The White Knight and the Dark Knight are two of the established side events that take place at every Battle of Malta festival. They are single day No Limit Hold’em tournaments which are both run on 20-minute clocks. The White Knight is slightly cheaper, with a €150 buy-in (€130+€20) and players start with 15,000 chips.…
The Battle of Malta has evolved over the years and one aspect that is now significantly different is how much it costs to play. For most of the event’s history it has had a buy-in of €550-€600, however for the Autumn 2024 edition, players have two choices of buy-in, €300 (€265+€35) or €600 (€530 +…
The Battle of Malta has been running for twelve years now and its an instantly recognizable tournament brand. It conjures up images of Malta’s past using event names that pay homage to historical events and wars that took place in the mists of time on the bustling Mediterranean island nation. The event is now so…
The Battle of Malta has a structure that gets better and better as the tournament progresses. The opening starting days are long, as play continues until players reach the prize money. But with a further four days to complete the tournament, the blind levels increase in length and the play slows down. Day 1 Full…
Day 1a of the Battle of Malta Main Event is now underway in the Eden Arena at Casino Malta. This is the first of nine starting days taking place this week, although it is not the first, as there was a pre-festival starting day at Full Tilt Catania in Sicily last week, which 111 players…
Although this is the first day of our blog coverage, it’s not the first day of the festival, as that began on Tuesday evening with two satellites to the main event, plus the first starting day of the €450 Mystery Siege of Malta event. But let’s call yesterday Day Zero as today is the first…
The Battle of Malta began in 2012 and this is the 14th running of the biggest poker event in Malta. The Autumn 2024 edition has a packed schedule of over 40 events, including the €1.5m guaranteed Battle of Malta Main Event, the €100,000 GTD Mystery Siege of Malta and the €300,000 GTD Quigioco High Roller. …
Day 4 of the Battle of Malta Spring Edition’s Main Event on Monday saw 101 contenders return to the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel to fight it out for a place on the eight-player final table of the €600 buy-in event. It was also the second day of the Amazingbet €1,100 High Roller and…
Seat 1: Daniel Maunders (15,130,000) Daniel Maunders comes from Southampton and usually plays in local casinos in his home town and nearby Portsmouth, where he achieved his best live cash to-date, £19,736 for winning a £400 buy-in tournament in Portsmouth. It’s not first trip to Malta and this is second Battle of Malta Main Event…
The Final Table of the Battle of Malta will be live-streamed tomorrow afternoon, but earlier in the festival the €150 FLIP Ladies Event was also covered, with Jason Glatzer calling the action. It was originally intended to be just the final table on the stream, but a late decision was made to cover the entire…