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Tuesday 2nd May, 2023

Lewis Coffin Wins 2023 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition Grand Event!

By Jason Glatzer

Scotland’s Lewis Coffin (pictured with Ivonne Montealegre, Founder of MPF) became the latest Malta Poker Festival (MPF) Grand Event champion after defeating Lithuania’s Martynas Brazdzionis heads-up to win the mouth-watering €100,600.

 

The 2023 MPF Spring Edition was a massive success at Portomaso Casino with bigger figures in all side events when compared to last Spring. This includes the MPF €550 Grand Event powered by Unibet DeepStack Open, which attracted a banner field of 1,226 entries to create a €588,480 prize pool. This not only nearly doubled the €300,000 guarantee but was more than a 20 percent increase in attendance when compared to last spring.

 

Coffin was on the top moon as it was Brazdzionis who was in control the entire final day until there were just three players remaining. Coffin doubled through both of his final two opponents in in third-place performer Oliver Said and runner-up Brazdzionis and had both players on thin ice before storming away with the title.

 

The victory more than quadrupled Coffin’s live tournament earnings as tracked by The Hendon Mob as he came into Malta with a hair over $33,000 in cashes, of which, more than $21,000 came in April 2022 during an event in London.

 

2023 MPF Spring Edition Grand Event Final Table Results

 

Place

Player

Country

Prize

1

Lewis Coffin

United Kingdom

€100,600

2

Martynas Brazdzionis

Lithuania

€75,690

3

Oliver Said

Malta

€55,420

4

Angelo Patane

Italy

€37,400

5

Kjetil Hanstvedt

Norway

€20,150

6

La Sengphet

United States

€14,850

7

Tomasz Caba

Poland

€11,400

8

Fabio Aprile

Italy

€9,050

9

Joszef Hegyi

Hungary

€7,550

 

 

Side Events and More

 

The Malta Poker Festival is more than just about the Grand Event. It is a friendly atmosphere and brings the concept of a poker family to life as not only were there plenty of side events but also activities away from the casino including parties, city tours, and more.

 

The side events brought tons of excitement and emotion. Many on the island were thrilled straight out of the gate when Antoine Degiorgio won the first side event in the €230 HORSE powered by Martin Smith. Degiorgio is a man of the people and is always helping fellow players and operates the Malta Poker Fish Facebook group.

 

Alex Montgomery shipped the biggest side event after winning the MPF €1,100 High Roller for €32,600, while Thomas Schaeven managed to bookend two titles at the beginning and end of the MPF with victories in the €120 Texas Special for €4,000 and another win in the €120 Bounty Hunter Days Progressive Closer for €3,650 plus bounties.

 

Meanwhile, two ladies found their way in the winner’s circle. Suzie Williamson won the €150 Betsson One Bullet for €5,500, while AJ Rudolph shipped the €150 Ladies First! Powered by Chris Read for €2,510.

 

Rudolph was busy giving back to the poker community before her win as she was hosting a poker seminar for beginners just before the Ladies First! began. Rudolph traveled from the United States representing the female group Poker Power where she is the Director of Education and Technology   Check out our interview with Rudolph before the Malta Poker Festival.

 

Event Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize
€230 HORSE 54 € 10,368 Antoine Degiorgio € 2,900
€120 Texas Special 171 € 16,416 Thomas Schaeven € 4,000
€150 Betsson One Bullet 254 € 31,700 Suzie Williamson € 5,500
€230 Crazy Pineapple 73 € 14,016 Fabian Bartuschk € 4,050
€230 Bounty Hunter Days Malta 330 € 63,356 Guilio Spaninato € 7,400
€230 The Hendon Mob Championship 393 € 75,456 Michael Aflalo € 16,000
€250 Friday Shark Deepstack 124 € 26,188 Charles McAllister € 6,690
€150 Ladies First! hosted by Chris Read 73 € 9,110 AJ Rudolph € 2,510
€120 APAT Mediterranean Championship 318 € 30,528 Christian Kempf € 5,428
€230 Seniors 81 € 15,552 Richard Frank € 3,700
€250 Sunday Deepstack 244 € 51,532 Steinar Knutsen € 7,660
€1,100 MPF High Roller 151 € 144,960 Alex Montgomery € 32,600
€200 PLO Knight Crusaders 87 € 15,033 Gyorgy Simon € 4,500
€150 Win the Button 107 € 13,353 Daniel Stancer € 3,600
€120 Progressive Closer 410 € 39,360 Thomas Schaeven € 3,650
€230 Worker's Day Classic 138 € 26,496 Alen Bakovic € 6,370

Photo Credit: Malta Poker Festival, Portomaso Casino

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