Welcome back to the PokerListings' coverage of the 2022 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) Autumn Edition €550 Grand Event Powered by partypoker with the second of five opening flights set to kick off at 2 p.m. CEST.
The €500,000 guarantee on the Grand Event is likely just a placeholder based on yesterday's Day 1a which attracted a banner field of 205 entries. Daniel Taylor bagged the biggest stack of the 47 survivors and will head to Day 2 with 519,000 in chips.
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 1b, boast 13 blind levels of 40-minutes each giving players plenty of time to build a massive stack. 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.
Day 1b 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 |
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.
In addition to Day 1b of the Grand Event, today will also feature the €230 Bounty Hunter Days Malta at 5 p.m. and a €60 MPF Grand Event satellite at 8 p.m.
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 1b shortly after 2 p.m. Stay tuned to PokerListings for all of your updates.
