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Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) are hugely excited to confirm the first ever visit to Malta 5th-6th Nov 18 to host the Maltese Amateur Poker Championship, a 2-day NLHE MTT with €120 buyin, 20k stack and a 45 minute clock with a capacity of 400 players as part of The Malta Poker Festival. October 19, 2018 Jason Glatzer 0 The Malta Poker Festival is just around the corner for six days of action on Nov. 1-6 at the Portomaso Casino in Malta's vibrant hotspot St. Battle of Malta 2018 Big changes came about for the 2018 Battle of Malta as earlier in the year the BoM brand and tournament was sold by PokerListings to the Eden Group, which runs and operates Casino Malta and the InterContinental Hotel Malta.

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• Malta Poker Festival 2018 € 500,000 GTD PORTOMASO CASINO The Malta Poker Festival Grand Event €550 buy in – 1366 players MPF Win The Cross € 110 buy in – 216 players APAT Championship € 120 buy in – 338 players IPC Championship € 225 buy in – 183 players Hendon Mob Championship €250 buy in – 491 players.
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Pokio Enters New Partnership with Cash Game Festival

Pokio, the only dedicated stand-alone real-money legal mobile poker app in Europe, is thrilled to announce a partnership with The Cash Game Festival (CGF).<br><br>Pokio will host a CGF club within the app for our players to enjoy cash games around the clock. Games are available in many of the popular formats we have featured at our live festivals including No Limit Hold’em, four and five card Pot-Limit Omaha, and Open Face Chinese Poker.<br><br>In addition, Pokio is the only real money app in the world supporting Sviten Special, also known as Drawmaha. Sviten Special has been a popular side game at every one of our dozens of live international festivals over the past three years.<br><br>Between them, Pokio and CGF cover both bases in offering unrivaled cash games for both live and online cash game players.<br><br>Pokio CEO Manuel Lopes shared his excitement: “We’re very excited to enter this partnership as the exclusive mobile partner of the Cash Game Festival. The two brands have a lot in common and we are very proud to be working together in providing the best mobile poker experience to our players from various countries around the world.<br><br>This is a unique symbiosis between a live cash game series and a regulated native mobile Poker app. A global first of its kind. With Pokio, players will be able to find features otherwise usually found only live like ‘run it twice or three times’ and play their favorite games like Drawmaha (Sviten Special).<br><br>Cash Game Festival is known for its impeccable service to payers as well as outstanding live streaming and coverage of their events with top industry professionals and players. We’re extremely excited to be a part of it and looking forward to a bright future together.<br><br>Cash Game Festival COO Mauritz Altikardes adds: “We are excited about our new collaboration with Pokio. The partnership will allow our players to enjoy the games they play at our festivals from wherever they are from their mobile devices. This provides a natural extension to our players to be able to play against others with their friends from the ever-growing Cash Game Festival family.<br><br>Pokio will allow us to cater to our players and provide promotions throughout the year including packages to our upcoming stops.We look forward to a magical relationship with the only real-money poker app in Europe.

Emanuele Onnis has taken down the €550 Malta Poker Festival Grand Event, after overcoming a 1,366 player field at the Casino at Portomaso to lift the trophy, and win a first place prize of €150,000 ($169,979).

Given the island’s proximity to Italy, a good number of Italians were expected at the tournament, and perhaps it is no surprise that it was an Italian player who would eventually claim the title. Onnis, however, had just $16,265 in earnings from six cashes going into the Grand Event, making his accomplishment all the more impressive.

€550 Grand Event

The 2018 Malta Poker Festival Grand Event took place from November 1-6, and offered three starting days to accommodate its expected high turnout. The tournament organizer was not disappointed, either, with its sizeable field helping to create a prize pool worth €162,510 in excess of its €500,000 guarantee.

By Day 3, the final table of eight had been reached, with the remaining finalists then taking an overnight break before returning to the action and playing down to an ultimate winner. There were three Italian, three Norwegian, one German and one Swedish player represented at the final table, with their overall positions as follows:

Fabian Gumz (Ger) 62bbs
Emanuele Onnis (Ita) 40bbs
Nicolaj D’Antoni (Ita) 29bbs
Borge Dypvik (Nor) 23bbs
Giovanni Salvatore (Ita) 23bbs
Espen Uhlen Jorstad (Nor) 20bbs
Andre Henning (Swe) 11bbs
Steven Iglesias (Nor) 6bbs

Final Table

Fifteen minutes into the action, Nicolaj D’Antoni (A-10) sent the final table’s short stack Steven Iglesias (9-8) to the rail in 8th, while half an hour later Fabian Gumz (J-J) would do likewise to Borge Dypvik (6-6) in 7th. The very next hand, Nicolaj D’Antoni (A-A) eliminated Espen Uhlen Jørstad (9-9) from the competition in 6th place.

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Onnis (A-K) subsequently sent Giovanni Salvatore (A-Q) packing in 5th, after which Gumz’s won an A-8 versus A-7 encounter against Henning Andre to hasten his exit in 4th. Fast forward twenty minutes, and Gumz’s A-Q hit a queen on the flop to eliminate D’Antoni (A-K) in 3rd, and usher in heads-up play against Onnis for the title.

Heads-Up Recap

Germany’s Gumz entered the final showdown holding a 3 to 1 chip lead over Onnis. A while later, however, Onnis took the lead after his K-J holding overcame the A-Q of Gumz on a 10-A-7-J-J board. An ascendant Onnis sealed the deal soon after.

In the hand in question, the Italian raised from the button with pocket tens, leading to a three-bet from Gumz holding A-J. Onnis responded by shoving all in, resulting in Gumz putting his tournament life at risk by making the call. The 10-J-A flop still provided Gumz with outs, but a 9 and 3 on turn and river swiftly brought the competition to a conclusion, all the while as the rail chanted “ITALY! ITALY! ITALY!”.

The German player had to then be satisfied with a runner-up finish worth €85,000 ($96,322), representing his biggest score to date and increasing his career earnings to $309,792. Meanwhile, Emanuele Onnis won a famous victory after initially starting out at a huge chip disadvantage.

Final Table Results

1: Emanuele Onnis €150,000
2: Fabian Gumz €85,000
3: Nicolaj D’Antoni €50,000
4: Henning Andre €40,000
5: Giovanni Salvatore €34,000
6: Espen Uhlen Jørstad €28,000
7: Borge Dypvik €20,600
8: Steven Iglesias €14,710

Malta Poker Festival 2018

Hendon Mob Championship Event

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A number of other colorful sounding events also took place as part of the Malta Poker Festival, including the €220 PLO Knights Crusade, and the €175 Israeli Poker Championship Bounty Hunt.

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There was even a €250 The Hendon Mob Championship event, which attracted 491 entrants and was eventually won by Ukraine’s Oleksii Yerema for €17,850. The Hendon Mob brand was bought by Alex Dreyfus for an undisclosed sum a few years ago, meaning none of its original creators were in attendance at the tournament. But as Malta Poker Festival director Ivonne Montealegre, and GPI/THM Poker Content Manager Roland Boothby, explain:

“A lot of people asked us where Barny Boatman was, thinking he was still part of the brand. It’s not official yet, but we are looking at having a THM Championship where the four original Hendon Mobsters will be a part of it. Hopefully, even if one or two say yes it will be very special for us.”