Today’s €330 PLO offering has a 4 card/5 card round of each format and it has just begun, in the downstairs poker room. At the start there were 26 players in their seats including Scott ‘Pokerbrahs’ Kenyon, Anthony Hughes and Joe Grech. Its sure to get much busier in the next few levels. Current State…
Due to the large number of entries in Day 1d of the Mystery Bounty, a decision has been made to push the start of Day 2 back to 9pm. It had originally been scheduled to start at 9pm, but with 326 of he 649 entrants still in, the change of start time is required to…
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 597/673 During the last break, the biggest stacks of the day were identified, counted and verified by the tournament floor staff ands we can now reveal that chip leader at the last break was Dariusz Maniecki, who was on 140,000. Players are still buying in at a rapid rate, it…
Level 4: 200/400 (400) Entries: 542/589 Having returned from the 1st break of the day, there have now been 600 entries in Day 1e of the Main Event, with registration open for another six hours! A player I’ve known for 20 years has shown up today, Ryan Fronda. He made the final table of GUKPT…
The registration has now closed in the final starting day of the €210+€200+€40 Mystery Siege of Malta, with a total of 649 entries in the flight. Last year, 1,034 entries were made and the overall final number of this year is 1,313, a new record for the Battle of Malta. White Knight on Fright Night…
The registration has now closed in the early Main Event satellite and 52 of the 68 tickets that will be awarded are still available to be won, with 138 players still left in. There was a huge turnout for this, 688 players, but if you missed it, fear not, there’s another starting at 9pm this…
Level 3: 100/100 Entries: 418/444 Four hundred and forty-four players have now entered Day 1e of the Main Event. Spring 2024 champion Vasileios Zizis has arrived at the Battle of Malta. He finished as runner-up one year ago, going ever so close to an unprecedented double. He was seen near the trophy display during the…
The €450 Mystery Siege of Malta Day 1d has just returned from its first break of the day and they are now on the seventh level of the flight, with still an hour for late comers to join the game. They’ve broached 600 entries in today’s flight, with 480 still possessing chips. I just had…
…Just as long as you’ve got time, to P-L-A-Y, play away, play away, play away. Unfortunately Brian can’t be here today to give us a rendition of this ditty (he’s dead), which seems very appropriate for those who like to play poker. Main Event Day 1e is filling up quickly, with another 100 players having…
The first starting day has now begun, with over 230 players in at the start of the session. That’s close to a hundred more than there were at the same stage yesterday. Last year this same flight ended up with over 900 entrants, could it be as big this year? There is doubt however about…