The Autumn Series at Portomaso Casino in Malta consisted of three tournaments: Following Tomas Svoboda’s victory in the €250 Mini Italian Poker Sport (Mini IPS) for €51,000 and Alberto Furnari’s win in the €340 + 50 Italian Poker Sport (IPS), the €530 + 70 Malta Poker Festival (MPF) Grand Event has now also come to a close. Here, the victory went to Macedonia.
A total of 2,147 entries were recorded for the €530 + 70 Malta Poker Festival. As a result, the €1 million guarantee was narrowly exceeded. The final prize pool totaled €1,069,635. Payouts were awarded to 269 players. The minimum cash prize was €1,070. The winner took home €200,000. Aris Velisarios Diminikos led the remaining nine players heading into the final table. Aleksandar Kosarkoski was in third place with 15,700,000 chips
After just a few hands, Kosarkoski lost half his stack and fell back to 16 big blinds. But the player from North Macedonia fought his way back and prevailed in the heads-up match against Gabriele Santoro from France. As mentioned, his victory was rewarded with €200,000. In his home country of North Macedonia, Kosarkoski’s success caused quite a stir and was covered by some media outlets that don’t usually cover poker.
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| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | Aleksandar Kosarkoski | North Macedonia | €200,000 |
| 2 | Gabriele Santoro | France | €134,615 |
| 3 | Raffaele Prezzi | Italy | €91,070 |
| 4 | Marius Olsvik | Norway | €62,040 |
| 5 | Aris Diminikos | Sweden | €42,660 |
| 6 | Alessandro Siena | Italy | €29,770 |
| 7 | Daniel Jackson | Ireland | €21,160 |
| 8 | Alberto Marullo | Italy | €15,420 |
| 9 | Maciej Gut | Poland | €11,600 |