Welcome to the final day of the PokerListings' coverage of the €500,000 guaranteed partypoker Championship (PPC) €550 Main Event at the luxurious Portomaso Casino.
The action is down to just 15 hopefuls, each guaranteed at least a €5,500 payout with their eyes on the coveted trophy and the massive €81,000 top prize.
Italy's Massimo Rossi will kick things off with the chip lead after bagging 3,570,000 in chips on Day 2. His fellow countrymate Federico Petruzzelli ended the day in second place with a stack of 2,390,000 with China's Jingchun Yu (2,380,000), United Kingdom's Oliver Hutchins (2,165,000), and Poland's Mariusz Lewoniewski (2,005,000) rounding out the top five.
The action is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. with the final 12 minutes of Level 31 with blinds at 30,000/60,000 along with a big blind ante of 60,000. After this level, blinds will increase every 40 minutes until the final table is reached when they increase every hour.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Table 7 will be the TV table to start. You will be able to check out the action on that table by clicking on the Stream tab or by heading to the partypokerTV Twitch channel. While we will focus mostly on the side table until the final table is reached, we will also report big hands at the TV table as well.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 7 | 1 | Massimo Rossi | Italy | 3,570,000 | 60 |
| 7 | 2 | Federico Cirillo | Italy | 1,715,000 | 29 |
| 7 | 3 | Giuseppe DiBella | Italy | 710,000 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea Bettini | Italy | 1,165,000 | 19 |
| 7 | 5 | Federico Petruzzelli | Italy | 2,390,000 | 40 |
| 7 | 6 | Bradley Gudgeon | United Kingdom | 1,090,000 | 18 |
| 7 | 7 | Simone Lombardo | Italy | 1,885,000 | 31 |
| 7 | 8 | Oliver Hutchins | United Kingdom | 2,165,000 | 36 |
| 10 | 1 | Nicolas Plantin | France | 1,500,000 | 25 |
| 10 | 2 | Victor Allain | France | 495,000 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | Jingchun Yu | China | 2,380,000 | 40 |
| 10 | 5 | Damir Savio | Croatia | 1,900,000 | 32 |
| 10 | 6 | Lukasz Fraczek | Poland | 1,070,000 | 18 |
| 10 | 7 | Wouter Schuurbiers | Belgium | 1,430,000 | 24 |
| 10 | 8 | Mariusz Lewoniewski | Poland | 2,005,000 | 33 |
2022 PPC Malta Main Event Remaining Payouts
Each of the 128 players that advanced to Day 2 was already guaranteed at least a €1,000 min-cash with much more to come for many of the group.
The top 15 players each guaranteed at least €4,500 whether they return to their seats or not for Day 3 with tomorrow’s winner slated to take home a whopping €81,000 and the coveted PPC Malta Main Event trophy.
| Place | Prize |
| 1 | €81,000 |
| 2 | €51,000 |
| 3 | €31,000 |
| 4 | €21,000 |
| 5 | €16,000 |
| 6 | €13,000 |
| 7 | €10,000 |
| 8 | €8,000 |
| 9 | €6,400 |
| 10-12 | €5,000 |
| 13-15 | €4,500 |
PokerListings will cover the remainder of the PPC Malta until a winner is crowned starting a 1 p.m. CEST. Stay tuned to see who will win the 2022 PPC Malta Main Event at Portomaso Casino.
