The Malta Chilipoker Open 2009 broadcast schedule.
Catch the Malta ChiliPoker Open 2009 on the Poker Channel throughout the months of July and August. The broadcasts of the Tournament will also show viewers the highlights of the Malta Poker Seminar, and interviews with seminar speakers and Poker players in Malta.
The broadcast schedule follows:
Saturday 27th June at 23:00 [Aired]
Wednesday 1st July at 22:00. [Aired]
Thursday 16th July 14:00
Sunday 19th July 23:00
Wednesday 22nd 22:00
Monday 27th 22:00
Wednesday 29th 23:00
Thursday 30th 16:00
Sunday 2nd August 22:00
[Times are in the following time-zone: GMT+01:00]
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Malta Chilipoker Open 2009 
The
Malta Chilipoker Open 2009, hosted by Malta Poker Events attracted 149 players who faced off at the Portomaso Casino, Malta, for the first Maltese tournament ever scheduled to receive local and international broadcast exposure.
The €330 No Limit Texas Hold’em Freezeout took place over three separate days with 70 players registering for Day 1A, the 24th of April 2009 and 79 players registered for Day 1B, the 25th of April 2009. Poker players from various European countries were given 10,000 chips each on their starting day reaching an average stack of over 33,000 by Day 2.
Forty five players made it to the final day; betting, checking and folding their way to earn themselves the biggest share of the €44,000 pot. The pot was shared amongst the last eighteen players who made it through the final stages in the tournament.
A golden cup filled with €13,000 was awarded to the first prize winner, Umur Hatipoglu from Turkey, in the first of the Malta Poker Events calendar of tournaments this year.
Umur was followed closely by Massimiliano Privitera, who went back to Italy €8,670 richer, after several bullet dodging sessions with Umur and Simon Legouge, a French poker player and the third finalist, whose skills won him €5,160.
The highest ranking Maltese Poker player, Kenneth Vella, placed 4th, and took home €3,470 for enduring through the ups and downs of the poker tournament.
Results - Malta Chilipoker Open 2009 -
1st - Umur Hatipoglu € 13,000
2nd - Massimiliano Privitera € 8,670
3rd - Simon Legougue € 5,160
4th - Kenneth Vella € 3,470
5th - Gordon Mifsud € 2,800
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