The first of the No Limit Hold’em single-day side events has just begun, in the Eden Arena. Its the Dark Knight, a Battle of Malta stalwart, with a €170+€30 buy-in. It began with six tables and just over 30 entrants and has 10 x 20 minute levels for late registration. Current State of Play Start…
Level : 2nd Break Entries: 168/233 The players in Day 1a of the Main Event are now on the second break of the day. The field has risen to 233, of which 168 have their tournament lives intact. Daniel Maunder, the 2023 Spring Edition runner-up, is amongst those to have already found the rail, but…
The first Pot Limit Omaha event of the week has just begun. Like all the non-Hold’em tournaments on the schedule, it has a €300+€30 buy-in. It’s run on a 25-minute clock and played start with 30,000 chips. There’s three more PLO tournaments still to come, over the course of the next few days. Date Time…
The first satellite of the day has now reached its conclusion, with 28 x €600 BOM Main Event tickets awarded. For those who missed out on this one, fear not, there’s another taking place tonight at 9pm, with a €60+€10 buy-in. There’s also several more Main Event satellites scheduled over the next few days. Main…
Every year the Battle of Malta grows. The numbers go up, the prize pools get bigger and the action just keeps getting hotter and hotter. The number of partners that Casino Malta has engaged in the event also goes up with every edition. There’s far too many partners to list them all, I’d still be…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 155/175 During the 1st break the largest stacks were identified and we can reveal that the player with largest pile of chips at this early stage is Italian Marco Rubano, on 174,300. The next largest stack is that of Montenegrin Urtjon Harusha, who has 110,800. The only other player to…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 144/162 Earlier this year, the Spring Edition was won by Polish Adrian Ziemichod, who put on a dominant display on the final table, to take down the €120,000 first prize and his first major live title. He’s gone on to have a pretty good 2025, with 18 further cashes, including…
Just as Day 1b of the Mystery Siege was teeing off, the Battle of Malta Main Event Day 1a has reached its first break of the day. The number of entries has now climbed to 149, with just ten bust-outs so far. We will have chip counts of the three biggest stacks coming shortly. Current…
The second starting day of the Mystery Siege of Malta, with a €450 (€210+€200+€40) buy-in, will commence at 3pm. Registration is now open for this flight, which will take place upstairs, in the Eden Arena. The first starting day for this €100,000 guaranteed tournament took place on Tuesday, alongside the opening satellites for the Main…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Day 1a Entries: 114/117 The Battle of Malta Main Event has now moved onto the second level of the day and there have already been three bust-outs. Well, actually, only two players have busted out, but one of them has done it twice! The first player to make the walk of…