The fifth day of The Festival Series is now well and truly underway. Here’s a roundup of what’s going on right now at Portomaso Casino in the heart of St Julians, Malta.
Main Event
The Main Event is now in the 8th level of the day, with 76 of the 103 entries (so far) still in. This brings the total entries so far up to 373 with two more flights to go. Players are allowed two bullets per starting day and start with a 30,000 chips stack.
Joris Ruijs of training site PokerAmbition, who has over $3m in cashes on his HendonMob is playing in the Main Event today.
€250 Deepstack
Speaking of starting stacks, there were some confused looks by some of the players at the start of the €250 Deepstack as to why the starting stack was 30,100, equivalent to one extra big blind on level 1. It is of course a Festival Series in-joke, to ensure that the event has a bigger starting stack than the Main Event.
Multi-tasking maestro Vince Calenti, a Maltese Scot and local resident is in the house today, but this time he’s ditched the day job and is fully concentrating on taking down the Deepstack.
€250 H.O.R.S.E.S
The players in the €250 H.O.R.S.E.S have just resumed play after their second break of the day and the field has now grown to 46 entries, 31 of whom are still in. Rolf Bechstrom isn’t having a great start to this one, as he’s currently riding his third steer, having been unseated twice already in this Portomaso Steeplechase.
€1,100 High Roller
The NLH High roller has recently started and has 20 players during level 1. It has a €30,000 guarantee and eight levels for late registration.
