Rekorde, wohin man schaut. Das diesjährige Malta Poker Festival im Portomaso Casino Malta hat alle Erwartungen übertroffen und fast hätte es am Ende auch einen deutschen Sieg gegeben. Vincent Schüler musste sich dem Niederländer Joris Ruijs im Heads-up geschlagen geben.
Der Turnierplan beim Malta Poker Festival war voll, auch die Bounty Hunter Days powered by poker-trip.de waren vertreten und konnten mit 554 Entries beim € 175 BHD Malta Event einen neuen Rekord feiern. Selbst beim Abschluss, dem € 170 BHD Progressive Closer stürmten dann 649 Entries an die Tische. Gestürmt wurde auch das € 550 Grand Event. Hier kamen in zahlreichen Flights 1.987 Entries zusammen, was nach den Abzügen einen Preispool von € 903.498 ergaben.
Die top 298 Plätze waren bezahlt und sicherten € 500 der Sieger konnte sich au € 140.100 freuen. Viele DACHs waren angetreten und konnten sich teils auch gut positionieren, in den Top 20 waren aber nur noch Lars Kunde und Vincent Schüler. Lars hatte dann aber auch gleich auf Rang 20 für € 4.860 Feierabend, dafür kam Vincent Schüler an den Tinal Table. Dort schaffte er es auch ins Heads-up gegen den Niederländer Joris Ruijs.
Joris hatte rund eine 4:1 Führung im Heads-up und gab diese auch nicht aus der Hand. Mit 
spielte er auf dem Turn 
an und callte das All-in von Vincent mit 
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änderte nichts und so jubelte Joris Ruijs über den Sieg und € 141.000, Platz 2 bescherte Vincent Schüler aber satte € 86.420.
Für Joris Ruijs ist es längst nicht der erste große Sieg, mehr als $4.000.000 hat der Niederländer bei den verschiedenen Turnieren schon geholt. Nachdem er zuletzt bei „The Festival“ Malta und auch der EPT Malta bei verschiedenen Events knapp am Sieg vorbeischrammte, konnte er dieses Mal aber am Ende jubeln.
The Malta Poker Festival kommt im Frühjahr 2026 wieder und man darf gespannt sein, was sich Ivonne Montealegre und ihr Team für das kommende Jahr einfallen lassen.
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€ 550 Grand Event
Entries: 1.987
Preispool: € 903.498
| Rang | Name | Nation | Preisgeld |
| 1 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | € 141.000 |
| 2 | Vincent Schueler | Germany | € 86.420 |
| 3 | Thomas Grahs | Sweden | € 61.560 |
| 4 | Toni Ravnak | Serbia | € 47.220 |
| 5 | Benjamin Nicault | France | € 36.330 |
| 6 | Giuseppe Bellinghieri | Italy | € 28.650 |
| 7 | Vester Vergeest | Netherlands | € 22.070 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Gregor | Denmark | € 17.040 |
| 9 | Richard Broda | Hungary | € 12.830 |
| 10 | Steven Fuhrman | United States | € 10.200 |
| 11 | Lars Viggander | Sweden | € 10.200 |
| 12 | Nuno Morais | Portugal | € 8.440 |
| 13 | Robert Shearing | United Kingdom | € 8.440 |
| 14 | Lee McCormick | Ireland | € 7.040 |
| 15 | Stefan Koie | Denmark | € 7.040 |
| 16 | Hans Bjorklund | Sweden | € 5.859 |
| 17 | Gareth Howard | United Kingdom | € 5.859 |
| 18 | Lorenzo Pannunzi | Italy | € 4.860 |
| 19 | Lars Ulvhammar | Sweden | € 4.860 |
| 20 | Lars Kunde | Germany | € 4.860 |
| 21 | Marc Schembri | Malta | € 4.060 |
| 22 | Kristian Dahl | Norway | € 4.060 |
| 23 | Euan McNicholas | United Kingdom | € 4.060 |
| 24 | Manuel Persico | Italy | € 3.360 |
| 25 | Maciej Kaminski | Poland | € 3.360 |
| 26 | David Deltreuilh | France | € 3.360 |
| 27 | Gianpiero Barrile | Italy | € 3.360 |
| 28 | Samuele Lo Presti | Italy | € 2.920 |
| 29 | Rasmus Adjers | Sweden | € 2.920 |
| 30 | Jasper Joldher | Malta | € 2.920 |
| 31 | Richard Gray | United Kingdom | € 2.920 |
| 32 | Bora Uludag | Germany | € 2.520 |
| 33 | Liatauras Armanavicius | Lithuania | € 2.520 |
| 34 | Rohan Rakha | United Kingdom | € 2.520 |
| 35 | Sebastian Curcu | Germany | € 2.520 |
| 36 | Heiko Raisch | Germany | € 2.520 |
| 37 | Paul Wilkinson | United Kingdom | € 2.520 |
| 38 | John Buttifant | United Kingdom | € 2.520 |
| 39 | Ioannis Nanos | Greece | € 2.520 |
| 40 | Lars Larsson | Sweden | € 2.180 |
| 41 | Thomas Gisler | Switzerland | € 2.180 |
| 42 | Gary Wilson | United Kingdom | € 2.180 |
| 43 | Markus Antener | Switzerland | € 2.180 |
| 44 | Patrick Wulf | Germany | € 2.180 |
| 45 | Kristian Holmgren | Denmark | € 2.180 |
| 46 | Per Hansen | Denmark | € 2.180 |
| 47 | Darren Harbinson | Ireland | € 2.180 |
| 48 | Chee Lee | United Kingdom | € 2.180 |
| 49 | Simone Aiello | Italy | € 2.180 |
| 50 | Henning Raabe | Germany | € 2.180 |
| 51 | Sacha Dadbin | United Kingdom | € 2.180 |
| 52 | James O’Brien | Ireland | € 2.180 |
| 53 | Vincenzo Popolo | Italy | € 2.180 |
| 54 | Kenneth Jorgensen | United States | € 2.180 |
| 55 | Stanislav Smeljov | Estonia | € 2.180 |
| 56 | Mitja Rudolf | Slovenia | € 1.900 |
| 57 | Antonio Scala | Italy | € 1.900 |
| 58 | Henry Broens | Netherlands | € 1.900 |
| 59 | Alessandro La Cava | Italy | € 1.900 |
| 60 | Harvey Norris | United Kingdom | € 1.900 |
| 61 | Michael Delaney | Ireland | € 1.900 |
| 62 | Jorgji Kotorri | Albania | € 1.900 |
| 63 | Tommy Eriksson | Sweden | € 1.900 |
| 64 | Benjamin Richards | Malta | € 1.900 |
| 65 | Dimitrios Sfakianakis | Greece | € 1.900 |
| 66 | Rosario Saddemi | Italy | € 1.900 |
| 67 | Maria Koutsouki | Greece | € 1.900 |
| 68 | Kieran Collins | United Kingdom | € 1.900 |
| 69 | Gabor Csaba | Hungary | € 1.900 |
| 70 | Keith Tuckley | United Kingdom | € 1.900 |
| 71 | Ernst Swesoedervist | Sweden | € 1.900 |
| 72 | Samuel Biland | Switzerland | € 1.650 |
| 73 | Luciano Capossela | Italy | € 1.650 |
| 74 | Wesley Wiemes | Netherlands | € 1.650 |
| 75 | Martin Hockaday | United Kingdom | € 1.650 |
| 76 | Mohamed Redouane | € 1.650 | |
| 77 | Pel Nieuwenhuis | Netherlands | € 1.650 |
| 78 | Linus Lind | Sweden | € 1.650 |
| 79 | Patryk Maszner | Poland | € 1.650 |
| 80 | Ian Rose | United Kingdom | € 1.650 |
| 81 | David Anderson | Canada | € 1.650 |
| 82 | Gordon Paterson | South Africa | € 1.650 |
| 83 | Jon Kyte | Norway | € 1.650 |
| 84 | Rui Soares | Portugal | € 1.650 |
| 85 | Alessio Lucciarini | Italy | € 1.650 |
| 86 | Andrea Calabria | Italy | € 1.650 |
| 87 | Joseph Grech | United Kingdom | € 1.650 |
| 88 | Piotr Nalepka | € 1.650 | |
| 89 | Finn Larsen | Denmark | € 1.650 |
| 90 | Christodoulos Adamou | Cyprus | € 1.650 |
| 91 | Bojan Simoncic | Slovenia | € 1.650 |
| 92 | Steffen Schubert | Germany | € 1.650 |
| 93 | Abdellah Baali | Algeria | € 1.650 |
| 94 | Kai Fuong | Germany | € 1.650 |
| 95 | Philip Walker | United Kingdom | € 1.650 |
| 96 | Massimiliano Ferro | Italy | € 1.420 |
| 97 | Giovanni Palma | Italy | € 1.420 |
| 98 | Kasper Nidal | € 1.420 | |
| 99 | Martin Sanden | Norway | € 1.420 |
| 100 | Andrea Melluzzo | Italy | € 1.420 |
| 101 | Karl Gialanze | Malta | € 1.420 |
| 102 | Max Gerritsen | Netherlands | € 1.420 |
| 103 | Dejan Prikulovic | Sweden | € 1.420 |
| 104 | Michael Lohmeyer | Germany | € 1.420 |
| 105 | Johan Creutz | Sweden | € 1.420 |
| 106 | Faustino Carvalhas | € 1.420 | |
| 107 | Alexandrs Golubevs | Latvia | € 1.420 |
| 108 | Florian Ribouchon | France | € 1.420 |
| 109 | Mogens Hansen | Denmark | € 1.420 |
| 110 | Mikkel Stenkjer | Denmark | € 1.420 |
| 111 | Vincent De Luca | France | € 1.420 |
| 112 | Daniel Jackson | United Kingdom | € 1.420 |
| 113 | Marko Luksa | Serbia | € 1.420 |
| 114 | Giovanni Capitano | Italy | € 1.420 |
| 115 | Sebastian Mortensen | Denmark | € 1.420 |
| 116 | Marko Cosic | Serbia | € 1.420 |
| 117 | Scott Wills | United Kingdom | € 1.420 |
| 118 | Francesco Cortorillo | Italy | € 1.420 |
| 119 | Antonio La Manno | Italy | € 1.420 |
| 120 | Thibaut Thevenet | France | € 1.420 |
| 121 | Matteo Cavassa | Italy | € 1.200 |
| 122 | Petar Vasilev | Bulgaria | € 1.200 |
| 123 | Craig Smith | United Kingdom | € 1.200 |
| 124 | Stephen Huxley | € 1.200 | |
| 125 | Arthur Emig | France | € 1.200 |
| 126 | Thomas Simmons | United Kingdom | € 1.200 |
| 127 | Gary Whitehead | United Kingdom | € 1.200 |
| 128 | Pierre Azzopardi | Malta | € 1.200 |
| 129 | Peter Brackley | United Kingdom | € 1.200 |
| 130 | James Limmer | United Kingdom | € 1.200 |
| 131 | Danilo Mercuri | Italy | € 1.200 |
| 132 | Joseph Houayek | Lebanon | € 1.200 |
| 133 | Michael Cauchi | Malta | € 1.200 |
| 134 | Katharine Arnsby | United Kingdom | € 1.200 |
| 135 | Nadja Sutter | Switzerland | € 1.200 |
| 136 | Timothy Smith | United States | € 1.200 |
| 137 | Piotr Kuszczak | Poland | € 1.200 |
| 138 | Johan Goslings | Netherlands | € 1.200 |
| 139 | Stephan Ecke | Germany | € 1.200 |
| 140 | Deborah Espe | United States | € 1.200 |
| 141 | Peter Horkay | Hungary | € 1.200 |
| 142 | Rory Turubassa | Netherlands | € 1.200 |
| 143 | Jordan Dumas | France | € 1.200 |
| 144 | Thomas Hardt | Austria | € 1.050 |
| 145 | Ulf Carlsson | Sweden | € 1.050 |
| 146 | Marco Patane | Italy | € 1.050 |
| 147 | Andrew Allain | United States | € 1.050 |
| 148 | Johnny Andreassen | Denmark | € 1.050 |
| 149 | Julien Stropoli | France | € 1.050 |
| 150 | Matti Havanka | Finland | € 1.050 |
| 151 | Jan Emanuelson | Sweden | € 1.050 |
| 152 | Paul David | United Kingdom | € 1.050 |
| 153 | Dennis Berglin | Sweden | € 1.050 |
| 154 | Stewart Kirby | United Kingdom | € 1.050 |
| 155 | Francesco Caramazza | Italy | € 1.050 |
| 156 | Fabio Aprile | Italy | € 1.050 |
| 157 | Denys Prydvor | Ukraine | € 1.050 |
| 158 | Daniel Peche | Germany | € 1.050 |
| 159 | Hugo Loustau | France | € 1.050 |
| 160 | Tim Van Moer | Belgium | € 1.050 |
| 161 | Danny Strange | United Kingdom | € 1.050 |
| 162 | Lachlan McMillan | Australia | € 1.050 |
| 163 | Manfred Frick | Germany | € 1.050 |
| 164 | Paul Theeman | United Kingdom | € 1.050 |
| 165 | Kimberly Jones | United States | € 1.050 |
| 166 | Thomas Molnes | Norway | € 1.050 |
| 167 | Chantal Hoep | Netherlands | € 1.050 |
| 168 | Daragh Davey | Ireland | € 1.050 |
| 169 | Ernst Ter Steege | Netherlands | € 1.050 |
| 170 | Dmitri Dudakov | Estonia | € 1.050 |
| 171 | Lino Loddo | Italy | € 1.050 |
| 172 | Pablo Garcia | Spain | € 1.050 |
| 173 | Magnus Pukk | Estonia | € 1.050 |
| 174 | Aivaras Bardauskas | Lithuania | € 1.050 |
| 175 | Giulio Di Salvo | Italy | € 1.050 |
| 176 | Emmanouil Chalkiotis | Greece | € 1.050 |
| 177 | Anthony Burguiere | France | € 1.050 |
| 178 | Killian Farrell | Ireland | € 1.050 |
| 179 | Tommy Nyberg | Sweden | € 1.050 |
| 180 | Nigel Cahill | Ireland | € 1.050 |
| 181 | Robert Richmond | United Kingdom | € 1.050 |
| 182 | David Holm | Sweden | € 1.050 |
| 183 | Przem Zielinski | Czechia | € 1.050 |
| 184 | Ferdinand Janssen | Netherlands | € 950 |
| 185 | Veeti Tikkanen | Finland | € 950 |
| 186 | Allan Kettles | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 187 | Erik Lindqwist | Sweden | € 950 |
| 188 | Marco Bartolini | Italy | € 950 |
| 189 | James Clarke | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 190 | Jordy Van Der Wielen | Netherlands | € 950 |
| 191 | Egon Holdhus | Norway | € 950 |
| 192 | Conan Malcolmson | Ireland | € 950 |
| 193 | Michael Jesse | Germany | € 950 |
| 194 | Robert Lim | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 195 | Thomas Gill | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 196 | Jose Riestra Perez | Spain | € 950 |
| 197 | Sean Randall | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 198 | Michele Adamo | Italy | € 950 |
| 199 | Matthew Davenport | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 200 | Mary Galvin | Ireland | € 950 |
| 201 | Simonas Aleksius | Lithuania | € 950 |
| 202 | Giovanni Nava | Italy | € 950 |
| 203 | Mark Foster | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 204 | Luigi D’alterio | Italy | € 950 |
| 205 | Oliver Hardt | Germany | € 950 |
| 206 | William Delaney | Ireland | € 950 |
| 207 | Lasse Lien | Norway | € 950 |
| 208 | Giammarco Starace | Italy | € 950 |
| 209 | Mark Wates | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 210 | Thomas Holst | Denmark | € 950 |
| 211 | Luke Nieuwenhuis | Netherlands | € 950 |
| 212 | Peter Backen | United Kingdom | € 950 |
| 213 | Flaviano Cammisuli | Italy | € 950 |
| 214 | Asa Nilsson | Sweden | € 950 |
| 215 | Moreno Bonasera | Italy | € 950 |
| 216 | Heimar Lill | Estonia | € 950 |
| 217 | Gianni Palmisano | Italy | € 950 |
| 218 | Oskar Bilstad | Norway | € 950 |
| 219 | Henri Samuel | France | € 950 |
| 220 | Georgi Kolarov | Bulgaria | € 950 |
| 221 | Jacob Nielsen | Denmark | € 950 |
| 222 | Michailas Bedulskis | Lithuania | € 950 |
| 223 | Paul Carr | Ireland | € 950 |
| 224 | Johannes Grootelaar | Netherlands | € 900 |
| 225 | Francesco Squillaci | Italy | € 900 |
| 226 | Shona Barry | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 227 | Ignazio Dellaria | € 900 | |
| 228 | Fabrizio Petroni | Italy | € 900 |
| 229 | Alessandro Cannizzaro | Italy | € 900 |
| 230 | Cosimo Dell’Isola | Italy | € 900 |
| 231 | Vilde Ekren | Norway | € 900 |
| 232 | Matteo Condemi | Italy | € 900 |
| 233 | Jodie Burston | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 234 | David Collins | United States | € 900 |
| 235 | Jerry Johansson | Sweden | € 900 |
| 236 | Michael Obst | Germany | € 900 |
| 237 | Valentin Oberhauser | France | € 900 |
| 238 | Vitaliy Kryza | Ukraine | € 900 |
| 239 | William Bacchus | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 240 | Scott Kenyon | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 241 | Morten Lampe | Norway | € 900 |
| 242 | Alex Whitenstall | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 243 | Franco Scaccia | Italy | € 900 |
| 244 | Giulio Bertani | Italy | € 900 |
| 245 | Raymond Church | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 246 | Par Johansson | Sweden | € 900 |
| 247 | Andrew Tate | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 248 | Jonathan Stoeber | United States | € 900 |
| 249 | Gintas Dirse | Lithuania | € 900 |
| 250 | Owen Harrop | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 251 | Andreas Van Dam | Netherlands | € 900 |
| 252 | Rene Hauri | Switzerland | € 900 |
| 253 | Neil Barron | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 254 | Jonathan Briscoe White | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 255 | Ahmed Ibrahimi | Netherlands | € 900 |
| 256 | Patrick Kraus | Germany | € 900 |
| 257 | Carl Thompson | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 258 | Georgios Angelakis | Greece | € 900 |
| 259 | Felix Berlin | Germany | € 900 |
| 260 | Jorg Schneegab | Germany | € 900 |
| 261 | Anja Weller | Germany | € 900 |
| 262 | Michael Yeung | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 263 | Guillaum Otto | Belgium | € 900 |
| 264 | Tom Noble | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 265 | Cristiano Zambonelli | Italy | € 900 |
| 266 | Giuseppe Crisafulli | Italy | € 900 |
| 267 | Danielius Jancauskas | Lithuania | € 900 |
| 268 | Carmelo Maugeri | Italy | € 900 |
| 269 | David Marshall | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 270 | Moritz Schoener | Germany | € 900 |
| 271 | Thomas Page | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 272 | Jake Allen | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 273 | Marcin Jaworski | Poland | € 900 |
| 274 | Geert Remysen | Belgium | € 900 |
| 275 | Joel Baxter | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 276 | Remi Verdelet | France | € 900 |
| 277 | Giuseppe Di Biase | Italy | € 900 |
| 278 | Ian Herbert | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 279 | Simon Gramstad | Sweden | € 900 |
| 280 | Lone Valsted | Denmark | € 900 |
| 281 | Manfred Quint | Germany | € 900 |
| 282 | Danny Verheij | Netherlands | € 900 |
| 283 | Fredrik Kristiansen | Norway | € 900 |
| 284 | Andrew Cutajar | Malta | € 900 |
| 285 | Igor Bukowski | Poland | € 900 |
| 286 | Harry Bruck | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 287 | Varej Modestov | Bulgaria | € 900 |
| 288 | Nico Seghorn | Germany | € 900 |
| 289 | Oskar Zych | Poland | € 900 |
| 290 | Derek Baker | Ireland | € 900 |
| 291 | David Meighan | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 292 | Tadas Laurinavicus | Lithuania | € 900 |
| 293 | David Payne | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 294 | Kalvinder Rakhra | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 295 | Ciaran McCullagh | United Kingdom | € 900 |
| 296 | Tomasz Brzezinski | Poland | € 900 |
| 297 | Illia Shutau | Belarus | € 900 |
| 298 | Andrew Cooper | United States | € 900 |
Malta Poker Festival Autumn 2025
Datum: 26. Oktober – 3. November
Buy-Ins: €65 – € 1.100
Infos: themaltapokerfestival.com