The second day of The Festival in Malta is drawing to a close. Both The Hendon Mob Championship and Mixed Games Main Event are in their penultimate levels of the day.
The H.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Game Main Event has eleven players still in from a field of 18 starters. Still left in the tournament is Eva “Chic” Jiretorn, who is an accomplished chess player as well as an astute poker player. She’s on her second bullet of the day right now.
Sharing a table with Eva is Scott Kenyon and Franke, making for a lively environment when it comes to table talk. One thing seems a little different about Franke today and its taken me most of the day to realise, but I honestly don’t think I’ve seen Franke with a cup of tea in his hand all day. This must be a coffee day instead.
Meanwhile on the other table, Siarhei ‘The Machine’ Narohzny has built a sizeable stack. Play will resume on Tuesday at 3pm.
The Hendon Mob Championship ended up with 120 entries today and there are 41 players left with 45 minutes left to play for the day. There were 42 players, but I just spotted Dara O’Kearney heading sharply out the door while simultaneously hearing a dealer shout ‘seat open’. His Unibet Poker colleague David Lappin is still in, but the large stack he built earlier in the day has now suffered some erosion.
Other players still in the field include Scotsman William Lynch, Maltese Joe Grech and Barry Reitmeijer from Netherlands.
The Sviten Special still has eleven players left and is going to be a late finish. Gia Carnestrom is the overwhelming chip leader at this point, with local Antoine Degiorgio still in the hunt.
There is also a Main Event satellite taking place which had 52 entries, generating five seats plus €370 for 6th. There are still 14 players battling it out.
This is the final post of the day from the floor, however I will update chip counts here later this evening. It’s still early days for this Festival Series event, but it’s shaping up nicely. Tomorrow the day starts with the first flight of the Main Event. See you tomorrow!
