Welcome to Day 1c of the €500K GTD MPF Grand Event

Welcome back to the PokerListings’ coverage of the 2022 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) Autumn Edition €550 Grand Event Powered by partypoker with Day 1c set to kick off at 2 p.m. CEST.

The €500,000 guarantee on the Grand Event is likely just a placeholder based on the first two opening flights attracting 461 entries. Many of these players already advanced to Day 2 with 47 entries bagging chips on Day 1a and 67 players doing the same on Day 1b.

The Grand Event features five opening flights from Oct. 26-29. Those surviving from any open flights will compete for two more days on Oct. 30-31 until a winner is eventually crowned on Halloween. The first four opening flights, including today’s Day 1c, boast 13 blind levels of 40-minutes each giving players plenty of time to build a massive stack. Players start with a monstrous stack of 50,000 in chips for 500 big blinds during the first blind level. The final opening flight will be a turbo-charged affair boasting 20-minute blind levels with an ending time to be determined based on the average stack sizes of the other opening flights.

The MPF is all about the players as can be evidenced in the fact that this event doesn’t feature unlimited re-entries and late registration closing at a reasonable time after Level 8 of each day. That being said, if players have some bad luck early on and don’t want to wait for another opening flight to get back into the Grand Event, they can re-enter twice each day before late registration closes.

Those finding a bag during any of the opening flights will enjoy an even deeper structure with 50-minute blinds on Day 2 and even longer 60-minute blind levels on the final day.

Players can also join a contest hosted by PokerDeals where they can win back their €550 buy-in along with plenty of other goodies. There will be flyers with instructions at each table about how to participate.

Greece’s Anastasios Apostolou currently has the chip lead after finishing Day 1b with 539,000. Just behind Apostolou is Daniel Taylor with 519,000 in chips.

Day 1c Structure

Day 1c of the MPF Grand Event kicks off at 2 p.m. CEST and is estimated to end about 11 hours later at 1 a.m. Check out the structure for all the opening flights below.

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	100	100	100
2	100	200	200
3	200	300
15-Minute Break
4	200	400	400
5	300	600	600
6	400	800	800
75-Minute Dinner Break
7	500	1,000	1,000
8	600	1,200	1,200
15-Minute Break
9	800	1,600	1,600
10	1,000	2,000	2,000
11	1,500	2,500	2,500
15-Minute Break
12	1,500	3,000	3,000
13	2,000	4,000	4,000

Something for Everyone

The MPF Grand Event is the cornerstone of the festival. However, there are plenty of side events, satellites, and around-the-clock cash games in different formats and stakes to provide something for every poker player.

Today is another special day for side events as many players plan to hop into the two-day The Hendon Mob €225 Championship starting at 4 p.m. The Hendon Mob’s team is here in full force including the infamous WSOP Twitter Czar Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers who arrived yesterday from the United States. Meanwhile, The Hendon Mob’s Roland Boothby will have the full two days to play if he can make it past the opening day as he found a healthy bag of 157,000 in chips during yesterday’s Day 1b of the Grand Event.

Also taking place today will be the final €60 live satellite at 6 p.m. These have been drawing huge numbers and many players haven’t been playing by a Dara O’Kearney-approved strategy. This author witnessed during Monday’s satellite that players that seemingly had the Main Event seat locked up were still playing hands. Without giving away too much satellite strategy, please don’t do this if you plan to play the satellite tonight.

Finally, the MPF €150 Deepstack Fulltilt Catania kicks off at 8 p.m. for those looking for a late-night tournament experience while playing for big money.

Here is a look at the full schedule of the 2022 Malta Poker Festival Autumn Edition:

Date	Time	Buy-in	Event
Oct. 24	7 p.m.	€60	Opening Satellite to MPF Grand Event
Oct. 25	6 p.m.	€230	HORSE Powered by Cardplayer Lifestyle
	7 p.m.	€60	Satellite to MPF Grand Event
	9 p.m.	€100	NL Texas Special
Oct. 26	2 p.m.	€550	MPF Grand Event Day 1a Powered by partypoker
	7 p.m.	€60	Satellite to MPF Grand Event
	9 p.m.	€150	MPF One Bullet
Oct. 27	2 p.m.	€550	MPF Grand Event Day 1b Powered by partypoker
	5 p.m.	€230	Bounty Hunter Days Malta
	8 p.m	€60	Satellite to MPF Grand Event
Oct. 28	2 p.m.	€550	MPF Grand Event Day 1c Powered by partypoker
	4 p.m.	€225	The HendonMob Championship Day 1
	6 p.m.	€60	Satellite to MPF Grand Event
	8 p.m.	€150	Deepstack Fulltilt Catania
Oct. 29	1 p.m.		The HendonMob Championship Day 2
	2 p.m.	€550	MPF Grand Event Day 1d Powered by partypoker
	4 p.m.	€100	Ladies First! Hosted by Katie Swift
	5 p.m.	€120	APAT Maltese Championship Day 1
	8 p.m.	€150	CasinoCoin CUP Satellite
	9 p.m.	€550	MPF Grand Event Day 1e Turbo Powered by partypoker
Oct. 30	1 p.m.		MPF Grand Event Day 2 Powered by partypoker
	2 p.m.		APAT Maltese Championship Day 2
	2 p.m.	€150	CasinoCoin CUP Turbo Satellite
	4 p.m.	€1,100	CasinoCoin Cup Day 1
	5 p.m.	€150	Sunday Deep Stack by Stanley Bet
	7 p.m.	€200	PLO Knight Crusaders
	8 p.m.	€330	The PartyPoker Cup
Oct. 31	2 p.m.		MPF Grand Event Day 3 Powered by partypoker
	2 p.m.	€1,100	CasinoCoin Cup Day 2
	3 p.m.	€120	Bounty Hunter Days Progressive Closer
	7 p.m.	€150	Win the Spooky Cross Hosted by Ivonne Montealegre

Our coverage will kick off when cards are in the air for Day 1c shortly after 2 p.m. Stay tuned to PokerListings for all of your updates.