What’s Going On Right Now?

Saturday is always the craziest day at the Battle of Malta and there are currently over 1,300 players seated across four tournaments. Here’s the first state of play update of the day. Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 11:00 Satellite One Shot to BOM €1.5m GTD €60+€10 In Play – Level 12 – Registration Closed…

MAS Side Event In Play

The first side event of the day is now underway, a €260+€40 No Limit Hold’em one-day mtt. They are now in the second level of the day with 65 entries so far and three hours of late registration remaining. Main Event Day 1g Returns from 1st Break Unfortunately we were not able to get any…

Side Event Results

PokerLens is now back up and we are now able to take a look at the results of Friday’s side events. Priit Vanem Wins 4/5 Card PLO Estonian Priit Vanem won Friday’s 4/5 Card PLO, taking down the top prize of €6,215 after chopping heads-up with Irishman William Collins, who took €6,000 in the deal.…

Numbers Climbing

Numbers are now climbing in Day 1g of the Main Event with 750 players now participating by the midpoint of the first level of the day. Last year, this same fight ended up with 1759 entries and whether we match that number today remains to be seen, but there are certainly going to be many…

Battle Booth Visit

Yesterday Battle of Malta host Glenn Brown visited the ACR booth, supping a limoncello and shooting the breeze with some of online site’s sponsored pros, including Jon Pardy and Jeff Boski. Several of their team are also here at the Battle of Malta this year, including Eboney Kenney and Ana Marquez. Also here with ACR…

Mystery Siege Down to Last Five

The Mystery Siege of Malta played until 5am, by which point just five players remained. The overnight chip leader is Hans Werge, on 8.01m, who takes a lead of almost 3m into the final day. These are the chip counts of the famous five, who will resume play today at xpm. There’s €45,305 up top…

Main Event Day 1g Warming Up

Play hasn’t even begun and already the Eden Arena is buzzing with anticipation. The staff all came in a little early today for the traditional team photo. The Main Event is 30 minutes away from the start of Day 1g, which by all accounts is going to take up the vast majority of the 130+…