop tips:\n\nPosition Matters: Position is crucial in poker. Being in a later position allows you to see what your opponents do before making your decision. Use this to your advantage.\nPot Odds and Implied Odds: Understand pot odds to determine whether it’s profitable to call a bet. Also, consider implied odds, which factor in potential future bets.\nBet Sizing: Your bet sizes should reflect the strength of your hand and your desired outcome. Betting too much or too little can give away information to your opponents.\nBluff Sparingly: While bluffing can be a valuable tool, use it sparingly in SPINS Overdrive tournaments. Your opponents are less likely to fold in this format, so choose your bluffing spots wisely.\n\nTip 4: Adapt to Changing Dynamics\nAs SPINS Overdrive tournaments progress, the dynamics at the table change rapidly. To succeed, you must be adaptable. Here’s how:\n\nMonitor Stack Sizes: Keep an eye on your stack size relative to your opponents. Adjust your strategy based on whether you are the chip leader, in the middle, or short-stacked.\nExploit Weaknesses: Identify your opponents’ weaknesses and exploit them. If someone is playing too passively, you can steal their blinds more often. If they are aggressive, be prepared to call them down with strong hands.\nStay Calm Under Pressure: As blinds increase, the pressure mounts. Stay calm and stick to your strategy. Avoid making rash decisions due to frustration or impatience.\nStay Informed: Be aware of the prize structure and adjust your strategy accordingly. In some cases, it might be more profitable to aim for a second-place finish rather than going all out for the win.\n\nTip 5: Bankroll Management\nLast but certainly not least, proper bankroll management is essential for any poker player, especially those entering SPINS Overdrive tournaments. Here are some guidelines:\n\nSet a Budget: Decide how much money you are willing to invest in SPINS Overdrive tournaments. Never play with money you can’t afford to lose.\nAvoid Tilt: Tilt is a state of emotional frustration that can lead to poor decision-making. If you find yourself on a losing streak, take a break and come back with a clear mind.\nManage Variance: SPINS Overdrive tournaments can be highly variable due to their prize pool structure. Be prepared for swings in your bankroll and don’t chase losses.\nMove Up in Stakes Gradually: If you’re consistently winning at one stake level, consider moving up to higher stakes. However, do so gradually to avoid risking a significant portion of your bankroll.\n\nSPINS Overdrive tournaments offer an exhilarating poker experience, combining speed and strategy. As a new player, mastering these tournaments requires a solid understanding of their structure, a strong preflop and postflop strategy, adaptability, and proper bankroll management. By following these five tips, you can increase your chances of success in SPINS Overdrive poker tournaments and enjoy the thrill of competing for big prizes while improving your poker skills along the way. Remember, poker is as much about learning and adapting as it is about winning, so embrace the journey and enjoy the game. Good luck at the tables!\nThe post Mastering SPINS Overdrive Tournaments: 5 Tips for New Players appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-05T12:50:43+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-30T12:11:53+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Bhuvana Koppalli", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/bkoppalli", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdf9a89149bf6bf40a26716767950076?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Bhuvana Koppalli", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/bkoppalli", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdf9a89149bf6bf40a26716767950076?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_81001-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_81001-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_81001-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_81001.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199643", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/win-your-way-to-the-millions-irish-poker-festival-from-only-e0-01.html", "title": "Win Your Way to the MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival From Only \u20ac0.01", "content_html": "It has only been a few days since the incredible PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS Malta festival wrapped up but there is no time to rest on your laurels because the next huge live event is right around the corner.
\nThe MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival runs from October 31 through November 5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, the heart of the Emerald Isle. The festival\u2019s bustling schedule boasts more than \u20ac1 million in combined guarantees, including a whopping \u20ac700,000 guaranteed to be won in the \u20ac3,000 MILLIONS Main Event.
\nOnline satellites for the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed MILLIONS Main Event are running right now here at PartyPoker. Those satellite start at a mere \u20ac0.01 and eventually feed into the no direct buy-in final at 10:00 p.m. BST each Sunday. The Sunday finale has at least one \u20ac5,000 package guaranteed, with each package awarding its winner the following:
\n| Date | \nTime | \nEvent | \nGuarantee | \n
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 31 Oct | \n2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1A | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 6:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 8:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max | \n\n |
| Wed 1 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1B | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| Wed 1 Nov | \n1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 7:30 p.m. | \nNLHE Mystery Bounty Final | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 8:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout | \n\n |
| Thu 2 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac300 Irish Omaha Championship Satellite | \n\n |
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac2,500 PLO Irish Championship 7-Max | \n\n |
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 6:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1A | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 8:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout | \n\n |
| Fri 3 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1B | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1C | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac1,000 PLO One Day | \n\n |
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1A | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 7:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1D Fast | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 7:30 p.m. | \nDublin Poker Cup Final | \n\u20ac50,000 | \n
| \n | 8:30 p.m. | \n\u20ac300 Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event | \n2x seats | \n
| Sat 4 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1B | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 2 | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac350 Mega Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event | \n3x seats | \n
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Ladies Event | \n\n |
| \n | 4:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac300 Satellite Hyper to \u20ac2.5K Event | \n2x seats | \n
| \n | 6:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Day 1 | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 7:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1C | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 8:30 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max | \n\n |
| Sun 5 Nov | \n12:00 p.m. | \nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Final Day> | \n\u20ac700,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Final | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 1:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac550 NLHE Leinster Poker Cup | \n\n |
| \n | 2:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Final | \n\u20ac100,000 | \n
| \n | 3:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac250 NLHE Monsterstack | \n\n |
| \n | 7:00 p.m. | \n\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max | \n\n |
The post Win Your Way to the MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival From Only \u20ac0.01 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "It has only been a few days since the incredible PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS Malta festival wrapped up but there is no time to rest on your laurels because the next huge live event is right around the corner.\nThe MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival runs from October 31 through November 5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, the heart of the Emerald Isle. The festival\u2019s bustling schedule boasts more than \u20ac1 million in combined guarantees, including a whopping \u20ac700,000 guaranteed to be won in the \u20ac3,000 MILLIONS Main Event.\nOnline satellites for the \u20ac700,000 guaranteed MILLIONS Main Event are running right now here at PartyPoker. Those satellite start at a mere \u20ac0.01 and eventually feed into the no direct buy-in final at 10:00 p.m. BST each Sunday. The Sunday finale has at least one \u20ac5,000 package guaranteed, with each package awarding its winner the following:\n\n\u20ac3,000 MILLIONS Main Event buy-in\nFive nights\u2019 accommodation at the Hotel Intercontinental\n\u20ac500 credited to your PartyPoker account\n\nMILLIONS Irish Poker Festival Schedule\n\n\n\nDate\nTime\nEvent\nGuarantee\n\n\nTue 31 Oct\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1A\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n8:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max\n\n\n\nWed 1 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac400 NLHE Mystery Bounty Day 1B\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\nWed 1 Nov\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m.\nNLHE Mystery Bounty Final\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n8:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout\n\n\n\nThu 2 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac300 Irish Omaha Championship Satellite\n\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1A\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac2,500 PLO Irish Championship 7-Max\n\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1A\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n8:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Freezeout\n\n\n\nFri 3 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac750 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1B\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Main Event Super Satellite\n3x seats\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1C\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac1,000 PLO One Day\n\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1A\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\u20ac3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 1D Fast\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n7:30 p.m.\nDublin Poker Cup Final\n\u20ac50,000\n\n\n\n8:30 p.m.\n\u20ac300 Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event\n2x seats\n\n\nSat 4 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1B\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Day 2\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac350 Mega Satellite to \u20ac2.5K Event\n3x seats\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Ladies Event\n\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\u20ac300 Satellite Hyper to \u20ac2.5K Event\n2x seats\n\n\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Day 1\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Day 1C\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n8:30 p.m.\n\u20ac250 PLO 7-Max\n\n\n\nSun 5 Nov\n12:00 p.m.\nNLHE Irish Poker Festival Main Event Final Day>\n\u20ac700,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Final\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n1:00 p.m.\n\u20ac550 NLHE Leinster Poker Cup\n\n\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n\u20ac2,500 NLHE Final\n\u20ac100,000\n\n\n\n3:00 p.m.\n\u20ac250 NLHE Monsterstack\n\n\n\n\n7:00 p.m.\n\u20ac400 PLO 7-Max\n\n\n\n\nThe post Win Your Way to the MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival From Only \u20ac0.01 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-05T12:49:05+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-30T12:12:48+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Bhuvana Koppalli", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/bkoppalli", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdf9a89149bf6bf40a26716767950076?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Bhuvana Koppalli", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/bkoppalli", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdf9a89149bf6bf40a26716767950076?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blog-image1.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199514", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-millions-malta-wraps.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Wraps", "content_html": "Eleven days ago the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival landed in Malta with a 33-event schedule featuring several key big money tournaments. The \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix dominated the schedule with eight starting days and numerous satellites to get into it. It concluded with a very worthy winner in Argentinian Jacques Blit, a Party Poker online player who qualified for the event years ago by winning a passport package that he was unable to use until now due to COVID lockdown.\u00a0 He maintained a big stack throughout the event, converting his starting day chip lead into a title, a trophy and \u20ac145,000! Click here to read more about his victory.
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It was also a great festival for Dutchman Michel Molenaar, who finished runner up in the Hydra Entertainment High Roller to Belgian Bart Lybaert, who claimed the \u20ac72,864 first prize. Michel cashed for \u20ac49,632 in this event and followed it up with a third place finish in the \u20ac1,100 Mystery Bounty tournament.\u00a0 However he took down four of the bounties and his combined payday was bigger than that of eventual winner Eftychios \u201cGood Luck\u201d Giorgiou.
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Cypriot Giorgiou is something of a phenom when it comes to live mystery bounty tournaments, with an impeccable three wins from three tournaments entered. Its a record that would make any poker player envious. Full story here.
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The Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event was the highlight for \u20ac3k players, attracting 154 runners for a prize pool of over \u20ac400k. Mario Trattou from England rose above the competition, coming back from just two big blinds on day two to secure the \u20ac93,000 prize and a very nice looking trophy. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples took a very respectable 4th place for \u20ac31,500.
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These three key events were live streamed on Twitch with commentary from Jason Glatzer and Matt Staples. If you missed the action, the replay can be watched on the on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel.
\nMixed game fans were also well catered for with two Omaha tournaments, an 8-game event and a H.O.R.S.E and there were several affordable side events throughout.
\nBut its not just about the poker, Party by name, Party by nature and on Sunday evening we did just that with a roaster of a players party held in the exclusive \u201cTwenty-Two\u201d nightclub with 360 degree views of the island. A good time was had by all. Party Pics can be found here.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/5CA3F531-662D-44D6-B55F-DB424BB2D165-300x200.jpeg\")
Photography the event was by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Miner. They took over 4,000 pics during the event, so if you attended its a racing certainty that there\u2019s at least one of you in there. They can all be found on Flickr.
\nThe next Party Poker MILLIONS takes place at the Party Poker Irish Festival in Dublin from 31st October to 5th November. We\u2019re swapping the balmy late Mediterranean summer for a much colder environment, but you can guarantee that the action at the tables will be hot, regardless of the temperature outside.
\nIts been an emotional ride for me also. Having been a live event operator for over a decade, I took a back-seat from the live poker business for the last few years, but it\u2019s been great to be felt-side once again. I\u2019ve caught up with several ex-colleagues and friends and made some new ones along the way. The Party never stops, it just moves on to the next location. Hope to see you there, wherever that may be!
\nJonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Wraps appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Eleven days ago the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival landed in Malta with a 33-event schedule featuring several key big money tournaments. The \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix dominated the schedule with eight starting days and numerous satellites to get into it. It concluded with a very worthy winner in Argentinian Jacques Blit, a Party Poker online player who qualified for the event years ago by winning a passport package that he was unable to use until now due to COVID lockdown.\u00a0 He maintained a big stack throughout the event, converting his starting day chip lead into a title, a trophy and \u20ac145,000! Click here to read more about his victory.\n\nIt was also a great festival for Dutchman Michel Molenaar, who finished runner up in the Hydra Entertainment High Roller to Belgian Bart Lybaert, who claimed the \u20ac72,864 first prize. Michel cashed for \u20ac49,632 in this event and followed it up with a third place finish in the \u20ac1,100 Mystery Bounty tournament.\u00a0 However he took down four of the bounties and his combined payday was bigger than that of eventual winner Eftychios \u201cGood Luck\u201d Giorgiou.\n\nCypriot Giorgiou is something of a phenom when it comes to live mystery bounty tournaments, with an impeccable three wins from three tournaments entered. Its a record that would make any poker player envious. Full story here.\n\nThe Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event was the highlight for \u20ac3k players, attracting 154 runners for a prize pool of over \u20ac400k. Mario Trattou from England rose above the competition, coming back from just two big blinds on day two to secure the \u20ac93,000 prize and a very nice looking trophy. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples took a very respectable 4th place for \u20ac31,500.\n\nThese three key events were live streamed on Twitch with commentary from Jason Glatzer and Matt Staples. If you missed the action, the replay can be watched on the on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel.\nMixed game fans were also well catered for with two Omaha tournaments, an 8-game event and a H.O.R.S.E and there were several affordable side events throughout.\nBut its not just about the poker, Party by name, Party by nature and on Sunday evening we did just that with a roaster of a players party held in the exclusive \u201cTwenty-Two\u201d nightclub with 360 degree views of the island. A good time was had by all. Party Pics can be found here.\n\nPhotography the event was by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Miner. They took over 4,000 pics during the event, so if you attended its a racing certainty that there\u2019s at least one of you in there. They can all be found on Flickr.\nThe next Party Poker MILLIONS takes place at the Party Poker Irish Festival in Dublin from 31st October to 5th November. We\u2019re swapping the balmy late Mediterranean summer for a much colder environment, but you can guarantee that the action at the tables will be hot, regardless of the temperature outside.\nIts been an emotional ride for me also. Having been a live event operator for over a decade, I took a back-seat from the live poker business for the last few years, but it\u2019s been great to be felt-side once again. I\u2019ve caught up with several ex-colleagues and friends and made some new ones along the way. The Party never stops, it just moves on to the next location. Hope to see you there, wherever that may be!\nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Wraps appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-04T02:27:42+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-04T02:27:42+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/D0BBCA82-CD03-485B-B44D-FAB5BECAFACD-600x246.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/D0BBCA82-CD03-485B-B44D-FAB5BECAFACD-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/D0BBCA82-CD03-485B-B44D-FAB5BECAFACD-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/D0BBCA82-CD03-485B-B44D-FAB5BECAFACD.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199400", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/congratulations-to-jacques-blit-winner-of-the-e1m-gtd-party-poker-grand-prix-malta.html", "title": "Congratulations to Jacques Blit, winner of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix Malta", "content_html": "Jacques Blit has won the \u20ac1M GTD Grand Prix at the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta, taking down a lifetime best payout of \u20ac145,000! Argentinian Jacques had won a Party Poker Live Passport in pre-COVID times but due to lockdown had been forced to postpone use of it until now.
\nHaving finished his starting day and chip leader, he maintained his position as one of the largest stacks throughout the tournament and went into the final table inn second place, behind Italian Eros Nastasi. It was not his first cash at the festival, as he also bagged 20th place in the Party Poker MILLIONS main event, after securing his safe passage into day 2 of the Grand Prix.
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Italian Luciano Borghetti was the first to be eliminated from the live streamed final table, taking home \u20ac10,100 in the first major tournament he has ever played in. Andrea Bonelli, the most experienced player to make the final was the next to be eliminated in eighth, followed by Finland\u2019s Juuso Keskitalo, a Maltese resident who is known in the local poker community as \u201cThe Smiling Finn.\u201d
\nWhen Marios Mansour from Cyprus was eliminated in sixth place, Jacques was the only non-Italian player left in the field. Local legend Salvatore Ritrovato scored \u20ac31,000 for fifth place while Massimiliano Ferro pocket \u20ac45,000 for fourth. Third place went to Eros Nastasi, another Italian player who visits so frequently that he is as good as considered to be a local player, despite not actually living in Malta.
\nBy the time the heads up stage had been reached Blit held the chip lead with 58m versus Favaloro\u2019s 44m. He began by extending his chip lead in the early exchanges but was then pegged back to where they started, before beginning to pull away again.
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In the final hand, Blit opened with AQ of hearts and was called by Favaloro. Blit led out on a flop of 2h Qc 4c and after Favaloro called, an eight of spades fell on the turn. Blit fired again and his bet was matched by the Italian. The seven of hearts was the river card and Blit pushed all-in. Favaloro eventually made the call with J2 of clubs, but it was a hero to zero situation for him, as the Argentinians on the rail went wild as their man emerged victorious.
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In the post match interview Jacques admitted to feeling like he is in heaven. He has only travelled to Malta to play because he had an unused passport package and decided to use it to play all the big events at the festival. If you missed the action, the replay can be watched on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel.
\n| Party Poker Grand Prix Final Day Payouts | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nCountry | \nPayout | \n
| 1 | \nJacques Ammiel Blit | \nArgentina | \n145,000 | \n
| 2 | \nMarcello Favaloro | \nItaly | \n86,000 | \n
| 3 | \nEros Nastasi | \nItaly | \n61,000 | \n
| 4 | \nMassimiliano Ferro | \nItaly | \n45,000 | \n
| 5 | \nSalvatore Ritrovato | \nItaly | \n31,000 | \n
| 6 | \nMarios Mansour | \nCyprus | \n20,500 | \n
| 7 | \nJuuso Keskitalo | \nFinland | \n14,500 | \n
| 8 | \nAndrea Benelli | \nItaly | \n11,700 | \n
| 9 | \nLuciano Borghetti | \nItaly | \n10,100 | \n
Photos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Congratulations to Jacques Blit, winner of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix Malta appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Jacques Blit has won the \u20ac1M GTD Grand Prix at the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta, taking down a lifetime best payout of \u20ac145,000! Argentinian Jacques had won a Party Poker Live Passport in pre-COVID times but due to lockdown had been forced to postpone use of it until now.\nHaving finished his starting day and chip leader, he maintained his position as one of the largest stacks throughout the tournament and went into the final table inn second place, behind Italian Eros Nastasi. It was not his first cash at the festival, as he also bagged 20th place in the Party Poker MILLIONS main event, after securing his safe passage into day 2 of the Grand Prix.\n\nItalian Luciano Borghetti was the first to be eliminated from the live streamed final table, taking home \u20ac10,100 in the first major tournament he has ever played in. Andrea Bonelli, the most experienced player to make the final was the next to be eliminated in eighth, followed by Finland\u2019s Juuso Keskitalo, a Maltese resident who is known in the local poker community as \u201cThe Smiling Finn.\u201d\nWhen Marios Mansour from Cyprus was eliminated in sixth place, Jacques was the only non-Italian player left in the field. Local legend Salvatore Ritrovato scored \u20ac31,000 for fifth place while Massimiliano Ferro pocket \u20ac45,000 for fourth. Third place went to Eros Nastasi, another Italian player who visits so frequently that he is as good as considered to be a local player, despite not actually living in Malta.\nBy the time the heads up stage had been reached Blit held the chip lead with 58m versus Favaloro\u2019s 44m. He began by extending his chip lead in the early exchanges but was then pegged back to where they started, before beginning to pull away again.\n\nIn the final hand, Blit opened with AQ of hearts and was called by Favaloro. Blit led out on a flop of 2h Qc 4c and after Favaloro called, an eight of spades fell on the turn. Blit fired again and his bet was matched by the Italian. The seven of hearts was the river card and Blit pushed all-in. Favaloro eventually made the call with J2 of clubs, but it was a hero to zero situation for him, as the Argentinians on the rail went wild as their man emerged victorious.\n\nIn the post match interview Jacques admitted to feeling like he is in heaven. He has only travelled to Malta to play because he had an unused passport package and decided to use it to play all the big events at the festival. If you missed the action, the replay can be watched on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel.\n\n\n\nParty Poker Grand Prix Final Day Payouts\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nCountry\nPayout\n\n\n1\nJacques Ammiel Blit\nArgentina\n145,000\n\n\n2\nMarcello Favaloro\nItaly\n86,000\n\n\n3\nEros Nastasi\nItaly\n61,000\n\n\n4\nMassimiliano Ferro\nItaly\n45,000\n\n\n5\nSalvatore Ritrovato\nItaly\n31,000\n\n\n6\nMarios Mansour\nCyprus\n20,500\n\n\n7\nJuuso Keskitalo\nFinland\n14,500\n\n\n8\nAndrea Benelli\nItaly\n11,700\n\n\n9\nLuciano Borghetti\nItaly\n10,100\n\n\n\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Congratulations to Jacques Blit, winner of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix Malta appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-03T23:33:15+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-03T23:40:22+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3213935E-4C07-4B7F-8849-BCCF179751B6-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3213935E-4C07-4B7F-8849-BCCF179751B6-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3213935E-4C07-4B7F-8849-BCCF179751B6-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3213935E-4C07-4B7F-8849-BCCF179751B6.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199267", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/staffing-a-party-poker-millions-event.html", "title": "Staffing a Party Poker MILLIONS Event", "content_html": "So how does a live poker festival like the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta actually operate? What do all the staff do and what are their main responsibilities? I asked Robert De Niro and he came back with this, before smashing my hand with a jackhammer and throwing me out into the alley behind the casino:
\nSince the players are looking to beat the other players, the players are watching the other players. The dealers are also watching the players. The floor persons are watching the dealers. The tournament director (TD) is watching the floor persons. The poker room manager is watching the TD. The casino manager is watching the poker room manager. And the eye in the sky is watching us all.
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Well, there\u2019s actually a lot more to it than that. From a player perspective, the casino staff, massage therapists, bar staff, registrations team, dealers, floor staff and the TD are very visible to you but there\u2019s also a whole host of people working in the background.
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There\u2019s the TV team, who set up and operate the live stream, including an editor, a floor manager, commentators and presenters. There\u2019s an operations manager and staffing manager. There\u2019s also photographers, a videographer, a social media manager, a media coordinator (me), player liaison managers, event coordinators and probably many more roles that I may forgotten to mention.
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Before the event gets anywhere near the venue there\u2019s work to be done at back at HQ to schedule the event, set up satellites, create webpage content and integrate its all into the the Party Poker client and supporting website.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/00076AEE-7518-452E-A1C4-FD9FB2790B1D-300x200.jpeg\")
And overseeing this whole operation is Antonio Sapio, the event manager, who has postponed the most vital human requirement – sleep – for several weeks now to ensure the festival runs as smoothly as possible. You would think that he would now rest and recover, but that\u2019s just not his style, he\u2019ll be hard on it again tomorrow preparing for Party Poker MILLIONS Irish Festival, which takes place in Dublin from 31st October – 5th November. It starts on Halloween and ends will end with fireworks on Guy Fawkes Day and we\u2019d love for you to join us!
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\nJonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Staffing a Party Poker MILLIONS Event appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "So how does a live poker festival like the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta actually operate? What do all the staff do and what are their main responsibilities? I asked Robert De Niro and he came back with this, before smashing my hand with a jackhammer and throwing me out into the alley behind the casino:\nSince the players are looking to beat the other players, the players are watching the other players. The dealers are also watching the players. The floor persons are watching the dealers. The tournament director (TD) is watching the floor persons. The poker room manager is watching the TD. The casino manager is watching the poker room manager. And the eye in the sky is watching us all.\n\nWell, there\u2019s actually a lot more to it than that. From a player perspective, the casino staff, massage therapists, bar staff, registrations team, dealers, floor staff and the TD are very visible to you but there\u2019s also a whole host of people working in the background.\n\nThere\u2019s the TV team, who set up and operate the live stream, including an editor, a floor manager, commentators and presenters. There\u2019s an operations manager and staffing manager. There\u2019s also photographers, a videographer, a social media manager, a media coordinator (me), player liaison managers, event coordinators and probably many more roles that I may forgotten to mention.\n\nBefore the event gets anywhere near the venue there\u2019s work to be done at back at HQ to schedule the event, set up satellites, create webpage content and integrate its all into the the Party Poker client and supporting website.\n\nAnd overseeing this whole operation is Antonio Sapio, the event manager, who has postponed the most vital human requirement – sleep – for several weeks now to ensure the festival runs as smoothly as possible. You would think that he would now rest and recover, but that\u2019s just not his style, he\u2019ll be hard on it again tomorrow preparing for Party Poker MILLIONS Irish Festival, which takes place in Dublin from 31st October – 5th November. It starts on Halloween and ends will end with fireworks on Guy Fawkes Day and we\u2019d love for you to join us!\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Staffing a Party Poker MILLIONS Event appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-03T19:26:31+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-03T23:52:13+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/39C1B737-522E-48AA-9D5C-0F46A669C0F3-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/39C1B737-522E-48AA-9D5C-0F46A669C0F3-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/39C1B737-522E-48AA-9D5C-0F46A669C0F3-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/39C1B737-522E-48AA-9D5C-0F46A669C0F3.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199247", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-malta-final-table-set-for-party-poker-grand-prix-malta.html", "title": "MILLIONS Malta \u2013 Final Table Set for Party Poker Grand Prix Malta", "content_html": "Over 2,200 players started this event (2,237 to be precise) and they are down to just nine players, who will fight it out this afternoon to become the $1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix Malta Champion, along a monster payday of \u20ac144,100.
\nItalian Eros Nastasi has the chip lead going into the final and is currently in possession of just over 23m chips, with Argentinian Jacques Ammiel Blit leading the chasing pack on a little over 18m. The South American player was the chip leader from\u00a0 Day 1B of the event and also cashed in the Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event.
\nThe most experienced player on the final table is Italian Andrea Benelli, who has cashed for almost $2m in live tournaments and has been a regular visitor to Malta for over a decade. He has several significant wins already under his belt, but starts today as one of the shortest stacks on the final table.
\nFollow all the action from the live stream on on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel. Play will commence at 2pm (local time, or 1pm if you\u2019re in the UK), with cards on a 30-minute delay. Jason Glatzer will host the commentary, with special guest Matt Staples.
\n| Party Poker Grand Prix Malta Final Table | \n||||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \nSeat | \n
| 1 | \nEros Nastasi | \nItalian | \n23,125,000 | \n2 | \n
| 2 | \nJacques Ammiel Blit | \nArgentinian | \n18,150,000 | \n4 | \n
| 3 | \nJuuso Keskitalo | \nFinnish | \n17,900,000 | \n7 | \n
| 4 | \nMarcello Favaloro | \nItalian | \n15,675,000 | \n8 | \n
| 5 | \nMassimiliano Ferro | \nItalian | \n12,000,000 | \n9 | \n
| 6 | \nAndrea Benelli | \nItalian | \n8,000,000 | \n6 | \n
| 7 | \nSalvatore Ritrovato | \nItalian | \n6,975,000 | \n1 | \n
| 8 | \nMarios Mansour | \nCypriot | \n6,550,000 | \n5 | \n
| 9 | \nLuciano Borghetti | \nItalian | \n2,900,000 | \n3 | \n
Photos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post MILLIONS Malta – Final Table Set for Party Poker Grand Prix Malta appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Over 2,200 players started this event (2,237 to be precise) and they are down to just nine players, who will fight it out this afternoon to become the $1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix Malta Champion, along a monster payday of \u20ac144,100.\nItalian Eros Nastasi has the chip lead going into the final and is currently in possession of just over 23m chips, with Argentinian Jacques Ammiel Blit leading the chasing pack on a little over 18m. The South American player was the chip leader from\u00a0 Day 1B of the event and also cashed in the Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event.\nThe most experienced player on the final table is Italian Andrea Benelli, who has cashed for almost $2m in live tournaments and has been a regular visitor to Malta for over a decade. He has several significant wins already under his belt, but starts today as one of the shortest stacks on the final table.\nFollow all the action from the live stream on on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel. Play will commence at 2pm (local time, or 1pm if you\u2019re in the UK), with cards on a 30-minute delay. Jason Glatzer will host the commentary, with special guest Matt Staples.\n\n\n\nParty Poker Grand Prix Malta Final Table\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\nSeat\n\n\n1\nEros Nastasi\nItalian\n23,125,000\n2\n\n\n2\nJacques Ammiel Blit\nArgentinian\n18,150,000\n4\n\n\n3\nJuuso Keskitalo\nFinnish\n17,900,000\n7\n\n\n4\nMarcello Favaloro\nItalian\n15,675,000\n8\n\n\n5\nMassimiliano Ferro\nItalian\n12,000,000\n9\n\n\n6\nAndrea Benelli\nItalian\n8,000,000\n6\n\n\n7\nSalvatore Ritrovato\nItalian\n6,975,000\n1\n\n\n8\nMarios Mansour\nCypriot\n6,550,000\n5\n\n\n9\nLuciano Borghetti\nItalian\n2,900,000\n3\n\n\n\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post MILLIONS Malta – Final Table Set for Party Poker Grand Prix Malta appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-03T11:08:13+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-03T11:08:13+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/final-table-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/final-table-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/final-table-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/final-table.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199184", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-malta-festival-eftychios-georgiou-wins-party-poker-mystery-bounty.html", "title": "MILLIONS Malta Festival \u2013 Eftychios Georgiou wins Party Poker Mystery Bounty", "content_html": "Cypriot Eftychios Georgiou has won the Mystery Bounty tournament at the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival, scooping the first prize of \u20ac8,580 and \u20ac11,000 in bounties for a` total payout of \u20ac19,580. He defeated Hungarian Jozsef Fauzst in a short heads up battle, which was streamed live from Portomaso Casino in St Julians, Malta.
\nA total of 21 players had returned for Day 2 of the \u20ac1,100 buy-in event, with Georgiou sitting in 6th place on the overnight leaderboard. There were just nine bounties up for grabs, with varying values, the highest of which was \u20ac10,000. Once the final table was reached the bounties kicked in, but only three players managed to secure them. It was third place finisher Michel Molenaar who took the most from knockouts, sending four players to the rail and collecting \u20ac18,500 in the process, including the 10k.
\nGeorgiou, who\u2019s first name\u00a0 Eftychios translates as \u201cgood luck,\u201d was delighted to have won the trophy, cheered on by his wife on the rail. This was pointed out to the commentary team, who then adopted this as his name for the rest of the stream. He describes himself as a part time grinder, part time opportunist and has certainly made the most of this opportunity. But its not his first success playing this exciting format, as he has played live mystery bounties twice before and won them both! This win completes his first triple crown at the format.
\nFor 3rd place finisher Michel Molenaar this has been a very successful festival, having finished runner-up in the Hydra Entertainment High Roller. Scott Fingland, the 8th place finisher has also had a good run this week, making three final tables.
\nIf you missed the action and want to catch up the stream can be viewed on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel, with cards up coverage and commentary by Jason Glatzer and Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples.
\n| Mystery Bounty Payouts | \n||||
| Finishing Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize (Not Including Bounties) | \nBounties | \n
| 1 | \nEftychios Georgiou | \nCypriot | \n\u20ac8,580 | \n\u20ac11,000 | \n
| 2 | \nJozsef Fauzst | \nHungarian | \n\u20ac5,640 | \n\u20ac1,000 | \n
| 3 | \nMichel Molenaar | \nDutch | \n\u20ac4,050 | \n\u20ac18,500 | \n
| 4 | \nVille Jyrki Santeri Pohjalainen | \nFinnish | \n\u20ac2,750 | \n\n |
| 5 | \nGiacomo Evangelista | \nItalian | \n\u20ac2,000 | \n\n |
| 6 | \nPaulos Xanthopolous | \nGreek | \n\u20ac1,610 | \n\n |
| 7 | \nCharles Akadiri | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac1,330 | \n\n |
| 8 | \nScott Fingland | \nCanadian | \n\u20ac1,110 | \n\n |
| 9 | \nAntoine Rahal | \nFrench | \n\u20ac990 | \n\n |
| Total Entries | \n61 | \n\n | \n | \n |
| Prize Pool (Not Bounties) | \n\u20ac28,060 | \n\n | \n | \n |
| Bounty Prize Pool | \n\u20ac30,500 | \n\n | \n | \n |
\n
The festival is now in the home straight, with just one day to go and the hotly anticipated final of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix still to come. Here is the final day schedule.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Tuesday October 3rd | \n|||
| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 14:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 4 | \nN/A | \n
| 16:00 | \n#32 | \nSuper Daily Legends – Last Turbo | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 17:00 | \nOnline #3 | \nMILLIONS Malta LIVE Twitch Freeroll | \nFreeroll | \n
| 18:00 | \n#33 | \nGoodbye Party | \n\u20ac200+\u20ac20 | \n
\n
Photos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
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The post MILLIONS Malta Festival – Eftychios Georgiou wins Party Poker Mystery Bounty appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Cypriot Eftychios Georgiou has won the Mystery Bounty tournament at the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival, scooping the first prize of \u20ac8,580 and \u20ac11,000 in bounties for a` total payout of \u20ac19,580. He defeated Hungarian Jozsef Fauzst in a short heads up battle, which was streamed live from Portomaso Casino in St Julians, Malta.\nA total of 21 players had returned for Day 2 of the \u20ac1,100 buy-in event, with Georgiou sitting in 6th place on the overnight leaderboard. There were just nine bounties up for grabs, with varying values, the highest of which was \u20ac10,000. Once the final table was reached the bounties kicked in, but only three players managed to secure them. It was third place finisher Michel Molenaar who took the most from knockouts, sending four players to the rail and collecting \u20ac18,500 in the process, including the 10k.\nGeorgiou, who\u2019s first name\u00a0 Eftychios translates as \u201cgood luck,\u201d was delighted to have won the trophy, cheered on by his wife on the rail. This was pointed out to the commentary team, who then adopted this as his name for the rest of the stream. He describes himself as a part time grinder, part time opportunist and has certainly made the most of this opportunity. But its not his first success playing this exciting format, as he has played live mystery bounties twice before and won them both! This win completes his first triple crown at the format.\nFor 3rd place finisher Michel Molenaar this has been a very successful festival, having finished runner-up in the Hydra Entertainment High Roller. Scott Fingland, the 8th place finisher has also had a good run this week, making three final tables.\nIf you missed the action and want to catch up the stream can be viewed on the PartyPokerTV Twitch channel, with cards up coverage and commentary by Jason Glatzer and Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples.\n\n\n\nMystery Bounty Payouts\n\n\nFinishing Position\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize (Not Including Bounties)\nBounties\n\n\n1\nEftychios Georgiou\nCypriot\n\u20ac8,580\n\u20ac11,000\n\n\n2\nJozsef Fauzst\nHungarian\n\u20ac5,640\n\u20ac1,000\n\n\n3\nMichel Molenaar\nDutch\n\u20ac4,050\n\u20ac18,500\n\n\n4\nVille Jyrki Santeri Pohjalainen\nFinnish\n\u20ac2,750\n\n\n\n5\nGiacomo Evangelista\nItalian\n\u20ac2,000\n\n\n\n6\nPaulos Xanthopolous\nGreek\n\u20ac1,610\n\n\n\n7\nCharles Akadiri\nEnglish\n\u20ac1,330\n\n\n\n8\nScott Fingland\nCanadian\n\u20ac1,110\n\n\n\n9\nAntoine Rahal\nFrench\n\u20ac990\n\n\n\nTotal Entries\n61\n\n\n\n\n\nPrize Pool (Not Bounties)\n\u20ac28,060\n\n\n\n\n\nBounty Prize Pool\n\u20ac30,500\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe festival is now in the home straight, with just one day to go and the hotly anticipated final of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix still to come. Here is the final day schedule.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Tuesday October 3rd\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n14:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 4\nN/A\n\n\n16:00\n#32\nSuper Daily Legends – Last Turbo\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n17:00\nOnline #3\nMILLIONS Malta LIVE Twitch Freeroll\nFreeroll\n\n\n18:00\n#33\nGoodbye Party\n\u20ac200+\u20ac20\n\n\n\n \nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\n\n\nThe post MILLIONS Malta Festival – Eftychios Georgiou wins Party Poker Mystery Bounty appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-03T09:45:51+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-03T09:51:42+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/madonna-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/madonna-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/madonna-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/madonna.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199162", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-grand-prix-67-players-through-to-day-3.html", "title": "Party Poker Grand Prix \u2013 67 Players Through to Day 3", "content_html": "The marathon of Party Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Malta day 1s is now over and so is day 2, which took place just after the conclusion of the final starting flight, on Sunday 1st October. Of the 336 players who began the second day of the tournament, 67 have made it to the third and penultimate day of the prestigious event, at Portomaso Casino in St Julians, Malta. They have each now locked up a minimum prize of \u20ac1,600, but all would much prefer to be in the winner\u2019s enclosure come Tuesday, as there\u2019s a very tasty \u20ac144,100 waiting for the winner.
\n| Party Poker Grand Prix Remaining Payouts | \n|||
| Position | \nPrize | \nPosition | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \n\u20ac144,100 | \n14-15 | \n\u20ac5,550 | \n
| 2 | \n\u20ac85,100 | \n16-17 | \n\u20ac4,800 | \n
| 3 | \n\u20ac60,100 | \n18-20 | \n\u20ac4,300 | \n
| 4 | \n\u20ac44,100 | \n21-23 | \n\u20ac3,800 | \n
| 5 | \n\u20ac30,100 | \n24-27 | \n\u20ac3,300 | \n
| 6 | \n\u20ac19,600 | \n28-31 | \n\u20ac2,900 | \n
| 7 | \n\u20ac13,600 | \n32-39 | \n\u20ac2,500 | \n
| 8 | \n\u20ac10,800 | \n40-47 | \n\u20ac2,200 | \n
| 9 | \n\u20ac9,200 | \n48-63 | \n\u20ac1,900 | \n
| 10-11 | \n\u20ac7,520 | \n64-67 | \n\u20ac1,600 | \n
| 12-13 | \n\u20ac6,350 | \n\n | \n |
The chip leader going into day three is Marco Patane on 5.5m, ahead of fellow Italian Massimiliano Ferro in second place on 4.845m. Maltese Fausto Tantillo, who held the chip lead after the day 1 remains in contention in third place on 4.555m chips. In 4th place is Adam Owen from England on 3.52m. The mixed game specialist cashed in the H.O.R.S.E event earlier in the week. Play resumes at 4pm today.
\n| Party Poker Grand Prix End of Day 2 Survivors & Day 3 Seatdraw | \n|||||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \nTable | \nSeat | \n
| 1 | \nMarco Patane | \nItalian | \n5,550,000 | \n1 | \n7 | \n
| 2 | \nMassimiliano Ferro | \nItalian | \n4,845,000 | \n8 | \n1 | \n
| 3 | \nFausto Tantillo | \nMaltese | \n4,555,000 | \n3 | \n8 | \n
| 4 | \nAdam Owen | \nEnglish | \n3,520,000 | \n4 | \n4 | \n
| 5 | \nAndrea Benelli | \nItalian | \n3,405,000 | \n2 | \n1 | \n
| 6 | \nJacques Ammiel Blit | \nArgentinian | \n3,260,000 | \n7 | \n1 | \n
| 7 | \nGaspare Sposato | \nItalian | \n3,095,000 | \n3 | \n4 | \n
| 8 | \nGiordano Santambrogio | \nItalian | \n2,900,000 | \n2 | \n4 | \n
| 9 | \nNelson Clark | \nDutch | \n2,635,000 | \n6 | \n8 | \n
| 10 | \nEros Nastasi | \nItalian | \n2,600,000 | \n5 | \n6 | \n
| 11 | \nLuca Caravaglio | \nItalian | \n2,545,000 | \n5 | \n1 | \n
| 12 | \nThibault Thevenet | \nFrench | \n2,510,000 | \n9 | \n3 | \n
| 13 | \nMartin Planiscig | \nArgentinian | \n2,370,000 | \n3 | \n7 | \n
| 14 | \nHays Antonin | \nMaltese | \n2,200,000 | \n2 | \n7 | \n
| 15 | \nPierre Azzopardi | \nMaltese | \n2,105,000 | \n8 | \n8 | \n
| 16 | \nPasquale Crobu | \nItalian | \n2,050,000 | \n1 | \n5 | \n
| 17 | \nPavlos Benakis | \nCypriot | \n1,995,000 | \n3 | \n2 | \n
| 18 | \nPaul Hopper | \nEnglish | \n1,960,000 | \n8 | \n7 | \n
| 19 | \nBrian Calleja | \nMaltese | \n1,780,000 | \n7 | \n7 | \n
| 20 | \nDario Porto | \nItalian | \n1,775,000 | \n8 | \n5 | \n
| 21 | \nVincenzo Serraino | \nItalian | \n1,765,000 | \n1 | \n2 | \n
| 22 | \nPavle Pecelj | \nRomanian | \n1,740,000 | \n6 | \n1 | \n
| 23 | \nWalter Limonata | \nItalian | \n1,705,000 | \n5 | \n3 | \n
| 24 | \nGiovanni Sutera | \nItalian | \n1,690,000 | \n8 | \n6 | \n
| 25 | \nGiuseppe Tredici | \nItalian | \n1,655,000 | \n8 | \n2 | \n
| 26 | \nThomas Bellanger | \nFrench | \n1,645,000 | \n3 | \n1 | \n
| 27 | \nOle Hansen | \nNorwegian | \n1,620,000 | \n1 | \n1 | \n
| 28 | \nIvane Khazaradze | \nGeorgian | \n1,575,000 | \n4 | \n6 | \n
| 29 | \nSalvatore Ritrovato | \nItalian | \n1,565,000 | \n7 | \n2 | \n
| 30 | \nJuuso Keskitalo | \nFinnish | \n1,525,000 | \n3 | \n3 | \n
| 31 | \nGrant Anderson | \nEnglish | \n1,515,000 | \n7 | \n6 | \n
| 32 | \nIoannis Chorianopoulos | \nFinnish | \n1,480,000 | \n5 | \n5 | \n
| 33 | \nGabriele Giacomo | \nItalian | \n1,435,000 | \n6 | \n7 | \n
| 34 | \nFederrico Cavandoli | \nItalian | \n1,400,000 | \n1 | \n6 | \n
| 35 | \nDaniel Montagnolli | \nAustrian | \n1,365,000 | \n1 | \n4 | \n
| 36 | \nTanguy Pellerin | \nFrench | \n1,345,000 | \n9 | \n4 | \n
| 37 | \nMarcello Favaloro | \nItalian | \n1,275,000 | \n1 | \n8 | \n
| 38 | \nClaudio Campochiaro | \nItalian | \n1,225,000 | \n5 | \n7 | \n
| 39 | \nSamuel Olave | \nSpanish | \n1,175,000 | \n2 | \n8 | \n
| 40 | \nJonathan Wong | \nEnglish | \n1,155,000 | \n3 | \n6 | \n
| 41 | \nAlberto Santorto | \nItalian | \n1,070,000 | \n9 | \n8 | \n
| 42 | \nRomano Ravioli | \nItalian | \n1,045,000 | \n7 | \n5 | \n
| 43 | \nYoan Dody | \nFrench | \n1,010,000 | \n9 | \n6 | \n
| 44 | \nLuciano Borghetti | \nItalian | \n990,000 | \n6 | \n5 | \n
| 45 | \nGiovanni de la Rosa | \nItalian | \n980,000 | \n4 | \n2 | \n
| 46 | \nElvijs Kuceruks | \nLatvia | \n980,000 | \n4 | \n5 | \n
| 47 | \nAntonio Scuderi | \nItalian | \n945,000 | \n9 | \n5 | \n
| 48 | \nAmmanouil Zacharakis | \nGreek | \n935,000 | \n2 | \n5 | \n
| 49 | \nMarco Masciarelli | \nItalian | \n930,000 | \n7 | \n8 | \n
| 50 | \nAndrew Christoforou | \nEnglish | \n850,000 | \n6 | \n3 | \n
| 51 | \nAngelo Vietti | \nItalian | \n845,000 | \n3 | \n5 | \n
| 52 | \nErnesto Maiorca | \nItalian | \n840,000 | \n9 | \n7 | \n
| 53 | \nSfefano Caruso | \nItalian | \n830,000 | \n4 | \n8 | \n
| 54 | \nStefano Colli | \nItalian | \n825,000 | \n2 | \n3 | \n
| 55 | \nFabio Assennato | \nItalian | \n815,000 | \n7 | \n3 | \n
| 56 | \nDzintars Lacis | \nLatvia | \n800,000 | \n5 | \n2 | \n
| 57 | \nMarios Mansour | \nCypriot | \n790,000 | \n5 | \n8 | \n
| 58 | \nLuca Pilloni | \nItalian | \n775,000 | \n6 | \n6 | \n
| 59 | \nAngelo Patane | \nItalian | \n745,000 | \n2 | \n2 | \n
| 60 | \nLuigi Serafin | \nItalian | \n710,000 | \n8 | \n4 | \n
| 61 | \nAntonino Leotta | \nItalian | \n610,000 | \n4 | \n1 | \n
| 62 | \nMarco Rodriquenz | \nItalian | \n550,000 | \n6 | \n4 | \n
| 63 | \nSimon Forster | \nMaltese | \n530,000 | \n1 | \n3 | \n
| 64 | \nJordi Ribatallada | \nSpanish | \n530,000 | \n4 | \n7 | \n
| 65 | \nRares Bodea | \nRomanian | \n520,000 | \n4 | \n3 | \n
| 66 | \nFabio Berti | \nItalian | \n485,000 | \n9 | \n2 | \n
| 67 | \nNatale Allegra | \nItalian | \n360,000 | \n2 | \n6 | \n
In addition to the Grand Prix, the Mystery Bounty also resumes today and it will live stream on Party Poker\u2019s Twitch channel from around 7pm this evening, local time. There\u2019s also a NLH side event, Daily Legends – The Predator and an 8-game tournament for the mix-game aficionados. Here\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s tournament action. There are also cash games running 24/7 in the main casino.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Monday October 2nd | \n|||
| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 16:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 3 | \nN/A | \n
| 17:00 | \n#28 | \nMystery Bounty Day 2 | \nN/A | \n
| 19:00 | \n#30 | \n8-Game | \n\u20ac200+\u20ac25 | \n
| 20:00 | \nOnline #2 | \nMILLIONS Malta LIVE Twitch Freeroll | \nFreeroll | \n
| 21:00 | \n#31 | \nDaily Legends – The Predator | \n\u20ac200+\u20ac20 | \n
\n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix – 67 Players Through to Day 3 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The marathon of Party Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Malta day 1s is now over and so is day 2, which took place just after the conclusion of the final starting flight, on Sunday 1st October. Of the 336 players who began the second day of the tournament, 67 have made it to the third and penultimate day of the prestigious event, at Portomaso Casino in St Julians, Malta. They have each now locked up a minimum prize of \u20ac1,600, but all would much prefer to be in the winner\u2019s enclosure come Tuesday, as there\u2019s a very tasty \u20ac144,100 waiting for the winner.\n\n\n\nParty Poker Grand Prix Remaining Payouts\n\n\nPosition\nPrize\nPosition\nPrize\n\n\n1\n\u20ac144,100\n14-15\n\u20ac5,550\n\n\n2\n\u20ac85,100\n16-17\n\u20ac4,800\n\n\n3\n\u20ac60,100\n18-20\n\u20ac4,300\n\n\n4\n\u20ac44,100\n21-23\n\u20ac3,800\n\n\n5\n\u20ac30,100\n24-27\n\u20ac3,300\n\n\n6\n\u20ac19,600\n28-31\n\u20ac2,900\n\n\n7\n\u20ac13,600\n32-39\n\u20ac2,500\n\n\n8\n\u20ac10,800\n40-47\n\u20ac2,200\n\n\n9\n\u20ac9,200\n48-63\n\u20ac1,900\n\n\n10-11\n\u20ac7,520\n64-67\n\u20ac1,600\n\n\n12-13\n\u20ac6,350\n\n\n\n\n\nThe chip leader going into day three is Marco Patane on 5.5m, ahead of fellow Italian Massimiliano Ferro in second place on 4.845m. Maltese Fausto Tantillo, who held the chip lead after the day 1 remains in contention in third place on 4.555m chips. In 4th place is Adam Owen from England on 3.52m. The mixed game specialist cashed in the H.O.R.S.E event earlier in the week. Play resumes at 4pm today.\n\n\n\nParty Poker Grand Prix End of Day 2 Survivors & Day 3 Seatdraw\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\nTable\nSeat\n\n\n1\nMarco Patane\nItalian\n5,550,000\n1\n7\n\n\n2\nMassimiliano Ferro\nItalian\n4,845,000\n8\n1\n\n\n3\nFausto Tantillo\nMaltese\n4,555,000\n3\n8\n\n\n4\nAdam Owen\nEnglish\n3,520,000\n4\n4\n\n\n5\nAndrea Benelli\nItalian\n3,405,000\n2\n1\n\n\n6\nJacques Ammiel Blit\nArgentinian\n3,260,000\n7\n1\n\n\n7\nGaspare Sposato\nItalian\n3,095,000\n3\n4\n\n\n8\nGiordano Santambrogio\nItalian\n2,900,000\n2\n4\n\n\n9\nNelson Clark\nDutch\n2,635,000\n6\n8\n\n\n10\nEros Nastasi\nItalian\n2,600,000\n5\n6\n\n\n11\nLuca Caravaglio\nItalian\n2,545,000\n5\n1\n\n\n12\nThibault Thevenet\nFrench\n2,510,000\n9\n3\n\n\n13\nMartin Planiscig\nArgentinian\n2,370,000\n3\n7\n\n\n14\nHays Antonin\nMaltese\n2,200,000\n2\n7\n\n\n15\nPierre Azzopardi\nMaltese\n2,105,000\n8\n8\n\n\n16\nPasquale Crobu\nItalian\n2,050,000\n1\n5\n\n\n17\nPavlos Benakis\nCypriot\n1,995,000\n3\n2\n\n\n18\nPaul Hopper\nEnglish\n1,960,000\n8\n7\n\n\n19\nBrian Calleja\nMaltese\n1,780,000\n7\n7\n\n\n20\nDario Porto\nItalian\n1,775,000\n8\n5\n\n\n21\nVincenzo Serraino\nItalian\n1,765,000\n1\n2\n\n\n22\nPavle Pecelj\nRomanian\n1,740,000\n6\n1\n\n\n23\nWalter Limonata\nItalian\n1,705,000\n5\n3\n\n\n24\nGiovanni Sutera\nItalian\n1,690,000\n8\n6\n\n\n25\nGiuseppe Tredici\nItalian\n1,655,000\n8\n2\n\n\n26\nThomas Bellanger\nFrench\n1,645,000\n3\n1\n\n\n27\nOle Hansen\nNorwegian\n1,620,000\n1\n1\n\n\n28\nIvane Khazaradze\nGeorgian\n1,575,000\n4\n6\n\n\n29\nSalvatore Ritrovato\nItalian\n1,565,000\n7\n2\n\n\n30\nJuuso Keskitalo\nFinnish\n1,525,000\n3\n3\n\n\n31\nGrant Anderson\nEnglish\n1,515,000\n7\n6\n\n\n32\nIoannis Chorianopoulos\nFinnish\n1,480,000\n5\n5\n\n\n33\nGabriele Giacomo\nItalian\n1,435,000\n6\n7\n\n\n34\nFederrico Cavandoli\nItalian\n1,400,000\n1\n6\n\n\n35\nDaniel Montagnolli\nAustrian\n1,365,000\n1\n4\n\n\n36\nTanguy Pellerin\nFrench\n1,345,000\n9\n4\n\n\n37\nMarcello Favaloro\nItalian\n1,275,000\n1\n8\n\n\n38\nClaudio Campochiaro\nItalian\n1,225,000\n5\n7\n\n\n39\nSamuel Olave\nSpanish\n1,175,000\n2\n8\n\n\n40\nJonathan Wong\nEnglish\n1,155,000\n3\n6\n\n\n41\nAlberto Santorto\nItalian\n1,070,000\n9\n8\n\n\n42\nRomano Ravioli\nItalian\n1,045,000\n7\n5\n\n\n43\nYoan Dody\nFrench\n1,010,000\n9\n6\n\n\n44\nLuciano Borghetti\nItalian\n990,000\n6\n5\n\n\n45\nGiovanni de la Rosa\nItalian\n980,000\n4\n2\n\n\n46\nElvijs Kuceruks\nLatvia\n980,000\n4\n5\n\n\n47\nAntonio Scuderi\nItalian\n945,000\n9\n5\n\n\n48\nAmmanouil Zacharakis\nGreek\n935,000\n2\n5\n\n\n49\nMarco Masciarelli\nItalian\n930,000\n7\n8\n\n\n50\nAndrew Christoforou\nEnglish\n850,000\n6\n3\n\n\n51\nAngelo Vietti\nItalian\n845,000\n3\n5\n\n\n52\nErnesto Maiorca\nItalian\n840,000\n9\n7\n\n\n53\nSfefano Caruso\nItalian\n830,000\n4\n8\n\n\n54\nStefano Colli\nItalian\n825,000\n2\n3\n\n\n55\nFabio Assennato\nItalian\n815,000\n7\n3\n\n\n56\nDzintars Lacis\nLatvia\n800,000\n5\n2\n\n\n57\nMarios Mansour\nCypriot\n790,000\n5\n8\n\n\n58\nLuca Pilloni\nItalian\n775,000\n6\n6\n\n\n59\nAngelo Patane\nItalian\n745,000\n2\n2\n\n\n60\nLuigi Serafin\nItalian\n710,000\n8\n4\n\n\n61\nAntonino Leotta\nItalian\n610,000\n4\n1\n\n\n62\nMarco Rodriquenz\nItalian\n550,000\n6\n4\n\n\n63\nSimon Forster\nMaltese\n530,000\n1\n3\n\n\n64\nJordi Ribatallada\nSpanish\n530,000\n4\n7\n\n\n65\nRares Bodea\nRomanian\n520,000\n4\n3\n\n\n66\nFabio Berti\nItalian\n485,000\n9\n2\n\n\n67\nNatale Allegra\nItalian\n360,000\n2\n6\n\n\n\nIn addition to the Grand Prix, the Mystery Bounty also resumes today and it will live stream on Party Poker\u2019s Twitch channel from around 7pm this evening, local time. There\u2019s also a NLH side event, Daily Legends – The Predator and an 8-game tournament for the mix-game aficionados. Here\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s tournament action. There are also cash games running 24/7 in the main casino.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Monday October 2nd\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n16:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 3\nN/A\n\n\n17:00\n#28\nMystery Bounty Day 2\nN/A\n\n\n19:00\n#30\n8-Game\n\u20ac200+\u20ac25\n\n\n20:00\nOnline #2\nMILLIONS Malta LIVE Twitch Freeroll\nFreeroll\n\n\n21:00\n#31\nDaily Legends – The Predator\n\u20ac200+\u20ac20\n\n\n\n \nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix – 67 Players Through to Day 3 appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-02T13:49:00+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-02T13:51:12+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/room-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/room-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/room-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/room.jpeg", "tags": [ "Online Poker", "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199108", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/we-party-poker-million-malta-winner-mario-trattou.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLION Malta Winner \u2013 Mario Trattou", "content_html": "The Party Poker MILLIONS Malta event is over and we have a winner, Mario Trattou from Essex, England. He outlasted a field of 154 runners to scoop \u20ac93,000 first prize, a magnificent trophy and a memory that will last a lifetime. He defeated Sicilian Domenico Gala after a short heads up battle, when they got it all in pre-flop. Domenico had limped with AQ, Mario popped it to 475k, Domenico shoved and was called. The Englishman had aces and the board didn\u2019t change anything, to bring the tournament to its conclusion.
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Going into the final, the chip lead was held by WSOPE bracelet winner Fabio Peluso. He played a very aggressive game in the early exchanges and with five players left he commanded just over 50% of the chips in play. However it was not to be for the mercurial Italian who was eventually eliminated in 3rd place. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples scored his largest live win to-date when he picked up \u20ac31,900 for his 4th place finish, eclipsing his previous best of \u20ac23,000 (10th place at Party Poker MILLIONS Barcelona in 2022).
\nMario Trattou had been whittled down to just two big blinds on the second day of the event and was absolutely delighted with his win, paying tribute to his family and their pet dog in the post match interview. Mario began playing in 2011, but had given up, only to resume playing during COVID lockdown. Having reignited his love for the game online, he began playing live again earlier this year and scored success in a high roller event in Paris. This victory eclipses that effort as his biggest live cash and he is hungry for more.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Result | \n||
| Finishing Position | \nPlayer | \nPrize | \n
| 1st | \nMario Trattou | \n\u20ac93,000 | \n
| 2nd | \nDomenico Gala | \n\u20ac64,000 | \n
| 3rd | \nFabio Peluso | \n\u20ac41,000 | \n
| 4th | \nMatt Staples | \n\u20ac31,900 | \n
| 5th | \nErik Lndqwist | \n\u20ac24,510 | \n
| 6th | \nGiuliano Boellis | \n\u20ac19,400 | \n
| 7th | \nAlberto Cigliano | \n\u20ac15,900 | \n
| 8th | \nAdam Hari | \n\u20ac13,700 | \n
| 9th | \nJakub Wojtas | \n\u20ac11,700 | \n
| 10th | \nRichard Bouette | \n\u20ac10,400 | \n
| 11th | \nDemetrio Camanita | \n\u20ac10,400 | \n
| 12th | \nIoannis Angelou | \n\u20ac9,200 | \n
| 13th | \nRicardo de la Rosa | \n\u20ac9,200 | \n
| 14th | \nMichael Nagy | \n\u20ac8,100 | \n
| 15th | \nThomas Clack | \n\u20ac8,100 | \n
| 16th | \nClement Meunier | \n\u20ac7,210 | \n
| 17th | \nTaco de Goede | \n\u20ac7,210 | \n
| 18th | \nPaolo Boi | \n\u20ac7,210 | \n
| 19th | \nRaman Strakovich | \n\u20ac7,210 | \n
| 20th | \nJacques Ammiel Blit | \n\u20ac7,210 | \n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker MILLION Malta Winner – Mario Trattou appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The Party Poker MILLIONS Malta event is over and we have a winner, Mario Trattou from Essex, England. He outlasted a field of 154 runners to scoop \u20ac93,000 first prize, a magnificent trophy and a memory that will last a lifetime. He defeated Sicilian Domenico Gala after a short heads up battle, when they got it all in pre-flop. Domenico had limped with AQ, Mario popped it to 475k, Domenico shoved and was called. The Englishman had aces and the board didn\u2019t change anything, to bring the tournament to its conclusion.\n\nGoing into the final, the chip lead was held by WSOPE bracelet winner Fabio Peluso. He played a very aggressive game in the early exchanges and with five players left he commanded just over 50% of the chips in play. However it was not to be for the mercurial Italian who was eventually eliminated in 3rd place. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples scored his largest live win to-date when he picked up \u20ac31,900 for his 4th place finish, eclipsing his previous best of \u20ac23,000 (10th place at Party Poker MILLIONS Barcelona in 2022).\nMario Trattou had been whittled down to just two big blinds on the second day of the event and was absolutely delighted with his win, paying tribute to his family and their pet dog in the post match interview. Mario began playing in 2011, but had given up, only to resume playing during COVID lockdown. Having reignited his love for the game online, he began playing live again earlier this year and scored success in a high roller event in Paris. This victory eclipses that effort as his biggest live cash and he is hungry for more.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Result\n\n\nFinishing Position\nPlayer\nPrize\n\n\n1st\nMario Trattou\n\u20ac93,000\n\n\n2nd\nDomenico Gala\n\u20ac64,000\n\n\n3rd\nFabio Peluso\n\u20ac41,000\n\n\n4th\nMatt Staples\n\u20ac31,900\n\n\n5th\nErik Lndqwist\n\u20ac24,510\n\n\n6th\nGiuliano Boellis\n\u20ac19,400\n\n\n7th\nAlberto Cigliano\n\u20ac15,900\n\n\n8th\nAdam Hari\n\u20ac13,700\n\n\n9th\nJakub Wojtas\n\u20ac11,700\n\n\n10th\nRichard Bouette\n\u20ac10,400\n\n\n11th\nDemetrio Camanita\n\u20ac10,400\n\n\n12th\nIoannis Angelou\n\u20ac9,200\n\n\n13th\nRicardo de la Rosa\n\u20ac9,200\n\n\n14th\nMichael Nagy\n\u20ac8,100\n\n\n15th\nThomas Clack\n\u20ac8,100\n\n\n16th\nClement Meunier\n\u20ac7,210\n\n\n17th\nTaco de Goede\n\u20ac7,210\n\n\n18th\nPaolo Boi\n\u20ac7,210\n\n\n19th\nRaman Strakovich\n\u20ac7,210\n\n\n20th\nJacques Ammiel Blit\n\u20ac7,210\n\n\n\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker MILLION Malta Winner – Mario Trattou appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-01T23:31:55+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-02T13:24:35+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7049FFE6-66CB-42C5-AF0E-DED8B052D3E5-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7049FFE6-66CB-42C5-AF0E-DED8B052D3E5-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7049FFE6-66CB-42C5-AF0E-DED8B052D3E5-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/7049FFE6-66CB-42C5-AF0E-DED8B052D3E5.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199085", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-millions-final-table-grand-prix-top-10-chip-counts.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLIONS Final Table & Grand Prix Top 10 Chip Counts", "content_html": "We are now down to the final table of the \u20ac3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS Malta main event and the finals just gotten underway. There\u2019s \u20ac93,000 up top, but a lot more poker left to play before the winner will be known.\u00a0 All the action can be followed on our Twitch stream, with commentary by Jason Glatzer. It will be cards up on a 30-minute delay.
\nThe final is being contested between 4 Italians, a Swede, a Canadian, and Englishman and a Hungarian. Fabio Peluso, who holds the chip lead has been an online player for several years, but only started playing live two years ago. In that short space of time he has amassed live earnings of over $650k including a WSOPE bracelet. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples has made his first Party Poker Millions final table, but not his first cash in the event, as he had a 10th place finish in the Barcelona MILLIONS event last year
\nChip Counts and Seating Plan for Final Table
\n| Seat | \nPlayer | \nChip Count | \nNationality | \n
| 1 | \nGiuliano Boellis | \n455,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 2 | \nMario Trattou | \n1,225,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 3 | \nErik Lindqwist | \n215,000 | \nSwedish | \n
| 4 | \nDomenico Gala | \n1,335,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 5 | \nAdam Hari | \n155,000 | \nHungarian | \n
| 6 | \nAlberto Cigliano | \n275,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 7 | \nMatt Staples | \n535,000 | \nCanadian | \n
| 8 | \nFabio Peluso | \n1,870,000 | \nItalian | \n
Grand Prix Day 2 Starting
\nDay 1H, the final turbo flight of the \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix has now been completed and Day 2 is just getting underway. We\u2019re not going to publish the list of survivors from the flight, as there\u2019s such a short turnaround between day 1H and day 2 starting but here are the top 10 chip counts of the 336 players who made it through the opening flights. In total there were 2,237 entries, creating a prize pool of \u20ac1,011,840! The guarantee has been surpassed!
\n| Party Poker Grand Prix Day 2 Top 10 Chip Stacks | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nChips | \nNationality | \n
| 1 | \nFausto Tantillo | \n1,498,000 | \nMaltese | \n
| 2 | \nGiuseppe Failla | \n1,332,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 3 | \nJacques Ammiel Bit | \n1,226,000 | \nArgentinian | \n
| 4 | \nNico Sauerland | \n1,140,000 | \nGerman | \n
| 5 | \nBartolemiej | \n1,117,000 | \nPolish | \n
| 6 | \nDaniel Montagnolli | \n1,063,000 | \nAustrian | \n
| 7 | \nVictor Fryda | \n1,060,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 8 | \nAndrea D\u2019Elia | \n1,058,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 9 | \nAlex Pewffly | \n1,000,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 10 | \nAlessio Isaia | \n935,000 | \nItalian | \n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Final Table & Grand Prix Top 10 Chip Counts appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "We are now down to the final table of the \u20ac3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS Malta main event and the finals just gotten underway. There\u2019s \u20ac93,000 up top, but a lot more poker left to play before the winner will be known.\u00a0 All the action can be followed on our Twitch stream, with commentary by Jason Glatzer. It will be cards up on a 30-minute delay.\nThe final is being contested between 4 Italians, a Swede, a Canadian, and Englishman and a Hungarian. Fabio Peluso, who holds the chip lead has been an online player for several years, but only started playing live two years ago. In that short space of time he has amassed live earnings of over $650k including a WSOPE bracelet. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples has made his first Party Poker Millions final table, but not his first cash in the event, as he had a 10th place finish in the Barcelona MILLIONS event last year\nChip Counts and Seating Plan for Final Table\n\n\n\nSeat\nPlayer\nChip Count\nNationality\n\n\n1\nGiuliano Boellis\n455,000\nItalian\n\n\n2\nMario Trattou\n1,225,000\nEnglish\n\n\n3\nErik Lindqwist\n215,000\nSwedish\n\n\n4\nDomenico Gala\n1,335,000\nItalian\n\n\n5\nAdam Hari\n155,000\nHungarian\n\n\n6\nAlberto Cigliano\n275,000\nItalian\n\n\n7\nMatt Staples\n535,000\nCanadian\n\n\n8\nFabio Peluso\n1,870,000\nItalian\n\n\n\nGrand Prix Day 2 Starting\nDay 1H, the final turbo flight of the \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix has now been completed and Day 2 is just getting underway. We\u2019re not going to publish the list of survivors from the flight, as there\u2019s such a short turnaround between day 1H and day 2 starting but here are the top 10 chip counts of the 336 players who made it through the opening flights. In total there were 2,237 entries, creating a prize pool of \u20ac1,011,840! The guarantee has been surpassed!\n\n\n\nParty Poker Grand Prix Day 2 Top 10 Chip Stacks\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nChips\nNationality\n\n\n1\nFausto Tantillo\n1,498,000\nMaltese\n\n\n2\nGiuseppe Failla\n1,332,000\nItalian\n\n\n3\nJacques Ammiel Bit\n1,226,000\nArgentinian\n\n\n4\nNico Sauerland\n1,140,000\nGerman\n\n\n5\nBartolemiej\n1,117,000\nPolish\n\n\n6\nDaniel Montagnolli\n1,063,000\nAustrian\n\n\n7\nVictor Fryda\n1,060,000\nFrench\n\n\n8\nAndrea D\u2019Elia\n1,058,000\nItalian\n\n\n9\nAlex Pewffly\n1,000,000\nEnglish\n\n\n10\nAlessio Isaia\n935,000\nItalian\n\n\n\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Final Table & Grand Prix Top 10 Chip Counts appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-01T17:58:48+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-01T17:58:48+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DB5752AD-8E17-46EA-A5A3-0D13CE1CDAFE-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DB5752AD-8E17-46EA-A5A3-0D13CE1CDAFE-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DB5752AD-8E17-46EA-A5A3-0D13CE1CDAFE-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DB5752AD-8E17-46EA-A5A3-0D13CE1CDAFE.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199046", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-millions-day-2-completed.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLIONS Day 2 Completed", "content_html": "The \u20ac3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS Malta main event day 2 ended with just 16 players left to fight it out on the final day. All remaining players are in the money and there\u2019s \u20ac93,000 up top for the eventual champion and a trophy not entirely unlike the FIFA World Cup Trophy. Definitely worth purchasing a trophy cabinet if you bink this one.
\n13 players bought in just before the start of day 2 to take the total number of players contesting day 2 up to 92, from a total field of 154. Twenty players would make it into the prize money, but they played until they reached the past two tables. Still very much in contention going into the final day is Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples, who bagged 455,000 chips, the 4th biggest stack of the day.; However he over a million chips behind the runaway leader at this stage, Fabio Peluso. The Italian player has a monster 1,490,000 stack, which is more than double that of his closest challenger, Clement Meunier on 710,000.
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These are the chip counts of the remaining players
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS\u00a0 End of Day 2 Chip Counts | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nChips | \nNationality | \n
| 1 | \nFabio Peluso | \n1,490,000 | \nItaly | \n
| 2 | \nClement Meunier | \n710,000 | \nFrance | \n
| 3 | \nDemetrio Caminita | \n475,000 | \nItaly | \n
| 4 | \nMatthew Staples | \n455,000 | \nCanada | \n
| 5 | \nJakub Wojtas | \n420,000 | \nGermany | \n
| 6 | \nMarios Trattou | \n320,000 | \nEngland | \n
| 7 | \nGiuliano Boellis | \n280,000 | \nItaly | \n
| 8 | \nThomas Clack | \n275,000 | \nEngland | \n
| 9 | \nAdam Hari | \n265,000 | \nHungary | \n
| 10 | \nRicardo De La Rosa | \n260,000 | \nSpain | \n
| 11 | \nErik Lindqwist | \n260,000 | \nSweden | \n
| 12 | \nRichard Bouette | \n240,000 | \nFrance | \n
| 13 | \nIoannis Konstas Angelou | \n210,000 | \nIran | \n
| 14 | \nAlberto Cigliano | \n185,000 | \nItaly | \n
| 15 | \nMichael Naggy | \n180,000 | \nScotland | \n
| 16 | \nDomenico Gala | \n140,000 | \nItaly | \n
Play resumes at 3pm on Sunday 1st October and it will be live streamed from 6.30pm on Twitch. If we are not yet at the final table, the stream will start with a feature table and then switch to the final once they get down to the last 9.
\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Day 2 Completed appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The \u20ac3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS Malta main event day 2 ended with just 16 players left to fight it out on the final day. All remaining players are in the money and there\u2019s \u20ac93,000 up top for the eventual champion and a trophy not entirely unlike the FIFA World Cup Trophy. Definitely worth purchasing a trophy cabinet if you bink this one.\n13 players bought in just before the start of day 2 to take the total number of players contesting day 2 up to 92, from a total field of 154. Twenty players would make it into the prize money, but they played until they reached the past two tables. Still very much in contention going into the final day is Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples, who bagged 455,000 chips, the 4th biggest stack of the day.; However he over a million chips behind the runaway leader at this stage, Fabio Peluso. The Italian player has a monster 1,490,000 stack, which is more than double that of his closest challenger, Clement Meunier on 710,000.\n\nThese are the chip counts of the remaining players\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS\u00a0 End of Day 2 Chip Counts\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nChips\nNationality\n\n\n1\nFabio Peluso\n1,490,000\nItaly\n\n\n2\nClement Meunier\n710,000\nFrance\n\n\n3\nDemetrio Caminita\n475,000\nItaly\n\n\n4\nMatthew Staples\n455,000\nCanada\n\n\n5\nJakub Wojtas\n420,000\nGermany\n\n\n6\nMarios Trattou\n320,000\nEngland\n\n\n7\nGiuliano Boellis\n280,000\nItaly\n\n\n8\nThomas Clack\n275,000\nEngland\n\n\n9\nAdam Hari\n265,000\nHungary\n\n\n10\nRicardo De La Rosa\n260,000\nSpain\n\n\n11\nErik Lindqwist\n260,000\nSweden\n\n\n12\nRichard Bouette\n240,000\nFrance\n\n\n13\nIoannis Konstas Angelou\n210,000\nIran\n\n\n14\nAlberto Cigliano\n185,000\nItaly\n\n\n15\nMichael Naggy\n180,000\nScotland\n\n\n16\nDomenico Gala\n140,000\nItaly\n\n\n\nPlay resumes at 3pm on Sunday 1st October and it will be live streamed from 6.30pm on Twitch. If we are not yet at the final table, the stream will start with a feature table and then switch to the final once they get down to the last 9.\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Day 2 Completed appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-01T13:31:47+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-01T13:31:47+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/72F66675-AEF4-4973-859E-AA103D37388F-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/72F66675-AEF4-4973-859E-AA103D37388F-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/72F66675-AEF4-4973-859E-AA103D37388F-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/72F66675-AEF4-4973-859E-AA103D37388F.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=199004", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-grand-prix-after-days-1f-1g.html", "title": "Party Poker Grand Prix After Days 1F & 1G", "content_html": "With the weekend upon us, participation in the Grand Prix stepped up a notch on Saturday, with days 1F and 1G of Grand Prix positing the highest starting day participation yet. With just 1 turbo starting day left to play, there have now been 1980 entries into the \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker event in total. The final flight is now in play and day 2 will resume at 7pm this evening.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/E8EA93B1-914E-425C-BCC7-6CFA3CE34B9A-300x200.jpeg\")
Day 1F
\nStarting at noon, day 1f was almost 50% bigger than the early flight on Friday, with 308 players taking their seats. It was a long day but around 11 hours later the bubble burst and 46 players progressed to day 2, where they are automatically in the money. Just one player Poland\u2019s Bartlomiej crossed the 1m barrier, ending on 1,117,000 chips. Here are the full chip counts from those still in contention.
\n| Party Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1F Survivors | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nChips | \nNationality | \n
| 1 | \nBartlomiej Klebieko | \n1,117,000 | \nPolish | \n
| 2 | \nClaudio Barone | \n824,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 3 | \nDario Porto | \n767,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 4 | \nDaniel Stacey | \n754,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 5 | \nDanut Chisu | \n583,000 | \nRomanian | \n
| 6 | \nAngelo Patane | \n573,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 7 | \nMassimiliano Ferro | \n565,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 8 | \nFrancesco Delfoco | \n550,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 9 | \nLuigi Serafin | \n465,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 10 | \nGeorgios Efthymiadis | \n445,000 | \nGreek | \n
| 11 | \nGiovanni Russo | \n426,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 12 | \nAntonino Milazzo | \n423,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 13 | \nThibault Thevenet | \n399,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 14 | \nPavle Pecelj | \n365,000 | \nRomanian | \n
| 15 | \nJohn Oliver | \n358,000 | \nMaltese | \n
| 16 | \nMaurizio Fisicaro | \n357,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 17 | \nAntonino Leotta | \n355,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 18 | \nJozsef Liszkovics | \n341,000 | \nBulgarian | \n
| 19 | \nFabio Berti | \n338,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 20 | \nCorrado Conti | \n328,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 21 | \nMarco Emanuele Maggio | \n326,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 22 | \nAlexander Jourdain | \n310,000 | \nCanadian | \n
| 23 | \nGergo Bodnar | \n308,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 24 | \nPapapetrou Yiannakis | \n297,000 | \nCypriot | \n
| 25 | \nAndea Pavvli | \n296,000 | \nCypriot | \n
| 26 | \nFederico Galati | \n253,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 27 | \nDevis Cavina | \n252,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 28 | \nPasquale Macri | \n248,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 29 | \nAndrew Christoforou | \n233,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 30 | \nDimitrios Sfakianakis | \n229,000 | \nGreek | \n
| 31 | \nFrancesco Caruso | \n228,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 32 | \nMarco Leonzio | \n215,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 33 | \nDavid Quang | \n212,000 | \nCanadian | \n
| 34 | \nAntonio Torrente de Pasquale | \n208,000 | \nSpanish | \n
| 35 | \nAlessandro Granieri | \n195,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 36 | \nMassimo Bruno | \n185,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 37 | \nMario Li Puma | \n158,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 38 | \nAlessandro De Leo | \n143,000 | \nMaltese | \n
| 39 | \nJoseph Etau | \n139,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 40 | \nJordi Ribatallada Ruiz | \n137,000 | \nSpanish | \n
| 41 | \nDemetri Triantafylloi | \n127,000 | \nCypriot | \n
| 42 | \nDavide Serpe | \n114,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 43 | \nAlexander Barberra | \n105,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 44 | \nFrancesco Berte | \n105,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 45 | \nValter Miceli | \n86,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 46 | \nHong Thi Minh Pham | \n75,000 | \nEnglish | \n
Day 1G
\nThe final regulator starting day was even bigger with 352 players entering and a further 52 joining the\u00a0 players who had already qualified for day 2. It was Italian Giuseppe Failla Valeria who topped the table and currently has the biggest stack across all starting days, lording over a 1,332,000 mountain of chips.
\n| Party Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1F Survivors | \n|||
| Position\u00a0 | \nPlayer | \nChips | \nNationality | \n
| 1 | \nGiuseppe Failla Valerio | \n1,332,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 2 | \nLuca Pilloni | \n910,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 3 | \nStylianos Karadaglis | \n805,000 | \nGreek | \n
| 4 | \nPhilipp Kampf | \n757,000 | \nGerman | \n
| 5 | \nDavid Abbate | \n738,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 6 | \nMattia Ridi | \n645,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 7 | \nGiuseppe Tredici | \n576,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 8 | \nMarco Patane | \n497,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 9 | \nAntonio Bari | \n494,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 10 | \nMaryna Pashkova | \n480,000 | \nBelarus | \n
| 11 | \nJulio Anzelo | \n462,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 12 | \nUsman Ulhaq | \n438,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 13 | \nRocco Criscio | \n431,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 14 | \nMateusz Kasprzyk | \n425,000 | \nPolish | \n
| 15 | \nCiro D\u2019Ardia | \n402,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 16 | \nCarmelo Polimeni | \n396,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 17 | \nSalvatore Motta | \n377,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 18 | \nSantiago Espanza Duran | \n372,000 | \nSpanish | \n
| 19 | \nGeorgian Georgescu | \n364,000 | \nRomanian | \n
| 20 | \nFranco Cozzulla | \n362,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 21 | \nIoannis Chorianopo | \n347,000 | \nGreek | \n
| 22 | \nAlessandro Santini | \n334,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 23 | \nMarco Luis Rodriquenz | \n320,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 24 | \nGiosue Matteo Tersigni | \n320,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 25 | \nAndrea Crobu | \n319,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 26 | \nDavid Csernus | \n318,000 | \nBulgarian | \n
| 27 | \nSaverio Zangone | \n318,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 28 | \nOle Hansen | \n310,000 | \nNorwegian | \n
| 29 | \nTom Vermeulen | \n310,000 | \nDutch | \n
| 30 | \nIoannis Koulopoulo | \n304,000 | \nGreek | \n
| 31 | \nMartin Barth | \n302,000 | \nHungarian | \n
| 32 | \nRaffaele Cusmano | \n259,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 33 | \nGiovanni Vescio | \n252,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 34 | \nJoseph Houayek | \n220,000 | \nLebanese | \n
| 35 | \nLuca Stevanato | \n213,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 36 | \nPaolo Cima | \n212,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 37 | \nLudek Safranek | \n189,000 | \nCzech | \n
| 38 | \nEftychios Georgiou | \n172,000 | \nCypriot | \n
| 39 | \nBertrand Fages | \n164,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 40 | \nLuis Rafael Spizzirri Ros | \n160,000 | \nSpanish | \n
| 41 | \nAgostino Pecoraio | \n136,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 42 | \nKevin Yung | \n115,000 | \nGerman | \n
| 43 | \nDavide Clodomiro | \n111,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 44 | \nAlfredo Cuti | \n104,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 45 | \nSalvatrice D\u2019Urso | \n77,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 46 | \nSalvatore Guglielmino | \n77,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 47 | \nKrisztian Kis | \n70,000 | \nHungarian | \n
| 48 | \nMilo Zandi | \n52,000 | \nSwedish | \n
| 49 | \nMateusz Kuzuch | \n44,000 | \nPolish | \n
| 50 | \nAmatore Terrafino | \n26,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 51 | \nIgnazio D\u2019Angelo | \n25,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 52 | \nPasquale Ferro | \n25,000 | \nItalian | \n
Sunday\u2019s Schedule
\nWe are set for another busy day here at Portomaso Casino in St Julians, with the MILLIONS reaching it conclusion and the Grand Prix moving into its second day, after one last turbo flight takes place at 11am. There is also a single day \u20ac1,100 Omaha tournament, day 1 of the \u20ac1,100 Mystery Bounty event and a side event called the Sunday Party. Speaking of parties, the player party is also on tonight from 9pm in \u201cTwenty-Two\u201d – the club at the top of the Portomaso Tower. Go to the welcome desk to collect your ticket.
\nFor those at home watching the MILLIONS live stream, thee is a freeroll at 8pm this evening, tune into the live stream from 6.30pm, where the password to enter will be revealed.
\n| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 11:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1H Turbo | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 15:00 | \n#27 | \nOmaha Single Day | \n\u20ac1000+\u20ac100 | \n
| 15:00 | \n#3 | \nMILLIONS FINAL DAY | \nN/A | \n
| 19:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 2 | \nN/A | \n
| 20:00 | \n#28 | \nMystery Bounty Day 1 | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac500+\u20ac100 | \n
| 20:00 | \nOnline #1 | \nMILLIONS Malta LIVE Twitch Freeroll | \nFreeroll | \n
| 22:00 | \n#29 | \nSunday Party | \n\u20ac200+\u20ac20 | \n
\n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Matin
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix After Days 1F & 1G appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "With the weekend upon us, participation in the Grand Prix stepped up a notch on Saturday, with days 1F and 1G of Grand Prix positing the highest starting day participation yet. With just 1 turbo starting day left to play, there have now been 1980 entries into the \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker event in total. The final flight is now in play and day 2 will resume at 7pm this evening.\n\nDay 1F\nStarting at noon, day 1f was almost 50% bigger than the early flight on Friday, with 308 players taking their seats. It was a long day but around 11 hours later the bubble burst and 46 players progressed to day 2, where they are automatically in the money. Just one player Poland\u2019s Bartlomiej crossed the 1m barrier, ending on 1,117,000 chips. Here are the full chip counts from those still in contention.\n\n\n\nParty Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1F Survivors\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nChips\nNationality\n\n\n1\nBartlomiej Klebieko\n1,117,000\nPolish\n\n\n2\nClaudio Barone\n824,000\nItalian\n\n\n3\nDario Porto\n767,000\nItalian\n\n\n4\nDaniel Stacey\n754,000\nEnglish\n\n\n5\nDanut Chisu\n583,000\nRomanian\n\n\n6\nAngelo Patane\n573,000\nItalian\n\n\n7\nMassimiliano Ferro\n565,000\nItalian\n\n\n8\nFrancesco Delfoco\n550,000\nItalian\n\n\n9\nLuigi Serafin\n465,000\nItalian\n\n\n10\nGeorgios Efthymiadis\n445,000\nGreek\n\n\n11\nGiovanni Russo\n426,000\nItalian\n\n\n12\nAntonino Milazzo\n423,000\nItalian\n\n\n13\nThibault Thevenet\n399,000\nFrench\n\n\n14\nPavle Pecelj\n365,000\nRomanian\n\n\n15\nJohn Oliver\n358,000\nMaltese\n\n\n16\nMaurizio Fisicaro\n357,000\nItalian\n\n\n17\nAntonino Leotta\n355,000\nItalian\n\n\n18\nJozsef Liszkovics\n341,000\nBulgarian\n\n\n19\nFabio Berti\n338,000\nItalian\n\n\n20\nCorrado Conti\n328,000\nItalian\n\n\n21\nMarco Emanuele Maggio\n326,000\nItalian\n\n\n22\nAlexander Jourdain\n310,000\nCanadian\n\n\n23\nGergo Bodnar\n308,000\nItalian\n\n\n24\nPapapetrou Yiannakis\n297,000\nCypriot\n\n\n25\nAndea Pavvli\n296,000\nCypriot\n\n\n26\nFederico Galati\n253,000\nItalian\n\n\n27\nDevis Cavina\n252,000\nItalian\n\n\n28\nPasquale Macri\n248,000\nItalian\n\n\n29\nAndrew Christoforou\n233,000\nEnglish\n\n\n30\nDimitrios Sfakianakis\n229,000\nGreek\n\n\n31\nFrancesco Caruso\n228,000\nItalian\n\n\n32\nMarco Leonzio\n215,000\nItalian\n\n\n33\nDavid Quang\n212,000\nCanadian\n\n\n34\nAntonio Torrente de Pasquale\n208,000\nSpanish\n\n\n35\nAlessandro Granieri\n195,000\nItalian\n\n\n36\nMassimo Bruno\n185,000\nItalian\n\n\n37\nMario Li Puma\n158,000\nItalian\n\n\n38\nAlessandro De Leo\n143,000\nMaltese\n\n\n39\nJoseph Etau\n139,000\nFrench\n\n\n40\nJordi Ribatallada Ruiz\n137,000\nSpanish\n\n\n41\nDemetri Triantafylloi\n127,000\nCypriot\n\n\n42\nDavide Serpe\n114,000\nItalian\n\n\n43\nAlexander Barberra\n105,000\nItalian\n\n\n44\nFrancesco Berte\n105,000\nItalian\n\n\n45\nValter Miceli\n86,000\nItalian\n\n\n46\nHong Thi Minh Pham\n75,000\nEnglish\n\n\n\nDay 1G\nThe final regulator starting day was even bigger with 352 players entering and a further 52 joining the\u00a0 players who had already qualified for day 2. It was Italian Giuseppe Failla Valeria who topped the table and currently has the biggest stack across all starting days, lording over a 1,332,000 mountain of chips.\n\n\n\nParty Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1F Survivors\n\n\nPosition\u00a0\nPlayer\nChips\nNationality\n\n\n1\nGiuseppe Failla Valerio\n1,332,000\nItalian\n\n\n2\nLuca Pilloni\n910,000\nItalian\n\n\n3\nStylianos Karadaglis\n805,000\nGreek\n\n\n4\nPhilipp Kampf\n757,000\nGerman\n\n\n5\nDavid Abbate\n738,000\nItalian\n\n\n6\nMattia Ridi\n645,000\nItalian\n\n\n7\nGiuseppe Tredici\n576,000\nItalian\n\n\n8\nMarco Patane\n497,000\nItalian\n\n\n9\nAntonio Bari\n494,000\nItalian\n\n\n10\nMaryna Pashkova\n480,000\nBelarus\n\n\n11\nJulio Anzelo\n462,000\nItalian\n\n\n12\nUsman Ulhaq\n438,000\nEnglish\n\n\n13\nRocco Criscio\n431,000\nItalian\n\n\n14\nMateusz Kasprzyk\n425,000\nPolish\n\n\n15\nCiro D\u2019Ardia\n402,000\nItalian\n\n\n16\nCarmelo Polimeni\n396,000\nItalian\n\n\n17\nSalvatore Motta\n377,000\nItalian\n\n\n18\nSantiago Espanza Duran\n372,000\nSpanish\n\n\n19\nGeorgian Georgescu\n364,000\nRomanian\n\n\n20\nFranco Cozzulla\n362,000\nItalian\n\n\n21\nIoannis Chorianopo\n347,000\nGreek\n\n\n22\nAlessandro Santini\n334,000\nItalian\n\n\n23\nMarco Luis Rodriquenz\n320,000\nItalian\n\n\n24\nGiosue Matteo Tersigni\n320,000\nItalian\n\n\n25\nAndrea Crobu\n319,000\nItalian\n\n\n26\nDavid Csernus\n318,000\nBulgarian\n\n\n27\nSaverio Zangone\n318,000\nItalian\n\n\n28\nOle Hansen\n310,000\nNorwegian\n\n\n29\nTom Vermeulen\n310,000\nDutch\n\n\n30\nIoannis Koulopoulo\n304,000\nGreek\n\n\n31\nMartin Barth\n302,000\nHungarian\n\n\n32\nRaffaele Cusmano\n259,000\nItalian\n\n\n33\nGiovanni Vescio\n252,000\nItalian\n\n\n34\nJoseph Houayek\n220,000\nLebanese\n\n\n35\nLuca Stevanato\n213,000\nItalian\n\n\n36\nPaolo Cima\n212,000\nItalian\n\n\n37\nLudek Safranek\n189,000\nCzech\n\n\n38\nEftychios Georgiou\n172,000\nCypriot\n\n\n39\nBertrand Fages\n164,000\nFrench\n\n\n40\nLuis Rafael Spizzirri Ros\n160,000\nSpanish\n\n\n41\nAgostino Pecoraio\n136,000\nItalian\n\n\n42\nKevin Yung\n115,000\nGerman\n\n\n43\nDavide Clodomiro\n111,000\nItalian\n\n\n44\nAlfredo Cuti\n104,000\nItalian\n\n\n45\nSalvatrice D\u2019Urso\n77,000\nItalian\n\n\n46\nSalvatore Guglielmino\n77,000\nItalian\n\n\n47\nKrisztian Kis\n70,000\nHungarian\n\n\n48\nMilo Zandi\n52,000\nSwedish\n\n\n49\nMateusz Kuzuch\n44,000\nPolish\n\n\n50\nAmatore Terrafino\n26,000\nItalian\n\n\n51\nIgnazio D\u2019Angelo\n25,000\nItalian\n\n\n52\nPasquale Ferro\n25,000\nItalian\n\n\n\nSunday\u2019s Schedule\nWe are set for another busy day here at Portomaso Casino in St Julians, with the MILLIONS reaching it conclusion and the Grand Prix moving into its second day, after one last turbo flight takes place at 11am. There is also a single day \u20ac1,100 Omaha tournament, day 1 of the \u20ac1,100 Mystery Bounty event and a side event called the Sunday Party. Speaking of parties, the player party is also on tonight from 9pm in \u201cTwenty-Two\u201d – the club at the top of the Portomaso Tower. Go to the welcome desk to collect your ticket.\nFor those at home watching the MILLIONS live stream, thee is a freeroll at 8pm this evening, tune into the live stream from 6.30pm, where the password to enter will be revealed.\n\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n11:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1H Turbo\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n15:00\n#27\nOmaha Single Day\n\u20ac1000+\u20ac100\n\n\n15:00\n#3\nMILLIONS FINAL DAY\nN/A\n\n\n19:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 2\nN/A\n\n\n20:00\n#28\nMystery Bounty Day 1\n\u20ac500+\u20ac500+\u20ac100\n\n\n20:00\nOnline #1\nMILLIONS Malta LIVE Twitch Freeroll\nFreeroll\n\n\n22:00\n#29\nSunday Party\n\u20ac200+\u20ac20\n\n\n\n \nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Matin\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix After Days 1F & 1G appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-10-01T12:25:23+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-01T12:25:23+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/A208E092-93BD-4817-A6D5-20ABB8A0EE21-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/A208E092-93BD-4817-A6D5-20ABB8A0EE21-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/A208E092-93BD-4817-A6D5-20ABB8A0EE21-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/A208E092-93BD-4817-A6D5-20ABB8A0EE21.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198856", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/winners-pics-and-qr-codes.html", "title": "Winners Pics and QR Codes", "content_html": "Hydra Entertainment High Roller Winner Photo
\nBart Lybaert\u2019s victory in the High Roller occurred in the early hours of the morning, which was far too late to do a winner\u2019s photo shoot, but he gladly came back to the casino this afternoon for the official awarding of the trophy, by event sponsor Hydra Entertainment.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/D05E8B32-6C77-4A5D-B0B2-6A7AF656B547-300x200.jpeg\")
H.O.R.S.E Winner
\nWhen Richard Burke won the HORSE tournament earlier in the week, he rode actually rode off without his trophy, but he came back for the winner pic the next day.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/11DC0C56-B211-4F85-B579-626203552744-300x200.jpeg\")
Find Your Own Pics
\nThe rest of the photos can be found on Flickr, along with all pics from the event. We\u2019ve snapped almost every participant so far, so if you played, you should be able to find a pic of yourself in there somewhere. The photographers for the event are Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Marin.
\nWhat\u2019s the QR codes own the posters all about?
\nThere\u2019s a special offer for players attending the event who have not yet opened an account with Party Poker. If that\u2019s you and you live in a jurisdiction that is served by Party Poker, following these QR codes below will enable you to take advantage of a special turbo charged account opening offer that is more generous than the usual offer available to new players. Wanna find out more, follow the QR codes\u2026
\nFor .com
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/qr-com.jpeg\")
For .es
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/qr-es.jpeg\")
For .fr
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/qr-fr.jpeg\")
For .it
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/qr-it.jpeg\")
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Phillip Marin
\nJonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Winners Pics and QR Codes appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Hydra Entertainment High Roller Winner Photo\nBart Lybaert\u2019s victory in the High Roller occurred in the early hours of the morning, which was far too late to do a winner\u2019s photo shoot, but he gladly came back to the casino this afternoon for the official awarding of the trophy, by event sponsor Hydra Entertainment.\n\nH.O.R.S.E Winner\nWhen Richard Burke won the HORSE tournament earlier in the week, he rode actually rode off without his trophy, but he came back for the winner pic the next day.\n\nFind Your Own Pics\nThe rest of the photos can be found on Flickr, along with all pics from the event. We\u2019ve snapped almost every participant so far, so if you played, you should be able to find a pic of yourself in there somewhere. The photographers for the event are Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Marin.\nWhat\u2019s the QR codes own the posters all about?\nThere\u2019s a special offer for players attending the event who have not yet opened an account with Party Poker. If that\u2019s you and you live in a jurisdiction that is served by Party Poker, following these QR codes below will enable you to take advantage of a special turbo charged account opening offer that is more generous than the usual offer available to new players. Wanna find out more, follow the QR codes\u2026\nFor .com\n\nFor .es\n\nFor .fr\n\nFor .it\n\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Phillip Marin\nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Winners Pics and QR Codes appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-30T17:05:14+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-30T17:05:14+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/62592293-2F3D-4D83-943B-B5BDD5A21DEB-600x306.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/62592293-2F3D-4D83-943B-B5BDD5A21DEB-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/62592293-2F3D-4D83-943B-B5BDD5A21DEB-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/62592293-2F3D-4D83-943B-B5BDD5A21DEB.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198827", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/millions-end-of-day-1b-update-and-chip-counts.html", "title": "MILLIONS End of Day 1b Update and Chip Counts", "content_html": "The two starting days of the \u20ac3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS main event are now in the can. A further 89 players entered the tournament on Day 1b, adding to the 51 who played in the first flight, for a combined field of 140 players. As late registration remains open until the start of play tonight, at 5pm, the final number of entrants ands prize pool is as yet unknown.
\nMILLIONS Day 1B
\nDay 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event concluded with 51 of the flight\u2019s 89 starters making it through to today\u2019s day2. The chip champ at this point in the proceedings is Italian Albert Cigliano on a 243k stack, with compatriot Paulo Boi sitting in second place on 215k.
\nHere is the full list of players who avoided the chop on day 1b and their chip counts.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Day 1b End of Day Chip Counts | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \n
| 1 | \nAlbert Cigliano | \nItalian | \n243,000 | \n
| 2 | \nPaolo Boi | \nItalian | \n215,000 | \n
| 3 | \nNima Saken Shaft | \nGerman | \n163,900 | \n
| 4 | \nGiuliano Boellis | \nItalian | \n149,200 | \n
| 5 | \nMichel Glansberg | \nSwedish | \n132,900 | \n
| 6 | \nAndrei Buta | \nRomanian | \n121,800 | \n
| 7 | \nRaman Strakovich | \nBelarus | \n115,600 | \n
| 8 | \nMatthew O\u2019Donnel | \nIreland | \n110,600 | \n
| 9 | \nGeorgios Skarparis | \nCyprus | \n109,100 | \n
| 10 | \nMichael Nagy | \nUSA | \n105,500 | \n
| 11 | \nJacques Ammiel Blit | \nArgentinian | \n104,800 | \n
| 12 | \nBarrera Diaz | \nSpanish | \n103,900 | \n
| 13 | \nMathias Julian Bustos | \nArgentinian | \n100,600 | \n
| 14 | \nErik Lindqwist | \nSwedish | \n87,400 | \n
| 15 | \nJoaquin Matias Ruiz Travi | \nArgentinian | \n86,000 | \n
| 16 | \nThomas Powell | \nEnglish | \n81,200 | \n
| 17 | \nCiao Capistrano Teixeira | \nBrazilian | \n73,800 | \n
| 18 | \nDominik Nitsche | \nGerman | \n73,700 | \n
| 19 | \nPhilipp Kampf | \nGerman | \n66,600 | \n
| 20 | \nWilliam Byrne | \nIrish | \n63,000 | \n
| 21 | \nGaspare Sposato | \nItalian | \n62,200 | \n
| 22 | \nJozsefd Fauszt | \nHungarian | \n60,500 | \n
| 23 | \nAntoine Rahal | \nFrance | \n60,400 | \n
| 24 | \nEttore Esposito | \nItalian | \n60,100 | \n
| 25 | \nGrigori Rodin | \nRussian | \n57,400 | \n
| 26 | \nDaniel Montagnolli | \nAustrian | \n57,000 | \n
| 27 | \nDaniel Oliver | \nEnglish | \n55,600 | \n
| 28 | \nZlatin Penev | \nBulgarian | \n55,400 | \n
| 29 | \nFarid Jattin | \nColombian | \n55,000 | \n
| 30 | \nDiego Santos Ferreira | \nBrazilian | \n52,400 | \n
| 31 | \nFabio Pelusa | \nItalian | \n47,600 | \n
| 32 | \nFabian Kunze | \nThore Fabian Kunze | \n47,200 | \n
| 33 | \nAndrea Radicchi | \nItalian | \n43,300 | \n
| 34 | \nJonathan Wong | \nEnglish | \n42,900 | \n
| 35 | \nMattia Brusoni | \nItalian | \n42,100 | \n
| 36 | \nEros Nastasi | \nItalian | \n42,000 | \n
| 37 | \nGabriele Cappiello | \nItalian | \n41,200 | \n
| 38 | \nYann Benlloch | \nFrench | \n40,000 | \n
| 39 | \nGyorgy Mlinarik | \nBulgarian | \n37,100 | \n
| 40 | \nSantiago Esparza Duran | \nSpanish | \n36,200 | \n
| 41 | \nNicky Levene | \nEnglish | \n31,300 | \n
| 42 | \nPavlos Xanthopoulos | \nGreek | \n30,300 | \n
| 43 | \nIoannis Konstas Angelou | \nGreek | \n28,000 | \n
| 44 | \nJason Donaldson | \nEnglish | \n27,100 | \n
| 45 | \nAlessandro Pichierri | \nItalian | \n26,900 | \n
| 46 | \nJarko Selander | \nFinnish | \n22,200 | \n
| 47 | \nMartin Buur Christensen | \nDanish | \n21,700 | \n
| 48 | \nDomenico Gala | \nItalian | \n21,500 | \n
| 49 | \nPeter Kramer Sandberg | \nDanish | \n16,100 | \n
| 50 | \nMaxime Chilaud | \nFrench | \n14,000 | \n
| 51 | \nDaniel Lisbona | \nSpanish | \n9,200 | \n
\n
The top ten chip counts so far from both starting days combined:
\n| Party Poker\u00a0 MILLIONS Malta Top 10 Chip Leaders after Day 1 | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \n
| 1 | \nAlbert Cigliano | \nItalian | \n243,000 | \n
| 2 | \nPaolo Boi | \nItalian | \n215,000 | \n
| 3 | \nSebastian Mortensen | \nDanish | \n165,100 | \n
| 4 | \nNima Saken Shaft | \nGerman | \n163,900 | \n
| 5 | \nJakub Wojtas | \nGerman | \n162,100 | \n
| 6 | \nVillr Jyrki santeri Pohjalainen | \nFinnish | \n161,400 | \n
| 7 | \nThomas Clack | \nEnglish | \n155,600 | \n
| 8 | \nGiuliano Boellis | \nItalian | \n149,200 | \n
| 9 | \nMichel Glansberg | \nSwedish | \n132,900 | \n
| 10 | \nMario Trattou | \nEnglish | \n126,100 | \n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\nJonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post MILLIONS End of Day 1b Update and Chip Counts appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The two starting days of the \u20ac3,000 Party Poker MILLIONS main event are now in the can. A further 89 players entered the tournament on Day 1b, adding to the 51 who played in the first flight, for a combined field of 140 players. As late registration remains open until the start of play tonight, at 5pm, the final number of entrants ands prize pool is as yet unknown.\nMILLIONS Day 1B \nDay 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event concluded with 51 of the flight\u2019s 89 starters making it through to today\u2019s day2. The chip champ at this point in the proceedings is Italian Albert Cigliano on a 243k stack, with compatriot Paulo Boi sitting in second place on 215k.\nHere is the full list of players who avoided the chop on day 1b and their chip counts.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Day 1b End of Day Chip Counts\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\n\n\n1\nAlbert Cigliano\nItalian\n243,000\n\n\n2\nPaolo Boi\nItalian\n215,000\n\n\n3\nNima Saken Shaft\nGerman\n163,900\n\n\n4\nGiuliano Boellis\nItalian\n149,200\n\n\n5\nMichel Glansberg\nSwedish\n132,900\n\n\n6\nAndrei Buta\nRomanian\n121,800\n\n\n7\nRaman Strakovich\nBelarus\n115,600\n\n\n8\nMatthew O\u2019Donnel\nIreland\n110,600\n\n\n9\nGeorgios Skarparis\nCyprus\n109,100\n\n\n10\nMichael Nagy\nUSA\n105,500\n\n\n11\nJacques Ammiel Blit\nArgentinian\n104,800\n\n\n12\nBarrera Diaz\nSpanish\n103,900\n\n\n13\nMathias Julian Bustos\nArgentinian\n100,600\n\n\n14\nErik Lindqwist\nSwedish\n87,400\n\n\n15\nJoaquin Matias Ruiz Travi\nArgentinian\n86,000\n\n\n16\nThomas Powell\nEnglish\n81,200\n\n\n17\nCiao Capistrano Teixeira\nBrazilian\n73,800\n\n\n18\nDominik Nitsche\nGerman\n73,700\n\n\n19\nPhilipp Kampf\nGerman\n66,600\n\n\n20\nWilliam Byrne\nIrish\n63,000\n\n\n21\nGaspare Sposato\nItalian\n62,200\n\n\n22\nJozsefd Fauszt\nHungarian\n60,500\n\n\n23\nAntoine Rahal\nFrance\n60,400\n\n\n24\nEttore Esposito\nItalian\n60,100\n\n\n25\nGrigori Rodin\nRussian\n57,400\n\n\n26\nDaniel Montagnolli\nAustrian\n57,000\n\n\n27\nDaniel Oliver\nEnglish\n55,600\n\n\n28\nZlatin Penev\nBulgarian\n55,400\n\n\n29\nFarid Jattin\nColombian\n55,000\n\n\n30\nDiego Santos Ferreira\nBrazilian\n52,400\n\n\n31\nFabio Pelusa\nItalian\n47,600\n\n\n32\nFabian Kunze\nThore Fabian Kunze\n47,200\n\n\n33\nAndrea Radicchi\nItalian\n43,300\n\n\n34\nJonathan Wong\nEnglish\n42,900\n\n\n35\nMattia Brusoni\nItalian\n42,100\n\n\n36\nEros Nastasi\nItalian\n42,000\n\n\n37\nGabriele Cappiello\nItalian\n41,200\n\n\n38\nYann Benlloch\nFrench\n40,000\n\n\n39\nGyorgy Mlinarik\nBulgarian\n37,100\n\n\n40\nSantiago Esparza Duran\nSpanish\n36,200\n\n\n41\nNicky Levene\nEnglish\n31,300\n\n\n42\nPavlos Xanthopoulos\nGreek\n30,300\n\n\n43\nIoannis Konstas Angelou\nGreek\n28,000\n\n\n44\nJason Donaldson\nEnglish\n27,100\n\n\n45\nAlessandro Pichierri\nItalian\n26,900\n\n\n46\nJarko Selander\nFinnish\n22,200\n\n\n47\nMartin Buur Christensen\nDanish\n21,700\n\n\n48\nDomenico Gala\nItalian\n21,500\n\n\n49\nPeter Kramer Sandberg\nDanish\n16,100\n\n\n50\nMaxime Chilaud\nFrench\n14,000\n\n\n51\nDaniel Lisbona\nSpanish\n9,200\n\n\n\n \nThe top ten chip counts so far from both starting days combined:\n\n\n\nParty Poker\u00a0 MILLIONS Malta Top 10 Chip Leaders after Day 1\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\n\n\n1\nAlbert Cigliano\nItalian\n243,000\n\n\n2\nPaolo Boi\nItalian\n215,000\n\n\n3\nSebastian Mortensen\nDanish\n165,100\n\n\n4\nNima Saken Shaft\nGerman\n163,900\n\n\n5\nJakub Wojtas\nGerman\n162,100\n\n\n6\nVillr Jyrki santeri Pohjalainen\nFinnish\n161,400\n\n\n7\nThomas Clack\nEnglish\n155,600\n\n\n8\nGiuliano Boellis\nItalian\n149,200\n\n\n9\nMichel Glansberg\nSwedish\n132,900\n\n\n10\nMario Trattou\nEnglish\n126,100\n\n\n\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post MILLIONS End of Day 1b Update and Chip Counts appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-30T14:42:10+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-30T16:34:07+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9D03BA18-B03C-48D4-AAE8-1C5DD5A753B0-600x268.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9D03BA18-B03C-48D4-AAE8-1C5DD5A753B0-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9D03BA18-B03C-48D4-AAE8-1C5DD5A753B0-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9D03BA18-B03C-48D4-AAE8-1C5DD5A753B0.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198800", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-grand-prix-day-1d-1e-survivors.html", "title": "Party Poker Grand Prix Day 1D & 1E Survivors", "content_html": "It was non-stop action here on Friday 20th September at Portomaso Casino in Malta, where days 1D and 1E of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix took place, along with day 1b of the MILLIONS main event.
\nAfter the conclusion of day 1E, the total number of entrants in the \u20ac1m 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\u2019s starting days 1f and 1g are expected to be the busiest so far.
\nDay 1D
\nThe 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.\u00a0 Victor Fryda from France posted the highest total on 1,060,000, with England\u2019s 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.
\n| Party Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1D Survivors | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nChips | \nNationality | \n
| 1 | \nVictor Fryda | \n1,060,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 2 | \nAlex Peffly | \n1,000,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 3 | \nAlessio Isaia | \n935,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 4 | \nPierre Azzopardi | \n649,000 | \nMaltese | \n
| 5 | \nAlessandro Furneri | \n536,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 6 | \nGennaro Nevano | \n508,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 7 | \nFelix Paillot | \n490,000 | \nFrance | \n
| 8 | \nRichard Burke | \n418,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 9 | \nAlessandro La Cava | \n407,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 10 | \nMike Alonso | \n360,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 11 | \nPaul Hopper | \n360,000 | \nEnglish | \n
| 12 | \nDavide Gelardi | \n327,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 13 | \nGiuseppe Tarsia | \n310,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 14 | \nGiulio Gallo | \n290,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 15 | \nGiovanni Sutera | \n290,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 16 | \nGiulio Di Salvo | \n281,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 17 | \nMichael Smith | \n254,000 | \nCanadian | \n
| 18 | \nDario Pieruzzini | \n235,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 19 | \nWilliam Meeuwisse | \n213,000 | \nSweden | \n
| 20 | \nTommaso Dilena | \n204,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 21 | \nNicholas Rametta | \n200,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 22 | \nOlivier Klat | \n192,000 | \nFrench | \n
| 23 | \nMark Vella | \n174,000 | \nMaltese | \n
| 24 | \nFilippo Ragone | \n160,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 25 | \nSimone Lombardo | \n157,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 26 | \nEmmanouil Zografakis | \n130,000 | \nGreek | \n
| 27 | \nJorge Rebolleda | \n111,000 | \nSpanish | \n
| 28 | \nAna Maria David | \n110,000 | \nRomanian | \n
| 29 | \nSimon Forester | \n98,000 | \nMaltese | \n
| 30 | \nAngelo Virde | \n91,000 | \nItalian | \n
| 31 | \nAgostino Pellegrini | \n84,000 | \nItalian | \n
Day 1E
\nThe later flight, which started at 6pm had 180 competitors and saw a further 27 players secure their continuation in the \u20ac1m guaranteed event. Italian Andrea D\u2019Elia 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.
\n| Party Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1D Survivors | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \n
| 1 | \nAndrea D\u2019Elia | \nItalian | \n1,058,000 | \n
| 2 | \nLuca Caravaggio | \nItalian | \n775,000 | \n
| 3 | \nNelson Clark | \nDutch | \n763,000 | \n
| 4 | \nFlaviano Cammisuli | \nItalian | \n614,000 | \n
| 5 | \nJeroen Romme | \nDutch | \n585,000 | \n
| 6 | \nFederico Cavandoli | \nItalian | \n518,000 | \n
| 7 | \nAngelo Vietti | \nItalian | \n443,000 | \n
| 8 | \nClaudio Campochiaro | \nItalian | \n428,000 | \n
| 9 | \nKyros Kyros | \nCypriot | \n374,000 | \n
| 10 | \nGuido Roperti | \nItalian | \n371,000 | \n
| 11 | \nClement Meunier | \nFrench | \n310,000 | \n
| 12 | \nNatale Allegra | \nItalian | \n252,000 | \n
| 13 | \nClaudio Dall\u2019Oglio | \nItalian | \n229,000 | \n
| 14 | \nRoberto Molina | \nItalian | \n228,000 | \n
| 15 | \nMusa Jusaj | \nAustrian | \n226,000 | \n
| 16 | \nCristiano Tosi | \nItalian | \n215,000 | \n
| 17 | \nFederico Petruzzelli | \nItalian | \n205,000 | \n
| 18 | \nFilip Francisty | \nPolish | \n200,000 | \n
| 19 | \nGabriele Aveni | \nItalian | \n184,000 | \n
| 20 | \nSeeiaer Noran | \nDutch | \n178,000 | \n
| 21 | \nSimone Meloni | \nItalian | \n172,000 | \n
| 22 | \nGianpiero Barrile | \nItalian | \n164,000 | \n
| 23 | \nGiovanni Palma | \nItalian | \n145,000 | \n
| 24 | \nGrzegorz Skawinska | \nPolish | \n145,000 | \n
| 25 | \nMatteo Veneziano | \nItalian | \n123,000 | \n
| 26 | \nFabrizio Basile | \nItalian | \n101,000 | \n
| 27 | \nGeorgios Lekkakos | \nGreek | \n28,000 | \n
Saturday\u2019s Action
\nToday the MILLIONS moves into its second day while there are two further starting days of the Grand Prix plus the \u20ac300+\u20ac30 Daily Legends – The Headhunter side event. Despite its name, it\u2019s not a bounty tournament.
\nHere\u2019s the schedule of events for Saturday 30th September.
\n| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 12:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1F | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 15:00 | \n#24 | \nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3 | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 18:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1G | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#19 | \nMILLIONS Day 2 | \nN/A | \n
| 21:00 | \n#22 | \nDaily Legends – The Headhunter | \n\u20ac300+\u20ac30 | \n
| 22:00 | \n#23 | \nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3 | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Matin
\nJonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix Day 1D & 1E Survivors appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "It was non-stop action here on Friday 20th September at Portomaso Casino in Malta, where days 1D and 1E of the \u20ac1m GTD Party Poker Grand Prix took place, along with day 1b of the MILLIONS main event.\nAfter the conclusion of day 1E, the total number of entrants in the \u20ac1m 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\u2019s starting days 1f and 1g are expected to be the busiest so far.\nDay 1D\nThe 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.\u00a0 Victor Fryda from France posted the highest total on 1,060,000, with England\u2019s 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.\n\n\n\nParty Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1D Survivors\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nChips\nNationality\n\n\n1\nVictor Fryda\n1,060,000\nFrench\n\n\n2\nAlex Peffly\n1,000,000\nEnglish\n\n\n3\nAlessio Isaia\n935,000\nItalian\n\n\n4\nPierre Azzopardi\n649,000\nMaltese\n\n\n5\nAlessandro Furneri\n536,000\nItalian\n\n\n6\nGennaro Nevano\n508,000\nItalian\n\n\n7\nFelix Paillot\n490,000\nFrance\n\n\n8\nRichard Burke\n418,000\nEnglish\n\n\n9\nAlessandro La Cava\n407,000\nItalian\n\n\n10\nMike Alonso\n360,000\nFrench\n\n\n11\nPaul Hopper\n360,000\nEnglish\n\n\n12\nDavide Gelardi\n327,000\nItalian\n\n\n13\nGiuseppe Tarsia\n310,000\nItalian\n\n\n14\nGiulio Gallo\n290,000\nItalian\n\n\n15\nGiovanni Sutera\n290,000\nItalian\n\n\n16\nGiulio Di Salvo\n281,000\nItalian\n\n\n17\nMichael Smith\n254,000\nCanadian\n\n\n18\nDario Pieruzzini\n235,000\nItalian\n\n\n19\nWilliam Meeuwisse\n213,000\nSweden\n\n\n20\nTommaso Dilena\n204,000\nItalian\n\n\n21\nNicholas Rametta\n200,000\nItalian\n\n\n22\nOlivier Klat\n192,000\nFrench\n\n\n23\nMark Vella\n174,000\nMaltese\n\n\n24\nFilippo Ragone\n160,000\nItalian\n\n\n25\nSimone Lombardo\n157,000\nItalian\n\n\n26\nEmmanouil Zografakis\n130,000\nGreek\n\n\n27\nJorge Rebolleda\n111,000\nSpanish\n\n\n28\nAna Maria David\n110,000\nRomanian\n\n\n29\nSimon Forester\n98,000\nMaltese\n\n\n30\nAngelo Virde\n91,000\nItalian\n\n\n31\nAgostino Pellegrini\n84,000\nItalian\n\n\n\nDay 1E\nThe later flight, which started at 6pm had 180 competitors and saw a further 27 players secure their continuation in the \u20ac1m guaranteed event. Italian Andrea D\u2019Elia 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.\n\n\n\nParty Poker \u20ac1m GTD Grand Prix Day 1D Survivors\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\n\n\n1\nAndrea D\u2019Elia\nItalian\n1,058,000\n\n\n2\nLuca Caravaggio\nItalian\n775,000\n\n\n3\nNelson Clark\nDutch\n763,000\n\n\n4\nFlaviano Cammisuli\nItalian\n614,000\n\n\n5\nJeroen Romme\nDutch\n585,000\n\n\n6\nFederico Cavandoli\nItalian\n518,000\n\n\n7\nAngelo Vietti\nItalian\n443,000\n\n\n8\nClaudio Campochiaro\nItalian\n428,000\n\n\n9\nKyros Kyros\nCypriot\n374,000\n\n\n10\nGuido Roperti\nItalian\n371,000\n\n\n11\nClement Meunier\nFrench\n310,000\n\n\n12\nNatale Allegra\nItalian\n252,000\n\n\n13\nClaudio Dall\u2019Oglio\nItalian\n229,000\n\n\n14\nRoberto Molina\nItalian\n228,000\n\n\n15\nMusa Jusaj\nAustrian\n226,000\n\n\n16\nCristiano Tosi\nItalian\n215,000\n\n\n17\nFederico Petruzzelli\nItalian\n205,000\n\n\n18\nFilip Francisty\nPolish\n200,000\n\n\n19\nGabriele Aveni\nItalian\n184,000\n\n\n20\nSeeiaer Noran\nDutch\n178,000\n\n\n21\nSimone Meloni\nItalian\n172,000\n\n\n22\nGianpiero Barrile\nItalian\n164,000\n\n\n23\nGiovanni Palma\nItalian\n145,000\n\n\n24\nGrzegorz Skawinska\nPolish\n145,000\n\n\n25\nMatteo Veneziano\nItalian\n123,000\n\n\n26\nFabrizio Basile\nItalian\n101,000\n\n\n27\nGeorgios Lekkakos\nGreek\n28,000\n\n\n\nSaturday\u2019s Action\nToday the MILLIONS moves into its second day while there are two further starting days of the Grand Prix plus the \u20ac300+\u20ac30 Daily Legends – The Headhunter side event. Despite its name, it\u2019s not a bounty tournament.\nHere\u2019s the schedule of events for Saturday 30th September.\n\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n12:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1F\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n15:00\n#24\nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n18:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1G\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n21:00\n#19\nMILLIONS Day 2\nN/A\n\n\n21:00\n#22\nDaily Legends – The Headhunter\n\u20ac300+\u20ac30\n\n\n22:00\n#23\nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa and Philip Matin\nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix Day 1D & 1E Survivors appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-30T13:00:49+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-30T13:04:39+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B0AB08AF-2006-4AAF-B726-14FB4767F28A-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B0AB08AF-2006-4AAF-B726-14FB4767F28A-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B0AB08AF-2006-4AAF-B726-14FB4767F28A-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B0AB08AF-2006-4AAF-B726-14FB4767F28A.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198739", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/things-to-do-in-malta-when-youre-not-playing-poker.html", "title": "Things to Do in Malta When You\u2019re Not Playing Poker", "content_html": "About this time of year, the weather in most of Europe takes a turn for the worse. The rains come, the chilly winds set in and hundreds of millions of people across the continent sadly pack their summer clothes away and settle in for several months of awful weather. But this is not most of Europe, this is Malta, the Duracell bunny of the EU, where summer goes on at least 25% longer than in most other countries. A great location for Party Poker MILLIONS, where players can combine relaxing in the balmy weather of Malta\u2019s late summer with 11 days of hotly contested poker tournaments and 24/7 cash games.
\nMalta hosts many poker events throughout the year, but there\u2019s also a lot to discover outside the casino on this bustling Mediterranean island. If you\u2019re here for a few days and are wondering what to do on some of the days before the poker starts, there\u2019s plenty of options. Here are just a few ideas for what do and see.
\nFun and Games in the Foyer
\nIf you just want a short break from the tables or something to do during a break in play, we\u2019ve laid on a selection of amusement games in the foyer outside the poker room. These include a fuss ball table, air hockey and a claw machine. This is a very special claw machine, as long as there\u2019s a Party Poker staff member nearby, it\u2019s impossible to lose!
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/669D3404-E71D-421E-9242-0D80BEEE3CA4-300x200.jpeg\")
Splash!
\nFor those looking for an adrenaline rush when not at the poker tables, the Splash & Fun water park is a good option. Summer is almost over in most European countries, but the warm weather persists longer in Malta than anywhere else in the EU. While most water parks on the continent have already shut dow for the season, Malta\u2019s Splash and Fun Water Park remains open until the end of October. Where you can hurtle yourself at breakneck speed down the numerous slides and flumes. There\u2019s also a wave pool, a lazy river and various pools to relax in. The park is in Bahar-Ic-Caghaq (pronounced Bahar-itch-are) which is just a couple of miles north of St Julians.
\nPopeye Village
\nIn 1980 Robin Williams starred as the spinach munching, cobpipe smoking hero of the film Popeye. While the movie itself has dated badly, the set it was filmed on still exists to this day, as a tourist attraction, albeit a rather rickety one in places. Still, the Popeye Village is a fun place to visit for a few hours, with water activities in the bay included.
\nHeritage Sites
\nMany of Malta\u2019s megalithic temples, ancient burial sites, museums and galleries are operated by Heritage Malta and are open to the public most days. There is usually a charge to enter all of these places, however fortunately for players attending the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta festival, there is a chance to visit them for free! This weekend, on September 30th and October 1st, to celebrate 20 years of operation, Heritage Malta is having an open day and entry to all sites are free to visit (except for the Hypogeum and Underground Valletta). Many of these are well worth visiting. The temple sites of Hagar Qim/Mnajdra and the Tarxian temples are two of the best places to visit ion you want to see prehistoric ruins. Malta\u2019s newest gallery MUZA in Valletta is a good option for art lovers. For details of locations and visiting hours, check out the Heritage Malta website.
\nPlayer Party
\nAnd when all the poker and sightseeing have made you thirsty, get ready to shake a tail-feather at the Players Party on Sunday 1st at 9pm in club \u201cTwenty-two\u201d located at the top of the tower next to the casino. Twist the night away and enjoy a free bar with a 360-degree view of the island in the most exclusive of Malta\u2019s nightspots.
\nJonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Things to Do in Malta When You’re Not Playing Poker appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "About this time of year, the weather in most of Europe takes a turn for the worse. The rains come, the chilly winds set in and hundreds of millions of people across the continent sadly pack their summer clothes away and settle in for several months of awful weather. But this is not most of Europe, this is Malta, the Duracell bunny of the EU, where summer goes on at least 25% longer than in most other countries. A great location for Party Poker MILLIONS, where players can combine relaxing in the balmy weather of Malta\u2019s late summer with 11 days of hotly contested poker tournaments and 24/7 cash games.\nMalta hosts many poker events throughout the year, but there\u2019s also a lot to discover outside the casino on this bustling Mediterranean island. If you\u2019re here for a few days and are wondering what to do on some of the days before the poker starts, there\u2019s plenty of options. Here are just a few ideas for what do and see.\nFun and Games in the Foyer\nIf you just want a short break from the tables or something to do during a break in play, we\u2019ve laid on a selection of amusement games in the foyer outside the poker room. These include a fuss ball table, air hockey and a claw machine. This is a very special claw machine, as long as there\u2019s a Party Poker staff member nearby, it\u2019s impossible to lose!\n\nSplash!\nFor those looking for an adrenaline rush when not at the poker tables, the Splash & Fun water park is a good option. Summer is almost over in most European countries, but the warm weather persists longer in Malta than anywhere else in the EU. While most water parks on the continent have already shut dow for the season, Malta\u2019s Splash and Fun Water Park remains open until the end of October. Where you can hurtle yourself at breakneck speed down the numerous slides and flumes. There\u2019s also a wave pool, a lazy river and various pools to relax in. The park is in Bahar-Ic-Caghaq (pronounced Bahar-itch-are) which is just a couple of miles north of St Julians.\nPopeye Village\nIn 1980 Robin Williams starred as the spinach munching, cobpipe smoking hero of the film Popeye. While the movie itself has dated badly, the set it was filmed on still exists to this day, as a tourist attraction, albeit a rather rickety one in places. Still, the Popeye Village is a fun place to visit for a few hours, with water activities in the bay included.\nHeritage Sites\nMany of Malta\u2019s megalithic temples, ancient burial sites, museums and galleries are operated by Heritage Malta and are open to the public most days. There is usually a charge to enter all of these places, however fortunately for players attending the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta festival, there is a chance to visit them for free! This weekend, on September 30th and October 1st, to celebrate 20 years of operation, Heritage Malta is having an open day and entry to all sites are free to visit (except for the Hypogeum and Underground Valletta). Many of these are well worth visiting. The temple sites of Hagar Qim/Mnajdra and the Tarxian temples are two of the best places to visit ion you want to see prehistoric ruins. Malta\u2019s newest gallery MUZA in Valletta is a good option for art lovers. For details of locations and visiting hours, check out the Heritage Malta website.\nPlayer Party\nAnd when all the poker and sightseeing have made you thirsty, get ready to shake a tail-feather at the Players Party on Sunday 1st at 9pm in club \u201cTwenty-two\u201d located at the top of the tower next to the casino. Twist the night away and enjoy a free bar with a 360-degree view of the island in the most exclusive of Malta\u2019s nightspots.\nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Things to Do in Malta When You’re Not Playing Poker appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-29T14:12:14+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-29T14:12:14+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198683", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/bart-lybaert-triumphs-in-hydra-entertainment-high-roller-at-the-party-poker-millions-festival-malta.html", "title": "Bart Lybaert Triumphs in Hydra Entertainment High Roller at the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta", "content_html": "Thursday was the hump day of the festival and it was a hump with a bump, with a full schedule of events and buy-ins ranging from \u20ac70 to \u20ac5,300. The \u20ac3,000 MILLIONS main event was one of the events that started today, in parallel with day 2 of the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller. Starting days for the Grand Prix also resumed and mixed game fans were sated with a \u20ac330 single day Omaha freezeout.
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One of two events to reach its conclusion, the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller saw Belgian Bart Lybaert outlast a field of 44 players to take down the \u20ac72,864 first prize and a rather magnificent looking trophy. Second place went to Michel Molenaar of the Netherlands, who was looking to make it a second \u20ac5k event win in Malta this year.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #13\u00a0 \u20ac5,000 + \u20ac300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller\u00a0 | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nBart Lybaert | \nBelgian | \n\u20ac72,864 | \n
| 2 | \nMichel Molenaar | \nDutch | \n\u20ac49,632 | \n
| 3 | \nKamil Sokol | \nCzech | \n\u20ac31,680 | \n
| 4 | \nTeun Mulder | \nDutch | \n\u20ac24,288 | \n
| 5 | \nFarrid Jattin | \nColombian | \n\u20ac17,952 | \n
| 6 | \nLeo Margets | \nSpanish | \n\u20ac14,784 | \n
| Total Entries | \n44 | \n\n | \u20ac211,200 | \n
| Re-entries | \n3 | \n\n | \n |
| Uniques | \n41 | \n\n | \n |
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MILLIONS Day 1A
\nSebastian Mortensen leads the field after the day 1a of the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Main Event. The Danish player will take a 165k chip stack into Saturday\u2019s Day 2 along with 26 other players who made it through the day from the 51 who started. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples also secured a safe passage into day 2, finishing well on 85k. Also still in contention is Dzmitry Urbanovich, who had entered the Hydra High Roller earlier in the day.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Day 1A Survivors | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \n
| 1 | \nSebastian Mortensen | \nDanish | \n165,100 | \n
| 2 | \nJakub Wojtas | \nGerman | \n162,100 | \n
| 3 | \nVillr Jyrki santeri Pohjalainen | \nFinnish | \n161,400 | \n
| 4 | \nThomas Clack | \nEnglish | \n155,600 | \n
| 5 | \nMario Trattou | \nEnglish | \n126,100 | \n
| 6 | \nClement Meunier | \nFrench | \n106,100 | \n
| 7 | \nEnrique Mayor Martinez | \nSpanish | \n104,300 | \n
| 8 | \nJunjie Li | \nChinese | \n103,000 | \n
| 9 | \nRichard Bouette | \nFrench | \n97,500 | \n
| 10 | \nNachman Berlin | \nAmerican | \n89,000 | \n
| 11 | \nMatthew Staples | \nCanadian | \n85,300 | \n
| 12 | \nScott Fingland | \nCanadian | \n74,900 | \n
| 13 | \nFlorian Ribouchon | \nFrench | \n72,600 | \n
| 14 | \nDzmitry Urbanovich | \nPolish | \n61,400 | \n
| 15 | \nClement Bonnant | \nFrench | \n58,600 | \n
| 16 | \nAlex Peffly | \nEnglish | \n54,700 | \n
| 17 | \nSylvere Paillot | \nFrench | \n47,000 | \n
| 18 | \nJun Beum Chun | \nSouth Korean | \n46,200 | \n
| 19 | \nFerran de Antonio Canela | \nSpanish | \n45,500 | \n
| 20 | \nMattia Brusoni | \nItalian | \n40,000 | \n
| 21 | \nConor O\u2019Sullivan | \nIrish | \n40,000 | \n
| 22 | \nThomas Powell | \nEnglish | \n40,000 | \n
| 23 | \nDiego Santos Ferreira | \nSpanish | \n40,000 | \n
| 24 | \nMartin Emmanuel Planiscig | \nArgentinian | \n35,300 | \n
| 25 | \nMarcin Kruk | \nPolish | \n30,600 | \n
| 26 | \nRicardo De la Roas Moran | \nSpanish | \n24,300 | \n
| 27 | \nSpyridon Valakos | \nGreek | \n18,900 | \n
Grand Prix \u20ac1m GTD Day 1C
\nAfter a 3-day hiatus, play in the \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix resumed, with the 3rd of its eight starting days. 23 out of the 151 players (15%) who started the day secured their ongoing participation in the \u20ac550 buy-in tournament and will return on day 2, which takes place on Sunday. The chip leader from day 1C is Austrian Daniel Montagnolli, who is the second player from the live starting days to breach the 1m chip barrier. There have now been 581 entries across the three live day 1s to have taken place so far, with another five yet to come.
\n| Party Poker Grand Prix Malta Day 1C Survivors | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nChips | \n
| 1 | \nDaniel Montagnolli | \nAustrian | \n1,063,000 | \n
| 2 | \nEran Cohen | \nIsraeli | \n763,000 | \n
| 3 | \nLuigi Mario Grisa | \nSwiss | \n715,000 | \n
| 4 | \nLee Dillon | \nGerman | \n644,000 | \n
| 5 | \nBhavin Kathri | \nEnglish | \n606,000 | \n
| 6 | \nFrancesco Squillaci | \nItalian | \n522,000 | \n
| 7 | \nIvane Khazaradze | \nGeorgian | \n401,000 | \n
| 8 | \nDario Barone | \nItalian | \n269,000 | \n
| 9 | \nEmmanouil Zacharakis | \nGreek | \n269,000 | \n
| 10 | \nAleksandar Sunjevaraic | \nSlovakian | \n258,000 | \n
| 11 | \nMauro Tarantini | \nItalian | \n235,000 | \n
| 12 | \nGiovanni Petrone | \nItalian | \n221,000 | \n
| 13 | \nMichael Nagy | \nEnglish | \n215,000 | \n
| 14 | \nFabio Assennato | \nItalian | \n192,000 | \n
| 15 | \nAlfonso Simone | \nItalian | \n190,000 | \n
| 16 | \nNicky Levene | \nEnglish | \n174,000 | \n
| 17 | \nEmanuele Giufre | \nItalian | \n138,000 | \n
| 18 | \nRico Schultz | \nGerman | \n136,000 | \n
| 19 | \nSalvatore Merendino | \nItalian | \n117,000 | \n
| 20 | \nEdison Salobehaj | \nGreek | \n116,000 | \n
| 21 | \nAlessandro Marano | \nItalian | \n102,000 | \n
| 22 | \nNeil Barron | \nEnglish | \n101,000 | \n
| 23 | \nAdam Owen | \nEnglish | \n64,000 | \n
Single Day Omaha
\nToday saw the first of the two Omaha tournaments on the schedule take place. This was the lower buy-in of the two, with a \u20ac330 price tag to enter, while Sunday\u2019s version costs \u20ac1,100 to get a seat at the table. Many of the players who had participated in Tuesday\u2019s H.O.R.S.E event were amongst the 52 players who took part today, vying for the \u20ac5,245 first prize.\u00a0 Play started off quite seriously, but the appearance of Martin \u201cFranke\u201d Von Swiegbergk provoked a jovial atmosphere. Despite taking numerous lengthy breaks from the table during the tournament Franke, renowned for loose play favouring re-entry tournaments, somehow managed to make the final table, but narrowly missed the money, finishing 9th. The top honours went to two Danish players, who fought it out for the trophy. Pater Kramer Sandberg outlasted countryman Martin Buur Christensen after a 30 minute heads up battle, to take the title.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #18\u00a0 \u20ac300 + \u20ac30\u00a0 Omaha Freezeout | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nPeter Kramer Sandberg | \nDanish | \n\u20ac5,245 | \n
| 2 | \nMartin Buur Christensen | \nDanish | \n\u20ac3,370 | \n
| 3 | \nJoaquin Matias Ruiz Travi | \nArgentinian | \n\u20ac2,250 | \n
| 4 | \nMark Adams | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac1,500 | \n
| 5 | \nRocco Criscio | \nItalian | \n\u20ac1,120 | \n
| 6 | \nHugo Loustau | \nFrench | \n\u20ac820 | \n
| 7 | \nJoe Grech | \nMaltese | \n\u20ac670 | \n
| Total Entries | \n52 | \n\n | \u20ac14,975 | \n
Today is the 7th day off the festival and its a busy one! There are two Grand Prix starting days, another MILLIONS starting day and the side event is a turbo version of the MILLIONS, but with a more accessible buy-in at \u20ac275+\u20ac25. Here\u2019s the schedule for today, Friday 29th September, 2023:
\n| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 12:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1D | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 15:00 | \n#21 | \nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3 | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 18:00 | \n#3 | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1E | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#19 | \nMILLIONS Day 1B | \n\u20ac2750+\u20ac250 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#22 | \nTurbo Millions Single Day | \n\u20ac275+\u20ac25 | \n
| 22:00 | \n#23 | \nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3 | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
The full festival schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Bart Lybaert Triumphs in Hydra Entertainment High Roller at the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Thursday was the hump day of the festival and it was a hump with a bump, with a full schedule of events and buy-ins ranging from \u20ac70 to \u20ac5,300. The \u20ac3,000 MILLIONS main event was one of the events that started today, in parallel with day 2 of the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller. Starting days for the Grand Prix also resumed and mixed game fans were sated with a \u20ac330 single day Omaha freezeout.\n\nOne of two events to reach its conclusion, the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller saw Belgian Bart Lybaert outlast a field of 44 players to take down the \u20ac72,864 first prize and a rather magnificent looking trophy. Second place went to Michel Molenaar of the Netherlands, who was looking to make it a second \u20ac5k event win in Malta this year.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #13\u00a0 \u20ac5,000 + \u20ac300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller\u00a0\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize\n\n\n1\nBart Lybaert\nBelgian\n\u20ac72,864\n\n\n2\nMichel Molenaar\nDutch\n\u20ac49,632\n\n\n3\nKamil Sokol\nCzech\n\u20ac31,680\n\n\n4\nTeun Mulder\nDutch\n\u20ac24,288\n\n\n5\nFarrid Jattin\nColombian\n\u20ac17,952\n\n\n6\nLeo Margets\nSpanish\n\u20ac14,784\n\n\nTotal Entries\n44\n\n\u20ac211,200\n\n\nRe-entries\n3\n\n\n\n\nUniques\n41\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMILLIONS Day 1A\nSebastian Mortensen leads the field after the day 1a of the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Main Event. The Danish player will take a 165k chip stack into Saturday\u2019s Day 2 along with 26 other players who made it through the day from the 51 who started. Party Poker Team Pro Matt Staples also secured a safe passage into day 2, finishing well on 85k. Also still in contention is Dzmitry Urbanovich, who had entered the Hydra High Roller earlier in the day.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Day 1A Survivors\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\n\n\n1\nSebastian Mortensen\nDanish\n165,100\n\n\n2\nJakub Wojtas\nGerman\n162,100\n\n\n3\nVillr Jyrki santeri Pohjalainen\nFinnish\n161,400\n\n\n4\nThomas Clack\nEnglish\n155,600\n\n\n5\nMario Trattou\nEnglish\n126,100\n\n\n6\nClement Meunier\nFrench\n106,100\n\n\n7\nEnrique Mayor Martinez\nSpanish\n104,300\n\n\n8\nJunjie Li\nChinese\n103,000\n\n\n9\nRichard Bouette\nFrench\n97,500\n\n\n10\nNachman Berlin\nAmerican\n89,000\n\n\n11\nMatthew Staples\nCanadian\n85,300\n\n\n12\nScott Fingland\nCanadian\n74,900\n\n\n13\nFlorian Ribouchon\nFrench\n72,600\n\n\n14\nDzmitry Urbanovich\nPolish\n61,400\n\n\n15\nClement Bonnant\nFrench\n58,600\n\n\n16\nAlex Peffly\nEnglish\n54,700\n\n\n17\nSylvere Paillot\nFrench\n47,000\n\n\n18\nJun Beum Chun\nSouth Korean\n46,200\n\n\n19\nFerran de Antonio Canela\nSpanish\n45,500\n\n\n20\nMattia Brusoni\nItalian\n40,000\n\n\n21\nConor O\u2019Sullivan\nIrish\n40,000\n\n\n22\nThomas Powell\nEnglish\n40,000\n\n\n23\nDiego Santos Ferreira\nSpanish\n40,000\n\n\n24\nMartin Emmanuel Planiscig\nArgentinian\n35,300\n\n\n25\nMarcin Kruk\nPolish\n30,600\n\n\n26\nRicardo De la Roas Moran\nSpanish\n24,300\n\n\n27\nSpyridon Valakos\nGreek\n18,900\n\n\n\nGrand Prix \u20ac1m GTD Day 1C\nAfter a 3-day hiatus, play in the \u20ac1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix resumed, with the 3rd of its eight starting days. 23 out of the 151 players (15%) who started the day secured their ongoing participation in the \u20ac550 buy-in tournament and will return on day 2, which takes place on Sunday. The chip leader from day 1C is Austrian Daniel Montagnolli, who is the second player from the live starting days to breach the 1m chip barrier. There have now been 581 entries across the three live day 1s to have taken place so far, with another five yet to come.\n\n\n\nParty Poker Grand Prix Malta Day 1C Survivors\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nChips\n\n\n1\nDaniel Montagnolli\nAustrian\n1,063,000\n\n\n2\nEran Cohen\nIsraeli\n763,000\n\n\n3\nLuigi Mario Grisa\nSwiss\n715,000\n\n\n4\nLee Dillon\nGerman\n644,000\n\n\n5\nBhavin Kathri\nEnglish\n606,000\n\n\n6\nFrancesco Squillaci\nItalian\n522,000\n\n\n7\nIvane Khazaradze\nGeorgian\n401,000\n\n\n8\nDario Barone\nItalian\n269,000\n\n\n9\nEmmanouil Zacharakis\nGreek\n269,000\n\n\n10\nAleksandar Sunjevaraic\nSlovakian\n258,000\n\n\n11\nMauro Tarantini\nItalian\n235,000\n\n\n12\nGiovanni Petrone\nItalian\n221,000\n\n\n13\nMichael Nagy\nEnglish\n215,000\n\n\n14\nFabio Assennato\nItalian\n192,000\n\n\n15\nAlfonso Simone\nItalian\n190,000\n\n\n16\nNicky Levene\nEnglish\n174,000\n\n\n17\nEmanuele Giufre\nItalian\n138,000\n\n\n18\nRico Schultz\nGerman\n136,000\n\n\n19\nSalvatore Merendino\nItalian\n117,000\n\n\n20\nEdison Salobehaj\nGreek\n116,000\n\n\n21\nAlessandro Marano\nItalian\n102,000\n\n\n22\nNeil Barron\nEnglish\n101,000\n\n\n23\nAdam Owen\nEnglish\n64,000\n\n\n\nSingle Day Omaha\nToday saw the first of the two Omaha tournaments on the schedule take place. This was the lower buy-in of the two, with a \u20ac330 price tag to enter, while Sunday\u2019s version costs \u20ac1,100 to get a seat at the table. Many of the players who had participated in Tuesday\u2019s H.O.R.S.E event were amongst the 52 players who took part today, vying for the \u20ac5,245 first prize.\u00a0 Play started off quite seriously, but the appearance of Martin \u201cFranke\u201d Von Swiegbergk provoked a jovial atmosphere. Despite taking numerous lengthy breaks from the table during the tournament Franke, renowned for loose play favouring re-entry tournaments, somehow managed to make the final table, but narrowly missed the money, finishing 9th. The top honours went to two Danish players, who fought it out for the trophy. Pater Kramer Sandberg outlasted countryman Martin Buur Christensen after a 30 minute heads up battle, to take the title.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #18\u00a0 \u20ac300 + \u20ac30\u00a0 Omaha Freezeout\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize\n\n\n1\nPeter Kramer Sandberg\nDanish\n\u20ac5,245\n\n\n2\nMartin Buur Christensen\nDanish\n\u20ac3,370\n\n\n3\nJoaquin Matias Ruiz Travi\nArgentinian\n\u20ac2,250\n\n\n4\nMark Adams\nEnglish\n\u20ac1,500\n\n\n5\nRocco Criscio\nItalian\n\u20ac1,120\n\n\n6\nHugo Loustau\nFrench\n\u20ac820\n\n\n7\nJoe Grech\nMaltese\n\u20ac670\n\n\nTotal Entries\n52\n\n\u20ac14,975\n\n\n\nToday is the 7th day off the festival and its a busy one! There are two Grand Prix starting days, another MILLIONS starting day and the side event is a turbo version of the MILLIONS, but with a more accessible buy-in at \u20ac275+\u20ac25. Here\u2019s the schedule for today, Friday 29th September, 2023:\n\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n12:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1D\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n15:00\n#21\nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n18:00\n#3\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1E\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n21:00\n#19\nMILLIONS Day 1B\n\u20ac2750+\u20ac250\n\n\n21:00\n#22\nTurbo Millions Single Day\n\u20ac275+\u20ac25\n\n\n22:00\n#23\nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n\nThe full festival schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Bart Lybaert Triumphs in Hydra Entertainment High Roller at the Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-29T11:54:02+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-29T12:19:32+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/96341D79-7071-4067-AF53-8A2AF02CA310-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/96341D79-7071-4067-AF53-8A2AF02CA310-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/96341D79-7071-4067-AF53-8A2AF02CA310-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/96341D79-7071-4067-AF53-8A2AF02CA310.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198637", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-millions-malta-hotting-up.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Hotting Up", "content_html": "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!
\nHere\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s action
\n| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| 15:00 | \n#17 | \nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3 | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 15:00 | \n#13 | \nHydra Entertainment High Roller Day 2 | \n\u20ac5,000+\u20ac300 | \n
| 18:00 | \n#3c | \nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1c | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 18:00 | \n#18 | \nOmaha Single Day Event | \n\u20ac300+\u20ac30 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#19 | \nMILLIONS Day 1A | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#20 | \nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3 | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
Hydra High Roller Day 1 Completed
\nThe \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.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9CF17199-8B88-4A87-8E30-7F81783041ED-300x200.jpeg\")
Michael Molenaar chases a further title in Malta
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!
\nOvernight chip counts from the Hydra Entertainment High Roller
\n| Player | \nNationality | \nChip Count | \n
| Teun Mulder | \nDutch | \n140,000 | \n
| Michel Molenaar | \nDutch | \n105,000 | \n
| Aurelien Russo | \nFrench | \n99,400 | \n
| Alessandro Pichierri | \nItalian | \n95,400 | \n
| Alex Peffly | \nEnglish | \n94,000 | \n
| Orestis Kanakopoulos | \nGreek | \n88,700 | \n
| Bart Lybaert | \nBelgian | \n85,000 | \n
| Leo Margets | \nSpanish | \n76,000 | \n
| Stanislav Zegal | \nGerman | \n69,200 | \n
| Farid Jattin | \nColombian | \n68,800 | \n
| Alex Van Der Swaluw | \nDutch | \n64,400 | \n
| Jonathan Abdellatif | \nBelgian | \n64,000 | \n
| Thomas Clack | \nEnglish | \n62,100 | \n
| Koen Meutstege | \nDutch | \n49,200 | \n
| Fausto Tantillo | \nItalian | \n47,500 | \n
| Fabio Peluso | \nItalian | \n44,100 | \n
| Grigoriy Rodin | \nRussian | \n42,700 | \n
| Raoul Van Wersch | \nDutch | \n42,600 | \n
| Thomas Eychenne | \nFrench | \n41,500 | \n
| Ioannis Angelou-Konstas | \nGreek | \n35,800 | \n
| Scott Wellenbach | \nCanadian | \n30,200 | \n
| Ivan Balzano | \nBrazilian | \n28,600 | \n
| Dominik Nitsche | \nGerman | \n20,000 | \n
| Candido Gabriele Cappiello | \nItalian | \n17,600 | \n
| Kamil Sokol | \nCzech | \n17,200 | \n
| Johan \u201cYoH ViraL\u201d Guilbert | \nFrench | \n16,500 | \n
| Jakub Wojtas | \nGerman | \n11,300 | \n
\n
Italian Party
\nYesterday\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.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #14\u00a0 \u20ac130 + \u20ac20\u00a0 NLH Italian Party | \n|||
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nPhilipp Kampf | \nGerman | \n\u20ac6,332 | \n
| 2 | \nMarc Schembri | \nMaltese | \n\u20ac4,600 | \n
| 3 | \nBenjamin Foulgot | \nFrench | \n\u20ac3,490 | \n
| 4 | \nScott Fingland | \nCanadian | \n\u20ac2,600 | \n
| 5 | \nSvajunas Seduikis | \nLithuanian | \n\u20ac1,800 | \n
| 6 | \nMattia Ridi | \nItalian | \n\u20ac1,490 | \n
| 7 | \nAleksander Georgiev | \nBulgarian | \n\u20ac1,190 | \n
| 8 | \nPagareckas Mindaugas | \nLithuanian | \n\u20ac890 | \n
| 9 | \nRaymond Bellante | \nMaltese | \n\u20ac600 | \n
| 10 | \nBrian Calleja | \nMaltese | \n\u20ac520 | \n
| 11 | \nJohn Kruljac | \nAustralian | \n\u20ac520 | \n
| 12 | \nMark Adams | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac520 | \n
| 13 | \nGary Armstrong | \nScotland | \n\u20ac440 | \n
| 14 | \nKarl Gialanze | \nMaltese | \n\u20ac440 | \n
| 15 | \nSebastian Gotthardt | \nGerman | \n\u20ac440 | \n
| 16 | \nKamil Skawinski | \nPolish | \n\u20ac360 | \n
| 17 | \nGuiseppe Schiraldi | \nItalian | \n\u20ac360 | \n
| 18 | \nJozsef Fauszt | \nHungarian | \n\u20ac360 | \n
| 19 | \nMityok Erno | \nHungarian | \n\u20ac360 | \n
| 20 | \nVito Cuscito | \nItalian | \n\u20ac360 | \n
| 21 | \nShota Burjandaze | \nGeorgia | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| 22 | \nSusta Marco | \nItalian | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| 23 | \nNeil Barron | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| 24 | \nMateusz Kozuch | \nPolish | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| 25 | \nAdam Tomasson | \nSweden | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| 26 | \nYohann Girondin | \nFrance | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| 27 | \nAlfredo Cuti | \nItalian | \n\u20ac290 | \n
| Total Entries | \n226 | \n\n | \u20ac29,702.00 | \n
| Unique Players | \n164 | \n\n | \n |
| Re-entries | \n62 | \n\n | \n |
The full schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\n\n
Jonathan Raab
\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Hotting Up appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "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!\nHere\u2019s the schedule of today\u2019s action\n\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\n15:00\n#17\nGrand Prix Hyper Turbo Satellite to event #3\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n15:00\n#13\nHydra Entertainment High Roller Day 2\n\u20ac5,000+\u20ac300\n\n\n18:00\n#3c\nGrand Prix $1m GTD Day 1c\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n18:00\n#18\nOmaha Single Day Event\n\u20ac300+\u20ac30\n\n\n21:00\n#19\nMILLIONS Day 1A\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n21:00\n#20\nGrand Prix Satellite to event #3\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n\nHydra High Roller Day 1 Completed\nThe \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.\nMichael Molenaar chases a further title in Malta\nLate 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!\nOvernight chip counts from the Hydra Entertainment High Roller\n\n\n\nPlayer\nNationality\nChip Count\n\n\nTeun Mulder\nDutch\n140,000\n\n\nMichel Molenaar\nDutch\n105,000\n\n\nAurelien Russo\nFrench\n99,400\n\n\nAlessandro Pichierri\nItalian\n95,400\n\n\nAlex Peffly\nEnglish\n94,000\n\n\nOrestis Kanakopoulos\nGreek\n88,700\n\n\nBart Lybaert\nBelgian\n85,000\n\n\nLeo Margets\nSpanish\n76,000\n\n\nStanislav Zegal\nGerman\n69,200\n\n\nFarid Jattin\nColombian\n68,800\n\n\nAlex Van Der Swaluw\nDutch\n64,400\n\n\nJonathan Abdellatif\nBelgian\n64,000\n\n\nThomas Clack\nEnglish\n62,100\n\n\nKoen Meutstege\nDutch\n49,200\n\n\nFausto Tantillo\nItalian\n47,500\n\n\nFabio Peluso\nItalian\n44,100\n\n\nGrigoriy Rodin\nRussian\n42,700\n\n\nRaoul Van Wersch\nDutch\n42,600\n\n\nThomas Eychenne\nFrench\n41,500\n\n\nIoannis Angelou-Konstas\nGreek\n35,800\n\n\nScott Wellenbach\nCanadian\n30,200\n\n\nIvan Balzano\nBrazilian\n28,600\n\n\nDominik Nitsche\nGerman\n20,000\n\n\nCandido Gabriele Cappiello\nItalian\n17,600\n\n\nKamil Sokol\nCzech\n17,200\n\n\nJohan \u201cYoH ViraL\u201d Guilbert\nFrench\n16,500\n\n\nJakub Wojtas\nGerman\n11,300\n\n\n\n \nItalian Party\nYesterday\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.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta 2023\u00a0 –\u00a0 #14\u00a0 \u20ac130 + \u20ac20\u00a0 NLH Italian Party\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize\n\n\n1\nPhilipp Kampf\nGerman\n\u20ac6,332\n\n\n2\nMarc Schembri\nMaltese\n\u20ac4,600\n\n\n3\nBenjamin Foulgot\nFrench\n\u20ac3,490\n\n\n4\nScott Fingland\nCanadian\n\u20ac2,600\n\n\n5\nSvajunas Seduikis\nLithuanian\n\u20ac1,800\n\n\n6\nMattia Ridi\nItalian\n\u20ac1,490\n\n\n7\nAleksander Georgiev\nBulgarian\n\u20ac1,190\n\n\n8\nPagareckas Mindaugas\nLithuanian\n\u20ac890\n\n\n9\nRaymond Bellante\nMaltese\n\u20ac600\n\n\n10\nBrian Calleja\nMaltese\n\u20ac520\n\n\n11\nJohn Kruljac\nAustralian\n\u20ac520\n\n\n12\nMark Adams\nEnglish\n\u20ac520\n\n\n13\nGary Armstrong\nScotland\n\u20ac440\n\n\n14\nKarl Gialanze\nMaltese\n\u20ac440\n\n\n15\nSebastian Gotthardt\nGerman\n\u20ac440\n\n\n16\nKamil Skawinski\nPolish\n\u20ac360\n\n\n17\nGuiseppe Schiraldi\nItalian\n\u20ac360\n\n\n18\nJozsef Fauszt\nHungarian\n\u20ac360\n\n\n19\nMityok Erno\nHungarian\n\u20ac360\n\n\n20\nVito Cuscito\nItalian\n\u20ac360\n\n\n21\nShota Burjandaze\nGeorgia\n\u20ac290\n\n\n22\nSusta Marco\nItalian\n\u20ac290\n\n\n23\nNeil Barron\nEnglish\n\u20ac290\n\n\n24\nMateusz Kozuch\nPolish\n\u20ac290\n\n\n25\nAdam Tomasson\nSweden\n\u20ac290\n\n\n26\nYohann Girondin\nFrance\n\u20ac290\n\n\n27\nAlfredo Cuti\nItalian\n\u20ac290\n\n\nTotal Entries\n226\n\n\u20ac29,702.00\n\n\nUnique Players\n164\n\n\n\n\nRe-entries\n62\n\n\n\n\n\nThe full schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\n \nJonathan Raab\nParty Poker MILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Hotting Up appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-28T14:05:44+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-28T14:52:37+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/E02F5DDE-171F-4696-9BFD-28139C54E04D-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/E02F5DDE-171F-4696-9BFD-28139C54E04D-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/E02F5DDE-171F-4696-9BFD-28139C54E04D-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/E02F5DDE-171F-4696-9BFD-28139C54E04D.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198518", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-millions-festival-malta-first-results.html", "title": "Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta \u2013 First Results", "content_html": "Three events have now concluded at the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival and the winners have received their trophies.
\nDeepstack Event #6\u00a0 \u20ac225+\u20ac25 Deepstack
\nThe 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 \u20ac10,496 and a Party Poker trophy.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/53218066695_d1dac7a1e2_k-1-300x200.jpg\")
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nNabil El Hage | \nSwiss | \n\u20ac10,496 | \n
| 2 | \nPierre Jeffredo | \nFrench | \n\u20ac7,570 | \n
| 3 | \nJohn Samuel Garratt | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac5,740 | \n
| 4 | \nAntoine Rahal | \nFrench | \n\u20ac4,270 | \n
| 5 | \nMattia Cirincione | \nItalian | \n\u20ac2,930 | \n
| 6 | \nStefan Fernandez Wiesebrock | \nGerman | \n\u20ac2,440 | \n
| 7 | \nJonathan Pastore | \nFrench | \n\u20ac1,950 | \n
| 8 | \nAndres Rengifo | \nUnknown | \n\u20ac1,460 | \n
| 9 | \nPeter Kramer Sandberg | \nDanish | \n\u20ac980 | \n
| 10 | \nXabi Carricart | \nFrench | \n\u20ac850 | \n
| 11 | \nRandhir Koli | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac850 | \n
| 12 | \nRomain Nardin | \nFrench | \n\u20ac850 | \n
| 13 | \nYoan Dody | \nFrench | \n\u20ac730 | \n
| 14 | \nJordan Dumas | \nFrench | \n\u20ac730 | \n
| 15 | \nSalvatore Caruso | \nItalian | \n\u20ac730 | \n
| 16 | \nStevan Gvozdenovic | \nMontenegrin | \n\u20ac610 | \n
| 17 | \nMike Alonso | \nFrench | \n\u20ac610 | \n
| 18 | \nBlair Payne Armstrong | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac610 | \n
| 19 | \nGuillaume Rodrigues-Martin | \nFrench | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 20 | \nJorge Palomino | \nSpain | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 21 | \nDavid Kilmartin Lappin | \nIreland | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 22 | \nHugo Loustau | \nFrench | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 23 | \nTom Vermeulen | \nDutch | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 24 | \nDavid Quang | \nCanadian | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 25 | \nLeonardo Tomei | \nItalian | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 26 | \nSalvatore Ritrovato | \nItalian | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| 27 | \nScott Fingland | \nCanadian | \n\u20ac490 | \n
| Total\u00a0 Entries | \n226 | \n\n | \u20ac48,816 | \n
| Unique Players | \n151 | \n\n | \n |
| Re-entries | \n75 | \n\n | \n |
Ladies Event
\nThere were 29 entries for event #10, the \u20ac130+\u20ac20 Ladies event, generating a prize pool of \u20ac3,619. Ivonne Monteleagre, the vice president of the Women\u2019s 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\u2019s Sophie Gathercole and it was the latter who emerged victorious in the early hours of Wednesday morning, to scoop the title, the trophy and \u20ac1,519.
\n![\"\"](\"https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/53217943874_255a062a6e_k-300x200.jpg\")
| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nSophie Gathercole | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac1519 | \n
| 2 | \nMicaela Yanigro Arcusin | \nArgentinian | \n\u20ac1200 | \n
| 3 | \nAnita Staahle | \nNorwegian | \n\u20ac540 | \n
| 4 | \nJulija Drevina | \nLatvian | \n\u20ac360 | \n
| Total Entries | \n29 | \n\n | \u20ac3,619 | \n
| Unique Players | \n21 | \n\n | \n |
| Re-Entries | \n8 | \n\n | \n |
H.O.R.S.E
\nThe third event to reach its conclusion was the \u20ac175+\u20ac25 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 \u20ac2,348 after defeating Joe Brindle heads up, while Adam Owen claimed third place, to give all three spots on the podium to English players.
\n| Position | \nPlayer | \nNationality | \nPrize | \n
| 1 | \nRichard Burke | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac2,348 | \n
| 2 | \nJoe Brindle | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac1,560 | \n
| 3 | \nAdam Owen | \nEnglish | \n\u20ac780 | \n
| 4 | \nCarlo Van Ravenswoud | \nDutch | \n\u20ac520 | \n
| Total Entries | \n31 | \n\n | \u20ac5,208.00 | \n
| Unique Players | \n27 | \n\n | \n |
| Re-entries | \n4 | \n\n | \n |
Today\u2019s Action
\nToday sees the start of the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller. There are also satellites to both the Grand Prix and the MILLIONS, which feature on Thursday\u2019s busy schedule.
\nTonight\u2019s side event is the \u20ac150 buy-in \u201cItalian Party.\u201d 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!
\nThe full schedule of events can be found here
\nPhotos from the event can be found here
\nJonathan Raab
\nMILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa
\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta – First Results appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Three events have now concluded at the Party Poker MILLIONS Malta Festival and the winners have received their trophies.\nDeepstack Event #6\u00a0 \u20ac225+\u20ac25 Deepstack\nThe 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 \u20ac10,496 and a Party Poker trophy.\n\n\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize\n\n\n1\nNabil El Hage\nSwiss\n\u20ac10,496\n\n\n2\nPierre Jeffredo\nFrench\n\u20ac7,570\n\n\n3\nJohn Samuel Garratt\nEnglish\n\u20ac5,740\n\n\n4\nAntoine Rahal\nFrench\n\u20ac4,270\n\n\n5\nMattia Cirincione\nItalian\n\u20ac2,930\n\n\n6\nStefan Fernandez Wiesebrock\nGerman\n\u20ac2,440\n\n\n7\nJonathan Pastore\nFrench\n\u20ac1,950\n\n\n8\nAndres Rengifo\nUnknown\n\u20ac1,460\n\n\n9\nPeter Kramer Sandberg\nDanish\n\u20ac980\n\n\n10\nXabi Carricart\nFrench\n\u20ac850\n\n\n11\nRandhir Koli\nEnglish\n\u20ac850\n\n\n12\nRomain Nardin\nFrench\n\u20ac850\n\n\n13\nYoan Dody\nFrench\n\u20ac730\n\n\n14\nJordan Dumas\nFrench\n\u20ac730\n\n\n15\nSalvatore Caruso\nItalian\n\u20ac730\n\n\n16\nStevan Gvozdenovic\nMontenegrin\n\u20ac610\n\n\n17\nMike Alonso\nFrench\n\u20ac610\n\n\n18\nBlair Payne Armstrong\nEnglish\n\u20ac610\n\n\n19\nGuillaume Rodrigues-Martin\nFrench\n\u20ac490\n\n\n20\nJorge Palomino\nSpain\n\u20ac490\n\n\n21\nDavid Kilmartin Lappin\nIreland\n\u20ac490\n\n\n22\nHugo Loustau\nFrench\n\u20ac490\n\n\n23\nTom Vermeulen\nDutch\n\u20ac490\n\n\n24\nDavid Quang\nCanadian\n\u20ac490\n\n\n25\nLeonardo Tomei\nItalian\n\u20ac490\n\n\n26\nSalvatore Ritrovato\nItalian\n\u20ac490\n\n\n27\nScott Fingland\nCanadian\n\u20ac490\n\n\nTotal\u00a0 Entries\n226\n\n\u20ac48,816\n\n\nUnique Players\n151\n\n\n\n\nRe-entries\n75\n\n\n\n\n\nLadies Event\nThere were 29 entries for event #10, the \u20ac130+\u20ac20 Ladies event, generating a prize pool of \u20ac3,619. Ivonne Monteleagre, the vice president of the Women\u2019s 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\u2019s Sophie Gathercole and it was the latter who emerged victorious in the early hours of Wednesday morning, to scoop the title, the trophy and \u20ac1,519.\n\n\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize\n\n\n1\nSophie Gathercole\nEnglish\n\u20ac1519\n\n\n2\nMicaela Yanigro Arcusin\nArgentinian\n\u20ac1200\n\n\n3\nAnita Staahle\nNorwegian\n\u20ac540\n\n\n4\nJulija Drevina\nLatvian\n\u20ac360\n\n\nTotal Entries\n29\n\n\u20ac3,619\n\n\nUnique Players\n21\n\n\n\n\nRe-Entries\n8\n\n\n\n\n\nH.O.R.S.E\nThe third event to reach its conclusion was the \u20ac175+\u20ac25 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 \u20ac2,348 after defeating Joe Brindle heads up, while Adam Owen claimed third place, to give all three spots on the podium to English players.\n\n\n\nPosition\nPlayer\nNationality\nPrize\n\n\n1\nRichard Burke\nEnglish\n\u20ac2,348\n\n\n2\nJoe Brindle\nEnglish\n\u20ac1,560\n\n\n3\nAdam Owen\nEnglish\n\u20ac780\n\n\n4\nCarlo Van Ravenswoud\nDutch\n\u20ac520\n\n\nTotal Entries\n31\n\n\u20ac5,208.00\n\n\nUnique Players\n27\n\n\n\n\nRe-entries\n4\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\u2019s Action\nToday sees the start of the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller. There are also satellites to both the Grand Prix and the MILLIONS, which feature on Thursday\u2019s busy schedule.\nTonight\u2019s side event is the \u20ac150 buy-in \u201cItalian Party.\u201d 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!\nThe full schedule of events can be found here\nPhotos from the event can be found here\nJonathan Raab\nMILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nPhotography by Jean Marc Zerafa\nThe post Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Malta – First Results appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-27T17:19:29+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-27T17:34:38+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/header-day-6-600x287.jpeg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/header-day-6-110x96.jpeg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/header-day-6-351x185.jpeg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/header-day-6.jpeg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198496", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/bencb7890-leads-from-start-to-finish-and-becomes-the-sunday-carnival-champion.html", "title": "\u201cBencb7890\u201d Leads From Start to Finish and Becomes the Sunday Carnival Champion", "content_html": "PartyPoker player “Bencb7890” was one of 1,325 entrants in the latest Sunday Carnival, a $22 buy-in $30,000 guaranteed progressive knockout tournament. After the first day’s action, all but 16 of those starters had been eliminated, and Bencb7890 was the one who bagged the chip lead.
\nBeing the chip leader is a great position to be in, but it far from guarantees a victory. However, Bencb7890 built on their fantastic Day 1 performance and came out on top after an action-packed Day 2, and turned their $22 investment into $3,764.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nChips | \n
|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nBencb7890 | \n16,944,294 | \n
| 2 | \nGladidag | \n16,185,005 | \n
| 3 | \njustclicking | \n14,639,533 | \n
| 4 | \nWed1n | \n11,936,070 | \n
| 5 | \nForro-e-cerveja | \n11,160,322 | \n
| 6 | \nGforrai1983 | \n10,990,902 | \n
| 7 | \nKeniksberg | \n10,297,533 | \n
| 8 | \nDOYOUBELIEVEme | \n9,831,907 | \n
| 9 | \nRicky9967 | \n7,165,904 | \n
| 10 | \ndavajdolary | \n5,609,818 | \n
With bounty payments included, each of the nine players sat at the final table locked in at least $342 for their efforts, while the final three finishers would each take home more than $1,600.
\n“davajdolary” and “justclicking” were the first two finalists heading for the exits, doing so with $342 and $403 to show for their substantial efforts. “Gladidag,” who started Day 2 second in chips, faltered in seventh place, a finish worth $547, before “El Cucuy88” bowed out in sixth for a $638 payout.
\nFifth place and $808 went to “Gforrai1983,” with the final three-figure sum, $987, finding its way to the PartyPoker account of “Keniksberg.”
\n“Linhy7348” sat down on Day 2 outside of the top ten, yet managed to navigate their way to an impressive third-place finish and equally as impressive $1,688 payout. Theirs was the penultimate elimination, and it set up a one-on-one battle between Bencb7890 and “ghettoDynamite” for the title and the largest slice of the $30,000 prize pool.
\nThe final battle went Bencb7890’s way, and they became our latest Sunday Carnival champion, an accolade that came with a bankroll-boosting $3,764 score. Our runner-up headed home with $2,158 reasons to be happy with how their tournament went.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nBounties | \nPrize | \nTotal Prize | \n
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nBencb7890 | \n$1,839 | \n$1,925 | \n$3,764 | \n
| 2 | \nghettoDynamite | \n$237 | \n$1,921 | \n$2,158 | \n
| 3 | \nLinhy7348 | \n$419 | \n$1,269 | \n$1,688 | \n
| 4 | \nKeniksberg | \n$166 | \n$821 | \n$987 | \n
| 5 | \nGforrai1983 | \n$250 | \n$558 | \n$808 | \n
| 6 | \nEl Cucuy88 | \n$209 | \n$429 | \n$638 | \n
| 7 | \nGladidag | \n$232 | \n$315 | \n$547 | \n
| 8 | \njustclicking | \n$154 | \n$249 | \n$403 | \n
| 9 | \ndavajdolary | \n$146 | \n$196 | \n$342 | \n
“Jbiancolini” is $12,363 richer than they were a few days ago courtesy of becoming the Sunday Party champion. The eventual winner made it through to Day 2 of the $109 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed PKO event, finishing 10th of 16 from the 982 PartyPoker players who started the tournament with high hopes.
\nTeam PartyPoker’s Jaime Staples crashed out in 324th place and banked a $50 bounty. His brother Matt Staples did not play in this week’s Sunday Party because he is currently in Malta for the PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS festival.
\nAt the end of Day 1, with 16 players remaining, “whitesugar96” found themselves with the chip lead and by some 5.5 million chips.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nChips | \n
|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nwhitesugar96 | \n16,944,294 | \n
| 2 | \nYuri Zahard | \n11,404,258 | \n
| 3 | \nthefifapro | \n8,905,084 | \n
| 4 | \nAv.ReiAlberol | \n6,866,386 | \n
| 5 | \nKlausSchwab | \n6,688,116 | \n
| 6 | \nbenzemahal | \n6,373,160 | \n
| 7 | \nBerriSwEEE27 | \n5,273,277 | \n
| 8 | \nDarkii9 | \n5,271,872 | \n
| 9 | \nMF96FM | \n5,153,420 | \n
| 10 | \nJbiancolini | \n5,149,235 | \n
Remember how we said holding the chip lead did not guarantee success? Well it didn’t for the aforementioned whitesugar96. However, they did manage to navigate their way to a third-place finish, which saw their $109 investment turn into a much more usable $5,513.
\nWith whitesugar96 dissolved, “Yuro Zahard” and Jbiancolini set about battling one another to determine who would become the Sunday Party champion this week. Both secured mor than $6,400 from the main prize pool, leaving almost $6,000 worth of bounties up for grabs. Jbiancolini defeated their final opponent, and celebrated reeling in a total score worth $12,363, leaving Yuro Zahard to pad their bankroll with $7,794.
\n| Place | \nPlayer | \nBounties | \nPrize | \nTotal Prize | \n
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | \nJbiancolini | \n$5,949 | \n$6,414 | \n$12,363 | \n
| 2 | \nYuro Zahard | \n$1,391 | \n$6,403 | \n$7,794 | \n
| 3 | \nwhitesuger96 | \n$1,264 | \n$4,249 | \n$5,513 | \n
| 4 | \nholgeren | \n$487 | \n$2,762 | \n$3,249 | \n
| 5 | \nthefifapro | \n$1,707 | \n$1,891 | \n$3,598 | \n
| 6 | \nKlausSchwab | \n$533 | \n$1,461 | \n$1,994 | \n
| 7 | \nMF96FM | \n$274 | \n$1,081 | \n$1,354 | \n
| 8 | \nMegaMove87 | \n$442 | \n$862 | \n$1,304 | \n
| 9 | \nBerriSwEEE27 | \n$473 | \n$686 | \n$1,159 | \n
Don’t forget you can win your way into the Sunday Carnival and Sunday Party for as little as $0.01. If you have been on the fence about playing in either of them, remember that a lot of professionals who usually play the Sunday Party will be in Malta grinding the PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS events, and won’t be present on Sunday! This will make the field softer than usual, improving your chances of following in the footsteps of Jbiancolini.
\nThe post “Bencb7890” Leads From Start to Finish and Becomes the Sunday Carnival Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "PartyPoker player “Bencb7890” was one of 1,325 entrants in the latest Sunday Carnival, a $22 buy-in $30,000 guaranteed progressive knockout tournament. After the first day’s action, all but 16 of those starters had been eliminated, and Bencb7890 was the one who bagged the chip lead.\nBeing the chip leader is a great position to be in, but it far from guarantees a victory. However, Bencb7890 built on their fantastic Day 1 performance and came out on top after an action-packed Day 2, and turned their $22 investment into $3,764.\nSunday Carnival Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nChips\n\n\n1\nBencb7890\n16,944,294\n\n\n2\nGladidag\n16,185,005\n\n\n3\njustclicking\n14,639,533\n\n\n4\nWed1n\n11,936,070\n\n\n5\nForro-e-cerveja\n11,160,322\n\n\n6\nGforrai1983\n10,990,902\n\n\n7\nKeniksberg\n10,297,533\n\n\n8\nDOYOUBELIEVEme\n9,831,907\n\n\n9\nRicky9967\n7,165,904\n\n\n10\ndavajdolary\n5,609,818\n\n\n\nWith bounty payments included, each of the nine players sat at the final table locked in at least $342 for their efforts, while the final three finishers would each take home more than $1,600.\n“davajdolary” and “justclicking” were the first two finalists heading for the exits, doing so with $342 and $403 to show for their substantial efforts. “Gladidag,” who started Day 2 second in chips, faltered in seventh place, a finish worth $547, before “El Cucuy88” bowed out in sixth for a $638 payout.\nFifth place and $808 went to “Gforrai1983,” with the final three-figure sum, $987, finding its way to the PartyPoker account of “Keniksberg.”\n“Linhy7348” sat down on Day 2 outside of the top ten, yet managed to navigate their way to an impressive third-place finish and equally as impressive $1,688 payout. Theirs was the penultimate elimination, and it set up a one-on-one battle between Bencb7890 and “ghettoDynamite” for the title and the largest slice of the $30,000 prize pool.\nThe final battle went Bencb7890’s way, and they became our latest Sunday Carnival champion, an accolade that came with a bankroll-boosting $3,764 score. Our runner-up headed home with $2,158 reasons to be happy with how their tournament went.\nSunday Carnival Final Table Results\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nBounties\nPrize\nTotal Prize\n\n\n1\nBencb7890\n$1,839\n$1,925\n$3,764\n\n\n2\nghettoDynamite\n$237\n$1,921\n$2,158\n\n\n3\nLinhy7348\n$419\n$1,269\n$1,688\n\n\n4\nKeniksberg\n$166\n$821\n$987\n\n\n5\nGforrai1983\n$250\n$558\n$808\n\n\n6\nEl Cucuy88\n$209\n$429\n$638\n\n\n7\nGladidag\n$232\n$315\n$547\n\n\n8\njustclicking\n$154\n$249\n$403\n\n\n9\ndavajdolary\n$146\n$196\n$342\n\n\n\nJbiancolini Comes From 10th in Chips to Win the Sunday Party\n“Jbiancolini” is $12,363 richer than they were a few days ago courtesy of becoming the Sunday Party champion. The eventual winner made it through to Day 2 of the $109 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed PKO event, finishing 10th of 16 from the 982 PartyPoker players who started the tournament with high hopes.\nTeam PartyPoker’s Jaime Staples crashed out in 324th place and banked a $50 bounty. His brother Matt Staples did not play in this week’s Sunday Party because he is currently in Malta for the PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS festival.\nAt the end of Day 1, with 16 players remaining, “whitesugar96” found themselves with the chip lead and by some 5.5 million chips.\nSunday Party Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nChips\n\n\n1\nwhitesugar96\n16,944,294\n\n\n2\nYuri Zahard\n11,404,258\n\n\n3\nthefifapro\n8,905,084\n\n\n4\nAv.ReiAlberol\n6,866,386\n\n\n5\nKlausSchwab\n6,688,116\n\n\n6\nbenzemahal\n6,373,160\n\n\n7\nBerriSwEEE27\n5,273,277\n\n\n8\nDarkii9\n5,271,872\n\n\n9\nMF96FM\n5,153,420\n\n\n10\nJbiancolini\n5,149,235\n\n\n\nRemember how we said holding the chip lead did not guarantee success? Well it didn’t for the aforementioned whitesugar96. However, they did manage to navigate their way to a third-place finish, which saw their $109 investment turn into a much more usable $5,513.\nWith whitesugar96 dissolved, “Yuro Zahard” and Jbiancolini set about battling one another to determine who would become the Sunday Party champion this week. Both secured mor than $6,400 from the main prize pool, leaving almost $6,000 worth of bounties up for grabs. Jbiancolini defeated their final opponent, and celebrated reeling in a total score worth $12,363, leaving Yuro Zahard to pad their bankroll with $7,794.\nSunday Party Final Table Results\n\n\n\nPlace\nPlayer\nBounties\nPrize\nTotal Prize\n\n\n1\nJbiancolini\n$5,949\n$6,414\n$12,363\n\n\n2\nYuro Zahard\n$1,391\n$6,403\n$7,794\n\n\n3\nwhitesuger96\n$1,264\n$4,249\n$5,513\n\n\n4\nholgeren\n$487\n$2,762\n$3,249\n\n\n5\nthefifapro\n$1,707\n$1,891\n$3,598\n\n\n6\nKlausSchwab\n$533\n$1,461\n$1,994\n\n\n7\nMF96FM\n$274\n$1,081\n$1,354\n\n\n8\nMegaMove87\n$442\n$862\n$1,304\n\n\n9\nBerriSwEEE27\n$473\n$686\n$1,159\n\n\n\nDon’t forget you can win your way into the Sunday Carnival and Sunday Party for as little as $0.01. If you have been on the fence about playing in either of them, remember that a lot of professionals who usually play the Sunday Party will be in Malta grinding the PartyPoker LIVE MILLIONS events, and won’t be present on Sunday! This will make the field softer than usual, improving your chances of following in the footsteps of Jbiancolini.\nThe post “Bencb7890” Leads From Start to Finish and Becomes the Sunday Carnival Champion appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-27T08:35:47+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-27T08:35:47+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Bhuvana Koppalli", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/bkoppalli", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdf9a89149bf6bf40a26716767950076?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Bhuvana Koppalli", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/bkoppalli", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fdf9a89149bf6bf40a26716767950076?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Blog_1078x516_27-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Blog_1078x516_27-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Blog_1078x516_27-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Blog_1078x516_27.jpg", "tags": [ "Online Poker" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198491", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/party-poker-grand-prix-chip-counts-after-days-1a-1b.html", "title": "Party Poker Grand Prix Chip Counts after Days 1a & 1b", "content_html": "The special cut-price starting days of the $1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix have now concluded and 64 players have made it through to day 2. Day 1b saw a further 201 entrants take to the felt, bringing the total number of entrants in the two opening flights to 430. The Party Poker Grand Prix now takes a break until Thursday 28th, when the next starting day (day 1c) takes place,
\nThe chip leader from day 1b is Argentinian Jacques Ammiel Blit, who finished the day on 1,226,000 chips, almost double the count of second placed Jacob Mulhern, from England who bagged up 645,000 cookies.
\nHere are the combined chip counts of the survivors from day 1a and day 1b
\n| First Name | \nSurname | \nCountry | \nChips | \n
| Jacques Ammiel | \nBlit | \nArgentina | \n1,226,000 | \n
| David | \nSalamanca Calero | \nSpain | \n909,000 | \n
| Guillermo Alejandro Giner | \nCeballos | \nSpain | \n876,000 | \n
| Juuso | \nKeskalito | \nFinland | \n674,000 | \n
| Jacob | \nMulhern | \nEngland | \n645,000 | \n
| Sebastian | \nMortensen | \nDenmark | \n631,000 | \n
| Jonathan | \nStoll | \nFrance | \n623,000 | \n
| Gaspare | \nSposato | \nItaly | \n602,000 | \n
| Samuel | \nOlave | \nSpain | \n553,000 | \n
| Elvijs | \nKucereruks | \nLatvia | \n542,000 | \n
| Marcin | \nKruk | \nPoland | \n530,000 | \n
| Blair | \nPayne-Armstrong | \nScotland | \n486,000 | \n
| Grant | \nAnderson | \nUSA | \n481,000 | \n
| Andrei | \nBabatie | \nRomania | \n476,000 | \n
| Ivan | \nPicavet | \nBelgium | \n463,000 | \n
| Nima | \nSaken Shaft | \nGermany | \n460,000 | \n
| Joaquin Matias | \nRuiz Travi | \nArgentina | \n448,000 | \n
| Marc | \nSchembri | \nMalta | \n430,000 | \n
| Yoan | \nCody | \nFrance | \n405,000 | \n
| Cyril | \nVierra | \nFrance | \n376,000 | \n
| Boaz | \nMizrahi | \nIsrael | \n375,000 | \n
| Richard | \nSim | \nScotland | \n360,000 | \n
| Dzintars | \nLacis | \nLatvia | \n358,000 | \n
| Kevin | \nFrancica | \nMalta | \n357,000 | \n
| Elamine | \nOukerimi Mohamed | \nItaly | \n349,000 | \n
| Abdellah | \nBaali | \nAlgeria | \n342,000 | \n
| Rares | \nBodea | \nMalta | \n332,000 | \n
| Maria | \nVourlidaki | \nRomania | \n313,000 | \n
| Vyacheslav | \nChurkin | \nRussia | \n309,000 | \n
| Hugo | \nLoustau | \nFrance | \n301,000 | \n
| Fabian | \nDonovan | \nEngland | \n284,000 | \n
| Mantas | \nPetrauskas | \nLithuania | \n284,000 | \n
| Victor | \nBedy | \nUSA | \n258,000 | \n
| Brian | \nCalleja | \nMalta | \n255,000 | \n
| Clement | \nKerrien | \nMalta | \n250,000 | \n
| Richard | \nBouette | \nFrance | \n247,000 | \n
| Alessandro | \nRoganti | \nItaly | \n245,000 | \n
| Salvatore | \nRitrovato | \nItaly | \n230,000 | \n
| Xabi | \nCarricart | \nFrance | \n228,000 | \n
| Danas | \nDambrauskas | \nLithuania | \n220,000 | \n
| Gorjan | \nJakimovski | \nNorth Macedonia | \n214,000 | \n
| Ahmed | \nIbrahimi | \nFrance | \n212,000 | \n
| Alexandre | \nArabia | \nFrance | \n210,000 | \n
| Jens | \nVoertmann | \nGermany | \n207,000 | \n
| Thomas | \nBellanger | \nFrance | \n199,000 | \n
| Marc | \nSanz Clausin | \nSpain | \n199,000 | \n
| Emanuel | \nAntonacci | \nItaly | \n194,000 | \n
| Stepen | \nCaruana | \nMalta | \n192,000 | \n
| Carmelo | \nMaugeri | \nItaly | \n180,000 | \n
| Johannes | \nKuusisto | \nFinland | \n172,000 | \n
| Ernesto | \nMaiorca | \nItaly | \n171,000 | \n
| Michael | \nCauchi | \nMalta | \n170,000 | \n
| Kamil | \nSkawinski | \nPoland | \n158,000 | \n
| Giulio | \nSpampinato | \nItaly | \n156,000 | \n
| Guiseppe | \nIncognito | \nItaly | \n153,000 | \n
| Salvatore | \nCaruso | \nItaly | \n152,000 | \n
| Maxime | \nChilaud | \nFrance | \n152,000 | \n
| Romain | \nNardin | \nFrance | \n126,000 | \n
| Gaetano | \nReale | \nItaly | \n121,000 | \n
| Jason | \nGrima | \nMalta | \n115,000 | \n
| Andre | \nGrech | \nMalta | \n108,000 | \n
| Soner | \nVanelderen | \nBelgium | \n100,000 | \n
| Tanguy | \nPellerin | \nFrance | \n98,000 | \n
| Erik | \nLindqwist | \nSweden | \n92,000 | \n
\n
Jonathan Raab
\nMILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator
\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix Chip Counts after Days 1a & 1b appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "The special cut-price starting days of the $1m guaranteed Party Poker Grand Prix have now concluded and 64 players have made it through to day 2. Day 1b saw a further 201 entrants take to the felt, bringing the total number of entrants in the two opening flights to 430. The Party Poker Grand Prix now takes a break until Thursday 28th, when the next starting day (day 1c) takes place,\nThe chip leader from day 1b is Argentinian Jacques Ammiel Blit, who finished the day on 1,226,000 chips, almost double the count of second placed Jacob Mulhern, from England who bagged up 645,000 cookies.\nHere are the combined chip counts of the survivors from day 1a and day 1b\n\n\n\nFirst Name\nSurname\nCountry\nChips\n\n\nJacques Ammiel\nBlit\nArgentina\n1,226,000\n\n\nDavid\nSalamanca Calero\nSpain\n909,000\n\n\nGuillermo Alejandro Giner\nCeballos\nSpain\n876,000\n\n\nJuuso\nKeskalito\nFinland\n674,000\n\n\nJacob\nMulhern\nEngland\n645,000\n\n\nSebastian\nMortensen\nDenmark\n631,000\n\n\nJonathan\nStoll\nFrance\n623,000\n\n\nGaspare\nSposato\nItaly\n602,000\n\n\nSamuel\nOlave\nSpain\n553,000\n\n\nElvijs\nKucereruks\nLatvia\n542,000\n\n\nMarcin\nKruk\nPoland\n530,000\n\n\nBlair\nPayne-Armstrong\nScotland\n486,000\n\n\nGrant\nAnderson\nUSA\n481,000\n\n\nAndrei\nBabatie\nRomania\n476,000\n\n\nIvan\nPicavet\nBelgium\n463,000\n\n\nNima\nSaken Shaft\nGermany\n460,000\n\n\nJoaquin Matias\nRuiz Travi\nArgentina\n448,000\n\n\nMarc\nSchembri\nMalta\n430,000\n\n\nYoan\nCody\nFrance\n405,000\n\n\nCyril\nVierra\nFrance\n376,000\n\n\nBoaz\nMizrahi\nIsrael\n375,000\n\n\nRichard\nSim\nScotland\n360,000\n\n\nDzintars\nLacis\nLatvia\n358,000\n\n\nKevin\nFrancica\nMalta\n357,000\n\n\nElamine\nOukerimi Mohamed\nItaly\n349,000\n\n\nAbdellah\nBaali\nAlgeria\n342,000\n\n\nRares\nBodea\nMalta\n332,000\n\n\nMaria\nVourlidaki\nRomania\n313,000\n\n\nVyacheslav\nChurkin\nRussia\n309,000\n\n\nHugo\nLoustau\nFrance\n301,000\n\n\nFabian\nDonovan\nEngland\n284,000\n\n\nMantas\nPetrauskas\nLithuania\n284,000\n\n\nVictor\nBedy\nUSA\n258,000\n\n\nBrian\nCalleja\nMalta\n255,000\n\n\nClement\nKerrien\nMalta\n250,000\n\n\nRichard\nBouette\nFrance\n247,000\n\n\nAlessandro\nRoganti\nItaly\n245,000\n\n\nSalvatore\nRitrovato\nItaly\n230,000\n\n\nXabi\nCarricart\nFrance\n228,000\n\n\nDanas\nDambrauskas\nLithuania\n220,000\n\n\nGorjan\nJakimovski\nNorth Macedonia\n214,000\n\n\nAhmed\nIbrahimi\nFrance\n212,000\n\n\nAlexandre\nArabia\nFrance\n210,000\n\n\nJens\nVoertmann\nGermany\n207,000\n\n\nThomas\nBellanger\nFrance\n199,000\n\n\nMarc\nSanz Clausin\nSpain\n199,000\n\n\nEmanuel\nAntonacci\nItaly\n194,000\n\n\nStepen\nCaruana\nMalta\n192,000\n\n\nCarmelo\nMaugeri\nItaly\n180,000\n\n\nJohannes\nKuusisto\nFinland\n172,000\n\n\nErnesto\nMaiorca\nItaly\n171,000\n\n\nMichael\nCauchi\nMalta\n170,000\n\n\nKamil\nSkawinski\nPoland\n158,000\n\n\nGiulio\nSpampinato\nItaly\n156,000\n\n\nGuiseppe\nIncognito\nItaly\n153,000\n\n\nSalvatore\nCaruso\nItaly\n152,000\n\n\nMaxime\nChilaud\nFrance\n152,000\n\n\nRomain\nNardin\nFrance\n126,000\n\n\nGaetano\nReale\nItaly\n121,000\n\n\nJason\nGrima\nMalta\n115,000\n\n\nAndre\nGrech\nMalta\n108,000\n\n\nSoner\nVanelderen\nBelgium\n100,000\n\n\nTanguy\nPellerin\nFrance\n98,000\n\n\nErik\nLindqwist\nSweden\n92,000\n\n\n\n \nJonathan Raab\nMILLIONS Malta Media Coordinator\nThe post Party Poker Grand Prix Chip Counts after Days 1a & 1b appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-26T18:05:23+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-26T18:05:23+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Blog_1078x5162-1-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Blog_1078x5162-1-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Blog_1078x5162-1-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Blog_1078x5162-1.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] }, { "id": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog?p=198451", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/grand-prix-malta-1m-gtd-day-1a-is-dead-long-live-day-1b.html", "title": "Grand Prix Malta 1M GTD \u2013 Day 1a is Dead, Long Live Day 1b!", "content_html": "Day 1a of the \u20ac1m Party Poker Grand Prix wrapped in early hours of Sunday morning, with 229 entrants taking advantage of the cut-price starting flight. The 34 players who were fortunate to make it through to day 2 can now take a break until October 1st when day 2 takes place, but for everyone else, there\u2019s another bargain-basement priced starting day taking place today. The format of the event is structured so that each starting day concludes when 15% of the field remain, therefore the end time of each starting day varies a little.
\nIt was almost 2am when play stopped in the opening flight, with Spaniard David Salamanca Calero holding the chip lead, on an impressive 909k. No far behind in second place is his compatriot Guillermo Alejandro Giner Ceballos with an 876k stack. The two Iberians are head and shoulders above the rest of the day 1a survivors, with Finland\u2019s Juuso Keskitalo a distant third on 674k.
\nWin Your way In
\nSatellites are a significant part of the festival schedule and for many players its the only way to get to play in an event that is outside their usual bankroll. In fact most players are under-rolled for big festivals, making it a great choice for pretty much everyone. Who doesn\u2019t like getting in for less by winning a satellite seat?
\nWith the Grand Prix opening flights resuming on Thursday along with the start of the Party Poker MILLIONS, there\u2019s several days left to bag a seat into a big prize-money event. There\u2019s at least two satellites scheduled every day from Monday until Saturday, including two to MILLIONS and one to the Hydra High Roller, while most of the satellites feed into the Grand Prix.
\n| Party Poker MILLIONS Festival Live Satellites | \n|||
| Start Time | \nEvent # | \nEvent | \nBuy-In | \n
| Monday 25th September | \n|||
| 18:00 | \n#5 | \nStep Satellite to event #11 (MILLIONS satellite) | \n\u20ac50+\u20ac10 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#7 | \nGrand Prix Satellite | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| Tuesday 26th September | \n|||
| 18:00 | \n#8 | \nGrand Prix Satellite | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 16:00 | \n#11 | \nMILLIONS Satellite | \n\u20ac300+\u20ac30 | \n
| Wednesday 27th September | \n|||
| 15:00 | \n#12 | \nSatellite to Hydra High Roller | \n\u20ac500+\u20ac50 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#15 | \nMILLIONS Satellite | \n\u20ac300+\u20ac30 | \n
| 22:00 | \n#16 | \nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo) | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| Thursday 28th September | \n|||
| 15:00 | \n#17 | \nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo) | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#20 | \nGrand Prix Satellite | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| Friday 29th September | \n|||
| 15:00 | \n#21 | \nGrand Prix Satellite | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 21:00 | \n#22 | \nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo) | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| Saturday 30th September | \n|||
| 15:00 | \n#24 | \nGrand Prix Satellite | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
| 22:00 | \n#26 | \nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo) | \n\u20ac60+\u20ac10 | \n
Side Events
\nWith the Party Poker Grand Prix starting days taking a break until Thursday, the festival focuses on side events for the next couple of days, with the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller starting on Wednesday. On Monday the key side event is a \u20ac225+\u20ac25, starting at 8pm, while the HORSE and Ladies events both take place on Tuesday.
\nThe full festival schedule can be viewed here.
\nJonathan Raab
\nMILLIONS Malta Media guru
\nThe post Grand Prix Malta 1M GTD – Day 1a is Dead, Long Live Day 1b! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.
\n", "content_text": "Day 1a of the \u20ac1m Party Poker Grand Prix wrapped in early hours of Sunday morning, with 229 entrants taking advantage of the cut-price starting flight. The 34 players who were fortunate to make it through to day 2 can now take a break until October 1st when day 2 takes place, but for everyone else, there\u2019s another bargain-basement priced starting day taking place today. The format of the event is structured so that each starting day concludes when 15% of the field remain, therefore the end time of each starting day varies a little.\nIt was almost 2am when play stopped in the opening flight, with Spaniard David Salamanca Calero holding the chip lead, on an impressive 909k. No far behind in second place is his compatriot Guillermo Alejandro Giner Ceballos with an 876k stack. The two Iberians are head and shoulders above the rest of the day 1a survivors, with Finland\u2019s Juuso Keskitalo a distant third on 674k.\nWin Your way In\nSatellites are a significant part of the festival schedule and for many players its the only way to get to play in an event that is outside their usual bankroll. In fact most players are under-rolled for big festivals, making it a great choice for pretty much everyone. Who doesn\u2019t like getting in for less by winning a satellite seat?\nWith the Grand Prix opening flights resuming on Thursday along with the start of the Party Poker MILLIONS, there\u2019s several days left to bag a seat into a big prize-money event. There\u2019s at least two satellites scheduled every day from Monday until Saturday, including two to MILLIONS and one to the Hydra High Roller, while most of the satellites feed into the Grand Prix.\n\n\n\nParty Poker MILLIONS Festival Live Satellites\n\n\nStart Time\nEvent #\nEvent\nBuy-In\n\n\nMonday 25th September\n\n\n18:00\n#5\nStep Satellite to event #11 (MILLIONS satellite)\n\u20ac50+\u20ac10\n\n\n21:00\n#7\nGrand Prix Satellite\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\nTuesday 26th September\n\n\n18:00\n#8\nGrand Prix Satellite\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n16:00\n#11\nMILLIONS Satellite\n\u20ac300+\u20ac30\n\n\nWednesday 27th September\n\n\n15:00\n#12\nSatellite to Hydra High Roller\n\u20ac500+\u20ac50\n\n\n21:00\n#15\nMILLIONS Satellite\n\u20ac300+\u20ac30\n\n\n22:00\n#16\nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo)\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\nThursday 28th September\n\n\n15:00\n#17\nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo)\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n21:00\n#20\nGrand Prix Satellite\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\nFriday 29th September\n\n\n15:00\n#21\nGrand Prix Satellite\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n21:00\n#22\nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo)\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\nSaturday 30th September\n\n\n15:00\n#24\nGrand Prix Satellite\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n22:00\n#26\nGrand Prix Satellite (Hyper Turbo)\n\u20ac60+\u20ac10\n\n\n\nSide Events\nWith the Party Poker Grand Prix starting days taking a break until Thursday, the festival focuses on side events for the next couple of days, with the \u20ac5,300 Hydra Entertainment High Roller starting on Wednesday. On Monday the key side event is a \u20ac225+\u20ac25, starting at 8pm, while the HORSE and Ladies events both take place on Tuesday.\nThe full festival schedule can be viewed here.\nJonathan Raab\nMILLIONS Malta Media guru\nThe post Grand Prix Malta 1M GTD – Day 1a is Dead, Long Live Day 1b! appeared first on Online Poker News and Updates | partypoker Blog.", "date_published": "2023-09-25T10:55:23+00:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-25T10:59:51+00:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Antonio Sapio", "url": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/en/author/antonios", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/394d6a2c028c53a9ef9940261aeb188f?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "featured_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/trophy-600x287.jpg", "thumbnail_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/trophy-110x96.jpg", "mainblock_image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/trophy-351x185.jpg", "image": "https://www.partypoker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/trophy.jpg", "tags": [ "partypoker LIVE" ] } ] }