Check, raise, call, rebuy! The Day 1c field has now grown to 666, but the final number of this beast is sure to be even higher, as late registration remains open until 9.35pm. Quite a few friendly faces have now been spotted in today’s mammoth field, but as a safeguard against the risk of the…
While the meat and potatoes of today’s schedule is clearly the Main Event, two of today’s side events are now well in progress. Registration is now closed in the Omaha Knockout, with 18 of the 60 starters still four carding away. One of those still in the hunt is Joe Grech, who built a big…
Today’s Pot Limit Omaha tournament is a four card bounty version, but not progressive. It began at 3pm and is currently in level 4, with 46 players, including Joe Grech, the player who tops the all-time Maltese cashes list on The Hendon Mob. Joe was born in Malta, but has lived most of his life…
Now that the Main Event is well underway, we’ve had a chance to take a glance and see who’s making hay. Amongst their number is Emmanouil Chalkiotis, the Grecian top earner in yesterday’s Mystery Siege of Malta. There are a lot of Greek players here today, but still no sign of Vasileios Zizis, last year’s…
It’s break time in the Main Event and already over 430 players have taken their seats to start their personal crusades to survive the squid-game like reality that is every poker tournament. There can be only one, only one player left with chips at the end of the fight, while the rest lie lifeless, their…
The Mystery Siege of Malta was won by Emmanouil Chalkiotis from Greece. He defeated a field of 617 entries to claim €23,600 in prize money (including bounties). Greek players dominated the business end of the 2-day tournament, with three of the last four players standing being of Hellenic persuasion. They all earned good paydays, but…
The first two days of the festival have been warm up days and today, Saturday 5th is the big day, when the venue will be at its busiest. The €600 Main Event is the key focus of the day, with two starting flights, both of which will take place upstairs in the main Eden Arena.…
The Battle of Malta Spring Edition is now well underway at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julians. Friday was twice as busy as Thursday with numbers in all events heading north, building towards Saturday, which is expected to be the busiest day of the festival, with two further…
The second episode of the still unnamed Battle of Malta talk show has now dropped on YouTube. In today’s show Jason and Glenn were joined by Greek legend Fotios Ntamaris and the event’s Director of Staff Marcello Caloro for an informal chat and a game of Jenga! Chris Karlen, unable to resist a game of…
Play will continue well into the night here at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel. The Battle of Malta Main Event is down to 95 players and will continue until 45 remain. They’re now on level 12 with blinds of 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. The Mystery Siege of…