NITSCHE, VAMPLEW HEAT UP AT IPT MALTA

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSIPT.com

We're down to the final 32 players and in the money at the Pokerstars IPT Malta and Dominik Nitsche and David Vamplew (pictured) have carried their Day 1 momentum all the way through Day 2.

Both players more than tripled their chip stacks in time for Day 3 play. Nitsche, 2009 LAPT Argentina winner, now sits 7th in chips and Vamplew, the 2010 EPT London winner who recently finished third at WPT Venice, sits 9th.

Vamplew is currently tied for 64th on the 2011 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year leaderboard with 50 PTPR Points.

Here are the payouts for the remaining 32 runners:
1 €122.000
2 €80.000
3 €50.000
4 €37.000
5 €23.000
6 €18.000
7 €14.000
8 €11.500
9-10 €9.200
11-12 €6.900
13-14 €5.300
15-16 €4.200
17-24 €3.500
25-32 €3.135

For full chip counts, please see the end of this post...


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Italian Poker Tour Malta
IPT Main Event
February 17-21, 2011

Casino at Portomaso
Malta, Italy

Buy-in: $3,012
Prizepool: $629,567
Entries: 237

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 35
2nd position 18
3rd position 10
4th position 8
5th position 5


LOCCARINI GIACOMO 522700
ISAIA ALESSIO 480000
OEHMKE PHILIPP HANS 441200
SPERANZA GIANLUCA 281700
FURNERI ALESSANDRO 275600
SZASZ CSABA STEFAN 239200
NITSCHE DOMINIK 226200
MATTSSON JOHAN MATIAS GUNNAR 222900
VAMPLEW DAVID SAMUEL 211700
D ARRIGO NICOLA 206000
FIUME VITTORIO 202000
DALESSANDRO AUGUSTO 145300
SABATO UMBERTO 131300
BRAUTIGAM PHILIP BENNY 122100
KHOSRAVI PONTUS NIMA 106200
TRECCARICHI WALTER 91000
FEDELI LORENZO 88700
BOZZI LORENZO 85000
CIMAGLIA FERNANDO 78700
RIGANO PAOLO 66500
LITA CRISTINEL 60700
IEMINA MANLIO 59600
TIRONE LAURA 59200
MAIORCA ERNESTO 56800
PIRROTTA LITTERIO 50200
FERRARI. ANDREA 49900
SANDER FRANK 46900
LIU XUAN XUAN 39700
FEDERICI PIERO 34600
BECHEMBAUER VIRDIS GAVINO 30700
ELIA SALVATORE 21700
MOSCHITTA LUCA 18400